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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
CSKLS 310 | Title:
ESSAY WRITING WORKSHOP |
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| Full Title:
Essay Writing Workshop |
| Last Reviewed:3/28/2011 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.50 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.50 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 6 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 2.00 | | Contact DHR | 35.00 |
| | Contact Total | 5.00 | | Contact Total | 87.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 192.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Non-Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
CSKL 307
Catalog Description:
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Intensive, individualized instruction, support, and practice in essay writing. Designed to improve student success in English and content classes. Focuses on development of ideas, structure, style, mechanics, and essay test techniques.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 305.
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Intensive, individualized instruction, support, and practice in essay writing. Designed to improve student success in English and content classes. Focuses on development of ideas, structure, style, mechanics, and essay test techniques.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 305.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Identify and analyze descriptive, narrative, process, exemplification, argument, and comparison essays.
2. Determine the audience and purpose and then choose the most effective kind of essay for that situation.
3. Generate ideas for an essay through a variety of prewriting activities.
4. Develop an effective thesis statement.
5. Outline preliminary ideas appropriate to the type of essay and to effectively support the thesis.
6. Incorporate specific details, quotations, and examples to develop main points.
7. Develop essays with coherence and clarity at the word, sentence, and paragraph level.
8. Compose, word-process, evaluate, and revise drafts of an essay, requesting and incorporating feedback from other individuals when appropriate.
9. Proofread and employ correct usage and writing mechanics in final drafts.
Topics and Scope
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This course will integrate writing skills with readings and essay writing instruction. Instructor will cover at least 3 types of essays in depth.
ESSAY READING AND WRITING
1. Definition of the essay
2. Popular (published) essays vs. academic essays
3. Qualities of an effective thesis statement
a. Integrating facts to support the thesis
b. Developing a thesis with an original point
4. The descriptive narrative
a. Conflict and resolution
b. Sensory details
5. The exemplification essay
a. Basic paragraph structure (introduction with thesis; body; conclusion)
b. The effective introduction and conclusion
c. Using specific and relevant examples
6. The argument essay
a. Basic research techniques
b. Basic persuasive approaches
c. Organization by importance
7. The comparison essay
a. Block and alternating structure
b. Using parallel examples
c. Developing an appropriate thesis
8. The process essay
a. Directive versus analysis
b. Using details and examples
c. Controlling narrative point of view
9. "On demand" essays
a. Essay test strategies
b. Other required essays (work, scholarships, etc.)
WRITING SKILLS
1. Basic MLA paper format
2. Writing mechanics
a. Direct and indirect quotations--punctuation and consistency
b. Compound and complex sentences
c. Commas
d. Modifying phrases
3. Writing style
a. Effective word choice
b. Sentence variety and combining
c. Basic parallelism
d. Logical order of details
e. Consistent verb tense
f. Consistent pronoun point of view
g. Transition words
Assignments:
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1. Readings and exercises analyzing the structural and stylistic aspects of published essays
2. Group exercises and discussions about the readings
3. Prewriting and organizing activities, from the informal (brainstorming) to the formal (outline)
4. Exercises on essay skills, including development of an effective thesis, order of ideas, transitions, introduction and conclusion paragraphs, topic sentences
5. Reading and research related to essay topics
6. Composing rough drafts of various types of essay
7. Writing (word-processing) a second draft
8. Participation in peer-response groups
9. Class evaluation of model or anonymous student essays
10. Revision and editing essay drafts according to peer and instructor feedback and then writing a third draft
12. Self-evaluation and commentary about personal writing process and experience
13. Practice essay exams
14. Exercises in writing mechanics and structure (textbook and online programs in computer lab)
15. 6-10 quizzes, optional midterm, final exam that includes both writing skills and essay
16. Optional portfolio
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
60 - 70% |
| Textbook, in-class, and online exercises. Essays (all drafts) | |
| 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
20 - 30% |
| Quizzes, midterm, final exam: Multiple choice, Completion. Essay | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 10% |
| Group work participation; lab assignments; self-evaluations; optional portfolio | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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English Skills, John Langan, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
At a Glance, Essays, Lee Brandon, Houghton Mifflin, 2008
Evergreen, A Guide to Writing with Readings, Susan Fawcett. 9th ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2010
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