About the class

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English 110-111 – Fall 2017

11/11/2017 – English 109 is no more!

I’ve been seeing some terrific student sentences in class, so I’m re-starting the blog to begin posting.

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On this page:

• English 109
• Instructor
• Textbooks
• Important dates
• Centers for Academic Excellence (help with papers)
• Syllabus | Spring 2014 (2/3/2014)
• Class packets | Fall 2013
• Class packets | Spring 2014

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English 109 Fundamentals of Exposition

Spring 2014
English 109 DFD | CRN 256
Fundamentals of Exposition
Tuesday and Thursday
CLASS: 10:05 – 11:25
LAB: 11:40-12:30
BUILDING: Victory Hall (map)
ROOM: 102
Mercy College | Dobbs Ferry Campus
SYLLABUS | SPRING 2014 | 2/3/2014
January 23 – May 8, 2014

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Instructor:
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Catherine Johnson, Ph.D.
cijohn @ verizon.net
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Textbooks:
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Tales of Wonder from Many Lands: A Reader for Composition. 4th ed. Edited by Howard Canaan and Joel N. Feimer. Deer Park, NY: Linus Publications, 2009.
ISBN: 1-60797-068-6

College Writing Skills with Readings by John Langan. 8th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2010.
ISBN numbers from inside my copy:
ISBN: 978-0-07-337166-5 (instructor’s edition:  978-0-07-734888-5)
MHID: 0-07-337166-1  (instructor’s edition: 0-07-734888-5)

You can buy the print edition of College Writing Skills OR you can purchase 3-month access to College Writing Skills online at McGraw Hill. If you buy the hard copy, an ACCESS CODE for the online text and assignments comes with the book.

NOTE: You must sign up for the online textbook in order to complete the online HW assignments.

Again, the online version of the textbook is here: http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/class/c_johnson_6811
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Important Dates:
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CALENDAR | Spring 2014

• Paper 1: Thurs, Feb 6 IN-CLASS
• Paper 2: Thurs, Feb 25 | 3 APPOINTMENTS W/WRITING CENTER
• Paper 3: Thurs, March 18 IN-CLASS
• Paper 4: Thurs, April 3 IN-CLASS
• Paper 5: Thurs, April 17 IN-CLASS
• Practice Exit Exam: Tues, April 29 IN-CLASS
• Exit Examination: Tues, May 6 IN-CLASS

…… ..IMPORTANT: ..The Exit Exam is make or break: if you fail the exam, you fail the course. ..The exit exam is graded by outside graders. ……

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Centers for Academic Excellence

• One-on-one help with brainstorming, outlining, revising, and copy editing!
• Make appointments by telephone (see table below), or:
• Make appointments via the online appointment calendar (Dobbs Ferry calendar)
• Please make either two or three 45-minute appointments per paper, spaced at least 24 hours apart.

Campus & online appointment calendar	Location	Telephone appointments
Dobbs Ferry	Library Learning Commons – Main Hall	914-674-7402
Bronx	Library Learning Commons – Third Floor	718-678-8906
Manhattan	Library Learning Commons – Room 640	212-615-3349
Yorktown Heights	Room 213A	914-455-2143
Online tutoring	Online (If appointments are booked, contact switte@mercy.edu.)	.. …….——

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Class packets | Spring 2014

1. 1/23/2014 Class packet including answers ^*
2. 1/28/2014
3. 1/30/2014
4. 2/4/2014
5. 2/6/2014
6. 2/11/2014
7. 2/13/2014
8. 2/18/2014
9. 2/20/2014
10. 2/25/2014
11. 2/27/2014
12. 3/4/2014
13. 3/6/2014
14. 3/11/2014
15. 3/13/2014
16. 3/18/2014
17. 3/20/2014
18. 4/1/2014
19. 4/3/2014 Class packet | Paper #4 in-class
20. 4/8/2014
21. 4/10/2014
22. 4/15/2014
23. 4/17/2014
24. 4/22/2014
25. 4/24/2014
26. 4/29/2014
27. 5/1/2014
28. 5/6/2014

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Class packets | Fall 2013

1. 9/5/2013 Class packet including answers &  Syllabus | Fall 2013 ^*
2. 9/10/2013 Class packet including answers
3. 9/12/2013 Class packet including answers
4. 9/27/3024 Class packet including answers
   
5. 9/19/2013 Class packet | Paper #1
6. 9/24/2013 Class packet including answers
   
7. 9/26/2013 Class packet including answers
8. 10/1/2013 Class packet including answers
   
9. 10/3/2013 Class packet | Paper #2
10. 10/8/2013 Class packet including answers
11. 10/10/2013 Class packet including answers
12. 10/15/2013 Class packet including answers
    
13. 10/17/2013 Class packet including answers
    
14. 10/22/2013 Class packet including answers
15. 10/24/2013 Class packet | Paper #3
16. 10/29/2013 Class packet including answers
    
17. 10/31/2013 Class packet including answers
18. 11/5/2013 Class packet | Paper #4
19. 11/7/2013 Class packet including answers
    
20. 11/12/2013 Class packet including answers
21. 11/14/2013 Class packet | Paper #5
22. 11/19/2013 Class packet including answers
    
23. 11/21/2013 Class packet including answers
    
24. 11/26/2013 Class packet including answers
    
25. 12/3/2013 Class packet | Practice Exit Exam
26. 12/5/2013 Class packet including answers
    
27. 12/10/2013 Exit Examination Snow Day

^* Several packets contain additional material

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English 109 DFL | CRN 4735
Tuesday and Thursday
CLASS: 1:15 to 2:35
LAB: 2:50 to 3:40
BUILDING: Victory Hall (map)
ROOM: 210
September 4 – December 19, 2013

CALENDAR | Fall 2013

• Paper 1: Thurs, Sept 19 IN-CLASS
• Paper 2: Thurs, Oct 3 | 3 APPOINTMENTS W/WRITING CENTER
• Paper 3: Thurs, Oct 17 IN-CLASS
• Paper 4: Thurs, Oct 31 IN-CLASS
• Paper 5: Thurs, Nov IN-CLASS
• Practice Exit Exam: Tues, Dec 3 IN-CLASS
• Exit Examination: Tues, Dec 10 IN-CLASS

NOTES for Catherine:

VOCABULARY STUDENTS NEED TO LEARN:

clause

coherence

cohesion

complement

dependent clause

compound

direct object

indirect object

object

preposition

subject

subordinate clause

predicate

English 109 DFE – Spring 2012

Fundamentals of Exposition

CRN: 6811

Mon & Wed

Class: 8:30-9:50

Lab: 10:05-10:55

Jan 25, 2012 – May 15, 2012

Victory Hall 101 English109 DobbsFerry Eng109 MercyCollege

Mercy College Dobbs Ferry

Instructor:

Catherine Johnson, Ph.D.

cijohn @ verizon.net

Fundamentals of Exposition DFE

Spring 2012

CRN: 6811

Tues & Thurs

Class: 1:15-9:50

Lab: 10:05-10:55

Jan 25, 2012 – May 15, 2012

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