Syllabus
Course Requirements and Evaluation
Four
paragraph assignments
36% (9% each)
Two
themes
30% (15% each)
Midterm
Examination 10%
Final
Examination 15%
Class
participation (activities, prewriting, and outlines)
9%
Total 100%
A=
89.6 and higher; B=79.6-89.5; C=69.6-79.5; D=59.6-69.5
(A
grade of D does not qualify the student for English 111.
See the college Catalog.)
All
paragraph assignments, multiparagraph themes, required revisions of
paragraphs and themes, and tests must be submitted to qualify for a
passing grade.
Course Policies
1. Attendance: Regular attendance is crucial to classroom learning. Arriving late and leaving early are disruptive and students who do so will not receive credit for attendance. You are expected to attend all classes. If you miss more than 3 hours of instruction, your must provide a documented excuse or risk a negative consequence to your final grade. Note: Regardless of your reason for missing a class, you are responsible for arranging to make up missed work.
2.
Participation:
You are expected to be prepared for class and to participate in
class discussions and other activities.
Such participation will be difficult unless you have read the
assigned material and have the text with you.
Disruptive behaviors will have a negative impact on your
participation grade and may result in temporary suspension and/or other
disciplinary action, as per the College Catalog.
3.
Late
Papers: Papers are due promptly at the beginning of the class identified
in the syllabus. If you are
unable to meet this requirement, please contact me at least 48 hours
in advance of the due date to make other arrangements.
Unexcused late papers will be penalized, and papers later than
one week will not be accepted.
4.
Make-up
Exams: You are expected to take all exams on the date they are
scheduled. If you are
unable to meet this requirement for some very good reason, please
contact me at least 48 hours in
advance about the possibility of making other arrangements.
Unexcused, missed exams will be penalized and may not be made up.
5.
Getting
Help: Feel free to stop by
my office hours—no appointment necessary.
I also check my e-mail regularly (e-mails are preferable to phone
calls). In
addition, one-on-one tutoring from faculty is available at the Writing
Center in Library
105. You
will be able to get help on such matters as organization, grammar and
punctuation. Always bring a
copy of the assignment and specific questions you wish to address to
your session. Tutors
will not proofread or approve your papers for you.
6.
Disability
accommodations: Students with documented disabilities are eligible for
course modifications. See Disabled Student Services in Academic
Advising to request these accommodations. Any other student who
suspects he/she may have a problem that hinders learning is also advised
to confer with DSS immediately.
7.
Formatting:
all out-of-class assignments should be word-processed,
spell-checked, and double-spaced. In-class
assignments should be double-spaced and legible.
Improperly formatted work need not be accepted and will be
penalized for lateness.
8.
Whenever
you have a final (revised) version of an assignment due, you will be
required to hand in all steps (prewriting, outline, draft, revision) in
a folder.
9.
It
is against AACC policy to consume food or beverages in the classroom.
Please turn off cell phones and beepers before entering the
classroom, as well.
10.
The
syllabus may be changed over the course of the semester to better fit
the needs of the class.
Date |
Assignments
to be completed before class
|
Topics
to be covered in class |
|
Week
1 |
|
|
|
Monday,
8/26 |
|
Introduction |
|
Wednesday,
8/28 |
Read
3-6 Read 502-06 and complete activities |
Making
and supporting points Titles |
|
Friday,
8/30 |
Read Activity 3 on 6; make a list of the
characteristics of your best and worst jobs; do not write
a paragraph |
Write
Paragraph A in class |
|
Week
2 |
|
|
|
Monday,
9/2 |
LABOR
DAY |
NO
CLASS |
|
Wednesday,
9/4 |
Read 10-13, 163
|
Writing as a skill; audience and purpose Diagnostic
test on sentence skills (405-09) |
