Course Intro Prezi Template

Welcome to ESL 115!

Participation

• Please speak in English at all times.
• No cell phones, ipads, or other electronic devices.
• Actively make an effort to participate in group activities. I can distinguish between shyness and indifference.
• Please no sleeping.

Late Assignments

• For major assignments, every day your essay is late, your grade drops 25%. Weekends count. A day is a day.
• For daily assignments, no late work will be accepted.
• For drafts, late work must be done before you can turn in the final assignment. However, you will still not get credit for the draft in your participation grade.

Attendance

• The ESL courses take a very strict policy on attendance. If you miss 6 classes, you automatically fail.
• Participation is also 10% of your grade. Every day, your participation grade is 3 points. If you miss a day, you earn a 0 for that day.
• Moreover, Attendance is another 10% of your grade. Each time you miss a class, your attendance grade drops a letter.
• If you are ill, you must bring a doctor's note.
• In other words- COME TO CLASS!

Lateness

• Lateness is inconvenient to yourself and your classmates.
• Each late is like half of an absence.
• If getting to this class on time is difficult because of a class in a different building, please choose a different section of ESL 115. Over 5 are offered this semester.
• In other words, BE ON TIME.

Tips for Success

Grading

• Always come to class and come on time
• Read the comments on assignments
• Utilize office hours or make an appointment. I love talking with students, especially when their concerns are about learning.

Course Content

• Course Content
• Goals of the Course

Course Content

Office Hours

Goals of the Course

Office hours are your chance to meet with me individually. This semester, my office hours are 2:55-3:55 on Monday and Wednesday or by appointment. You may also schedule an appointment to meet with me at another time. PLEASE come! I am here to help.

The primary goal of this course is introducing you to the requirements for writing a research paper this includes:

• Research in the West
• Citation and Avoiding Plagiarism
• Using Online Databases
• Annotated Bibliography
• Academic Register
• Writing- Critical Thinking
• Coherence and Unity
• Audience and Purpose
• Thesis Statement
• Paragraph Development

Course Policies

4 Units:

1. Diagnostic Analysis Portfolio & Diagnostic Revision

2. Pre-Research

3. Annotated Bibliography

4. Research Paper

• I will only discuss grades in person and never over e-mail or phone.
• There is no extra credit in this class.
• Essays earning a C or below may be rewritten.
• Talking to a teacher only about grades is considered very rude by some instructors.

• Office Hours
• Attendance/Lateness
• Rewrites
• Late Assignments
• Participation
• Plagiarism

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism is a serious offense in academia
• First offense (intentional OR unintentional) will result in a 50% grade drop.
• Second offense automatic failure on the assignment and maybe more.
• You will learn how to avoid unintentional plagiarism over the semester.
• In other words: Don't plagiarize!