9/10/2024 5:11:20 PM	ENGL 1A Course Outline as of Fall 2006	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ENGL 1A	Title:  READING & COMPOSITION
Full Title:  Reading & Composition
Last Reviewed:5/13/2024

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	4.00	Lecture Scheduled	4.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	70.00
Minimum	4.00	Lab Scheduled	0		8 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	4.00			Contact Total	70.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  140.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 210.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Critical reading and discussion of works in various literary forms. Composition predominantly of reasoned and reflective prose. Content and emphasis of particular sections specified in the English Department's course description bulletin "A Hundred Doors" issued every year.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Completion of ENGL 100B or higher (V8) OR Course Completion of ENGL 100 OR Course Completion of EMLS 100 ( or ESL 100)

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Critical reading and discussion of works in various literary forms. Composition predominatly of reasoned and reflective prose. Content and emphasis of particular sections specified in the English Department's course description bulletin "A Hundred Doors" issued every year.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Completion of ENGL 100B or higher (V8) OR Course Completion of ENGL 100 OR Course Completion of EMLS 100 ( or ESL 100)
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
Area:	A	English Composition
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	A2	Written Communication		Fall 1981
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	1A	English Composition		Fall 1981
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:
CID Descriptor: ENGL 100	College Composition	SRJC Equivalent Course(s): ENGL1A OR EMLS10

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

READING - From expository essay and argumentative essays at or above

grade 13 level, students will:

1.  Identify the main idea or thesis.

2.  Identify the sequencing or order of the ideas presented.

3.  Explain how the writer supports and illustrates ideas and connects

   them to the thesis.

4.  Paraphrase and summarize paragraphs and essays.

5.  Annotate an essay with appropriate comments.

6.  Identify the stylistic features of an essay.

7.  Identify an essay's tone.

8.  Distinguish between literal and inferential information and identify

   the use of assumptions and biases.

9.  Identify argumentative techniques and recognize logical fallacies.

10. Identify their opinions and assumptions in relation to reading

   material.

WRITING - Students will:

1.  Write 6,000 to 8,000 words in expository and argumentative essays,

   each with a clearly identifiable thesis.

2.  Organize their essays, paragraphs, and sentences logically and

   coherently.

3.  Show development in paragraphs with concrete, appropriate, and

relevant details.

4.  Write essays which express a mature attitude toward their subject

   with a consistent and appropriate point of view.

5.  Write argumentative essays responding to opposing arguments and

   avoiding logical fallacies.

6.  Revise their prose for clarity, precision, and variety of sentences;

   correct diction; and appropriate voice.

7.  Recognize and correct errors in punctuation, grammar, and spelling.

8.  Demonstrate familiarity with elementary library research techniques

   and with the basic reference works and facilities of the college

   library.

Topics and Scope

READING-

Students will:

1. Read a number of essays during the semester with emphasis

   on critical reading involving analysis, evaluation, and synthesis

   of ideas from several essays/authors,

2.  Discuss readings in order to examine and learn the above objectives,

3. Read/study/analyze the English Department's Work of Literary Merit

   for the particular semester.

WRITING-

Students will:

1. Write significant number of essays during the semester of various

   lengths, amounting to 6,000 to 8,000 words, primarily narrative/

   descriptive but will also write expository/informative and

   argumentative/persuasive prose,

2. Use revision skills frequently taught using writers' workshop methods

   or individual conferences/tutorials.

Assignments:

WRITING:

1.  Weekly out-of-class essays or out-of-class essays for which

   drafting/revision equivalent to a weekly essay are required.

2.  In-class essays in response to reading essays or the Work of Literary

   Merit.

3.  A research paper or essays for which library resources are used.

4.  Specific exercises to work with aspects of writing, such as thesis

   invention; organization; development; style; tone; diction; etc.

5.  Specific exercises in paraphrasing, summarization, annotation,

   recognizing logical fallacies, etc.

6.  A journal in which students practice writing to various topics and

   responding to assigned course readings.

7.  Quizzes and exams.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 70 - 95%
Written homework, Reading reports, Term papers, READING/WRITING JOURNALS
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 5 - 20%
Multiple choice, Matching items, Completion, SHORT ANSWER
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 15%
ATTENDANCE/PARTICIPATION

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Atwan, Robert. TEN ON TEN, St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Barthomolme, David. WAYS OF READING, St. Martin's Press, 1998

Colombo, Gary, ed.. REREADING AMERICA, St. Martin's Press, 1998

Garrison, Roger H. HOW A WRITER WORKS, Addison-Wesley, 1985.

Hacker, Diana. A WRITER'S REFERENCE, St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Smart, William. EIGHT MODERN ESSAYISTS, St. Martin's Press, 1994.

Stygall, READING CONTEXT, Thomson 2005

Eschholz, Alfred Rosa and Virginia Clark, LANGUAGE AWARENESS: READINGS FOR

COLLEGE WRITERS, Bedford, 2005

Peterson, Brereton, THE NORTON READER, Norton, 2005

Barnet, SHORT GUIDE TO COLLEGE WRITING, Pearson/Longman, 2005

Cohen, 50 ESSAYS: A PORTABLE ANTHOLOGY, Bedford/St. Martins, 2004

Work of Literary Merit (W.O.L.M):

Each semester the English Department selects a Work of Literary

Merit for all 1A students. Typically, at least four faculty

lectures are given and special library resources provided for

this project.

The following have been works studied.

CANDIDE, Voltaire.

THE MAYOR OF CASTORBRIDGE, Hardy.

HENDERSON THE RAIN KING, Bellow.

AS I LAY DYING, Faulkner.

THE HORSE'S MOUTH, Cary.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Austen.

A GATHERING OF OLD MEN, Gaines.

THE TEMPEST and AS YOU LIKE IT, Shakespeare.

THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WARS, Nichols.

THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, Twain.

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE, Woolf.

MADAME BOVARY, Flaubert.

HEART OF DARKNESS, Conrad

THE THINGS THEY CARRIED, O'Brien

"GIMPEL THE FOOL" AND OTHER STORIES, Singer

ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Carroll

BELOVED and SONG OF SOLOMON, Morrison

INVISIBLE MAN, Ellison

WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS, Coetzee

DUBLINERS, Joyce

SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS, Guterson

THE WOMAN WARRIOR, Kingston

CEREMONY, Silko

LEAVES OF GRASS, Whitman

HOWARDS END, Forster

LATHE OF HEAVEN, LeGuin

A DOLL'S HOUSE, Ibsen

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