COURSE
INFORMATION SHEET
Course Title: College Prep 2
Course Number: ENC0020-10229 MWF 9:00 - 9:50 Room D3
ENC0020-10230 MWF 10:00-10:50 Room D3
Instructor: Professor J. W. Morgan
Contact Information: (904)276-6844; jeanninemorgan@sjrcc.edu
Office Hours are posted on my office door
(D32). Students are welcome to see me
during office hours or during an alternate pre-arranged time.
Required Texts: Evergreen:
A Guide to Writing with
The Prentice
Hall
A
good dictionary.
SJRCC Catalog Prerequisite: ENC0010 with a grade of “C” or higher
or satisfactory placement test score.
Description & This course strengthens and applies basic
writing skills introduced in ENC0010; develops
Course Objectives: organizational
skills. Students will learn to write purposeful, well-organized paragraphs in
which sentence structure, grammar, usage, punctuation, and
spelling conform to the conventions of standard written English. This course is preparatory in nature and
does not count as college credit.
Academic Integrity: Students in this class must know, observe, and not
compromise the principles of
academic integrity. It is not permissible to
cheat, to fabricate or falsify information, to submit the same academic work in
more than one course without prior permission, to plagiarize, to receive unfair
advantage, or to otherwise abuse accepted practices for handling and documenting
information. The grade for this course includes the judgment that the student’s
work is free from academic dishonesty of any type. Violations or infractions
will be reported to the Vice President for Student Affairs and may lead to
failure of the course and other sanctions imposed by the College.
Classroom Structure This is a cooperative learning classroom, and all students
will be required to
& Protocols: work in groups during class periods. Timely arrival to class is necessary in a
cooperative learning
situation and is a sign of respect for me and for other class members, not to
mention good training for the “real world.”
If the note on the door indicates that latecomers are not to enter,
please do not enter the classroom. You
will be recorded as absent and will loose credit for the in class assignment.
All assignments are due in class on the date
listed on the syllabus. If you are going
to miss a class, papers may be turned in early or left in my mailbox in the
front office on the due date; however, assignments turned in after the start of
class will be penalized 25 points. Late
assignments (after 5 pm on the due date) will not be accepted.
All final drafts of papers (paragraphs) must be
word processed, double spaced. All
papers submitted in this class must be original works created for this
class. Papers written or submitted in
another class will not be accepted.
Beepers and Cellular phones are to be turned off
during class time. Additionally, any
inappropriate behavior and offensive language will not be tolerated.
Make-up Policy: No
make-up is provided for any assignment.
A student who misses an exam will have his/her grade on the Diagnostic
Grammar post-test recorded for that missed exam. Subsequent missed exams will remain as a
0. No final exam will be given as a
make-up.
Absences: As
stated in the student handbook you may
receive an instructor warning when you have missed the equivalent of three
50-minute class periods regardless of the reason and may be withdrawn from the course by the instructor after the fourth
50-minute absence. It is the student’s responsibility to withdraw from class.
Do not assume that the instructor
will withdraw you. Do not stop coming to class without withdrawing officially –
protect your GPA. Withdrawal forms are available from the
Grading: Exams 15%
Papers
20%
Quiz/Participation/Journal
15%
Written
Final Exam 30%
Grammar
Final Exam 20%
One paper, participation, and quiz/R&R grade
will be dropped. No exam grade may be
dropped.
Grading Scale: A 90.0%-100%
B 80.0%-89.0%
C 70.0%-79.0% (minimum passing grade
is 70.0%)
D 60.0%-69.0% (no grade in this range
will be rounded up)
F 59% and below
With the exception of any grade in the 60’s, all
grades of .5 or above will be rounded up.
August
20 Introduction to course, Journal,
& Evergreen Spelling Ch 38 & 39
22 The
Simple Sentence, read Ch 24
24 Diagnostic
grammar pre-test
27 Create Base Groups; Journal 1; The
writing process: Introduction to
Brainstorming Florida
Exit Test Study Guide 70-72; Ch
24 exercises due
29 Coordination and Subordination, read
Evergreen Ch 25; Florida Exit Test Study Guide for Writing Ch 9
31 Introduction to Topic Sentences Florida Exit
Test Study Guide for Writing Ch
1; Ch 25 exercises due
September
3 LABOR DAY
5 Introduction to the Narrative,
read Evergreen Ch 6; Florida Exit
Test Study Guide for Writing Ch
3: Logical Patterns
7 Avoiding sentence errors, read Evergreen Ch 26; Florida Exit Test Study Guide for Writing
Ch 10 & 11; Narrative prewrite due
10 Journal 2; Narrative
due; Ch 26 exercises due
12
14 Journal 3; Exam 1
17 Introduction to Descriptive, read Evergreen Ch 7
19 The Comma: read Evergreen
Ch 35; Florida
Exit Test Study Guide for Writing p.154-158; Descriptive prewrite due
21 Journal 4; Descriptive
due; Evergreen Ch 35 ex 1-3 due
24 Evergreen
Ch35 ex4-7 due.
