Bellevue Community College                                                       ELI--University Preparation

Fall 2008                                                                                 12:30-1:20p.m.    R209

Reading 3B

ELIUP053

Instructor:  Susan Jamieson (email:  sjamieso@bellevuecollege.edu)

                     Message phone:  425-564-2440         Office:  R230G                                                       Office Hour:  10:30 daily or by appt.

Required Texts and Supplies:          Ready to Read More, Blanchard & Root

The Client, John Grisham (a Penguin Reader)

                                                            8 ½ x 11” white paper for all work

                                                            an English-English dictionary

                                                            a 3-ring binder or folder for all work

Course Overview

In order to do well in academic courses, you must be able to read well.  Reading is an essential key to learning.  We read for a variety of reasons—entertainment, learning new ideas and facts, enlarging our vocabulary, learning to think in English, etc.  The focus of this class is to help you develop the skills to read English with greater understanding, speed and confidence.  You will be learning and practicing the various reading skills that will help you reach your reading goals.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand and use vocabulary in context
• Recognize and use word stems and affixes
• Use and English/English dictionary
• Locate main ideas
• Identify supporting details
• Skim and scan for information
• Express an opinion about a reading
• Identify the author’s purpose and tone
• Summarize and respond to the main points of a reading
• Read and interpret graphs, tables and charts
• Distinguish fact from opinion
• Make inferences
• Recognize patterns of organization

Assignments and Grading

Your final grade will be based on:

• Classwork

ü Quizzes and tests

ü Homework

ü Participation and attendance

• Final Exam

To advance to Level 4, you need to achieve 75% or better in your classwork AND 75% or better on your final exam.  Note:  The final exam will not be given early. 

Grading Scale:           A = 93-100%              D = 0-74 (repeat level; good effort)

                                    B = 84-92                   F = 0-74 (repeat level; unsatisfactory effort)

                                    C = 75-83

It is recommended that you keep all graded assignments in a notebook and keep a record of your scores.  Keeping track of your own progress is an important part of the learning process.

There are no make-ups for tests unless you have a medical or advisor’s written excuse.  You are responsible for making the arrangements for any make-up work.

Late assignments lose 10% of their value per day late.  No homework will be accepted more than two days after the due date.  All assignments are due AT THE BEGINNING of the class period.  If I forget to ask for them, they are still due.

Attendance

Students who miss class 12 times will receive an “F”.  Students who miss class 10 or 11 times will receive a “D.”  Three (3) tardies of 5 minutes or more will equal 1 absence.

If you are sick and have to miss class, contact me or a classmate to find out what we did in class and what the homework is.  You are still responsible for your homework even if you are absent. 

Classroom Guidelines

1. Participate.  Join in the class.  Be respectful and active.
2. Ask questions immediately.  If you don’t understand something I say or something you read, ask me about it.  Don’t wait until later to ask—you might forget your question.
3. Plan.  Don’t wait until the last minute to do your work.  Plan your time so that you aren’t rushed and so that you can ask questions before an assignment is due.
4. Give me feedback.  If something is very difficult or needs to be explained more, please tell me.  I am happy to go over the lessons again.  Likewise, if you really enjoy something that we do, let me know.
5. Make appointments for extra help.  If you find that you are struggling with something we are working on, make an appointment to see me for some extra support.  Remember, you are responsible for your own learning.  If you need help, it is up to you to ask for it.
6. Have a positive attitude.  You may not like everything that you do in all of your classes, but try to find something positive about the work.  You will have less stress and more fun!
7. Share your ideas and opinions.  Interact with the reading.  Relate it to your own life.  This will help you retain the information and will help you be a better writer.
8. Stay organized. Keep your papers in chronological order.  This way you not only have a portfolio of your work, but you also can find assignments easily.
9. Do your own work.  Do not copy your friend’s work or copy from a newspaper or the internet.  Copying is called plagiarism and it is very serious in US colleges.
10. Try your hardest.  No one is perfect and we all learn from our mistakes.  If you try hard, that is half the battle.

This is an ENGLISH ONLY classroom.  When you enter R209, leave your native language outside.  Go into the hall during break if you wish to speak another language.

Use college appropriate behavior in the classroom.  This is not middle school.  Turn off your cell phones before class.

If you require accommodation based on a documented disability, have emergency medical information to share, or need special arrangements in case of emergency evacuation, please make an appointment with DRC (Disability Resource Center.)   If you would like to inquire about becoming a DRC student, you may call 564-2498 or go in person to the DRC program office in B132.

Please refer to the Arts and Humanities Student Procedures and Expectations   www.bbc.ctc.edu/artshum/studentinfo.asp   for all other information.

SCHEDULE                          Daily assignments will be given in class.  This schedule will be changed if needed to make sure everyone is learning.

	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Books	Ready to Read More	Ready to Read More	The Client	Ready to Read More
	Sept. 22 First day of class	23	24	25	26
	29 Ch. 1 Journal	30 Speed Reading	Oct. 1 p. 1-15	2 Speed Reading	3 Vocab. notebook
	6 Ch 2	7 Speed Reading	8 p. 15-33	9 Speed Reading	10 Vocab. notebook
	13 Ch. 3 Journal	14 Speed Reading	15 p. 33-50	16 Speed Reading	17 Vocab. notebook
	20 Ch. 4	21 Speed Reading	22 p. 50-56	23 Speed Reading	24 Vocab. notebook
	27 Ch. 5 Journal	28 Speed Reading	29 NO CLASSES	30 Mid-quarter grades due Speed Reading	31 Vocab. notebook
	Nov. 3 Ch. 6	4 Speed Reading	5	6 Speed Reading	7 Vocab. notebook
	10 Ch. 7 Journal	11 NO CLASSES	12	13 Speed Reading	14 Vocab. notebook
	17 Ch. 8	18 Speed Reading	19	20 Speed Reading	21 Vocab. notebook
	24 Journal	25 Speed Reading	26	27 NO CLASSES	28 NO CLASSES
	Dec. 1	2 FINAL EXAMS Writing	3 FINAL EXAMS Reading Speak/List Electives