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The mission of South Suburban College is “To Serve Our Students and the Community through Lifelong Learning.” SYLLABUS FOR ENGLISH 101
II. Course Description: This course develops competence in reading, discussion, and expository writing with special emphasis on proposition-support writing. Compositions require a clear proposition, appropriate support, sufficient development and organization, and correct grammar, mechanics, and punctuation. We will use Microsoft Word to prepare our papers for print. III. Learning Objectives: 1. to develop greater awareness of grammatical fundamentals 2. to recognize what constitutes an appropriate thesis (proposition) 3. to organize support of that thesis in the most effective manner 4. to enhance word-knowledge (vocabulary) on the basis of assigned readings 5. to learn to use Microsoft Word commands in order to produce impressive text IV. Texts: Hacker, Diana.The Bedford Handbook for Writers. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006. Skwire, David, and Sarah E. Skwire. Writing with a Thesis: A Rhetoric and Reader. . 10th ed. Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2008. A free Yahoo!
e-mail account—or any other e-mail account with good storage capacity VI. Reading Foci Due Dates (Also, Quiz Dates):
"Couple Lies," p. 103 “Love Thy Playstation, Love Thyself,” p. 184 "Mother-in-Law," p. 226 "The Real Thing," p. 257
"Fruitful Questions," p. 105 “Lassie Never Chases Rabbits,” p. 170 “Speaking of Writing,” p. 181 "Three Kinds of Discipline," p. 245 "What Is Intelligence, Anyway?" p. 260 "Working at McDonald's," p. 293 Rough
Draft #1 Due (Women and Men)
"Computer Games Anonymous," p. 108 "Foul Shots," p. 43 "Thinking like a Mountain," p. 213 "Old Folks at Home," p. 299 "Black Athletes on Parade," p. 301 Rough Draft #2 Due (Education)
"Salvation," p. 50 "A Cultural Divorce," p. 53 "The Spider and the Wasp," p. 151 “My Real Car,” p. 174 “A Good Scythe,” p. 177 “Why I Quit the Company,” p. 199 "A Modest Proposal," p. 306 Rough
Draft #3 Due (Social Problems) Dec. 5 Final
Draft #4 Due (Better Choices) Dec.
8-13 Final
Exam VI. Classroom Procedure: Absolutely NO cell phones are permitted in class. No one may exit the class to answer a cell phone in the hall. All cell phones must be turned OFF. If a student is concerned about problems at home, the caretaker at home should call Campus Police at 1-708-596-2000, Extension 2235, and an officer will come to class with any information for that student.. We will read all the selections in Writing with a Thesis under the appropriate heading, for example, "Women and Men." We will then discuss these selections in class, and after having done so, write a paper on that subject. The first out-of-class paper is due on September 22nd. Our discussions will also include work in grammar, vocabulary, and rhetorical constructions. Once
the rough draft is handed in, I will correct it and return it.
Then the student will rewrite the paper and resubmit it. Then I will go
over both the rough draft and the finished copy and append a grade to
the assignment.Thus there is only one grade given for both the rough
and final copies. The average of the grades from
our four quizzes (or three quizzes if the student misses one quiz)
equals the grade of one composition. If a student is present to none
or one or two quizzes only, that average grade will equal an F.
If
one paper is missing, the course-grade will be no higher than a D
. If two papers are missing, a student will fail the course. All late
work loses a full
grade--from A> to B , B
to C,
and so forth. A
student with more
than ten classroom absences will fail the class. VII.
Using Microsoft Word in this English class: All
papers will be written according to the Modern Language Association
(MLA) style sheet. Either one or two spaces after the marks of terminal
punctuation are accepted. We are going to use the Times New Roman (or equivalent) font
at 14-point size, and all papers
will be printed out as double-spaced. Please
save your compositions to your e-mail and, if you care to do so, to
your flash drives. Save
re-writes under another name, such as “Jane Doe--Women and Men” as
“Jane Doe--Women and Men--2.” VIII.Office:
Room 3162; Voice Mail: 596-2000, Ext. 2305
Office Hours: F 10:30-10:55
a.m., MW 3:00-5:00 p.m., or by appointment e-mail:
mikekulycky@yahoo.com or
mkulycky@southsuburbancollege.edu
Web
page: http://learn.southsuburbancollege.edu/mkulycky
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