ENC 1101 ~ English Composition I

• Basic Course Information

• Ground Rules

• Part 5: Schedules

  • ENC1101 MW 1:25

  • ENC1101 MW 3:00

  • ENC1101 TR 11:15

  • ENC1101 TR 12:40

  • ENC1101 TR 3:30

• Learn how to log into Angel

• Go to Angel

• Textbooks

• TurnItIn.Com online site

• TurnItIn.Com info, including Class ID (password is given in class and in Angel)

• Criterion - essay draft feedback by computer: create an account by using the same Class ID and password as TurnItIn.Com. Remember, using Criterion to help you improve your writing does not replace submitting the paper to TurnItIn.Com or giving it to me in class.

• Knight Cite (online Works Cited entry generator from Calvin College - free)

• OWL (Online Writing Lab from Purdue University - free)

• Miami Dade College Learning Outcomes: ENC1101 addresses several of the learning outcomes listed on this page

"Earthrise" ~ The crew of Apollo 8 took this first photo of Earth as they orbited the moon in December, 1968. 

• Planet Earth ~ BBC/Discovery Channel series

  • You must be in the Computer Courtyard to view the films

  • Click on "Student"

  • Click on "Click to Enter"

  • Scroll down and search for "Lague" to get a list of the films I have on the server

  • Click "View" to watch the film (Note: You will need to get an technician in the Courtyard to input the password)

• Miami Dade College Earth Ethics Institute

• Kendall Campus Environmental Center - courses through Community Education

• Kendall Campus Library - Humane Education Studies Center (Animal Ethics)

• Official website for Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth

  • Nobel Prize 2007 (for the his work about the environment, shared with the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)

    • Al Gore's Nobel Lecture delivered on 12/10/07

    • UN Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change, delivered by Panel Chairman R. K. Pachauri on 12/10/07 Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway

    • Read a summary of the 2007 award

• EarthLab - Carbon and lifestyle calculator - Calculate your impact on the environment.

• Articles:

  • "How Astronauts Went to the Moon and Ended up Discovering Planet Earth"

  • "Did This Photo Start The Environmental Movement?"

  • Documentary Chronology of Selected Events in the Development of the American Conservation Movement, 1847-1920

  • Environmental History ~  University of San Diego

Online Handouts, Tutorials, and Self-Tests

• Online Handouts

  • TurnItIn.Com

  • Revision Codes for Grammar & Punctuation

  • Creating a Scratch Outline

  • Scratch Outline Template

  • Sample Comparison Essay (Using Horizontal Order)

  • Sample Introductory Paragraphs

  • Effective Writing

• Tutorials

  • Writer's Toolbox (view before taking Quiz #3)  Click on near the bottom of the page to listen to the presentation.

  • POWER (updated PowerPoint version)

  • Why Punctuation is Important (turn on your speakers to hear the lecture) If you are running Vista on your computer, try this PowerPoint version instead. This is a large file.

  • Thesis Statements from phrase prompts

  • Creating Thesis Statements

  • Essay Formulas

  • Short Sample Essay

  • Adequate Concrete Details (uses an independent paragraph as the example - turn on your speakers to hear the lecture)

  • Thesis Statements for Comparison

  • Introductory Signals and Parenthetical Documentation

  • Works Cited entries

• Self-Tests for Review ~ You can use these to prepare for the graded quizzes

  • POWER

  • Formulas, Chapter 2

  • Run-ons #1

  • Run-ons #2

Lectures/Discussions

• POWER

• In-Class Essay#1 Discussions

  • G&P - Discussion 1 (2nd person, vocabulary, verbs, spelling; PowerPoint)

  • G&P - Discussion 2 (subject/verb agreement, pronoun agreement, there is/there are; PowerPoint)

  • G&P - Discussion 3 (fragments and run-ons, question marks, comma; PowerPoint)

  • G&P - Discussion 4 (using words from the prompt, identification; PowerPoint)

  • Introductions - Discussion 5 (Formulas for Composition, Chapter 2;  MS Word)

  • Reminders - Discussion 6 (Introductions, agreement, addressing the writing prompt, tips; PowerPoint)

  • G&P - Discussion 7  (who/whom, I/me, if . . . were, awkward construction; PowerPoint)

  • Developing a Scratch Outline - Discussion 8 (Formulas for Composition, Chapter 2;  MS Word)

• Formulas for Composition, Chapter 2:
  • Essay Formulas
  • Creating Thesis Statements from phrase writing prompts
  • Basic Essay Structure (MS Word)
• Personal Pronouns
• Formal, Objective Writing
• Formulas for Composition, Chapter 5:
  • Introductory Signals and Parenthetical Documentation
  • Formats for Works Cited

• Added detail fragments
• Comma Splices
• Dependent word fragments
• Fused Sentences
• -ing fragments
• Missing subject fragments
• Parts of Speech
• Personal Pronouns
• Prepositions
• Pronouns (Subjects, Objects, Possessives ~ Click on the link at the bottom of the page to continue to the next part of the lesson. There are three pages.)
• Verbs
• Who/Whom