English 0310 Syllabus
Fall 2014
Developmental English
Southeast College
ENGLISH 0310 - Fundamentals of Grammar and Composition II
CRN – 63610
5 week Summer Course
July 7 – August 5
Instructor Name: Mandy Jones
Section Number: 310
Office Location: N/A
Meeting Time: By appointment
Office Hours: N/A
Class Location: Room 312
Office Phone: N/A
Email Address: mandy.jones@hccs.edu or jmandy3000@gmail.com
Course Description
A course designed to prepare students for English 1301. Students will ordinarily proceed
to English 0310 after taking English 0300. Some students may, however, test directly into
English 0310 (English 0300 is not a prerequisite for English 0310). English 0310
provides a basic review of the principles of grammar, usage, and mechanics and utilizes
the writing process to teach students to write short essays (300-500 words).
Course Goals:
By semester end, the student who passes with a "C" or above will have been able to”:
1. Complete and comprehend reading assignments.
2. Attend class regularly, missing no more than 12.5% (8 hours) of instruction.
3. Participate in small group/class discussions to analyze and interpret essay models.
4. Write five or six passing essays as assigned. Two essays will be timed and impromptu.
5. Pass the final essay with 70%+ and achieve a 70%+ average in the course.
In English 0310, students receive instruction and write essays that will improve their
writing skills. Students learn reading and writing strategies, the application of writing
process steps, cultivation of content at the sentence, paragraph, and essay levels, standard
grammar, sentence, and word usage, and the standard conventions of mechanics
(punctuation, capitalization, and spelling). Students are expected to demonstrate basic
mastery (70% or higher scoring) as they progress through English 0310. When students
complete English 0310, they will have met specific goals of basic mastery in writing
skills, standard usage, and mechanics conventions.
Program/Student Learning Outcomes
By the time students have completed English 0310, they will be able to
1. Use a variety of sentence patterns in writing.
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2. Comprehend and respond to assigned readings.
3. Employ the writing process (planning, drafting, editing, revising, and developing
thesis and topic sentences) in assigned writings.
4. Write a variety of essays using appropriate rhetorical modes.
5. Incorporate the ideas and words of other writers in their own essays using established
strategies.
Learning objectives
Students will:
1-1. Identify and demonstrate use of varied sentence types in assigned readings
1-2. Identify and demonstrate use of varied sentence types in assigned writings
2-1. Demonstrate comprehension of assigned reading through discussion, quizzes and
or journals.
2-2. Respond to assigned readings through journals and/or essays in similar rhetorical
mode
3-1. Submit essay packets for grading employing all stages of the writing process
3-2. Demonstrate the steps of the writing process for class assignments and/or
collaborative work.
4-1. Write in three to four rhetorical modes per semester.
4-2. Write in one rhetorical mode or use a combination to demonstrate proficiency on
final exam in class essay.
5-1.
Effectively use outside sources in collaborative writing project.
5-2. Analyze and synthesize material from readings.
COURSE CALENDAR
COURSE CONTENT: As the instructor, I will make specific assignments and dates for
assignments. I may make additional assignments and/or changes in assignments during
the semester.
Instructional Materials
Textbooks: The Simon & Schuster Short Prose Reader (SPR) 6th ed. Funk et al
The Little Brown Handbook (LBH) 11th ed. Fowler, Aaron and Okoomian
Unit One: Diagnostic Essay
1. Little Brown Handbook (LBH): Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4
2. Terms to know: Writing Process; reading and writing strategies and key
terms; Purpose and audience; Methods of content development, thesis, topic
sentence, paragraph, essay, pattern of development (rhetorical mode),
transitions, introduction, conclusion, narration and description
3. My Writing Lab (MWL): Diagnostic Pre-Tests
4. Diagnostic essay
Unit Two: Narrative/Descriptive Essay One
1. LBH: Parts of Speech – Pages 230-236, 315-326
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Terms to know: Parts of speech
