EDISON STATE COLLEGE

Division of College and Career Readiness Developmental Studies

COMMON COURSE SYLLABUS PROFESSOR: OFFICE LOCATION: OFFICE HOURS: I. PHONE NUMBER: E-MAIL: SEMESTER:

COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE, CATALOG DESCRIPTION, CREDITS: ENC 0025 DEVELOPMENTAL WRITING II (*) (4 CREDITS) This is a lecture/laboratory course with emphasis on grammatical concepts and usage, punctuation, word choice, and paragraph and essay development. ENC 0025 is required of all students who need to develop basic writing and thinking skills before entering ENC 1101. Completion of this course with a grade of C or better is part of the prerequisite for ENC 1101. (*) Preparatory credit, does not count toward a degree or certificate

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PREREQUISITES FOR THIS COURSE: Testing or ENC 0015 or permission of the District Dean, College and Career Readiness CO-REQUISITES FOR THIS COURSE: None

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GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION: Writing skills as preparation for college-level writing intensive courses Grammatical concepts and usage Punctuation Word choice Paragraph and essay development

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LEARNING OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT: GENERAL EDUCATION COMPETENCIES: General education courses must meet at least four out of the five following outcomes. All other courses will meet one or more of these outcomes. Communication (COM): To communicate effectively using standard English (written or oral). Critical Thinking (CT): To demonstrate skills necessary for analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.

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ENC 0025 DEVELOPMENTAL WRITING II Technology/Information Management (TIM): To demonstrate the skills and use the technology necessary to collect, verify, document, and organize information from a variety of sources. Global Socio-cultural Responsibility (GSR): To identify, describe, and apply responsibilities, core civic beliefs, and values present in a diverse society. Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning (QR): To identify and apply mathematical and scientific principles and methods. ADDITIONAL COURSE COMPETENCIES: At the conclusion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following additional competencies: GENERAL EDUCATION COMPETENCIES Faculty are expected to cover at least two General Education Competencies in the course sequence.

LEARNING OUTCOMES Identify and correctly use the conventions of a variety of sentence structures and will be able to avoid sentence fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences in their own writing and on tests. WDECU 2, 9, 19, 20, 21, 29 Identify and correctly use proper conventions for spelling, capitalization, and punctuation in their own writing and on tests

ASSESSMENTS Students will pass multiple-choice tests and will write paragraphs and essays utilizing correct modifier placement, clause coordination/subordination, parallel structure, and sentence structure.

Students will pass multiple-choice tests and will write paragraphs and essays utilizing correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

WDECU 2, 32, 33, 34 Identify and correctly use proper conventions for sentence grammar and avoid illogical shifts in pronouns and verbs in their own writing and on tests.

Students will pass multiple-choice tests and will write paragraphs and essays utilizing standard verb forms and tenses, subject-verb and pronoun agreement, pronoun case and reference, and adjectives and adverbs using correct degrees.

WDECU 2, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31 Identify and appropriately use commonly confused or misused words or phrases and choose words that express their ideas precisely and concisely in their own writing and on tests. WDECU 1, 2, 7, 18 VPAA: Revised 9/20/2011, 3/23/2012

Students will pass multiple-choice tests and will write paragraphs, and essays utilizing commonly confused or misused words or phrases.

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ENC 0025 DEVELOPMENTAL WRITING II

Identify and write effective topic sentences and thesis statements that address task and audience and use logical structure, support, and transitional devices for expository and persuasive purposes. WDECU 3, 4, 5, 17 Plan and write paragraphs and essays reflecting styles and tones appropriate for their audience and use adequate support, coherence, and unity that demonstrate understanding of content in expository and persuasive purposes. WDECU 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11 Establish a substantive claim, link claims to relevant evidence, and acknowledge competing arguments, gather information needed, and accurately incorporate source material into their own wring to avoid plagiarism. WDECU 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Produce, edit, and distribute their writing using technology and work collaboratively with others to verbalize and apply grammar concepts and to analyze/edit sentences, paragraphs, and essays. WDECU 8, 35

Students will pass the and will write paragraphs and essays utilizing effective topic sentences and thesis statements, adequate structure and support, and transitional devices.

Students will write academic paragraphs and essays that will be evaluated for structure, development, coherence, and unity according to a common departmental rubric.

Student essays that will be evaluated for documentation as well as structure, development/support, coherence, and unity according to the common departmental rubric.

Students will use in-class assignments, editing workshops, and/or a common departmental rubric to evaluate their own and their peers written works and to revise as needed.

The Florida College System Council on Instructional Affairs Developmental Competencies: At the conclusion of this course, students will demonstrate proficiency in the Developmental Education Competencies for Developmental Writing II. WDECL = Writing Developmental Education Competency Lower WDECU= Writing Developmental Education Competency Upper

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DISTRICT-WIDE POLICIES: PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES Edison State College, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Colleges guiding principles, offers students with documented disabilities programs to equalize access to the educational process. Students needing to request an accommodation in this class due to a disability, or who suspect that their academic performance is affected by a disability should contact the Office of Adaptive Services at the nearest campus. Lee Campus Charlotte Campus Collier Campus Hendry/Glades Ctr. Taeni Hall, S-116A Spatz Hall, J-101 Student Services, M-113 Building A, A-123 (239) 489-9427 (941) 637-5626 (239) 732-3104 (863) 674-0408

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REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STUDENTS: List specific course assessments such as class participation, tests, homework assignments, make-up procedures, etc. ATTENDANCE POLICY: The professors specific policy concerning absence. (The College policy on attendance is in the Catalog, and defers to the professor.) GRADING POLICY: Include numerical ranges for letter grades; the following is a range commonly used by many faculty: 90 - 100 80 - 89 70 - 79 60 - 69 Below 60 = = = = = A B C D F

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(Note: The incomplete grade [I] should be given only when unusual circumstances warrant. An incomplete is not a substitute for a D, F, or W. Refer to the policy on incomplete grades.) IX. REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: (In correct bibliographic format) RESERVED MATERIALS FOR THE COURSE: Other special learning resources CLASS SCHEDULE / COURSE OUTLINE: This section includes assignments for each class meeting or unit, along with scheduled Learning Resource Center (LRC) media and other scheduled support, including scheduled tests. ANY OTHER INFORMATION OR CLASS PROCEDURES OR POLICIES: (Which would be useful to the students in the class)

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