English
093 Section A
Instructor
Sean Allen
Mondays-Fridays
8:30-9:20
Room
L-210
Spring
2013
Instructor
Sean Allen
phone:
425-564-2413
Office:
R-230H
Office
hours: Daily 12:30-1:20 daily
Course Description
English
093 is designed to prepare students for college-level academic writing. Our
focus will be on developing the following sets of skills: pre-writing,
drafting, and essay revision, along with building grammar and content-editing
skills. The course also focuses on building college-level reading skills. Our
classes will consist of in-class writing, in-class grammar and development exercises,
grammar and punctuation quizzes, discussions of texts, and peer-editing sessions.
What follows are the specific course outcomes that students are expected to
learn by the end of the quarter:
|
Reading
and Thinking Critically |
Composing
|
Revising |
Editing |
|
-Demonstrates ability to make reading
connections in writing -Uses appropriate college level
vocabulary and academic language -Summarizes
accurately -Demonstrates an awareness of
themselves as learners of Academic Language -Actively participates in discussions
concerning the interpretations of texts -Reflects, evaluates and draws conclusions
about texts |
-Develops own writing process based on
exposure to various established methods -Narrows scope of a topic for the
purpose of development -Creates organized, unified,
well-developed text -Uses a variety of writing strategies
including but not limited to description, narration, illustration,
comparison, contrast and analysis |
-Develops self-editing and/or error
recognition skill Improve
the ability to respond to critique from teachers and peers -Improves the ability to
critique their own work and others -Identifies and
breaks
habits that detract from effective writing |
-Uses correct Word Forms -Uses basic verb tenses and forms
appropriately -Uses correct suffixes to signal
verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs -Uses accurate subject verb agreement Improves sentence structure
and variety; recognizes and avoid fragments and run-ons -Improves ability to write concise
sentences -Uses correct
punctuation and mechanics |
Materials:
75 Readings
The Writer’s World:
Editing Handbook
Pencils
and Pens
Paper
or a notebook
A
USB drive
Be
sure to bring all these materials and texts to each class session.
Course Goals:
Course Requirements:
Essays: This class requires
you to write 5 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 the course
calendar. You may revise one essay (1-4) for a better grade. I return
graded essays about a week after they are handed in.
Grammar in-class work
is
designed to prepare students for college-level writing success. We will usually spend an hour each week
completing exercises in groups from Writer’s
World to build grammar, editing, and
skills. This work is a part of your class-participation grade and will be graded with either a “-ü” (needs work), “ü”
(satisfactory) or a “+ü” (excellent) when handed in. Often times, we will correct grammar work in
class.
Grammar, punctuation,
or writing quizzes are
scheduled on the course calendar. Each quiz is worth 20 points. 20x5=100. See
our course calendar for specific dates.
Class participation, valued at 100 points, includes in-class work, active engagement in class discussions,
peer-editing sessions, and other in-class activities. Disruptive behavior such
as arriving late, leaving class, distracting others, texting, etc. may
negatively impact your class participation grade.
Final in-class essay
exam,
valued at 100 points, is an opportunity for students to show how much their
writing has improved by the end of the quarter. The exam will take place in the
BC Writing Lab Classroom at a date and time specified in our course calendar.
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. Written peer feedback should be submitted back to
the student at the conclusion of your group work. Important: for each of our peer-editing sessions, you must bring to
class 1 copy of your rough draft. Students who are unprepared for peer-editing
sessions will be counted as absent for that day.
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 five days a week for a
total of 52 meetings, any student missing nine or more class meetings may receive a failing grade.
Lateness: I take role at the
beginning of every class. Being late for class may count as an absence for that
date.
Late papers: All papers and
other assignments are due at the dates and times specified in the course
calendar. Each student can turn in one
paper late without losing points, but all other later papers will be
assessed -10 points for every day they are late.
Grading procedure:
Average of 5 essays plus class participation+ final exam score plus quizzes
score:
5
essays 100
points each
Class
participation 100
points
Quizzes 20
x 5=100
Final
Essay Exam 100
points
final course grade=
essay score + essay score + essay score + essay score + essay score + quizzes + class participation
+ final exam ÷ 8
Arts & Humanities
grading procedure:
100-93% A
90-92% A-
89-87% B+
86-83% B
82-80 B-
79-77 C+
76-73 C
72-70 C-
69-67 D+
66-63 D
62-60 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 BCC 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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and e-mail account. Your student network account can be
used to access your student e-mail, log in to computers in labs and classrooms,
connect to the BC wireless network and log in to MyBC.
To create your account, go to: https://bellevuecollege.edu/sam .
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offers a wide variety of computer and learning labs to enhance learning and student
success. Find current campus locations for all student labs by visiting the Computing Services
website.
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Center (
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Disability Resource Center serves students with a wide array of learning
challenges and disabilities. If you are a student who has a disability or
learning challenge for which you have documentation or have seen someone for
treatment and if you feel you may need accommodations in order to be successful
in college, please contact us as soon as possible.
If
you are a person who requires assistance in case of an emergency situation,
such as a fire, earthquake, etc, please meet with your individual instructors
to develop a safety plan within the first week of the quarter.
The
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