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English 121: Composition
I 3 credit hours
Instructor: Sally Bennett -- Campus phone 469-8500 x5429
-- Mailbox: OCB 204
-- Office Hours: as arranged.
-- Email: sbennett01@jccc.net or at
home sallyjccc@webtv.net
Meets in LIB 307
Section 013 meets from 9 AM to 9:50 AM: Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
Section 017 meets from 10 AM to !0:50 AM: Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
Textbooks: Trimbur, John. The Call to
Write. New York: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers,
Inc. 1999.
Harris, Muriel. Prentice Hall Reference Guide to Grammar and Usage with
Exercises. 4th edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999.
I strongly recommend you have a very good dictionary and bring it to class
often. Also, you may want to invest in a Thesaurus.
Supplies: Students will need standard
writing supplies which include the following:
A notebook of paper for notes and in class assignments, black or blue ink
pens, another notebook for your writer's journal, a computer disk, IBM format,
and a stapler. You will need access to a word processor or computer compatible
with what we are using in class.
Description: The conscientious graduate of Composition I
should be able to write non-fiction prose suitable in its expression and
content to both its occasion and its audience. Students will have an
opportunity to improve in all phases of the writing process: discovering
ideas, gathering information, planning and organizing, drafting, revising, and
editing. Each essay written in the course should clearly communicate a
central idea or thesis, contain sufficient detail to be lively and convincing,
reflect the voice of the writer, and use carefully edited standard written
English.
After completing Composition I, the student will be able to:
- Student will demonstrate mastery over the basic writing process:
- Begin a writing task by using appropriate methods for discovering
ideas and gathering materials;
- Decide on a suitable controlling idea and arrangement for the
supporting ideas;
- Write rhetorically effective essays that present and support ideas
developed with a variety of aims and sufficient detail to be convincing
and interesting;
- Make and assist others to make significant revisions in the
organization, development of ideas, stylistics, and mechanics of essays
using comments from the instructor and/or other students.
- Locate print and electronic sources and integrate these sources
effectively within an essay according to MLA format.
- Students will demonstrate ability to read and think critically about
texts:
- Be able to profile appropriate audience for texts
- Identify controlling ideas and organizational patterns in texts
- Evaluate the biases and reliability of sources
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