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1 Winter 2008 Course Syllabus: Writing Experience English 131 Instructor: Mrs. Ortega Phone: 750-3078 Email: [email protected] Office Hours: By appointment Course Texts: Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond Brief Edition by Lester Faigley The Brief Penguin Handbook, 3rd edition by Lester Faigley (Please bring the above two textbooks to each class meeting) Practicing Peer Review and Researching Online (“What Every Student Should Know” series) Course Materials: You must be able to transport your electronic work from home to the classroom for sharing and for revision. Please purchase a flash (jump, thumb) drive for transferring files and/or learn to email documents to yourself. You cannot participate in class activities if you do not have your work in a form which can be revised in class. In addition, please bring the following materials to class each day: - Two paper folders with pockets, one for keeping all handouts and class notes and one for submitting as your portfolio. - One spiral-bound notebook, college ruled, 8½ x 11 inches, with removable paper. Course Management System: Syllabus, homework, handouts, and announcements will be posted on JetNet. To access, go to online classes at the bottom of the JCC homepage, log-in and enter this course. Course Description: This is an intensive course designed to help students improve, strengthen and refine writing skills. Research methods are introduced. An end-of-semester portfolio of narrative and informative writings and an additional 16 hours of writing activities and workshops are required.2 Course Design: The focus of this class is your writing. You will be completing four essays this semester. I will provide directions for each paper as we begin the process of writing. Some class time may be provided to draft papers, to share papers and to revise papers. However, you cannot plan to complete all of your work in class. You will be responsible for completing writing and reading assignments outside of class. In class, we will 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. Additionally, you will complete the GPAW workshops as I assign them. Course Goals and Objectives: English 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 and course objectives addressed in this class include the following: the ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and intelligibly using writing skills; work with genre study and the practice of a variety of writing strategies; the ability to implement standard written English in academic writing; demonstrated awareness of the influence of different audiences and purposes on writing; demonstrated familiarity with writing process; the ability to read and comprehend subject material; the ability to ask constructive questions; demonstrated use of critical thinking skills; demonstrated success with research skills; demonstrated success with documentation and citation of research materials; and the ability to collaborate with others. Classroom Behavior: I want this class to be a pleasant, challenging and rewarding experience for everyone. This requires your cooperation, in the form of courtesy and respect for all. Turn off cell phones and other distracting devices; come to class on time, for every meeting, and stay until the end; Keep an open attitude and be prepared to participate in whole-class and group discussions. Grades are based on the following items. Percentage values are approximations. - Essays (40%) This term, you will draft, revise and submit four essays. You will receive points for both process and product. In other words, points will be awarded for prewriting and for quality “rough” drafts, in addition to “final” essay grades. - Portfolio (30%) This portfolio of your best writing (8-10 pages) is due near the end of the semester and will include a reflection about yourself and your work. - GPAW (15%) All students enrolled in a writing class must complete, outside of class, a total of sixteen hours of additional guided practice in composition, called Guided Practice Activities and Workshops (GPAW). Since GPAW work closely corresponds to classroom writing assignments, students are expected to complete workshops as assigned and turn them in by the due date.3 - Class Participation, Daily Assignments, Quizzes, Peer Review (15%) To earn all of these points, you will be expected to join in whole-class discussions, to participate thoughtfully in small groups of students reviewing each other’s work, and to complete in-class assignments and tasks in a timely manner, to the best of your abilities. You can’t participate in class if you are not present. Absences will lower your participation points. In addition, some in-class work cannot be made up. Please understand that missing class will hurt your grade in more ways than one. - Academic Honesty is expected of all students. It is the ethical behavior that includes producing your own work and not representing others’ work as your own, either by plagiarizing, by cheating, or by helping others to do so. (See this policy in the Student Handbook and on the JCC Web Page.) For our purposes, this “honesty” translates into doing your own work, correctly citing your sources and, above all, not falsely representing someone else’s work as your own. Violation of this policy can result in failure of the assignment and/or the course. To help prevent these problems, you must submit all draft materials with every paper. This protects you and alleviates any misunderstandings. Grading Scale: Your grade reflects your participation, performance and growth in the class. A 4-point scale will be used to assign grades based upon the percentage of possible points that a student has earned. Note that you must achieve a 2.0 to pass. Less than a 2.0 will not transfer for credit or serve as a prerequisite for another course. 93-100%=4.0


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