English 19, Writing Skills

A COURSE SYLLABUS and CONTRACT for ENGLISH 19

STUDENT'S COPY

BOOKS:

• Carole Greene, SING A SONG OF CIDER, Afton Press, revised and expanded second edition, 1995.
• Carole Greene, ALOHA, Afton Press, revised and expanded second edition,1995.
• A standard paper bound college level dictionary such as:
  The American Heritage Dictionary Based on the New Second College Edition
  or
  The New American Webster: Handy College Dictionary, Revised and Expanded
  or
  Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language
  or
  An electronic college level dictionary such as:
  The American Heritage Dictionary by Seiko Instruments which includes a spell checker, an advanced phonetic word search, and Roget's II New Thesaurus which offers synonyms.
• Those students who need additional help in spelling may require a supplemental poor spellers dictionary such as:
  The Random House Bad Speller's Dictionary.
  or
  Webster's New World Mi(s)spellers Dictionary: 15,000 Common Misspellings and Their Correct Spellings.
  or
  An electronic variant such as:
  The Franklin Spelling Ace which checks and corrects over 80,000 words.

PURPOSE:

English 19 is designed to help the student to read, to discuss, to listen, to write, and to think. Emphasis will be placed on the writing of effective sentences and paragraphs.

STUDENTS' MATERIALS:

• Students are expected to have paper, a pen, two different colored highlighters, and all textbooks for each class meeting.
• Students should keep all of their written work in a folder. This folder will enable the students and the tutor to chart improvements and to detect recurring problems in their writing. Each student should have this folder available whenever he or she wishes to consult with the instructor or with a tutor.

ATTENDANCE:

A student is allowed only the number of absences that a class meets in one week, i.e. three 1 hour absences for the day course that meets three times a week and two 1 hour and 15 minute absences for the day course that meets only twice a week.

A student is asked to anticipate absences and to arrange make-up sessions on "pre-announced" assignments before returning to class.

Regular punctual attendance, diligent participation, and courteous behavior are expected of all students. I will drop from the class any student who is excessively absent or who neglects classwork.

GRADING:

Final grades will be determined on the basis of attendance, composition grades, and your performance on quizzes and exams.

Attendance Quizzes on individual sentence types Miscellaneous quizzes on structural units Preliminary paragraph or paragraphs The Final Exam Paragraph A Comprehensive Grammar Exam Total Points possible:

100 points 400 points 100 points 100 points 100 points 200 points 1,000 points

Letter grades will be based on the total number of points that you have accumulated throughout the semester.

900 points and above 800 - 899 points 700 - 799 points 600 - 699 points 599 points and below

= A = B = C = D = N

PLAGIARISM:

Plagiarism is defined as follows: "to steal and use (the ideas or writings of another) as one's own." Any part of a paper that shows any evidence of copying "word for word" from an outside source or from another student's paper is NOT acceptable and may result in an F on the paper and/or an F in the course at the discretion of the instructor.

INCOMPLETES:

Incomplete grades are given only at the instructor's discretion.