ENGL-099

Integrated Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking

5 Credits/6 hours
What is it?

5 credit/6-hour integrated reading and writing

course focused on critical thinking
Students with the following placements are eligible
to enroll in ENGL 099:
Placement into both ENGL 096 and ENGL 097
Successful completion of ENGL 093 and ENGL
094
Developmental English Course Sequence
(non-ESL track)
ENGL-121 ALP
Composition
3 Credits/4 Hours
Split placement 096/121, 097/121

OR

* New Course Fall 16

5 Credits/6 Hours

Weekly Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Schedule
Option 1 ENGL-099 FYEX? ENGL-099 ENGL-099
2 Hour Class
Option 2 ENGL-099 ENGL-099 FYEX? ENGL-099
2 Hour Class

** 7 Sections in Fall 16.

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Why do we need ENGL-099?
National shift in developmental philosophy away from
correcting/remediating deficiency to added scaffolding for college-
level work (modeling, conferencing, guided process)
Part of this shift is current national trend to combine
developmental reading and writing courses into single academic
literacy course.
Potential win-win: both an institutional and pedagogical rationale
Institutional Rationale = completion agenda: streamline
developmental sequence and eliminate exit points in the pipeline
Pedagogical Rationale = emphasis on critical thinking and
metacognition, whole-language learning, not skills and deficiencies
ENGL-099 Course Description
ENGL 099 provides holistic instruction in reading,
writing and critical thinking as required for
college level courses.
Students will learn to apply critical reading and rhetorical writing
strategies
Students will learn to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize academic
texts.
Students will be required to respond critically to informative,
persuasive and narrative texts through dialogue, projects,
extended responses, and a recursive essay writing process.
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Pre-Reading

Post-Reading
High Stakes in class
Writing process,
metacognition

Pre-Writing
Low Stakes
Key ideas in
writing
summary
Summary of Benefits
Authentic college-level experience instead of working on
pre-college skills

Multiplelow-risk opportunities for students to discuss, think,

and write

Eliminates exit points and shortens pipeline for students

Increased transfer of strategies into their college-level classes

Lowers cost of developmental coursework and saves time for

students