Welcome to

ESL 204 A/B  Fall 2008

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Team Teachers

Joyce Flager Ann Shelley

Email: joflager@cabrillo.edu ashelley@sbcglobal.net

TTH 9:30- 12:40   Room 410

Office Hours: TTH 9:00 to 9:30 & 12:40 to 1:00 in classroom 410

Texts, Articles, Videos, and Guest Speakers:

* Seven Wonders for a Cool Planet by Eric Sorensen (Cabrillo Bookstore)

* Seedfolks   by Paul Fleischman (Cabrillo Bookstore)

The 11^th Hour--video 

Selected Articles and video clips 

Save our Shores – Guest Speaker

* Required texts

Class Description:

In this class students will practice all four skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) with a focus on reading and writing. We will read two short books and selected articles, watch one video and some short video clips.  All writings discussions, and activities will be connected to the readings, videos, and guest speaker(s). The content of this class will be about  “going green”.  Many experts believe the earth is in a declining state. Our main focus as we read, write, and discuss will be what the individual can do and what the community can do to help solve global warming.    This syllabus gives details about class goal and purpose, learning objectives, teacher and student roles, class approach, attendance and tardiness, assignments, scoring and grades, and supplies. 

Class Goal:

Develop English Language academic proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and listening through increased knowledge of global environmental issues and solutions.

Our purpose:

Discovering individual and community solutions to environmental issues.

Objectives:

Learner Training: Expand knowledge of learning styles, goal setting, study and organizational skills, school resources, and academic expectations.

Reading: Develop and expand reading skills in annotation, organization of different genres, skimming and scanning, deciphering vocabulary in context, awareness of inferences, similes, and metaphors, and understanding of cultural references.

Writing: Develop and expand summary and essay writing demonstrating synthesis of sentence variety, organization, and idea development using details and evidence from readings. Identify and self- and peer-edit grammatical, spelling and structural deficiencies in writing.  Identify and apply some principles of advanced syntax, grammar, and punctuation and attempt to use them correctly.

Grammar: Depends on individual needs and writing problems. Grammar to consider verb tenses, modals, adjective and adverb clauses, gerunds and infinitives, quotation marks, and direct quotes.

 Discussion: Develop and expand skills in leading, recording, reporting, managing time in group work and discussions.

The Teacher’s Role

 to provide interesting and meaningful opportunities for students to expand and practice English and to share her expertise of the English Language.

The Students’ Role

to take advantage of these opportunities by doing the most complete high quality job possible with given assignments in and outside of class. Class 

Approach:

Two instructors will team teach this course.  The first two weeks both instructors will be present.  Then for the next six weeks Joyce Flager will teach, and Ann Shelley will teach the remaining eight weeks.  Joyce Flager will be present in the last week of class for finals.  The two instructors will keep in constant communication about students and grades.  Our approach to the material is called CBI (content-based instruction), which means that writing, vocabulary, grammar, and discussion come out of the reading material. The readings come from authentic sources used by native speaker of English.  As mentioned above we will discover individual and community solutions to the global environmental issue. Students will work in groups.

Attendance and Tardiness:

Attendance is very important in this class, so a student will be dropped after missing four classes.  Please come to class on time.  If a student is more than fifteen minutes late, that student is tardy.  Two late arrivals to class equal one absence. You ideas and opinions are important for everyone in the class, so please be on time.  E-mail or speak to the instructor  when you will be absent , so you can get homework assignments.

Assignments:

Readings consist of a short novel, a short non-fiction book, and selected articles.  Writings in the form of summaries, journal responses, and four essays (two in-class and two out-of-class) connected to readings, videos, film/video clips, and a guest speaker.  Vocabulary logs connected to readings and grammar expansion exercises connected to writings. Discussion in groups on readings, writings, videos, guest speakers, and short lectures. Portfolio of all writings and final project are required. This class can be taken for grade or credit/non-credit.

Supplies:

Three ring blinder, dividers for binder, paper, pens and pencils, two different colored highlighters, notebook, and paper folder. 

Scoring of Assignments and Grades:

** Points will be taken off for any late assignment. Each day late five points will taken off.

*Extra points for extra grammar logs and summaries.

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