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Course objectives for ENC 0025
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want any adjunctinstructor to overloooverlook the state's mandate regarding essays, research, argument, and citations.
The following excerpts were taken from the Common Core State Standards for Writing Postsecondary Readiness:
"When writing arguments, students must establish a substantive claim, and represent and cite the data, conclusions, and opinions of others, effectively incorporating them into one's own work while avoiding plagiarism" ( WPRCC 13 and 14).
"When writing arguments, students must acknowledge competing arguments or information, defending or qualifying the initial claim as appropriate"(WPRCC16).

Course objectives for ENC 0025
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I have attached the course objectives for upper level prep writing course because I don't want any adjunct to overloo

For 0025, we will continue to use the Gaetz and Phadke text, The Writer's World - Essays.
We are in the process of shifting to an advanced software package known as mycomplab.
Students will also be required to buy and use The Little, Brown Compact Handbook by Jane E. Aaron.

Blogs for My Adjuncts: Tell me what you think.
This will be a space for you to ask questions, make suggestions, offer good teaching tips etc. Write on!!!
August 13th
Some of you have already been affected by the PERT, our new placement test. We now have more 0025 classes than ever before in a fall semester.
Unfortunately, this has resulted in canceling some of our classes (including my own). This is very inconvenient for all of us, and so I have tried to replace 0015 with 0025 in order to maintain the same time/days for the instructors. I expect more changes in the coming week. I suspect that we will see students in 0025 that should be in 0015; unfortuntately, we can do nothing about this. However, we must pursue a strategy to make the administration aware of these errors. If you are teaching 0025, be sure to collect writing samples on the first day and read them as soon as possible. If you question the placement of any student in your class, please make a copy of that student's writing sample and put it in my mailbox. jp

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The new objectives for the developmental writing courses in Florida require us to adapt our curriculum beginning in the fall of 2011.
The state is advocating a contextualized approach to teaching writing, which necessitates linking written assignments to assigned readings.
Therefore, apart from practicing certain rhetorical modes, we will be assigning summary and reaction papers to articles provided in our texts.
Although students in 0015 will continue to learn grammar and write paragraphs, they must be prepared for the demands of 0025, where they will be expected to write essays and incorporate source material into their own work while avoiding plagiarism. Please note the following important changes for both 0015 and 0025:
Students1. Students will have scantron test. The old C form can be given as a pre-test
Students
2. Students in the PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPH. This
This is intended or address a
a research question. competing arguments.
Students in the first level who demonstrate the potential to skip 0025 can be encouraged to expand their persuasive paragraph into an essay that argues an opinion or position.
3. For example, two reading selections in Evergreen that lend themselves to a persuasive paragraph are "Cell Yell: Thanks for (Not) Sharing" and "The Case for Torture." Before assigning these or any other reading selections, please acquaint students with the reading strategies on pages 533 and 534. Since many of our students are weak readers, we need to guide them closely.
The exit exam has been terminated; however, until the administration decides how and when to replace the exit, we will continue to use the multiple choice section of old exits for one part of our final.
For both 0015 Journal 30%, Scantron
Scantron Quizzes 25%, Exam 30%.
The
4. The final exam AS 15%.
In
5. In addition to be buying a new booklet called "Avoiding Plagiarism"The Little, Brown Compact Handbook by Linda Stern. This should be very helpfulJane E.. Aaaron.
Not only will this handbook provide detailed information for MLA citations, it also has additional grammar and punctuation exercises.
Since this handbook is used in teaching students to summarize, paraphrase,ENC 1101 and quote from outside sources.
To assist students in their research, the librarians are creating a LibGuide1102 for 0025 students, soFreshman Composition, it is our intention that students hold unto this handbook until they can have easy access to periodicals, encyclopedias etc.
As part of
taken all the research assignmentrequired English courses for 0025, students will be required to create a Works Cited List using EasyBib or a similar Word program.their degree.
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Students are expected to keep journals where they can react to current events controversial issues. Journal entries should not be graded, but they can serve as springboards for essays or paragraphs. All written assignments must be kept in a portfolio which must be collected by the term's end. Since we do not have the exit exam, the portfolio becomes paramount to determining whether a student is ready for 1101.

Hillsborough Community CollegeCollege
ENC 0015 and ENC 0025
Preparatory Writing Program
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Program Manager: Joan Perillo, Dale Mabry Campus; Office: Hum 201A
Writing Lab Supervisor: Ann Stevens, Hum 117
Dean Mary Bendickson
Adjunct Instructors: Ann Dietrich, John Diederich, Emily Drenberg, Monica Herlocker, Lisa Jones, M. Christina Madison,
Dana Noble, Kym O'Sullivan, Jeff Ottmann, Pravin Soni, Tom HanlonDavid Wellens, Dove Wimbish
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RequestNews for the weekFall 2012: Many of September 7th:
As you already know, the number of students whowill be pleased to learn that we have been placed directly into 0025 is far greater than ever before. Initially, I requestedreplaced Evergreen and Aplia with a head count of students who did not take level one, but after consulting the Dean, I suggest that you circulate one sheet of lined paper and ask studentsnew Pearson product for 0015:
Pathways for Writing Scenarios (From Sentence to sign their names. Then leave this list in my lab mailbox.
Since thereParagraph) by Kathleen T. McWhorter
In addition, we will be no "exit" atusing mywritinglab.
For 0025, we will continue to use the endGaetz and Phadke text, The Writer's World - Essays.
We are in the process of semester, everyone who is teaching 0025 must provide me with a copy of his/her grades. Thanks for your cooperation during this time which tries our souls and patience. jp
shifting to an advanced software package known as mycomplab.