English+360

=English 360=

MWF 10:30-11:55 Vacaville Center
English 360 – Accelerated English

Instructor: Melissa Gunby Phone: 530-508-6501 MWF: 10:30-11:55 AM e-mail: msgunby@gmail.com Office Hours: TBA website: mgunby.wikispaces.com

English 360 is a 5-unit “accelerated” class in developmental English that a student may choose to take in place of English 305, 355, 370 or 380. This means you have the opportunity to move from developmental English courses up to English 1 in __one__ semester, regardless of your placement score.
 * Course Description: **

A one-semester accelerated class is nearly as much work as two semester-length classes in our regular sequence, and so will require much more reading and writing than 355 or 370, and the assignments will be more complex. Our accelerated class will demand college-level reading and writing starting from the beginning of the semester, rather than starting with easier tasks and then moving to harder ones. These more difficult assignments along with the 5-unit nature of the class means that you will need to devote at least __ten hours a week__ outside of class to the course (so that you will have time to do the reading, thinking, and writing needed to pass) and that you will commit to a //growth mindset,// meaning that if you are confused by or even fail an assignment (as happens to nearly everyone at one time or another) you commit to trying again and again until you gain the skill to master the difficult task.

Class activities: This class is a writing workshop. This means you will be doing a lot of thinking/reading/writing, a lot of rewriting, and a lot of talking with your classmates about whether a piece of writing is effective or not. You will be sharing your writing with your classmates, and you will be helping each other improve (along with a considerable amount of help from me as well). I am telling you this because I want you to become comfortable with the idea that this class is a community of writers, readers and thinkers, each of whom has a unique perspective and opinion to communicate to the rest of the class. I am often surprised and enlightened by what you write, and I am sure you will enjoy sharing your opinions with each other also. **__STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES __** Over the course of the semester, you will write essays which demonstrate:
 * This is a Pass/No Pass course **
 * * the ability to present a thesis and to develop it through coherent paragraphs with controlling ideas;
 * the ability to critically read and analyze college level essays while identifying the controlling idea and main points;
 * the ability to synthesize ideas from reading with personal experience;
 * an awareness of the need to credit sources;
 * <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-size: 12pt;">the abilities to use a variety of sentence patterns and the standard conventions of written English correctly. ||

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Over the course of this class you will v <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Develop and apply critical reading and critical thinking skills to writing v <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Demonstrate understanding that writing is a process v <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Write essays with a clear and supported thesis v <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Develop and apply self- and peer-editing skills, and revising methods v <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Demonstrate knowledge of MLA style and documentation v <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Participate in critical discussion v <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Pass a holistically scored department final exam
 * <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Course Goals: **


 * <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Required Texts and Materials: **
 * <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Please note: **<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">You are required to bring all materials to class on the appropriate day.

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Grandin, Temple. //Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism.// New York: Vintage Books, 1995. Print

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Slater, Lauren. //Opening// Skinners’s Box//: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century.//New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2004. Print.

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Collegiate dictionary and thesaurus <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Notebook or loose-leaf binder paper for in class writing and note taking <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Pens, pencils, highlighters


 * <span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Internet access is required for this class. All essays and drafts will be submitted online, and many materials will be made available through the website. **

<span style="font-family: Garamond,serif;">Floppy disk, flash drive, or some other external source to save your documents
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