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English 100L Course Syllabus What is English L?

English L is a one-unit Credit/No Credit lab designed to help you become a better writer by strengthening your skills in English grammar and usage. English 100 & 100L are co-requisites, so you must be registered in both. Groups & Homework Each week in English 100L-Online, you will go over a different topic in grammar and usage. Allow one hour and twenty minutes per week for your homework.

You may make-up no more than three groups and three homeworks per semester. If you miss turning in your work four times, you will be dropped from English 100L, even if you have made up the previously missed work.

What If I Drop My English Class? You may complete the English 100L lab if you drop your English 100 class. You will have to enroll in English 100L when you take 100. If you have Credit for English 100L, be sure to discuss this with your English 100 instructor. You may drop the English 100L lab if your instructor gives permission.

What Happens if I Do Not Complete the Required Work for English 100L? You will not be able to go on to English 1A until you complete this lab. To receive credit in English 100L, you must attend and participate in sixteen English L group meetings. Remember: If you do not complete and turn all assignments, you will receive either a No Credit or an Incomplete in English 100L.

Incomplete: If you have completed at least 75% of the coursework and a legitimate emergency prevents you from finishing the lab, you may ask for an Incomplete in English 100L. Usually students are given either one or two semesters to complete the remaining work. Please see the Writing Center Director to make arrangements for an Incomplete. You will need to come to the Writing Center to finish the required work (we are open for summer and Intersession).

No Credit: If you receive a No Credit in English 100L, you must enroll in 100L again and repeat the entire lab. You will not be eligible to go on to English 1A until you complete English 100L.

Writing Center Hours (Aptos Campus) Monday through Thursday: 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM

Writing Center Phone: 479-6319

Writing Center Director: 479-6184

Writing Center Fax: 477-5251

Writing Center Web Site: http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/divisions/english/writcenter/

ILC Hours (Watsonville Campus--Call for English tutoring hours) Monday through Thursday 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Friday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

ILC Phone 477-5155

ILC Coordinator 477-5152 ILC

Web Site: http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/affiliate/watsonville/

EXERCISE


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1) How much work must you complete to receive credit for English 100L?

2) What happens if you miss 2 of your regular groups? If you fail to turn in homework 4 times?

3) Can you receive an Incomplete in 100L? How much work must you have finished to ask for an Incomplete? What do you do to finish the Incomplete?

4) Can you go on to English 1A if you don't complete the lab English 100L?

5) What are the Writing Center hours and ILC hours? What are the phone numbers for the Aptos and Watsonville Centers?

IDENTIFYING VERBS

Action Verbs: Action verbs express physical or mental action. physical action: hit, run, dance, sing. mental action: think, know, believe

physical action: The waves crash against the shore. We danced all night.

mental action: Tim believes in ghosts. I think smaller classes would benefit students.

Linking Verbs: Linking verbs don't express action. They help to make a statement by linking a subject to a word or idea.

Some linking verbs: appear, become, be, seem, feel

You seem tired. Sam is late. Rosa became a lawyer. Harry appears nervous.

Helping Verbs: A verb phrase is a group of words that acts as a verb. A verb phrase consists of a main verb with one or more helping verbs. Helping verbs help the main verbs express the action and tell the reader when the action happened.

In the following phrases the helping verbs are in bold type.

has played, will be coming, should have finished, must have been injured

Common helping verbs: do were will (shall) be could (would, should) have did have will (shall) have will (shall) have been am has has (had) been might have are had can (may) be might have been is can can (may) have must have was may could (would, should) be must have been

Helping verbs do not have to be right next to the main verb.

Did you hear me call? I am not going with you.

Compound Verbs: A compound verb consists of two or more connected verbs that have the same subject.

We left at noon and arrived at four. My brother washed the windows and mowed the lawn.

Verbs show when something happened. If you are having trouble finding the verb in a sentence, look for the word(s) that change to show whether the action is happening in the past, present or future.

Past: Taking a dance class was fun. Simone cooked dinner.

Present: Taking a dance class is fun. Simone is cooking dinner.

Future: Taking a dance class will be fun. Simone will cook dinner.

IDENTIFYING SUBJECTS

Subjects are often people or things, but they can be places, events, or ideas.

To find the subject of a sentence: First find the verb. Then ask the verb "who?" or "what?"

Sara sang. (Who sang? Sara sang.)

The dog is barking again. (What is barking? The dog is barking.)

My book fell in a puddle. (What fell? My book fell.)

Compound Subject: A compound subject is a subject made up of two or more connected words. The usual connecting words are "and" and "or."

My aunt and uncle own a bakery. Who owns? My aunt and uncle. Ramón and Sofi are going to the dance. Who are going? Ramón and Sofi.

The subject of a sentence may come after the verb:

There is a spider in the sink. (What is in the sink? A spider.)

There are twelve students in the class. (Who are in the class? Twelve students.)

On the top shelf is a jewelry box. (What is on the top shelf? A jewelry box.)

The subject may be separated from the verb by several words.

The books (subject) on that shelf are (verb) in Spanish.

My cat (subject), frightened by the noise, ran (verb) under the bed.

The stairs (subject) up to my apartment are (verb) steep.

The words "there" and "here" are never the subject of a sentence.

There are twelve students in the class. Who are in class? Twelve students are. Here is your paycheck. What is? Your paycheck is.

A sentence may have more than one subject/verb pair.

I missed the bus because I slept late. Mary washed the dishes, and Sam dried them. Jon started jogging because his doctor told him to exercise more.

A command always has a subject of "you." We don't always bother to write down the word "you."

Shut the door. = You shut the door. Stop teasing your sister = You stop teasing your sister.

EXERCISE

PART I: In the following sentences, indicate which is the subject for each verb.

1. Carmen rides the bus to school.

2. Carmen and her brothers work every day after school.

3. Clarissa does not like Morley's new plaid pants.

4. In a big city, life is frantic and makes people irritable.

5. Kim Lee, a good student, has learned a lot of English.

6. Last week there was a rainstorm.

PART II: In the following paragraph, indicate the all the subjects and verbs in each sentence.

Juanita Morales runs a successful neighborhood theater on a very small budget. How does she manage? She asks the community and her family for help. Performances take place in a small store that belongs to the city, so Juanita pays no rent. Tatiana, one of her friends, works in a copy center and prints all the programs free. Juanita's aunts and her mother help sell tickets. Her cousins and her sister make many of the costumes. Her uncle, who is an architect, builds the sets for the plays. The theater is very popular. There are performances every weekend: plays, poetry readings, and concerts. Each ticket costs only two dollars. The two dollars goes to the performers. Juanita and her friends have lined up programs for the next three months. Many people in the neighborhood feel that the theater increases community.

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