Instructor:
Scott Bessho
E-mail:
scott.bessho@bellevuecollege.edu
Phone:
425-564-2425
Office
location: R230-Y
Office
Hours: 8:00-11:20 and 1:30-2:20 M-Th, 8:30-12:00 sometimes
on Friday. These are times when you can drop by to ask a question about class
or an assignment or anything else.
Books and Materials
Required
Morenberg:
Doing Grammar
Optional: you might find
these useful
Any good learner's
dictionary (e.g. Longman)
Any handbook of grammar
and usage
Course Outcomes
Learning Outcomes: (At the end of this
courses, students will be able to…)
1. Write narrative, descriptive, summary,
and self-reflective journal entries with improved fluency, as demonstrated by
comparison of initial journal writings with end-of-quarter writings
2. Identify the basic parts of speech
(nouns, determiners, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, conjunctions, and
prepositional phrases) in their own writing and the writing of others
3. Identify basic sentence core patterns in
their own writing and the writing of others with improved accuracy
4. Identify basic verb tenses (simple past
and present, progressive, passive, perfect, conditional) in their own writing
and the writing of others
5. Describe and use an editing process that
suits their individual needs
6. Collaborate effectively with classmates
to edit each other’s writing for mistakes in basic grammar, sentence structure,
and punctuation
7. Edit their own writing to correct mistakes
in basic grammar and sentence structure (singular and plural word endings,
subject-verb and noun-pronoun agreement, verb tense and form)
8. Look up information about grammar and
punctuation in a standard college-level writing handbook and apply it to their
own editing
9. Articulate in writing what they have
learned and how they have learned it.
Meeting Outcomes
The main focus of
the class is sentence analysis. It is not a review of simple grammar or common
errors. It is intensive and will require significant work outside of class. Class
activities are based on the use and identification of a variety of sentence
elements and types, focusing on their purpose and form in real-life writing.
Weekly exercises will contribute material to a final exam and paper
demonstrating mastery of the sentence grammar.
Grading
The grading for class work in this course is based
primarily on completion; that is, you have to do the work, and completed work
with acceptable accuracy will earn a higher grade than incomplete work with
superior accuracy. Generally, this class
is intended for your improvement, so scores reflect improvement and practical
use of the material more than simply learning and repeating grammatical forms
and rules on quizzes. It is possible to be in class most of the time and to do
most of the assignments and still not get credit if the instructor sees no
improvement in a student’s writing.
Some of your work will be done in groups, so your
participation is essential to others in the class, whose participation grade
depends on your preparation. You can ensure a good participation grade if you
ask questions and try answering questions in class. Unsatisfactory
participation will affect your grade (ENGL 091 is graded Credit/ No Credit).
Attendance counts! Your grade will not be affected by a couple of absences, but more than two will affect your overall
evaluation. A grade of NC or F will result if you miss more than six
classes. Lateness will count as an absence if I take roll before you arrive.
Instructor’s Expectation
Since there is no letter grade to
provide motivation for 091, students need to have a goal of improving their
written work over the course of the quarter. Just doing enough to pass the
class is not satisfactory when applied to this goal. Students are expected to
work at least ten hours a week on classwork and to contribute to the learning
atmosphere in class by asking questions and trying to answer questions.
Affirmation of Inclusion
Bellevue College is
committed to maintaining an environment in which every member of the campus
community feels welcome to participate in the life of the college, free from
harassment and discrimination.
We value our
different backgrounds at Bellevue College, and students, faculty, staff
members, and administrators are to treat one another with dignity and respect. http://bellevuecollege.edu/about/goals/inclusion.asp
Division Statements
Please refer to the
document on Arts and Humanities Policieshttp://bellevuecollege.edu/artshum/policy.html,
all of which apply in my classes. Pay special attention to the section on
academic dishonesty. Plagiarism, which we will discuss in class, will not be
tolerated. Plagiarism in this class includes getting sentences from grammar
sites on the internet.
Student Code
“Cheating, stealing
and plagiarizing (using the ideas or words of another as one’s own without
crediting the source) and inappropriate/disruptive classroom behavior are
violations of the Student Code of Conduct at Bellevue College. Examples of unacceptable behavior include,
but are not limited to: talking out of turn, arriving late or leaving early
without a valid reason, allowing cell phones/pagers to ring, and inappropriate
behavior toward the instructor or classmates.
