English 2010: Spring 2010 Course Syllabus



English 2010: Spring 2010 Course Syllabus

Instructor: Jessica Frogley

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Course web site:

This is where you will find your course schedule. Before the second day of class, please go to the web site and print off the course schedule. This is also where you will find all of our assignment sheets and some additional course readings not included in the text. Notice the different tabs for “Assignments,” “Readings,” etc…

Required Text:

Richard Johnson-Sheehan & Charles Paine Writing Today

***You will find additional reading and listening assignments on the course web page.

Official Invitation to Personal Responsibility:

The content of this class is college level. We will be reading pieces and listening to radio broadcasts etc. that are of thematic importance to the class. These will include adult material. All materials are chosen carefully for what they may contribute to our learning process and will be introduced in a theoretical context that will aid your understanding and encourage your desire and ability to learn and question. We will not shy away from controversy so I extend the invitation to you to respond thoughtfully, maturely, and with respect to the material and to each other.

English 2010 Objectives: At the completion of English 2010, students should be able to:

1.    Write in multiple genres.

2.    Appropriately adapt strategies of argumentation for a given writing situation.

3.    Appropriately adapt style and design for a given writing situation.

4.    Approach reading and research critically and rhetorically, choosing appropriate research strategies for a particular writing task.

5.    Conceive, draft, and revise many kinds of documents, and manage these processes independently.

6.    Cite sources appropriately for the writing situation, including using an academic system of citation with a high degree of proficiency.

7.    Understand and respond critically to a civic conversation and become a legitimate participant in that conversation.

8.    Work collaboratively on writing tasks with other writers.

9.    Edit their writing so that it contains a minimum of surface error.

Elements of the Course

Genre: Just as there are different types of music, characterized by thematic diversity or variations in instrumentation, so there are different types of writing. We will be adapting some basic knowledge of how writing works (considering situation, purpose, audience, etc), to fit a variety of genre

Reflection & Inquiry: Throughout this class we will attempt to increase awareness of our current writing habits and practices in an effort to bring clarity to any writing we undertake. We will do this through a series of self-reflective writing exercises accompanying each major writing assignment. My hope is that through careful examination of your own writing, you will cultivate a belief in your own authority as a writer. We will also be examining and rhetorically analyzing the writing of others. Additionally, we will engage in a variety of writing experiments (i.e.: papers) that will give us opportunities to practice the skills we observe being used by others and play with new rhetorical techniques and methods of research.

Of utmost importance to our learning process throughout the semester will be our ability to learn through raising questions, allowing the process of inquiry to open up any topic we look at together. The primary question guiding us through our research will be, “what do I notice?” specifically, “what do I notice about how this author uses language?” We do this in an effort to cultivate a general sense of curiosity about language, to try and sharpen and hone our rhetorical skills and also because all papers are made of language: if we focus on one word at a time, then a sentence, then a paragraph etc, the hope is that the paper will develop organically and seem a less overwhelming task.

In order to cultivate a more detailed sense of awareness about how language can work, we will be writing a lot! However, language is also an expression of thought and research (both practical and academic) and so we will be spending some time examining various topics and sensitive issues, developing arguments, all in an effort to examine how we think. How do we form opinions? Where do these opinions come from? How can we express these opinions in an informed way?

With these ideas in mind, I invite you to bring an attitude of inquiry to the practice of writing. Although I have an overall sense of what I would like to work on this semester, ultimately this class belongs to you. You are responsible for your education so I invite you to bring question to class and allow our semester to be formed around what you need from it and me.

Design: For each major assignment, we will be observing how design can strengthen an author’s ability to achieve their purpose. We will then be experimenting with using these elements of design in our own writing.

Revision: Good writing, despite the myths, does not happen in a single instant gush. You do not sit down and spontaneously produce well thought out, beautifully composed prose. Instead, writing is a process taking time. Consequently, you will be working on multiple drafts for each assignment: one for peer review, one to hand in, and a final draft that you will include in your final portfolio.

Final Portfolio: Strength in writing comes through repetition and process. You will demonstrate your ability to work with this concept by composing a final portfolio. We will discuss this fully in class and the assignment sheet will be on the course website.

Notebook: You will need a course notebook for this class that is used only for this class. In it, you will take notes, do daily homework assignments, freewrites in class, first drafts for peer review, etc. I will grade it periodically.

***Warning***

This class will require anywhere from 8-9 hours of homework a week (at least)—more during weeks when papers are due—and will include lots and lots of reading. If you feel you are unable to meet this minimum requirement of time, reconsider taking this class. Writing assignments and quizzes will be a constant feature of our weekly schedule in order to motivate you to keep up on your reading.

General Education ePortfolio

In order for SLCC students to have a place to display and chronicle projects that demonstrate discipline-specific skills, critical thinking, and collaboration, SLCC has instituted a Gen Ed ePortfolio requirement in which students display their work from general education courses. Students taking Gen Ed courses must place significant projects from those courses on a website they create that acts as a virtual portfolio of accomplishments in each Gen Ed course. In this way, prospective employers, community members, and transfer institutions can easily see the best of what each student has accomplished while attending SLCC. To begin your ePortfolio, READ the information for students at slcc.edu/gened/eportfolio then click on "Info for Students" to find a link to the "Student ePortfolio Handbook." This handbook offers specific information about how to create and use ePortfolios.

Every Gen Ed class that you take at SLCC will require you to upload to your ePortfolio a “signature assignment” that includes a reflection on the assignment. For English 2010, you will submit your Final Portfolio. 

