Prerequisites : ENG 070 and RED 070; or ENG 075
Corequisites : None
Class Hours : 5 hours per week
Lab Hours : 0 hours per week
Credit Hours : 5 semester hours
This course uses whole language to develop proficiency in reading and writing for college.
Emphasis is placed on applying analytical and critical reading skills to a variety of texts and on introducing the writing process. Upon completion, students should be able to recognize and use various patterns of text organization and compose effective paragraphs. This course integrates
ENG 080 and RED 080. This course does not satisfy the developmental reading and writing prerequisites for ENG 111 and ENG 111A.
Reading Competencies : Upon successful completion of ENG 085, the student will have been able to perform the following reading competencies:
1.
Identify the stated and implied main ideas in written material.
2.
Identify supporting details in written material.
3.
Distinguish between fact and opinion.
4.
Interpret graphic materials.
5.
Map and outline written material.
6.
Summarize written material.
7.
Understand the use of transitional words to signal basic patterns of organization.
8.
Draw conclusions.
9.
Use the dictionary for information about words.
10.
Identify meanings of words from context clues, word attack strategies, and/or dictionary usage.
11.
Employ a variety of vocabulary building techniques.
12.
Use active reading and comprehension strategies appropriate to a variety of reading material
Writing Competencies : Upon successful completion of ENG 085, the student will have been able to perform the following writing competencies:
1.
Generate correct sentence structures.
2.
Combine sentences logically for variety and complexity with coordinators, subordinators, transition words, phrases, and parallelism.
3.
Use correctly the following grammatical constructions: a.
Agreement (subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent) b.
Verb forms c.
Pronoun forms d.
Punctuation and capitalization Spelling
4.
Demonstrate an understanding of the writing process by discussing and drafting short writing assignments.

The above competencies should comprise 80% of the course content. The remaining 20% of the course content may be used for local competencies or for additional instruction/enrichment in the above competencies.