Instructor: Margi Goertz |
Dates: January 2– March 17 |
Office: R230 Adjunct Area |
Final exam: Monday, March 17, 11:30 – 1:20 |
Office
Hours: By Appointment |
Time:
Mon – Thurs, 11:30 – 12:20; Friday online |
Phone
Number: 425-564-3174 |
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E-Mail: margaret.goertz@bellevuecollege.edu Course: English 092,
Hybrid
Winter Quarter 2013 |
No
Class: 1/21; 2/18 School Closure
Line: (425) 401-6680
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Required
Materials: Your textbook is
available at the Bellevue College Bookstore (Purchase by January 3)
Real
Writing,
sixth edition, Susan Anker, ISBN# 9781457601996
Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson (any edition is fine)
A
3- ring binder for your notes, assignments, and returned essays; notebook paper
and dividers.
Recommended:
a thumb drive, a college level dictionary
Not required:
cell phones, laptops, tablets, I-pads, music devices and other gadgets that will distract
you in class.
Course
Description and Objectives: After completing
this course, you should be able to:
·
Use all stages of the writing
process effectively
·
Identify the needs of you
audience
·
Produce a substantive topic
·
Create a unified, coherent,
and well-developed piece of writing which consistently follows appropriate
conventions of Standard English
·
Use a variety of purposes for
essay construction, such as analysis, exposition, and/or persuasion.
·
Demonstrate ability to
recognize some strengths and weaknesses in their own writing, based on
specified criteria.
To achieve these
objectives, course work includes:
·
Critical reading techniques for both short and
long pieces of writing.
·
Writing generation, organization, revision, and
editing strategies and activities
·
Vocabulary development exercises
·
Grammar awareness exercises and proofreading
practice
·
Academic Success Strategies: maintaining an
organized notebook, practicing good communication with instructor and
classmates, developing a portfolio, fulfilling classroom protocol agreement,
participation and attendance.
Assessments and
Grading: In order to help
both you and I know if you are achieving the objectives, you will complete the
following assignments and assessments and I will give you feedback to help you
improve.
Assignments and Assessments |
Percentage of
Course Grade. |
Writing: Write four
formal essays; one novel project |
40% |
Reading: Annotations, summaries, reading quizzes,
reading response papers, lit seminars. |
30% |
Grammar and
Vocabulary: Exercises and quizzes |
20% |
Academic
Success Strategies:
Participation, organization, preparation, and classroom decorum |
10% |
Advancing
to English 101:
In
order to advance to English 101, you must earn a ‘ C-‘ or better. ( 70%)
Hybrid Course
Component
20%
percent of our course time will be spent on-line using Canvas. I will release the modules each week by
Thursday. You are to go online to complete the assignments. Work must be completed and submitted to
Canvas by noon on the Saturday of the same week. It is your responsibility to check out the
assignment Friday and anticipate any questions you may have. Those questions must be sent to me by 11:30
on Friday. You can access Canvas
anywhere that you have access to the internet. On campus, this includes the
library, the N building and the Writing Lab. It is not acceptable to claim
later that you did not understand an assignment and therefore could not
complete it. Canvas is new to everybody,
including myself. I will do my best to
help you with it and troubleshoot for you.
This said, you should prepare yourself by taking the online tutorials
for students and reading the modules early.
If
you receive financial aid, your financial aid will pay for 45 credits of developmental classes (course numbers under
100). English 092 is a 5-credit
developmental class. Consider your 45
credits carefully. It is important that
you make the most of this financial support! If you are a CEO student, I will
work closely with the program letting them know how you are progressing in
class.
Attendance:
Attending
class regularly is important if you want to achieve your academic goals,
maintain financial aid, and/or participate in sports programs on campus. I will take attendance at the beginning of
class. Poor attendance will affect your
grade. Arriving late will also affect your grade.
·
3
late arrivals will be considered equal to one absence.
·
If
you are absent 5 or more times, your grade will be lowered 1/2 letter grade.
