Writing E

Syllabus

Instructor: Regina Weaver

Office location: EH 345,

Office hours: Wednesday 2-3, or by appointment

Phone: 725-9188

Email: dbrw@pdx.edu

Textbook and Required Materials: Step Into Writing: A Basic Writing Text, by Margaret Bonner

At the end of this course, the student should be able to:

• use basic rules of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
• use logical connectors of addition, chronology, cause/effect, and contrast

to join ideas in a paragraph

• understand and use rules for formatting a paragraph
• understand parts of speech
• identify complete sentences and sentence fragments
• write a paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting sentences and a concluding sentence
• revise a paragraph using correction symbols provided by instructor
• write a narrative paragraph using the past tense
• write a descriptive paragraph
• write an in-class timed paragraph on a given topic
• develop fluency through free-writing
• use a computer to complete assignments and/or correspond via email
• use Level E grammatical structures correctly in written assignments

Course Requirements

1. The student will be required to use a computer to type assignments.
2. The student will come to class on time. More than 3 absences will result in a lowered grade.
3. Students who miss class are responsible for finding out the day’s homework assignment from a classmate.

Grading

The final grade will be based on attendance, participation, and performance. It is possible for a student to get an A, B, or C, but not pass the course. However, a student must have at least a 70% average to pass. Paragraphs will be graded as follows:

Content (topic sentence, well-developed support, well-written conclusion) = 30

Organization (title, indenting, margins, double spacing) = 30

Grammar (capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence fragments, and Level E

grammatical structures) = 40