DEPARTMENT: Academic Programs
CURRICULUM: English
COURSE NUMBER: ENG 092
COURSE TITLE: Basic Writing Improvement I
TYPE OF COURSE: Cornerstone
COURSE LENGTH: One Quarter
CREDIT HOURS: 5
LECTURE HOURS: 55
LAB HOURS: 0
CLASS SIZE: 25

PREREQUISITES:
ASSET, Writing Sample, or Instructor Permission

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Learn basic sentence grammar and practice the composing process of thinking, writing, re-writing, and proofreading.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES ADDRESSED:

1. Communication:
   • Read and listen actively to learn and communicate;
   • Speak and write effectively for personal, academic, and workplace purposes;
   • Access. evaluate, and use information from a variety of sources;
2. Human Relations:
   • Use social interactive skills to work in groups effectively;
3. Critical Thinking:
   • Think critically and act logically in evaluating information, solving problems, and making decisions;
4. Personal Responsibility:
   • Value one's own skills and abilities and be motivated to continue learning;
   • Take pride in one's ideas, work, and art;
   • Have the ability to adapt to change.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the end of the course, the student will successfully:

1. Identify basic parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, preposition, adjective, adverb;
2. Define sentence basics: subject, predicate;
3. Recognize subject - verb agreement;
4. Practice sentence combining skills;
5. Use periods, commas, question marks, and capitalization correctly in basic sentence patterns;
6. Recognize and use basic verb tenses;
7. Reproduce and develop standard sentence patterns;
8. Use appropriate and focused titles;
9. Understand writing as a process of revision;
10. Generate ideas through clustering and freewriting;
11. Produce original writing that is grammatically correct and free of fragments, run-togethers, and comma-splices;
12. Produce writing under time pressure;
13. Recognize and use basic vocabulary;
14. Produce and use complete sentences with standard grammar and usage when speaking;
15. Give specific, helpful feedback;

RECOMMENDED TEXTS:
Basics: A Grammar and Punctuation Workbook, by Peter Dow Adams (Scott, Foresman)
The Writer's Workplace, with Readings, by Sandra Scarry (Harcourt Brace)
Sentence Skills: A Workbook for Writers, by John Langan (McGraw-Hill)

Revised By: Tim Walsh
Date: February 11, 1998