I.  ENGLISH 111               COMPOSITION I                           3 CREDIT HOURS

II.  FALL 2001             Dr. Elizabeth Lamont              elamont@inetlmu.lmunet.edu

                                      Avery 113                                phone: 869-6271

                                      Office Hours: MWF: 11-12; TTR: 9:30-10:30 & by appt.

III.  PREREQUISITES: Acceptable ACT scores or successful completion of English 100,

   plus demonstration of writing competence.

IV. COURSE DESCRIPTION / COURSE GOALS

English 111 improves writing skills within a format that emphasizes the relationship between reading and writing.  Students read essays and other

literary works, learning to recognize and analyze various features of effective

writing.  In becoming conscious of these features in their own and others’ writing, students gain greater control at all levels of the composition process, including word choice, sentence structure, paragraphing, and essay organization.  Class discussion of readings encourages students to improve their critical reading and argumentation skills. 

V. TEXTS

      The Millennium Reader, 2nd edition,  Hirschberg and Hirschberg, eds.

      The Holt Handbook, 5th edition, Kirszner and Mandell, eds.

      a college dictionary 

VI. COURSE OBJECTIVES

             To achieve college-level proficiency in vocabulary development, mechanics

             (spelling and punctuation), grammar and sentence structure, paragraph

             development, thesis development, essay structure and development, 

             editing and revising, and critical reading and thinking.

VII. OUTLINE OF COURSE

       The course will proceed from narrative and descriptive reading and writing to        

      progressively more complex forms.

VIII.  COURSE REQUIREMENTS / EVALUATION METHODS

             1.  More than 4 absences will result in a lowered final grade and, possibly,

       failure of the course.  Students are responsible for finding out what work

       was missed while absent; absence is not an excuse for being unprepared.

2.      Work turned in late without prior permission will be marked down one full

grade.  The instructor reserves the right to refuse to accept work handed in more than 2 days late. 

3.      All graded work should be kept until the end of the semester.  Please

keep your returned papers in a folder that you bring to each class.  To avoid losing your work, make backup copies of your computer disks.

4.      Quizzes (both scheduled and unscheduled) will be given frequently at the beginning of class.  Students arriving late will not be allowed to make up the quiz.

5.      The final grade will be averaged as follows: 2 in-class essays (10 % each);

3 out-of-class essays (20% each); quiz and drafting/revision average (20%).

6.      Plagiarism: passing off someone else’s work as your own is a serious   

offense.  If you are caught, you will fail the paper and, possibly, the course.  All instances of plagiarism will be penalized.                      

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