College Level
Courses Taught at Oakton Community College (2019 -Present)
– Format Taught: Face-to-face
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course prepares students for college writing. Content includes the writing process, sentence
structure, paragraph organization, basic essay structure, grammar, and mechanics.
Welcome to EGL-096! I’m looking forward to a great semester and getting to know you as a
thinker, writer, and reader. I am committed to helping you succeed in this course. For this reason,
this syllabus contains lots of important information that you need to know.
The theme of this course is Finding Your Voice in Academic Writing. Reading and writing assignments will
challenge us to think about ways we can use our experience, knowledge, and understanding to
write personal narratives and essays in an academic context. We will read essays from notable
writers, examining how they craft topic sentences, state their claims, add supporting details and
reasons to their paragraphs, draw conclusions, and polish their texts.
Course Outcomes
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Write, plan, and revise topic sentences, paragraphs and brief essays based on personal experience and assigned course readings.
- Edit and proofread their own work in order to improve grammar, sentence structure, and ideas.
- Recognize and correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences, and correctly use simple, compound, and complex sentences, as well as the conventions of Standard English.
- Use techniques of summary, paraphrase and direct quotation as needed in working with
course readings. - Demonstrate an understanding of plagiarism and source documentation
SYLLABUS
EGL 096 Class Calendar, EGL O96 Syllabus Ewuoso Oakton Fall 2019,
– Format Taught: Face-to-face
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course allows students who place into developmental writing to take both developmental writing
and EGL 101 at the same time. Content supplements instruction in EGL 101, providing more
individualized instruction and support in college readiness, critical reading, college-level writing,
and analysis.
Welcome to English 099! This class meets asynchronously, meaning students need not be online
and logged in for live instructions. But students will complete work, assignments, and activities
by the assigned time and date due. It is also a co-requisite class, which means that this course
must be taken with EGL 101 at the same time as another course or requirement. I am looking
forward to a great semester and getting to know you as a writer, reader, learner, and a member of
this prestigious college. I am committed to helping you succeed in this course. For this reason,
this syllabus contains lots of important information that you need to know. Try not to be
overwhelmed. No one is expected to memorize it all. The theme of this course is Strategic Text
Reading and Academic Writing (STRAW). Reading and writing assignments in this class will
challenge us to think about ways we can effectively read, interpret, analyze college-level texts,
reflect on our academic literacy experience, writing, and reading processes, find our voices in
college essays and summary responses, and consider the audiences of various written texts to which we respond.
Course Outcomes
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Develop a writing process that includes applying strategies for prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing.
- Develop a reading process that includes applying strategies to be used before reading, during reading, and after reading.
- Develop well-organized, unified, coherent essays and other written responses with a clearly defined purpose.
- Recognize and correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences, and correctly use simple, compound, and complex sentences, as well as the conventions of Standard English.
- Identify non-academic issues that impact students’ success in college writing and develop strategies to address these.
- Break up writing assignments into component parts.
EGL 099 supports the following EGL 101 learning objectives:
- Support and illustrate a thesis, using relevant details, examples, and evidence.
- Demonstrate an understanding of plagiarism and source documentation.
- Summarize, paraphrase, and quote source materials objectively and integrate them into their own writing.
SYLLABUS
COURSE CALENDAR
EGL099 TC7 Fall2020 Oakton, EGL099 TC7 Fall2020 Oakton, EGL099 TC7 Fall2020 Oakton
– Format Taught: Online Asynchronous
Course Description
Course introduces strategies for planning, writing, and revising expository essays based on
experience and reading. Content includes purpose, context, genre, and the rhetorical situation as
elements in the writing process, as well as critical reading and analysis as the basis for essay
writing. The first course in a two-course sequence with EGL 102.
