English 101: Freshman Composition Syllabus

 

Course Syllabus: Syllabus-English101-1.doc

Textbook Information:

- Everyone's An Author with MLA Update - This book will need to be purchased as soon as possible. Alternatively, you can download a digital copy of this text to your smartphone or tablet.

- The Book of Unknown Americans - This novel will need to be purchased by Week 5.

 

Additional Course Information: 

I would suggest purchasing a small dictionary in preparation for our in-class essays; however, this is not required.

Course Learning Objectives: 

The goal of English 101 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 pre-writing, revision, and proofreading skills, which will be practiced in-group workshops.

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 proper 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 sources to avoid plagiarism and will use the library’s resources, including online databases, to locate appropriate academic source material.

Meet Your Instructor:

- Brandon Rocke

Office D-409 in Dunlap Hall

Office Hours:

Best reached through email. No appointment necessary.

Learning Center Information:

Location: Dunlap Hall, D-307

Hours:

- Monday - Thursday 9:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M.

- Friday 10:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

- Saturday 12:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.

How to Register:

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

2) Click on the link to register for classes.

3) Select the following term: 2018 FAN

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

5) Type in the following section number: 62858

6) The course number should be LRN 095 which will allow you to attend the Learning Center on campus for your DLAs.

7) Click Submit.

Approved DLAs are listed below. Please pick ones that will help you in future assignments.

To Be Completed by the End of Week 7 (Pick 2):

- ENGL 101-3: Run-ons and Comma Splices

- ENGL 101-8: Writing Effective Thesis Statements

- ENGL 101-4: Combining Sentences & Sentence Punctuation Patterns

To be Completed by the End of Week 14 (Pick 2):

- ENGL 101-5: Conducting Research

- ENGL 101-6: MLA Citation and Formatting

- ENGL 101-7: Paraphrasing and Avoiding Plagiarim