DisclaimersWeek IWeek 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 131Jackson Community CollegeSyllabus for Eng 131Writing Experience, Section 73Fall 2008Instructor: Dr. D.R. HammontreeOffice (Main Campus): BW 243Office Phone: 517-796-8548Office Hrs: Monday, Wed 9-10, 1-2 LISD TECH (Beginning Sept 15) Office TBA Tuesday, Thursday 1-4 JCC CampusEmail Address: [email protected]’m most accessible by e-mail, and I will be sure to respond. Give me at least 24 hours, therefore no e-mails on the day before an assignment is due. Thanks.Course InformationCredit Hours: 3Days and Hours of Class Meetings: 131.73 Meets M/W 11-12:50Classroom and Building Location LEN 227Course DescriptionThe JCC course catalogue states that 131 is “an intensive writing course designed to help students improve, strengthen and refine writing skills. Research methods are introduced. An end of the semester portfolio of narrative and informative writings and an additional 16 hours of writing activities and workshops are required.” (Prerequisites: Eng 080 and Eng 090)Writing to learn and writing as a process (which means revising) will be the underlining themes of this course. Although it is often thought of as a task (which it doesn’t need to be), writing is also a powerful tool that requires constant practice both inside and outside the classroom. Writing can also be a frustrating experience, especially when you introduced to new ideas and concepts and then expected to explore those concepts on paper. It is my hope that this course can give you more confidence in using writing as a tool for learning and exploring your ideas in a reflective and innovative way. All students must be prepared to write, share, and revise their writing in class. Revising continually is required for improving writing As a result, they must be able to transport their electronic work to the classroom. Students may purchase flash drives or e-mail their writing to their JCC accounts. Textbooks Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond—Brief Edition by Lester FaigleyThe Brief Penguin Handbook, 2nd edition by Lester FaigleyWord Processing. Everything you write outside of class and turn in must be word processed. The computers here atJCC run Word 2007, as does my computer at home. Please have your documents saved to Word or RTF format. Necessary Materials: A thumb drive, access to a computer and printer outside of class, and four two pocket folders.2Associate Degree Outcomes (ADOs) Eng 131 course goals and objectives incorporate specific Associate Degree Outcomes (ADOs) established by the JCC Board of Trustees, administration, and faculty. These goals are in concert with four-year colleges and universities and reflect input from the professional communities we serve. ADOs guarantee students achieve goals necessary for graduation credit, transferability, and professional skills needed in many certification programs. The ADOs addressed in this course are:*Writing Clearly, Concisely, and Intelligibly (Developing Level), ADO #1 (in class work and writing for revision to be collected in the final portfolio). *Working in Small Groups (Developing Level), ADO #9 (classmate review). Guided Practice and Workshops (GPAW) Information All students enrolled in a writing course at JCC must complete a total of sixteen hours of additional guided practice in composition, called Guided Practice Activities and Workshops (GPAW), outside of classroom time. Since GPAW work closely corresponds to classroom writing assignments, students are expected to complete assigned workshops at the times specified on the course calendar.GPAW Website: http://www.jccmi.edu/academics/languageliteraturearts/http://www.jccmi.edu/academics/languageliteraturearts/writingworkshop/Grading Procedures** The four unit essays receive advisory grades (100 pt scale for each) and must be received on the due dates to receive credit. You may revise each essay for a better grade at the end of the semester but two essays need to be “globally” revised for the final portfolio. 100 pts each. Final Portfolio (2 revisions): 400 pts Reflective Portfolio Essay 25 pts **Peer response and class participation for all units 100 pts total ** Writing Journals for each essay 10 pts each **Quizzes, reading responses, short writings total 50 pts possible **GPAW activities 15 pts each Please note: A 2.0 or “C” is a passing grade. Only courses with passing grades count toward graduation. Other colleges transfer only those courses with passing grades. Many financial aid sources and potential employers also require passing grades. Additionally, earning less than a 2.0 in a class results in being unable to participate in the next level courses in a discipline which requires this course as a pre-requisite. Registering for the next course sequence without passing a pre-requisite course may result in you being dropped from that course. Revision We will be writing four essays. Major drafts that you turn in during the semester will be given anadvisory grade, a grade that lets you know where that draft stands after you have had a chance tohave some peer response and to revise. However, a C in week four probably isn’t a C in week 15;3your writing is expected to improve as the semester progresses. That is why this course is based in revision: every paper has the opportunity to get better every time you revise it. You may reviseall essays for a better grade, but two revisions are expected for the final portfolio. After you’ve peer response draft, you’ll turn in your essay, and I’ll comment on it and give you anadvisory grade. You can then revise that essay as many times as you want throughout the semester. I will be happy to look at revision, but will wait for the end of the semester to give you a final grade. You will revise two essays one more time for your final portfolio. Thus, in the end, your essays and all their revisions will be given one grade when you turn them in for your Final Portfolio. You are being graded on your drafts and the progress you make through your revisions. In addition to drafting four major documents/essays, you may be given several shorter writing assignments, both in and out of class, which will deal with specific areas of rhetoric, writing topics, or your writing process. The Portfolio Your final portfolio will include revised drafts of two of your four major essays. Your revisions for these
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