Instructor: Dana Siciliano di Rende
Class: English 50/ Fall ‘09/RCC
Day/Time/Room: Q 204, 6pm-8:12pm MW, section 477660
Webpage: http://danad_rcc.tripod.com
Email: Danangelorum@gmail.com
Tel.: 951-452-5000
Office Hours: By appointment
This syllabus is subject to modification and revision.
Welcome to English 50. By enrolling in this course you are beginning a journey toward the mastery of writing/communication skills—a most important way of experiencing your personal power in the world. By participating fully you will most certainly evolve significantly as a writer—a tremendous benefit for future college work, and for work in the post-college environment.
Learning Outcomes; We will examine/review/demystify grammar, parse, write paragraphs, short essays, and learn to correct the common pitfalls in formal writing.
Arriving late or leaving early constitutes an absence. If you need to be absent and know this ahead of time, please inform me and “I was absent” does not constitute a valid excuse for missing assignments. It is recommended that you obtain the phone numbers of two or three classmates in case you need the assignment information. No ear pieces or cell phones, unless medical in nature. If you have a disability, please contact DPS.
Late papers are not accepted, unless you have notified me in advance. No exceptions.
Grading: Parsing=50pts//Quizzes=50 pts//midterm= 50 pts// 3 essays =100 pts// 3 essays =100pts
final exam =200 pts
total =550 pts
All assignments will be equitably distributed over the semester, with students helping select desired due dates. There will be peer-review of essays, group work, drafts.
All writing assignments must be typed or word-processed—no exceptions.
There will be a quiz every week, approximately.
Calendar:
Week One: Timeline Week Eight: Verbs/ Past Part. Week Fifteen: Essay
Week Two: Timeline Week Nine: Verbs/essay/hw Week Sixteen: Essay/final
Week Three: Timeline Week Ten: verbs/Midterm { Week Seventeen: Review/essay}
Week Four: parsing Week Eleven; essay {Week Eighteen: Review/ Final}
Week Five: parsing Week Twelve: essay
Week Six: parsing/essay format/hw
Week Seven: parsing/verbs/midterm
009966>Don't miss an assignment if you missed a class!
IMPORTANT!!! (see below)
TIP: "past" is a NOUN and ADJECTIVE & refers to the past
ex. "past history;" "The Medieval period occurred in the past"
"passed" is a VERB, and is an action word
ex. He passed me on the freeway: he passed the book to her,
he passed the test
TIP: NEVER use an apostrophee to make a plural!!!!!
ex. WRONG: the student's ran
RIGHT: the students ran.
because...
An apostrophee is for possessives
ex. RIGHT: Bob's car
TIP: This "of" animal does NOT EXIST!!!!! Nooooooo!
ex. WRONG: I would of gone (ouch!!)
RIGHT: I would have gone.
because...
"I would have gone" is the PresentPerfect (" have"+ past participle). Look at your time- line! (click on this link to see timeline).
ex. Present; I go
Past: I went
Future: I will go
Present Perfect: I have gone
Past Perfect: I had gone
Future Perfect: I will have gone
TIP: NEVER NEVER use "WENT" with "have"
ex. WRONG: I have went (ouch, & re-ouch!!)
RIGHT: I have gone
because...
"have gone" is present perfect and requires the past participle (gone), not the past (went).
ex. Present Past Past Participle
go went gone
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