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ENGLISH 1A

Ann Butler

Section: 7090MW5:00 pm - 7:00 pmEmeritus Hall 1684Santa Rosa Campus


This English 1A course focuses on the writing process, from drafting to revision. Students will write in various rhetorical modes, including narration, description, exposition, and argumentation. They will also analyze and address the chilling world which Margaret Atwood presents in her novel Oryx and Crake Readings, primarily essays, will focus thematically on issues central to our contemporary world. Class sessions are lively and varied, ranging from large and small group discussion, student presentations, peer readings and editing, free-writing, writing wheels, and one-on-one tutorials.

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4 units/4 hours lecture.
Grade only.
Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 100B or higher (V8); OR completion of ENGL 100; OR completion of ESL 100.

Critical reading and discussion of works in various literary forms. Composition predominantly of reasoned and reflective prose.

(CSU/UC) AA/AS area A; CSU area A2; IGETC area 1A; CAN ENGL 2; ENGL 1A + ENGL 1B = CAN ENGL SEQ A


Questions or comments about the English Department section of the CWIS may be sent to:

Alex Drake - adrake@santarosa.edu

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