School of Arts and Humanities ENGL322 Personal Essay ...

STUDENT WARNING: This course syllabus is from a previous semester archive and serves only as a preparatory reference. Please use this syllabus as a reference only until the professor opens the classroom and you have access to the updated course syllabus. Please do NOT purchase any books or start any work based on this syllabus; this syllabus may NOT be the one that your individual instructor uses for a course that has not yet started. If you need to verify course textbooks, please refer to the online course description through your student portal. This syllabus is proprietary material of APUS.

School of Arts and Humanities ENGL322

Personal Essay Credit Hours: 3 Length of Course: 8 Weeks Prerequisite: ENGL120

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Instructor Information Course Description Course Scope Course Objectives Course Delivery Method Course Resources

Evaluation Procedures Grading Scale Course Outline Policies Academic Services Selected Bibliography

Instructor Information

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Course Description (Catalog)

ENGL322: The Personal Essay (3 hours) This course will focus on the expression of personal experiences. Students will read personal essays and study the various forms. They will also learn how to be a compelling first-person narrator and use voice, setting, structure, theme, and style to craft their own personal essays.

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Course Scope

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STUDENT WARNING: This course syllabus is from a previous semester archive and serves only as a preparatory reference. Please use this syllabus as a reference only until the professor opens the classroom and you have access to the updated course syllabus. Please do NOT purchase any books or start any work based on this syllabus; this syllabus may NOT be the one that your individual instructor uses for a course that has not yet started. If you need to verify course textbooks, please refer to the online course description through your student portal. This syllabus is proprietary material of APUS.

This course will examine the personal essay, its different forms, and the ways in which the writer explores a personal experience and relates it to the human condition or the world at large. Students will read personal essays, write their own, and collaborate with others in writers workshop to revise and improve their essays and writing skills.

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Course Objectives

After successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

CO 1. Apply interpretations of well-known personal essays to society and the universal human condition CO 2. Use literary elements to emphasize of the significance and meaning of a particular personal experience CO 3. Employ the craft of storytelling elements, such as theme, voice, setting, style, and structure CO 4. Produce personal essays CO 5. Appraise each other's work in writers' workshops

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Course Delivery Method

This course delivered via distance learning will enable students to complete academic work in a flexible manner, completely online. Course materials and access to an online learning management system will be made available to each student. Online assignments are due by Sunday evening of the week as noted and include Forum questions (accomplished in groups through a threaded forum), examination, and individual assignments submitted for review by the Faculty Member). Assigned faculty will support the students throughout this eight-week course.

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Course Resources

Required Course Textbook Miller, Brenda, and Suzanne Paola. Tell It Slant. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012.

* This textbook is available as an e-book through VitalSource. Please note: You DO NOT need to create your own VitalSource account. You should place your book order for this class through the EdMap Bookstore, and then EdMap will email you with your VitalSource login credentials. Again, please be sure to validate your cart in EdMap to claim the VitalSource e-book for this class and wait for the email with

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STUDENT WARNING: This course syllabus is from a previous semester archive and serves only as a preparatory reference. Please use this syllabus as a reference only until the professor opens the classroom and you have access to the updated course syllabus. Please do NOT purchase any books or start any work based on this syllabus; this syllabus may NOT be the one that your individual instructor uses for a course that has not yet started. If you need to verify course textbooks, please refer to the online course description through your student portal. This syllabus is proprietary material of APUS.

your VitalSource login information. If you have any questions or issues with this, please contact EdMap at customer_service@ or call toll-free at 800-2749104. You may also contact ecm@apus.edu for help.

For links to tutorials, instructions, and technical support for VitalSource e-books, please visit the APUS university bookstore at .

Other Required Readings This class includes other assigned reading/viewing materials outside of the main ebook (personal essays, films, and articles). These can be found in the Lessons area of our classroom for each week.

Additional Resources and Websites Supplementary readings and relevant websites can be found in the Lessons area for each week.

Software Requirements Microsoft Word. If you don't have MS Word, please save all files as a Rich Text Format (.rtf). All docs must use MS Word or RTF (not Microsoft Works or WordPerfect).

