ENG 0124: Intermediate English/Reading, Spring 2015

MWF: 8:00 a.m. 9:10 a.m.

Instructor: Will Knight
Email: wlknight@iccms.edu
Office Hours: By Appointment Only
Phone: 662-397-9424

Course Materials:
1. Expressways: Scenarios for Paragraph and Essay Writing
Third Edition | Kathleen T. McWhorter
2. Access to MyWritingLab

Course Description: This is an integrated course designed to advance students

to college level writing skills and reading strategies. Four lecture hours. Four
semester hours. Institutional credit. Students must make a grade of C or higher in
order to advance to the next course in sequence.

How is my final grade calculated?

Readings- 20%
Writings- 20%
Lab- 20%
Tests- 20%
Daily Grades- 20%

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Grading Scale
A

90-100

80-89

70-79

60-69

0-59

Note on extra credit: Extra credit is not a built-in component of this course; however,
extra credit may be assigned at my discretion.

Class Policies and Procedures:

1. Attendance & Tardiness- Students are expected to attend all classes and complete
all coursework prescribed by the instructor. Class attendance is counted from the
first scheduled class meeting regardless of when the student registers. If a student
is absent more than 15 percent of the class time, he/she will be dropped from the
class. Three tardies will be counted as one absence. A tardy is recorded if a student
enters the classroom after instruction begins or leaves during class time. Each
tardy in excess of three will count as an absence. It is the students responsibility to
monitor his/her class attendance to keep from being dropped from class (ICC
Student Guide, page 24).
2. Make-up Work- It is the students responsibility to notify the instructor when an
absence is necessary and to make arrangements for missed notes, assignments
and/or tests. These arrangements should be made prior to the absence when
possible. If arrangements are not made prior to the absence, the student is
responsible for meeting with the instructor upon returning to class to determine
what missed assignments and/or tests can be completed (ICC Student Guide, page
24). Typically, essay grades are reduced one letter-grade for each day the essay is
late.
3. Electronic Devices- Use of electronic devices in the classroom is prohibited
without consent of the instructor. This includes, but is not limited to, cell phones,
Ipods, MP3 players and pagers. Students who use these devices without consent of
the instructor will be subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate dean (ICC
Student Guide, page 14).
4. Stay connected. Email is an important communication tool in this class, so check
your official ICC email frequently. You are responsible for assignments,
announcements, or other information that I send via email. Occasionally, hand-outs
or other materials will be posted in CANVAS, and your grades will also appear
there. Thus, it is important to frequently check CANVAS.

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5. Come to class prepared to learn. Bring all appropriate materials (textbooks,
paper, pen, etc.) to class every day. Turn off your cell phone and other electronic
devices during class. Common courtesy in the classroom is expected and required
of you.
6. Help- If you have any questions or concerns about your writing or the class, please
make an appointment with me for a conference or email me with your questions
and concerns. Also, for extended help with your writing you can visit one of the
Writing Centers on campus. Click on the following link for more information:
(http://www.iccms.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=109).
7. Student Support Services- In accordance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), a student
with a documented disability may apply to the Office of Supportive and Disability
Services for accommodations. The OSDS on the Tupelo campus is located in the
Purvis Center, and the telephone numbers are 662.620.5136 or 662. 620.5303. On
the Fulton campus the OSDS is located on the second floor of the Student Services
Building, and the telephone number is 662.862.8256.
8. Academic Honesty Policy- Itawamba Community College is committed to
academic honesty and scholarly integrity. Cheating and plagiarism erode the
educational and social values of the College and deprive students of knowledge,
skills and character traits valued in the community. Cheating is the act of deception
by which a student misleadingly demonstrates that he/she has mastered
information or skills on an academic exercise. Cheating includes, but is not
necessarily limited to:
a. Submitting of work that is not the students own, including papers,
assignments or exams
b. Supplying or receiving in any way unauthorized information for the
preparation of a test, exam or assignment
c. Communicating during a test/exam with the intent of copying from or
supplying information to another student
d. Taking an exam with the aid of cheat sheets, notes or other unauthorized
assistance
e. Improperly using technology including copying or receiving information from
others, accessing computer files without authority and altering records.
f. Assisting any person committing an act of academic dishonesty.
Plagiarism is the representation of previously written, published or creative work as
ones own. Examples include, but are not limited to:
a. Representing any scholarly work of others, such as musical compositions,
computer programs and visual arts, as ones own.
b. Offering as ones own work the words, idea or arguments of other persons
without appropriate credit.
c. Falsifying bibliographies
First offense: The student will receive a 0 for the assignment, test,
project, etc. The student may not drop this grade.