Welcome to English 101! This class meets asynchronously, which means that students need not
be online and logged in for live instructions. But students will complete work by the assigned
time and date that it is due. I’m looking forward to a great semester and getting to know you as a student writer, reader, learner, and a member of this prestigious college. I’m committed to helping you succeed in this course. For this reason, this syllabus contains lots of important information that you need to know. The theme of this course is Digital, Academic, and Rhetorical (DAR) Writing. Reading and writing assignments in this class will challenge us to think about ways we can effectively write in an online space while navigating the intricacies of social/digital media, finding our voices in college essays and summary responses, and considering the audiences of various written texts to which we respond.
Course Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Identify and apply strategies for planning, drafting, and revising essays in a variety of genres appropriate to beginning college writers.
- Employ conventions of standard written English to communicate ideas at the beginning college level.
- Develop writing to respond to the needs of different audiences and rhetorical situations.
- Support and illustrate a thesis using relevant details, examples, and evidence.
- Report information from sources accurately and appropriately for their own rhetorical purposes.
- Summarize, paraphrase, and quote source materials objectively and integrate them into their own writing.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to avoid plagiarism and how to document sources
according to the MLA style. - Analyze and evaluate course readings, student writing, and their own writing.
Syllabus
- EGL 101 Syllabus Ewuoso
Course Calendar
- EGL 101 Course Calendar Ewuoso
– Format Taught: Face-to face and Online Synchronous
Course Description
Course introduces strategies for planning, writing, and revising advanced expository essays and
the college research paper. Content includes critical reading and analysis, the structure of
argument, and the use of sources.
Welcome to English 102! This class meets virtually, which means you need to be in class online
for live instruction and discussion. I’m looking forward to a great semester and getting to know
you as a thinker, writer, reader, learner, individual, and a member of this prestigious college. I’m
committed to helping you succeed in this course. For this reason, this syllabus contains lots of
important information that you need to know for your duration as an active student in this course.
The theme of this course is Literary Analysis, Critical Thinking, & Research. Reading and
writing assignments will challenge us to examine and interpret various texts, thinking of ways
we can use our experience, knowledge, understanding, and other skills we have learned to read
critically and argue thoughtfully as we write academic and professional papers. We will read,
analyze, discuss, research, and write about visuals, multimodal images, videos, essays, and
articles, uncovering how composers and authors of specific texts logically and persuasively
present assertions, supported with reasons and evidence—arguments.
Course Outcomes:
The student will be able to:
1. Analyze and evaluate a variety of argumentative texts, including academic discourse.
2. Adapt writing to the fundamental components of rhetorical context (that is, how reader, writer,
language, and subject matter interact).
3. Use the different conventions and genres of discourse communities, including academic ones,
in writing.
4. Apply strategies for clarifying major writing aims, arranging material, and providing sufficient
materials to satisfy the expectations of readers when supporting those aims.
5. Draft and revise advanced argumentative and research essays for academic audiences,
including collaboration with others as part of the process.
6. Document source material appropriately using MLA and / or APA format.
7. Use appropriate technologies to locate relevant and credible sources for college writing.
8. Synthesize source materials using techniques of accurate summary, paraphrase, and direct
quotation to support the writer’s own purposes.
Syllabus
- EGL 102 Syllabus Ewuoso
Course Calendar - EGL 102 Course Calendar Ewuoso
– Format Taught: Face-to face and Online Synchronous
Courses Taught at Harper College (2019 -Present)
– Format Taught: Online Asynchronous
Course Description
Now known as ENG 096, this course develops skills in critical reading comprehension and in writing standard effective English through the study of college-level written texts, writing process, and response writing. Activities include the analytical reading of essays, the critical engagement of reading through writing, the drafting and writing of essays, and the developing of editing skills.
Welcome to English 100! This class meets asynchronous, which means that students need not be online and logged in for live instructions. But students will complete work by the assigned time and date that it is due. I am looking forward to a great semester and getting to know you as a student writer, reader, learner, and a member of this prestigious college. I am committed to helping you succeed in this course. For this reason, this syllabus contains lots of essential information that you need to know. The theme of this course is Reading, Inquiry, and Academic (RIA) Writing. Reading and writing assignments in this class will challenge us to think about ways we can critically read and write effectively, finding our voices in college essays and summary responses, and considering the audiences of various written texts to which we respond.
