ENGL 0989. Foundations for English Composition. This is the first course in a year-long pathway leading to ENGL 0999 and ENGL 1101 in the second semester.
English 0989 is meant to prepare the student for college-level courses which have a writing or reading components. It will also serve as a foundation for your professional life beyond college. "College-level reading and writing" and "academic grammar usage" and "basic composition" are all skills that can be learned. It is my goal this semester to help you learn those skills and get you out of learning support as quickly as possible.
To successfully complete English 0989, you must fulfill all of the class requirements, and then take the Compass Test at the end of the semester.
Workbook Chapters | 60% |
Chapter 36 "Thinking about Reading" questions | 40% |
Definition
“Academic dishonesty … is any type of cheating that occurs in relation to a formal academic exercise. It can include:
Penalties
If you have a disability and require reasonable classroom accommodations, please see me after class or make an appointment during office hours. If you plan to request accommodations for a disability, please register with the Office of Disability Services in Room 118, Powell Hall, phone number 912-260-4435. Also, if you find that any content in this course is inaccessible because of your disability, please contact me as soon as possible.
Counseling services are confidential and available upon request. If you would like to schedule a session, referral forms are located online or outside the counselor’s office. Please complete and submit the referral form to the counselor. Do not submit by email. Once you have submitted your form you will be contacted by phone to set up an appointment. The Counselor’s Office is located in Powell Hall, Room 119, phone number 912.260.4438.
Academic Support offers various resources to assist SGSC students with their academic success. These resources are available to SGSC students at no charge and are found at several ASC locations: the Academic Support Center in room 148A of the Dye Building on the Waycross campus, the Academic Support Center in room 216 of Powell Hall on the Douglas campus, and the STEM Center in room 125 of Stubbs Hall on the Douglas campus. All locations offer course-specific peer tutoring, academic skills workshops, and resources on study skills, time management, note-taking, and learning strategies. Live, online tutoring is also available 24/7 in GeorgiaVIEW through tutor.com. For more information about any of the resources available, contact Amber Wheeler, Academic Support Director, at amber.wheeler@sgsc.edu or visit our webpage at http://www.sgsc.edu/current-students/academicsupportcenter.cms.
Remember: Download and Print the "Homework Assignments" document; bring to class everyday.
Title | Chapter # | Week # | Due Date |
First day of class – Homework – bring printed H.A. to class on Thursday Jan. 12 | None | 1 | Jan. 10 |
Rebeckah Bell, It’s Possible to Graduate Debt-Free. Here’s How. | Readings | 1 | Jan. 12 |
Run-Ons | 19 | 2 | Jan. 17 |
Fragments | 20 | 2 | Jan. 19 |
Bobbi Buchanan, Don’t Hang Up, That’s My Mom Calling | Readings | 3 | Jan. 24 |
Writing Simple Sentences | 14 | 3 | Jan. 26 |
José Antonio Burciaga, Tortillas | Readings | 4 | Jan. 31 |
Subject-Verb Agreement | 21 | 4 | Feb. 2 |
Writing Compound Sentences | 15 | 5 | Feb. 7 |
Illogical Shifts | 22 | 5 | Feb. 9 |
Ruel Espejo (student), Learning Tagalog | Readings | 6 | Feb. 14 |
Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers | 23 | 6 | Feb. 16 |
Writing Complex Sentences | 16 | 7 | Feb. 21 |
Verbs: Past Tense | 24 | 7 | Feb. 23 |
Roxane Gay, The Importance of Feeling Seen: Why Interracial Families on Commercials Matter | Readings | 8 | Feb. 28 |
Verbs: Past Participles | 25 | 8 | Mar. 2 |
Fine-Tuning Your Sentences | 17 | 9 | Mar. 7 |
Nouns | 26 | 9 | Mar. 9 |
SPRING BREAK – no Homework due | none | 10 | Mar. 13-17 |
Henry Louis Gates Jr., A Giant Step | Readings | 11 | Mar. 21 |
Pronouns | 27 | 11 | Mar. 23 |
Using Parallelism | 18 | 12 | Mar. 28 |
Adjectives and Adverbs | 28 | 12 | Mar. 30 |
John Hartmire, At the Heart of a Historic Moment | Readings | 13 | Apr. 4 |
Using Commas | 30 | 13 | Apr. 6 |
Writing a Paragraph | 2 | 14 | Apr. 11 |
Using Apostrophes | 31 | 14 | Apr. 13 |
Karen L Hudson, Getting a Tattoo | Readings | 15 | Apr. 18 |
Testing your Paragraph | 3 | 15 | Apr. 20 |
Tony Hawk, Do What You Love | Readings | 16 | Apr. 25 |
Description Essay | 6 | 16 | Apr. 27 |
Final Exam -- No Final Exam for ENGL 09089 | none | 17 | Apr. 28- May 4 |
Last updated: 01/04/2017