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Second offense: Student will receive an F for the course. Student may not
drop the course with a W.
Third offense: Student will be suspended from the College for two calendar
years. The student may appeal the decision through the Student Grievance
Procedure for Academic Matters, beginning at step three in the procedure.

ICC Spring 2015 Important Dates

January 16

Last day to add traditional classes

January 19

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

January 20

eLearning classes begin

January 23

Last day to add eLearning classes

March 9-13

Spring Break

May 1

Last day to drop traditional

classes with a W

May 7-12

Traditional final exams

May 13

Traditional grades due

Outline of Course:
*This syllabus may be altered during the semester, but you will be notified
of any adjustments.
**Be sure to read assignments, bring all class materials, and complete
course work for each day according the schedule.
Week 1

Introduction, syllabus, and diagnostic paragraph

Chapter 1-The Writing Process: An Overview (21-43) and exercises

Week 2

MyWritingLab orientation, registration

Start Chapter 2-The Active Reading Process
o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (PathBuilder and Topic W5.1 Getting
Started)

Week 3

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Finish Chapter 2 and exercises

Major Grammatical Errors (MGE)
o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (Topic W5.2 The Writing Process)

Week 4

Chapter 3-Writing Topic Sentences (82-105)

Define, identify, and construct the four types of sentences and exercises (555-557)
Skill Refresher: Sentence Fragments (103-105)
Assign Reading. Practice Previewing and Building Vocabulary. Answer Critical
Thinking questions.
Test #1 MWL - proctored
o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (Topic W2.2 Fragments; Topic W5.5
The Topic Sentence)

Week 5

Chapter 4-Developing and Arranging Details (106-129)

Skill Refresher: Run-ons (128-129)
Reading-Writing Connection Workshop (74-81)
Topic W2.3 Run-ons; Topic W5.6 Developing and Organizing a Paragraph
o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (Topic W5.8 Editing the Paragraph)

Week 6

Chapter 5-Strategies for Revising (130-157)

Assign topic, prewrite, outline, and draft paragraph 1for Teacher Review
Peer Edit, Revise, and Write final copy of paragraph 1
Skill Refresher: Subject-Verb Agreement (156-157)
Reading-Writing Connection Workshop (221-230)
o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (Topic W2.4 Subject Verb Agreement;
Topic W5.3 Pre-Writing)

Week 7

Prewrite, draft, revise, and final copy of Paragraph 2

Chapter 6-Planning and Organizing Essays (158-186)
Prewriting exercise (177 or 183)
Skill Refresher: Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (185-186)
o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (Topic W2.8 Pronoun-Antecedent
Agreement; W7.3 Essay Organization)

Week 8

Test #2 MWL proctored

Chapter 11-Example (296-316) and exercises
Assign Essay #1 (400-450 words): prewriting, thesis, outline, and begin draft
o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (Topic W2.10 Parallelism; W7.2 Thesis
Statement)

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Week 9

Chapter 7-Drafting and Revising Essays (187-232) and finish draft essay #1
Revise and Write final copies (handwritten) of essay #1 due at the end of class
o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (Topic W 3.1 Commas; W7.4 Essay
Introductions, Conclusions and Titles)

Week 10

Test #3 MWL - proctored

Readings with questions (490-517)
Chapter 12-Classification and exercises (317-337)
Assign Essay #2 (450-500 words): prewriting, thesis, and outline
o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (Topic W7.12 Division and
Classification Essay Development; W7.5 Revising the Essay)

Week 11

Draft essay #2
Finish draft and revise
Peer edit and final copy of essay #2. Type. Use MLA guidelines.
o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (Topic W2.7 Pronoun Reference and
Point of View; Topic W7.6 Editing the Essay)
Week 12

Readings with questions (490-517)

Apply concepts in Reading-Writing Connection Workshops to the readings in Part
VI.
o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (Topic W3.4 Using Semi-colons,
Colons, Dashes and parentheses; Topic W2.5 Verb Tense and Active
Voice)

Week 13

Chapter 8-Narration (233-252)

Assign Essay #3 (500-550 words): prewriting, thesis, and outline
Draft essay #3
o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (W7.8 Essay Development: Narrating;
Topic W2.9 Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers)

Week 14

Revise, Peer edit, and final copy of essay #3.

Type essays; essay #3 due at the end of the class
o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (Post test)

Week 15

Test #4 MWL proctored and review for exam

Begin essay (350-400 words) for writing component of final exam

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o MyWritingLab Assignments Due (Post test)
Week 16

Final copy due at end of class