26 Introduction to Illustration, read Evergreen Ch 5;
28 Journal 5; Illustration
prewrite due; Review for Exam 2
October
1 Illustrative rough draft due—bring 1 copy with subtopic
sentences underlined; Introduction to the in-class paragraph, read Florida Exit
Test Study Guide for Writing p 81
3 Illustration
paragraph due; Florida Exit Test Study Guide for Writing Ch 6 reading passage 1; EXAM 2
5 Journal 7; Introduction to verb
tenses: read Evergreen
Ch 27, 28, & 29: Florida Exit Test Study Guide for Writing 13
& 14
8 narrative/descriptive/illustration
in class--bring a dictionary
10 Introduction to process: read Evergreen Ch 8; Ch 27 exercises due; Florida Exit
Test Study Guide for Writing Ch
6 reading passage 2
12 Journal 8; EvergreenCh 28 & 29 exercises due;
Introduction to Pronouns: read Evergreen
Ch 31 A&B; Florida Exit Test Study Guide for Writing Ch
16-19; Process prewrite due
15 Review for Exam 3; Process rough
draft due—bring 1 copy with subtopic sentences underlined; Introduction to
Pronouns, continued: read Evergreen Ch
31 C.
17 Process due;
EXAM 3; Florida
Exit Test Study Guide for Writing Ch 6 reading passage 3
19 Journal 9; Introduction to Nouns:
read Evergreen Ch 30; Pronouns,
continued:
read Evergreen Ch
31 D&E; Florida Exit Test Study Guide for Writing Ch 6 reading
passage 4
22 Ch 30 & 31 exercises due
24 Introduction to comparison/contrast:
read Evergreen Ch 10
26 Journal 10; Introduction to
prepositions and adjectives and adverbs: read Evergreen
Ch 32 & 33; Florida Exit
Test Study Guide for Writing Ch 12; Florida Exit Test Study Guide for Writing Ch 6 reading passage 5; C/C prewrite due
29 C/C rough draft due—bring 1 copy
with subtopic sentences underlined.
31 C/C due;
Ch 32 & 33 exercises due Florida Exit Test Study Guide for Writing Ch 6 reading passage 6 & 7
November
2 Journal 11; Introduction to persuasion: read Evergreen Ch 13
Last day
for students to withdraw from classes
5 Exam 4 review; Introduction to Mechanics:
read Evergreen Ch 36; Florida Exit
Test Study Guide for Writing Ch 21 & 22; Introduction to the
Essay, read Ch 14 & 16
7 EXAM 4; from Paragraph to Essay
handout; Persuasion prewrite due
9 Exam 5 Supplemental Lecture
handout: Introduction to parallel
structure, read Evergreen pgs 277-282; Florida Exit
Test Study Guide for Writing Ch 8;
Introduction to the apostrophe: read Evergreen Ch
34; Florida Exit Test Study Guide for Writing p
161; Journal 12; persuasion due
12 Veterans’ Day
14 Ch 34 exercises due; parallel
structure exercises due; Introduction to modifiers Evergreen
p. 306-308; Florida Exit Test Study Guide for Writing Ch 7
& worksheet
16 comparison or contrast/process/
persuasion in class--bring a dictionary
19 Ch 36 Exercises due; modifier
exercises due
21 Exam 5 review; Essay rough draft
due—bring 2 copies; Florida Exit Test Study Guide for Writing Ch 6 reading passage 8 & 9
23 THANKSGIVING
26 EXAM 5
28 Diagnostic Grammar Post-Test (score
will replace a quiz grade)
30 Written exam review & grammar
final exam review; Florida Exit Test Study Guide for Writing Ch 6 reading passage 10
December
3 WRITTEN FINAL EXAM
5 GRAMMAR FINAL EXAM
7 make up day
10 Last
day of classes
Reminder: Students may form study groups to study for
and earn extra credit on the exams. For
more details and for a study group contract visit www.sjrcc.cc.fl.us. From the website, click on Faculty then Jeannine Morgan and then on the study group link.