Des Moines Area Community College

Sharran S. Slinkard Department of Arts and Sciences, English

“Don’t tear up the page and start over again when you write a bad line—try to write your way out of it. Make mistakes and plunge on…. Writing is a means of discovery, always.”

--Garrison Keillor

ØBackground Information

DMACC Professor Since 1992

M.A. Literary Studies, Composition Theory—University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

B.A. English—University of Wisconsin-Madison

ØContact Information

	ssslinkard@dmacc.edu
	515-964-6549
	Building 2, Office 1B Office Hours:

Ø Spring Semester: I will be on professional leave. See you in the fall!

Ø Fall Semester English 105, Composition I Sections:

Section L: MWF 10:10-11:05, Building 2 Room 11

Section N: MWF 11:15-12:10, Building 2 Room 11

Section V: MWF 1:25-2:20, Building 2 Room 11

Section XG: TR 11:15-12:40, Building 2 Room 7

Section XN: TR 12:50-2:15, Building 2 Room 7

Course Syllabus

Student Links:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quiz_list.htm

http://www.library.dmacc.edu

“Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.”

--Madeleine L’ Engle

Graphic images courtesy of The Graphic Station

Copyright 2004 Sharran S. Slinkard