Writing: ESL Levels 4, 5 and 6
Fall Quarter 2011 (September 20 – December 6)
Instructor Information
Name: Jayashree
Pulacode E-mail: jpulacod@bellevuecollege.edu
Office: R
130 Phone
Number: (425) 564-2050
Office Hours: By
Appointment
School closure Line: (425) 401-6680
Course Schedule
Dates: September 20 – December 6,
2011
Time: Tuesdays, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Room: C167
WA Standards
We will learn and practice how to convey
ideas in writing. At the end of this quarter, successful
students should be able to:
· Decide the kind of writing you need in your daily life
· Determine the kind of writing you want to improve
· Plan before you write
· Revise your writing
· Find and correct mistakes in your writing
· Decide and use the correct grammar for your sentences
· Spell better
We will review verb tenses and work on building
better sentences with better vocabulary.
We will write in the present, past, future, and
present perfect tense.
We will keep journals to practice free-writing
for organization and fluency.
Attendance
You need to come to class every
time. If you are sick, call or email your teacher. If you
leave class and cannot come back, tell the teacher. Students who
miss 20% (7.2 hours) will not make progress. Attendance is important to progress to the next
level. It is very important.
About Class
· Turn off all cell phones during class.
· You will need paper, pens, and pencils. Bring them to
each class.
· Come to class on time.
· Do all homework and participate in class (work in groups/pairs,
ask questions).
· Be polite and respect your classmates. We learn from
each other. We can help each other. We must treat one
another with respect, even when we have different ideas. We will use
professional student behavior that does not disturb others.
Grading
Your first drafts will not be
graded. Your work will receive a grade after it has
been edited and revised. Record your grades in your
folder. Your homework is due the following class session in which it
is assigned.
On some of your tests and on your edited
homework, you will receive these numbers:
4
or + . . . . . . . . . . Excellent
3
or √ . . . . . . . . . .
.Good
2
or √- . . . . . . . . . .
Needs more work
1
or - . . . . . . . . . . . .Beginning
Folders
Each student will keep a folder. The
papers in the folder will help show you how much English you
learn. Always keep these papers in your folder:
- Attendance
sheets
- Writing
goals for this class
- All
of your writing assignments from the class
We will be using a class set of:
Great Writing 1 – Great Sentences for Great
Paragraphs, Folse,
Keith; Muchmore-Vokoun, April; Vestri
Solomon, Elena et al. (2010), Third edition, Heinle: Boston. It
is not necessary for you to purchase this book.
English/English dictionary
(Random House College, Webster’s or Longman)
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