| CRN: 21168 |
| 16 Weeks - Distance Education course |
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You must access your
Citrus College student email account prior to starting the class.
| Students will be required to take exams on campus in the Testing Center. |
Greetings! You are either enrolled or are interested in enrolling in ENGL 099 Distance Ed course. This five-unit course is intensive and is the prerequisite course for ENGL 101.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
An introduction to the fundamental techniques of reading and writing including sentence skills, paragraph and essay development, and use of literal and inferential comprehension for critical and analytical thinking, reading and writing at the college level.
COURSE OUTCOMES
1. Write paragraphs with effective topic sentences, employ a variety of sentence constructions and rhetorical techniques, and use appropriate grammar, spelling and punctuation
2. Critically analyze and evaluate evidence, judge soundness of ideas, predict consequences, formulate conclusions, make generalizations, comprehend elements of topic, outline main ideas and supporting details, predict effects of propaganda and bias, and connect acquired textual information to schema.
3. Critically read and respond to multi-cultural fiction and non-fiction texts that express and defend opinions and that are sensitive to gender, ethnic, and racial issues.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
This course is designed to address your reading comprehension of what your read in college and gives you ample opportunities to apply writing skills and concepts needed at the college level. You were probably placed into this course because your reading comprehension skills and writing skills need a little push to handle college level material. This is an interesting course but it’s not an easy course. This course makes you think deeper about concepts and ideas. This course requires reflective thought and makes you dig into the meaning of what you read by expressing yourself in the writing.
Activities include chapter tests, online chapter tests, a final, discussion board postings, question of the week responses, weekly online office hours with your professor, and essays.
There are THREE books required for this class.
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Reading Textbook- Ten Steps to Advancing College Reading Skills by John Langan, 5th edition, © 2010. The book cover is GREEN.
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Writing Textbook- Focus on Writing by Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, 2nd edition, © 2011.
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot © 2011 paperback
Your responses to course assignments, including the ‘Questions of the Week’, essays, discussion posts, etc. will be based on readings from these books.
Email Accounts
You will need to use your Official Citrus College issued email account. Your email is established when you are registered for classes. You must have access to your email account prior to starting the class. All assignments are managed by Blackboard on the dates listed on the calendar. No assignments will be accepted that are emailed. Blackboard keeps your assignments and information for up to 3 years.
Computer Access on Campus: General Access Lab Information on the Web
Headsets won't be available at the Lab. You need to bring your own headsets in order to listen to the course music examples without disturbing other lab users.
Exams
All exams will be taken in the Citrus College Testing Center. On the date of the exam, you are REQUIRED to show proof of identity.
Participation
If you fail to complete one week’s assignments in this course, you will have your access to Blackboard suspended and you will be unable to log into Blackboard. Failure to respond within 24 hours will result in you being dropped from the course, or you will receive an “FW” grade if the drop date passed. This is a 5 unit class and you are expected to give at least 15 hours per week to this course.
- Your WingSpan ID becomes your Blackboard Username
- Your WingSpan PIN (Personal Identification Number) becomes your Blackboard password
- To change your PIN/password requires, change it in WingSpan
- Data will be transferred from WingSpan to Blackboard on a regular basis
Once you get to the Blackboard welcome page, click on the Introduction to Reading and Composition course link on the right, and you will go to the course site. Familiarize yourself with the course site and if you have any questions please email your instructor with your concerns. Get your textbook and get started with your initial assignments. A major key to your success in this course will be keeping up with both the reading and other assignments.
If you have a disability documented by a physician or other appropriate professional and wish to discuss academic accommodations, please contact the DSP&S office at (626) 914-8675. Please discuss your accommodations with me by email and be sure to allow at least one week to arrange appropriate accommodations.