The instructor can refer any violation of the Student Code of Conduct to
the Vice President of Student Services for possible probation or suspension
from Bellevue College. Specific student
rights, responsibilities and appeal procedures are listed in the Student Code
of Conduct, available in the office of the Vice President of Student Services.” The Student Code, Policy 2050, in its entirety
is located at: http://bellevuecollege.edu/policies/2/2050_Student_Code.asp
Bellevue College E-mail and access to MyBC
All students registered for classes at Bellevue College are entitled to
a network and e-mail account. Your student network account can be used to
access your student e-mail, log in to computers in labs and classrooms, connect
to the BC wireless network and log in to MyBC.
To create your account, go to: https://bellevuecollege.edu/sam .
BC offers a wide
variety of computer and learning labs to enhance learning and student success.
Find current campus locations for all student labs by visiting the Computing Services
website.
Disability Resource Center (DRC)
The Disability
Resource Center serves students with a wide array of learning challenges and
disabilities. If you are a student who has a disability or learning challenge
for which you have documentation or have seen someone for treatment and if you
feel you may need accommodations in order to be successful in college, please
contact the DRC as soon as possible.
If you are a person
who requires assistance in case of an emergency situation, such as a fire,
earthquake, etc, please meet with your individual instructors to develop a
safety plan within the first week of the quarter.
The DRC office is
located in B 132 or you can call the reception desk at 425.564.2498. Deaf students can reach the DRC by video
phone at 425-440-2025 or by TTY at 425-564-4110. Please visit the DRC website
for application information into the program and other helpful links at www.bellevuecollege.edu/drc
Public Safety
The Bellevue
College (BC) Public Safety Department’s well trained and courteous
non-commissioned staff provides personal safety, security, crime prevention,
preliminary investigations, and other services to the campus community, 24
hours per day,7 days per week. Their phone number is 425.564.2400. The Public Safety website is your one-stop
resource for campus emergency preparedness information, campus closure
announcements and critical information in the event of an emergency. Public
Safety is located in K100 and on the web at: http://bellevuecollege.edu/publicsafety/
Final Exam Schedule
The final exam for this class is on the last
day of class at our usual class time. The final is based on the sentence
patterns and grammar studied during the quarter and will significantly affect
the final grade for 105.
http://bellevuecollege.edu/classes/exams
Academic Calendar
The Bellevue
College Academic Calendar is separated into two calendars. They provide
information about holidays, closures and important enrollment dates such as the
finals schedule.
English
091/105 Summer Class Schedule (subject to change)
We have only two short
papers in 091 and 105, but many smaller sentence assignments. Assignments in
addition to the textbook exercises will be posted on the class MyBC site.
Much of what we
write will be corrected in class, but there will be homework assignments as
well. The exercises in the textbook will make up the largest part of the
classwork. Some of the assignments will be turned in and some won’t, but all of
the material will be tested at the end of the quarter, and all of it will go
into your paper. The paper will be a demonstration of your sentence mastery.
NOTE: All of the
assignments will be clarified and explained in class in greater detail as they
are assigned.
Week
1 Introduction of class, syllabus
and schedule; Homework assignments: Chapter One “Identifying Verbs and Core
Sentences.” Chapter Two, “Relating words, Phrases and Slots”; Real English and
Sentence exercises (every week).
Week
2 Chapter Three “Expanding Verb
Phrases”; Sentence combining activities; Paper Assignment.
Week
3 Chapter Four “Exploring Noun
Phrases”; Article practice; Chapter Five “Rearranging and Compounding”; First
paper due.
Week
4 Chapter Six “Constructing
Relative Clauses”; Paper conferences; Chapter Seven “Reducing Relative Clauses
to Phrases”; Final Paper Assignment
Week 5 Chapter Eight “Making Noun Clauses,
Gerunds, and Infinitives”; presentations
Week 6 Chapter Nine “Adding Modifiers to
Sentences”; presentations
Week
7 Chapter Ten “What Can You Do
Now That You Can Do Grammar?”; Review for Final Quiz on Identification,
Combining, and Editing; Final Quiz; Final Paper
Further Remarks
Good Luck in 091/105 this quarter!
Let’s make it fun and productive.
Always remember that I want you to succeed but that you are responsible
for your own success.