Writing Center

All students may receive 5 points extra credit for taking papers to the writing center. Please procure a tag confirming your visit from your tutor and staple it to your paper. 5 points possible per paper regardless of the amount of visits.

SLCC's Writing Center is multi-functional. In addition to computers for class use, the Writing Center also offers an advising program where you have the opportunity to discuss your work with a peer tutor or faculty writing advisor. The Writing Center advisor can help you think about your writing process by sharing impressions of your materials, offering revision strategies, discussing different ways to approach an assignment, as well as to provide an experienced reader for your work. The Writing Center is not simply a place to go to get a paper "fixed" or "corrected." Be prepared with questions for your advisor. Ask yourself what you want to work on, whether it's understanding an assignment, having an advisor give you his/her impressions of a passage you've written, or to talk about "what you want to say." Please always bring your assignment sheet to any session. The Writing Center is located in N308/

Course Policies:

Attendance : The English Department believes that attendance and active participation in class contribute to success. Therefore, department policy stipulates that at least ten-percent of your final grade will be based on your involvement in class—for this class, it will be more than 10% --as the framework of the course--with emphasis on class participation and peer response--demands that you participate in group discussions regularly. Therefore, more than ten-percent of unexcused absences will result in a reduction of one full letter grade. If you are more than 5 minutes late to class, I will take note. Three late marks equal an absence. I appreciate notifications of absence though this is not necessary. You are responsible for any material missed during an absence so I advise that you find a reliable person in class whom you can contact in the event of an absence to get any missed notes, handouts etc. I do not accept late daily assignments. I do not accept e-mailed assignments. I will accept late major assignments, however your grade will be lowered by half for every class period that it is late. I will not accept late papers beyond 5 days from the due date. Please notify me in advance if you need to leave class early for any reason and please sit by the door to cause minimal disruption.

Policy on Completion of Assignments

Failure to complete work such as peer responses, participation in reading discussions, active participation in small group work, and so forth, will result in the lowering of your grade.  In addition, to earn at least a C in this course, you must complete all major assignments on time.  

Course disruptions: No use of cell-phones or electronic hand-held devices will be allowed at any time during class. If I find you are texting etc. in class, I will ask you to refrain. Any continued use will lose you 10 participation points. I appreciate your cooperation and respect of this policy. Additionally, please do not do outside work in class. Food will be allowed (as long as it’s not distracting) unless we are in the computer lab. (I may have to eat in class from time to time as I suffer from blood-sugar problems).

Student Code of Conduct

Students are expected to abide by the student code of conduct, which states:

“I will practice personal and academic integrity. I will respect the dignity of all

persons.  I will respect the rights and property of others. I will discourage bigotry,

striving to learn from differences in people, ideas and opinions. I will demonstrate

concern for others, their feelings and their need for conditions, which support

their work and development.  Allegiance to these ideals obligates each student to

refrain from and discourage behaviors which threaten the freedom and the

respect all community members deserve.”

The Carolinian Creed 

 

The full code can be found at:



Plagiarism: Don’t.

Accommodation policy: Please notify me of any accommodations that need to be made. Please contact the college Center for Persons with Disabilities to make any arrangements needed so that you can fully participate in class. The DRC is in CC 230 or you can call them at 957-4659 (voice) or 957-4646.

Note: check your email daily! It is your responsibility to make sure you receive course emails.

Assignments:

All assignments will be discussed in full during class and assignments sheets will be available on the course web site.

Syllabus quiz 10 points

Report: peer review draft & first draft C/NC

Letter to Editor: peer review draft & first draft C/NC

Position/Proposal: peer review draft & first draft C/NC

Observation: one draft only 20 points

Memoir: peer review draft & first draft C/NC

Profile: peer review draft & first draft C/NC

Individual annotated bibliographies 5 points each

Participation 200 points

Peer review 25 points each

Portfolio 200 points

Quizzes 5 points each

Note Book See course schedule for individual assignments point value

90%-100% A 80-90 B 70-80 C 60-70 D

Banned Topics for writing/research:

***All research topics must be approved by me***

Global Warming

Abortion

Darwinism vs. Creationism

Gun Rights

Effects of Violence in the Media on Children

Gay Marriage

The Existence of God

Death Penalty

Legalization of Marijuana

Assisted suicide

Animal Cruelty/Experimentation on animals etc…

Abbreviations You May See on Your Papers

RO: Run-on sentence

Frag: Sentence fragment

UC: Unclear

Syntax: ask me about this!

Punct: Punctuation

Gr: Grammar

pp: paragraph

VT: verb tense

WC: word choice

√ check marks are good—they mean I have noticed a good point that you have made

○ If I circle something, it means something is wrong—could be grammar, syntax, punctuation etc

Extra Credit Opportunities:

Writing Center: Students may take any major writing assignment to the Writing Center for 5 points extra credit. One visit per paper.

Keeping up with the news: In the period leading up to the Argument paper, students may listen to radio news and special interest programs on-line via the links below. To receive extra credit, type up a summary of the program including title, date, web site etc.. Students will receive 5 points extra credit for every summary up to 5 summaries. I offer this as an invitation to become more fluent in current issues of debate.

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(limited to News only: editorials, sports and entertainment don’t count)

(limited to News only: editorials, sports and entertainment don’t count)





(limited to News only: editorials, sports and entertainment don’t count)



(limited to News only: editorials, sports and entertainment don’t count)

(limited to News only: editorials, sports and entertainment don’t count)





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