This course is designed to prepare learners for ENGL 111E (and enhancement ENGL 111 course) and addresses grammar, punctuation rules, and essay writing. This course is designed to offer instruction, practice, and feedback on writing strategies for compositions ranging from a single paragraph to four pages in length and for all writing stages. In addition, the course provides a rudimentary review of English grammar, focusing on spelling, correct word choice, punctuation, and various types of sentence construction, and covers major errors, such as fragments, run-on sentences, subject-verb agreement, and pronoun errors. The course will also address any problems learners have in terms of word choice and sentence structure, offering individual guidance to help each student progress.
Learners who earn a 70% or better in the coursework will be assigned a “P” grade and qualified to take the final exam. Those students not eligible will earn a grade of “CS” in ENGL 011E and must retake the course at Leighton University along with ENGL 111E. Learners meeting the 70% threshold or better in course work, together with the final essay, will receive the earned grade. Learners who receive a “CS” (Continued Study) must register again an may, in certain conditions, receive and "i" in ENGL 111E. These learners must remove both the "CS" and the "I" by the end of the next regular Term. Credit hours received for ENGL 011E may count toward removal of provisional status, but may not be used to satisfy any institutional degree requirements.
Placement through the University placement procedures.
Learners must enroll concurrently with ENGL 111E. The purpose of corequisite support courses is to give enrichment support and extra help English Composition learners to be successful in the college level math course. In the corequisite support course, the instructor may review prerequisite Writing and Reading skills, provide additional instruction, lead guided homework practice, conduct virtual one-on-one or small group tutoring, discuss general learning and study skills, and any additional topics that could aid and improve learner success.
NOTE:
- ENGL 011E and ENGL 111E sections are only offered in 8-Week Terms.
- As ENGL 011E is linked with ENGL 111E, when a learner registers for one class in the corequisite pair, the other class in the pair will automatically be added to their class schedule.
- Once enrolled in a pair of corequisite courses, learns are expected to complete BOTH courses within the SAME TERM in corequisite courses withdraws or drops from one course in the corequisite pair, then he/she will be dropped from the other linked course.
- The courses run concurrently for the entire 8-week Term, and in many instances both classes are taught by the same instructor.
- Where a passing grade is assigned to ENGL 111E, a P grade is assigned to ENGL 011E.
After successfully completing the course, the learner will be able to:
- Engage in writing as a process.
- Access the Library’s resources and make us online resources (including databases) for research.
- Analyze and evaluate writing for effectiveness in communicating ideas and grammar and mechanics.
- Identify the basic structural elements of a simple and compound sentence (subject, object, verb, etc).
- Gain the skills to edit their own writing to avoid errors in such things as verb tense, possessives, , plurals, word order, word forms, etc.
- Develop coherent essays by employing transitional devices to guide the reader.
- Develop cohesive body paragraphs using sensory detail and specific examples, and use different strategies for organizing body paragraphs.
- Identify audience and purpose as vital in defining tone, content, and vocabulary.
- Write essays with an obvious lead-in, and develop a thesis statement, using an essay map when appropriate.
- Write simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.