Saddleback College English 200: Fundamentals of Composition Ticket

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Saddleback College English 200: Fundamentals of Composition

Ticket # 14280 Units: 4

Instructor: Dean Ramser

Email address: [email protected]

Phone/Voicemail: 949-582-XXXX

Class Meetings for term: LRC 117 MW 6:00-7:50am Office Hours/Availability: TBD

Division Office: VIL 7; (949) 582-4788

Course Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on the English

Placement Examination or completion of ENG 300, 340, or comparable course with a grade of "C" or better.

Blackboard site: http://socccd.blackboard.com/

IMPORTANT DATES

First Week of Class Begins: 8/19/2013

First Class Meeting on: 8/19/2013

Add without Instructor Permission by: 8/18/2013

Last Day to Add with APC: 9/3/2013

Drop with Refund by: 9/1/2013

Elect Pass/No Pass by: 9/24/2013

Drop without 'W' Grade by: 9/3/2013

Drop with 'W' Grade by: 11/5/2013

Last Week of Class Ends: 12/21/2013

Catalog Description

Focuses on developmental writing, culminating in thesis-driven short essays and totaling at least 5,000

words for the semester. Students will complete reading analyses, in-class writing, and out-of-class

assignments to prepare for successful writing across the disciplines.

Student Conduct and Attendance

According to Saddleback College policies, students may be dropped from a course if they miss six or

more instructional hours during the term.

Saddleback College students are responsible for regulating their own conduct and for respecting the rights

and privileges of others in accordance with the Code of Conduct set by the district Board of Trustees (AR

5401) (SB Student Handbook).

Please participate in our class discussions, having read the assigned texts and prepared to learn. While

participating, avoid disrespectful behaviors including using rude, racist, sexist or inappropriate language

in addressing others.

Please refer to the Saddleback Student Handbook for a complete description of expectations.

Out of Class Academic Expectations

Your study and work habits outside of class are an extension of your time in class. The “Carnegie Units” or

workload for this course is approximately 12 hours per week (four hours in class, and eight hours outside of

class). This means that in addition to our time spent together during meetings, you should expect to spend at least

eight more hours per week on homework, reading, research and writing. Furthermore, even if a specific

assignment is not due for the week, you are still expected to spend this amount of time on activities that will

increase your understanding of the subject, such as re-reading texts, writing notes, reviewing course materials,

working on upcoming assignments and pursuing independent reading.

Required Materials

English Skills with Readings, 8th

Edition, Langan, McGraw Hill ISBN: 9780073371689

The Everyday Writer, 5th Edition by Andrea Lunsford ISBN: 9781457612695

Online access: You may be asked to check our course Blackboard site or official Saddleback College

Email address for correspondence and/or assignments.

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Course Requirements and Grading Criteria

Assignment Points/grades

Quick Writes (daily) -10 points 340 points

Essay #1 “Three Passions” – A 600 word 1-3-1 essay

(Rough draft =30, Second Draft = 30, Final Draft = 50) 110 points

Essay #2 “Narrative” – A 700 word essay


Essay #3 “Cause and Effect” – A 800 word essay


Essay #4 “Comparison and Contrast” – 900 word essay


In-class Midterm Essay Definition – 500 word essay 100 points

Essay #5 “Problem/Solution/Argument” Essay – A 900 word essay


In-class Final Essay Research – A 500 word research essay 100 points

Brainstorming / Mind mapping / Bubble Map - 10 points 70 points

Quotes and Authors - 10 points 70 points

Rough Draft with (TS), (SS), THESIS, (TS), (CP), and REVISED THESIS - 30 points 210 points

Peer Review of Rough Drafts - 30 points 210 points

Draft of Another Student’s Rough Draft (in-class) - 30 points 210 points

Final Drafts of Essays (submit at Turnitin.com) - 50 points 300 points

English 200

http://turnitin.com/en_us/home

Class ID: 6702199

Enrollment Password: Success

Essay Drafts: You will have six (6) stages for each essay:

1) Brainstorming / Mind mapping / Bubble Map; 2) Quotes and Authors;

3) Rough Draft with (TS) Topic Sentences; (SS) Supporting Sentences; THESIS; (TS) Transition Sentences; (CP)

Concluding Paragraph; and REVISED THESIS;

4) Peer Review (bring five copies);

5) Draft #1 by Peer (bring all materials for each stage of writing found at:http://dramser.edublogs.org/?p=1580

6) Final Draft in MLA format is submitted at Turnitin.com. Once papers are due and graded, there are no

revisions, so get feedback early and do not procrastinate.

