English Composition I

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In English Composition I, students learn how to develop better writing skills by identifying and understanding the steps involved in the writing process-all in this one online English course.

The online English composition course examines five fundamental types of writing: compare and contrast, argumentative, persuasive, narrative, and descriptive. Lessons in this online English course also highlight the importance of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling, and explain effective research techniques, editing, and revision.

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Course Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

Explain and identify the steps involved in the writing process.
Compose a strong thesis statement.
Organize an essay into a well written introduction, body, and conclusion.
Evaluate the different types of fictional and non-fictional readings.
Successfully identify and apply the use of analogy.
Identify and compose the following types of writing: argumentative, compare/contrast, descriptive, narrative, persuasive, summary, and research.
Employ ethical and effective research strategies and techniques.
Analyze and judge the validity of the various kinds of reading materials.
Correctly use MLA citation style.
Summarize and paraphrase without plagiarizing.
Successfully revise and edit all aspects of an essay.
Construct grammatically correct sentences.
Compose sentences and paragraphs with correct spelling and punctuation.

Topic	Lesson Topic	Subtopics	Objectives
1	Proper Grammar: Friend or Foe?	The Most Common Grammatical Errors Correcting Sentence Fragments Subject Verb Agreement Use of Jargon in Essays	Identify the common grammatical errors and apply the rules of correction to edit effectively. Apply the rules of correcting sentence fragments when editing an essay to eliminate them. Apply the rules of subject/verb agreement when editing an essay to eliminate agreement errors. Add to the understanding and use of a basic vocabulary of literary items.
2	Punctuation and Spelling: The Finer Points	The Comma The Apostrophe and Quotation Marks Other Types of Punctuation Improve Your Spelling	Demonstrate how effectively to use commas. Effectively use apostrophes and quotation marks. Employ the correct use of other types of punctuation. Identify common errors in spelling and apply various strategies to eliminate spelling errors.
3	The Writing Process: You Can Do It!	Define Composition Roadblocks to Effective Writing Audience and Purpose The Reading and Writing Link	Develop topic sentences that clearly support the thesis and the essay. Identify the audience and purpose before beginning the process of writing an essay. Explain and demonstrate the direct link between successful writing and comprehensive reading. Explain the standard process involved in writing an essay.
4	Thesis Statements: What's the Point?	Weak Versus Strong Thesis Statements Importance of Thesis Statements Supporting Your Thesis Statement	Structure an essay using a strong beginning, middle, and end. Select and narrow an essay topic and formulate a strong, effective thesis statement. Organize the supporting details and specific evidence in the essay. Research Paper Objective: Develop a strong thesis statement for the research paper project.
5	Writing a Good Paragraph & Researching Your Topic: Half the Battle!	The Introduction Body of Work and Detail The Conclusion Utilizing Good Research Skills Your Local Library Proper Internet Research Other Means of Research	Show appropriate development of the essay and the thesis using sentence variety and specific, coherent, relevant, and interesting details. Make good use of topic sentences, transitions, and concluding statements within the essay. Develop and compose a strong introductory paragraph. Develop and compose a strong concluding paragraph. Utilize proper researching and note-taking techniques for the research paper project. Effectively research a topic in the library and online. Evaluate sources on a given topic. Explain the importance of maintaining integrity while researching. Write an annotated bibliography for the research paper project.
6	Popular Types of Writing: Who Knew?	Compare/Contrast Technique of Writing Persuasive Technique of Writing Descriptive Writing	Write a paragraph or essay using the comparison/contrast method. Write a paragraph or essay demonstrating the use of persuasion as a writing strategy. Develop skills in the use of the following strategy: descriptive writing.
7	Types of Readings: Can This Really Influence my Writing?	Narrative Writings Non-Fiction Writings Writing Using Analogy	Analyze and explain the link between comprehensive reading and successful writing. Apply critical thinking to reading and writing. Differentiate among the different types of analogies and use them in a narrative paragraph. Research Paper Objective: Develop an outline for the research paper project.
8	Analysis of Reading and Writing: Now What?	Comprehension of the Subject Matter Retaining the Subject Matter Forming Opinions Real-World Application	Understand main ideas of a text used to write a research paper with an awareness of audience and purpose. Interact with and summarize the text effectively. Evaluate the text using critical and analytical skills to identify common logical fallacies. Effectively write the first draft of an essay with an awareness of audience and purpose.
9	Using Evidence and Reference Materials Properly: Give Credit Where It's Due!	How Evidence Adds Legitimacy to an Essay Proper Use of Citations Plagiarism	Explain the importance of quality evidence in essay writing. Write an essay following proper standard MLA guidelines. Demonstrate the importance of maintaining integrity while researching and writing an essay or a longer paper. Research Paper Objective: Create a Works Cited page for the research paper project using MLA format.
10	The Process of Revising and Editing: You're Almost There!	The Revision Process Revising Sentences Revising Word Choices The Editing Process	Revise your essay to ensure appropriate development of the essay with specific attention to cohesion, support, and organization. Revise the first draft to include varied, interesting, and accurate sentences. Edit and proofread the first draft to eliminate grammatical, spelling, and typographical errors. Research Paper Objective: Apply revision, editing, and proofreading techniques to rough draft of research paper project.
11	Checking Your Final Essay: You've Come This Far!	Strong Thesis Development of Ideas Proper Grammar	Check that the final draft contains a strong, well-written thesis statement that is directly linked with the main point of the essay. Check that the final draft demonstrates clear organization, strong development through the use of a variety of sentence types, smooth transitions, and proper citing techniques. Edit to ensure the final draft is free of grammatical and spelling errors. Research Paper Objective: Review your research paper to ensure it is ready for submission and grading.
12	Submission of the Final Draft of the Research Paper and Final Review	Review	Research Paper Objective: Turn in research paper project.

