ESL 092                                                        Fall 2005

Prof. Pat Ishill                                              Office: Room 405E             

Phone: (908) 659-5140                              Email: Ishill@ucc.edu

Office hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays: 11:00 - 12:30 or by appointment

Website:

Prerequisite: ESL 091 or ESL Placement

Course Description:

ESL 092 is a full-semester advanced academic writing course that is part of the Level 6 sequence which also includes ESL 064/065 and ESL 082.  The course meets once a week for 15 weeks (including exams).  By the end of 092, students will be expected to write persuasive and argumentative essays in which they use personal experience and information from other sources to support their ideas.

Students who pass this course are then finished with ESL non-credit writing.  The next courses in the writing sequence are English 111 and 112, which are equivalent to ENG 101 (3 credits).

Course Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes

·        To write an organized and developed essay that uses adequate details to support a thesis and uses some syntactical variety. It includes occasional errors which may obscure meaning.

·        To use a variety of prewriting strategies

·        To use a variety of revision strategies 

·        To proof read and edit their own writing, using a variety of editing activities and strategies

·        To write ungraded journals which demonstrate adequate fluency

·        To demonstrate, in at least one graded essay, the ability to write in response to research sources

·        To show developing competency in recognizing and citing one or more print or electronic sources

·        To utilize quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing to respond to and incorporate ideas from other sources, while avoiding plagiarism

·        To manage email, send an attachment, and write papers in a proper format with word processing

Resources:

Text:  Blueprints 2 (with Smarthinking) K. Folse, M. Mahnke, et al.

Notebook with Filler Paper

English Dictionary

Floppy Disk

All students must buy the text and bring it to class every week.

Using cell phones in class is not permitted.

Attendance:

Class will meet once a week for 14 weeks.  Attendance is an essential part of the class. Students are required to attend all classes and to participate in all class activities.  When a student is absent, he misses instruction, group work, and assignments.  If a student is absent during the semester, it is his responsibility to find out about missed assignments.  Excessive absences will seriously hinder your ability to pass the class.

Notebook and Journals:

All students are required to have a binder with filler paper.  All journal entries, class activities, and handouts must be kept in this binder.  Journals (or freewriting assignments) will be written every week.  Topics will be assigned and will generally coordinate with essays. All journals must be kept in the binder and written on filler paper or word processed.  Journals will be collected periodically, but they will neither be graded nor corrected.  All journals will be collected at the end of the semester and will be counted towards the final grade.

Assignments:
Homework will be given for every class meeting.  Please come to class prepared.  Homework will include essay drafts, responses to reading assignments, and computer activities.

Essays:

In this class there will be 4 major essays involving different rhetorical styles.  One of these papers will also include some research.  Essays will have either one or two drafts.  All papers must be word processed, handed in, and saved on a disk. The disk with all assignments will be collected at the end of the semester.  No papers which are hand-written will be accepted.  Any essay assignments which are handed in late will have its grade lowered. 

Exams:

In this class there will be a final exam and short exams, but the emphasis will be on the essays.  Tests are ONLY given on the scheduled dates, and there are no make-ups.  Any student who misses the final exam will not pass the course.

Final Grade:

For this course students will be given letter grades: A (93-100), B+ (87-92), B (86-81), C+ (80-75), C (74-70), D+ (69-67), D (66-65), and F (64 and less).

The final grade will be calculated according to the following:

Essays -                                            50%

Final Exam -                                      20%

Class Quizzes -                                 10%

Assignments and Journals -            15%

Class Participation -                           5%

Visit the Academic Learning Center in Room 316 for additional computer practice and free tutoring.

CHEATING:

Please refer to the Student Handbook for the college’s policy on cheating and plagiarism.

Any student with a disability should contact the Disability Counselor in Cranford at: (908) 709-7164.

Good Luck!  Have a successful semester!