Spring 2005 TTh Engl-015 Class
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This page was last updated on 03/09/06

English-015: Preparation
for College Writing (4 units)
(#3968): TTh 800 AM — 950 PM; A-208

  

Important Dates

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Feb 4: Last day to drop without a "W"
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Feb 4: Last day to file CR/NC petition
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Apr 22: Last day to drop with a "W"
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May 12: Final Examination
This 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.  

Services Available:

  • STAR Program: LA-204

  • Tutorial Center: LA-206

  • Writing Center: LA-201

  • Computer Center: LA-203

 

Downloads:

Here are some class materials that you can easily download.

If you need Adobe Reader to read these PDF files, click on the image on the left to download it for free.

Click on the title to down-load the PDF file.

Class Meetings:

Month

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

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January

 

 

11

13

18

20

25

27

 

 

February

1

3

8

10

15

17

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24

 

 

March

1

3

8

10

Spring Break

22

24

29

31

April

5

7

12

14

19

21

26

28

 

 

May

3

5

10

Thursday, May 12: Final Exam. (8-10 AM)

  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.

 

Textbook:

Langan, John:

English Skills with Readings

(McGraw-Hill, 2002)
 

Course Outline:

Note:

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.

 

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Jan 27:

Feb 1:

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Mar 1:

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Mar 10:

 

Course Introduction; Personal Introductions; The Essay Format

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

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

Read: 17-47

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

Read: 79-96 — The Third Step in Writing

Assignment: Essay Writing — Practice

Read: 97-130

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

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

Read: 105-130

Summary Writing

Fragments — (Handout) Three Kinds of Sentences

Run-ons

Summary Writing — In the class (to be graded)

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

Response Essay — practice, discussion

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

  Spring Break

Mar 22:

Mar 24:

Mar 29:

Mar 31:

Apr 5:

Apr 7:

Apr 12:

Apr 14:

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

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

A Response Essay (to be graded)

Review of a Response Essay (Peer Review)

Word Choice

Read: 133-157

Supporting Details — Paragraphs: 171-269

In-Class Essay (to be graded)

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Apr 21:

Apr 26:

Apr 28:

May 3:

May 5:

May 10:

 

Students' Essays: Self Evaluation

Workshop: Review — Reading the Titles to Infer Meaning

Read 519-546: Commonly Confused Words

Read 425-442: Pronoun Agreement

Practice Exam (to be graded)

Practice Exam (to be graded)

Practice Exam (to be graded)

 

May 12:

FINAL EXAMINATION (8-10 AM)

 

Expected Outcomes for the Students:
 

 Topic

Reference
(to textbook pages - pp. and/or handouts - HO)

  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
   
The Book Review:
 		  

 

  • Orientation

    • Library orientation

    • Selection of the book

    • Data Base Research

  • Study

    • Finish reading the book

    • Sample Review: Instructor Presentation

  • Completion
    Submit your review for grading
     

 

The book review should contain the description of ...
 

  • the plot of the book

  • the main characters in the book

  • the style of the author

  • your opinion of the book

  • research material from the Data Base
    Length of the book review: 500 words
    (use the word processor)

 
   
Evaluation:

Click here to download this self evaluation form as a PDF document.

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

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Average:

Practice Exam:
 

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Good Luck!

This page was last updated on 03/09/06