Course grades will be assigned according to the following policy:

Grades will be assigned according to percentages of points earned:

A = 90-100%, B= 80-89%, C= 70-79%, D= 60-69%, F= 59% and below.

Course requirements are subject to change, but fair notice will be given in such an event.

Missing assignments shall receive zeros.

There will be no extra credit opportunities.

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Assignments and Late Policy

All assignments are due on the specified dates. Late papers will be penalized 10% per day and no work

will be accepted more than three days past the due date. Personal problems, vacations, missing class,

malfunctioning computers or other excuses will not be accepted. All work must be submitted with 1”

margins, size 12 font (Times or Times New Roman), double-spaced. All citations and formatting should

be according to MLA rules, as discussed in class. You will receive specific requirements and rubrics for

each paper. Students are required to complete all formal papers and the midterms in order to pass the

course.

The instructor reserves the right to give a grade of 0 or to require a proctored rewrite if he/she feels that a

paper may be the product of too much outside help, if it does not reflect the writer’s abilities or if the

voice and style coming through the paper do not match the writer’s voice and style in discussions, drafts,

emails and other writing done in class. Furthermore, all major assignments may be submitted to

Turnitin.com, a plagiarism deterrent program.

The instructor reserves the right to give a grade of 0 or to require a proctored rewrite if he/she feels that a paper

may be the product of too much outside help, if it does not reflect the writer’s abilities or if the voice and style

coming through the paper do not match the writer’s voice and style in discussions, drafts, emails and other writing

done in class. Furthermore, all major assignments may be submitted to Turnitin.com, a plagiarism deterrent

program.

Other College Services

Problems accessing Blackboard? 949-582-4515

Problems accessing Blackboard, email or mysite? Check out this great website for help:

http://saddleback.edu/oe/student-resources/StudentHelpDirectory.html

All students are encouraged to use the Learning Resource Center (LRC 212), for one-on-one tutoring.

Please make an appointment (in person) with an English tutor for help with writing assignments. Tutoring

is free of charge. More information is below:

o Location: LRC 212, second floor of the new LRC building

o Phone: 949.582.4519

o Email: [email protected]

o Website: http://www.saddleback.edu/tutoring/

The Saddleback Library is the best place to get research sources and personalized help from a librarian

whether you're on or off campus. Attend the library's free workshops to learn the basics and take the

library's credit courses (LIB 100, LIB 101, or LIB 2) to become a highly skilled researcher. Visit the

library or our website, www.saddleback.edu/library, for details.

Students who would like ongoing, individualized help with grammar, sentence structure, punctuation and

writing should enroll in ENG 310, English Writing Lab, located in the Writing Center, on the second

floor of the LRC building. This half-unit lab is open entry/open exit. You may come whenever the

Writing Center is open; there are no scheduled class meetings.

Students who need help with study skills (reading and annotating textbooks efficiently, interpreting

writing assignments, using time management, etc.) should enroll in ENG 333, Reading Skills Lab,

located on the second floor of the LRC. This half-unit lab is open entry/open exit. You may come

whenever the Reading Lab is open; there are no scheduled class meetings.

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Academic Integrity Statement from the Saddleback College Student Handbook

Plagiarism is any conduct in academic work or programs involving misrepresentation of someone else’s

words, ideas or data as one’s original work, including, but not limited to, the following:

Intentionally representing as one’s own work the work, words, ideas or arrangement of ideas,

research, formulae, diagrams, statistics, or evidence of another.

Taking sole credit for ideas and/or written work that resulted from a collaboration with others.

Paraphrasing or quoting material without citing the source.

Submitting as one’s own a copy of or the actual work of another person, either in part or in

entirety, without appropriate citation (e.g., term-paper mill or internet derived products).

Sharing computer files and programs or written papers and then submitting individual copies of

the results as one’s own individual work.

Submitting substantially the same material in more than one course without prior authorization

from each instructor involved.

