ROSE STATE COLLEGE
Class Syllabus
English 1113 (Comp I)
Fall 2008
COURSE DESCRIPTION
English 1113 is a composition course focusing on skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts with some emphasis on expository, analytical, and argumentative techniques. A number of different library and online research skills will be introduced.
PROFESSOR/INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
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Poole |
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Professor |
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Office Location |
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Office Hours |
Arranged with students. |
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Campus Phone Number |
733-7380 |
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Campus E-mail Address |
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Fax Number |
736-0370 |
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COURSE INFORMATION
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Prerequisite course(s) or skill(s) |
N/A |
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Section Number/Course Number/Course Title |
1113/7451/ENGL 1113 |
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Time/Location |
MW 540-655 |
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DELIVERY METHOD
Traditional/Lecture
TEXTBOOK/SUPPLIES INFORMATION
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Title/Edition |
The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching |
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Author |
VanderMey et al. |
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ISBN # |
0-618-85681-1, 0-618-80516-8 |
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Helpful supplies/ materials |
Paper and Pen in blue or black ink. Computer Access. |
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COURSE OBJECTIVES/EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to understand and respond appropriately in writing to a variety of purposes, audiences, and situations, with an emphasis upon academic writing. Specifically, they will be able to
--Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation
--Adopt appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality in a writing task
--Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communication
--Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks
--Utilize the writing process to achieve a purpose
--Learn to critique their own writing and that of others
--Integrate their own ideas with those of others, using MLA documentation correctly
--Demonstrate the competent use of syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling
--Use a variety of technologies in the writing process
GRADING SCALE/WEIGHTS
Essay/Test/In-Class Writing: 70%
Participation (conferences and participation in tests/in-class writing): 30%
Scale:
89.5-100%=A
79.5-89.4%=B
69.5-79.4%=C
59.5-69.4%=D
Below 59.5%=F
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
Last day to withdraw
November 7
Finals
December 8-11
COURSE POLICIES
ATTENDANCE AND LATE WORK: Every effort should be made to attend class on a regular basis. Neither late work nor makeup work will be accepted. If absent, all in-class lecture notes, assignments and assignment sheets must be obtained from fellow students, not through the professor. Copies of assignment sheets will usually be available on the website. In-class writings cannot be made up. If you are to be absent from a conference or sign-up night because of a general or family emergency, the professor must be contacted by e-mail or phone on or before the date of the absence to arrange a date for makeup. Missing conferences or sign-up nights for any reason should be extremely rare. Any arrangements made with the professor should be sincere and must be kept. Students will not retain teacher input or improve their writing over a long period of time if conferences are not attended. For this reason, all of your attendance grades will consist of signing up and attending conferences or library orientations.
PLAGIARISM: Plagiarism is a serious offense. It includes: 1) Word for work copying of another’s work. This includes printing papers off the Internet or having someone else write a paper for you. 2) The borrowing of another’s phrase or terminology if that phrase of terminology is truly distinctive, and 3) The borrowing of another’s ideas if those ideas are truly distinctive. Don’t ever take credit for someone else’s thought or work. If you are ever in doubt on any of these issues, ask the professor or give credit where credit is due. If a student is caught plagiarizing or cheating in any way, the student will receive a zero on that assignment.
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
Rose State College complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their request by contacting the Office of Disabilities Services, located in LRC 125 or call 733-7407. The student will be asked to provide documentation concerning the disability. All accommodations must be approved by the Office of Disability Services.
TENTATIVE CLASS CALENDAR/Course Outline
Monday, 8/18: Policy and Syllabus.
Wednesday, 8/20: Review of Clause Grammar/Practice/Quiz
Monday, 8/25: Re-focus and re-test/Clause Grammar, etc.
Wednesday, 8/27: Review of capitalization, commonly confused words, Titles of works/practice/test (2)
Monday, 9/1: No Class. Labor Day.
Wednesday, 9/3: Refocus and retest/Capitalization, etc.
Monday, 9/8: Assign Descriptive Essay
Wednesday, 9/10: Sign Up Descriptive Essay
Monday, 9/15: Conferences
Wednesday, 9/17: Conferences
Monday, 9/22: Conferences
Wednesday, 9/24: Hand-back of Essay. In-Class Writing: Cause and Effect
Monday, 9/29: Assign Compare and Contrast Essay
Wednesday, 10/1: Sign Up
Monday, 10/6: Conferences.
Wednesday, 10/8: Conferences
Monday, 10/13: Conferences
Wednesday, 10/15: Assign Argument Essay
Monday, 10/20: Sign Up
Wednesday, 10/22: Conferences
Monday, 10/27: Conferences
Wednesday, 10/29: Conferences
Monday, 11/3: Assign Revision
Wednesday, 11/5: Sign Up
Monday, 11/10: Conferences
Wednesday, 11/12: Conferences
Monday, 11/17: Conferences
Wednesday, 11/19: Assign Edit/Sign Up
Monday, 11/24: Conferences
Wednesday, 11/26: Thanksgiving Holiday. No Class.
Monday, 12/1: Conferences.
Wednesday, 12/3: Conferences.
Monday or Wednesday, December 8 or 10: Final. Hand-back of Essays. Final Grades.