ESOL 3

ESOL 3 Syllabus 2007-08
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Early Language Learners at this stage (ESOL 3) understand more complex speech and use English fairly well to communicate. While their spoken English is comprehensible, they may still make grammatical mistakes. They are developing a larger English vocabulary for speaking and writing as well as understanding written materials for academic success. This course also has a strong focus on further developing academic writing skills to ensure students are successful on statewide writing assessments as well as feel comfortable in expressing their thoughts, opinions and knowledge in academic matters.
STANDARDS: The following standards are a product of the Teachers of English for Students of Other Languages (TESOL), the nationally recognized organization of teachers and administrators who work with Early Language Learners.
GOAL 1/Standard 1: To use English to communicate in social settings: Students will use English to participate in social interaction.
GOAL 1/Standard 2: To use English to communicate in social settings: Students will interact in, through, and with spoken and written English for personal expression and enjoyment.
GOAL 1/Standard 3: To use English to communicate in social settings: Students will use
learning strategies to extend their communicative competence.
GOAL 2/Standard 1: To use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use English to interact in the classroom.
GOAL 2/Standard 2: To use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use English to obtain, process, construct, and provide subject matter information in spoken and written form.
GOAL 2/ Standard 3: To use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use appropriate learning strategies to construct and apply academic knowledge.
GOAL 3/ Standard 1: To use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways: Students will use the appropriate language variety, register, and genre according to the audience,
purpose, and setting.
GOAL 3/ Standard 2: To use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways: Students will use non verbal communication appropriate to audience, purpose, and setting.
GOAL 3/ Standard 3: To use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways: Students will use appropriate learning strategies to extend their communicative competence
ESOL 3 Syllabus 2007-08
BENCHMARKS: By the end of ESOL 3, students should be able to perform the following with a higher degree of skill, fluency, and independence the following:
1. Assist others in interpreting directions.
2. Understand basic idiomatic expressions in face-to-face conversations.
3. Understand most social telephone conversations.
4. Demonstrate comprehension of most academic content at ESOL 2 level.
5. Read/understand short and non-technical news/magazine articles of interest.
6. Recognize figurative language encountered in selections for this stage.
7. Read/comprehend a variety of forms: poetry, short stories, biography, news and magazine articles.
8. Distinguish when to use or not use gestures.
9. Speak with more fluency when discussing familiar academic content from one’s own
point of view.
10. Respond appropriately to higher-level questions in academic context with details.
11. Understand and use rhetorical questions.
12. Talk comfortably about ESOL 2 topics and themes.
13. Explain academic information for this stage.
14. Begin to incorporate vocabulary from other disciplines.
15. Consult thesaurus and other resources for new words.
16. Begin to apply new words in appropriate contexts.
17. Edit own and other writing samples.
18. Use appropriate tenses in writing connected passages.
19. Distinguish between expository, descriptive, and narrative writing.
20. Respond to prompts and summarize information.
21. Use technology to gather information and edit work.
PROJECTED UNITS OF STUDY
Unit 1: Grammar Review
Unit 2: Fables and Myths
Unit 3: Tall Tales and Legends
Unit 4: Short Story
Unit 5: Non-Fiction
Unit 6: Novel
Unit 7: Drama
Unit 8: Novel or Drama (time permitting)
Unit 9: Poetry
WRITING
Students will have a variety of writing exercises in class and out of class to improve their command of sentences, paragraphs, and essays. They will write a variety of informal and formal essays that emphasize expository or persuasive writing and include literary analysis.
ESOL 3 Syllabus 2007-2008
CURRICULUM INTEGRATION
Students will have Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing activities utilizing materials from other courses on their schedules.
Textbooks for ESOL 3 will be from the following list:
TITLE PRICE
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn $ 8.50
Animal Farm 14.35
Exploring Literature 39.99
A Raisin in the Sun 8.50
Romeo and Juliet 8.50
Write Ahead 20.00




