Modifying another’s work and representing it as one’s own work.

Your own commitment to learning requires you to be honest in all your academic course work. Faculty members

are required to report all infractions to Student Services, wherein a range of disciplinary measures may take

place, including receiving an F in the course and expulsion from the college. The complete policy on academic

integrity can be found at: http://www.saddleback.edu/media/pdf/handbook.pdf

Students with Disabilities

If you need course accommodations because of a disability or if you need special arrangements in case the

building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible. Contact Disabled Student

Services to register and verify your disability: Telephone 582-4885 (voice) or 582-4833 (TDD).

Student Learning Outcomes and Course Objectives

Course Objectives

1. Recognize and correct all sentence faults, all punctuation faults, all capitalization faults.

2. Use a variety of sentence structures, employing appropriate vocabulary.

3. Write a variety of paragraphs, or multi-paragraph compositions, utilizing organizational strategies and topic sentence

placement appropriate to the assignment.

4. Recognize the main idea, supporting details, inferences, and conclusions in written material.

5. Use deductive and inductive reasoning skills to develop paragraphs.

6. Write a 350-900 word essay using well-developed paragraphs to support a thesis.

7. Select and use a prewriting strategy to discover an approach, a thesis, and supporting details for a writing

assignment.

8. Engage in peer-editing activities to respond to writing.

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Students will write a 5-6 paragraph expository composition that supports a specific thesis statement using competent topic sentences.

2. Students will write a 5-6 paragraph expository composition using detailed evidence to support the thesis statement.

3. Students will write a 5-6 paragraph expository composition using a variety of complete sentences.

4. Students will use appropriate MLA format for a 5-6 paragraph expository composition for the following (6) items: heading, spacing, title, indentation, running header and works cited.

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Major Assignments for this Course

Students will write 5 formal out-of class essays, increasing in length from 1 ½ pages to 3

(totaling a minimum of 4,000 words).

Students will write 2 in-class essays (may be as a timed midterm/final exam) totaling 1000 words

in length.

150 words of required, out-of-class expository or nonfiction or informational

texts/articles/readings, provided by the instructor (no research is required of students at this

level). This means students should be assigned approximately 8-11 pages of readings per week.

Three typed pages with these guidelines are the equivalent of 1,000 words.

Assignment Description Due Date

Essay #1

“Three Passions”

Page/Words 600

Intro/thesis due 8/19

Draft due 8/21

Final draft Oct 30

Essay #2

“Narrative”

Page/700 Words Intro/thesis due Sept 4

Draft due Sept 11

Final draft Sept 13

Essay #3

“Cause and Effect”

Page/800 Words

Intro/thesis due Sept 16

Draft due Sept 18

Final draft Sept 27

Essay #4

“Comparison and Contrast”

Page/900 Words

Intro/thesis due Sept 30

Draft due Oct 2

Final draft Oct 7

Essay #5

“Problem and Solution/Argument”

Page/900 Words

Intro/thesis due Oct 28

Draft due Oct 30

Final draft Nov 8

In-Class

Timed Essay (or exam)

Date Oct 16

In-Class

Timed Essay (or exam)

Date Finals week

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Week/

Date

Topics/ Readings/Activities Due Dates/

Deadlines

Week 1

August 19

and 21

Monday

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Affirmation Certificate

Create and print your own personal affirmation to remind yourself of your positive qualities.

Learning Styles Inventory

Take this On Course self-assessment to learn how your unique brain prefers to gather and process

experiences and information. Understanding your learning preferences will help you achieve

deep and lasting learning, as well as get the very best grades you can.

One Student's Story

“One Student’s Story” essays appear in each chapter and describe how real students used On

Course strategies to improve the quality of their outcomes and experiences in college. Watch

videos of three of these students as they tell their inspiring stories

Quick Writes (QW) 10 points each

One page response in your journal to the following quote:

“We were born to succeed, not to fail.” ~Henry David Thoreau.

Langan English Skills with Readings, 8e

PART ONE: Basic Principles of Effective Writing

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Writing p 2-14

Chapter 2: The Writing Process p 15-47

PART FIVE: Handbook of Sentence Skills Section 1: GRAMMAR

Chapter 21: Subjects and Verbs p 419-423

Chapter 39 Using the Dictionary p 559

Chapter 44 ESL Pointers p 594

WK1 Lecture notes:

Class introduction and overview. Syllabus. Written communication.

