ENGL 101 Plus (English Composition I Plus Support)

Course description

English 101 Plus is a 10 credit course that pairs English 101 with English 110, a support course designed to provide extra help in the form of exercises and activities for students who need extra time and help to pass English 101. English 101 Plus is not a replacement for English 91 or any other developmental writing course. Students who pass the course earn credit for English 101 and also for English 110, which transfers as an elective.

As with all English 101 classes, this class provides a general introduction to the principles of writing with emphasis on writing process, thesis, context, purpose and audience.

Course outcomes for English 101:

By the end of English 101, students who earn a 2.0 or higher will be able to:

• Write texts that demonstrate awareness of audience, purpose, and genre across multiple communities and contexts.
• Argue a position that includes a claim, position, or response and engages at some point with a textual, visual, or audio source.
• Read, summarize, quote, paraphrase, analyze and document a variety of complex written and visual texts.
• Develop flexible writing strategies that include respectful collaborating, planning, drafting, and editing.
• Apply situation-appropriate conventions at the sentence level, including syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Reflect on, assess, and articulate writing choices.

In addition to the shared English 101 course, 101 Plus also has the following course outcomes for English 110 Support Class component:

• Accurately summarize, paraphrase, and explain the meaning of written and visual texts
• Substantively assess your own writing and the writing of others
• Practice pre-writing skills and produce pre-writing items (like brainstorming, outlining, note-taking, etc., with a consideration of assignment and context)
• Clearly and accurately distinguish your own words and ideas from the words and ideas of others in your own writing.
• Select and evaluate appropriate, credible sources for use in your writing.