ESL 11A           Paragraph Composition and Grammar Schedule

                        Spring 2003

 

NS (RW)            NorthStar-Focus on Reading and Writing

FF                     Foundations First

IG                     Intermediate Grammar

FTM                  Farewell to Manzanar

 

                       

Week   Date    Course Activities
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1       2/19

                        Introductions; ESL 11A Course Description & Syllabus

Testing:           Diagnostic Testing

 

Grammar:        Parts of Speech handout

 

                        Assignment:    Strategies for College Success FF, p. 1-21

 

Online Assignment:  Complete the ESL 11A Homepage Orientation including signing in as a student to “Exercise Central for Foundations First”. http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/foundationsfirst/xax_index.htm

Take the 50-item Diagnostic Quiz
Do all Level 1 exercises for Chapter 6, Writing Simple Sentences

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2         2/24-26

Grammar:        Grammar and Usage Issues for ESL Writers FF 322-341; Writing Simple Sentences FF 99-103;

 

Writing:           Writing A Paragraph FF, p.25- 40

 

Reading:          NS (RW), Unit 1, Advertising, p.1-20

 

Online Assignment: Make sure you have complete information on your blue bookmark.

 

Quiz 1              Parts of Speech and Syllabus Quiz

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3            3/3-5    

Grammar:        Simple Present/Present Progressive & Stative Verbs,

IG 1-23; Commas, Mechanics, and Capitalization, FF p.349-390; Describe a classmate using appositives.

Online Assignment: Continue (every week) to complete chapter exercises online at Exercise Central

 

Reading:          NS (RW), Unit 1, p.1-20 (continued)

 

Writing:           Fine-Tuning Your Paragraph, FF, p.41-58; Describe an ad.

 

Assignment:    Exemplification, FF 61-64; Choose from list on p.64

 

Quiz 2              Simple Present/Present Progressive & Stative Verbs

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4          3/10-12          

Grammar:        Simple Past/Past Progressive/Past Habitual (used to), IG 43-73; NS (RW), p.171-173

 

Reading:          FTM  p.  ix -xii; xi & xiii; timeline in your country

                       

Map:                Locate Manzanar & other camps, SM, Washington, D.C.

 

Video:              Farewell to Manzanar

                       

                        Quiz 3:             Commas, Mechanics and Capitalization

 

 

5          3/17-19          

Grammar:        Sentence Types (Handout), Coordination & Subordination, FF p. 112-143: Run-Ons, Comma Splices & Fragments, FF p.169-195; handouts

 

Reading:          NS (RW), p. 127-130

                        FTM p. 3-19

 

                        Assignment:    Narration, FF p. 65-67

 

                        Video:              The Lunch Date

 

                        Quiz 4              Past, Past Progressive, & Past Habitual

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6          3/24-26                                                                                  

Grammar:       Present Perfect/Present Perfect Progressive IG p.133-161;

                                                NS (RW), p.191 -192

 

Reading:          NS (RW), Unit 4, p.67 - 86 ("Metamorphosis")

                                                                                                                                                            FTM p. 20-46

 

Writing:           Summarizing NS p.84-85

 

Assignment:    Summary:  Read & summarize 1940's newspaper article

 

Quiz 5:             Sentence Types, Coordination & Subordination    

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7                    3/31-4/2

Grammar:        Past Perfect/Past Perfect Progressive IG p.389-402

 

Reading:          NS (RW), Unit 4, p.67- 86 (continued)

                                                FTM p. 47-65

 

                        Video:              Mr. Bean and exercise

                       

                        Quiz 6:             Run-Ons, Comma Splices & Fragments

 

8          4/7-9

Assignment: Choose one: (1) Visit Manzanar & report back (oral) or (2) Report (oral) on one of the books listed in the course bibliography (due after spring break)

 

Midterm Exam (Monday) (includes quiz on Past Perfect/Past Perfect Progressive)

 

Visit Japanese-American National Museum  (Wednesday) http://www.janm.org/      
Lunch at Oiwake http://www.japaneserestaurantinfo.com/oiwake/

 

Spring Break                April 14-20      Classes not in session______________________

 

9          4/21-23                                                                                              

Grammar:        Agreement FF 196-211

 

Reading:          NS (RW), Unit 3, p.45 - 66, “Quackery”

                        FTM  p.  69-96

                        Mark Twain - "Cure for the Common Cold"

 

Writing:           Cause and Effect - handouts

                                                Journal:  Home Remedies

                       

                        Oral Presentations:     Visits to Manzanar/book reports

 

10        4/28-4/30      

                                                                       

Grammar:        Illogical Shifts, FF p.214-223; Pronouns FF 281-306

 

Reading:          FTM 97-120

                        "Wilshire Bus" by Hisaye Yamamoto

 

Assignment:    Cause or Effect Paragraph (opposite of Week 10)

 

Online Assignment:  Go to http://www.si.edu/postal/far/far4.html for

                                                            “Letters to Miss Breed”

                       

Quiz 7: Agreement

 

11        5/5-7  

 

                        Grammar:        Comparatives, Superlatives, & Equatives IG p. 313 - 338;

                                                Adjectives and Adverbs FF p. 307-319

 

Reading:          NS (RW), Unit 8 p.157 -176

                        FTM 121-145 (end of book)

                                                "The Filipino and the Drunkard" by William Saroyan
                                    See: http://www.cilicia.com/armo22_william_saroyan_filipino.html

 

                        LA Times   Sikh article

 

                        Writing:           Comparison and Contrast, NS 106 - 108; FF 71-76

 

                        Assignment:    Compare/contrast the experiences of the Filipino and the Sikh

 

                        Quiz 8:             Illogical Shifts/Pronouns

 

12        5/12-14          

Grammar:        Social Modals IG 163-195

 

                        Assignment:    Compare or Contrast Paragraph

 

                        Quiz 10:           Comparatives, Superlatives, & Equatives

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13                5/19-21    

Reading:          NS (RW), Unit 9

 

Assignment:    Compare or Contrast Paragraph (opposite of Week 12)

 

Quiz 11:           Social Modals

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14                    5/28
Class not in session Memorial Day Holiday Mon 5/26

Grammar:        Count/Non Count Nouns & Quantity Expressions IG 269 - 295

                        Nouns, FF 271 - 280

                                                                       

Reading:          NS (RW), Unit 9, 177-196

 

Writing:           Persuasion, FF, 76-80

 

                        Assignment     Persuasion Paragraph

                                                Agree or disagree: Internment

15                    6/2-4

Video:              “Huell Howser revisits Manzanar”

Review:           Prepare for final exam

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16                    6/9

Last day of class-Final Exam: Part 1

6/10

Final Exam: Part 2 3:30-6:30 (Check Final Exam Schedule)

 

 

***Note: Information on the syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.