BELLEVUE COLLEGE | Winter Quarter 2014

Engl& 101- English Composition I

Paula D. Sebastian

On Canvas Class Site, find me under "People"

or

BC email at: psebasti@bellevuecollege.edu Include class name and number in message box.

Online Availability:

M-T-W 9:00 - 10:00 am or By Appointment

POLICY STATEMENT

Textbook:

Fields of Reading: Motives for Writing 10^th ed, Nancy Comley et.al.

Ground Rules:

1. Since this is a totally online class, it is your responsibility to stay up-to-date on assignments and due dates as they appear in the Module calendar.

2. Deadlines (due dates and times) are posted on the course calendar on CANVAS. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS will be accepted.

3. All assignments must be typed as a word document [no google.docs please!] and submitted on CANVAS. If you are also taking class on campus, make yourself familiar with the various computer labs in the D building, NWCET and the Tech Café. Free tutoring is available at the Writing Lab D204. After the first week of the quarter, technology issues will not be accepted as a valid excuse for any missed or late assignments

4. Special Needs: If you require accommodation based on a documented disability, please contact the DRC (Disability Resource Center).

Final Draft Essays

You will write four 1500-word papers in this class.

Use the MLA guidelines for formatting all assignments. On the first page of every assignment in the top left corner,

Include the following:

· Your Name

· Course: English 101 & Section # of Class

· Instructor’s Name: Paula Sebastian

· Date the assignment is submitted

· Assignment Title

· Creative title for essay, followed by an explanatory title:

Designer Genes: An analysis of the role of genetic engineering

The process for writing, revising and submitting work is on a tight timeline. Lectures online spend extensive time on the structure, logical organization and development of your papers. Papers may be revised PRIOR (only) to final grade. Please feel free to ask for additional help or schedule a contact time with me.

Grading Policy:

25% Final Draft Essays

25% Readings and Reading Response Assignments

25% Rough Draft Assignments

25% Peer Evaluations

Outcomes:

After completing this course, students will 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.

· consider flexible strategies for prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing.

· develop and support thesis statements that are appropriately complex and significant.

· construct unified paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting details that advance the thesis.

· apply various methods of development such as illustration, comparison and contrast, and/or analysis.

· balance their individual voices with those from other texts.

· 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 own 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