My Fall 2006 Engl-015 Classes

Welcome to Dr. Anasuya Pal's pages at the San Bernardino Valley College. Here you will learn about my Engl-015 classes, research interests, readings and travels and links to some other sites of ESL interest.
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Class Meetings, Course Outline, Expected Outcomes

Book Review, Self Evaluation Form, Course Downloads, Class Textbook, Essay Writing

Updated on 04/30/06

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bullet click here to visit the San Bernardino Valley College Library.
 
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Click here to watch online an Annenberg/ CPB video on library search

 

bullet English-015:
Preparation for College Writing (4 units)

This 4-unit writing course is designed to prepare students for English-101, the Freshman Composition class. Therefore, the primary focus here is on the development of the paragraph and the short essay. Reviews of grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation are included.
 
bullet Class Meetings:
 

 

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August

 

 

 

 

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September

4

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11

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October

2

4

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November

 

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December

4

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Dec 11: Final Examination (8-10 AM)

Note:

  1. Mark the attendance. Regular attendance will help you to earn a good grade.

  2. Assignments are due on fixed dates. If you are absent on those days, you will be late in submitting your assignments and these will not be evaluated.

 
bullet Downloads:
 Here are some class materials that you can easily download. 

If you need Adobe Reader to read these PDF files, click on the logo above to download it for free.
bullet Planning an Essay
bullet Transitional Expressions
bullet Sentence Skills Errors
bullet Active Learner Behavior Chart

Click on the title on the left to download the corresponding PDF file.

 

bullet How to write an essay?
 
   
 

Click on the image on the right to access the web-pages of Tom Davis at University of Birmingham, U.K., on how to write an essay.

Click on this Video-on-Demand icon on the left to view online the Annenberg/CPB video "A Personal View: The Art of the Essay".

  

This documentary segment traces the development of the formal essay and the birth of printing technology and their impact on the growth of political democracy.

 
  Note, though, that this presentation basically applies for writing assessed essays at somewhat advanced levels.

 

bullet Expected Outcomes for the Students:

 

  

Reference 

pp: textbook pages,

HO: handouts

  1. Identify the major parts of a sentence

  2. Compose simple, compound and complex sentences

  3. Compose sentences using parallelism

  4. Using pre-writing strategies to generate ideas for writing

  5. An effective thesis statement for a short multi-paragraph essay

  6. Writing a short expository essay with supporting details

  7. Write a short expository essay that is unified and coherent

  8. Write complex sentences free of major errors

  9. Reasonably precise words that are appropriate for the writing task

  10. Reading for the main idea and supporting evidence

  11. Inferring the meaning from a text

pp. 361-366

HO: Four types of sentences

pp. 369-385

HO: On Parallelism

pp. 17-31

pp. 47-57

pp. 79-97

pp. 97-117

pp. 500-535

HO: Summary of Reading Strategies

HO: Critical Analyses of Essays

 

 

bullet The Textbook:
 John Langan: English Skills with Readings
(McGraw-Hill, Sixth Edition, 768pp, ©2005: ISBN 0073215171)

Click here to access the details or order online at amazon.com

Click on the image on the left to access product details at the McGraw-Hill website

 

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Evaluation
Click here to download this self evaluation form as a PDF document or print out this form and fill it in as the class progresses. Note that the assignments are marked over 6 points as is done for the final examination, i.e., Grade A: 6 points, Grade B: 5 points, Grade C: 4 points.

 

Date

Assignment

My Points

My Grade
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average:

 

 

 

Practice Exam:

 

 

 

 

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The Book Review:
 "A Passage to India" by E.M. Forster

Click on the image on the right to access the details of this 1924 novel by E.M. Forster, set in the British India of 1920s, that presents a study of conflicts associated with the complexities of colonial relations and inter-cultural relations and of the nature of memory.

Clicking here will take you to the "Passage to India" page at this website.

 

This book review assignment is integral to this class and comprises the following:

 
 
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Orientation
 
bullet Library orientation
bullet Selection of the book
bullet Data Base Research
 

bullet Study
 
bullet Finish reading the book
bullet Sample Review: Instructor Presentation
 
bullet Completion
Submit your review for grading


Note that the book review should contain the description of ...
 

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the plot of the book
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the main characters in the book
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the style of the author
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your opinion of the book
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research material from the Data Base
Length of the book review: 500 words
(use the word processor)
 

 

bullet Course Outline:

You are expected to complete the reading/writing assignments prior to the date they appear on this course outline and be prepared for discussions/hand-ins at the class meeting.
 

Week 1

Course Introduction; Personal Introductions; The Essay Format

Locate the thesis, topic sentences and supporting details: Langan (pp. 243-255)

Week 2:

Home Work: Locate the thesis, Topic sentences and supporting details

Read: 17-47

Week 3:

Read: 47-78 — The First and Second Steps in Writing

Read: 79-96 — The Third Step in Writing

Week 4:

Assignment: Essay Writing — Practice

Read: 97-130

Week 5:

Essay Writing: In-Class writing (to be graded)

Essay Writing: The problems in essay writing — Review 452-456

Week 6:

Read: 105-130

Summary Writing

Week 7:

Fragments — (Handout) Three Kinds of Sentences

Run-ons

Week 8:

Summary Writing — In the class (to be graded)

A Passage to India — watch the film; a response essay (home work)

Week 9:

Response Essay — practice, discussion

Response Essay to be written in the class (to be graded)

Week 10:

Nine Patterns of Writing: 171-269  — A Workshop to Analyze the Patterns

Critical Analysis of an Essay: Example 1— Book Review - DUE

Week 11:

A Response Essay (to be graded)

Review of a Response Essay (Peer Review)

Week 12:

Read: 133-157

Supporting Details — Paragraphs: 171-269

Week 13:

In-Class Essay (to be graded)

Students' Essays: Self Evaluation

Week 14:

Workshop: Review — Reading the Titles to Infer Meaning

Read 519-546: Commonly Confused Words

  

Week 15:

Read 425-442: Pronoun Agreement

Practice Exam (to be graded)

Week 16:

Practice Exam (to be graded)

Practice Exam (to be graded)

Final Exam: Dec 11

Note that certain changes may have to be made to this outline, from time to time, as the situation may demand.

 

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