| English 062 Course Outline |
| Week 1: Diagnostic essay, class orientation, syllabus, and policies. Discuss keeping a journal. Grammar: review parts of speech. Week 2: Introduce essay format (consistent with format for exit�see attached form). Differentiate between summary and response. Discuss guidelines for writing a summary and how to read an essay carefully. Read a sample exit exam essay and sample of student summary in the DEVE/ESLN Exit Exam Study Packet. Write a Group summary. Grammar: subjects and verbs and a brief quiz. Assign �Fathers Provide Bridge Over `River of Goo� � on p. 241 in Invitations to Reading and Writing. Week 3: Quiz on reading from Invitations to Reading and Writing. Write an in-class summary. Discuss proofreading tips and do a proofreading exercise. Rewrite summaries. Discuss responding to a reading passage: using personal experience to respond to a reading passage, basic essay structure, and paragraph structure and development (using details and main ideas). Week 4: Locate main ideas in article. Mark support in text. (Using a story or article which has more than one main idea or which centers on a value judgment for this exercise is helpful so that students can see the variety of support available). Discuss plagiarism. Grammar: introducing direct and indirect quotes, using appropriate punctuation for each, using the apostrophe, and a brief grammar quiz. Handout: Format, Conclusions, Week 5: Study conclusions with handout and text. Use rewritten summaries and write the remainder of the reader response essay at home. Assign �The Story of a Successful Single Mom� on p.247 in Invitations to Reading and Writing. Grammar: standard English verbs and a brief grammar quiz. Week 6: Quiz on reading from Invitations to Reading and Writing and discussion of reading. Read and discuss essay samples in the DEVE/ESLN Exit Exam Study Packet. Write an out-of -class essay. Grammar: irregular verbs and a brief grammar quiz. Assign �Stone Soup� on p. 253 in Invitations to Reading and Writing. Week 7: Quiz on reading from Invitations to Reading and Writing. Journal due. Discuss revising and editing an essay. Revision of returned essay for an improved grade. Grammar: subject-verb agreement and a brief grammar quiz. Assign �Enlist Hollywood� on p. 263 in Invitations to Reading and Writing. Week 8: Quiz on reading from Invitations to Reading and Writing and discussion of reading. Write an out-of-class essay. Assign �`Superfluous� Dads� on p. 268 in Invitations to Reading and Writing. Week 9: Quiz on reading from Invitations to Reading and Writing and discussion of reading. Review proofreading tips. Do a proofreading exercise. Revise essays. Grammar: consistent verb tense. Assign �Keeper of the Seal� on p. 274 in Invitations to Reading and Writing. Week 10: Quiz on reading from Invitations to Reading and Writing and discussion of reading. Grammar: fragments and a brief grammar quiz. Assign �Are Guys Smart, or What?� on p. 170 in Invitations to Reading and Writing. Week 11: Quiz on reading from Invitations to Reading and Writing and discussion of reading. Write a timed, in-class essay. Week 12: Revise essays. Grammar: Run-ons. Grammar review. Week 13: In-class practice exit exam. Grammar review. Week 14: Exit Exam. On Mon, April 26th and Wed, April 28th you will take write your final in-class essay. |
| The family is both the fundamental unit of society as well as the root of culture. It represents a child�s initial source of unconditional love and acceptance and provides lifelong connectedness with others. The family is the first setting in which socialization takes place and where children learn to live with mutual respect for one another. A family is where a child learns to display affection, control his temper, and pick up his toys. Finally, a family is a perpetual source of encouragement, advocacy, assurance, and emotional refueling that empowers a child to venture with confidence into the greater world and to become all that she or he can be. ~ Marianne E. Neifert |