Quick Write Journal Reflections. First essay.

Parts of speech, Nouns and noun/adjectives, Pronouns and pronoun/adjectives (p 482; 489),

Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs, Prepositions and Conjunctions

http://dramser.edublogs.org: The Writer’s Reference 7e

Diagnostic writing exercise:

“Three Passions.” Write a descriptive three page essay about three passions you have.

Worth 30 points. What are the three activities, hobbies, or interests that you have, and

why are these actions so important to you? Complete Stages 1, 2 at home, and 3 in-class.

Stages:

1) Brainstorming / Mind mapping / Bubble Map;

2) Quotes and Authors;

3) Rough Draft with (TS) Topic Sentences; (SS) Supporting Sentences; THESIS;

(TS) Transition Sentences; (CP) Concluding Paragraph; and REVISED THESIS;

4) Peer Review (bring five copies);

5) Draft #1 by Peer (bring all materials, including “integrating sources” for each

stage of writing found at: http://dramser.edublogs.org/?p=1580

6) Final Draft in MLA format is submitted at Turnitin.com. Once papers are due and

graded, there are no revisions, so get feedback early and do not procrastinate.

August 19

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Wed



“Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force: I can clear

any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or

lose, only I hold the key to my destiny.” ~Elaine Maxwell

Rough Draft “Three Passions”Essay #1

Each rough draft 600 word 1-3-1 essay worth 30 points.

1-3-1 = Introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and conclusion paragraph.

SLOs: Personal or narrative, modeled on a textual reading. Minimum Word Count: 600.

Topic sentences, supporting details in a paragraph, attention to MLA formatting of paper

(font, margin, spacing, etc.)

Peer Review of Rough Drafts of Essay #1 - bring five printed copies

August 21

Week 2

August 26

and 28

Monday

Quick Writes (QW)10 points each


“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”

~Robert Collier.



Chapter 3: The First and Second Steps in Writing p 48-85

Chapter 4: The Third Step in Writing p 86-107

Chapter 5: The Fourth Step in Writing p 108-138


Chapter 22: Sentence Sense p 424-426

Chapter 40: Improving Spelling p 568

WK2 Lecture Notes:

Rough draft essay #1.

Subjects, Direct objects, Indirect objects, and object complements,

Subordinate word groups, Prepositional phrases, Verbal phrases,

Subordinate clauses, and Sentence types.


Second Draft “Three Passions”Essay #1



Draft #1 by Peer - bring all materials for each stage of writing found at:


August 26

Wed

Quick Writes (QW)10 points each


“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”

~Robert Collier.

Final Draft “Three Passions”Essay #1



Draft #1 by Peer (bring all materials for each stage of writing found at:


Final Draft Essay #1 in MLA format is submitted at Turnitin.com by Friday at 10pm.

Once papers are due and graded, there are no revisions, so get feedback early and do not

procrastinate.

August 28




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Week 3

September

2 and 4

Closed September 2- Holiday



“The major difference I've found between the highly successful and the least successful is

that the highly successful stick to it. They have staying power. Everybody fails.

Everybody takes his knocks, but the highly successful keep coming back.”

~Sherry Lansing, Chairman, Paramount Pictures

September 2

Wed



“Success demands singleness of purpose.”

~Vince Lombardi



Chapter 6: Four Bases for Revising Writing p 139-165

PART TWO: Paragraph Development

Chapter 7: Introduction to Paragraph Development p 168-179

Chapter 15: Narration p 293-306


Chapter 23: Fragments p 427-442

Chapter 41: Vocabulary Development p 575

PART 6: Readings for Writers

“A Drunken Ride, a Tragic Aftermath” by Theresa Conroy and Christine M. Johnson p 762

WK3 Lecture Notes:

Revised Essay #1. Narrative Essays. Essay #2.

ESL verb use, Verb form and tense, Verb use, Passive verbs, Conditional verbs,

Verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives.


