Can You Explain What You Need To Do in this COLLEGE COURSE?

Fernando, Sezer, Karim and OTHER STUDENTS:

You will take college courses (university) and I want you to be prepared to meet the challenge.  Please look at each sentence and explain to me what each sentence means.  You can speak to me or you can write each sentence in your words.

 

You can make a video to explain the sentences to me.

Underline the words you don’t understand.  You can ask other people to explain the words or you can look up the meaning in a dictionary.  Pretend that you are preparing to go to this university.  What do you need to know?

Course Structure

English 1101 is comprised of six units designed to be taught during a 15-week semester. The first three units focus upon writing experiences that are not research based, while Units 4, 5, and 6 focus upon researched based writing. Those six units are:

UNIT 1: The Narrative Essay

UNIT 2: Expository Writing

UNIT 3: The Argumentative Essay

UNIT 4: The Comparison/Contrast Essay

UNIT 5: Writing a Critical Analysis

UNIT 6: Argumentative Essay Based on Research

Course objectives

After completing this course the student will be able to:

· Write complete and clear sentences.

· Develop unified coherent paragraphs by expressing controlling ideas.

· Support and clarify those ideas with specific evidence and details.

· Plan writing in light of situation, audience and purpose.

· Follow a format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation.

· Write grammatically correct sentences according to standard written English.

· Use correct spelling and punctuation.

· Introduce and close essays while linking paragraphs logically and clearly.

· Write for varied purposes informing, analyzing and arguing.

· Select an organizational approach and style appropriate to varied situational contexts.

· Incorporate information and ideas from more than two sources and explain your conclusions coherently.

· Integrate appropriate information from outside sources in the correct form.

· Use Web search engines to locate information.

· Critically evaluate resources and assess varied perspectives and viewpoints.

· Follow a format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation.

· Critically evaluate sources and assess varied perspectives and viewpoints.

· Synthesize information and ideas from two or more sources and explain conclusion.

SOURCE:  http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/ecore/syllabi/engl1101.html  

FOR EXTRA CREDIT:  You will get TWO POINTS for each essay that you record on video or mp3 audio file.  If you actually write the essay, you will get 5 points.  If you type the essay, analysis or expository writing, you will receive 9 points.  Good luck.  Send the essay to steveenglishteacher@yahoo.com.