English Geek http://www.englishgeek.com Resources for Students in Professor Shawn Hansen's Courses Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:59:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 ENGWR 300 Readings (Weeks 1 – 3: PRIMIS TEXT ONLY) http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=941 http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=941#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:35:43 +0000 Professor Shawn Hansen http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=941

You must purchase the textbooks required for this course.

The Textbook link to the right provides more details about how to get by for a week or two.

Below are links to the readings for weeks 1 – 3 from the Primis text.

There are numerous copies of Hacker’s text available at the library, so go there for those until YOU PURCHASE YOUR OWN BOOKS–WHICH YOU MUST DO.

  1. Gould
  2. Description
  3. Angelou
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The handouts below are arranged by week in the order in which they were (or will be) passed out.

To access the handouts, you’ll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Please click HERE if you need to download a copy of Adobe’s Acrobat Reader.

Choose Weeks Here:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |

Week 1 (22 August 2010 — 28 August 2010)

Week 2 (29 August 2010 — 4 September 2010)

Week 3 (5 September 2010 — 11 September 2010)

Week 4 (12 September 2010 — 18 September 2010)

Week 5 (19 September 2010 — 25 September 2010)

Week 6 (26 September 2010 — 2 October 2010)

Week 7 (3 October 2010 — 9 October 2010)

Week 8 (10 October 2010 — 16 October 2010)

Week 9 (17 October 2010 — 23 October 2010)

Week 10 (24 October 2010 — 30 October 2010)

Week 11 (31 October 2010 — 6 November 2010)

Week 12 (7 November 2010 — 13 November 2010)

Week 13 (14 November 2010 — 20 November 2010)

Week 14 (21 November 2010 — 27 November 2010)

Week 15 (28 November 2010 — 4 December 2010)

Week 16 (5 December 2010 — 11 December 2010)

]]> http://www.englishgeek.com/?feed=rss2&p=863 0 Grammar and Punctuation Answers http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=844 http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=844#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 16:07:08 +0000 Professor Shawn Hansen http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=844 Please choose the appropriate link below to view the answers to the B exercises. (Remember, the answers to the A exercises are in the back of your textbook.)

WEEK FIVE

  1. UNIT FIVE REVIEW

WEEK FOUR

  1. UNIT THREE REVIEW
  2. Exercise 17B
  3. Exercise 18B
  4. Exercise 19B
  5. Exercise 20B

WEEK THREE

  1. UNIT TWO REVIEW
  2. Exercise 9B
  3. Exercise 9C
  4. Exercise 10B
  5. Exercise 10C
  6. Exercise 11B
  7. Exercise 11C
  8. Exercise 12B
  9. Exercise 12C

WEEK TWO

  1. UNIT ONE REVIEW
  2. Exercise 5B
  3. Exercise 6B
  4. Exercise 7B
  5. Exercise 8B

WEEK ONE

  1. Exercise 3B
  2. Exercise 4B
  3. Exercise 1B
  4. Exercise 2B
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The handouts below are arranged by week with the newest items passed out during each week listed first. To access the handouts, you’ll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Please click HERE if you need to download a copy of Adobe’s Acrobat Reader.

Choose Weeks Here:

WEEK 1 | WEEK 2 | WEEK 3 | WEEK 4 | WEEK 5 | WEEK 6 |

Week 1 (06 June 2010 — 12 June 2010)

Week 2 (13 June — 19 June 2010)

Week 3 (20 June 2010 — 26 June 2010)

Week 4 (27 June 2010 — 03 July 2010)

Week 5 (04 July 2010 — 10 July 2010)

Week 6 (11 July 2010 — 17 July 2010)

]]> http://www.englishgeek.com/?feed=rss2&p=819 0 Major Due Dates (ENGWR 100) http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=816 http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=816#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 15:57:24 +0000 Professor Shawn Hansen http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=816 What follows are the major due dates for this course. Please refer to the Course Syllabus and individual Assignment Sheets for additional due dates, and remember: changes may be made at the discretion of your instructor.

