ENG 090Writing Skills I

Bunker Hill Community College · 3 credits · UGRD

Catalog

The first part of a two-semester basic writing sequence, this course develops writing skills needed to begin work in the College Writing program. The course places primary emphasis on the development of good sentence writing skills through frequent practice. Such practice may take the form of writing journals, paragraphs, and short essays. Faculty provide attention to difficulties with grammar, punctuation, and spelling primarily on an individual basis. The course does not satisfy any part of the College Writing requirement for graduation. Placement is determined by assessment testing or faculty referral. Upon completion of Writing Skills I (ENG-090) with a grade of C or higher, students enroll in Writing Skills II (ENG-095).

Recent sections

Fall 2026 · 1 section

Sep 8 – Dec 18

Section	Days & time	Location	Instructor
01CClass #75734-ENG-090-01C	Tuesday, Thursday 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM D Building D217 (In Person)	D Building D217	Silverman, M
01C notes: Grammar and Justice - As we work collectively in this course toward gaining greater fluency in the language of academia, as we labor to improve our grammar, so to speak, attention in this course will be organized around a single but flexible theme: the relation between grammar and justice. By exploring this theme, we will ask some very basic but incredibly meaningful questions. For example, what exactly is grammar in the first place? How, in the context of the English language, did the rules and guidelines that govern the language first emerge? Who established these guidelines and why? Who polices grammar and how? Perhaps most importantly, are the rules, both written and unwritten, that govern the language fair, equitable, and socially just?