I. ENGLISH 111 COMPOSITION I 3 CREDIT HOURS

II. FALL 2001 Dr. Catherine Vedder

Avery 115, phone 869-6339

cvedder@lmunet.edu

Office Hours TR 9:30 - 11:00, MWF 10-11, and by appointment

III. PREREQUISITES: Acceptable ACT scores or successful completion of English 100, plus demonstrated writing competence

IV. COURSE DESCRIPTION / COURSE GOALS

English 111 improves writing skills within a format stressing the relationship between reading and writing. Students read essays and other literary works by a diverse selection of authors, learning to recognize and analyze various features of prose. In becoming conscious of these features in their own and others' writing, students gain greater control at every level of the composition process, including word choice, sentence structure, paragraphing, and essay organization. Class discussion of readings will encourage students to improve their ability to read critically and argue logically.

V. TEXTS

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

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

A College Dictionary

VI. COURSE OBJECTIVES

To achieve college-level proficiency in the following areas:

Vocabulary development

Mechanics (spelling, punctuation)

Grammar and sentence structure

Paragraph development

Essay structure

Editing and revising

Critical reading and thinking

VII. REQUIRED READING

10-15 essays from The Millennium Reader; selections from Handbook; occasional readings from other sources.

VIII. COURSE REQUIREMENTS / EVALUATION METHODS

•Reading and writing assignments must be completed by the assigned date; late papers will receive a grade reduction unless an extension has been arranged before the deadline. You are responsible for work assigned during an absence.

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

•Quizzes will be given frequently and will be both scheduled and unscheduled. Make-ups of unscheduled quizzes will not be given. I will drop your lowest quiz grade at the end of the semester, provided that you have not missed any quizzes. Students who participate in official University activities should give me a schedule at the beginning of the semester so that quizzes missed on scheduled activity dates will not be

counted.

•Final grade will consist of the averaged grades of 7-9 essays (60% ); the remaining percentage of the course grade will be based on quiz average (20%), final exam (20%), and class participation. The course letter grade will be assigned according to the

following percentages:

A 93-100 B+ 87-89 C+ 77-79

A- 90-92 B 83-86 C 73-76

B- 80-82 C- 70-72

If a student does not achieve an average of at least 70, a grade of NC (no credit) will be assigned, provided that all work has been completed. A grade of F is assigned

when work is not complete.

•Computer lab facilities must be treated responsibly.

•Plagiarism--representing another's work as one's own--will result in failure of the paper and possibly of the course. All instances of plagiarism will be penalized.

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