ENG 101 English Composition

Lannon, John M. The Writing Process (TWP), 11h ed., Pearson, 2012).
ISBN-10: 0-205-21009-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-205-21009-1

Smith, Leila R. Moore, Roberta, English for Careers: Business, Professional and Technical (EFC), 11th Edition Pearson 2014

ISBN-10: 0-13-261930-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-261930-1

Students can obtain this text book from the following source:
https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Process-11th-John-Lannon/dp/0205210090

http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/english-for-careers-business-professional-and-technical-9780132619301?xid=PSED

1)In addition, it is recommended that students have access to MyWritingLab®, by Pearson. This can be accessed here:
http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/writing-process-books-a-la-carte-edition-plus-mywritinglab-0134150554

2)The following study guides will be made available upon enrollment:
a.Lannon, John M. PowerPoint Presentation for The Writing Process, 11h ed., Pearson, 2012)
b.Smith, Leila R. Moore, Roberta, PowerPoint Presentation for English for Careers), 11th Edition Pearson 2014

Lesson Overview

Lesson 1: Introduction to Writing
Read TWP Chapters 1-8

In this lesson, students will get a general idea about what it takes to be an effective writer. They will learn to consider how to come up with good ideas and how organize their ideas and supporting details to best express them in the form of a formal essay using standard techniques of rhetoric. In addition, students will learn about not only how to decide what to write, but also how to plan, draft and revise. The students look at revising content to make the essay readable, revising paragraphs to create and shape the essay for the reader’s access, revising the draft for stylistic purposes, and revising words and phrases to fine tune the essay.

Lesson 2 – Mastering the Art of Good Writing
Read EFC Chapters 1-3

In this lesson, students will learn: how to write effective sentences; how to make proper use of references and resources; parts of speech and sentence fundamentals; and the best way to express their ideas in the framework of proper sentence structure.

Lesson 3: Avoiding Plagiarism, Documenting Your Sources, and Respecting Copyright
Read TWP Chapter 23-25

In this lesson the students will learn about the problem of plagiarism and how it can be avoided by using proper documentation. They will learn the proper way to insert texts, quotes, and summaries. The students learn how to use MLA documentation which will be required when using sources in all writing assignments.

Lesson 5: Why the students Write
Read TWP Chapters 9-11
Writing Assignment 1

In this lesson. the students will learn about reading and responding to writing. The students learn to recognize different levels of reading an essay such as reading to be entertained, reading to get information, reading to making a critical judgment, and reading to discover personal meaning. The students learn about how different readers discover different meanings in a given essay. The students learn about how to respond to an essay by rereading, taking notes, and using other active reading skills. Understand the role of description as a basic writing strategy. The students learn about the difference between descriptions used to “in form” from description used to make a point. The students learn about the role of narration as a writing strategy. The students look at the difference between narration used to explain from narration used to make a point.

Written Assignment #1:

Option 1: Descriptive Essay
For this option, you need to describe your town or neighborhood in a descriptive essay with a strong controlling theme. In other words, while you should describe your town or neighborhood vividly and accurately, you should make sure that there is one central point or idea about the town or neighborhood that is suggested by all the descriptions you use. Avoid making your essay a sort of road map for the town or neighborhood. Instead, think about what your town or neighborhood means to you, and then select those descriptive details that help contribute to this idea. From your essay, readers should get a clear sense of what the town or neighborhood is like and a clear understanding of some idea about the town or neighborhood.
Minimum Length: 750 words

Option 2: Descriptive Essay Write an essay that is four to six paragraphs in
length and that tells a true story about a very brief event in your life. You must be the central character. And the event must be significant in some way. It could be something that your family tells on holidays and laughs about, or it could be an event that changed the way you act or think.
Minimum Length: 750 words
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Lesson Six: Knowing your Subject: Nouns and Pronouns
Read EFC Chapters 4-7

In this lesson the students look at nouns and pronouns as sentence subjects. The students learn to form plurals of regular and irregular nouns as well as plurals of compound nouns. The students learn about the proper way to notate possessive nouns and plural possessives and to create possessives forms of compound nouns. The students examine the use of the correct pronoun form for personal pronouns, subjective and objective case pronouns, and possessive and reflective pronouns. The students spend time on troublesome pronoun pairs such as who/whom and who/which/that. The students work on identifying and correcting unclear or ambiguous pronoun references. The students learn how to maintain antecedent agreement in person and number and maintain gender fairness. The students work on maintaining agreement with collective nouns and with indefinite pronouns.