Rough Draft “Narrative” Essay # 2


1-3-1 = Introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and conclusion paragraph SLOs: Personal or analytical essay, responding to a textual reading from class. Word Count: 700

Paragraph development (with supporting details and examples), developing thesis

statements, connecting paragraphs, avoiding plagiarism

Peer Review of Rough Drafts of Essay (bring five printed copies)

September 4

Week 4

September

9 and 11

Assignments due from weeks 1,2.3



“A man's own character is the arbiter of his fortune.” ~Publilius Syrus.



Chapter 8: Exemplification p 180-195

Chapter 9: Process p 196-211

Chapter 10: Cause and Effect p 212-225

Chapter 11: Comparison and Contrast p 226-246

Chapter 12: Definition p 247-260

September 9


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Week 4

September

9 and 11


Chapter 24: Run-Ons p 443-456

Chapter 42: Commonly Confused Words p 578

WK 4 Lecture Notes:

Journal Reflections. Revise Essay#2. Narrative Essays.

Subject-Verb agreement, Verb forms, and Verb tense and mood.

Articles, Sentence structure, adjectives, and prepositions

http://dramser.edublogs.org/?p=1255: The Writer’s Reference 7e

Second Draft “Narrative” Essay # 2


1-3-1 = Introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and conclusion paragraph

September 9

Wed



“The more we practice the habit of acting from a position of responsibility, the more

effective we become as human beings, and the more successful we become as managers

of our lives.” ~Joyce Chapman



Chapter 13: Division and Classification p 261-274

Chapter 14: Description p 275-292

Chapter 16: Argument p 293-306

Chapter 17: Additional Paragraph Assignments p 323-334

Final Draft “Narrative” Essay #2- from

The Everyday Writer, The Writing Process, p 83, 8c

A revised FINAL 700 word 1-3-1 essay worth 50 points.


SLOs: Personal or analytical essay, responding to a textual reading from class. Word Count: 700

Paragraph development (with supporting details and examples), developing thesis

statements, connecting paragraphs, avoiding plagiarism





procrastinate.

September 11

Week 5

September

16 and 18



“Success is Measured by the memories you create.”

~Thomas Keller, Chef and Owner of The French Laundry Restaurant



Chapter 10: Cause and Effect p 212-225


Chapter 25: Standard English Verbs p 457-465

Chapter 43: Effective Word Choice p 588


“How They Get You to Do That” by Janny Scott p 713

September 16



10

Week 5

September

16 and 18

WK5 Lecture Notes:

Journal Reflections. Cause and Effect essays.

Omissions and needless repetitions, Present and past tense participles,

and Placement of adjectives.


Rough Draft “Cause and Effect” essay # 3- from




SLOs: Essay incorporating at least one outside source/reading from class readings.

Word Count: 800. Using quotes, introducing quotations, following up quotes in

paragraphs, using in-text citations, using transitions; developing appropriate, specific

thesis statements.


September 16

Wed



“The First Best-Kept Secret of Total Success is that we must feel love inside ourselves

before we can give it to others.” ~Denis Waitley

September 18

Week 6

September

23 and 25



“Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for

whom you work, and persistence.” ~Colin Powell



Chapter 26: Irregular Verbs p 466-474

WK 6 Lecture Notes:

Cause and Effect essays. Journal Responses.

Pronoun-antecedent agreement,

Pronoun reference, Pronoun and noun case, Who and Whom, Adjectives and Adverbs,

Fragments, and Run-on Sentences.


Second Draft “Cause and Effect” Essay #3- from


A revised 800 word 1-3-1 essay worth 30 points.

1-3-1 = Introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and conclusion paragraph Peer Review of Rough Drafts of Essay (bring five printed copies)

September 23

Wed



“Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for

whom you work, and persistence.” ~Colin Powell

Final Draft “Cause and Effect” Essay #3- from






procrastinate.

September 25




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Week 7

September

30 and

October 2

Assignments due from weeks 4,5,6



“Successful people are successful because they form the habits of doing those things that

failures don't like to do.” ~ Albert Gray



Chapter 11: Comparison and Contrast p 226-246


Chapter 27: Subject-Verb Agreement p 475-481


“The Fist, the Clay, and the Rock” by Donald Holland p 669

WK7 Lecture Notes:

Comparison and Contrast essays. Wordy sentences, and Active verbs.


