TR 1:00-2:25Office: AMG 305 (Note: Alternate office PH 303A)Office phone: 904-8262 (PH 898-2588)Office Hours: 8:00-9:30 TR and by appointmentEmail: [email protected] TEXTBOOKSREQUIRED MATERIALSEssay Three 200 pts.GENERAL GUIDELINESEnglish 1010Expository WritingTheme: TV & AudienceProfessor Stacia WatkinsSpring 2005 TR 1:00-2:25 BAS S113 Office: AMG 305 (Note: Alternate office PH 303A)Office phone: 904-8262 (PH 898-2588)Office Hours: 8:00-9:30 TR and by appointmentEmail: [email protected] GOALS English 1010 is the first course in your two-semester freshman writing sequence. We will be concerned with both the process of writing and the actual text that you will produce. You will not only be graded on the paper assignments themselves, but also on the process you use in order tocomplete your assignments. We will focus on improving your knowledge of what makes an effective college-level essay and will spend time looking at strategies that will improve your papers on the levels of content, organization, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics. In order to generate ideas for our class discussions and writing assignments, we will view television series, read models of non-fiction writing in Common Culture, and do supplemental reading as needed. Being “present” in 1010 entails more than being physically present. This is not a lecture course; it is a demanding, fast-paced course requiring reading, writing, and participation in class discussions.REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS HHH: Hodges’ Harbrace Handbook, 15th edition, by Webb, Miller, and Horner  FC: Surviving Freshman Composition, 2nd edition by Smith and Smith Common Culture, 4th edition, by Petracca and Sorapure Any digital material presented over email, the UWC website, or WebCT is the equivalent of a required text REQUIRED MATERIALS Access to the internet (WebCT) and word processing software (MS Word only) One-subject notebook for daily in-class writings (by Tuesday, January 25) E-mail address that you check regularlyEVALUATION AND GRADING SCALETo pass the course and earn three credit hours, you must earn an overall class average of C- or above. Although I will use the grade “D” in grading assignments, anyone receiving an overall grade “D” or below will not pass the class. Note : Because you own the essay that you write, I will use an evaluation form when I grade instead of making comments on the papers. To calculate your grade, I will divide the percentage of the points you earn on the essay by the total possible points on the form. Use this scale to convert points to letter grades: 1000-895=A / 894-865 B+ / 864-795=B / 794-765=C+ / 764-695=C / 694-595 = D / 594 and Below = F *First time 1010 students who have met all course requirements may be given an “N” instead of an “F” for the final grade. This grade is only possible for those who have met the attendance policy and turned in all assignments.GRADESDiagnostic (Essay One) 50 pts. Essay Two 100 pts. Essay Three 200 pts.Essay Four 200 pts. Essay Five 250 pts.Class Participation: attendance, homework, class work, workshops, quizzes, tests, in-class writing 200 pts.[120 daily pts= 5/class; 15 pts= reading pres; 5 pts= intro par pres; 20 pts= journal; 40 pts= 10/ quiz]CLASS GUIDELINES Attendance and class participation are both mandatory if you want to pass this course. At MTSU, the instructor sets the policy for attendance; be sure to understandmy attendance policy before deciding to stay in this class. In my class, absences are neither excused nor unexcused; you are allowed three absences for the semester. Any absence after the third will result in automatically failing this course. The only exception to this rule is for university-sanctioned absences—if you will be missing class for an official university activity, provide your absence schedule to me prior to your absence.  Five daily points will be awarded for completing all in-class work and homework and for participating in class. Your participation grade is based on the ratio of your earned points to the total points possible. If you miss class and do not turn in assigned work beforehand, you will not receive credit for the work—no exceptions. This policy is firm; don’t even ask. You will not receive daily points for any class that you miss; this is the price of being absent.  Be on time to class! Anyone who is more than 10 minutes late or who leaves more than 10 minutes before class is over will be counted absent and will not receive any daily points. NO CELL PHONES—Keep your phone on silent, turn it off BEFORE coming into the classroom, or DON”T BRING IT TO CLASS. Two cell phone rings or any cell phone activity (making a call, playing games, text messaging) equals one absence. You will be involved in group presentations for one reading in the class. Your score for this project will include self, peer, and professor evaluations. We will begin each class with an on-task writing in your journal. Bring your journal to EVERY class meeting. You will be allowed to write on whatever subject you like until Igive you the prompt for the day; then, you must write on the assigned subject for theremainder of the fifteen minutes. Journal grades are based on completion.PAPER GUIDELINES Per the English Department guidelines, you will be writing five essays based on reading from your text(s) and/or outside sources. The compositions will range in length from 2 ½ to 3 pages. All papers and assignments are due at the beginning of class on the day that theyare dur. However, life happens! You have one and only one exception to this late paper policy; you can turn one paper in up to one class period late without a grade penalty. Any other late papers WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, and you will receive a zero. This exception, however, is not applicable to Essay #5. Essay #5 must be turned in on the due date, or you will receive a zero.  All papers will be typed, double-spaced, printed in black readable print, and formatted in MLA style. In addition, all papers will use a 12-point Times New Roman font and will have a 1” margin at the top, bottom, and both sides. (NOTE: The default settings for MS Word are 1.25” for the left and right margins—you will need toreset the margins to 1”.) Your name, instructor’s name, course number, and date willbe in the left-hand top corner of the first page. Additionally, each paper will have a