1. Advanced College English

2. Instructor: David Connors E-Mail: gimple@hotmail.com Office: 1212
Admin. Office: 1306
Admin. Phone:

3. Text:

4. Grading: 5% 5% Attendance 30% Participation Online Quizzes 20%
Offline 5%
20%
25%
Attendance
Participation
Online Quizzes
Offline Quizzes
Midterm Exam
Final Exam

5. Grading: A B C,
D,F
30%
40%
30%

6. Attendance – 10% Absent 4 times = F 3 times late = -1
Excuses: military
3 times late = -1
Sleeping in class = -1
1 class is free!!!

7. Participation – 5% In class participation Readings Homework
Participation may include:
In class participation
● actively talking with your partner
● asking and answering questions
Readings
● complete the assigned readings before class
Homework
● complete the assigned homework before class

8. Online Quizzes – 30%
Weekly quizzes and assignments managed by your online professor.

9. Offline Quizzes – 5%
In class quizzes based on the vocabulary and content from your textbook.

10. Week 8 – written exam Based on book vocabulary and concepts.
Midterm Exam – 25%
Week 8 – written exam
Based on book vocabulary and concepts.

11. Week 15 - written exam + speaking exam
Final Exam – 25%
Week 15 - written exam + speaking exam

12. Rules:
No sleeping.
No texting.

13. Don’t be silent! Practice makes perfect.
Rules:
Having a drink
or snack is OK,
but please clean up your trash.
Don’t be silent!
Practice makes perfect.

14. Have fun!

15. Week
Sessions
On-line Class
Off-line Class 1
Reading for Main Ideas (1)
Course Intro, Ice-Breakers, etc. 2
Reading for Main Ideas (2)
Chapter 1-Reading 1
speaking/writing activities on the two readings
Chapter 1-Reading 2 3
Chapter 1-Reading 3
Chapter 2-Reading 1 4
Chapter 2-Reading 2
quiz 1, speaking/writing activities on the two readings
Chapter 2-Reading 3 5
Chapter 3-Reading 1
Chapter 3-Reading 2 6
Chapter 3-Reading 3
quiz 2, speaking/writing activities on the two readings
Chapter 4-Reading 1 7
Chapter 4-Reading 2
Chapter 4-Reading 3 8
Reading for Details (1)
Midterm Exam
Reading for Details (2) 9
Chapter 5-Reading 1
quiz 3, speaking/writing activities on the two readings
Chapter 5-Reading 2 10
Chapter 5-Reading 3
Chapter 6-Reading 1 11
Chapter 6-Reading 2
quiz 4, speaking/writing activities on the two readings
Chapter 6-Reading 3 12
Chapter 7-Reading 1
Chapter 7-Reading 2 13
Chapter 7-Reading 3
quiz 5, speaking/writing activities on the two readings
Chapter 8-Reading 1 14
Chapter 8-Reading 2
Chapter 8-Reading 3 15
Critical Reading (1)
Final Exam
Critical Reading (2)