Mary
Stevenson
EGL
100
Fall
2003
Information for
EGL 100
Purpose of the class
EGL 100,
Introduction to Composition, is designed as a "bridge" course to help
students build on basic skills and make a successful transition to EGL 101,
Composition I, freshman composition. The catalog calls
EGL 100 a "preparation" for EGL 101.
According to college policy, the class will focus on "grammar and
punctuation, sentence construction, paragraph development, and short essay
writing." During the semester we may meet in the computer lab as well as
the in the classroom.
Textbooks and
supplies: Books may be purchased on-line, www.pgccbookstore.com
1. Bob
Brannan A Writer’s Workshop: Crafting
Paragraphs, Building Essays $50 new, $38 used
2. Diana
Hacker Rules for Writers fifth
ed. $26.75 new
3. Esmeralda
Santiago When I Was Puerto Rican This is the
4. Dictionary,
thesaurus, stapler, loose leaf folder or three ring binder
to hold work and handouts (Please arrange returned papers by chronological
order.)
At the PGCC
My
office: Marlboro-3063; please no material under the door.
Phone:
301-322-0573
E-mail
MStevenson@pgcc.edu
English
Department fax: 301-322-0549 (emergency
only)
Mailbox
in English office Marlboro-3072 (always open business hours–until
Office
hours: TR
At the Metro campus
Mailbox–ask
secretary at the front desk
Office
hours: MW
Grade–(See point sheet for details:)
2 Paragraphs. 10% Quizzes/homework 5% Notetaking 5%
4 Essays 60% Grammar Tests 20%
Policies
While not every
circumstance is covered in the following comments, but they do cover most the
rules: Please honor the college policy: no food or drink in classrooms.
1. My Expectations: Students are in class
on time, stay the complete period, are prepared, participate, turn in work when
due. Please schedule medical appointments outside of class times. Remember to
turn off beepers and arrange for childcare outside of class.
2. Attendance: Very important: Keep me
informed by telephone or e-mail about emergencies or illnesses than impact on
your attendance, especially vital on days papers are due. Much of the class
involves group work and in-class writing, so your performance in class will be
adversely affected if you do not attend regularly and participate in the
assignment activities. Note: A
student who is late, leaves early, and/or misses more than seven classes will loose 50 points (5% of the final grade).
3. Home work/Class work: No make up for
missing tests, home work, and class work; home work is due in class at the
beginning of class. Some specific home work is given points: plans, drafts,
revisions for paragraphs and essays. I’ll spot check other homework assignments
at unannounced times for points as well.
4. Major assignments: No late paragraphs or essays.
You must turn in a paper on the day it is due. If the essay or paragraph
is to be written in class, you can't substitute work written outside of
class. Note: you can make up one
missing paragraph or essay by writing that assignment in class on the day of
the final. If you turn in all the major writing assignments but miss a grammar
test, you may make up one test on the day of the final.
5. Turning in major assignments:
Paragraphs or essays written outside of class are to be turned in at the
beginning of class. Also due will be all the writing done to produce the final
draft.
Special Circumstances: Talk to me outside class if you have
special circumstances which will affect your attendance and/or work in the
class. This includes disabilities as
well as health problems.
Resources
1.
Your
instructor
2. Your support system--family, friends,
classmates
3. Technical
Learning Lab, open lab--third floor Accokeek (library), Largo--and Open lab,
Metro Center: word processors; software, lab assistants
4. Vocational Support Services-- Marlboro 2087 (study skills
counseling, workshops)
5.
Mary
Stevenson
EGL
100
Format/Presentation
of Papers
1. Double
space.
2. Use a
computer for all final drafts written outside of class. Use ink and double
space for final drafts of work written in class.
3. Use standard size paper, margins, one
side only.
4. No title
pages. Put you name, class, and date in the upper right corner of the first
page, final draft. In the left corner
identify the assignment. Place a title
in the center, at the top of page one. Remember to indent 5 spaces for each
paragraph. Number the pages.
5. Attach
all drafts, notes, planning sheets, outlines, jottings to the final draft. If you use a computer to compose, run of
drafts as you revise and turn those in with the final draft. Staple the final
draft to the top of all preliminary work. To be complete, every paragraph and essay
must
have these supporting documents.
6. Be able to highlight or underline the topic sentence and
major supports in paragraph assignments and to highlight or underline the
thesis and topic sentences in essays. At the end of the final drafts of
paragraph, put the number of sentences. At the end of essays, put the number of
words.