Instructor: Joe Justice Policy Statement English 1301 E-mail Address: [email protected] Summer 2011 Classes MTWTh 1301-200 Freshman Composition I 12:00-1:55 Reese RC311 1302-200 Freshman Composition II 2:00-3:55 Reese RC311 Required Texts: The Longman Reader (9th edition), Policy Statement and Course Calendar You are provided with ONE copy of this Policy Statement and Course Calendar. If you lose either document, you are still responsible for the information contained in both documents. If you are absent, you are still responsible for the assignments in the course calendar. Scope/Purpose/Requirements/Instructional Objectives By the end of English 1301, the student should have written a minimum of six essays that reflect the ability: - to understand writing as a process: that is, writing conceived as a connected and interactive process which includes prewriting, writing, and revision; - to apply the principles of writing as a process and the analysis of audience and purpose to writing assignments; - to write an essay that follows the principles of unity and coherence and that is appropriately developed to prove a thesis by means of narration, description, illustration, definition, process analysis, cause and effect, comparison and contrast, classification and division, argumentation, and/or persuasion; - to write an essay in standard English, the criteria for standard English being those described in the current required handbook; - to understand and apply basic principles of critical thinking in the development of exposition and argument. Methods of Evaluation - Overall grade in class is based on earning percentage of available points. - Essay evaluation is based on form and content (100 points for form and 100 for content). - Each assignment may also have an additional specific rubric. Writing as a process - Each assigned essay will be a product of a multiple draft process. - One the day the rough draft is due for peer editing, you will bring a completed rough draft—that is: a typed, double spaced draft that meets the word requirements, has a works cited page if the paper contains borrowed material (either direct quotations or paraphrased matter). - One the day the final draft is due, you will bring the final draft and the rough draft with peer editing material to class. Rough drafts and peer editing material is stapled and placed in one stack. Final draft is stapled and placed in its own stack. - After the final draft has been graded, you will have two class meetings to complete the corrections for final draft. Until the corrected draft is turned in, your grade for the essay assignment is set at ZERO—once the corrected draft is turned in, the grade you earned on the final draft will be entered in the grade book. Each day past the two class meetings allowed for corrections will result in a 10% reduction from the possible points for that assignment. 80/20 rule ALL OF YOUR ESSAYS MUST BE WRITTEN BY YOU. YOU CAN USE PROPERLY CITED OUTSIDE SOURCES TO SUPPORT YOUR THESIS, BUT 80 % OF THE ESSAY MUST BE YOUR WORDS AND IDEAS. DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA OR ANY SIMILAR SOURCE. DO NOT USE CHEATNOTE SITES.justice-2 Some General Notes on Format for Assignments - All writing assignments are due at the beginning of class. Do not come late to class to have more time to complete or print an assignment and expect to turn in that work late. - All papers must be typed, double-spaced, use Times New Roman font 12. - Use no folders, or report covers. - All assignments must include the following information at the top of the first page: Name, Assignment, Class, Class Time and Days, Date, Title. - Skip one space after title and start Paragraph one. Example: Bilbo Baggins 1301-027 9:30 TTH Narrative Essay (Rough Draft) January 15, 2007 There and Back Again: an Insider Reveals the Real Story Assignments that lack a proper heading will receive a 10 % point reduction Attendance Policy Punctual and regular class attendance is required of all students attending South Plains College. There are no excused absences. Students are responsible for all class work covered during absences from class, even in cases in which they are able to satisfy the instructor that the absence was unavoidable (SPC General Catalog). Arriving late on days when we have a quiz or peer editing assignment - If you arrive after the quiz has been handed out, you have to turn in your quiz when the last person who arrived on time turns in their quiz—anyone who holds onto a quiz in order to allow a tardy student more time will earn a zero on all quizzes. - If you arrive late on a peer editing day, you may not have anyone to trade with and therefore will not receive credit for peer editing that day—if peer editing is the only assignment for the day, you will be counted absent. Absence Policy 1. Summer classes meet only 19 times and the workload is tremendous and fast moving. If you do not attend classes, you will not pass. Except in the case of extreme medical maladies, students who are absent 3 times will be dropped from the course with a grade of F. 2. If you are absent when any of the following assignments are due, you will not be allowed to make up that assignment: Quizzes, Rough Drafts, and Final Exam. 3. If you are absent on the day a Final Draft of an Essay is due, the essay must be emailed prior to the class meeting time for that day. Missing class because you do not have the assignment ready to turn in will not change the due date or time. 4. Three (3) times tardy or leaving early or a combination of the two equals one absence. 5. We will normally try to take a break halfway through class. Failure to return on time from this break will result in a tardy. a. We may at times work through the break in order to end class earlier. 6. If you engage in any of the following during class time, you will be counted absent: a. Wear headphones in class b. Wear sunglasses in class c. Sleep d. Play games on palm pilots, cell phones, computers, or other technologies e. Use palm pilots, cell phones, computers, or other technologies in non-class related pursuits f. Work on things for other classes g. Read the paper or other outside materials that are not directly related to this class h. Carry on your own conversation outside the scope of class discussion i. Show up for class unprepared for peer editing (Half