ENG 111: Writing and Inquiry

Instructor: Jeff Call
Eng 111 Sec’s: D10, D11, D12, D15, & D31
Office: A 308-A
Telephone: 362-7109
Email: jwcall@cfcc.edu

Texts and Supplies:
Prentice Hall Reference Guide
Patterns for College Writing
Stapler or paper clips

Course Description: This course is designed to develop the ability to produce clear writing in a variety of genres and formats using a recursive process. Emphasis includes: inquiry, analysis, effective use of rhetorical strategies, thesis development, audience awareness, and revision. Upon completion, students should be able to produce unified, coherent, well-developed essays using standard written English. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA as a general education course in English composition. This course has been approved for transfer under the ICAA as a general education course in English composition.

Course Competencies:

Demonstrate writing as a recursive process. Demonstrate writing and inquiry in context using different rhetorical strategies to reflect, analyze, explain, and persuade in a variety of genres and formats. Students will reflect upon and explain their writing strategies. Demonstrate the critical use and examination of printed, digital, and visual materials. Locate, evaluate, and incorporate relevant sources with proper documentation. Compose texts incorporating rhetorically effective and conventional use of language. Collaborate effectively in a writing community.

EVALUATION

Essay #1 20%
Essay #2 20%
Essay#3 20%
Common Writing 20%
Timed Writing 10%
Quizzes 10%

GRADING SCALE

92 – 100 = A
84- 91 = B
76-83 = C
68-75= D
0-67= F

Note: According to our catalog, a C is an average grade, a B is good, and an A is superior. To earn an A, your work must be consistently superior.

ACADEMIC HONESTY
Plagiarism is using as