ENG 101:
English Composition 1

When I teach ENG 101, I like to have a theme for the course. During Fall 2007, the theme of the course is Utopia.

My courses require a great deal of student participation and group work. If you simply want a professor who stands up and lectures throughout the class period, this will not be the ideal class for you.

Following is additional information about the class.

• Textbook

• Course Schedule

• General Information

• Core Skills Rubric

• Drafting Your Paper

• Revising Your Paper

• Prewriting Techniques

• Rhetorical Modes

• Narration Paper

• Illustration Paper

• Comparison/Contrast

• Causation

• Argumentation

• Portfolio

• Common Assignment

• Assessment

Textbook

Throughout my teaching materials, I insert this image of the letter "T" as a way to highlight ways in which the textbook is being connected to course materials. For a more detailed explanation as to why I am doing this--as well as to see a larger version of the image--please go to "Highlighting the Textbook" which appears in my blog.

Catalog Description:

This course teaches students to prepare and write a number of clear, well-developed essays, using exposition and other rhetorical modes. This process assists students to build writing strategies and methodologies for college and professional writing.

Prerequisite:

Satisfactory high school English background or ENG 055 with a minimum grade of 2.0.

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

1. Identify and analyze types of writing, audiences, and purposes.

2. Apply prewriting strategies such as brainstorming, idea mapping, and outlines to plan writing tasks.

3. Apply critical thinking to write college-level prose to record, observe, interpret, analyze, instruct, compare, argue, define, classify, and/or summarize.

4. Read and analyze student and professional writing for rhetorical elements, strengths and weaknesses.

5. Write unified reports and essays whose central ideas are expressed by clear thesis statements and topic sentences.

6. Support thesis statements and topic sentences with relevant details, examples, reasons, facts, data, and quotations.

7. Use writing to advance, address, and express ideas within academic disciplines.

8. Revise, edit, and proofread writing effectively to achieve coherence and avoid grammatical errors.