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Week 11 SMG Reading and Quiz and sentence combining
Week 12 SMG Reading and Quiz and paragraph
Week 13 SMG Reading and Quiz and sentence combining
Week 14 Essay
Week 15 Final draft of essay
Week 16 Final examination
Grading
The final grade in this class is based on the essays and other writing, in-class participation, and
the tests on the reading assignments.
General Education Goals/Objectives
Goal 4: Demonstrates effective communication
Objective 1: Expresses ideas through effective writing
Skill 1: Uses the stages of the writing process to develop, organize, and present ideas in writing
Skill 4: Uses Edited Standard Written English in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax, and
presents written work in a style and format consistent with the demands of an academic setting
Objective 2: Reads at a level that allows participation in collegiate studies and chosen careers
Skill 1: Anticipates and understands the structure and organization of written work
Skill 2: Recognizes an author’s central idea and forms of support
Relationship to Campus Theme
Students in ASC 087 will read essays relevant to the campus theme and will write paragraphs
addressing issues relevant to that theme.
Classroom Policies
Students should attend all of the classes, do all of the quizzes and tests, and do all the writing
assignments. Late work earns half credit and failure to follow instructions earns half credit.
Plagiarized work, defined in the section below, earns a zero and a second occurence of
plagiarism will fail a student in this course.