ENG 100S Overview
(Click the link above to see the major assignments for both courses)
As you know, I do not use Laulima. Most planning and day-to-day handling of ENG 100S will be run off of GoogleClassroom, completely. There is a separate GoogleClassroom site for ENG 100S that is separate from the main ENG 100 one.
Description:
ENG 100S is a co-requisite course that supplements ENG 100, the foundations course which fulfills the Written Communication Foundation Requirement for degrees at UH-Manoa, UH-West O'ahu and Kapi'olani Community College.
ENG 100S is a concurrently offered ENG course that offers targeted support to help boost student comprehension and learning of the college-level course material; ENG 100S also offers students increased awareness of relevant college support and academic services.
In most cases, many students probably need ENG 100 S to learn better methodologies towards 'studenting,' but it often is the case that placement modalities caused students to end up in the course. The vital dimension about this class is exercising and possessing a keen growth mindset.
ENG 100S Competencies:
By the end of ENG 100S, students should be able to execute the following tasks:
•Effectively use a multi-step writing process that includes drafting, revising, and editing; respond constructively to written and oral feedback.
•Write compositions that have a main point and supporting ideas developed with specific, logically organized details.
•Practice learning strategies such as note-taking, journaling, using technology, avoiding plagiarism, and managing time to foster student success.
•Identify and access relevant college resources that promote student success including mentoring, tutoring and advising.
•Employ a variety of reading and interpretive strategies that foster reflection, summary and the evaluation of sources.
•Identify and address patterns of errors in writing.
A practical translation of what this course attempts to do:
This course is designed to give you more 'time on task' to complete daily work, and, in a smaller class setting, get more assistance/ask for help. Many of you work; many of you 'have drama.' ENG 100S attempts to carve out a time and space, hopefully, in a distraction-free environment, to execute tasks related to ENG 100.
practical translation of each learning outcome:
1. you will be doing all the best 'student skills' to make you stronger in the class;
2. you will be exploring resources that the college offers to make you stronger as a person and student;
3. you will learn how to make your writing have a thesis statement, make your writing more interesting, and make your structures 'flow' the paper a bit better.
4. you will read a bunch of different readings, and hopefully be able to summarize, analyze, and deeply comprehend what was read.
5. you will look at your own grammar and spelling errors and learn how to capture your most common mistakes.