1. You must arrange your PLC make-up session within two weeks of your absence
2. You should get the make-up form from your class instructor, have it signed by the PLC tutor, and return it to your class instructor by the deadline.

1. Labs will start precisely at the scheduled time.
2. If you are 10 or more minutes late for the lab session, you will be marked absent.
3. Three tardies will equal one absence.

1. The English Assessment test may not be repeated.
2. You must receive a grade of "C" or better in English 098 in order to take English 101.
3. You may repeat English 98 only one time.
4. You are completely responsible for all lecture and textual material, all classroom and lab assignments, any individualized assignments, and for making up all missed work. All assignments must be completed and submitted in order to pass the course. If they are           not, a failing grade will be administered.
5. NO MISSED EXAMS OR QUIZZES WILL BE MADE UP.
6. All in-class hand written assignments must be in ink. All other assignments must be computer printed or typewritten.
7. Multi-page assignments MUST BE STAPLED by the student. Late assignments will NOT be accepted except with prior instructor permission.
8. All graded assignments/tests MUST be reviewed within one  week of the return date or they will be destroyed.
9. It is the responsibility of the student to keep track of all absences.
10. Programmed Spelling Demons books MUST be completed by the final exam date, as assigned.
11. Final exams will NOT be returned to the student under any  circumstances

1. What to Write - which will include class work and written assignments dealing with developing vocabulary, spelling, and formation of clear, specific, concrete ideas.
2. How to Write - which will include class work and written assignments dealing with basic mechanics and grammar of writing, the developnment of effective, clear, varied sentences, and the construction of unified, coherent paragraphs. Drills and exercises will be utilized. Some of this writing will be done in class.

Students generally possess different levels of competence in writing. Since English 098 is a developmental course giving preparation for English 101, the final course grade given will reflect somewhat the amount of progress the student has made in developing his/her writing skills from the time of entrance into the course, but PRIMARILY the level of competence finally achieved in the course through papers,exercises, and other written work. The incentive in the course should be the improvement of composition skills and the elimination of weaknesses in writing, not competition for a grade. Upon request, the instructor will review a student's grade and progress in the course privately and only during an office hour appointment.

8% - Word Unit
8% - Sentence Unit
8% - Punctuation and Convention Unit
54% - Paragraphs
15% - Final Exam
7% - Quizzes, other assignments,class participation
100% - FINAL GRADE SCALE

1. When you directly quote someone else;
2. When you use someone else's ideas or opinions (unless they are common knowledge);
3. When you use someone else's examples;
4. When you cite statistics or other facts compiled by someone else;
5. When you present evidence or testimony taken from someone else's argument.

Berke, Jacqueline. Twenty Questions for the Writer. 4th edition. New York: Harcourt Brace, Jovanovich, 1985.

IF A STUDENT PLAGIARIZES, THAT STUDENT WILL RECEIVE AN "F" FOR THE ASSIGNMENT. A SECOND OCCURRENCE OF PLAGIARISM WILL RESULT IN EXPULSION FROM THE COURSE.

HOURS
M -W                              11-11:30 a.m.
Tues.                               7:30-8:00 a.m.

*All other times by appointment only*

1. To help students improve their basic writing skills to the college level.
2. To review fundamentals of grammar and usage.
3. To identify weaknesses in composition AND help eliminate those weaknesses.
4. To prepare the student for English 100 level courses by developing skills in word usage, sentence construction, and paragraph development. Emphasis is on learning to write an effective paragraph which contains a clearly expressed idea supported by relevant, well-organized, specific details and examples.

ASSESSMENT: Students will demonstrate the ability to follow directions in written and oral work.

ASSESSMENT: Students will use prewriting techniques in their writing.

1. finding a focus,
2. developing a topic sentence,
3. generating adequate specifics to support topic sentence,
4. organizing specifics

ASSESSMENT: Students will write drafts from the results of prewriting

ASSESSMENT: Students will revise their drafts.

ASSESSMENT: Students will edit/proofread their drafts.

ASSESSMENT: Students will write clear, unified, well-supported, and logically organized paragraphs.

ASSESSMENT: Students will write paragraphs developed by different methods.

ASSESSMENT: Students will write paragraphs using correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

ASSESSMENT: Students will identify and use different types of sentences in their writing.

ASSESSMENT: Students will use dictionaries in their class work.

ASSESSMENT: Students will write at least one multi-paragraph paper.