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Bellevue College ENGL&
101 - English Composition 1 Winter Quarter 2014 |
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Instructor:
Katie Austin-Miranda |
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Office: R 230K
Phone:425-564-2093 |
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1/7 to 3/25 |
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Office Hours:
By Appointment |
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5:30-7:40 p.m. |
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E-mail:
kaustin@bellevuecollege.edu |
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R 205 |
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Materials:
-Patterns for College Writing, 12th Edition, by Kirszner
and Mandell, paper or ebook
-Dictionary (optional)
-8 ½ x 11 white, lined paper for all written
work
-Blue book for journal writing (from cashier in
bookstore)
-Black pen or pencil for all written work
-Red or green pen for correcting/editing
Course Description: In English 101, you will learn about and practice effective
composition strategies across a variety of writing situations. You will also read and discuss different
rhetorical concepts and put them into practice in writing. Finally, you will use the Writing Process to
edit and revise your writing.
Course Outcomes: By the end of this class, you should be able to:
--think and read critically:
Carefully read, analyze, interpret and evaluate claims, beliefs, texts
and/or issues.
□ Frame questions, define
problems, and position arguments.
□ Consider multiple points of view and
differentiate between assumptions, beliefs, facts, opinions, and biases.
□ Read and respond to various texts critically for
purposes of interpretation, analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and/or judgment.
□ Demonstrate an understanding of a text's main point/thesis
and its relevant supporting details.
--compose and revise in
context: Shape written responses for different
audiences and purposes.
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Consider
flexible strategies for prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing.
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Develop
and support thesis statements that are appropriately complex and significant.
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Construct
unified paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting details that advance the
thesis.
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Apply various methods of
development such as illustration, comparison and contrast, and/or analysis.
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Balance their individual
voices with those from other texts.
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Employ style, tone, and mechanical
conventions appropriate to the demands of a particular audience or purpose.
--reflect and evaluate: Recognize and incorporate newly acquired skills.
□ Develop the ability to critique their and
others' work.
□ Gain a clearer perspective
of habits that may detract from the effectiveness of their own writing.
□ Respond to comments from
their instructor and peers.
Attendance: Try to come to class
every day unless you are sick. Absences and tardies
will be deducted from your participation grade. You must have a minimum
of 75% attendance to be eligible to pass the class. Students who miss more than
12 class hours will receive a grade of “D” or lower. Note: As a 5 credit class, each class counts as 2.5
hours. Therefore, if you miss more than
4.5 class days, you will be over 12 hours and not pass the class.
Arriving Late: Try
to come to class on time. If you are more than 5 minutes late, this will
be counted as a tardy. Three tardies of
10 minutes or more will be equal to missing one entire class. Absences and tardies will be
deducted from your participation grade.
Homework: Prepare your homework before class and be ready
to turn it in or discuss it at the beginning of class on the due date.
You should expect to spend 1-2 hours on homework for every hour of class
time. The more effort and time you put into your homework, the more you
will learn and get out of it. If you are absent, turn in your homework on
your first day back, and it will not be late. If you turn in homework
late, the grade will go down 10% each day. You should check Canvas or
contact a classmate to get the assignments that you miss.
Tests: There will be several timed writing tests
during the quarter which are difficult to make up. If you are unexpectedly absent on the day of
a timed writing test, you should contact me to make arrangements to take the
test. If you do not contact me to make
arrangements, you must make up the test on the first day you return to class
but no later than one week after the original date of the test. If you do not make up the test before the
graded tests are passed back to all the students, you will not be allowed to
make up the test, and you will receive a score of 0 on that test.
Academic Honesty: The principle of academic honesty underlies
all that we do and applies to all courses at Bellevue College. One kind of
academic dishonesty is plagiarism, which 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. 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. Bellevue College instructors have access to commercial
plagiarism detection software, so please be advised that any work you submit will be tested for plagiarism.
Participating in academic dishonesty
in any way, including writing a paper or taking a test for someone else, may
result in severe penalties. Dishonestly produced papers automatically receive a
grade of "F" (0 points) without the possibility of make-up. The Dean
of Student Services will also be notified of such conduct, and repetition of
the behavior will result in progressively more serious disciplinary action (for
example, an instructor may recommend that the student fail the course for a
second offense or even that a student be expelled for a serious offense, such
as stealing an exam).
Participation: Participation
means coming to class every day, doing your work, asking and answering
questions. You are responsible for your learning, and I expect you to
actively participate in every aspect of the class, the assignments, and the
textbook*.
*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. 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.
Grades: Your grade will depend on the quality
of your work, your effort, and your ability. Points will be subtracted
for assignments turned in late. Your grade will be based on scores on
your classwork, homework, essays, quizzes, tests, attendance and participation.
In order to pass this
class, you must have an average score of at least 70% on all course work and
pass the final exam. If you do not
pass the final exam, your grade will be lowered by one letter grade.
The grade you earn will be based on the following:
Timed Writing Tests (in class)
35%
Essays/Response Papers (at home)
35%
Attendance, homework, participation* and effort 10%
Literature Circles 10%
Portfolio 10%
*No eating, smoking or using cell phones during class. Repeated problems with cell phones going off
in class or texting will result in loss of participation points. Cheating, stealing and plagiarizing
(using the ideas or words of another as one’s own without crediting the source)
and inappropriate/disruptive classroom behavior are violations
of the Student Code of
Conduct at Bellevue College. Examples of unacceptable behavior include,
but are not limited to: talking out of turn, arriving late or leaving early
without a valid reason, allowing cell phones/pagers to ring, and inappropriate
behavior toward the instructor or classmates. The instructor can refer
any violation of the Student Code of Conduct to the Dean of Student Services
for possible probation or suspension from Bellevue College.
Portfolio: Students will keep all of their essays (in-class and
at-home) and continue to edit, revise and improve them throughout the quarter.
Students will turn in their portfolio of revised essays and a written
explanation of how they improved their writing to the teacher on the day of the
final exam. The portfolio will be evaluated based on how much students
improved their writing and how much they learned.
Final Exam: Your final exam will be timed (100-minutes) and will be an
in-class writing test. If you do
not pass your final exam, your grade in the class will be lowered by one letter
grade and you may need to repeat English 101.
Grading
Scale:
A = 92-100% C =72-77%
A-
=
90-91% C- =
70-71%
B+
= 88-89% D+ = 68-69%
B = 82-87% D = 60-67%
B-
=
80-81% F =
below 60%
C+ =
78-79%
Tips for Success:
1. Come to class on time.
2. Bring your own books, dictionary, paper and pencils to class every
day.
3. Tell me immediately if you do not understand something.
4. Have your homework done on time.
5. Always do your own work; DO NOT plagiarize (copy) from others.
6. Speak English only in class.
7. See or e-mail me when you are unsure about a lesson or an
assignment.
8. Get extra help when needed.
9. Talk to a classmate when you are absent in order to get caught up.
10. Be respectful of your
classmates and your instructor.
11. Do your best!
Important
Dates:
There
will be no class on the following dates:
February 6, March 4
Final
Exam: Tuesday, March 25, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Other: Please
refer to the Arts and Humanities Student Procedures and
Expectations www.bellevuecollege.edu/artshum/studentinfo.asp for all other information.