Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
COURSE OUTLINE
Instructor: Jeannine Stanko
Lab hours:
Other hours:
Co-requisite(s): NONE
Course Description:
This is a course that introduces or continues to familiarize students with critical thinking, the principles of academic
writing, and rudimentary research skills. Through the writing process, students refine topics; develop and support
ideas; investigate, evaluate and integrate appropriate sources; edit for effective style and usage; and determine
appropriate approaches for a variety of contexts, audiences, and purposes.
Students must earn a C grade or better to register for the next course in this discipline or to use this course as a
prerequisite for a course in another discipline.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:
Write academic essays that
o Develop a thesis
o Create an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience and context
o Make valid inferences
o Support ideas with relevant explanation and substantial evidence details
o Integrate and cite information from relevant print and/or electronic sources
o Provide a coherent introduction and conclusion
Revise drafts to develop or support ideas more clearly, address potential objections, ensure effective transitions
between paragraphs, and correct errors in logic
Edit and proofread, using standards for formal written English
LISTED TOPICS
Review as Needed:
1. Using standard written English
2. Writing process from prewriting to rewriting
3. Developing ideas and supporting them with details
4. Creating introductions and conclusions
5. Using primary and secondary sources
6. Quoting, summarizing, paraphrasing sources
Further Develop:
1. Evaluating basic library and Internet sources
2. Using examples to clarify ideas vs. proving an idea
3. Avoiding 'cut and paste,' plagiarism and fabrication
4. Revising to accommodate differences in audience, tone, persona
5. Comparing and contrasting
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Introduce:
1. Distinguishing observations, inferences & value judgments
2. Summarizing or reporting a position vs. arguing for or against a position
3. Problem-solving techniques
4. Critiquing the informational or argumentative weaknesses of a document
The student will produce five to seven reading based multi-paragraphed expository and argumentative essays of
increasing difficulty, totaling 15-20 pages for the semester.
Instructor:
Telephone:
E-Mail Address:
Jeannine Stanko
724-396-4158
jstanko@ccac.edu
Section
BC06
BC02
Dates
1/13 4/30
1/13 4/30
Days
T/TH
T/TH
Office Hours:
Office Location:
Time
9:30-10:45AM
12:00-1:15PM
Room
N308
N310
T/TH: By Appointment
Writing Lab
79-70% - C;
69-60% - D;
59-0% - F
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Newsletters
30% of final grade
Essays
40% of final grade
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The following is the tentative class schedule for the Spring 2015 semester. In the event of cancelled or shortened days due to severe weather or
emergencies, the schedule may be modified.
Course Plan:
Class
Week/Date
Week 1
January
13, 15
Week 2
January
20, 22
Week 3
January
27, 29
Week 4
February
3, 5
Week 5
February
10, 12
Week 6
February
17, 19
Lesson or Topic
Learning Activities
Assignments
Evaluation
Course introduction,
Writing Sample,
Grammar diagnostic
the writing process,
writing effective
paragraphs and topic
sentences, introductions,
conclusions, and thesis
statements
MLA format, in-textcitation, integrating
quotes, plagiarism, works
cited
narration techniques,
active/passive verbs,
prepositions, model
newsletter corrections,
reading discussions
writing conferences,
writers workshops
introductions
Read syllabus
grammar diagnostic
writing diagnostic
in-class exercises
worksheets
in-class exercises
Reading quizzes
individual conferences
peer reviews
ancillary readings
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Week 7
February
24, 26
Week 8
March
3, 5
Week 9
March
10, 12
Week 10
March
17, 19
Week 11
March
24, 26
Week 12
April
7, 9
Week 13
April
14, 16
Week 14
April
21, 23
comparison techniques,
capitalization,
who/whom,
homophones, reading
discussions
writing conferences,
writers workshops
individual conferences
peer review activities
appropriate language,
exact words, avoiding
wordiness, apostrophes,
commas
causal techniques,
semicolons, colons,
reading discussions
writing conferences
writers workshops
ancillary readings
individual conferences
peer review activities
individual conferences
ancillary readings
peer reviews
ancillary readings
parenthesis, brackets,
ellipses, slashes,
dashes, hyphens,
argument techniques,
reading discussions
numbers, quotations,
commonly confused
words, writing
conferences
writers workshops,
parallelism, misplaced
and dangling modifiers
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Cumulative reviews
review activities
BC06 5/7
@ 10:30-12:30
BC002 5/5
@ 1:00-3:00PM
Week 15
April
28, 30
Final Exam
wjp10/24/06
Approved by Academic Deans 10/24/2006