·
If
you are absent 10 or more times, you will probably receive a failing grade.
Frequent
absences and late arrivals are disruptive to me and impede the progress of
serious students. If you know in advance
that you will be missing several classes, this is not the ideal time for you to
take this class. Please check the
college website for relevant withdrawal dates and information. Consider a fully
on-line course or taking this course another quarter.
Student Absence
If
you cannot attend, you are responsible
for calling or e-mailing me before class and leaving a message explaining why you
cannot attend. If you are sick, speak to a neighbor after class for missed
notes. To respect the instructional time of other students, ask me for help
getting caught up before or after class. Before you return to class, check the
class website and your assignment calendar.
I will post assignments and handouts on the site. Do whatever you can to come prepared for
class!
If
you are concerned with your progress, email me or talk with me before or after
class. You will know how you are doing by the scores on your papers, my
comments, and conferences we will have. If you need to meet with me for an
extended conference, e-mail or call in advance. I work off campus and teach
other courses.
Policy on late work:
No
late work will be accepted. I know that
this sounds harsh, but this class is based on building skills with each
assignment. You can’t just miss class or
several assignments and expect to get caught up later. Mastering reading and writing skills doesn’t
work that way. Plus, many leaning
experiences can’t be duplicated outside of class. Please
remember this: I design reading,
writing and grammar activities with group work in mind. Attend class regularly
and come prepared with your assignments completed. You will get more out of your time in class
and others will enjoy working with you.
If
you know that you will be sick when an essay is due, submit it to me on-line by
the due date. The day you return, bring in a hard copy. This is the only copy I will grade. If you are sick during a reading/grammar/vocabulary
quiz, expect to make up the quiz the day you return. I will not offer alternative for graded
in-class assignments that you miss
Homework:
Daily
homework and practice is essential to successful college level study. You should expect 1 – 2 hours of homework per night
for this class. To help you be
successful get organized. Use a 3-ring binder and make divisions: writing, grammar/vocab, and reading.
Do not use folders or throw
papers into the black hole of your backpack.
End of Quarter
Portfolio
Keep
all of your formal essays and writing assignment. At the end of the quarter I will ask you to
assemble them in a writing portfolio. This will be used if more information is
necessary for your future English class placement.
Essay Writing
Each
formal essay we write will undergo a five-stage writing process: prewriting,
outlining, first draft, revision, and a final revision. Full participation in the process is part
of the assignment. Writing groups: Bring 3 copies of the first draft of your
essay to class. Your group will give you
written feedback on your essay. Your job
as a writer is to consider the feedback and then incorporate it into the next
phase of the writing process. It is important that you share your essays with
the group, so be mindful about how personal you are with your subject
matter. If you aren’t willing to share
something with your group, then take your writing in a different direction. Also, if you are not getting enough feedback
from your group, ask me to help you find a more suitable group. The first draft and all subsequent drafts
should be word processed. If you do not
have a computer at home, use the computer labs on campus. The drafts need to be printed before you come
to class.
Format
for Written Work
·
All outside
essays should be typed. If you don't have access to a personal computer at home
or work, you may use the computers in the Computer Lab in the N building.
·
Put your
name, the quarter, and the assignment title in the upper left corner of your
paper.
·
Use an 11-
point, easy-to-read font; double-space
the text.
·
Give each
essay a short title. Capitalize and center
the title.
·
Leave
margins of about 1 1/2 inches on the sides and at the top and bottom. WORD does this automatically, even if the
margins don’t show on the screen.
·
Use the
spell-checker to check your spelling.
·
If you need
to make minor changes after you’ve printed your essay, make them neatly by
hand.
Disability
Resource Center (DRC)
The
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 the DRC 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 DRC office is located in B 132 or you can call the reception
desk at 425.564.2498. Deaf students can
reach the DRC by video phone at 425-440-2025 or by TTY at 425-564-4110 . Please visit the DRC website for application
information at www.bellevuecollege.edu/drc
Academic Honesty
According
to the website http://bellevuecollege.edu/artshum/policy.html “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. 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. Bellevue
College instructors have access to commercial plagiarism detection software, so
please be advised that any work you submit may be tested for plagiarism.”
