Lake Tahoe Community College
Modification Date: 3/15/2011
Title V Date: 3/15/2011
Official Course Outline for: ENG 101
Course Title: Reading and Composition
Lecture
Hours
Lab
Hours
Quarter
Units
Total
Hours
Repeatable
Grading
Option
5
0
5
60
0
Letter Grade or
Pass/No Pass
Catalog Description
This course stresses development of mature skills in writing, reading, and critical thinking, with an
emphasis on expository and argumentative prose.
Schedule Description
Students will have an opportunity to develop mature skills in writing, reading, and critical thinking,
with an emphasis on expository and argumentative prose.
Prerequisites
ENG 152 with a grade of "C" or better or appropriate skills demonstrated through the English
assessment process.
Corequisites
Course Advisories
Entrance Skills
1. Utilize pre-writing components, such as free writing and clustering.
2. Develop outlines from pre-writing ideas.
3. Appraise and evaluate the scope of the thesis statement.
4. Identify and utilize revision strategies for rethinking ideas and reorganization.
5. Incorporate grammar and punctuation rules and evaluate diction in revision process.
6. Exemplify critical/logical thinking skills in discussion and written form.
7. Recognize and explain logical relationships in discussion and written form.
8. Evaluate arguments based on critical examination of logical thinking.
9. Demonstrate editing skills on final written drafts.
Exit Skills Gained from Prerequisite/Corequisite Course(s)
1. Utilize pre-writing components, such as free writing and clustering.
2. Develop outlines from pre-writing ideas.
3. Appraise and evaluate the scope of the thesis statement.
4. Identify and utilize revision strategies for rethinking ideas and reorganization.
5. Incorporate grammar and punctuation rules and evaluate diction in revision process.
6. Exemplify critical/logical thinking skills in discussion and written form.
7. Recognize and explain logical relationships in discussion and written form.
8. Evaluate arguments based on critical examination of logical thinking.
9. Demonstrate editing skills on final written drafts.
Topics and Subtopics
1. Nature and scope of literary analysis
a. analysis of structure and plot in fiction
b. analysis of character in fiction
c. analysis of setting in fiction
d. analysis of point of view in fiction
e. analysis of imagery in fiction
f. analysis of symbolism in fiction
g. analysis of tone in fiction
h. analysis of theme in fiction
2. The planning, organizing, and composition of argumentative papers based on critical analysis of
fiction
a. formulating a thesis statement and controlling idea that contains an argument
b. outlining a paper
c. appraisal of the difference between summarizing and analyzing
d. evaluation of textual evidence in support of an argument
e. formulating body paragraphs
f. writing effective analysis
g. writing conclusions
h. revising the draft
i. editing the draft
j. proofreading the draft
k. manuscript format
3. Demonstrating competence in grammatical/mechanical standards of correctness such as, but not
limited to, the following:
a. the comma
b. the semicolon
c. quotation marks
d. brackets
e. the ellipsis mark
f. the apostrophe
g. the hyphen
h. case forms of pronouns
i. subject-verb agreement
j. capitalization
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Write essays that examine, analyze, criticize, and evaluate specific topics and literary themes in
response to a text.
2. Define literary terms.
3. Critique the written arguments of fellow students.
4. Demonstrate mastery of a basic structure of grammar and mechanics.
Methods of Assessing Student Learning Outcomes
1. Exams
2. Essays
3. Participation
4. Portfolios
Methods of Instruction
Methods of instruction may include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Lecture and visual aids
2. Discussion and problem-solving performed in class
3. Small-group activities
4. Active learning
5. Technically mediated instruction:
a. videos and DVDs
b. Internet
c. PowerPoint presentations
Appropriate Readings
Students will be expected to understand and critique college level texts in fiction. Reading
assignments over the course of the quarter should include a minimum of five short novels (or
equivalent). If short stories are used, they should be supplemented with at least two book length
works. The readings may include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Selections from an anthology that includes short stories and short novels
2. Short novels or full novels
3. A textbook that examines the concepts of writing about literature
4. A contemporary grammar text
Outside Assignments
Students will read the fictional works outside of class and annotate their texts in preparation for
class discussion.
Writing Assignments
Writing assignments that demonstrate application of critical thinking skills are required. Standard
paper formats and structures will be applied. The writing a student achieves for the course should
total a minimum of 5,000 words in a minimum of 5 papers. These required writing assignments
should be in the format of formal analytical essays that demonstrate the student's ability to:
1. develop a central idea that conveys a clear and knowledgeable position on the subject.
2. create a structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context.
