Semester: Summer 2006 Course Number: 53381 Section: AA Units: 5.0 Room: 7-7312 Dates: 06/19-08/04 Time: 8:00-10:20 Daily (M-F) Teacher: Daniel O'Connell Office: 5110 Office Hours: 10:30-11:00 M-TH or by appointment E-mail: oconnelld@smccd.net Phone: (510) 378-7301 ext. 19179 to leave message or (510) 647-4202 (LALR Office) Website: www.smccd.net/accounts/oconnelld/
Text : Read, Write, Edit , by Porter, P. and vanDommelen, D.
Materials : Bone , Fae Myenne Ng
An Hours-By-Arrangement (HBA) Student Record Folder
Two Steno notebooks: one for vocabulary and one for class notes
2 folders, one to collect handouts and the other for finished essays
A Dictionary (English to English is recommended)
Placement: Appropriate scores on SLEP placement test (251 or above) are recommended for students testing into ENGL 400. This course is designed for students who have completed ESL 840, or 841 and 842. Proof of eligibility--test scores or final grades-- must be shown before beginning course.
Course Objectives: Course is designed to help non-native speakers of English improve reading, grammar, and provide students advanced practice in writing academic English.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
Transferability: This course is transferable in the UC: CSU system towards A2 requirements.
Course Assignments : This course will cover all of the chapters in Read, Write, Edit , and will incorporate grammar from resources in The Learning Center. Requirements for each chapter will include: assigned homework, group work, and class work.
There will also be 7 written paper assignments, totaling over 5000 words. These will include expository essays utilizing experience as support, a book report reflecting critical thinking, analytical reports which use outside sources as support, and a persuasive essay utilizing a variety of sources.
More information on these and other assignments will be provided, in the first week of class, in a class schedule.
For the first two weeks, students will also read the novel, Bone , and write extensively on topics based on what they read.
There is also a one-hour per week requirement outside of class when students can use resources in the Learning Center (TLC, Building 5, first floor). Be prepared to set aside an hour each week using Skyline's many resources. These resources include special lectures and workshops, tutors, books, websites like academic.com, and special software programs such as The Bedford Handbook and Focus on Grammar. Investigating these resources will satisfy the lab requirement of one hour per week.
Extra-credit assignments will not be provided during the short summer schedule but may be arranged, in special cases, through the instructor.
Final Exam: The final will be an in-class essay on the last day of class, August 4th. To pass this final exam, students will need to be able to compose clear, coherent, logical paragraphs in their essay.
Grades: Grading will be A = 89.5 - 100%, B= 79.5 - 89%, C= 69.5 - 79%, or D (not passing) = 59.5 - 69%, and F = under 59.5%. Grades will be based 80% on course work, and 20% on the final exam.
Students can see their grade throughout the semester, updated weekly in Gradekeeper, on the class webpage at the website listed above.
Students are expected to hand in all the homework and writing assignments for the class. Contacting the teacher about missing class work is the students' responsibility. Please contact me in class, through e-mail, or call a classmate if you miss something so that you can make it up. Late work will be penalized for every day it is late. Some group work and class work cannot be made up. Missing class work without notifying the teacher will result in a 0 for the assignment.
Plagiarism: Anyone caught intentionally copying from another source and passing it in to me as his or her own writing--without citing it as an outside source--is plagiarizing. This is illegal and the student may receive an F for the course. Don't cheat! I have ways to tell if assignments are in your own words, but to help prevent suspicion, always print or copy all sources used in your paper so you can show them to me.
Attendance: Attendance is important. Coming to class every day and on time is necessary for this class. We will meet 34 times, so if you miss more than 10% of that, or 4 classes, you can be dropped from the class. Two late arrivals will be counted as an absence. Our time together every morning is valuable, so let's make the most of it.
Students with Special Needs In coordination with the DSPS office, reasonable accommodation will be provided for eligible students with disabilities. If you do not yet have an accommodation letter, please contact the DSPS office at (650) 738-4280.
A complete course schedule will be provided in the first week of class.