English 100: Reading and Writing Skills
Fall 2011: 0813 M-W: 3:45 pm to 6:00 pm
Instructor: John Lynch
Phone #: 626-585-7371
Mailbox: C245
E-mail:
JJLynch@pasadena.edu
Catalog and Course Objectives:
English 100: This course focuses on writing expository, analytical, and argumentative essays,
developing critical reading and research skills, and reviewing sentence structure and grammar. Students
who complete this course will be able to:
1. Read Critically As Demonstrated By:
a. Identifying the main and supporting ideas in works of non-fiction and fiction.
b. Recognizing the assumptions, stated and implied, in an argument.
2. Write Clearly As Demonstrated By:
a. Writing coherent, developed and clearly constructed expository, analytical and argumentative essays
of 500-700 words that support thesis statements adequately. This should include the ability to write
complete essays in class.
b. Forming grammatical sentences free of major errors in mechanics, punctuation, and spelling.
The Student Learning Outcomes for this course are to:
1. Write coherent, developed, and clearly constructed thesis-driven in-class and out-of-class essays using
a variety of rhetorical approaches.
2. Use effective strategies for pre-writing, composing, and revising of essays, both in and out of class.
3. Read, summarize, analyze, and evaluate a variety of texts.
4. Compose grammatical sentences free of major errors in mechanics, punctuation, and spelling;
5. Select credible academic resources from the library to research a topic; and
6. Document sources (print, electronic, and other) in MLA format.
Writing Center (Located in C341 & C345):
Corequisite: English 901 is a co-requisite class for all students enrolled in English 100. The English
Division policy states that any student who is not already enrolled in one section of English 901, the
Writing Center, by Monday of the fourth week of the semester will be dropped from English 100.
There will be no exceptions. This means you might need to enroll in a section of the Writing Center that
is not convenient for your schedule.
Required Texts and Materials:
PROSE READER (P) FLACHMANN ISBN:9780205708437 R
Hacker, Diana. A Writer’s Reference, PCC custom edition
An English language college dictionary
Computer disk or thumb drive to save ALL work until grades have been issued
Course Requirements:
Essays (80%)
Essay 1: 10%,
Essay 2: (in-class): 15%
Essay 3: 15%
Essay 4: 20%
Essay 5(in-class): 20%
Other (including MLA, Journals and Attendance): 20%
Academic Integrity:
Academic dishonesty is a serious crime and includes: collusion or lending work to another to submit as
his/her own, and plagiarism or the presentation of another person’s work as your own, whether
intentional or not. The College has a zero tolerance policy for plagiarism. If you are suspected of
academic dishonesty, you will be subject to disciplinary sanctions, ranging from a lowered grade to
failure in the course, and you WILL be reported to the Dean of English.
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
1.
2.
3.
4.
Bring all materials to every class.
Prepare assignments in advance; participate in group activities.
Use computers as required; attend Writing Center weekly and complete all assignments.
Attend class. Students who miss nine (9) class hours may be dropped from the class. If you arrive late
or leave early, you are considered tardy. According to college policy, three tardies count as one
absence. Students who accumulate more than 9 hours of absence after the last date to drop will receive
an “F” for Attendance and Participation, and may receive an “F” in the course. Students who miss the
first or second day of class may be dropped.
5. To create a productive learning environment, cell phones and similar devices must be turned off during
class meetings.
6. It is equally important that we all respect and listen to differing viewpoints.
7. Hand in all work on time. Assignments that are accepted late may be graded down one full grade for
every calendar day late. There will be no make-ups on quizzes or other in-class assignments that are
collected for grading.
Office Hours:
I will have weekly office hours by appointment or online on the blackboard collaboration site – more on
this later.
Note: This schedule is subject to change
Dates
In Class Content
Due: Reading and Writing assignments.