Lesson Seven: Illustration, Classification, and Analysis
Read TWP Chapter 12-14

In this lesson the students learn about the role of illustration as a writing strategy. The students differentiate between illustration designed to explain from illustration used to make a point. The students learn about the role of division and classification as writing strategies and recognize how division and classification may both be used either to explain or to make a point. The students learn about the role of process analysis as writing strategy. the students learn to recognize how process analysis can be used to give instructions or to explain how something happens.

Written Assignment #2

Option 1: Illustration Essay:

Illustrate what it means to be a “true friend.” What does being a “true friend” mean to you? What “true friends” have you had, and how do their actions coincide with being your definition of a “true friend?”
Minimum Length: 750 words

Option 2: Descriptive Essay Classify the types of haircuts people have and what they say about a person
Minimum Length: 750 words

Option 3: Process Analysis Essay: Write a process analysis essay according to the chapter guidelines on one of the following topics
• How to use a computer software program
• How to study for an exam
• How to perform a task at work
• How to repair a bicycle tire
• How to cook a favorite recipe
• How to plan a social event
• How to learn a particular hobby
• How to purchase a particular item
• How to register for an online class
Minimum Length: 750 words

Lesson Eight: Causal Analysis
Read TWP Chapter 15
Writing Assignment 3

In this lesson the students explore how to write a casual analysis essay. Casual analysis essays explain to readers why something happened or what will happen. The students learn about the role of causal analysis as a writing strategy. The students look at how causal analysis can explain definite causes, as well as possible or probable causes. The students learn about the difference between effect to cause analysis and cause to effect analysis.

Written Assignment #3:

Write an essay about an important issue speculating about why it might have occurred. Describe your subject, demonstrate its existence and propose possible causes for it. Discover a way to sequence the causes logically. Support or argue for the causes so that your readers find them plausible. Include outside reputable sources and be sure to use MLA documentation to cite your sources.
Some possible topics include:
• Causes of dropping out of school or having success in school
• Having success in school
• Poverty
• Divorce
• Violence among young people
• Drug/alcohol abuse
• Teen pregnancy
Minimum Length: 750 words

Lesson Nine: Verbs and Modifiers
Read EFC Chapters 8-10

In this lesson the students learn about the formation of tenses with regular and irregular verbs. The students learn to use various irregular verb forms. The students learn about how to use verbals effectively. The students review subject-verb identification and apply the basic principle of subject-verb agreement. The students work on making verbs agree with compound subjects and making verbs agree with indefinite pronouns. The students learn to recognize problems with agreement that occur because of interrupters and reversed word order. The students learn about how to use articles correctly and use pointing and limiting adjectives. The students learn about the importance of avoiding double negatives and using degrees of comparison correctly. The students examine and work on using adverbs correctly.

Lesson Ten: Punctuation
Read EFC Chapters 11-13

In this lesson the students learn the correct use of commas for listing items in a series, and for joining independent and dependent clauses. The students learn about the use of commas to set off words, phrases, and clauses. The students examine how to use commas to punctuate locations, addresses, and dates. The students learn about the correct usage of semicolons, colons, dashes, parenthesis, and brackets. The students learn about the use of quotation marks and learn to differentiate between a direct quote and a paraphrase. The students learn to punctuate quotations correctly and how to use quotation marks and italics to denote special usage of words. The students learn about the correct use of the hyphen and the correct use of apostrophes.

Lesson Eleven: Comparison and Contrast
Read TWP Chapter 17
Writing Assignment 4

In this lesson the students look at comparison and contrast as a writing strategy. The students learn about how to develop a comparison, a contrast, or a combined comparison/contrast. The students learn how comparison and contrast can be used to explain or make a point. And differentiate analogy from standard comparison.

