English80ReadingandWriting.doc

English 80: Reading and Writing Section 7, MWF 12:30-1:55 P.m. Fall 2005 Instructor: Monique A. Idoux Phone: (661) 654-2281 Office: Administration East (across from Financial Aid) E-mail:  HYPERLINK mailto:midoux@ midoux@ Office Hours: TR, 2:00-3:00 Classroom: M: CB 101 and by appointment WF: DDH 110K Prerequisite: Total English Placement Test score of 120 or higher. Course Description: This class is designed to improve reasoning, reading, and writing skills. It helps students build a strong foundation in these skills for successful performance in college. Course Objectives: At the end of ten weeks, students in English 80 should be able to do the following: Reading use critical reading skills; reason clearly in oral and written form; demonstrate literal, inferential, and analytical or critical comprehension; recognize the main idea as well as the supporting details and conclusions in a reading selection; use an academic vocabulary; distinguish between fact and opinion; critically revise their own writing. Writing use critical writing skills; write effective sentences; develop and support main ideas; use an academic vocabulary; punctuate according to conventions; use conventional essay and paragraph structure; edit their own writing using standard, edited American English. (Basic level skills must be exhibited before students can expect passing scores on their essays.) Course Texts: 1) Flachmann, Kim. Mosaics: Focusing on Essays, 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2005 2) An approved novel Course Materials: 1) A binder (with dividers) for storing class notes, assignments, and returned work 2) Writing utensil and notebook paper A small, bound notebook for journal entries Course texts and materials MUST be brought to every class meeting. Course Policies: Attendance: Because mastering skills in writing requires regular, sustained effort, you are expected to attend class regularly and pun