ENGL 034 - Developmental English

4 Credits: (4 lecture)

Course Description
This course is designed for the student requiring in-depth skill review, emphasizing the writing process and sentence-level competencies. In preparation for English I, the student will engage in intensive study of grammar, sentence construction, punctuation, and paragraph/essay development within various contexts, including his/her individual writing.

Prerequisite A grade of C or better of all students enrolled in ENGL 034 is a prerequisite for ENGL 101.

Text
Maimon, Elaine P., and Kathleen Blake Yancey. A Writer’s Resource: a Handbook for Writing and Research. 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2023.

Pausch, Randy. The Last Lecture. Hodder, 2008.

A dictionary acceptable to the instructor.

Objectives
The student will be able to:

A. Explain the steps of the writing process.

B. Execute the steps of the writing process.

C. Use standard invention techniques.

D. Write a paragraph with a clear topic sentence and supporting details.

E. Write an essay with an introduction, a clear thesis statement, supporting details, and a conclusion.

F. Choose the vocabulary and syntax of standard American English for their writing.

G. Use the conventions of standard American English as presented in the current handbook to eliminate errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Content
A. The writing process

B. Invention techniques

C. The academic paragraph

D. The academic essay

E. Standard American English vocabulary and syntax

F. Standard American English conventions of spelling, grammar, and punctuation

G. Editing techniques

Student Evaluation
A. A minimum of three academic paragraphs

B. A minimum of two academic essays

C. Grammar quizzes

D. Reading activities as determined by the instructor

E. Departmental final exam, comprising 25% of the course grade Bibliography
Boylan, Hunter R. What Works: Research-Based Best Practices in Developmental Education. Boone: NCDE, 2002. Print.

Clouse, Barbara Fine. The Student Writer: Editor and Critic. 6th ed. New York: McGraw, 2004. Print.

“Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing.” The Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA), The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and The National Writing Project (NWP), 2011. Web.

National Center for Developmental Education. Appalacian State University. 2011. Web.

Rico, Gabriele Lusser. Writing the Natural Way. New York: St. Martin’s, 1983. Print.

Roth, Audrey J. The Elements of Basic Writing with Readings. 2nd ed. Needham Heights: Allyn, 1996. Print.

Scarry, Sandra, and John Scarry. The Writer’s Workplace with Readings. 4th ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt, 2002. Print.

Shaughnessy, Mina P. Errors and Expectations. New York: Oxford UP, 1977. Print.

Smith, R. Kent, et al. Basic Writing Skills with Readings. Marlton: Townsend, 1995. Print.

Troyka, Lynn Quitman and Jerrold Nudelman. Steps in Composition. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice, 1999. Print.