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College Writing Skills with Readings 10e highlights the importance of writing with a purpose by focusing on four bases of writing unity support coherence and sentence skills. The four bases provide students with clear guidance on how to organize their thoughts structure their main idea into a thesis provide supporting evidence to their claim and revise and edit their work into a well thought-out essay. College Writing Skills with Readings personalizes and grounds students’ writing experience by placing all of its reading writing and essay examples within three key realms - personal academic and workplace (PAW) - to emphasize the importance of writing in every facet of life.

Langan, John. College Writing Skills with Readings, 10th edition. McGraw-Hill, 2019. ISBN 9781260030198

This course follows the research guidelines of the Modern Language Association (MLA). These guidelines were most recently revised in 2016 in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (8th ed.). A summary of these guidelines is provided in the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

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All required assignments (even those that are ungraded) must be submitted in order to be issued a transcript.

There are a total of 1000 points in the course:

Topic	Assessment	Points Available
A1	Graded Quiz: Plagiarism	10
1	Graded Quiz: Transitions	30
1	Graded Quiz: Banana Bread Brainstorm	60
2	Graded Quiz: Good Word Choices Positively Affect Your Writing...Or Is it Effect?	30
2	Graded Quiz: Homonyms	40
2	Graded Quiz: Grammar at Dinner	75
2	Graded Quiz: Grammar and Punctuation	100
3	Graded Quiz: Writing to Your Audience	90
4	Writing Assignment: Character Evolution	10
5	Writing Assignment: Final Draft of the Descriptive Paragraph	10
5	Graded Quiz: Building a Better Paragraph	15
5	Graded Quiz: Website Validity	20
5	Annotated Bibliography Submission	20
6	Writing Assignment: Final Draft of the Comparison/Contrast Writing Assignment	50
7	Writing Assignment: Final Draft of the Personal Narrative Writing Assignment	40
8	Graded Quiz: Text Analysis	30
8	Graded Quiz: A Different Look at the Mail	30
8	Writing Assignment: Final Draft of the Persuasive Writing Assignment	50
9	Graded Quiz: Works Cited	30
9	Writing Assignment: Final Draft of the Argumentative Writing Assignment	100
9	Writing Assignment: Research Draft	20
10	Graded Quiz: Different Perspectives	20
10	Final Graded Quiz: Be an Editor	30
Review	Writing Assignment: Final Draft of the Research Writing Assignment	100
Total		1000

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