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
1. Practice reading comprehension skills and critical reading strategies.
2. Use writing to develop a critical perspective on readings
3. Practice writing as a process to illustrate knowledge of academic writing conventions and to reflect on student’s own writing practices.
4. Practice the conventions of Standard English in the context of student’s writing to effectively communicate meaning.
5. Develop purposeful essays that respond to course readings and assignment prompts.
6. Write approximately 5,000 words or a minimum of 20 pages during the semester.
Syllabus
- ENG 100 Syllabus Ewuoso
- ENG 100 Course Calendar
Course Calendar
– Format Taught: Face-to-face, Hybrid, and Online Asynchronous
Course Description
ENG 101 emphasizes the writing of expository prose. Introduction to the critical reading of
nonfiction prose.
Welcome to English 101! In online education parlance, this course is blended, which means course instructions will be delivered in a face-to-face class or in- person and online. I am looking forward to a great semester and getting to know you as a student writer, reader, learner, and a member of this prestigious college. I am committed to helping you succeed in this course. For this reason, this syllabus contains lots of important information that you need to know. The theme of this course is Social Media, Academic, and Rhetorical (SAR) Writing. Reading and writing assignments in this class will challenge us to think about ways we can effectively writ and participate in online spaces while navigating the intricacies of social/digital media, finding our voices in college essays and summary responses, and considering the audiences of various written texts to which we respond.
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
1. Write approximately 6,000 words, or a minimum of 20 typed pages.
2. Read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate a variety of non-fiction prose.
3. Use critical thinking skills in reading and writing, prose, i.e., knowledge, comprehension,
application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
4. Write for specific purposes, using the appropriate rhetorical modes (narration,
description, classification, argument, and so forth) or rhetorical roles (autobiographer,
reporter, teacher, critic, and persuader) of expository writing.
5. Write to and for various audiences in modes, purposes, and formats appropriate to the
situation.
6. Pursue some research writing assignments by using sources effectively in formal writing
assignments and by documenting responsibly, using the MLA format.
7. Practice various principles of effective sentences, including idiomatic expression, rhythm,
variety, emphasis, and economy (the key components of the writer's voice.)
8. Examine the principles of argument and persuasion, including rhetorical appeals,
occasions, and the nature of an academic thesis statement.
9. Practice the conventions of standard English grammar, punctuation, and spelling
appropriate to college-level writing.
Syllabus
- ENG 101 Syllabus Ewuoso
Course Calendar - ENG 101 Course Calendar Ewuoso
– Format Taught: Face-to-face and Online Asynchronous
Course Description
Continues ENG 101. ENG 102 is focused on reading literature and writing of various types of prose. Introduces methods used in writing investigative papers.
Welcome to English 102! This class meets asynchronous, which means you need not be online and logged in for live instruction but will complete and submit work by the assigned time and date that it is due. I am looking forward to a great semester and getting to know you as a thinker, writer, reader, learner, and a member of this prestigious college. I am committed to helping you succeed in this course. For this reason, this syllabus contains lots of important information that you need to know. The theme of this course is Literary Analysis, Critical Thinking, & Research. Reading and writing assignments will challenge us to examine and interpret various texts,
thinking of ways we can use our experience, knowledge, understanding, and other skills we have learned to read critically and argue thoughtfully as we write academic papers. We will read, analyze, discuss, research, and write about visuals, videos, essays, and articles, uncovering how composers and authors of specific texts logically and persuasively present assertions, supported with reasons and evidence—arguments.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, you will be able to:
- Write a total of approximately 6000 words of original prose in the following
forms—written, formal essays; an academic research paper of approx. 2700-5000 words, and other forms of writing to be determined by instructor. - Demonstrate proficiency in interpreting, analyzing, and responding.
- Demonstrate proficiency in the academic research process, which includes gathering data, using the library, taking notes, evaluating source material, drafting, and revising the research paper, putting the research paper in finished form according to the MLA format.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of literature, such as structure, imagery/symbolism, point of view, setting/atmosphere, theme, and style.
Syllabus
- ENG 102 Syllabus Ewuoso