ENGLISH 112   SPRING  2006

GENERAL INFORMATION and COURSE OUTLINE

 

                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                            D10B    8:00a -9:15a     TTH     F104

Instructor: Marshall H. Ellis                                                                      D11B    9:00a- 9:50a      MWF   F200

                                                                                                                               D20B    10:00a-10:50a   MWF   F200                                                                                                                              

Office: D115

Contact: 822-7243 (Office);  339-0195 (Cell)                  

              (Home email)

TCC Infoline: 822-1122 

 

Office Hours: M-Th 7:00a-7:50a; M-F 11:00a-11:50a; M 1:30p-3:00p

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

          Continues to develop college writing with increased emphasis on critical essays, argumentation, and research, developing these competencies through the examination of a range of texts about the human experience. Requires students to locate, evaluate, integrate, and document sources and effectively edit for style and usage.

 

GENERAL COURSE PURPOSE                                                                                                                                            English 112 will prepare students for all other expected college writing and for writing in the workplace by engaging the writing process, rhetoric, critical thinking, and research.

 

ENTRY LEVEL COMPETENCIES

          Students must successfully complete ENG 111 or its equivalent and must be able to use word processing software.

 

COURSE GOALS and OBJECTIVES

          GOAL ONE: PROCESS

                     ENG 111 will help students understand that writing is a process that develops through experience and                         varies among individuals.

                    

                           OBJECTIVES

                           1. Students will engage in all phases of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing,                                    and reflecting.

                           2. Students will incorporate reading and experience into their writing processes.

                           3. Students will learn to conform their texts to instructor-documented formats.

                           4. Students will create, save, and print texts using word processing technology.

         

          GOAL TWO: RHETORIC

                      ENG 112 will teach students to understand and apply rhetorical principles in order to improve the                                quality of their writing.

                     

                            OBJECTIVES

                            1. Students will write for a variety of rhetorical purposes..

                            2. Students will employ a clear focus that guides their choices of evidence, language, organization,                                  and rhetorical and persuasive strategies.

                            3. Students will effectively apply organizational strategies to open and close their texts and to                                          move the reader between and within ideas, paragraphs, and sentences.

                              4. Students will synthesize information from a variety of sources.

                            5. Students will write a minimum of 15-20 pages of finished, graded texts.

                            6. Students will write a text of a minimum of 1000 words that incorporates documented research.

                              7. Students will appropriately  employ grammatical and mechanical conventions in the preparation                                  of readable manuscripts.

                                                                                               

        

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          GOAL THREE: CRITICAL THINKING

                    ENG 112 will develop students’ abilities to analyze and investigate ideas and to present them in well-                          structured prose appropriate to the purpose and audience.

                                                               

                                OBJECTIVES

                                1. Students will develop strategies for critical thinking, reading, and writing processes.

                             2. Students will examine and analyze their experiences and readings as sources of material for                                         writing.

                             3. Students will completely read, summarize, analyze, evaluate, and write about college-level                                           texts-their own and others’-of varying lengths.

                                4. Students will examine subjects from multiple perspectives and formulate and express their own                                   perspective.

                                5. Students will apply their knowledge of composition to class discussions and peer response                                           workshops.

 

          GOAL FOUR: RESEARCH

                    ENG 112 will develop students’ abilities to locate, evaluate, use, and document information to support                        their thinking and writing.

                               

                                 OBJECTIVES

                                 1. Students will learn and apply methods of research, using primary and secondary sources in                                          print and electronic formats.

                                 2. Students will learn to identify the merit and reliability of sources.

                                 3. Students will appropriately employ the mechanics of introducing, integrating, and documenting                                   source material.

 

 

 

TEXTS AND REQUIRED MATERIALS

               Burton, Larry W., and Daniel McDonald. The Language of Argument. Eleventh Edition            

               Hacker, Diana. A Writer’s Reference. Fifth Edition

               Standard loose-leaf paper/perf-edged notebook paper

               Black ballpoint or ink pens; a 3 ˝ inch high-density diskette

               One (1) folder which has pockets for graded papers

               * Strongly recommended: a dictionary, a thesaurus

                                                                                               

COURSE CONTENT

                 ...One undocumented argumentation essay with required revision  (10%)

               ...Two documented argumentation essays , the first with optional revision; the second  is a                                       group essay with oral presentation and no revision  (15%, 25%)

               ...One 1500 word documented argumentation essay with optional revision  (30%)

               ...Five one to two page summary/analysis papers of selected textbook readings (15%)

               ...Class participation through discussion and attendance, particularly at Writing Workshops  (5%)