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Online English 1A
Step 1
To register for an online class: https://portal.elcamino.edu/portal/main.html
Step 2
To set up a user account for taking an online class using ETUDES: http://www.elcamino.edu/library/distance-ed/docs/EtudesInfoCombined.pdf
To verify user id, if unable to log in: https://secure.elcamino.edu/portal/logininfo/main.aspx?item=forgot
Step 3
To log in ETUDES portal:http://etudes-ng.fhda.edu/portal
Once in, find and click on the class link.
Important Notes to Online Students:
1. Online classes use your ECC email account--please check it often.
2. Log in daily to access and do weekly assignments at the class site.
Class Information:
Engl. 1A, a freshman composition course, aims to help you gain knowledge and skills needed for you to handle college reading, writing, and research assignments.
The course covers reading strategies, composing stages and writing standards, literary analysis, and research.
Through lecture, class discussion, peer activity and frequent practice, you can become more capable and confident for reading, for writing, for analyzing literature, and for doing research.
Humanities 121-E
310-660-3593 x3168
jzhao@elcamino.edu
Course Policies:
Participation
1. Regular attendance and active participation are essential. Absences, which are recorded, can affect your learning and grade. You may be dropped if you have four or more consecutive absences without any explanation. For an unavoidable absence, notify me beforehand or afterwards. When absent, please contact your group members for missed information ASAP. Absences are not excuses for late or make-up works. Tardiness and early retreat, being disruptive to class activities, are also recorded. Three such instances count as one absence. On the other hand, perfect attendance in the semester will earn you 10 bonus points, and groups that stay together till the end will earn another 10 bonus points for each member.
2. You are expected to be courteous and respectful to one another to ensure a learning-conducive environment. Your friendly presence and positive contribution are vital to your own success and the success of your group and the class.
3. Please be aware that it is your responsibility to drop yourself when absolutely necessary; yet, you are advised to talk with a counselor or me first.
Assignments
1. You should turn in your assignments on time. Essays (60% of the course grade) that are late by one class meeting will be accepted yet with a 10-point late penalty. Essays late by more than one class meeting will be accepted at any time before the finals week but graded only at the end with a 20-point late penalty.
2. Exercises or quizzes (10 points each--15% of the course grade) are done in class and need be submitted on time. No late or make-up works will be accepted, unless permitted by your instructor.
3. All the works that bear your name must be written by you. Works guilty of plagiarism—using others' words and ideas as if one's own—will not be accepted or graded.
Grading
| A |
90%--100% |
| B |
80%--89% |
| C |
70%--79% |
| D |
60%--69% |
| F |
0%--59% |
(No 'Pass/No Pass' option for this course.)
Syllabus:
PREREQUISITE:
Credit in Engl. A and/or 2R or equivalent, or qualifying score on the placement test
DESCRIPTION:
Engl. 1A aims to help develop and strengthen your ability to handle college reading and writing assignments. The course covers reading strategies, composing stages and writing standards, literary analysis, and research. Through lecture, class discussion, peer activity and frequent practice, you will obtain vital skills for reading, for writing, for analyzing literature, and for doing research.
OBJECTIVES:
1. To enable you to write strong academic essays, applying unity, coherence and support
2. To enable you to improve reading comprehension and speed
3. To enable you to understand, analyze and appreciate literature
4. To enable you to conduct library/Internet research and incorporate research information in writing, using MLA documentation style
REQUIRED TEXTS:
1. Humorously Serious, A College Reader and Rhetoric
2. Humor Your English Grammar: A Trouble-Shooting Guide and Workbook
3. Humorous Classics: Mark Twain & Henry James: with a Step-by-Step Guide for Writing, by Y. Joy Zhao4. Star Student Essays: A Motivating Reader, by Y. Joy Zhao (Optional) PARTICIPATION (5%):Regular attendance and active participation are essential. Absences, which are recorded, can affect your learning and grade. You may be dropped if you have four or more consecutive absences without any explanation. For an unavoidable absence, notify me beforehand or afterwards. When absent, please contact your group members for missed information ASAP. Absences are not excuses for late or make-up works. Tardiness and early retreat, being disruptive to class activities, are also recorded. Three such instances count as one absence. On the other hand, perfect attendance in the semester will earn you 10 bonus points, and groups that stay together till the end will earn another 10 bonus points for each member. You are expected to be courteous and respectful to one another to ensure a learning-conducive environment. Your friendly presence and positive contribution are vital to your own success and the success of your group and the class. (Please be aware that it is your responsibility to drop yourself when absolutely necessary; yet, you are advised to talk with a counselor or me first.)