Adobe Reader -- Go to to download the latest version. This download is free.

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Evaluation Procedures

Students will complete nine (9) forums, three (3) essays, and one (1) final project (writing portfolio) in the course.

Your final grade will be calculated as follows:

Graded Items

9 forums 3 essays 1 final project (writing portfolio) Final Course Grade

Points

100 points each 100 points each 100 points

Weighted Percentage 30% 45% 25% 100

Forums, essays, and the final project will be graded according to rubrics. Below are the basic requirements, but please review rubrics in the Forums and Assignments tool for each week to know what your instructor will specifically look for and grade in your work.

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STUDENT WARNING: This course syllabus is from a previous semester archive and serves only as a preparatory reference. Please use this syllabus as a reference only until the professor opens the classroom and you have access to the updated course syllabus. Please do NOT purchase any books or start any work based on this syllabus; this syllabus may NOT be the one that your individual instructor uses for a course that has not yet started. If you need to verify course textbooks, please refer to the online course description through your student portal. This syllabus is proprietary material of APUS.

Forums: Seven of the nine forums will require an initial post of 250-words or more in response to the forum prompt. Do this by Thursday 11:55pm ET of the assigned week. Then complete two (2) reply posts of 100-words or more to others in class. These must be done by Sunday 11:55pm ET of the assigned week.

The other two forums will be in a writers workshop format in which you'll post a rough draft of your essay for others to workshop and give suggestions for revision and improvement. You'll in turn workshop the essays of two other students.

Please note: Quality is an important consideration when it comes to participation in the Forums. A post that says simply, "I agree" or "good job," for example, would not constitute participation because it does not add anything of substance to the discussion. Adding something of substance would consist of providing new ideas, sharing your perspectives, asking questions, giving specific examples to support what you're saying, relating the discussion content to the assigned reading and to real life, politely disagreeing and justifying your reason, etc.

Assignments: Each essay should be 750- to 1,000-words and be formatted in MLA. The topic for each should be chosen from the textbook's "Try It" exercises. Preface each essay with a reflection letter to your instructor. Upload the essay as an attached file to the Assignments tool.

Final Project (writing portfolio): The final project is a writing portfolio comprised of a cover page, table of contents, introduction, revised/polished copies of the three (3) essays you've written in class, and a conclusion. You have the option of creating an electronic/online portfolio or a traditional typed up document uploaded to the Assignments tool.

About Feedback: Always read your instructor's feedback each week and apply what you've learned to the next assignments. Make a concerted effort to improve your work and show steady progress from week to week.

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Course Outline

Please see the Student Handbook to reference the University's grading scale.

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Topic

Learning Objectives

Readings

Assignment

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STUDENT WARNING: This course syllabus is from a previous semester archive and serves only as a preparatory reference. Please use this syllabus as a reference only until the professor opens the classroom and you have access to the updated course syllabus. Please do NOT purchase any books or start any work based on this syllabus; this syllabus may NOT be the one that your individual instructor uses for a course that has not yet started. If you need to verify course textbooks, please refer to the online course description through your student portal. This syllabus is proprietary material of APUS.

The Personal Essay CO 1

and Basics of

CO 2

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Writing

CO 3

Chapters 9 and 13 from Tell It Slant (access

Personal essays and articles:

"Picturing the Personal Essay: A Visual Guide" by Tim Bascom

"Fourth State of Matter" by Jo Ann Beard

"Mickey Mantle Koan" by David James Duncan

"The Drama Bug" by David Sedaris Listen to it here: radio archives/episode/2 3/dramabug?act=1#play Transcript (scroll down to and read Act One): radio archives/episode/2 3/transcript

Week 1A Forum: Introductions

Week 1B Forum: Personal Essay Readings

Memory and Family

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CO 2 CO 3 CO 4 CO 5

Chapters 1 and 2 from Tell It Slant

Film: 10 Million Books: An Introduction to Farley Mowat (access film via link in Lessons area for Week 2)

Personal essays and articles:

Week 2 Forum: Film Discussion

Essay 1

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