English 101 Honors Syllabus

Course Syllabus: Summer2018English101HSyllabus-1.doc

Course Description and Objectives:

- The goal of English 101H is to help you write effective essays based on readings and critical thought.  With reading, writing, and critical thinking being interconnected, the essays will require you to respond to the texts in an insightful way that goes beyond the words on the page and to contribute to class discussions about the topic in ways that expand on the analysis done by your peers.  The assignments and exercises completed in class will emphasize the skills and concepts at the core of expository writing such as analysis, rhetoric, and critique, among others.  Additionally, this course will develop your ability to generate strong prewriting, revision, and proofreading skills, which will be practiced in-group workshops.

- With this section of English 101 being an honors course, the importance of being a critically thinking academic in today’s world will be reinforced through discussions and the texts that will be studied.

Textbook Information:

- Everyone’s An Author with MLA 2016 Update, 2^nd Edition by Andrea Lunsford, et al.

- The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez

- Assorted articles and texts provided by instructor.

Student Learning Objectives:

- Students will be able to read critically for literal and implied meaning, identify main ideas, organizational strategies and authors’ writing strategies as well as summarize, paraphrase, and analyze written works.

- Students will use the writing process to write, in MLA format, academic essays, including a documented research paper, using appropriately chosen details, organizational strategies, more complex sentence variety, and sufficiently correct grammar, punctuation, effective word choice, and style.

- Students will evaluate and ethically use primary and secondary academic sources to avoid plagiarism and will use the library’s resources, including online databases.

- * Students in Honors Program must maintain a 3.0 GPA.

Learning Center Location and Hours:

Location: Dunlap Hall, D-307

The hours for the Learning Center this semester are as follows:

Monday and Thursday: 10:30 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. 

Learning Center Sign Up Process:

Below are the steps to sign up for the Learning Center:

1) Log in to WebAdvisor using your log in information.

2) Click on the link to register for classes.

3) Select the following term: 2018SUN - Summer 2018 - Continuing Ed.

4) Select the following location: CEC - Centennial Education Center.

5) Type in the following section number: 59366. Additionally, type in this second section number: 59826.

6) Each section number should bring up LRN 095 which will allow you to attend the Learning Center on campus for your DLAs. The first section number is for June while the other one is for July-August. I would recommend having both to make sure there are no problems.

7) Click Submit.

Approved DLAs:

You may pick any DLA from the list below, but I encourage you to pick a concept that you struggle with or would like to know better.

English 101-3 - Run On Sentences and Comma Splices

English 101-4 - Combining Sentences and Sentence Punctuation Patterns

English 101-5 - Conducting Research

English 101-6 - MLA Citation and Formatting

English 101-7 - Avoiding Plagiarism