ENGL N60 Syllabus

Course Description:

ENGL N60 is designed to help you refine the skills that you will need to be successful in writing college-level papers and in succedding in your later English classes.  This class will focus on refining and reviewing the basics of English, including grammar and word usage, sentence construction, and the basics of paragraph writing.  This will allow you to move on to ENGL 101 with a stronger skill set to better succeed in that class.

Course Syllabus:  ENGL N60 Syllabus

Textbook Information:  

The Writer’s World: Paragraphs and Essays (4th ed.) by Lynne Gaetz and Suneeti Phadke

ISBN: 978-0-321-89512-7

At least one copy will be available on reserve in the library.

Additional Course Information:  

Please take a look around the Canvas site and especially see about familiarizing yourself with the different modules on the left side of the screen.

Look over the syllabus (linked above) and be aware of when things are due.

Course Learning Objectives:  

English N60 is designed to help you write effectively and to read and think critically. It will emphasize the sentence, the outline, the summary, the paragraph, and introduce you to the essay. Because this course is based on the premise that reading, writing, and thinking are inseparable activities, the paragraphs will require that you respond to a variety of texts and to class discussion of these texts. Assignments will emphasize the skills and concepts central to expository writing: rhetoric, analysis, inference, critique, and argumentation, among others. This course will also emphasize the development of strong prewriting, revision, and editing skills.

Student Learning Objectives:  

Students will use the writing process to write, in MLA format, well-organized, supported paragraphs or short essays using appropriately chosen details, sentence variety, and sufficiently correct grammar and punctuation.

Students will be able to read critically for literal meaning and identify the main idea of a reading and the author’s writing strategies.

Meet Your Instructor:  

I graduated from CSUF with both my BA and MA in English Literature.  I have taught around Southern California for a while and have been at SAC for about three years.  I am active in campus clubs and activities surrounding the English department and Learning Center.  I am an advisor for two clubs - Aplha Gamma Sigma Honors Society and the SAC Literary Journal Club.  If ou are interested in either, please contact me.