Instructor: Chelsey Galloway

Email: daigleca1@lamarpa.edu

Phone: (409)984-6321

Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 8:30 am - 11:30 am & 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm; Tuesday/Thursday 11:00 am - 12:00 pm & 2 - 2:30 pm; Friday 8:30 am - 12:30 pm

*Appointments are recommended because I am often serving on committees and in meetings during my office hours, and I am available for appointments outside of these times as well.

Additional Contact Information: Email is the best method to reach me!

Intensive study of and practice in writing processes, from invention and researching to drafting, revising, and editing, both individually and collaboratively. Emphasis on effective rhetorical choices, including audience, purpose, arrangement, and style. Focus on writing the academic essay as a vehicle for learning, communicating, and critical analysis. Students can only enroll in this course as part of a Co-Requisite with ENGL 1301 during the same semester/ part of term.

None; all content will be provided through Blackboard.

Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer.

• Consistent access to a computer (not just a cellphone) with internet.
• Sufficient familiarity with Blackboard.
• General understanding of Microsoft Office 365 (through MyLSCPA), especially Outlook and Word.

ENGL 1301 during the same semester/ part of term.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will: 

• Locate explicit textual information, draw complex inferences, and describe, analyze, and evaluate the information within and across multiple texts of varying lengths.
• Comprehend and use vocabulary effectively in oral communication, reading, and writing.
• Identify and analyze the audience, purpose, and message across a variety of texts.
• Describe and apply insights gained from reading and writing a variety of texts.
• Compose a variety of texts that demonstrate reading comprehension, clear focus, logical development of ideas, and use of appropriate language that advance the writer’s purpose.
• Determine and use effective approaches and rhetorical strategies for given reading and writing situations.
• Generate ideas and gather information relevant to the topic and purpose, incorporating the ideas and words of other writers in student writing using established strategies.
• Evaluate relevance and quality of ideas and information in recognizing, formulating, and developing a claim.
• Develop and use effective reading and revision strategies to strengthen the writer’s ability to compose college-level writing assignments.
• Recognize and apply the conventions of Standard English in reading and writing.

Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral, and/or visual communication.

Critical Thinking skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts, and constructing solutions.

Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making.

Welcome Unit: Get to know the platforms, an introduction to course content, and practice communication.

Grammar Unit: Covers everything from the parts of speech to punctuation.

The Writing Process Unit: Covers writing sentences, writing paragraphs, and then writing full-length essays, from drafting to revising to final drafts.

The College Essay Unit: Practice the writing skills covered with an actual college essay, from pre-writing to outlining to drafting/editing.

You will be given Weekly Update/Agenda Announcements from me at the start of each week which will detail the due dates for that week's assignments. Due dates are to be determined at the moment, but you will be given plenty of notice for any due dates. 

Here is an overview of the assignments we will complete this semester: 



Welcome Unit  

Welcome Video

Meet Your Professor 

Syllabus

About This Course

DENG Units/Assignments

Introduction Discussion Board

Email Etiquette

Introduction to the Course Quiz (Unit Test)

How to Use Blackboard

Unit 1- Grammar 

Objectives/Overview

Grammar Diagnostic Pre-Test

Parts of Speech- Nouns/Pronouns/Verbs/Prepositions - Adjectives/Adverbs/Conjunctions

Punctuation- Terminal (Ending)/Commas/Apostrophes - Quotation Marks/Italics- Other Punctuation

Unit Test

Unit 2- The Writing Process  

Writing Sentences 

Writing Paragraphs 

Elements of the Essay 

The Writing Process 

Unit Test

Unit 3- The College Essay  

Pre-Writing/ Planning Outlining

Writing a First Draft

Final Draft/Post-Writing (Unit Test)

December 07, 2026

90 – 100 A 80 – 89 B 70 – 79 C 60 – 69 D 0 – 59 F

Your Final Grade for the class will be submitted as a letter grade (A, B, C...) to LSCPA at the end of the semester; Please note that you must earn a C or higher in this class in order to move on to the next level of English classes.

Final grades will be calculated according to the following criteria:

+ Welcome Unit--15%

+ Grammar Unit--20%

+ Writing Process Unit--20%

+ College Essay Unit--15%

+Unit Tests--30%

= Final Grade-- 100%

• All assignments for this class will be available through Blackboard, and all grades will be displayed in the Bb Gradebook. 
• You must go through the course's Learning Modules/Units and Content Folders to access your assignments-- NOT through Gradebook or your Blackboard Activity pages.
• Assignments will vary in form: reading exercises, writing exercises, quizzes, and academic essays.
• You will be asked to demonstrate your reading and writing skills in various ways in this class, but I will do my best to provide specific instructions and examples for assignments, as needed. 
• Revise/Resubmit policy: for most assignments, you will be allowed to Revise (aka edit/fix) the first attempt and Resubmit it as a second attempt in order to earn a higher grade, and some assignments will require that you Revise and Resubmit the assignment before you can move on to the next assignment. 
• Grades for submitted assignments will be submitted in a timely manner; please understand that English is not a "simple" subject to grade, and it may take more time for grades to be returned to you due to the nature of our content. 
• Due Dates will be set in Blackboard as needed on assignments, and an automatic 0 grade will be issued for any work that is submitted after the due date.
• Contacting me should be done through LSCPA email (Outlook), NOT through Blackboard messages.

Your Attendance/Participation will be determined by your physical presence during class meetings and/or access to the course Blackboard and timely submission of all assignments. 

I hope that my students know that I am on their team always and that I will work hard to ensure their success in my classes. Communication is key, and what better way to work on communication skills than by taking an English class? I hope that the skills you learn in my class will help you in your future classes and career paths. 

Be sure to check your campus email and Course Homepage using MyLSCPA campus web portal. You can also access your grades, transcripts, academic advisors, degree progress, and other services through MyLSCPA.

Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSCPA policies (Academic Dishonesty section in the Student Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Disability Services Coordinator, Room 117, in the Student Sucess Center. The phone number is (409) 984-6241.

No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Use of electronic devices is prohibited.

This syllabus is part of LSCPA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.

As per Texas law and LSCPA policy, all LSCPA employees, including faculty, are required to report allegations or disclosures of child abuse or neglect to the designated authorities, which may include a local or state law enforcement agency or the Texas Department of Family Protective Services. For more information about mandatory reporting requirements, see LSCPA's Policy and Procedure Manual.

LSCPA is committed to establishing and maintaining an environment that is free from all forms of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, and other forms of sexual misconduct. All LSCPA employees, including faculty, have the responsibility to report disclosures of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment, sexual assault (including rape and acquaintance rape), domestic violence, dating violence, relationship violence, or stalking, to LSCPA's Title IX Coordinator, whose role is to coordinate the college's response to sexual misconduct. For more information about Title IX protections, faculty reporting responsibilities, options for confidential reporting, and the resources available for support visit LSCPA's Title IX website.

For more information about the Clery Act and crime reporting, see the Annual Security & Fire Safety Report and the Campus Security website.

If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair.