English 1A 086-- College Reading and Composition

Weekly Course Plan

Course Description

Catalog Description

College reading, writing, and critical thinking with a major research component. Reading, writing, and research assignments are based predominantly on non-fiction texts.

Instructor’s Description

I would add that this four-unit course consists of university-level reading, writing and critical thinking based on a study of the driving question: Prisons: Real or Imagined?

Your success in this course depends on your ability to effectively write expository essays, actively read various texts and supportively participate in class discussion. You will write essays in which you will concentrate on writing clear and effective sentences in well-developed and well-organized paragraphs. We will focus on how you, as a writer, must understand your purpose, organize and develop your ideas, clarify your language, and make decisions in your writing based on your audience, all the while incorporating the texts you read and critically thinking about the topics we discuss.  

Instructor Information

Welcome to 1A! Click on the "Start Here" tab above to jump right into the first week of class with Module 1. Be sure to read my Weekly Announcement for Week 1 first, though. Use the "Q and A about this course" blue tab above if you have any questions at all, about anything, anytime during the semester.

English 1A CRN: 72690 sec. 086, Fall 2022, 11:10-1:15, Tuesday/Thursday, Student Health Center 202

Instructor: Paolo Sapienza

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Office Hours: I am available MW 11:15- 12:15; TR 1:15-2:15; or by appointment via CityZoom.
Office Location: Batmale Hall 726.
Email: jsapienz@ccsf.edu. I will respond to all course emails within 48 hours, Monday-Saturday, 8am-8pm, although often more quickly (exclusive of school holidays). Once the course begins, I prefer to get messages through the Canvas "Inbox".
CCSF Phone: (415) 239-3394.

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