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Saint Paul’s College: Department of Humanities & Behavioral Sciences Honors Composition I
Course Information: Instructor Information: English 161-H Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Fall semester 2008 Instructor: Dr. Comprone Class Time: Office: MWF 9-9:50 AM RH 136
Classroom: Office Hours: RH 204 MWF 8-10 AM T R 9-11 AM
Office Phone: Credit Hours: 434-848-6462 3
Email: raphaelcompr@hotmail.com
Website: www.comprone.info
Endorsement Competencies for Education Majors: Understanding of the knowledge, skills, and processes of English as defined in the Virginia Standards of Learning. Skills necessary to teach the writing process and the different forms of writing (narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive, and informational) and to employ available technology. Knowledge of grammar, usage, and mechanics and their integration in writing. Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in the Honors Program and must maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade point average. Also, students must have completed Honors Composition I.
Required Texts: The Dolphin Reader: Sixth Edition. Ed. Douglas Hunt. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. The Writer’s Reference: Sixth Edition. Ed. Diana Hacker.
Selection of Texts: These texts are REQUIRED because all students will be tested on material in both texts.
Course Description: The purpose of this course is to provide college students with the ability to express themselves in a professional context. Students will be encouraged to think and write critically, and they will also learn the basic rules of the English language. There will be four tests on grammar and numerous essays on various subjects.
Course Rationale: The purpose of this course is to develop each student’s proficiency in the English language.
Course Goals, Objectives, and Corresponding Program Outcomes: The goals of this course are the following: 1 To help students develop as writers and critical thinkers 2 To develop a passion for self-expression in students 3 To provide students with all of the grammatical skills necessary to write successfully in an academic and professional context 4 To develop in students a passion for reading critically Expectations for Student Behavior as Related to Course Objectives and Their Corresponding Program Outcomes: Please arrange for meeting with me during my office hours. Students must behave appropriately by: 1) avoiding talking when the professor is speaking, 2) being punctual (students will lose points for tardiness and excessive absences), 3) always bringing their textbooks to class, 4) actively participating in class, 5) not plagiarizing, 6) avoiding the use of foul language and abusive behavior, and 8) being polite to other students.
Class Format, Process, and Methods of Instruction: This semester, we will be completing a series of assignments based on the representation of race and ethnicity in America. You will keep these assignments in a folder that you will turn in periodically. The project is located in Fall 2008 Assignments, Composition I. * Students can only receive incompletes upon permission by the instructor and only if they are experiencing financial difficulties or a grave personal matter. Grades cannot be changed after the semester is completed, and ABSOLUTELY no grade changes are possible after the semester. Please check with me before the end of the semester to see if you have any outstanding work to complete. In this class, we will discuss selected passages from the texts assigned in class: In-class essays: 50% Tests: 40% Attendance and Participation: 10% Total: 100%
Course Outline and Assignment Due Dates: TBA List of Assigned Readings and Assignments: * You must keep a notebook and write all notes and in class assignments down in the notebook. I will collect the notebook periodically during the semester. Readings in The Dolphin Reader : Race and Ethnicity Project: see fall 2008 assignments, Honors Composition I James Baldwin, "Fifth Avenue, Uptown: A Letter from Harlem," p. 231 Students will complete in class essays on all of the above readings. Additionally, students will have grammar and editing tests based on material in The Writer's Reference. Please note that you will not be tested on all of this material at once; instead, I will give you short tests on groups of the terms listed below, along with an editing component in which you will edit a passage from another student's writing. For the grammar tests, students will be responsible for the following terms: noun, demonstrative pronoun, reflexive pronoun, personal pronoun, reciprocal pronoun, indefinite pronoun, possessive pronoun, independent clause, dependent/subordinate clause, compound sentence, simple sentence, complex sentence, compound-complex sentence, prepositional phrase, subordinating conjunction, coordinating conjunction, adjective, adverb, preposition, correlative conjunction, linking verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, direct object, indirect object, object complement, relative pronoun, interrogative pronoun, conjunctive adverb, predicate, subject, gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, absolute phrase, adjective/relative clause, participial phrase, appositive phrase, adverb clause, noun clause, declarative sentence, imperative sentence, interrogative sentence, exclamatory sentence
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