Office Schedule

Office hours (no appointment needed) after selected class sessions.

Tuesday	Thursday
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm Seminole, UP 239	12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Seminole, 239

Biography

Welcome to my college writing course. My course will help you discover your strengths as an academic writer, someone who can communicate clearly and forcefully in all your assignments, someone who can demonstrate what you know and think.

I'm a native of New York City, grew up on the Upper East Side, taught school in Staten Island and Connecticut and now live in Largo since 1989. I've been teaching writing for most of my professional life.  I was educated at Fordham University, NY, and later earned an MA in literature from Marquette University, WI  and later a second graduate degree in writing and the arts from  Wesleyan University, CT.  I earned a doctorate in educational policy studies from Columbia University, NY.  In Florida I managed an educational research study for the Florida Department of Education and taught in the Western Heritage program at Eckerd College. Working for Pinellas County schools I served as an achievement specialist, demonstration classroom teacher, curriculum developer, and teacher trainer. I taught in the Educational Leadership Department for several years at the University of South Florida.

My research and views on educational issues have appeard in publications such as the American School Board Journal, Teacher Magazine and  the Journal of Staff Development.  Recently, I've begun to write fiction. In 2008 I received an grant from Pinellas Council on the Arts to publish Out of the Woods, a chapbook of poetry. My poems have also appeared in publications such as Sojurners, English Journal and most recently in Meta, SPC's Interdisciplinary Journal. Under a previous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, I studied in England. This past summer  I was designated a NEH 2012 Summer Scholar to study American Culture (city planning, architecture, environmental change and renovation) in Brooklyn, NY. My blog entries for this program can be found at www.alongtheshore.org. This January, I'll be working on short story writing at the "Writers in Paradise" in St. Petersburg. Occasionally I post to Facebook and also follow a few writers  on Twitter.

I also sail with my husband Kirk on our thirty-foot catboat, the Tonia Too. I have four grandchildren, two in college, and two in middle and high school. I've always owned Rottweillers; this winter we have a new Rottie puppy, Belinda. We walk (and train) in Taylor Park. Movies and reading are my favorite ways to relax. Yoga,  meditation and gardening are ways to center my energies. I'm a big fan of the Largo Public Library and its bookstore. I love being in the classroom and hope you'll enjoy the process of learning to write well  in my course.

Subjects Taught

English Language & Literature

Course Schedule

= Antonia Lewandowski has added information specific to this course. (syllabus, video, class meeting times, etc.)

0465   Spring Term 2013
Course	Section	Campus	Format	Starts	Ends
ENC 1101  COMPOSITION I	1082	SEM	In Class	Jan 7 2013	May 3 2013
Credits: 3 Description: Prerequisite: (ENC 0025) and (prerequisite or corequisite REA 0017) or EAP 1695 or appropriate scores on the Writing and Reading placement tests. This course is designed to develop composition skills. It emphasizes the development of the multi-paragraph essay and includes practice in information retrieval from electronic and other sources, as well as in the selection, restriction, organization, and development of topics. It also offers the student opportunities to improve proficiency with sentence structure, diction, and mechanics. Selected writing samples are examined as models of form and as sources of ideas for the student's own writing. Conferences provide individual instruction. Sections of computer-assisted and individualized instruction are offered. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is only given for one of the following: ENC 1101, ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H. 47 contact hours.
ENC 1101  COMPOSITION I	302	SEM	In Class	Jan 7 2013	May 3 2013
Credits: 3 Description: Prerequisite: (ENC 0025) and (prerequisite or corequisite REA 0017) or EAP 1695 or appropriate scores on the Writing and Reading placement tests. This course is designed to develop composition skills. It emphasizes the development of the multi-paragraph essay and includes practice in information retrieval from electronic and other sources, as well as in the selection, restriction, organization, and development of topics. It also offers the student opportunities to improve proficiency with sentence structure, diction, and mechanics. Selected writing samples are examined as models of form and as sources of ideas for the student's own writing. Conferences provide individual instruction. Sections of computer-assisted and individualized instruction are offered. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is only given for one of the following: ENC 1101, ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H. 47 contact hours.