English 061 45777  Syllabus

Course Syllabus:  061 45777 Overview S18r.pdf

Course Description:  

English 061, Introduction to Composition. 4 Units. Expository paragraph writing emphasizing various methods including argumentation. Practice in refining sentence skills and grammar. Rhetorical styles to be introduced include: Narration, Description, Comparison and Contrast, Argument, Cause and Effect, Persuasion, Process Analysis, Exemplification, Definition.

Textbook Information:  All 3 books are required and wil be used in class.

     Models for Writers, Rosa, 12^th ed. 

     Little Seagull Handbook 3E w/Exercises, Bullock    

     Writing on the Landscape, Wilhoit

Additional Course Information:  This course is designed to help students develop their writing competence and confidence through practice and activities to remove writing blocks.  

Student Learning Objectives:  

1) Students will be able to read critically for literal meaning and identify the main idea of a reading and the author’s writing strategies as well as summarize and paraphrase effectively.

2) Students will use the writing process to write, in proper MLA format, essays, including a documented paper, using appropriately chosen details, organizational strategies, sentence variety, and sufficiently correct grammar and punctuation.

3) Students will ethically integrate and document source material.