3. include appropriate facts and details and exclude information not relevant to the central idea.
4. arrange details, reasons, examples and anecdotes effectively and persuasively for a specified
audience.
5. include appropriate information and arguments and exclude irrelevant information and
arguments.
6. anticipate and address reader concerns and counter arguments.
7. support arguments with detailed evidence.
8. use a range of strategies to elaborate and persuade, such as definitions, descriptions, illustrations,
providing facts and details, analyzing the subject, comparing and contrasting, explaining benefits or
limitations, demonstrating claims or assertions.
Secondary writing assignments may include in-class writing in response to text or classroom
processes that will lead to drafts of the formal papers.
Critical Thinking
1. Formal in-class discussion that examines and develops positions on interpreting fictional texts.
2. Writing formal essays that state an argumentative thesis, develop that thesis in analytical body
paragraphs that examine and interpret appropriate evidence from the text.
3. Orally critiquing student work in a workshop format.
4. Composing a final paper on the writing process itself where the student examines progressive
drafts of his or her paper on a given topic and self-evaluates the development of his or her skill in
demonstrating the requirements of analytical writing.
Texts/Resources
Presently, English 101 instructors may choose their own textbooks for their individual course
sections established along a thematic line. A list including what is presently used as well as those
books included in the recent past are made up of the following:
1. "The Story and Its Writer" Ann Charters, 8th edition, Bedford St. Martins, 2010 ISBN: 0-31259623-5
2. "The Time Machine" H.G. Wells, Dover, 1995 ISBN: 0-486-28472-7
3. "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Robert Louis Stevenson, Dover, 1991 ISBN: 0486-26688-5
4. "Daisy Miller" Henry James, Dover, 1995 ISBN: 0-486-28773-4
5. "Great Short Stories by American Women" edited by Candace Ward, Dover, 1996 ISBN: 0-48628776-9
6. "Heart of Darkness" Henry James, Dover, 1990 ISBN: 0-486-26464-5
7. "The Metamorphosis and Other Stories" Franz Kafka, Dover, 1996 ISBN: 0-486-29030-1
8. "Writing About Literature" Edgar Roberts, 12th edition, Prentice Hall, 2003 ISBN: 0-13-6014569
9. "A Writer's Reference" Diana Hacker, 6th edition, Bedford-St. Martins, 2009 ISBN: 0-31259332-5
Degree and Course Information
Course Type
AA Degree
Outline complies with all categories of Title V course standards
AA Degree Program
Majors: English
Subsections: B.1.
Certificate Program
Majors:
Subsections:
Evidence of need for proposed course or reason for modification of existing course (required)
Title V update
College Impact (required):
Reviewed/approved by Department (if applicable)
Reviewed by the Advisory Committee (if applicable)
If proposal is likely to affect courses and/or programs taught by other departments, have
other faculty been contacted (please explain)?
AA Information
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Course
Number
College/University
Course Title
Catalog
Year
Catalog
Page
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Francisco
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AA GE Area(s):
Area 1 English Communication (specify area
below)
Composition
Area 5 Physical & Biological Sciences
(specify area below)
Physical Sciences
Communication
Area 2
Biological Sciences
Area 6
Mathematical Concepts,
Quantitative Reasoning
Area 3 Fine Arts (specify area below)
Lifelong Understanding, Self
Development
Area 7
Cultural Pluralism
Fine Arts
Humanities
Area 4 Social Science (specify area below)
Social Science
US Studies
Transfer Information
Similar UC or CSU Courses:
Course
Number
English R1A
English 114
College/University
Course Title
UC, Berkeley
Reading & Composition
San Francisco State
University
First Year Written
Composition
Catalog
Year
2009-11
Catalog
Page
online
2010-11
online
CSU GE Area(s):
Area
A
Communication in the English
Language, Critical Thinking (specify
area below)
Area C Arts, Literature, Philosophy,
Foreign Language (specify area
below)
Oral Communication
Arts
Written Communication
Humanities
Critical Thinking
Area B Physical Universe, Its Life Forms
Area D
Area E
Human Social, Political,
Economic Institutions
Understanding and Self
Development
Physical Universe
Life Forms
Mathematical Concepts
Budget Code Information
TOPS Code: 1501.00
SAM: E
Discipline Assignment: English
Budget Code: 10-1310-1501-1501-00-000
Articulation Information
CAN Number:
U.C. Transfer
U.N.R. Transfer
Other Information
Classification Code: A - Liberal Arts & Sciences
Course Level Status: Y
Basic Skills Status: N
Program Status: 1 - Program applicable
GS Dept Code: ENG