Week 1
M: Introduction, syllabus,
M: Writing sample
8/29-31
writing sample
W: Discuss chapt. 2 and 3
W: Critical thinking, chapt. 2 and 3 (9-47)
Grammar Workbook
Register Hacker online,
read resources for
writers and tutors
Week 2
9/5-7
Week 3
9/12-14
M: No class
M: No class
W: Discuss Sherry, Dumas
and Cisneros, narration
assignment, brainstorm,
prewriting
M: Thesis, unity,
organization, run on
sentences, discuss essays,
peer review
W: Journal #1 - Sherry, “In Praise of the F
Word” (on web), Ch 5: Narration (391-393)
Dumas (134) and Cisneros (140), signed
contracts, fragments
M: Paper #1: Narration 1st draft. Journal
#2 - Exploring Ideas (156-number 5),
Angelou (129), Sawaquat (123)
Online:
ESL issues for
everyone: S1-S3
Book:
Fragments G-5
Online:
ESL issues (for
everyone): S4-S6.
Book:
Run on sentences G-6.
Week 4
9/19-21
Week 5
9/26-28
Week 6
10/3-5
Week 7
10/10-12
Week 8
10/17-19
Week 9
10/24-26
W: Paragraphing, topic
sentences, coherence,
transitions, journal check.
M: Sub/Verb Agreement,
discuss readings
W: In class writing,
exercises in visual story
telling
M: Conferences
W: Paper 1: Narration 2nd Draft. Wright
(546), Blau (554)
M: : Paper #1 - Narration final draft
W: Take home questions due
M: Conferences
W: Finish conferences,
journal discussion
W: Journal #3 - Exploring ideas (316number 4)
M: Introductions and
conclusions, pronoun
reference, discuss journal
entries, compare/contrast
M: Ch 9: Compare/Contrast (318), Dattner
(332) and Ouchi (346)
W: Grammar
presentations explanation
M: Voice, grammar
presentations
W: Journal #4 - Exploring a Theme (372number 5)
M: Grammar presentations
Online:
Diagnostic test AA
Book: Subject/Verb
Agreement G-1
Online:
Writing Exercises: C1C2
Book:
Pronoun Agreement
G-3
Online:
Writing Exercises:
C-3-C4.
Book:
Pronoun Reference
G-3b.
Online: C4
Book:
Sentence Structure
E-2
W: Review for midterm,
finish any grammar
presentations
M: Midterm
W: Bring in Midterm questions
W: Commas, read review
W: Bring review in
M: MLA research method,
citing
M: Ch. 11: Cause & Effect (421), King
(434) and Alexie (445)
Online:
Researching Exercises:
General.
Book:
Commas P-1
Online:
MLA
W: MLA in class work
W: MLA exercise due
Book:
MLA 395-454
M: Paper #2 - Midterm in class essay
Week 10
9/31-10/2
Week 11
10/7-9
M: Cause and Effect
discussion
W: Peer review
M: Argument, peer
review, figurative
language, mixed
construction
M: Journal #5 - Practicing Cause and
Effect (466 - number 1).
Online:
Diagnostic test BB
W: Paper #3 - Cause & Effect 1st draft,
Argument Ch.20 (484-91)
M: Paper #4 - Cause & Effect 2nd draft, Ch.
11 (270-71)
Book:
MLA Cont.
Mixed Construction
S-5
W: Bring opinion article
Week 13
10/21-23
W: Peer review
M: Persuasion, audience,
final paper assignment.
W: Tentative thesis
statement and plan
M Research questions,
research print sources
Week 14
10/28-30
W: Journal Check,
discussion of essays
M: Outline paper, MLA,
key claims, Works Cited
Week 12
10/14-16
Week 15
12/5-7
M: 2nd draft of research
paper, integrating sources,
quotations, summary,
paraphrase, peer review.
M: Paper #3 - Cause & Effect final
Online:
Diagnostic Test A
W: Journal #6 - Proposals for final paper
M: Library Instruction (meet in Library),
Ch. 12: Argument and Persuasion, Seaman
(490)
W: Journal #7 - Thesis/Outline, Works
Cited
M: Conduct Research, Bring copies of
research articles.
W: Paper #4 - Research draft 1 due, bring
3 copies. Peer review
M: Paper #4: Research draft 2 due. In
class revision.
Online:
Diagnostic Test B
W: Paper #4 - Research final draft due
W: Review for final
Week 16:
Wednesday 12/14 Paper #5 - Final Exam in class (same time/room)
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