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Course Syllabus and Policies English 1301.251, 252, 253, 254: Composition I South Plains College Texas Tech Acceleration Program Fall 2011 INSTRUCTOR: Ashleigh S. Brewer OFFICE: Holden Hall 36 EMAIL: [email protected] SKYPE: ashleigh.s.brewer COURSE WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/site/brewersenglish/ OFFICE HOURS: Monday: 10:00 - 10:45 and by appointment or via Skype Tuesday: 11:00 - 12:00 and by appointment or via Skype Wednesday: 10:00 - 10:45 and by appointment or via Skype CLASS MEETINGS: 1301.251 MWF 8:00-8:50 Holden Hall 233 1301.252 TTR 8:00-9:20 Holden Hall 156 1301.253 MWF 9:00-9:50 Holden Hall 105 1301.254 TTR 9:30-10:50 Mass Communications 108 REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: Hacker, Diana. A Writer’s Reference. 6th ed. Boston and New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2009. Print. (Referred to in the syllabus as AWR.) Kirszner, Laurie G. and Stephen R. Mandell, ed. Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide. 11th ed. Boston and New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2010. Print. (Referred to in the syllabus as PCW.) Folder (Something to put your papers in and keep them organized), paper (spiral or loose), a pen/pencil, and one highlighter for every class meeting. RECOMMENDED COURSE MATERIALS: Flash Drive/ Thumb Drive to store each of your typed assignments for this course. *Save often to avoid heartache later: “My computer crashed with my assignment on it, so I had to start over, and that’s why my paper is late,” is not an acceptable excuse. Save your work in numerous places, and save it frequently.* CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course includes a grammar review and a study of the principles of good writing, methods of paragraph, and theme development, frequent essays, and readings in literature and other humanities. SCOPE/PURPOSE: The purpose of English 1301 is to help students understand and apply standards of correctness in formal thought and the written English language. This course helps students to think well byteaching them to read and write well through its focus on the writing process, on the use of appropriate grammar and diction, on the use of logic, and on the different methods of essay development. Collateral readings from all areas of the humanities are included. COURSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: Students who successfully complete this course will have written a minimum of eight, 500-word essays (or the equivalent) that reflect their ability: - To understand writing as an interactive process: that is, writing conceived as a connected and interactive process that includes pre-writing, drafting, and revision. - To apply the principles of writing as a process to writing assignments. - To analyze both the purpose of and audience for assigned writing assignments. - To write an argumentative essay that follows the principles of unity and coherence and 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, and/or persuasion. - To write an essay in standard, college-level English. - To understand and apply basic principles of critical thinking in the development of exposition and argument. - To understand and demonstrate personal and academic responsibility and integrity. COURSE REQUIREMENTS: This course is a hands-on, reading and writing intensive workshop. As such, students can expect to: - Write a minimum of eight 500-word essays (or the equivalent), including the final exam. These essays will be graded according to the standards set forth in this syllabus. Students will be notified of any changes to the methods of evaluation section of this syllabus by the instructor. - Read short stories, poems, and essays from all areas of the humanities. - Participate actively in class discussions of the readings. - Participate actively in peer review and in-class writing workshop activities. - Demonstrate understanding of the readings through discussion, examinations and writing assignments. - Demonstrate understanding of grammar, logic, and rhetorical modes through examinations and other writing assignments. GRADED REQUIREMENTS: GRADE SCALE: Participation: 10% A (Superior): 100 - 90% Quizzes/In-class work 10% B (Good): 89 – 80% Essay 1: 5% C (Average): 79 - 70% Essays 2-4: 10% each (30% total) D (Poor): 69 - 60% Exam 1: 5% F (Unacceptable): 59 – 0 % Essay Portfolio 25% (2 Revised Essays) Final Exam: 15% (In-class Essay) METHODS OF EVALUATION: All assignments must be completed and turned in at the beginning of the class period identified on this syllabus. Numerical grades are assigned for convenience in averaging grades only. Late work will NOT be accepted. Failure to turn in an assignment on time will result in a grade of 0/F for theassignment. Failure to attend the final examination at the appointed place and time will result in a failing grade for the course, regardless of the student’s grade at the time. PARTICIPATION: The participation grade is weighted 10% of the final grade. Students should come to class having read all appropriate materials. Participation includes the following: - In-class writing - General class participation - Preparedness for each day’s class meeting QUIZZES AND EXAMS: Announced and unannounced quizzes (in-class exercises may also count as quizzes) will be given throughout the semester. There will be no make-ups for daily quizzes, exercises, or in-class writings. Additionally, if a student is late to class, he/she will not be able to make-up the missed quiz. A student must be present to receive credit for exercises graded as quizzes. Caps and hats will not be worn in class during quizzes or exams. ESSAYS AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS will be evaluated according to the following general criteria: - Use of the conventions of standard grammar. - Use of the appropriate pattern of development for the assignment. - Use of the principles of unity and coherence. - Use of logical, factual arguments to advance a precise, concise, and sophisticated thesis that meets the intent of the assigned essay. ESSAY AND WRITING ASSIGNMENT EVALUATION STANDARDS: *Note: In college, a “C” is an average paper; it does not have anything “wrong” with it; it fulfills the


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