ESOL 3 Syllabus 2007-08
GRADES
Please read the GRADING SCALE section on p.6 in the Chattahoochee Cougars Handbook (Handbook).
Your semester grade will be based on the following categories:
Classwork 15%
Homework 10%
In-Class Writing 10%
Out-of-Class Writing 10%
Quizzes 10%
Tests 30%
Cumulative Final Exam 15%
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Total 100%
Each assignment in any category will have a specific rubric. I reserve the right to make changes in the number and the value of the assignments.
Parent(s) or guardian(s) will receive unscheduled Progress Reports as I feel are necessary as well as a Six Week Progress Report, a Twelve Week Progress Report, and a Final Semester Grade Report after the Final Exam.
RECOVERY (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!)
Opportunities designed to allow a student to recover from a low or failing cumulative grade will be allowed when all work required to date has been completed and the student has demonstrated a legitimate effort to meet all course requirements including attendance.
The student should contact the teacher concerning recovery opportunities. The teacher is expected to establish a reasonable time period for recovery work to be completed during the semester. All recovery work must be directly related to course objectives and must be completed ten school days prior to the end of the semester.
The teacher will determine when and how a student with extenuating circumstances may improve the student’s grades.
Recovery is available to a student with a cumulative grade below 74% after a minimum of two (2) major grades. The maximum grade a student can earn for a recovery activity is 70%. There will be only one recovery opportunity per failed major assignment or test. The individual teacher will determine the means of recovery. THE STUDENT MUST INITIATE THE PROCESS WITHIN FIVE (5) DAYS OF NOTIFICATION OF A FAILING GRADE ON A MAJOR ASSIGNMENT/TEST.
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MAKE-UP WORK
Assignments made prior to a full-day absence and due on the day the absence occurs will be due upon the student’s return. The student who is present for any portion of the school day is expected to turn in all assignments due on that day in order to receive full credit for the assignments.
It is the student’s responsibility to request make-up work from the teacher upon the first day the student returns. The student will have no more than the number of school days the student was absent to complete make-up work for work missed during the student’s absence.
The penalty for make up work missed due to an unexcused absence may be up to 10% of the maximum value of the assignment. Make-up work submitted late will receive a zero. Any exception for extensions of time will be made at the discretion of the teacher.

EXTRA HELP
If desired, the student should ask me, and we will arrange a mutually convenient time.

PLAGIARISM AND HONOR CODE POLICY
Plagiarism is the use of another’s words or ideas and the presentation of them as though they are entirely one’s own. Acts of plagiarism include, but are not limited to:
1. Using words or ideas from a published source without proper documentation;
2. Using the work of another (e.g., copying another student’s homework, composition, or project);
3. Using excessive editing suggestions of another student, teacher, parent, or paid editor.
Plagiarism on any project or paper at CHS will result in a zero for the assignment and an
Honor Code Violation. Unless directly stipulated by the teacher, collaboration on written work is not acceptable.
Please read the HONOR CODE POLICY section on pp. 25-26 in the Handbook.

Please read the COMPUTER NETWORK POLICY section including the INTERNET ACCESS GUIDELINES on pp 10-11 in the Handbook. Be advised that any time a student is off task in a lab, i.e., using the computer for other than the hour’s assignment, may result in a zero for that class assignment.

Please read the TARDINESS TO SCHOOL section on p. 14 of the Handbook and the CLASS CUTS section on p. 15 of the Handbook.
ESOL 3 Syllabus 2007-08
WHAT TO BRING TO CLASS
1. Your Handbook I will NOT allow you to leave class without it!
2. The material we will use that day and your Reading Log if we are doing literature
3. A pen with black or dark blue ink and a #2 pencil
4. Your Handbook I will NOT allow you to leave class without it!

CLASS RULES AND EXPECTATIONS
1. Pick up and begin First Activity, if any, from the Class Box Table.
2. Be in your desk and quiet and ready for class when the bell to begin class rings.
Ready for class means you have nothing on your desk except materials necessary for the class’s academic activities.
3. Store all other possessions in or under your desk. Nothing should be in your lap.
4. Sit upright in your assigned seat with your feet on the floor under your desk.
5. Do not move any desk without permission.
6. Do not chew or swallow anything, except water, you put into your mouth in class.
7. Do not do your toilet in class without permission. I will confiscate any brushes, combs, compacts, eyeliners, lipsticks, lotions, perfumes, sprays, etc, used for this purpose.

CONTACT
If you or your parent(s) wish to contact me, please use one of the following:
Home e-mail address: DavidCNunan@Comcast.net
CHS e-mail address: nunand@fultonschools.org
Home phone: 770-509-0696
Please send all e-mail to both e-mail addresses. This will guarantee that I will read your e-mail within 12 hours, except, possibly, on week-ends.
Please use my Home Phone ONLY if you do not have e-mail access.