English 1102 Sample Syllabus 1 English 1102 (semester and year) Instructor: Office Ph. #: Class Hours: Classroom #: Office/Hrs: Email: PREREQUISITE: Passing level (C or higher) in ENGL 1101 COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is designed to develop writing skills beyond the levels of proficiency required by English 1101. It stresses critical reading and writing and incorporates several research methods; readings will be drawn from a wide variety of texts. A passing grade is “C.” LEARNING OUTCOMES In addition to the skills acquired in ENGL 1101, by the end of the course, students will be able to: · analyze, evaluate, document, and draw inferences from various sources · identify, select, and analyze appropriate research methods, research questions, and evidence for a specific rhetorical situation · use argumentative strategies and genres in order to engage various audiences · integrate others’ ideas with their own · use grammatical, stylistic, and mechanical formats and conventions appropriate to rhetorical situations and audience constraints · produce well reasoned, argumentative essays demonstrating rhetorical engagement · reflect on what contributed to their writing process and evaluate their own work REQUIRED MATERIALS James, Missy and Alan P. Merickel. Reading Literature and Writing Argument. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. Glenn, Cheryl, et al. The Writer’s Harbrace Handbook. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Harcourt College Publishers, 2004. Sugarman, Tammy and Lynee Lewis Gaillet. Pullen Guide and Supplement. 2003 ed. Packaged with Harbrace Handbook. ISBN# 0759397961 College Dictionary and Thesaurus Blue or black pen, laptop (optional) – no pencil Composition Book – no 3-ring binders! Course requirements 1. Reading Responses and Short Writing Assignments (Commonplace Book) 20% This includes in-class and out-of-class writing assignments that allow you to practice skills we discuss in class, respond to assigned readings, and brainstorm and pre-write for papers. 2. Class work, Peer Editing, General Participation, Quizzes 10% This includes class involvement and positive attitude, group and individual exercises, informal oral presentations, group collaboration, drafts of papers, and peer editing. This is a writing course, and often you will be required to readyour work out loud or present your work on the overhead projector. This is not optional. Much of the peer editing will be anonymous. 3. Papers 70% These include out-of-class essays that follow MLA format. Topics and specific assignments will be provided in class; drafts are due a couple of days before the final paper is due; specific dates will be announced. Paper 1 (3-4 pages long) 5% Paper 2 (3-4 pages long) 15% Paper 3 (3-4 pages long) 15% Paper 4 (6-8 pages long) 25% Self-Evaluation 10% COURSE POLICIES Late work: Late work is bad for both of us; it reinforces poor time management strategies and makes it impossible for me to give sustained, careful feedback of your work. Furthermore, if you turn in work late, I may not be able to return it in time for my feedback to help you on the next assignment. In addition, much of the class activities we do simply cannot be “made up” since they focus on your active engagement with others’ ideas. Bearing this in mind, any work turned in late MAY receive a penalty up to one letter grade per day. Submitting papers: This course emphasizes the development of your ideas in various stages of the writing process. We will work on your drafts in class before papers are due; you must bring five single-spaced front and back copies of your draft and one double spaced copy. These will be presented anonymously for peer review. You must paperclip a copy of your rough drafts to your final papers when you submit them for a grade. Keep in mind that normally, choosing a format is a rhetorical decision, but for this class your essays should be double-spaced, 12-pitch, Times New Roman font, with one-inch margins on all sides. No separate title page is necessary; instead, place your name, the name of the assignment, my name, and the date in the upper left-hand corner of the first page. Center your title above the body of your essay on the first page, and double space (just like the rest of the paper) between the title and the essay. The title has no quotation marks around it, nor is it bold-faced, underlined, or italicized. Page one need not be numbered, but all subsequent pages should be numbered in the upper right-hand corner (header), with your last name (Ex. Smith 2). Fasten the pages with one staple in the upper left-hand corner. No plastic binders, please. Computers are available on the 4th floor of GCB, in 120 Kell Hall, and the Computer Lab in 106 Library South. Papers are due at the beginning of class on the date due; please do not email the paper to me unless it’s an emergency and you will not be in class. Always keep a copy of any paper you submit so you can re-submit if a paper is misplaced. All essays must be completed to pass the course. Academic Honesty: The Department of English expects its students to adhere to the university’s code of student conduct, especially as it pertains to academic conduct. (For the university’s policies on academic misconduct, see in the student catalog, “Academic Honesty,” pp. 54-55 or http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwreg/LK_4.html#Academic Honesty). Grading: Grades reflect my best and fairest judgment of the overall quality of your paper, taking into account how well it fulfills the assignment and its purpose; how focused and organized it is; how effectively it uses evidence; how effectively it communicates with its audience; to what extent it engages its reader’s imagination and understanding; how easily it can be read and comprehended (reading ease is affected by factors such as unity and coherence, grammatical correctness, and the physical appearance of the manuscript). · Letter grades: To earn a grade of “average” (a “C”), your essay must fulfill all the requirements of the assignment, and present an organized, fairly well-supported argument that reflects awareness of the terms of ourdiscussion. If I have difficulty discerning the presence of an argument, or if careless style or lack of organization significantly impede my ability to discern your argument (even if the argument itself is good), your grade