EAP 1540

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. R. Appelbaum

OFFICE: Building 9 - 211

PHONE: 954- 201-6471

E-mail: rappelba@broward.edu

TERM II (Spring 2003)

Please feel free to call my office, at any time, and leave a message regarding class work or absence.

COURSE OVERVIEW: EAP 1540 is an introductory composition course designed principally to guide the student in the mastery of various modes of development in writing the academic multi-paragraph essay. You are expected to use all of the grammar, sentence structure skills and paragraph development that are taught in EAP 0385 and EAP 0485. The work in this course will be geared toward the study of ESL for academic purposes. There is a lab requirement of thirteen hours. You should work on the Blue Pencil Program. The student’s final grade will be lowered one full letter grade if lab hours are not complete. To advance to the next level (EAP 1640), the student must earn a letter grade of “C” or better.

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY: Mastery of the course material can be achieved through intensive in-class and out-of-class practice. To this end, you are expected to have all assignments ready on time. No late assignments will be accepted. All writing for grades will be done in class. Some writing will be individual; others will be done in groups of two or more. Some of your writing will be discussed privately with the instructor,so that you can better understand how well you are achieving the class goals.

CLASS PREPARATION: The successful student comes to class completely prepared. Be supportive and helpful to your classmates since you will be helping each other in the writing process.

TEXTS AND SUPPLIES

Blueprints 1: Composition Skills for Academic Writing, Keith S. Folse and others

PATTERNS PLUS , 7^th edition, Mary Lou Conlon

Looseleaf folder with divisions that you can add plenty of standard size writing paper to for your writing assignments and reading journal entries.

At least two ballpoint pens and two well sharpened number 2 pencils.

ATTENDANCE: Students are expected to attend all classes. A student is permitted to be absent for six hours of class time, regardless of whether this is excused or unexcused absence. More than six hours of absence will result in the student failing the class. The student is responsible for all work assigned. Therefore, if you miss a class, it is a good idea to have phone numbers of classmates, so that you can call and find out what was covered and what is due for the next class meeting.

Patterns Plus will provide you with model readings of the kind of essay writing you will be expected to accomplish. Individually and in groups you will analyze these models and break them down into their essential parts, so that we can see how a proper essay is developed.

The Lab program is broken down into 9 units; therefore, you will do approximately one unit per week in order to complete the program on time.

According to class needs, the instructor retains the right to modify this course syllabus.

WELCOME TO EAP 1540. I WISH YOU A VERY SUCCESSFUL SEMESTER.

AS YOUR INSTRUCTOR, I WILL DO ANYTHING PROFESSIONALLY POSSIBLE TO MAKE YOUR LEARNING EXPERIENCE A VALUABLE AND REWARDING ONE.

REMEMBER, THE ATMOSPHERE IN CLASS IS A LEARNING ONE. IN ORDER FOR THIS TO TAKE PLACE, CELL PHONES AND BEEPERS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN CLASS.

Work Breakdown by the Week:

Week 1:

Review of the Academic Paragraph Structure

What is a paragraph?

What are the three main parts of the paragraph?

Do you understand the development of a descriptive paragraph?

process paragraph? narration paragraph? definition paragraph?

Week 2: Unit 6: Introducing the Essay

Part A Blueprints for Writing Essays

Part B The Writing Process

The Glossary

Week 3,4 and 5:

The Narration Essay

Week 6,7 and 8:

The Description Essay

Week 9,10 and 11:

The Illustration Essay

Week 12,13 and 14:

The Process Essay

During the time that we are studying and writing the various modes of essay, we will also be reading in Patterns Plus good examples of essays using these modes of development. These readings will serve as models for our writing.

Your essays will be graded according to the following criteria:

Clear thesis statement

Introductory information leading to the thesis statement

Well developed body paragraphs

Topic sentences that clearly support the thesis statement

Good use of supporting details

Logically developed essay

Good conclusion

Good use of punctuation

Good use of spelling

Good use of sentence structures

Variety of sentence structures

Grading Policy:

In-class writing: 40%

Final in-class writing: 40%

Class participation: 20%

Final letter grade:

A 90-100%

B 80-89%

C 70-79%

F anything below 70%