|
Friday,
9/6 |
Read
17-31 and complete activities |
The writing process, prewriting, revising, and
editing |
Week
3 |
|
|
|
Monday,
9/9 |
Read
35-42 and complete activities |
Outlining;
Topic sentences and support The
first and second steps in writing (47-57) |
|
Wednesday,
9/11 |
Paragraph
A revision due (properly
formatted and in folder with draft and prewriting) **writing center required** |
First
and second steps in writing, ctd. 57-76
|
|
Friday,
9/13 |
Read
79-96 and complete activities |
Organizing
principles, transitions, tracking |
|
Week
4 |
|
|
|
Monday,
9/16 |
Read
243-48 |
Prewriting
for Paragraph B (descriptive paragraph) |
|
Wednesday,
9/18 |
Paragraph B due
|
Revising
Sentences (97-107) Fourth
Step in Writing |
|
Friday,
9/20 |
Read
107-116 and complete activities |
Sentence
Variety Review
of Revising Sentences (118-130) |
|
Week
5 |
|
|
|
Monday,
9/23 |
Read
411-415 and 507-14 and complete activities |
Subjects
and Verbs; Sentence Sense (416-418) and Capital Letters |
|
Wednesday,
9/25 |
Revision
of Paragraph B due |
Fragments
(419-434) |
|
Friday,
9/27 |
Read
435-45 and complete activities |
Run-on
sentences |
|
Week
6 |
|
|
|
Monday,
9/30 |
Read 257-262 |
Pre-writing
for Paragraph C (narrative paragraph) |
|
Wednesday,
10/2 |
|
Write Paragraph C in
class
|
|
Friday,
10/4 |
Read
450-58 and complete activities |
Irregular
Verbs (459-67) |
|
Week
7 |
|
|
|
Monday,
10/7 |
Read
468-72 and complete activities |
Subject/verb
agreement (473-74, 587-88) |
|
Wednesday,
10/9 |
Revision
of Paragraph C due |
Review
for Midterm |
|
Friday,
10/11 |
Study
for Midterm |
Midterm
Examination |
|
Week
8 |
|
|
|
Monday,
10/14 |
|
Common
mistakes on midterm
|
|
Wednesday,
10/16 |
Read
205-219 Read
167-69; bring a list of three ground rules you want in place for
peer editing |
Prewriting
for Paragraph D (comparison/contrast paragraph) |
|
Friday,
10/18 |
Paragraph D due
|
Peer Review of Paragraph D |
|
Week
9 |
|
|
|
Monday,
10/21 |
Read
535-542 and complete activities |
Commas |
|
Wednesday,
10/23 |
Read
519-26 and 545-49 and complete activities |
Apostrophes
and other punctuation marks |
|
Friday,
10/25 |
Revision
of Paragraph D due |
Commonly
confused words (570-78) |
|
Week
10 |
|
|
|
Monday,
10/28 |
Read
579-583 and complete activities |
Effective Word Choice Multiparagraph essays; thesis construction |
|
Wednesday,
10/30 |
Read
292-305 and complete activities |
Organization
of multiparagraph essays |
|
Friday,
11/1 |
Using
the form on 305, write out a formal sentence outline for “Giving
up a Baby” or “Sports-Crazy America” (300-02); Bring a
persuasive article from a newspaper or magazine |
More
on introductory and concluding paragraphs |
|
Week
11 |
|
|
|
Monday,
11/4 |
Read
306-312; Choose a topic from one of the following writing
assignments: 2, 3, 6, 8, 11 |
Prewriting
for Theme 1, thesis construction |
|
Wednesday,
11/6 |
Formal sentence outline for Theme 1 due |
Write Theme 1 in class |
|
Friday,
11/8 |
Bring
a list of any questions you have so far |
Finish
Theme 1 in class |
|
Week
12 |
|
|
|
Monday,
11/11 |
Read
475-79 and complete activities |
Pronoun
agreement and reference (480-81) |
|
Wednesday,
11/13 |
Read
482-87 and complete activities |
Pronoun
types |
|
Friday,
11/15 |
Read
488-92 and complete activities |
Adjectives
and Adverbs |
|
Week
13 |
|
|
|
Monday,
11/18 |
Revision of Theme 1
Due |
Misplaced
Modifiers (493-96) |
|
Wednesday,
11/20 |
|
Common
Mistakes on Theme 1 |
|
Friday,
11/22 |
Using
the same list from Theme 1, choose a different topic:
306-312, Writing Assignment 2, 3, 6, 8, or 11 |
Prewriting
for Theme 2 |
Week
14 |
|
|
|
Monday,
11/25 |
Theme 2 due
|
Peer
editing of Theme 2 |
|
Wednesday,
11/27 |
Read 497-500 and complete
activities
|
Dangling
Modifiers (501) |
|
Friday,
11/29 |
Read
528-33 and complete activities |
Quotation
Marks (533-34) |
|
Week
15 |
|
|
|
Monday,
12/2 |
Revision of Theme 2
Due |
Practice
editing sentence errors (595-99) |
|
Wednesday,
12/4 |
|
Practice
editing sentence errors (600-05) |
|
Friday,
12/6 |
Bring
a list of any questions about the final |
Course
review |