ESSAYS and PROCESS WRITING (50%+10%):Nobody can write well without practicing! Altogether, you will write 6 essays—two regular essays, an in-class essay, a group essay, and a research paper (plus an essay in the final exam). The research paper and the final exam must be passed for a passing grade in the course. All the essays, except the in-class one, must be typed using the MLA format. Both your peers and I will evaluate your essays. Please turn in your essays on time; essays that are late by one class meeting will be accepted yet with a 10-point penalty. (Essays late by more than one class meeting will be accepted at any time before the finals week but graded only at the end with a 15-point penalty.) All the essays bearing your name must be written by you. No writing guilty of plagiarism—using others’ words and ideas as if one’s own—will be graded. EXERCISES (15%):To eliminate errors and strengthen your writing, you will do quick grammar and writing exercises—mostly during the first 10-15 minutes of the class—and will participate in mini-grammar workshops. These exercises must be done and submitted on time; no late or make-up exercises will be accepted. EXAMINATION (20%):The final exam, which includes an essay, will help you find out how much you have learned in the semester—your knowledge of and skills on reading, essay writing, and research. You must pass the final exam to pass the course. GRADING: A: 90%--100% B: 80%--89% C: 70%--79% D: 60%--69% F: 0%--59% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T.Th. SCHEDULE (Subject to Change)
Abbreviations for the textbooks used in the Schedule:
HS: Humorously Serious, A College Reader and Rhetoric
HYG: Humor Your English Grammar: A Trouble-Shooting Guide and Workbook
MT/HJ: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Analyzing Literature: Mark Twain/Henry James
SSE: Star Student Essays: A Motivating Reader
W1: 8/26- Introduction; diagnostic writing; writing process; HS: 1; HYG: 1W2: 9/2- Essay #1, HS: 3—planning; HS: 4—drafting; essay standards W3: 9/9- HS: 5—critiquing & revising; HYG: 11-22—grammar workshopsW4: 9/16- Essay #1 due/evaluation; HS: 2—reading strategies; (Bonus 1: SSE 2) W5: 9/23- Reading strategies; Essay #2, HS: 9—planning; readings W6: 9/30- Essay 2—planning & drafting; critiquing & revisingW7: 10/7- HYG: 23-28—grammar workshops; Essay #2 due/evaluation; (Bonus 2: SSE 6)W8: 10/14- (In-class) Essay #3, planning & drafting; Essay #3 due/evaluationW9: 10/21- HS: 14—literature; MT: 1-12; (Bonus 3: SSE 3)W10: 10/28- MT: 13-44—analysis; Essay #4, group planning & draftingW11: 11/4- Group drafting & revisingW12: 11/11- Essay #4 due/presentation/evaluation; HJ: 1-18; (Bonus 4: SSE 332-344)W13: 11/18- Research paper topic; Essay #5, HS: 15—researchW14: 11/25- Library/Internet research; drafting; Thanksgiving BreakW15: 12/2- HYG: 40/42—MLA documentation; revising; (Bonus 5: SSE 12) W16: 12/9- Essay #5—research paper due; Review: HS 1-5, 15 (p. 224-30); final exam Have a Rewarding Semester!
Humanities 121-E; 310-660-3168
jzhao@elcamino.edu
Assignments:
Essays and Process Writing (50%+10%):
- Nobody can write well without practicing! Altogether, you will write 6 essays—two regular essays, an in-class essay, a group essay, and a research paper (plus an essay in the final exam).
- The research paper and the final exam must be passed for a passing grade in the course.
- All the essays, except the in-class one, must be typed using the MLA format.
- Both your peers and I will evaluate your essays.
- Please turn in your essays on time. Essays that are late by one class meeting will be accepted yet with a 10-point late penalty. Essays late by more than one class meeting will be accepted at any time before the finals week but graded only at the end with a 20-point late penalty.
- All the essays bearing your name must be written by you. No writing guilty of plagiarism—using others’ words and ideas as if one’s own—will be graded.
Exercises (15%):
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To eliminate errors and strengthen your writing, you will do quick grammar and writing exercises—mostly during the first 10-15 minutes of the class—and you will participate in mini-grammar workshops.
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These exercises must be done and submitted on time; no late or make-up exercises will be accepted.
Final Exam (20%):
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The final exam, which includes an essay, will help you find out how much you have learned in the semester—your knowledge of and skills on reading, essay writing, and research.
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You must pass the final exam to pass the course.
Course Total: 100%
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Participation: 5%
- Essays and Process: 60%
- Exercises: 15%
- Final Exam: 20%
Humanities 121-E
310-660-3168
jzhao@elcamino.edu
Course Material:
Textbooks:
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Humorously Serious, A College Reader and Rhetoric
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Humor Your English Grammar: A Trouble-Shooting Guide and Workbook
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A Step-by-Step Workbook for Literary Analysis: Mark Twain and Henry James
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Star Student Essays: A Motivating Reader
Notes: 1. Please bring required textbooks to class—follow your class syllabus.2. The books are available in El Camino College Bookstore. · Address: 16007 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, CA 90506· Phone: (310) 660-3384
3. Address book-related problems to Dr. Zhao at jzhao@elcamino.edu.
Humanities 121-E
310-660-3168
jzhao@elcamino.edu
Online Resources:
Humanities 121-E
310-660-3168
jzhao@elcamino.edu
Humanities 121-E
310-660-3168
jzhao@elcamino.edu
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