Eng 131 13 Syllabus Winter 2009 Instructor Sarah Soebbing Office 230 Bert Walker Hall Office Hours Before and after class Mondays after 2pm and by appointment Office phone 517 787 0800 Home phone 734 369 2553 ssoebbing gmail com best way to reach me Course Information 3 credit hours Class meeting Mon 6pm 8 54pm Class location William Atkinson Hall Room 210 Course Description This 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 writing and additional 16 hours of writing activities and workshops are required Prerequisites Eng 080 and Eng 090 Textbooks Writing A Guide for College and Beyond Brief Edition by Lester Faigley The Brief Penguin Handbook 2nd edition by Lester Faigley Materials a flash jump thumb drive to back up and transport your digital files two pocket folders one for your daily assignments and graded work and one for your final portfolio Regular access to a computer with a good word processing program and internet Welcome to English 131 I am very excited to be teaching this class This course will be challenging and you will have to put in a lot of work but I believe that it will be rewarding for you as students and for me as the instructor Please feel free to contact me at any time throughout the course with any questions or concerns The best way to reach me outside of class is through email I will respond to all emails within 24 hours Course Design This composition course is workshop focused with emphasis placed on revision The overall goal of this course is to empower you as writers readers and critical thinkers To achieve this goal we will work on exploring writing as a process and how that process is connected to our lives We will look closely at how we write learn and think and then work on developing these strategies We will be doing a lot of writing and reading that is moderate to difficult in complexity and that spans a variety of topics and styles Writing will be done in class and at home and will range from short exercises to longer essays You will be expected to complete formal writing assignments participate in small and large group discussions and provide and receive feedback during workshop sessions Performance Objectives 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 ADO 1 Developing Level Write Clearly Concisely and Intelligibly ADO 9 Developing Level Work in Small Groups More specifically as a successful student in this class you should be able to Read write and think critically about texts and incorporate these practices into your own writing Use writing and discussion to work through and interpret complex ideas from readings and other texts Apply MLA documentation and citation rules to source material used to support your research writing Use the computer to use the computer for research word processing and communication Understand writing as a process and develop strategies and reflect on your own writing process Analyze different purposes contexts and genres for writing and make choices in your writing that reflect your audience Demonstrate understanding of the conventions of particular genres of writing including the ability to implement written Standard English in academic writing Read critically listen to and give feedback to peers Work together in groups to collaborate and make decisions Demonstrate effective revision and editing strategies to improve writing in multiple drafts Course Assignments in brief Assigned readings The majority of our readings will come from the course textbook Writing A Guide for College and Beyond Be sure to bring this text to class every day Of course much of your reading will also come from your own research In class writing The shortest but most frequent writing you will do will be inclass writing We will often do freewrites collaborative writing and other in class work These exercises will help you think about the issues that we are discussing You may also have response papers for the reading be sure to do all assigned reading and bring the texts to class Submission Drafts A large part of this class will work toward your 4 essay submission drafts each at least 2 pages long For each major essay you will receive unit assignment sheets that explain in detail what you need to do and my expectations for the assignment Reflective Writing For each submission draft you will also need to write a reflection Reflection helps us improve as writers and these will help me understand your progress Save your reflections as references toward the reflective essay you ll write in the final portfolio Portfolios Near the end of the semester you will revise your writing to create a final portfolio I will explain how I grade these projects in time for you to revise and rework your papers as necessary to get the grade you desire Course Writing I will give you detailed handouts explaining all major and minor writing assignments and the specific requirements and due dates at the beginning of each unit We will complete four units of study each culminating in a 2 4 page word processed essay These are your submission drafts which we will work together on revising and creating into a portfolio of polished work Although there will be some choice within these essay assignments each of you will practice the art of narrative and informative writing research analysis and reflection We will do a variety of smaller writing assignments and activities to support you in the process of writing these essays including a peer review writing workshop right before each essay is due Each of these essay submission draft due dates as well as the Peer Review day are listed in the Major Due Dates section below See more information about Peer Review day under Course Policies All writing in this course must follow the following format unless otherwise indicated use New Times Roman 12pt font 1 inch margins on all sides and double space the document All writing should be carefully proofread writing that
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