ENG 101 COURSE POLICIESMWF 9:40-10:30, #23615—LL 249Rhetorical Knowledge1ENG 101 COURSE POLICIESSPRING 2002MWF 9:40-10:30, #23615—LL 24910:40-11:30, #51493—LL 10412:40-1:30, #46838—LL 108Instructor: Diana Bowling Phone: 965-9150Office: LL 548 E-Mail: [email protected] Hours: M, W, & F 11:40-12:30, and by appt.REQUIRED TEXTS:Ramage, John D., and John C. Bean. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Writing. 2nd ed. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2000.Guide to Composition 2001-02, which is located on the Web at the following address:http://www.asu.edu/clas/english/writingprograms/guidetableofcontents.htmlThe following course policies and syllabus are supplements to the Guide).A college-level dictionaryCOURSE DESCRIPTION/OBJECTIVES:This writing course may be unlike any you have enrolled in before, for our focus will not center only on your finished “products,” but also on your writing “process.” Thus, the goal of this course is to help you to develop strategies for using writing to construct meaning, which, in turn, assists you in generating thought-provoking discourse for your intended readers. Current research indicates that writers must become well versed in a variety of approaches to composing if they are to be successful in their college courses and in the workplace.When students are equipped with appropriate strategies to generate texts, typically they approach their writing with confidence and commitment. Moreover, students report that they find the writing process and the writing product both rewarding and pleasurable. Upon completing this course, you will have learned that all writing involves a recursive, and often messy, process of thinking and writing strategies often referred to as invention, prewriting, drafting, peer review, revising, and editing.This semester, you will complete three major writing projects, an introductory writing portfolio letter, and a final WAC 101/ENG 101 Writing Portfolio (in lieu of a final exam).You also will be asked to complete a variety of writing exercises, both in and out of the class.eng101_course_policies22The Composition Program at ASU supports the Conference on College Composition and Communication and Writing Program Administrators who have drafted the following preliminary outcomes for first-year composition students. These outcomes are provided here to help you better understand what materials and knowledge you may expect to acquire in First Year Composition. Be sure to keep this handout because you will need the following information in order to evaluate your writing improvement at the end of the semester.Rhetorical KnowledgeThis area covers the kinds of things you will need to know about the writing situation, such as who the readers are and what kind of information they may be expecting to glean from the text. By the end of your first-year writing courses, you should be able to do the following:- focus on a specific purpose- anticipate the needs of different kinds of readers- recognize the differences among types of writing situations- use the conventions of format, organization, and language appropriate to specific writing situations- understand what makes writing types (like a book review, a project proposal, or a research report) differentGeneral Reading, Thinking, and Writing SkillsThis area covers the general reading, thinking, and writing skills you must acquire to meet the demands of diverse writing situations. By the end of your first-year writing courses, you should be able to do the following:- use writing to record, explore, organize, and communicate ideas- find, evaluate, analyze, and synthesize appropriate primary and secondary sources in order to meet the demands of different kinds of writing situations- understand the general relationships among language, knowledge, and powerProcessesThis area covers the processes you will need to follow in order to produce successful texts. By the end of your first-year writing courses, you should know how to use the following:- multiple drafts to improve texts- strategies, such as brainstorming, outlining, and focused free writing, in all stages of the writing process- generating, organizing, revising, and editing strategies that are appropriate to the specific writing situation- effective collaborative strategies to investigate, draft, revise, and editConventionsThis area covers specific writing conventions, such as spelling and punctuation, that readers expect writers to control. By the end of your first-year writing courses, you should be able to do the following:eng101_course_policies23- control general conventions of spelling, grammar, and punctuation expected in standard written English- be able to document primary and secondary sources appropriately, both internally andon the Works Cited page- know how to check for conventions about which you are uncertain- understand that different conventions are appropriate for different kinds of writing situationsCOURSE POLICIES/REQUIREMENTS:Attendance is mandatory! This semester, I will adhere to the attendance policy. Because this course is largely based upon your active participation, regular attendance is mandatory. Since the class uses a “workshop approach,” wherein other members of the class suffer when you are not present, absences will affect your final grade for the course.In-class work and participation will account for a significant portion of your grade. Absences will affect final product grades, peer review workshop grades, homework grades, and so forth.1 Conferences. Besides the already scheduled conferences, at least once during the semester I will cancel class to hold mandatory group conferences. If you miss a conference, you will be counted absent for the same number of classes that were canceled in order to hold the conferences. For example, if I cancel class for two days (TTH) or for three days (MWF) to hold conferences and you miss your conference, that will count as two absences (TTH) or as three absences (MWF).To accommodate students who participate in University sanctioned activities, such as sports, the Composition Program offers sections of this course that meet at various times of the day and week. We have asked advisors across campus to help students enroll in appropriate sections. If you think that this course may conflict with a University sanctioned activity in which you are involved—athletics, the debate team, and so forth—please see me after