Miami-Dade College
EAP 0240L – Writing Level 2 Lab– Ref # 477576
Fall 2008
M, F 12:00-1:15 PM, Room 9207
Instructor: Anouchka Rachelson
Contact: Tel: (305) 237 2549, E-mail:
Faculty Web Page: http://faculty.mdc.edu/arachels/
Office hours: M, W, F: 8:30-9:00 am, M: 2:00 - 4:00 pm and by appointment
Office and mailbox are located in 2204-5
Course Description: Students continue to develop writing skills in the context of guided discourse on personal topics with an emphasis on logical thought and mechanics.
Prerequisite Successful completion of EAP 1141(L) or equivalent
Co-requisite: EAP 1141
Text: Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs (2nd ed) by Folse et al., Newbury House Dictionary (red) by Heinle
Important dates: http://www.mdc.edu/main/academics/academic_calendar_2008-2009.asp
Last day to drop with a “W”: Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Last day of class: Friday, December 12, 2008
Teaching Methods: Class discussion, collaborative activities, lecture, e-mail, computer assisted writing
Note: Writing labs are considered double-contact, which means that the same number of class hours (45) are required in outside writing activities (E-writing and homework).You need to spend fifteen (15) hours in the lab. Speak to Lab Manager at 237-2805 for appropriate writing software programs installed in the lab. The remaining twenty-five (30) hours should be spent with writing assignments.
Grading: Lab Hours/E-writing 25 % Scale: A 100-90
Assignments 25 % B 89-80
Quizzes 50 % C 79-70
D 69-60
F below 60
Student code of conduct: The college policy on the Student Code of Conduct is located at http://www.mdc.edu/policy/student_rights_and_responsibilities.pdf . Please familiarize yourself with it.
Academic dishonesty: The department affirms its commitment to treat cases of academic dishonesty according to Miami-Dade Community College Procedure No. 4074. Students are forewarned that academic dishonesty in any form will be penalized according to this procedure. The instructor has the option to award a grade of “F” for the course. Cheating or any form of academic dishonesty may also result in the student’s being placed on academic probation, suspended from school, or dismissed from the College.
Course Drop: It is your responsibility to drop this class within the time available.
Tutoring: Available in the lab in room 6237 for students who have a paid registration to use the lab.
Policies:
· All assignments should be double-spaced (black or blue ink) on white paper with margins. Assignments have to be submitted on time.
· Always present your own work. Copying from a book, a Web site or another person will result in an “F”.
· Be prepared. Always bring your textbook, paper, pens, a disk or memory stick (to save your work), and a dictionary. Keep your assignments and class work in a portfolio.
· Do arrive on time. You will be marked absent if you are more than 10 minutes late or leave before the end of class. Remember to turn off your cell phones.
· Attendance is mandatory and will be taken at the beginning of each class. Any student who misses more than three consecutive classes or a total of six classes per semester will be dropped.
· If you are late, enter quietly. For every three times that you arrive late or depart early, I will count one absence.
Competencies:
Competency 1: The student will develop writing fluency and produce a series of related sentences on personal and/or general topics with an emphasis on logical thought.Competency 2: The student will write simple and compound sentences in paragraph format appropriate to the level in Standard English focusing on accuracy and grammatical form and word order.
Competency 3:The student will proofread and edit grammar, mechanics, and sentence structure appropriate to the level.
Competency 4: The student will use appropriate reference tools to edit writing.
EAP 0240L Tentative Schedule Fall 2008
A. Rachelson
Week / Date / Topic / Assignment1 / 8/29 / Introduction to course
Writing E-mail / Access E-Writing via ESL Lab homepage “Virtual Lab”
2 / 9/1
9/3 - 9/5 / Labor Day – No School
Definition of Language Terms, A1 / 201, 202
3 / 9/8- 9-12 / Capitalization rules, A 3
Spelling rules for regular past, A4 / 203, 204
4 / 9/15 – 9/19 / Writing in the past tense, A 5 /
213, 214
5 / 9/22 – 9/26 / Quiz 1Writing in the present tense, A 6/7 / 210, 211
6 / 9/29 – 10/3 / Nouns and Possessive adjectives, A9/10, Quantifiers, A 11 / 5 Lab hours due, 207, 231
7 / 10/6-10/10 / Simple Sentences, Compound sentences, A 13 /
233, 234, 235
8 / 10/13-10/17 / Quiz 2Complex Sentences, A13/14 / 236, 237, 239
9 / 10/20-10/24 / Complex Sentences, A13/14 / 240, 241, 242
10 / 10/27-10/31 / Prepositional phrases, A 12 / 10 Lab hours due
11 / 11/3-11/7 / Using adjectives, A 15
Adjectives/Adverbs / 232, 216
12 / 11/10-11/14 / Quiz 3
Building better sentences, A 16 /
244, 243, 245
13 / 11/17-11/21 / Writing in the future / 218, 21914 / 11/24
11/28 / Writing in the future
Thanksgiving Day – No School / 220
15 / 12/1-12/5 /