SLS 1931 SYLLABUS

Selected Topics in Student Life Skills: Writing Effective Paragraphs

Instructor:         Arnold Wood, Jr.

Office:              T-265, South Campus

Phone:              646-2341

Office Hours:    Posted

e-mail:              awood@fccj.edu

Course Description (abridged)

The open format of this course provides an opportunity to address various selected topics in student life skills development.1 college credit (counts as an elective)

Course Objective

This particular SLS 1931 course (4 weeks in duration) provides qualified students with concentrated instruction and course-work concerning college-level paragraph writing and sentence skills. Through the course instruction and work, students prepare for an exit paragraph and state-writing tests, the passing of which will enable students to enroll immediately in ENC 1101, the first college-level composition course.

Textbook

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Grade Scale*

6          =          A/A+

5          =          B+/A-

4          =          B-/B

3          =          C/C+

2          =          Not Passing

1          =          Not passing

• Passing this course requires passing the exit paragraph AND the exit state-writing tests. Minimum passing grade for the exit paragraph is 6 or better (a mark of 3 or better from two different readers) and for the exit state-writing test is 24 (out of 4).

Proposed 4-Week Class Schedule

Week 1

            Day 1   Paragraph Sample                    Homework: Grammar Review Exercise and Paragraph

            Day2    Exit Writing Test Sample          Homework: Grammar Review Exercise and Paragraph

            Reading – Paragraph Characteristics

Week 2

            Day 1   Paragraph and Grammar           Homework: Paragraph

                        (as assigned)

            Day 2   Paragraph and Grammar           Homework: Paragraph

                        (as assigned)

Week 3

            Day 1   Paragraph and Grammar           Homework: Paragraph

                        (as assigned)

            Day 2   Paragraph and Grammar           Homework: Paragraph

Work 4

            Day 1   Practice Exit Paragraph and practice exit writing test

            Day 2   Real EXIT paragraph and state-writing test

Final Grades

            *Pass both tests on the first attempt                      A

            *Pass one or both tests on the second attempt      B

            No course credit if you do not pass both tests

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