Rough Draft “Comparison and Contrast” Essay #4- from

The Everyday Writer, The Writing Process, p 81-82, 8c

Each rough draft 900 word 1-3-1 essay worth 30 points

1-3-1 = Introduction paragraph, body paragraphs, and conclusion paragraph SLOs: Analytical and or Argumentative incorporating two sources from course readings.

Word Count: 900. Using transitions and a clear method of organization, developing

specific thesis statements, introducing and using sources in writing, moving between

one’s ideas and sources/readings, using quotes/citations.


September 30

Wed



“I have learned this at least by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the

direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet

with a success unexpected in common hours.”

~Henry David Thoreau

Second Draft “Comparison and Contrast” Essay #4- from


Each rough draft 900 word 1-3-1 essay worth 30 points



October 2

Week 8

October 7

and 9



“Success means only doing what you do well, letting someone else do the rest.”

~ Goldstein S. Truism



Chapter 28: Pronoun Agreement and Reference p 482-488

October 7


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Week 8

October 7

and 9

WK8 Lecture Notes:

Comparison and Contrast essays. Journal Responses.

Appropriate language and Exact language.


Final Draft “Comparison and Contrast” Essay #4- from




Final Draft Essay # 4 in MLA format is submitted at Turnitin.com by Friday at 10pm.


procrastinate.

October 7

Wed



“My favorite definition of success is that it is a state of mind combined with a state of

readiness. You can have one and be a flop; if you have both, you’ll win every time.”

~Carolyn Warner



Preparation for Midterm “Definition” Essay - from


October 9

Week 9

October

14 and 16



“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but

whether it's the same problem you had last year.” ~John Foster Dulles





Chapter 29: Pronoun Types p 489-494

WK9 Lecture notes:

Definition essay strategies..

Parallelism, Needed Words, Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers.


Preparation for Midterm “Definition” Essay - from


October 14

Wed



“Success is the progressive, timely achievement of your stated goals.”

~Charles J. Givens

In-class Midterm “Definition” Essay - from


Worth 100 points

October 16




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Week 10

October

21 and 23

Assignments due from weeks 7, 8, 9



“Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves –

to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.”

~Stewart B. Johnson



Chapter 30: Adjectives and Adverbs p 495-499

WK10 Lecture notes:

Definition essay strategies.

Distracting shifts, Mixed constructions, Sentence emphasis, and Sentence variety.


October 21

Wed



“The way to be successful is through preparation. It doesn’t just happen. You don’t wake

up one day and discover you’re a lawyer any more than you wake up as a pro football

player. It takes time.” ~Alan Page

October 23

Week 11

October

28 and 30



“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.

If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” ~Albert Schweitzer



Chapter 8: Exemplification p 180-195

Chapter 16: Argument p 307-322


Chapter 31: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers p 500-507


“Let’s Really Reform Our Schools” by Anita Garland p 705

Rough Draft “Problem and Solution” Essay #5- from


Rough drafts are worth 30 points

SLOs: Analytical and or Argumentative incorporating two sources from course readings.

Word Count: 900. Using transitions and a clear method of organization, developing

specific thesis statements, introducing and using sources in writing, moving between

one’s ideas and sources/readings, using quotes/citations.


WK11 Lecture Notes:

Problem and Solution essay. Journal response.

Commas and unnecessary commas, Semicolon, and the Colon.


October 28

Wed



“Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the

progressive realization of worthy goals.” ~Deepak Chopra

October 30



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Week 12

November

4 and 6



“Success is peace of mind, a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing that you did your

best to become the best that you are capable of becoming, and not just in a physical way:

seek ye first the kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be yours as

well.” ~John Wooden

WK12 Lecture Notes:

Problem and Solution essay. Journal response. Apostrophe, Quotation marks,

End punctuation, other punctuation marks, Spelling, the Hyphen, Capitalization,

Abbreviation, and Italics.



PART THREE: Essay Development

Chapter 18: Writing the Essay p336-368

PART FIVE: Handbook of Sentence Skills Section 2: MECHANICS

Chapter 32: Paper Format p 509

Second Draft “Problem and Solution” Essay #5- from


Rough drafts are worth 30 points


November 4

Wed



Every great, successful person I know shares the capacity to remain centered, clear, and

powerful in the midst of emotional ‘storms.’~ Anthony Robbins

Final Draft “Problem and Solution” Essay #5- from




Final Draft Essay # 5 in MLA format is submitted at Turnitin.com by Friday at 10pm.


procrastinate.

