ENGL 99 - Preparatory College Writing I

5 Credits

Students study and practice writing paragraphs and essays, achieving unity and developing ideas that are clearly and concisely expressed in topic and thesis sentences. Review the fundamentals of English sentence structure, usage and punctuation and provides practice in these areas. Students who pass five credits of ENGL 099 with a 2.0 or better should be prepared to begin ENGL& 101 or ENGL& 101 Plus Support.

Pre-requisite(s) English 097 with a 2.0
Placement Eligibility English 099 or higher
Course Note Previously WRIT 091 and ENGL 091
FeesCF

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Evening
Winter Evening
Spring Evening

Designed to Serve Students who need to improve their writing and editing skills in order to prepare for college level writing.
Active Date 20210315T16:25:57

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 25
Shared Learning Environment Yes
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
Course Outline

Brainstorming
Pre-writing
Drafting
Editing
Proofreading
Revising
Essay Production

Student Learning Outcomes
Develop essays through drafts and revision that are focused around a central idea, supported by details and examples, and organized to move the reader through the text.

Identify the main ideas and overall purpose of a text to represent and analyze them for an audience.

Respond critically through comparison, application, persuasion, etc. to written and visual texts, including student drafts and course materials.

Distinguish their own words from those of sources to represent them ethically in their own writing.

Articulate their challenges and strengths in writing and their goals and needs for future writing projects.

Identify the key error patterns that appear in their written work in order to edit their writing successfully.