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SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ACADEMIC EDUCATION DIVISION
ENGLISH
I. CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Course Number: ENGL 1010
Course Title: English Composition I
Prerequisite: Assessment testing (minimum score on placement exam)
or successful completion of developmental courses.
Catalogue Description: English Composition I is designed to develop writing
skills. Students write papers and essays which emphasize the importance of
clarity, idea development, focus, organization, word choice, logic, and sentence
construction. The process of planning, writing, revising, and editing essays for
a particular audience and basic research-related skills are also emphasized
Credit Hours: 4.5 quarter credits, 3.0 semester credits
Last Outline Revision: 8/2006
Contact Hours 45 hours
II. COURSE OBJECTIVES/COMPETENCIES
A. Course Objectives
1. To provide sufficient practice in writing clear, coherent, effective essays
according to commonly accepted standard of usage and mechanics
2. To develop new ideas, clearer insights, deeper thinking, and a more extensive
vocabulary through reading and discussion so that writing and sentence structure
will improve
3. To meet one of the college-wide objectives of General Education: the
development of the ability to use written English with clarity and precision
B. Course Competencies
1. Analyze and write for an audience
2. Identify and apply the purpose of writing
3. Select appropriate subjects
4. Collect information/ideas
5. Order information
6. Formulate thesis/purpose/organizational statements
7. Write essays
8. Revise essays
9. Edit essays
10. Utilize basic research-related skills
III. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
A. Recommended Texts
1. Reid - The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers (pkg),
(Prentice Hall)
AND/OR
Oates - The Best American Essays of the Century (Houghton
Mifflin)
AND/OR
Murray - The Craft of Revision (Heinle)
AND/OR
Atwan - Convergences, 2nd edition (Bedford)
AND/OR
Lunsford - The Everyday Writer (Bedford)
2. A current, quality dictionary (recommended)
3. Gabaldi - The MLA Handbook, 6th edition (MLA)
(recommended, esp. for those going on to Comp II)
B. Supplemental handouts, slides, videos, etc.-supplied by instructor
C. Outside reading/research required and determined by instructor
D. A Blue Book for completing the Shared In-Class Essay
[Students, see your instructor’s Course Information document to see what texts
are required for your section.]
IV. COURSE OUTLINE
At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to:
A. Analyze an Audience
1. Recognize and value the importance of an audience to the writer
2. Identify, address and meet readers’ needs
B. Identify the Purpose of Writing
1. Distinguishing among various purposes of writing (such as reflective,
informative, and argumentative)
2. Select appropriate primary purpose for a piece of writing
3. Select secondary purpose(s) as needed
C. Select Appropriate Subject
1. Read and discuss model/sample essays
2. Identify topics which range from those of personal interest/importance to
narrative and analytical
3. Narrow/limit subjects to a breadth appropriate to assignment
D. Collect Information/Ideas
1. Demonstrate skills in collecting information/ideas
2. Employ prewriting strategies, such as brainstorming, clustering, free writing
3. Evaluate adequacy of information/ideas
E. Order Information
1. Demonstrate skills in organizing (ordering) information
2. Recognize organizational patterns (such as inductive, deductive,
chronological, spatial, emphatic)
3. Select appropriate organizational patterns for essays
4. Recognize rhetorical modes/thinking patterns such as:
a. description
b. narration
c. exposition (e.g. definition, cause-effect, comparison/contrast, process
analysis, illustration, classification).
d. argumentation/persuasion
5. Select rhetorical/thinking patterns appropriate to the development of essays
F. Formulate Thesis/Purpose/Organizational Statements
1. Formulate thesis/purpose/organizational statements
2. Identify desired focus of essays
3. Orient readers through thesis/purpose/organizational statements to the
direction of essays
V. SPECIFIC COURSE REQUIREMENTS
A. General Requirements
1. In order to receive a passing grade for English 1010, students must complete
sufficient work assigned by their instructors to earn a course grade of “C” or
better.
2. To ensure that this objective is met, a minimum grade of “C” in English 1010
is required to qualify for transfer.
B. Other Requirements as Determined by Instructor/College
1. Instructors will distribute and discuss their specific course policies and
requirements with their students at the beginning and during the term.
VI. METHODS OF PRESENTATION/INSTRUCTION
Instructors should make use of varied pedagogical techniques, including several
of the
following:
A. Lecturing
B. Small and large discussion groups
C. Collaborative projects
D. Peer response groups
E. Journaling
F. Conferencing
G. Computer-aided instruction
H. Interactive elements/methods
VII. METHODS O F EVALUATION
A. Course grades will be based on class and group participation, daily work,
revisions, final drafts, and/or portfolio.
1. a weekly journal/collection of informal writing that focuses on exploration
of students’ own writing/learning and/or discussion of assigned readings (20-40
total pages over the course of the quarter), 10-15% of total grade
2. 3-5 essays (totaling the equivalent of 25 typed, double-spaced,
finished/polished pages)
One of the essays must include an introduction to the idea of intellectual
property/incorporating voices/information from outside sources and use MLA to
document 2-3 sources used in the paper. (This is NOT a “research paper.”),
60-70% of total course grade
3. Final Shared In-Class Essay using standard prompt, 5% of total course grade
(mandatory)
4. Revision work
Either credit this under Misc. or make it part of the paper grade.
5. Misc. in-class work, peer review workshops, preparation, participation,
and/or
additional homework, 10-15% of total course grade
B. Instructors will distribute and discuss evaluation and grading policies with
their students at the beginning/during the term.
VIII. GRADING SCALE
A+ 95-100 C+ 75-79 U 59 or less
A 90-94 C 70-74
B+ 85-89 D+ 65-69
B 80-84 D 60-68
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