Bellevue Community College ELI--University Preparation

Winter 2006                                                                             12:30-2:20,  L210

INTEGRATED SKILLS 4C      and       READING 4C  (linked courses)

                          ELI061                                                      ELI 062

Instructor:  Susan Jamieson (email:  sjamieso@bcc.ctc.edu)

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

Required Texts and Supplies:          Ten Steps to Building College Reading Skills,

                                                              by John Langan

                                                            8 ½ x 11” white paper for all work

                                                            an English-English dictionary

                                                            a 3-ring binder or folder for all work

This course will focus on making you a better reader, writer, and critical thinker especially for academic purposes. 

Outcomes:

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

      Grammar Outcomes

· Produce edited sentences that are virtually error free

       Writing Outcomes

· Demonstrate and apply the process of writing an essay from generating ideas through draft writing and revision to producing a final, polished essay

· Understand and produce the rhetorical modes of process, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect

· Produce an accurate paraphrase

· Produce an accurate summary

· Develop ideas in paragraph form in correct response to questions based on a reading

· Produce accurate, clear and succinct sentence answers to test questions

· Demonstrate understanding of the purpose, form, and content of introductory and concluding paragraphs in an essay

· Develop ideas with substance and coherence using details and examples, facts, opinions, and anecdotes to support the thesis

· Write thesis statements that are complete and clear and give the essay focus

· Write topic sentences that give each paragraph clear and appropriate focus

· Demonstrate and apply knowledge of sentence variety

· Incorporate editing and proofreading skills into the writing process

     Reading Outcomes

· Increase reading speed and comprehension

· Identify main ideas in readings of a variety of lengths, styles, and levels of difficulty

· Respond critically to readings

· Improve their ability to guess meanings of new words from context

Assignments and Grading: 

You will receive points for each activity you do.  You must have a total average of 75% or higher in BOTH integrated skills AND reading to receive a passing grade and you will receive the same grade for both classes.

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.

Attendance and participation will be part of your grade.  Students with 10 absences or more cannot pass this class.  Three tardies (5 minutes late to class or after break) equals one absence.  Students who do not take the final exam will have their class grade lowered by one full grade.

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

Classroom Guidelines:

If you are unclear about an assignment, please ask me!  If I don’t hear from you, I will assume you understand the material/assignment.  If you need extra help, talk to me about coming during my office hour.

There are no make-ups for tests.  Make-up tests will only be available to students with a medical or advisor’s written excuse.  Tests will have to be made up from 10 a.m. to noon within 2 days of the absence.  You are responsible for making the arrangements.

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.

Writing assignments done as homework must be typed or done on a computer.  Turn in a hard copy (no floppy disks!)  Use the following format:  double space, size 12 font, 1 inch margins, full name/date/assignment in upper right hand corner.

Do your own work.  If I believe you have not written an assignment on your own, I will ask you to do it again.  Do not have others do your editing for you (this is a skill you need to learn.)  Any plagiarized work will be returned to you ungraded.

This is an ENGLISH ONLY classroom.  When you enter L210, leave your native language outside.

Use college appropriate behavior in the classroom.

I will write letters of recommendation only for students with good attendance, participation and effort regardless of your test average.

Please refer to the Arts and Humanities Expectations 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
		Jan. 3	4	5	6 First day of class
Ch. 1	9 Editing 1	10	11 Sentence Comb. 1	12 10 PS 1	13 Quiz Ch. 1
Ch. 2	16 HOLIDAY-NO CLASS	17 !st draft due Editing 2	18 Sentence Comb. 2	19 10 PS 2	20 Quiz Ch. 2
Ch. 3	23 Editing 3	24	25 Sentence Comb. 3	26 10 PS 3	27 Quiz Ch. 3
Ch. 4	30 Editing 4	31 1^st draft due	Feb. 1 Sentence Comb. 4	2 NO CLASS	3 10 PS 4 Quiz Ch. 4
Ch. 5	6 MID QUARTER TEST	7 Editing 5	8 Sentence Comb. 5	9 10 PS 5	10 Quiz Ch. 5 Mid-Qtr evals
Ch. 6	13 Editing 6	14 1^st draft due	15 Sentence Comb. 6	16 10 PS 6	11 Quiz Ch. 6
Ch. 7	20 HOLIDAY	21 Editing 7	22 Sentence Comb. 7	23 10 PS 7	24 Quiz Ch. 7
Ch. 8	27 Editing 8	28 1^st draft due	Mar. 1 Sentence Comb. 8	2 10 PS 8	3 Quiz Ch. 8
Ch. 9	6 Editing 9	7	8 Sentence Comb. 9	9 10 PS 9	10 10 PS 10 Quiz Ch. 9
Ch. 10	13 Editing 10	14 1^st draft due	15 Sentence Comb. 10	16	17 Quiz Ch. 10
	20 No IS4 class	21 Final Exam--writing