November 6

Week 13

November

11 and 13

Closed November 11- Holiday

November 11

Wed



“Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is

false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out

some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid.” ~John Keats



“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by

failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because

they live in that gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt

November 13



15

Wed



Chapter 9: Process p196-211





Chapter 33: Capital Letters p 514


“Group Pressure” by Rodney Stark p 744

WK13 Lecture Notes:

Research essay. Review of grammar, sentence, and style.


Preparation for the “Research” Essay - from

The Everyday Writer, Research, Preparing for a Research Project 15, p 173-227

Analyze the research assignment, 15a, p 175-177

Formulate a research question and hypothesis, 15b, p 178

Plan your research, 15c, p178-79

Set up a research log, 15d, p 179

Move from hypothesis to working thesis, 15e, p179-180

November 13

Week 14

November

18 and 20



“I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”

~Bill Cosby



Chapter 9: Process p196-211





Chapter 34: Numbers and Abbreviations p 523


“Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name” by James Lincoln Collier p 698

November 18

Wed



“To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.” ~Anatole France



16 – Doing Research, p 180

Understanding different kinds of sources, 16a, p 180-182

Use the library to get started, 16b, p182-184

Find library resources, 16c, p 184-189

Search the Internet, 16d, p189-190

Conduct field research, 16e, p191-193

November 20


16

Week 15

November

25 and 27

Monday



“Always aim for achievement, and forget about success.” ~Helen Hayes



“The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don't like to do. They

don't like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength

of their purpose.”

~E.M. Gray


PART FOUR: Research Skills

Chapter 19: Using the Library and the Internet p 370-385

Chapter 20: Writing a Research Paper p 386-410

PART FIVE: Handbook of Sentence Skills Section 3: PUNCTUATION

Chapter 35: Apostrophes p 527


“Managing Conflicts in a Relationship” by Rudolph F. Verderber p 723



17, Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes

Understanding the purpose of sources, 17a, p 193

Create a working bibliography, 17b, p194-195

Evaluate a source’s usefulness and credibility, 17c, p 196-197

Read critically, and interpret sources, 17d, p 197-203

Synthesize sources, 17e, p203-205

Take notes and annotate sources, 17f, p 205-211

November 25

Wed

Closed November 27-29– Holiday

November 25

Week 16

December

2 and 4



“Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.” ~Corita Kent



Chapter 36: Quotation Marks p 536


“In the Beginning” by Roxanne Black p 750



18, Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism

Decide whether to quote, paraphrase, or summarize, 18a, p 212

Integrate quotations, paraphrases, and summaries effectively, 18b, p 213-215

Integrate visuals and media effectively, 18c, p 215-216

Check for excessive use of source material, 18d, p 216

Understand why you should acknowledge your sources, 18e, p 217

Know which sources to acknowledge, 18f, p 217-218

Uphold your academic integrity and avoid plagiarism, 18g, p 218-220

December 2

17

Wed

Quick Writes (QW) 10 points each One page response in your journal to the following quote:

“No matter how diligent or persistent you have been, there is not one of us who made this

journey toward success by ourselves.” ~Oprah Winfrey

December 4

Week 17

December

9 and 11



“Self-trust is the first secret of success.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



Chapter 37: Commas p 544

Chapter 38: Other Punctuation Marks p 553


“What Good Families Are Doing Right” by Delores Curran p 674



19, Writing a Research Project

Refine your writing plans, 19a, p 220-222

Organize and draft, 19b, p 222-225

Incorporate source materials, 19c, p 225

Review and get responses to your draft, 19d, p 225

Revise and edit your draft, 19e, p 225-226

Prepare a list of sources, 19f, p 227

Prepare and proofread your final essay, 19g, p 227

December 9

Wed



“The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.”

~Benjamin Disraeli

Preparation for the “Research” Essay # 7- from


December 11

Week 18

(Finals

Week)

December

16-20

Saddleback College English 200: Fundamentals of Composition Ticket

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