MWL: Begin mastering topics according to your Study Plan
SPR Narrative/Descriptive essays – Chapter 3
LM: chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12
Narrative/Descriptive Essay One due
Unit Three: Comparison/Contrast Essay Two
1. LBH: Parts of Speech, Pages 233, 897; Sentence Types, Pages 242, 250-264.
2. Terms to know: The four grammatical sentence types, phrase and clause
3. MWL: More Parts of Speech; Effective Sentences
4. LM: chapters 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18
5. SPR: Comparison/Contrast essays – Chapter 7
6. Essay Two Due
Unit Four: Mid-Term Exam
1. Mid-Term Essay Exam
Unit Five: Definition Essay Three
1. LBH: Subject Verb Agreement; Pages 301-309 and Verb Tense; Pages 272285, Major Sentence Errors; Pages 330-345; Section 8 Punctuation and
Mechanics.
2. Terms to know: Subject verb agreement, third person, and subject verb
agreement rules, irregular verb and participle verb form, irregular verbs in
past tense, present participle and past participle form.
3. MWL: Common and Major Sentence Errors, Word Use, and Punctuation,
Problems with Verbs; Verb Tense and Consistency.
4. SPR: Definition essays - Chapter 5
5. Terms to know: The three major sentence errors
6. Definition Essay Three Due
Unit Six: Argument and Persuasion Essay Four
1. LBH: Pronoun Case, Antecedent Agreement, and Reference; Pages 264-272,
309-315, and 345-351
2. Terms to know: Pronoun case (subjective, objective and possessive), pronoun
agreement and pronoun reference, and the rule for the use of who and whom,
Antecedent Agreement, Pronouns- Vague Pronouns
3. MWL: More Parts of Speech – pronouns, Editing
4. SPR: Influencing Others, Chapter 10
5. Argument and Persuasion Essay Four Due
All papers must be typed and submitted to Turnitin.com. No credit will be given to
any papers not submitted to Turnitin.com. There are no exceptions to this policy.
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Student Assignments and Assessments
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Essays (#1, #2, #3, #4)
Journal
Quizzes
Class work (participation and assignments)
Total
50%
10%
15%
25%
100%
Instructor Requirements:
Late Paper Policy:
Assignments submitted late will be penalized by ten points (one letter grade).
Format of compositions:
Typed (12 pt. Font, Times New Roman), double spaced, front side only. No exceptions.
Papers not in this format will be returned, ungraded, for the student to correct and
resubmit.
Program/Discipline Requirements for Completion of Course
Students must write a minimum of four essays and must earn an overall course average of
70 to successfully complete this course.
A = 100 – 90;
B = 89 – 80:
C = 79 – 70:
IP = 69 – 60:
F = 59 and below
4 points per semester hour
3 points per semester hour
2 points per semester hour
0 point per semester hour
0 points per semester hour
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Developmental English
Southeast College
ENGLISH 0310
Acknowledgment of Class Policies Fall 2013
Instructor: Mandy Jones
According to the Student Handbook for the Houston Community College System (35),
scholastic dishonesty includes cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion:
Cheating is copying from someone else’s paper; collaborating with another student
during a test without authority; using unauthorized materials; using materials that are not
authorized by the instructor; knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting
in whole or part the contents of an unadministered test; bribing another person to obtain
information that is to be administered through testing or in other assignments.
Plagiarism is using another person’s words or ideas and assimilating them into your own
written work without quotation marks if exact words are used or appropriate acknowledgment if
borrowed material is summarized or paraphrased. Papers will be submitted through various
services, such as Turnitin.com, to detect plagiarism. In this class, plagiarism on any assignment
results in an automatic grade of “F” for that particular assignment and a second offense results in
an automatic grade of “F” in the class. Cheating or collusion will also result in a grade of “F” on
that paper or project and a second offense results in an automatic grade of “F” in the class.
Collusion - “unauthorized collaboration” (35).
Agreement
By remaining enrolled in this course, you agree that you understand and will abide by all the rules
and procedures set forth in the above policy statements. Your signed Policy Agreement (this
page) is due Week One. My signature below acknowledges that I have read and understand fully
the Course Calendar and Syllabus, including policies about assignments, grades, attendance,
make-up, plagiarism, and composition lab policies.
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