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English
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Course
Requirements
 Texts and Supplies: Parks, Levernier, Hollowell's Structuring Paragraphs and Essays and Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak.
200 page notebook.
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Objectives
This class is a basic writing class. We begin writing paragraphs and move to writing short (two to three) pages. Our focus this semester is education, so we will be reading and writing about education related topics. Besides improving our writing, we will also work on reading, improving our reading strategies while we discuss what we have read.
Upon the successful completion of this course, the student will be able to do the following:
- Evaluate the form and function of the paragraph and the short essay
- Compose clear, specific topic sentences
- Support topic sentences with well-developed paragraphs
- Analyze a subject and develop a thesis
- Compose a thesis with appropriate details
- Organize material appropriately
- Compose unified and coherent prose
- Demonstrate a basic competence in grammar, syntax, and punctuation
- Demonstrate basic reading comprehension
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Writing
We will compose
9 (paragraphs and essays, in and out-of-class); these will range
from a single paragraph (7-12 sentences) to well developed essays,
500-750 words, and will be viewed as the writer's incremental move
to proficiency. Students will be allowed one late paper, but only if s/he has turned in all drafts, which
fulfill all paragraph/essay requirements, of that particular paragraph/essay.
Failure to turn in a paper will prevent a student from passing this
class.
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Reading
The class will
read regularly from Structuring Paragraphs
and Essays, Speak and from other handouts; students
will use reading as a reference point for paragraph and essay ideas
and as a supplement to their writing. Students will be quizzed periodically
on reading assignments.
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Attendance
This class will
be use group work a few days a week; with this arrangement, students
will be expected to attend class regularly. You will be grouped
with two to three other students in a peer group and for the first
draft of each paper, you will be required to acquire peer group
members' revision comments. (You will all be graded on your revision
comments.) Students are allowed six absences. On the seventh absence,
I drop you from the course. Regular attendance is expected. I do
not distinguish between excused and unexcused absenses, and I
do not allow make-up work except for the aforementioned late paper.
Get notes from a fellow student if you miss a class. Also, I
do not tolerate late arrivals and early departures; if a student regularly arrives late or leaves early, s/he
will be dropped. Finally, if you miss an assignment, you do not
get credit for it. No exceptions.
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Group
Exam
The Developmental
Education Department administers a Group Exam towards the end of
the semester; this test will determine how well prepared students
are for English A.
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Professionalism
Students are
expected to act in a collegiate manner. Thus, cell
phones, iPods, and other electronic equipment
will not be tolerated. Make sure these devices are inoperable during
class time. Disruption of class will result in appropriate disciplinary
action. Additionally, children are not allowed in class, for it
is against the law. Furthermore, cheating in any of its forms, using
another person's answers, plagiarizing, et cetera will be reported
to proper officials. Finally, regular attendance, participation,
and engagement are instrumental to your success in this class.
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Grading
Grades will
be decided by the following:
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Essays - 400 points |
Paragraphs - 150 points |
Peer Revision - 175 points |
| Group
Exam - 100 points |
Dictations
- 100 points |
Miscellaneous (quizzes, exercises) - 175 points |
| 1100
points; 990 - 1100 = A; 880 - 989 = B; 770- 879 = C; 660
- 769 = D; 659 and below = F |
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