ENG 132, Winter 2009 Syllabus 1 ENG 132.07: Writing Experience Winter 2009 M/W 11-12:27pm, WA 217 Your instructor: Vicky L. Lorencen Cell: 745.6094 Email address: [email protected] Text: Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Lester Faigley, Ed., 2007 The Brief Penguin Handbook Bring your texts to class each day. I would also like for you to have a paper folder with pockets for keeping all handouts and class notes. Having a notebook handy for recording reminders, tips and other important information is an excellent idea, too. You will receive numerous assignment pages throughout the term, including a specific direction page for each major essay, and I‟d like for you to access during class periods. Course Description: Continuation of the writing instruction and practice begun in English 131 with an emphasis on critical thinking, information gathering and those forms of writing useful to academic and professional life. Research paper required. Sixteen hours of writing-focused activities included. Course Design: Obviously, the focus of this class is your writing. To make this a successful endeavor, you must be willing to participate fully. Your willingness to discuss your work, to complete homework and class assignments and to be open to the discussions and assignments that might come up are vital for the success of the course and for your success in it. Ordinarily, classwork cannot be made up. Attendance is vital; we will spend a great deal of in-class time actually writing. Close to midterm, I will meet with you to discuss your work. You should bring all of your work to that conference. You will notice immediately the informal atmosphere of this class. This casual atmosphere does not, however, negate the need for courtesy and respectful behavior. I want this class to be a pleasant and challenging experience for everyone; this requires your cooperation. Please treat others with respect, which includes actively listening to the instructor or your fellow classmates when they address the class. You must turn off cell phones and other electronic devices and come to class with an open attitude, ready to work with others. While you can count on spending much of your class time writing, we will also talk about the readings, your writings, and whatever else seems appropriate. This gives me the opportunity to observe you as you work, to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses and to offer suggestions and assistance. Perhaps you can't identify your own writing process; we will work on that, too.ENG 132, Winter 2009 Syllabus 2 This course is divided into units of approximately five weeks - the first include some talking about writing. We will be reading heavily from the textbook and drafting your first paper very quickly. The second unit includes more analytical work and working with several topics from our textbook. We will be analyzing both visual and written „texts.‟ Both analytical and research skills are higher-level skills which we will be building as the term progresses (both in reading and writing). We will focus on revising with audience and purpose in mind. The final unit involves our research project. This project, a short but annotated paper, consists of 5 typed pages and includes at least 5 sources. We will talk more about this as the term progresses. Associate Degree Outcomes: English 132 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: Clearly, Concisely and Intelligibly (Developing Level), ADO #1Writing Working in Small Groups (Developing Level), ADO #9 Along with other discipline-specific goals, we will attempt to work through some of these skills during the semester. Some of this work will be specific and directed and obvious. Sometimes the work will be transparent, meaning that we will be working on a particular skill (working with others, for example) as we critique each other‟s work or complete group assignments. Grades: Your final grade is based on the following items; however, you cannot earn a passing grade (2.0 or higher) without completing all assignments. Writings: (40%) This term, you will draft, revise and submit four essays. Each revised essay will receive a grade, and all of these grades will be averaged at the end of the term. This average represents 40% of your final grade. These writings include an essay analysis, a movie analysis, a research project and a final analysis of your writing and reading development.ENG 132, Winter 2009 Syllabus 3 Portfolio: (40%) This portfolio contains three - four of your best writings (12 - 15 pages) including the research project and is due near the end of the semester. You will have revised these papers numerous times, so they will represent your best writing and earn nearly half of the credit for the term. More information and grading criteria will be provided during the first two weeks of the semester. Participation and Workshop Credit: (20%) You earn this grade by completing homework and class assignments in a timely fashion, by attending class regularly, by being willing to participate in small and large group discussions and staying focused on our tasks. To receive a 4.0 in this area, you must complete all assignments on time and miss no more than two (2) classes during the term. You can‟t participate in class if you are not present. Absences in excess of six before the midterm will result in your being dropped from class. After midterm, these absences will result in failure of the course. Workshops: All students enrolled in a writing class must complete a total of sixteen hours of additional writing work outside of classroom time. You will notice that I have assigned specific workshops to be completed at specific times. This semester, your work will be processed as homework incorporated into the regular assignments of the term. This inclusion will help you complete the work in a timely and efficient way, causing few particular