ESSAYS:

  • PRACTICE ESSAY: 24 June 2010
    • PRACTICE-ESSAY PLANNING NOTE CARDS: 17 June 2010
    • WORKSHOP: 22 June 2010
  • IN-CLASS MIDTERM ESSAY #1: 1 July 2010
    • MIDTERM #1 ESSAY PLANNING NOTE CARDS: 29 June 2010
  • IN-CLASS MIDTERM ESSAY #2: 8 July 2010
  • IN-CLASS FINAL ESSAY: 15 July 2010
GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION:

  • Quiz #1: 14 June 2010
  • Quiz #2: 21 June 2010
  • Quiz #3: 28 June 2010
  • Quiz #4: 6 July 2010
  • GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION FINAL: 13 July 2010
]]> http://www.englishgeek.com/?feed=rss2&p=816 0 About ENGWR 100 http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=813 http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=813#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 15:54:14 +0000 Professor Shawn Hansen http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=813 COURSE PREREQUISITE:
Eligibility is determined by the assessment process or completion of BOTH English Writing 50 with a grade of C or better AND a grade of “P | Passing” in English Writing 59.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
English Writing 100 uses individual and group instruction to help students improve critical thinking and writing skills. Students will write a minimum of 6,000 words including at least two in-class midterm essays and a departmental in-class final exam essay. Writing assignments are often based on reading analysis. The course prepares students for ENGWR 300: College Composition.

In addition, the principals of grammar and punctuation, effective sentence and essay structure, and MLA documentation will be discussed and reinforced.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Compose fully developed, structured, and unified essays;
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the writing process through pre-writing, drafting, and revision;
  • Support his/her opinions and conclusions using appropriate evidence;
  • Demonstrate the ability to use varied sentences structures and types;
  • Construct sentences with precise and appropriate words;
  • Examine and evaluate his/her writing for errors;
  • Apply critical reading and reasoning skills; and
  • Analyze and respond to readings and incorporate the ideas of others into his/her own writing.
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You must purchase the textbooks required for this course.

An inability to purchase your textbooks is no excuse for failing to complete your homework.

Copies of your textbooks are available for 2-hour reserve check out at the SCC Learning Resource Center (AKA the library).

1. Here are the call numbers for your textbooks. WRITE THESE NUMBERS DOWN:
    - PE1408 .W94 2011 (Steps to Writing Well with Additional Readings by Wyrick)
    - PE1112 .C48 2011 (Basic Grammar and Usage by Choy).
2. Use the call numbers to check-out the books.
3. PHOTOCOPY what you need.
4. Make purchasing your own copies a priority.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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You must purchase the textbooks required for this course.

An inability to purchase your textbooks is no excuse for failing to complete your homework.

Copies of your textbooks are available for 2-hour reserve check out at the SCC Learning Resource Center (AKA the library).

If you are not officially enrolled in this class, you can check out reserve material, but you will be required to leave collateral such as a cell phone or car keys. Identification documents (e.g. driver’s license, passport, I.D. card) cannot be used as collateral.

1. Click HERE to get the call numbers.
2. Use the call numbers to check-out the books.
3. PHOTOCOPY what you need.
4. Make purchasing your own copies a priority.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> http://www.englishgeek.com/?feed=rss2&p=653 0 Extra Credit–Step Two http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=526 http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=526#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:24:38 +0000 Professor Shawn Hansen http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=526 Click on the image below to purchase Holly Lisle’s How to Find Your Writing Discipline.

]]> http://www.englishgeek.com/?feed=rss2&p=526 0 About ENGWR 300 http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=298 http://www.englishgeek.com/?p=298#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:48:46 +0000 Professor Shawn Hansen http://localhost/wordpress/?p=17 COURSE PREREQUISITE:
Eligibility is determined by the assessment process or completion of English Writing 100 with a grade of C or better.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
English Writing 300 emphasizes reading, writing, and critical thinking skills that are essential for successful completion of a four-year college program. Students will write a minimum of 6,500 words divided among several essays, including at least one research paper and one-in-class essay.

In addition, the principals of grammar and punctuation, effective sentence and essay structure, and MLA documentation will be discussed and reinforced.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Compose effective college-level essays using a variety of rhetorical strategies and applying appropriate citations and formatting standards;
  • Research, evaluate, and synthesize sources to support a thesis;
  • Critically analyze, compare, and evaluate various complex works; and
  • Apply the conventions of standard written English, employing a variety of sentence structures and college-level diction.

Instructors may require some students to complete individual work in English Writing 59: Intermediate English Skills.

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