Engl&101 –
English Composition I Section HYC
Mondays
& Wednesdays ll:30-1:20 in Room R306
Tuesdays
and Thursdays: online course content through Canvas
Summer
2013
Instructor
Sean Allen
Phone
425-564-2413
Office:
R-230H
Office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 1:30-3:00
pm
Course Description:
English
101 is a college-level writing class. The focus of this particular writing
course is twofold: emphasizing your transition from “writer-centered” writing
to “reader-centered” academic writing,
while at the same time focusing on “writing process” rather than “writing
product.” So while at the end of every assignment students will be required to
turn in a polished three-to-five page college-level essay, this course will also
focus on acquainting you with the writing process: a process that works.
Effective academic writing, to that end, requires the following skill set: the
willingness to think critically, inquire, accept complexity, and to understand
the important of audience, voice, and other academic writing conventions.
Our class will meet
Mondays and Wednesdays in R-306. Since this is a hybrid course, the balance of
the course will occur online in Canvas.
Materials:
From Inquiry to
Academic Writing, By
Steward Greene & April Lidinsky
Course Outcomes:
·
Demonstrate various invention practices: brainstorming, free
writing; outlining, journaling
·
Demonstrate ability to write in various modes: personal
narrative, expository, analytical, descriptive, argument
·
Demonstrate the phases of writing: draft, revision, final copy
·
Explore sources of writing: reading, thinking, analyzing,
discussion
·
Create a thesis statement that suggests the focus of the paper;
does not point out the
obvious,
and is written as a sentence.
·
Develop and include enough details and examples to support the
identified thesis and reinforce focus
·
Demonstrate various patterns of organization and use the
organization pattern that suits your identified purpose and audience.
·
Illustrate the concept of Audience in your writing.
·
Artfully combine Audience, Purpose, and Tone in compositions
written in and outside of class
·
Write in a vocabulary appropriate to your subject and identified
audience.
·
Begin and conclude a paper effectively.
·
Show effective control of mechanics: paragraphing, punctuation,
and spelling.
·
Differentiate between key ideas and supporting details in
reading
·
Practice good group skills: how to give useful feedback and how
to make use of feedback you receive
·
Develop self-assessment skills
Course Requirements:
Essays: This class requires
you to write 3 essays, including free-writes, drafts, and revisions. Each essay
is graded on a 0-100 point scale. All
rough drafts must be stapled to the back of your final drafts along with any
other related class work and turned in on the due dates specified in this
syllabus.
Peer-editing sessions also take place in
class, and are an invaluable means for receiving and giving constructive
feedback. Therefore, peer-editing sessions are not only important for you-but
for your classmates as well. We will conduct one in-class peer editing session
for each of our three essays. Peer-editing sessions are a part of each essay’s
final grade. Important: for each of our
peer-editing sessions, you must bring to class 3 copies of your rough draft.
Students who are unprepared for peer-editing sessions will be counted as absent
for that day.
Online Canvas Modules
are
to be completed online on dates specified on the course calendar. Each of our 5
modules is worth 20 points: 20x5=100. Instructions for module assignments can
be found at the heading for each assignment.
Attendance: The BC Arts &
Humanities Division’s policy regarding tardiness stipulates that any student
missing more than twenty percent of total class time for a course may receive
an “F” grade for the course. Since this class meets two days a week for a total
of 14 meetings, any student missing more than 3 class meetings will
automatically receive a failing grade.
Lateness: I take attendance at
the beginning of each class.
Late papers: All papers and
other assignments are due at the beginning of class on dates specified in this
syllabus. Each student can turn in one paper late without losing points, after
which all other later papers or journals will be assessed -10 points for every
day they are late.
Grading procedure
3
essays 100 points each
5
Modules on Vista 5x20=100
3
Seminar papers, one Literary Circle,
and one Quiz 5x20=100
Final
In-class Essay Exam 50
points
Class
Participation 50
points
final course grade=
essay score + essay score + essay score + module score+ seminars etc + [final +
class participation] ÷ 6
Arts & Humanities
grading procedure:
100-93% A
90-92% A-
87-89% B+
83-86% B
80-82 B-
77-79 C+
73-76 C
70-73 C-
67-69 D+
63-66 D
60-62 D-
59%--- F
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism,
or academic dishonesty, is the act of using another writer’s words or ideas as
your own. According to the BC Arts & Humanities website, plagiarism “may
take many forms, including, but not limited to, using a paper written by
someone else, using printed sources word-for-word without proper documentation,
and paraphrasing or summarizing the ideas of others without acknowledging the
source. Plagiarism can also occur when non-written ideas are taken
without documentation--using someone else's design or performance idea, for
example. In short, plagiarism is passing off someone else's ideas, words,
or images as your own; it amounts to intellectual theft--whether or not it was
your intention to steal.” Plagiarism in this course may result in a paper’s
failing grade, or further disciplinary action from the Dean of Student Success.
Consecutive acts of plagiarism may
result in a failing grade for the class.
Cell phones or other
electronic communication devices:
During
class time, please turn off your cell phones, pagers, or other such devices.
Values Conflicts:
Essential
to a liberal arts education is an open-minded tolerance for ideas and modes of
expression that might conflict with one’s personal values. By being exposed to such ideas or
expressions, students are not expected to endorse or adopt them but rather to
understand that they are part of the free flow of information upon which higher
education depends.
To
this end, you may find that class requirements may include engaging certain
materials, such as books, films, and art work, which may, in whole or in part,
offend you. These materials are
equivalent to required texts and are essential to the course content. If you decline to engage the required
material by not reading, viewing, or performing material you consider
offensive, you will still be required to meet class requirements in order to
earn credit. This may require responding
to the content of the material, and you may not be able to fully participate in
required class discussions, exams, or assignments.
Classroom Behavior
What follows is the
Arts & Humanities Division’s policy on classroom behavior:
“The college's ‘Affirmation of Inclusion’ is posted in
each classroom and sets forth the expectation that we will all treat one
another with respect and dignity regardless of whether or not we agree
philosophically. This expectation is in line with the principle of free
speech in a free society: we have the right to express unpopular ideas as
long as we don't show disrespect for reasonable people who might believe
otherwise. In an on-line course, you will be expressing ideas through the
medium of the course site rather than face to face in the classroom. In
that case, these expectations refer to the courtesy with which you communicate
with one another through e-mails and e-discussions.
Part of this respect
involves professional behavior toward the instructor, colleagues, and the class
itself. Disruptive behavior is disrespectful behavior. The Arts and
Humanities Division honors the right of its faculty to define "disruptive
behavior," which often involves such things as arriving late, leaving
early, leaving class and then returning, talking while others are trying to
hear the instructor or their group members, doing other homework in class,
wearing earphones in class, bringing activated beepers, alarm watches, or
cellular phones into class, inappropriate comments or gestures, etc. In
on-line courses, “flaming’ anyone in the class is also considered disruptive
behavior. Such behavior interrupts the educational process. When
you are in doubt about any behavior, consult your instructor during office
hours: we recognize the judgment of the instructor as the final authority
in these matters.
When
disruptive behavior occurs, instructors will speak to or e-mail the students
concerned. Those students are then responsible for ending the disruptions
at once. Failure to do so may
result in removal of the students from class.”
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