RJ.org

English 1108--Comp I

IHCC

Inver Hills Community College

Home    Wkly.Asgnmt.  |  Textbooks   How to Do Pprs.   Grading    Attendance    Course Pckt.  |   FAQ's    WforC.org

                                   

---

Site Contents:

 

Click on what you want.
(These are the same as above.)

   Home Page

   Dates/Asgnmnts./Sched.

   Readings/Resources

   How to Do Wkly. Pprs.

   Grading

   Attendance

   Course Packet

   FAQ's (Questions)

   WritingforCollege.org

   ---

Also in This Website:

   Syllabus (Class Summary)

   Website's Index

   Make Up/Extra Credit

 . ---

Very Important Links:

    NoodleTools - 1st Time

    Noodle Login (w/pswrd.)

    OnlineGrammar.org

    Contact Richard

    IHCC Library

    IHCC Writing Center
        Ph. 651-450-8598

 

                                                  

Eng 1108

HOME PAGE

Welcome to Eng 1108--Fantasy and Myth!  I am glad to be working with you in this introduction to college writing.  In this particular section of 1108, you'll be choosing from among some of the most outstanding recent fantasy books to read, and then writing about them. Check out all three columns on this page to get started. Then read or thoroughly skim the other pages of this website: they are listed on bar right under the title of the page, above, and also (repeated) at the beginning of the left-hand column on every page. 

If you have questions, let me know!  You can always contact me by clicking on "Contact Richard" in the upper-right corner of each of these web pages.

How does this website work?

  1. This website: It has about a dozen web pages.  The main ones are above or on the left--just click on what you want. 

  2. This middle column: This middle section on each page is different. It always has the main new content that you should read.

  3. The left column: It always is exactly the same on every web page in this web site.  It lists the main pages (just like the top bar does), and it also has other especially important pages and links.

  4. The right column: It is different on each page.  It has useful links and also helpful tips for taking the course.

--------

What does Eng 1108 involve?

As you may know, this course is the first college-level writing course - sometimes called "College Comp."  This course provides you with the basics of writing college essays and gives you a beginning introduction to research skills. 

I plan to work you hard, but I also try to make class fun and the assignments interesting.  If you are willing to work hard, I can turn you into a much better writer.  So, please get ready for a hard but often interesting and sometimes fun ride on the roller coaster of writing.  By the time you are done--if you stick with the course and earn at least a "C"--you will be able to say that you have learned a lot and made all of the rest of your college writing easier. 

For example, one of our other English professors, Nick Nownes, was talking with a former student of his who had gone on to a degree at the University of Minnesota.  According to Nick, the student "just finished a political science degree, and he was saying that his instructors would periodically drop big research papers on him--'I need eight to ten pages!'--sometimes a quarter of the way or even later in the semester, more or less without instructions,...just a topic and a due date.  (Sometimes the papers would be on the syllabus, and sometimes they wouldn't.)."  Nick's student was very glad that Inver Hills' two research writing courses had prepared him well.

I, myself, have been teaching courses like this one for over thirty years, and I still very much enjoy teaching them.  In fact, composition happens to be my special field of English.  I have published several articles in academic journals and have made two or three dozen conference presentations about the teaching of writing.  

I also have had over 100 publications of  popular-magazine articles and fiction stories, scholarly essays, photographs, and even a few poems in magazines and journals.  (Click here for my resume or a sample fiction story.) 

As you can guess, I really love writing--and I love teaching writing--and working with writing students--too.  My reputation as an instructor is that I'm "tough but fair."  If you're willing to work hard for me, I can promise you that you will learn significant new writing skills.

If you ever have any questions, just ask me before or after class, email me, come to my office, or call me at home.  I look forward to working with you!

:-)
Richard

Where can you email me?

Please don't email me at my school email, as I only check it once or twice a week.  Instead, email me at my professional email address, which I check almost every day: "richard at jewell dot net."  However, first convert it to regular email form: e.g., sue@smith.net

(Why am I printing it this way?  There are software programs called "spiders" that automatically find email addresses on Web sites and sell them to junk-email advertisers. I'm already receiving several hundred junk emails per week. Thankfully, most of them are blocked. But I don't want more.! So, I print my email this way on a Web page. That keeps the automatic programs from finding my email.)

Disabilities

IHCC faculty and staff are glad to meet or exceed the legal requirements for helping people with disabilities. You can see a description of IHCC's disabilities services by Googling "IHCC Disabilities Services."

In addition, my classes have no tests, so no accommodations for testing are needed. If you have any other questions, please let me know. Also, I'd like you to know that any disability you report to any faculty member will not be shared in any way with other students. I welcome your letting me know about your disabilities, as sometimes this helps me teach you better.

Return to top.

                                   

---

Popular Links &
Shortcuts for This Page
Click on what you want.

PSEOs: Please click here.

For Beginning Web Users

Change Print Size.

Read Assignments Faster.

Syllabus--See left column.

Info+Photo Sheet--Required

Course Packet--required.
See also above, & left col.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)--See left column or navigation bar above.

---

Course textbook Writing forCollege.org--See left column or navigation bar above.

English Department

Contact Richard--
See left column.

Building & Room: See
IHCC Schedule of Courses.

Campus Map

---

Useful Tips for
Taking This Course
              

(1) Handling All the New Information

There is a lot of information in this Web site.  It's purpose is not to kill you off, but rather to just give you more ways to find out what to do.  Most people get used to kusing this web site and "Course Packet" after the first few weeks, and then it makes the course seem much more accessible.  

(2) The Early Alert Program    

The Early Alert Program is a system in which professors are asked to fill out a form two or three times in the first half of the semester, letting Advisors and Counselors know whether you are missing classes or flunking the class.  If you are, then your Advisor or Counselor will get in touch with you to let you know you need to do better in order to pass the course. You may then ask your professor, Advisor, or Counselor what you need to do to succeed in passing the class. 

(Note that attendance at least once every two weeks or its equivalent is required, or a professor can flunk you for nonattendance.)

(3) Disabilities Access:

I would like to make sure that all the materials, discussions and activities that are part of the course are accessible to you.  If you would like to request accommodations or other services, please contact me as soon as possible.  It is also possible to contact the Disability Services Office, L-224; phone, 651/450-3628.  You may also contact it through the Minnesota Relay Service at 1-800-627-3529.

 

Updated Aug. 2018

  

   

Contents and page design: Copyright (©) 2005-2017 by Richard Jewell

Images courtesy of IHCC, Barry's Clip Art, Clip Art Warehouse, Clip Art Universe, Clipart Collection, MS Clip Art Gallery and Design Gallery Live, School Discovery, and Web Clip Art

First date of publication: January 1, 2005.  Graphics redesigned Aug. 1, 2013
Home-page server's URL:  www.richard.jewell.net/1108/home.htm
CONTACT RICHARD: See www.Richard.Jewell.net/contact.htm.  Office: Business 136