ENGL 1301-4350 -- English Composition I – Fall 2011 Page 1 of 10 English Composition I Fall Semester 2011 Eastfield College – Arts, Languages and Literature Division Dallas County Community College District What’s there to know about my instructor and my class? Class: ENGL 1301.4350 Credit Hours: 3 credit hours (class meets from Sep. 9-Dec. 2) Meeting Time: F 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Meeting Place: C224 Instructor: Sabine Winter Office: N 204 Division: Literature and Language Phone numbers, etc.: office: 972-860-7362 Fax: 972-860-7248 division office: 972-860-7124 e-mail: [email protected] What do I need for this class? Textbooks: Strategies for Successful Writing, 9th ed. Author: Reinking Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN-13: 978 0 205 689446 Quick Access, 6th ed. Author: Lynn Quitman Troyka, Douglas Hesse Publisher : Prentice Hall ISBN 13: 978-0-205-665082 Supplies: College-level dictionary, published recently device to save data from a computer blue or black pen college-ruled paper or spiral notebook (perforated) 5 folders with pockets Computer: Access to the Internet, Word processing software. E-mail account:  For your own protection I can only accept electronic communication sent from a netmail account provided through the Dallas County Community Colleges. This service is included in your student fees and free. To obtain one,ENGL 1301-4350 -- English Composition I – Fall 2011 Page 2 of 10 please go to https://www1.dcccd.edu/netmail/input_ssn.cfm fill in the requested information. Once you have set up your netmail account, please go to http://www.dcccd.edu/netmail/ to check your messages.  You will be asked to communicate by e-mail and might submit material as attachment via e-mail. What is this course’s description in the college catalogue? This course focuses on student writing. It emphasizes reading and analytical thinking and introduces research skills, and you will practice writing for a variety of audiences and purposes. What is this course’s rationale? English 1301 occupies a central place in the sequence of courses that make up the DCCCD writing program. All writing courses in the DCCCD emphasize the basic skills of writing, reading, and thinking. Each course in the program is designed to help you develop positive attitudes toward communication skills and toward yourself as a writer. English 1301 builds on the writing, reading, and thinking skills developed in Developmental Writing 0091 or in high school, and it prepares you for further refinement of these skills in your college career. The skills you develop in English 1301 will also prepare you for writing assignments in other college courses and for writing tasks in the work world. You will learn to develop papers around a central idea in ENGL 1301. You can use this same technique for term papers, essay tests, or position papers that you might write for courses in History, Biology, or Economics. You can also use this technique to write a clearly focused report for a supervisor or client. In this course, you will learn to adjust your writing processes to various time constraints. This skill will help you cope successfully with both essay tests and term papers, with the report that must be on the supervisor's desk tomorrow, and with the analysis of the year-long project. What is this course’s learning outcomes? You will learn to analyze a situation and transform the formed thoughts into the written word, creating documents that are easily followed and understood by the intended audience. You will also have the opportunity to write different types of essays and papers.ENGL 1301-4350 -- English Composition I – Fall 2011 Page 3 of 10 What are the student learning outcomes for this course? Upon completion of the English program at Eastfield College, students should be able to master the outcomes listed below. The highlighted outcomes are the ones this course focuses on : 1) Critically read and analyze college-level material. 2) Compose academic prose with a clear purpose and effective, logical, and relevant support. 3) Apply various strategies to locate, evaluate, and synthesize ideas for a range of writing tasks. 4) Establish and maintain a clear controlling idea that serves as a thesis/claim statement in an essay. 5) Develop an essay that employs convincing evidence resulting in a sequence of effective and organized paragraphs. 6) Compose effective, grammatically sound sentences. 7) Use the library and Internet as tools to locate and assess college-level reading materials. 8) Apply MLA format and style to cite sources within an essay. 9) Successfully revise, edit, and proofread an essay. 10) Compose an essay applying computer-based technology. 11) Demonstrate effective participation in a collaborative activity. What are this course’s prerequisites? Developmental Reading 0093 and Developmental Writing 0093 or meet TASP/Alternative Assessment Standard in Reading and Writing.ENGL 1301-4350 -- English Composition I – Fall 2011 Page 4 of 10 How am I grades? possible points total possible points Due Dates 4 essays (100 points each) 400 Essay 1: Oct. 7 Essay 2: Oct. 21 Essay 3: Nov. 4 Essay 4: Nov. 11 1 research essay (200 points) 200 Nov. 18 30 Assignments (10 points each) 300 As assigned 10 Quizzes (10 points) 100 Prior to each class period Total* 1000 * Final grades will be available only on e-connect and touchtone telephone at 972-613-1818 with student ID#. Grading Scale: A 900-1000 points B 899 – 800 points C 799 – 700 points D 699 – 600 points F 599 points and below How will I achieve my goal? The following list explains each item listed on the table above. Your writing will comprise approximately 75 percent of your grade, while the remainder will derive from your attendance, participation in class and other in-class assignments. Essays: Each essay will introduce a different category of writing to you. You will be responsible to read related assignments in advance. Each essay will be subject to peer review. You will also have the opportunity to submit rewrites for three of the five essays. You will receive separate handouts for four of the five major essays which are designed to help you understand the assignment and succeed in this class. The in-class essay and the final essay are mandatory, and failure to