Plagiarized
work will receive a grade of 0 without
the possibility of make up. Cheating, stealing and
plagiarizing (using the ideas or words of another as one’s own without
crediting the source) are violations of the Student Code of Conduct at Bellevue
College http://bellevuecollege.edu/asc/writing/essays-guides/documents/plagiarism.pdf
Privacy
Federal
law (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) mandates that I protect the
privacy of student education records, and BC policy mandates that I keep academic
performance as a matter between the institution and the student. (Arts
and Humanities Commitment to Student Growth and Development) at www.bellevuecollege.edu/artshum.
Affirmation of Inclusion
Bellevue
College is committed to maintaining an environment in which every member of the
campus community feels welcome to participate in the life of the college, free
from harassment and discrimination. We value our different backgrounds at Bellevue
College, and students, faculty, staff members, and administrators are to treat
one another with dignity and respect. http://bellevuecollege.edu/about/goals/inclusion.asp
Accommodating
Observance of a Religious Holy Day
The
Arts & Humanities Division of Bellevue College, committed to advancing
pluralism, recognizes its students’ diverse religious beliefs. Those students
who wish to observe a religious holy day should not be penalized for doing so.
Whenever feasible, students should be allowed to make up academic assignments
that are missed due to such absences. However,
the student must notify the instructor in writing at the beginning of the
quarter (no later than the end of week 2). Because religious holidays are
scheduled in advance, instructors have the right to insist that course work be
completed prior to an anticipated absence for religious observances.
Classroom
Guidelines
Below are the classroom guidelines that we will follow during
the quarter. These guidelines are meant to remind us all of our expectations
this quarter. If need be, I will remind you of these rules the first time, as a
formal warning. If I need to remind you again, we will schedule a time to meet
outside of class. If I must remind you a third time, you will immediately be
referred to the Dean of Student Services.
1.
Give it your best. Don’t
waste your time, mine, or your classmates by showing up unprepared. Show up on
time and be physically & mentally present.
2.
Show the work every day. The
purpose of class is to engage in constructive conversation. Missing class, and
thus discussion, dramatically decreases the quality of your work. If you are
absent, you will be lapped by your peers.
3.
Question everything, think it through
and propose answers. Everything is an investigation. There
are no nevers. Valued phrases: “Maybe if…” and “I’m
not sure, but…”
4.
Momentum matters.
Creativity is equal parts momentum, insight, and craft. We will move fast to
build stamina. Art is long, life is short.
5.
Don’t wait for permission in your
writing. Go off and try it.
6.
Every classroom is a lab.
Investigate. Experiment. Report back to your peers.
7.
Assignments are incomplete until one is
competent. If it’s not good enough, change it. If you don’t understand
the premise fully, redo it. Failing and moving on isn’t an option because every
bit is important.
8.
Respect everyone. Sometimes
we may not agree. Sometimes we may be exhausted. Sometimes we may not
understand. However, there is no reason to ever disrespect anyone. Listen.
Engage. Be courteous. Disrespectful behavior will not be tolerated*.
9.
Getting better. The
point of all education is to get better. Better readers. Better writers. Better
citizens. Better workers. Better thinkers. Better people. Any other objectives
are false and superfluous.
10. How
to be. Be smart. Be respectful. Work hard. Reflect often. Strive
for insight. Work to get better.
I,
__________________________________, understand and agree to the above classroom
guidelines.
I am committed to being an active, engaged, and productive
student while in this class, and promise to practice and uphold these
guidelines as a member of this class.
X______________________________________________________
Date: _____________________
* Note: Disrespectful behavior includes talking out of turn,
or while someone else is talking, using cell phones or other technology at any point during class, showing up late
or leaving early, or any other behavior that disrupts the class.
Adapted from Frank Chimero’s
‘Classroom Rules’ http://blog.frankchimero.com/post/4006291782