Course Essentials

Dayamudra Dennehy Fall 2021

83464-201

Wednesdays & Thursdays 8/16-12/15/21

COURSE DESCRIPTION


  • In our ESL Reading class we will be developing our reading and vocabulary skills.

  • As a fully remote class, we will meet two afternoons every week for Livestream sessions.

  • The textbook for this course is Prism Level 2 Student's Book Reading/Writing Workbook (with Access Code)

ISBN: 9781316624319 Author: Westbrook Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS

This book is available at the CCSF Bookstore as well as at online vendors.

Here is the Course Outline.

COURSE GOALS

In this course you will practice to master:

  • High beginning reading skills development.

  • Comprehension of adapted written materials on familiar topics.

  • Beginning vocabulary and word analysis skills.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Apply high beginning reading strategies to determine central ideas and some supporting details of simple adapted informational and narrative texts.

  • Use high beginning vocabulary analysis skills to determine the meaning of words in familiar contexts.


OUR TEXTBOOK

  • The textbook for this course is Prism Level 1 Student's Reading Book with Online Workbook

  • ISBN: 9781108556194 Author: Lewis Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS

  • This book is available at the CCSF Bookstore as well as at online vendors.

REQUIRED HARDWARE


Computer/laptop or smartphone

Ideally, you should have access to a laptop or desktop computer to complete this course.

However, I have taken care to design a course that can also be completed from a smartphone.

Your feedback will help me improve our learning environment to support more students.


REQUIRED SOFTWARE

You will use Canvas, which is accessed through your MyCCSF account for this course. You won't need to create and account or download anything unless you are using a phone as your course access method.

Canvas Student App (recommended for all, required for those who use a phone)

I strongly recommend that you download the free Canvas Student App before course starts you can stay more connected with our course. When prompted to find your school, enter CCSF and then select our course from your Dashboard.

Other Mobile Apps (recommended for all, required for those who use a phone)

Throughout the course I will introduce other tools to support your learning, such as Kahoot, Flipgrid, Padlet, JamBoard, Google Slides, and Adobe Spark Pages. You will be able to access these apps directly from our Canvas course. I'll tell you more before we use them and I will provide plenty of support so that you will be successful using these tools.

IMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday August 18, 2021: Our first ESL NC Reading Class

Monday September 6: Labor Day Holiday

Monday October 11: Indigenous People's Day Holiday

Thursday November 11: Veteran's Day

Thursday to Sunday November 25 to 28: Thanksgiving Break

Wednesday December 15th: Last Day of the Fall 2021 semester.

Here is the CCSF Fall 2021 Calendar.