St. Gregory’s University
Course Syllabus – Fall 2000

INSTRUCTOR’S NAME: Sister Veronica Sokolosky OSB
Office 010 Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 1-4 p.m.
Other times by appointment
Office phone: x5379 878-5379 Home phone: x5623 878-5623

COURSE DESCRIPTION from Official Bulletin:
Designed to develop students’ abilities to write the essay. Major components include: development of the sentence, paragraph, essay and research paper. Prerequisite: English 0113 or ACT English score of 15.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE: At the completion of this course, the student will be able

1. to write a short, simple, declarative sentence that makes one statement;
2. to write three sentences about that statement;
3. to develop a paragraph for each of the three sentences;
4. to use specific and concrete examples to support what he writes;
5. to link paragraphs, to link sentences effectively;
6. to edit, correct and evaluate his writing;
7. to choose a topic, research it and prepare an annotated bibliography for it;
8. to use library and Internet resources and evaluate them;
9. to write a documented paper on the topic using MLA stylesheet;
10. to write in the narrative, descriptive, expository and argumentative modes.

MISSION STATEMENT:
These objectives aim to "foster intellectual curiosity, a love of learning." They provide opportunities for students to develop skills of logical and critical thinking, of literacy in language in written and spoken communication.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:
Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers. 9^th ed. New York: Longman, 1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS: (Instructor's use only)
Purves, Alan C., Joseph A. Quattrini, and Christine I. Sullivan. Creating the Writing Portfolio. Lincolnwood, IL: NTC Publishing Group, 1995.

Kerrigan, William J., and Allan A. Metcalf. Writing to the Point. 4^th ed. San Diego: Harcourt, 1987.

Pre-assessment:
Scrambled sentences in a paragraph
Cloze exercise

Post-assessment
5-paragraph documented essay…evaluated according to 6 steps in writing an essay, Writing portfolio

Attendance/writer’s notebook projects/quizzes…..…….. 20%
5 major essays ………………………………………….. 20%
Research project ………………………………………… 20%
Three unit exams, final comprehensive exam……………20%
Writer’s Portfolio ………………………………………… 20%

GRADING SCALE: 90 - 100 …. A 80 - 89 …. B 70 - 79 …. C 60 - 69 …. D

• Magazine articles

• Written assignments

1. Written assignments are due on day designated in syllabus. Late assignments will be marked down one letter grade (10 pts) for each class period overdue. All papers must be written to pass the course.
2. Type written assignments doublespaced on 8 1/2x11 paper.

• Writer’s Portfolio

• Make-up work

• Plagiarism

• Class environment

• Step 1: Write a short, simple declarative sentence that makes one point.
• Step 2: Write 3 sentences about the X-statement.
• Step 3: Write 4/5 sentences about each of the 3 sentences.

• Step 4: Make the sentences as specific and concrete as possible.

• Step 5: Insert a clear reference from one paragraph to the next.
• Step 6: Insert a clear reference from one sentence to the next.