English+348E

=English 348E=

Instructor: Melissa Gunby Class: English 348E CRN: 80332 Phone: 530-508-6510 Tues/Thurs: 8:00-9:15am e-mail: msgunby@gmail.com Room: 714 Website: mgunby.wikispaces.com

Office Hours: Monday 5-6 pm room 718, Thursday 5-6 pm room 718, Tues/Thurs 7:30-8am room 717

HOmework for Tuesday Sept. 6: Read pages 26-32 in Reading Cricially, respond to the questions that follow, and write a free-write or paragraph in response to the prompt on page 20.
Solano Community College: English 348E: **English Fundamentals** Fall Semester 2011 8/17/11-12/20/11 There are two requirements to pass this course: Axelrod, Rise, B., Charles R. Cooper, and Alison M. Warriner. //Reading Critically Writing Well//. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011. Print. ISBN: 978-0-312-67685-8 Hacker, Diana. //A Writer’s Reference: with exercises.// 6th ed. Boston, New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2009. Print ISBN: 978-0-312-66477-0 (you may use any edition)
 * This is a Pass/No Pass course. **
 * 1) A passing score on the CME (see below)
 * 2) Completion of a minimum of 70% of the course work **Required Texts and Materials: **


 * Course at a Glance **What follows is a preliminary schedule of the semester, including holidays and midterm dates.

We will be writing approximately 5 essays through this course, not including midterms and other in–class assignments.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Autobiography: weeks 2-4 **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Personal writing: we will use this chapter and examples from the textbook to connect with a topic on a personal level, using previous experience to support points and arguments through providing a narrative example.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Observation: weeks 5-7 **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Explanatory writing: this chapter will look at how we can explain what we see to others through using explicit details while still maintaining an essay form and supporting a thesis statement.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Reflection: weeks 8-10 **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Personal writing: again, this chapter will focus more on supporting a thesis from using personal experience and detail.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Explanation: weeks 11-13 **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Explanatory writing: This chapter will focus on giving clear explanation to support details and thesis statements.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Evaluation: weeks 14-17 **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Argument: This chapter will be used to develop skills to evaluate arguments made by others to help us see how to put together arguments of our own.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Important Dates: **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Sept 20 and 22: Midterm 1

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Nov. 1 and 3: Midterm 2

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">Nov. 22 and 24: Thanksgiving Holiday – No Classes

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';">December 2: **CME** 2:30-4:30 pm **Please make arrangements now with work, childcare, etc. so that you will be available to sit for this exam.** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Garamond','serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'garamond','serif'; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> : powerpoint from Thursday Sept. 1 lecture