BASIC ENGLISH II 093

Fall Semester 2002 – Tuesday/Thursday

Instructor: Debbie Benson

Office: Building 120, Room 110 and Building 110, Room 103

Phone: 331-5296

General Information: Students are expected to arrive for class on time and not leave until dismissed. Grammar lectures will be given at the beginning of scheduled classes. Students are responsible for keeping up with assignments and material covered in each class even when they are absent.

Class Attendance Policy: Because class attendance is considered essential to the accomplishment of course objectives, excessive absences are discouraged. At no time should a student miss more than six (6) classes (20% of total class meetings for a course). These absences include any absences accrued during late registration. Students are discouraged from missing any class meeting unless an emergency arises. Students who miss more than 20% of total classes may receive an “F” for the course regardless of the grades they have made thus far.

Make-up Policy: Any work (readings, writings, quizzes, tests, essays, etc.) missed due to late registration or to absences must be made up within one week from the scheduled due date as designated on the syllabus. If the work is not made up in this time period, the grade for the missed work will become a 0.

Grading: Seventy-five (75%) of the final grade will be the average of all writing grades. The other twenty-five (25%) will include an average of grammar tests, comprehensive grammar exams, vocabulary tests, workbook lessons, video tape sheets, and reading/writing assignments.

Required Textbooks: College Writing Skills with Readings – Fifth edition

Word Power – Advanced

Required Supplies: One 3 ½ -inch floppy disk – IBM formatted

Americans with Disabilities Act ( ADA ): It is the policy of NWSCC to comply with this act. Any student covered under this act needing and deserving reasonable accommodations for this class should notify the instructor by the end of the second week of class.

BE CERTAIN ALL PAGERS, CELL PHONES, BEEPERS, ETC. ARE TURNED OFF BEFORE ENTERING THE CLASSROOM! DO NOT ANSWER CELL PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM.

DATE ASSIGNMENT

1/14 Class information

Grammar Pretest

1/16 Introduce Syllabus and Course Requirements

Study Skills Tapes 5 and 6

Homework -- Read 23-49 College Writing Skills (CWS)

1/21 Prewriting lecture on paragraphs

Lab Introduce Microsoft Word

Practice on computer/Paragraph # 1

Homework – Read 413-417 CWS

1/23 Grammar # 1 Lecture and Test - - subjects and verbs

Lab Introduce Word Power -- Pretest

Paragraph # 2 Descriptive

Homework – Read 418-429 and 349-356 CWS

1/28 Grammar # 2 Lecture and Test – fragments

Lecture on Summaries – Write summary

Homework – Read 432-444 CWS; Work in Word Power

1/30 Grammar # 3 Lecture and Test – run-ons

Lab Paragraph # 3 Compare/contrast

Reading/Writing Assignment # 1

Homework – Read 454-459 CWS; Work in Word Power

2/4 Grammar # 4 Lecture and Test- subject/verb agreement

Unit 1 Vocabulary Test

Discuss 51-75 CWS

Homework – Read 464-469 CWS; Work in Word Power

2/6 Grammar # 5 Lecture and Test – Pronoun ref & & agr.

Lab Paragraph # 4 Definition

Reading/Writing Assignment # 2

Homework – Read 470-475 CWS; Work in Word Power

2/11 Grammar # 6 Lecture and Test – Pronoun types

Discuss 77-102 CWS

Lecture on Essay Writing – Activity 2 on page 69

Homework – Read 476-480 CWS; Work in Word Power

2/13 Grammar # 7 Lecture and Test - – Adjectives/Adverbs

Unit 2 Vocabulary Test

Work on Outline and Rough Draft for Essay # 1

Homework – Read 481-488 CWS; Work in Word Power

2/18 Grammar # 8 Lecture and Test – Modifiers

Lab Essay # 1 Rough Draft

Homework – Work in Word Power

2/20 Essay # 1 -- Revise and Print

Lab Homework – Read 502-508 CWS; Work in Word Power

2/25 Grammar # 9 Lecture and Test – Apostrophes

Unit 3 Vocabulary Test

Reading/Writing Assignment # 3

Homework – Read 516-525 CWS; Work in Word Power

2/27 Grammar # 10 Lecture and Test – Commas

Lab Discuss 175-194 CWS

Essay # 2 – Outline and Rough Draft

3/4 Essay # 2 – Revise and Print

Lab Homework – Read 536-546 CWS; Work in Word Power

3/6 Grammar # 11 Lecture and Test – Commonly confused words; Unit 4 4 Vocabulary Test

Reading/Writing Assignment # 4

Homework – Read 211-230 CWS; Work in Word Power

3/11 Discuss Example Essay

Lab Essay # 3 Outline and Rough Draft

Homework – Work in Word Power

3/13 Unit 5 Vocabulary Test

Essay # 3 Revise and Print

Homework – Read 265-284; Work in Word Power

3/18 Grammar Test 1

Lab Discuss Compare/Contrast Essay

Essay # 4 Outline and Rough Draft

3/20 Essay # 4 Revise and Print

Lab Homework – Read 285-301 CWS; Work in Word Power

Spring Break 3/24 – 3/28

4/1 Discuss Definition Essay

Reading/Writing Assignment # 5

4/3 Grammar Test 2

Lab Essay # 5 Outline and Rough Draft

4/8 Essay # 5 Revise and Print

Lab Homework – Read 319-337 CWS; Work in Word Power

4/10 Unit 6 Vocabulary Test; Post Test Vocabulary

Discuss Persuasive Essay and do outline

4/15 Grammar Test 3

Lab Essay # 6 Rough Draft

4/17 Discuss Summaries

Lab Essay # 6 Revise and Print

Homework – Read article for Summary

(Bring article to class 11/21)

4/22 Write Summary

Lab Homework – Read 341-348 and 195- 210 CWS

4/24 Discuss Chapter 17 – “Taking Essay Exams”

Discuss Narrative Essays and do Outline

4/29 Essay # 7 Final Exam Essay, Rough Draft

Lab

5/1 Essay # 7 Final Exam Essay, Revise and Print

5/6 Post test

Thursday, May 8 8:00-10:00 Final Exam