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English 84*(Learning Community)
English A
English 1A*
English 41*
English 1B

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Carmel Beach, 1/08

Note: I am not scheduled to teach this class until after Spring 2009. 

No updates have been made since early Fall 2007.

English A Fall 2007
Basic Composition and Reading
Semester Theme:  

California Dreams and Realities: All that Glitters is not Gold
 

This course is designed for students not qualified for English 1A and for students who desire a review of the conventions of written communication. It offers a review of grammar and usage in conjunction with the writing assignments. Reading assignments cover a variety of subjects for class discussion and provide a means for increasing reading comprehension. Writing assignments include an introduction to library research skills.

Since the purpose of this course is to further develop the necessary skills to write effectively and to read critically for success in college-level courses of all types, students will use the writing process to develop both formal and informal writing assignments, read and analyze a number of model essays, stories, and three full-length works, and complete a formal documented research paper. Class discussion, group work, and participation will be integral components of the course and methods of enhancing students’ growing proficiency in writing and reading.

Click here to go to the English A Syllabus

Click here to go to the English A Course Calendar 

Click here to go to English A Sample Assignments

Click here to go to English A Rhetorical Modes and Essay Background Information

Click here to go to Literary Terms

Excerpt from the poem "Shangri-la" by Suzanne Lummis

It's true, here we are all blonde,
even in the dark, on Mondays
or in slow traffic.

Even in our off-guard moments,
startled by a passer-by,
we are young.

Here we are all privileged,
even in our sleep. At night
the maids hover like sweetly

tranquilized angels over
the glazed or enameled surface
of things, purring clean clean. . .

http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/lummis.htm

"In America, I have an 'ethnic' face, a certain immigrant look that says, 'I'm not Scandinavian.' [. . .] When we moved to California, we no longer looked foreign. [. . .] As long as we didn't open our mouths, we looked as if we belonged" (Dumas Funny in Farsi 37).

"Their old life seemed far away and remote to him now, like a dream he could not quite remember" (Otsuka When the Emperor Was Divine 93).
 

Last updated June 28, 2008 by Amy Hundley