Syllabus 0350
| Course
Description |
| ESOL 0350 Advanced Intermediate
Reading
A continuation of ESOL 0346. This course is designed to further
develop reading comprehension skills and expand vocabulary. This
course provides practice in skills such as identifying main ideas and
supporting details, determining the sequence of events, using context
clues, and drawing conclusions.
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| Prerequisites |
| A satisfactory score on the CELSA or successful completion
of ESOL 0346
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| Course Goals
(includes competencies, incorporation of SCANS, etc.) |
| ESOL 0350, Advanced Intermediate Reading,
seeks to prepare students for college level academic
or workforce study by accomplishing the following objectives:
- to help students read more effectively in English
by teaching them a variety of reading skills and strategies which
may include skimming, scanning summarizing, finding the main
idea and supporting details, discovering word meanings (general
as well as specific vocabulary words) through context clues, and drawing
conclusions.
- to introduce students to a vocabulary of approximately
1,500-2,000 words, and help students increase their vocabulary through
knowledge and understanding of word forms, prefixes and suffixes,
and synonyms and antonyms
- to expose students to a variety of reading sources
which may include graded readers, computer reading software,
Internet sites aimed at general reading/vocabulary development, as
well as extensive reading of authentic English text through periodicals
and books.
- to help students improve their critical thinking
skills by analyzing various facets of their readings including understanding
the author's purpose and how the rhetorical styles are used
in relation to this purpose.
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| Instructor Information |
| Not available
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| Textbook Information |
| Textbooks: Concepts for Today
by Lorraine C. Smith and Nancy Nici Mare
Dictionary:
- Newbury House Dictionary (note: this one includes
a CD Rom)
- Longman Dictionary of American
English
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| Lab Requirements (if
any) |
| One of the five instructional hours per week is a lab
hour in which students work with supplementary reading materials such
as the SRA series or other extensive reading projects as directed by
the teacher.
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| Students with Disabilities |
| Students
who require reasonable accommodations for disabilities are encouraged
to report to Disability Counselor to make necessary arrangements.
Faculty are only authorized to provide accommodations requested by the
Disability Support Services Office. |
| Academic Honesty |
| Any form of copying, cheating, or plagiarism will result
in a 0 for the assignment. See the HCCS Student Handbook. |
| Attendance and Withdrawal
Policies |
| Students are not allowed more
than eight absences over the semester. Any absence beyond that may
cause them to be dropped from class. See the HCCS Student Handbook.
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| Course Requirements
and Grading Policy |
| Course Outcomes
After taking ESOL 0350, Advanced Intermediate Reading, the student
should:
- Be able to read a variety of texts of lengths ranging from 500-1500
words, on subjects of general academic interest;
- Be able to read a short work of fiction or non-fiction outside of
class and report on it to the class;
- Continue to improve reading rate;
- Continue to develop basic reading skills: previewing, skimming,
scanning, summarizing, determining meaning from context, drawing conclusions
- Show familiarity with different rhetorical modes (e.g. process
description, comparison/contrast, definition, cause/effect) and how
they are realized in a text;
SUGGESTED GRADE PERCENTAGES
| Chapter quizzes |
20% |
| Unit tests |
30% |
| Supplemental Readings |
20% |
| Reading Project |
20% |
| SRA/Versatext lab |
10% |
| Total
|
100% |
Note: There is no final exam for this course. |
| Testing |
| Chapter/unit tests will be given upon completion
of each chapter/unit. |
| Make-up policy |
|
If students miss a test or a quiz, they must arrange with the instructor
for a make-up outside of class time and before the end of one week from
the day they missed.
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| Projects, Assignments,
Portfolios, Service Learning, Internships, etc. |
| An instructor may choose to include projects
or assignments to reinforce the material covered in class. |
| Course Content |
All four units will be covered
in this course:
| UNIT I: |
Living in Society |
| UNIT II: |
Safety and Health |
| UNIT III: |
Government and Education |
| UNIT FOUR: |
Science and Technology |
See the sample course calendar below for further detail. |
| Course Calendar with
Reading Assignments |
Below is
a sample of this course calendar in a regular (16-week) semester:
COURSE CALENDAR
LEVEL 3 READING Example of 16 Week
Schedule lmb/971
CONCEPTS FOR TODAY Covering all 4 units
| WEEK |
DAY |
IN CLASS |
PAGES |
HOMEWORK |
| 1
|
1
2
3
4
|
Intro to Class-Preread
Discuss story & vocab
Review hwk.
