Writing: ESL Levels 4, 5, & 6
Winter Quarter 2013
Item # 7228/7244/7263
Instructor
Information
Name: Eric Nacke E-mail: e.nacke@bellevuecollege.edu
Office: R130 Phone Number: (425) 564-2145
Office Hours: By
Appointment School closure
Line: (425) 401-6680
Course Schedule
Dates: Jan. 8 – March 19, 2013
Time: Tuesdays, 5:30 –
9:10 p.m.
Room: L222
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 parts of speech as well as sentence and paragraph
structures. We will continue to work on writing simple, compound, and complex
sentences. We will study the correct use of articles and practice editing our
writing. We will continue to build better vocabulary and improve spelling. 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% will not make
progress.
Attendance is important to progress to the next level. It is
very important.
Class Etiquette
·
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 the 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
On some of your tests and on your homework, you will receive
these numbers:
4 or + . . . . . . . . . . Excellent
3 or √ . . . . . . . . . . .Good
2 or √- . . . . . . . . . . Needs more work
1 or - . . . . . . . . . . .
.Beginning
Your first drafts will
not be graded. Your
work will receive a grade after it has been revised and edited. Enter
all grades in your folder.
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:
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. We will use a
class set.
English/English dictionary (
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Inclusion
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Plagiarism
(using the ideas or words of another as one’s own without crediting the source)
will not be tolerated. Taking papers in whole or part from the internet is
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inappropriate/disruptive classroom behavior are violations of the Student Code
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are not limited to: talking out of turn, arriving late or leaving early without
a valid reason, allowing cell phones/pagers to ring, and inappropriate behavior
toward the instructor or classmates. The instructor can refer any violation of
the Student Code of Conduct to the Vice President of Student Services for
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office of the Vice President of Student Services.” The Student Code, Policy
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