All essays should be double-spaced.Įssays will be graded based on the following criteria: clarity (choice of words, logical syntax, sequentially linked paragraphs), comprehension (demonstration of a full understanding of the ideas presented), connections (use of supplemental text from readings or class discussion), care (appropriate format, evidence of proofreading and editing), full development (ideas fully supported with evidence of reasonable argumentation). A word count should be found at the bottom of the last page.
Pages should all be numbered in the upper-right corner, quoted material should be parenthetically referenced, and all papers should be carefully edited and proofread. These essays will all house at least 600 typed words presented in the standard format for formal academic writing. Each paragraph should house between eight and eleven well-developed sentences (this depends on the type of paragraph). These paragraphs will all house a topic sentence and a slew of bridge words, linking your ideas to your paragraph’s claim (topic sentence). You will do much better to think of yourselves as being here to claim one.” “You cannot afford to think of being here to receive an education. If the aforementioned quotation looked and sounded correct, you will definitely benefit from our focus on grammatical skills. This results in “fun-to-read” essays replete with word precision and subtle direction shifts.ģ) We will hone your grammatical skills, making sure you are aware of correct, conventional word and punctuation usage when writing: “I ate good. Rodriguez, Always Runningīy implementing sentence variety, a good writer can keep her prose from becoming monotonous. Leaning on a wash basin, I looked into the mirror and stared into a face of weariness, of who-cares, of blood-shot eyes, prickly whiskers poking out of the chin, an unruly mustache below a pimpled nose, a face that much as I tried could not be washed away.” -Luis J. I had slithered into the house around 3 a.m. I had come home in a stupor from pills, liquor and from sniffing aerosol can spray. What is Twain attempting to convey?Ģ) We will focus on your ability to implement sentence variety into cogent paragraphs and essays: “The night before I was in combat with myself, against a dark side, poised for destruction, with death about to tap my shoulder. In improving your comprehension skills, we might question the meaning, the relevance, the significance, and the implications of the aforementioned quotation. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all the ages.” -Mark Twain, 1912 Twain Biography We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We will adhere to a three-tiered approach to teaching writing:ġ) We will focus on improving your comprehension skills: “There is no such thing as a new idea. In English 68, you will be equipped with the skills to write sentences brimming with diverse elements, paragraphs which will make your readers say, “Wow, that’s good!”, and essays which, though not brilliant, will read unbelievably well. San Antonio College’s evolutionary chain. Welcome to English 68! English 68 will prepare you for English 1A, the next link in Mt. You will also need fifty 5 x 8 index cards. You will need six “large” blue books for in-class essays. Everything Your Grammar Should Have Taught You. Money Words: 296 Words Designed to Help Catapult You to Success.
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