Do ex. H 1, 2 or 3
|
1
1-5
9-13
16 |
Read story 1, 1-
6-9
vocab sentences
Read story 2, pg 19 |
| 2
|
1
2
3
4
|
Cloze Quiz Discuss story & vocab
Review hwk.
ex. G, H
Cloze Quiz Preread # 3 |
19 - 21
27-29
30 - 31
#3, pg. 33 |
22 - 26
vocab sentences |
| 3
|
1
2
3
4
|
Discuss story
& vocab
Review hwk.
Quiz ex F, G
Cloze Quiz |
33 - 35
40 - 43
44 - 45
pg 233 |
36 - 39
vocab sentences
H 1, 2, 3, or
Unit 1 review 48 - 54 review
for test |
| 4
|
1
2
3
4
|
Vocab & Comp
test 1 Preread # 4
Discuss story & vocab
Review hwk
H 1, 2, 3,4,5 , or 6 Close Quiz Preread # 5 |
Read #4
57 - 59
65 - 69
pg, 71 |
57
60 - 64
vocab sentences
Read # 5 pg, 73 |
| 5
|
1
2
3
4
|
Discuss
story & vocab
Review hwk.
Info Quiz pg
ex. H Jigsaw reading Cloze Quiz |
76
- 79
Preread # 6 |
80
- 83
vocab sentences
Read # 6 pg, 95 |
| 6
|
1
2
3
4
|
Discuss story
& vocab
Review hwk.
Ex, E, F, G
ex. H, ex. K Cloze Quiz |
97 - 99
103 - 105 |
100 - 102
vocab sentence
ex. j, pg. 109
Library assignment review for vocab test |
| 7
|
1
2
3
4
|
Vocab & Reading
Comp Test 2
Explain Reading Project Work through Model Story
Worksheets
Worksheets |
|
|
| 8
|
1
2
3
4
|
Worksheets
Worksheets
Conferences
Conferences |
|
|
| 9
|
1
2
3
4
|
Book Report Due
Discuss story & vocab
Review hwk. E F
Ex. G & H |
Preread #7
117 - 121
125 -126
127- 133 |
Read # 7 pg, 113
122 - 124
vocab sentences |
| 10
|
1
2
3
4
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Cloze Quiz
Discuss story & vocab
Review hwk. E F
ex G & H
|
Preread 8
137-142
146 - 147
|
Library assignment
Read # 8 pg, 137
143- 145
vocab sentences |
| 11
|
1
2
3
4
|
Cloze Quiz
Discuss story & vocab ex. A & B
Review hwk. E F
Cloze Quiz |
Preread 9
151 - 158
162 - 163 Preread 9 |
Read # 9 pg, 151
159 - 161
vocab sentences
Read # 9 pg, 151 |
| 12
|
1
2
3
4
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Cloze Quiz Review
for vocab test
Vocab & Reading Comp Test 3
Discuss story & vocab ex. A & B
Review hwk. E F |
Preread 10
175 - 182
186 - 187 |
Read # 10 pg, 175
182 - 185
vocab sentences |
| 13
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1
2
3
4
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Ex. G & H & Cloze Quiz
Discuss story & vocab ex. A & B
Review hwk. E F
Cloze Quiz
|
187 - 188 Preread
191 - 196
200 - 201
Preread 12 |
Library assignment
Read # 11 pg, 191
196 - 199
vocab sentences
Read # 12 pg, 209 |
| 14
|
1
2
3
4
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Discuss story
& vocab ex. A & B
Review hwk. E F
Ex. G & H
Unit IV review |
209 - 215
216 - 220
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216 - 218
vocab sentences
ex j |
| 15
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1
2
3
4
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Cloze Quiz
Review for Vocab Test
Vocabulary Test 4
Reading Comp. Test 4 |
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| Other Student Information
(clubs, tutoring, web resources, etc.) |
| Tutoring is available for students
at instructional sites where Intensive English is offered. Additional
on line and computerized resources are also available in computer labs
and libraries. |
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