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LART100 Syllabus
DeAnza College, Winter 2004
Class: MTWRF 8:30 a.m.-10:20 p.m.
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LART100 - Integrated Reading and Writing
Room: L42 |
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Lydia Hearn
Office phone: (408) 864-5785
Office: Forum 3D-b
Off. Hrs.: T 1:30-2:20, W 12:30-1:20, 5:00-5:50
Email address: HearnLydia@fhda.edu
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Ulysses Pichon
Office phone: (408) 864-8582
Office: F-31f
Off. Hrs.: M-Th 9:30-10:20 a.m. & by appt.
Email address: PichonUlysses@fhda.edu
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** If you are a student with a disability and would like to discuss special accommodations,
please contact me as soon as possible.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
LART 100 is a ten hour course intended to help students learn to read and write at the level necessary for success in college. For eligible students who need work in reading and writing prior to enrollment in English 1A, LART100 satisfies both the reading and writing prerequisites.
CO-REQUISITE
This is a prepatory class emphasizing expository writing, critical thinking and reading skills. The LART class, together with EWRT 160 and Read 101 labs must be completed successfully in order to take English 1A.
REQUIRED TEXTS
Course Reader (NOT available in the bookstore)
Short Shorts, An Anthology Ed. by Howe and Howe (available at De Anza Bookstore)
A Writer’s Reference edited by Diana Hacker (available at De Anza Bookstore)
Fences by August Wilson (will be available at De Anza Bookstore)
A good portable college level dictionary (Webster's Collegiate or American Heritage recommended.)
GOALS
* to develop the critical reading and writing skills necessary for success in college and life
* to predict information based on peripheral clues in reading
* to improve vocabulary
* to articulate in writing and discussion the main ideas and their supports in assigned readings
* to listen to and judge ideas of others, and to receive criticism
* to criticize readings and support your ideas clearly and convincingly
* to develop study and attendance attitudes necessary for success in English 1A
and other college classes
* to write a unified, coherent and focused extemporaneous essay on assigned subjects
* to write a carefully edited and printed essay of at least five paragraphs on assigned subjects
* to write paragraphs and essays demonstrating various rhetorical focus
* to choose an appropriate rhetorical style for the writing task
* to edit for errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation
COURSE ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS
Attendance: You must attend class and be on time. If you are late, come anyway, but you will be marked absent if you are more than 10 minutes tardy. If you are absent more than five times during the semester, you may be dropped from the class. Three or more unexcused absences will lower your grade. If you are ill, please contact a classmate for assignments and to find out what you have missed. Any missed assignments must be completed.
- Do all assigned reading, writing, and other homework.
- Prepare for and participate in discussions. This includes class discussion as well as working with peers in groups or paired activities such as peer editing, brainstorming, discussions. Evaluating drafts will require that you contribute to and receive suggestions from others.
- Take all quizzes on readings from the text and class discussions. These may be unannounced.
- Write assigned essays, and take quizzes, midterm and final exam.
- Participate in all classroom activities.
NOTE:
- Disruptive behavior is unacceptable and will result in a student being dropped from the class.
- This is a college class, and materials and discussion of adult issues will not be censored.
GOOD LUCK! Please feel free to meet with either or both instructors at any time during the quarter! We plan to have fun while learning.)
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