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Course Syllabus For:   ENGL 100 COMPOSITION - NONNATIVE SPEAKERS

Teacher : Daniel O'Connell        Summer 2007 Section: AN             Room: PH 402   Time:   8:00 am-10:10 pm MTWTh     Dates : 06/18-07/26 Units: 3.0    Office: 5113   Office Hours: 10:20-11:00am   M-Th or by appt. Telephone:   358-6899 ext. 19179 or   647-4202 (LALR Office)     E-Mail :   oconnelld@smccd.net

Required Texts:

Reading & Writing Short Arguments by Westerman, W.                   

Blink by Gladwell, M.

Bone by Ng, F.M.

A Writer's Reference by Hacker, D.

Materials:            

One TLC English Lab Folder

2 folders for collecting handouts and turning in finished essays

2 steno notebooks

Recommended: The ESL American Heritage Dictionary

Eligibility:   Writing prerequisite: ENGL 836 or ESOL 400 or ENGL 846 with a grade of C or better, or eligibility for ENGL 100 on approved college placement tests and other measures as necessary.   Reading Prerequisite: READ 836 with Credit or a grade of C or better, or ESOL 400 (taken at Skyline) with a grade of C or better, or ENGL846 with a grade of C or better, or eligibility for 400-level reading course on approved college Reading placement test, and other measures as necessary.   This course is transferable to a UC or CSU.   (Fulfills CSU requirements UC; CSU (A2, A3). CAN ENGL 2. ENGL 100 + ENGL 110 = CAN ENGL SEQ A.

Course Description:   This class will provide non-native students with writing practice based on the form and content of the essay. Course designed to help the student recognize and critically evaluate important ideas in short and book length texts, and express facts and thought logically and gracefully in clear and correct prose. Students will write critical expository essays at a skill level appropriate to a college transfer level class.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (SLO'S): Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

Course work.     Most of your coursework will be reading, writing, and researching, but your grade will ultimately depend on your writing.    All papers, except the final in-class exam, which receive lower than a "C" grade can be rewritten if handed in before the next class. Remember that for each paper different steps in the writing process will be required, such as creating an outline, meeting with me, typing a draft, peer review, seeing a tutor, and proofreading your own work.   So always save the work you do and hand in all of it in a folder with your final draft.   You must do the final paper and the final exam to pass the course.

The writing assignments will be text-based essays at least 4-5 pages in length which cumulatively add up to 8,000-10,000 words (35-40 pages) and which employ writing strategies that emphasize writing tasks such as causal analysis, advocacy of idea, persuasion, evaluation, refutation, interpretation, comparison/contrast, and definition.   20-30% woll be in-class essays.

Paper format:   All final papers must be typed, double-spaced, with 12 point font size, in Times New Roman font, with no extra spaces between paragraphs or gaps between the title and introductory paragraph.

Grades:   Grading will be: A (89.5-100%), B (79.5-89.5%), C (69.5-79.49), or D (below 69.5%).

This grade will breakdown roughly in this way:

Remember that attendance can have a negative effect on this breakdown.   

Attendance: Attendance is always critical to doing well in this course, but even more so during these condensed summer courses.   Coming to every class and on time is necessary If you miss more than one class, it will affect your grade and you can be withdrawn from the roster.   If you choose to withdraw from the course, it is your responsibility to drop from the class, either using WebSMART/SMART or by going to the Student Services Office. Two late arrivals will be counted as an absence.   Our time together every Monday through Thursday morning is valuable, so let's make the most of it.

Policy for Late and Missing Assignments:   Students are expected to hand in all the homework for the class, on time.   Contacting the teacher about missing class work is each student's responsibility.   Please contact me in class, through e-mail, or call a classmate if you miss something so that a makeup date can be arranged.   Missing class work without notifying the teacher will result in a zero grade for the assignment.   If you do hand it in late, the grade will be cut by 5% for each class it is late.

Plagiarism:   This is a serious academic course and requires a lot of serious work.   Anyone caught plagiarizing, copying from another source and then passing it off as one's own, will receive a 0 grade for the assignment.   Anyone caught twice will recieve a penalty grade of 0 and repeated plagerism will result in being dropped from the course.   There are tools out there that enable instructors to tell if a sentence or a piece of a sentence has been stolen.   Do not use sources in your writing unless instructed.   When you use an article, copy or print the article, then mark where you have paraphrased or quoted the article and hand it in with your final.   Proper citation procedure will be taught and also included in the final draft.

Extra credit:   Chances for extra credit are limited in the summer.

ESOL 875: ADVANCED ESOL GRAMMAR AND EDITING   is highly encouraged, especially if you received a "C" in English 836 or ESOL 400.    The course is taught in the evenings from 6:30-9:45, Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning 6/19, in room 1124.

Students with Special Needs are welcomed to this class and may want to contact the Disabled Student Services office (738-4280), which will suggest accommodations that can be arranged through the instructor. If you do not yet have an accommodation letter, please contact the DSPS office.

A complete course schedule will be provided in the first week of class.   Please note that this schedule and procedures in the course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances.

Basic composition rubric for English 100 -   Note: This rubric will change to fit the needs of each specific composition.