Written Assignment #4:
Choose something aesthetic that you enjoy, like music, movies, TV, books, etc. Write an essay explaining why one item is better than the other. In other words, if you are a comic book fan, write an essay explaining why Batman is a better character than Superman. Or if you are a Stephen King fan, write an essay explaining why The Stand is a better novel than Salem’s Lot. Include outside reputable sources and be sure to use MLA documentation to cite your sources.
Minimum Length: 750 words

Lesson Eleven: Style, Capitalization, Abbreviation, and Numbers
Read EFC Chapters 14-15

In this lesson the students work on fine tunic our writing style. The students learn to vary sentence structure and write clearly and concisely. The students learn about making words and phrases parallel and how to avoid misplaced and dangling modifiers. The students learn to use the active and passive voice correctly. The students learn about standard capitalization rules with titles of people, relationships, organizations, locations, and titles of publications and artistic works. The students learn about standard abbreviation rules with respect to names, personal and academic titles, and locations. The students learn to apply standard rules of style for using numbers in written communications.

Lesson Twelve: Persuasive Writing–Evaluation Arguments
Read TWP Chapters 18-19
Writing Assignment 5

In this lesson the students learn about the role of persuasion as a writing strategy composed of various earlier strategies. The students look at the various ways writers can support their claims. The students learn about the importance of connecting with readers in persuasive essays. The students look at the different goals persuasive essays may take, and explain how induction and deduction appeal to reason. The students learn about the types of fallacies that result in invalid or deceptive reasoning. The students examine the ethical dimension of persuasive writing and learn about the role of emotional appeals in persuasion.

Written Assignment #5:
Write a persuasive argument on anything you choose. Choose anything that you feel strongly about or use one of the following topics:
• The legal drinking age should be lowered and the driving age should be raised.
• The price of gas should be raised to reduce consumption.
• Penalties for drunk driving should be dramatically increased.
• The food industry is largely responsible for the obesity epidemic in North America. Argue for or against.
• Violent films, music and video games should be heavily censored.
• In the interest of preserving the environment, the government should place restrictions on the use of private automobiles and heavily tax gas guzzlers.
• Panhandling should be treated as a criminal offence.
• Human cloning Research should be supported by the government.
• There should be zero tolerance for the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports, or because drug use is impossible to stop, sports organizations should stop drug testing.
Include outside reputable sources and be sure to use MLA documentation to cite your sources. Minimum Length: 750 words

Lesson Thirteen: The Research Process
Read TWP Chapter 20-22
Writing Assignment 6

In this lesson the students learn about how to define a research goal and examine a range of perspectives. The students learn how to explore a research topic with adequate breadth and depth. The students learn about how good research involves critical evaluation and interpretation of findings. The students learn about the importance of choosing a fresh and feasible research topic. The students differentiate between primary and secondary sources. The students learn to use the various Web-based and traditional secondary sources. The students learn how to conduct primary research, including interviews and surveys. The students learn about how to evaluate print and Web-based sources for reliability. The students learn how to evaluate evidence. The students learn about the importance of interpreting your own findings and identify and correct errors in reasoning.

Written Assignment #6: Research Paper
Write a research paper using a position argument on anything you have a strong opinion about. It should preferably be based on something that is controversial and subject to debate. It may be based on what you wrote in the previous assignment but should be considerably different or much improved upon. Make sure you research the subject thoroughly before beginning to write. When you begin writing, make sure to address both sides of the argument before you state your personal opinion. You should not only be persuasive, but also effective, thorough, and fair. Do not assume your reader has any previous knowledge of the subject. Explain everything from scratch. Use plenty of outside sources but be sure to document everything you include per the MLA format.
Minimum Length: 1250 words

The student’s final grade will be based on a final examination. Examination questions will cover all topics covered in the readings. Students will have two hours to complete the final examination.  Students will be assigned a number grade from 0-100. A letter grade will also be issued in accordance with the following scale:

90-100 – A
80-89 – B
70-79 – C
0-69 – non passing