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SUNY - Farmingdale Department of English and Humanities English 097: Basic Writing Skills Fall 2012 Prof.

Susan Candia E-mail: candias@farmingdale.edu Classroom and meeting times: Gleeson Hall 227 Tuesdays and Thursdays : 12:30-1:45 p.m.

There are no scheduled office hours Please see me before or after class, or contact me at the email address above. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE: A developmental course concerned with the improvement of written communication skills. Students review grammar and mechanics, syntax, vocabulary, paragraph and essay organization, and reading skills. A pass/repeat grade will be awarded. REQUIRED TEXTS: COURSE RULES: 1. No assignment may be omitted. 2. Plagiarized work will receive a failing grade. Be advised that it is very obvious to English professors when something is not written in the student's style. 3. After three (3) absences and/or lateness a conference with instructor is required. 4. Late work will be accepted only under special circumstances and only when the student has communicated the reason prior to the class when the assignment is due. REQUIRED WORK: 1. Students are required to pass the exit exam at the end of the semester. The essay exam is written in class and is graded Pass/Fail by two instructors from the English Department, not myself. We will discuss in length the skills that must be demonstrated on the exit exam. 2. Frequent in-class writing and written responses to readings. 3. Class discussion and participation. 4. At home weekly reading and writing assignments. 5. Completion of work at home if not done so in class ENGLISH SKILLS WITH READINGS

These dates are tentative and may sometimes be revised. All readings and assignments are due on the date they are noted.
AUG 28 T- INTRODUCTION TO CLASS, SYLLABUS AND TEXTBOOK-CH 1
AUG 30 TH- THE WRITING PROCESS CH 2- THE PARAGRAPH AND THE TOPIC SENTENCE-CH 3

DUE: MROSLA, ALL THE GOOD THINGS PGS 640-642, READING COMP QUESTIONS 1-10 AND WRITING ASSIGNMENT #2 SEPT 4 T- SUPPORTING THE POINT WITH SPECIFIC EVIDENCE- CH 3 DUE: WRITING ASSIGNMENT #3 PG 85
SEPT 6 TH-ORGANIZING AND CONNECTING THE SPECIFIC EVIDENCE- CH 4

DUE: LOGAN, ROWING THE BUS PGS 646-650, READING COMP QUESTIONS 1-10 AND WRITING ASSIGNMENT #2
SEPT 11 T- LIBRARY LESSON MEET IN GREENLY COMPUTER ROOM-WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER-CH20 SEPT 13-TH- DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ESSAY AND PARAGRAPH- THE FORM OF THE ESSAY-CH 18

DUE:, READ PAGES 345-348; QUESTIONS 348-349


SEPT 18T - NO CLASS SEPT 20-TH- DEVELOPING THE PARAGRAPH- UNITY, SUPPORT AND COHERENCE- CH 6

DUE: SALINAS, THE SCHOLARSHIP JACKET PGS 654-657;WRITING ASSIGNMENT #3 PG 660FINAL DRAFT DUE
SEPT-25 T NO CLASS SEPT 27 TH- WRITING CLEAR, ERROR FREE SENTENCES- REVISION CH 5

DUE: JOHNSON, A COOL MAN PGS.661-665, READING COMP QUESTIONS 1-10 AND WRITING ASSIGNMENT #2
OCT 2 T- ESSAY ORGANIZATION: WRITING INTRODUCTIONS, THESIS STATEMENTS OCT 4 TH- OUTLINING AN ESSAY- CLASSIFICATION/ CATEGORIZATION: ORGANIZING STRATEGIES OCT 9 T- THE ESSAY QUESTION- READING AND UNDERSTANDING OCT 11 TH-- COMPARISON AND CONTRAST: REACHING A CONCLUSION BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE OCT 16 T- COMPARISON AND CONTRAST: REACHING A CONCLUSION BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE

DUE: COMPARISON CONTRAST INCLASS ESSAY


OCT 18 TH- NOTETAKING AND REVERSE OUTLINING OCT 23 T-GRAMMAR REVIEW PUNCTUATION

DUE: THE REVERSE OUTLINING ESSAY ROUGH DRAFT


OCT 25 TH- ARGUING A POSITION- PERSUASION- THE NEED TO BACK UP EVIDENCE WITH FACTS

DUE: REVERSE OUTLINING FINAL DRAFT


OCT 29 T- USING TRANSITIONS- INTRODUCTION OF EXPERTS AND STATISTICS

DUE: SINGLE SOURCE FIRST DRAFT ESSAY


NOV 1 TH- WRITING DIVISION-CLASSIFICATION ESSAY CH 13

DUE: SINGLE SOURCE ESSAY ASSIGNMENT FINAL DRAFT


NOV 6 T- WRITING A PROCESS AND DEFINITION ESSAY-CH 9&12

DUE: WRITING ASSIGNMENT #4 ON PAGE 273


NOV 8 TH- DESCRIPTION USING SUPPORTING DETAILS CH 14

DUE: READ COLLIERS, ANXIETY: CHALLENGE BY ANOTHER NAME PGS 698-701 AND WRITING ASSIGNMENT #3
NOV 13 T- GRAMMAR REVIEW

DUE: PROCESS PARAGRAPH TO BE PRESENTED


NOV 15 TH- IN CLASS WRITING ASSIGNMENTDUE: ESSAY OF PLACE FINAL DRAFT NOV 20 T- MOCK PROFICIENCY EXAM NOV 22- NO CLASS NOV 27 T- MOCK PROFICIENCY EXAM NOV 29- TH- MOCK PROFICIENCY EXAM DEC 4 T- MOCK PROFICIENCY EXAM DEC 6-TH- EXIT EXAM

DEC 11 T- RETESTS DEC 13 TH- GRADE CONFERENCES

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