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Date:
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2/17/2010
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Submitting
Faculty Name:
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Bruce
McCutcheon
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Division:
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C0
(ABE/ESL/GED/DEVED)
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Credits:
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10
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Course
Title:
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Integrated
Skills in English 6
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Var
Cr:
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No
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Description:
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In
this integrated reading, writing and grammar course, students gainskills
necessary to advance to college courses and professional/ technical
training. Students progress from paragraph to basic essay writing. Reading topics vary
depending on textbooks and instructor and/or student choice.
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Description2:
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In
this integrated reading, writing and grammar course, students gainskills
necessary to advance to college courses and professional/ technical
training. Prerequisites: Successful completion of ESL Level 5
orappropriate placement on the CASAS and/or SCC ESL placement test.
Mandatory P/NC Grading.
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Prerequisites:
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Successful
completion of ESL Level 5 or appropriate placement on the CASAS and/or
SCC ESL placement test.
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Planned Year/Quarter Effective: WINTER
2011
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COURSE OUTCOMES
& ASSESSMENTS
Outcome: 1. Determine the purpose and
audience for written communication in business/ academic settings.
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Assessment Methods
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Req/Sug
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Gen Ed Outcomes
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Use
appropriate language and tone to write for a given audience.
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Required
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Communication:
Write effectively
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Outcome: 2. Write in- and
out-of-class multi-paragraph assignments that combine personal and
content-based information organized around a central idea.
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Assessment Methods
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Req/Sug
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Gen Ed Outcomes
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Write
single- or multiple-paragraphs around a single topic, with topic
sentences, a variety of support, and appropriate transitions.
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Required
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Communication:
Write effectively
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Outcome: 3. Use a variety of
sentence styles including simple, compound and complex and edit for grammar
errors.
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Assessment Methods
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Req/Sug
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Gen Ed Outcomes
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Write
in-and out-of-class paragraphs.
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Required
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Communication:
Write effectively
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Outcome: 4. Revise writing
based on feedback.
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Assessment Methods
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Req/Sug
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Gen Ed Outcomes
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Incorporate
changes in second or third drafts, based on feedback.
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Required
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Communication:
Write effectively
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Outcome: 5. Employ
appropriate reading strategies to comprehend a variety of pre-college and
real-life readings.
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Assessment Methods
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Req/Sug
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Gen Ed Outcomes
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Answer
questions about vocabulary, main ideas, details, pronoun referents, and
possible inferences.
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Required
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Communication:
Read and analyze
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Outcome: 6. Demonstrate
comprehension of a variety of pre-college and real-life readings.
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Assessment Methods
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Req/Sug
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Gen Ed Outcomes
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Demonstrate
comprehension by responding correctly to multiple choice, true/false,
and/or short-answer quiz items.
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Required
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Communication:
Read and analyze
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Outcome: 7. Write single and
multiple paragraphs using a variety of rhetorical patterns such as
compare/contrast, cause/effect, process, etc.
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Assessment Methods
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Req/Sug
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Gen Ed Outcomes
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Write
paragraphs that demonstrate appropriate use of rhetorical patterns.
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Required
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Communication:
Write effectively
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Outcome: 8. Use different
reading strategies according to purpose.
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Assessment Methods
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Req/Sug
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Gen Ed Outcomes
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Find
specific information and identify main ideas in a variety of texts using
reading strategies like skimming and scanning and close reading.
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Required
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Communication:
Read and analyze
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Outcome: 9. Use prior
knowledge to help with comprehension and prediction.
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Assessment Methods
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Req/Sug
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Gen Ed Outcomes
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Answer
questions about reading topics prior to reading.
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Required
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Communication:
Read and analyze
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Outcome: 10. Navigate and
communicate appropriately on the college online platform.
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Assessment Methods
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Req/Sug
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Gen Ed Outcomes
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Teacher
observation
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Suggested
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Communication:
Write effectively
Information Literacy: Use diverse sources
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Discussion
Board
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Suggested
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Communication:
Write effectively
Information Literacy: Use diverse sources
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Course
Outline or Topics
Topics may include the following:
Personal experience
Business
Health
Science
History
Social issues
Writing:
Organize a paragraph and multiple paragraph
compositions
Identify an audience and purpose in own and others'
writing
Support a topic with a variety of kinds of support
Revise and edit one's own writing based on feedback
Use level-appropriate vocabulary in writing
Reading:
Read with understanding to achieve expectations of
CASAS scores 221-235
Employ various reading strategies to determine
meaning, such as skimming and scanning, predicting, using prior knowledge
Identify main ideas and support
Distinguish fact from opinion
Identify organizational strategies in reading
Evaluate the quality and strength of support in
pre-college level texts
(Note: Most of these are based on the 2006
Washington State Adult Learning Standards)
Grammar:
Review, integrate, and contrast all tenses.
Advanced adjective clauses (in which, to whom,
etc.)
Gerunds and infinitives
Reported speech
Noun phrases, articles and determiners
Participial phrases
Passive voice in a variety of verb tenses, aspects,
and forms (future, perfect, continuous)
Certificate/Degree/Transfer
Information
This course could be taken as part of the
following:
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Transfers
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Transfers
As
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Transfer
Type
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General
Education Degree Requirements:
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This
course already meets
Gen Ed core curriculum requirements for:
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This
course should be considered to
meet Gen Ed core curriculum requirements for:
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This
course fulfills a Distribution Requirement for:
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This
course is:
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Dual Listed as:
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