HW for Sunday

Write a five paragraph process essay explaining the advantages and disadvantages of marrying for love vs an arranged marriage.

ESL book

Homework for Tuesday

Homework in your two books

Write a five paragraph essay on short term memory. What is short term memory, and how does it work? Use sources from internet research to explain, and lots of specific details. Make sure to complete the entire essay and don't bring it to class half-finished.

Finish your China/Australia pollution paper.

Homework for thursday

Write a three paragraph essay comparing the differences and similarities between Australia and China. One internet resource (or more). Direct quotes.

ESL textbook hw

St. Martin's textbook hw

Homework for Thursday

20 vocabulary words (see assignment posted below).

In your Writing Academic English book, do pages 10-17.

Essay #2: Write a paper about a concept from your psychology textbook.

Homework for Tuesday

Write a five paragraph essay detailing an important memory from your childhood. Use all of the five senses in your paper. Please print, double-space, and bring to class.

Read up to page 9 and do exercises

Bring 20 new vocabulary words to class. List the word and the definition. The words should be from your psychology class. You will be asked to use them in a paragraph.

Syllabus

Course Overview:

Emphasis on developing non-native speakers’ listening and speaking skills.  Oral skills are developed through individual presentations and conversation emphasis.  Focus is given to students’ spoken grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and exposure to North American culture. 

 Instruction in college writing skills for non-native speakers. Focuses on sentence-level writing, punctuation, and paragraph development.  Introduces students to pre-academic, experiential writing.  Trains students to develop and organize ideas in description and process modes. Progresses to five page essays. Introduces students to academic writing. Trains students to develop and organize ideas in narrative and comparison/contrast modes.

Instruction using reading material from other courses in all verb tenses (to include past, present, future in simple progressive and perfective forms), passive voice and modals, conditionals, gerunds, infinitives, and prepositions, noun clauses adjective clauses, adverb clauses, and adverbial phrases.

Curriculum:

From Self to Sources

Writing Academic English

Bedford St. Martin’s ESL Workbook

Assignments:

5 Essays, to be written in outline, rough draft, and final draft modes: 100 points each

Daily vocab quizzes: 10 points each

Solo Presentations: 100 points each

Oral Comprehension Tests: 100 points each

Course Outcomes:

1. Plan, write and edit a three-part essay that includes a clear beginning,

middle and end.

2. Use process techniques, including generating ideas, outlining, editing and revising.

3. Express relationships between ideas using coordination and subordination.

4. Using source materials, write a short summary or paraphrase while giving credit to that source and incorporating these ideas into an essay.

5. Be able to locate appropriate information using library and Internet resources.

6. Respond to a reading of moderate complexity (7-9th grade reading level), demonstrating comprehension and critical thinking through writing.

7. Use a variety of sentence types (simple, compound, complex).

8. Use logical connectors appropriately including conjunctions and transitions.

9. Quote and paraphrase from a secondary source.

10. Demonstrate comprehension and oral proficiency of 7—9^th grade level vocabulary.