Eastfield College Arts, Language and Literature Division Course Syllabus: Fall 2011 Flex Term (Oct. – Dec.) English Composition II: 1302.4433 ONLINE (3 credit hrs) Instructor: Kelly Savage Contact Information: Office: C201 Phone: (972)391-1047 Email address: [email protected] Hours Available: by appointment Monday, Wednesday, or Friday on-campus. The best way to reach me is by email. Please include your course number (1302.4433) and full name in the subject line of any emails you send me. I will try to respond to your emails within 24 hours. Another option is to send me a message through the eCampus course site by clicking on the ―Messages‖ tab from the main menu and following the prompts available there. See the orientation document for more information on using messaging in eCampus. If you have a time-sensitive issue, you can call me at 563-564-9040 and leave a message that I will return as soon as possible. You are also welcome to text me, but remember to include your name and the class number in the text. Course Description: Prerequisite: English 1301 and have met Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standard in Reading and Writing. In this course, students refine the writing, research, and reading skills introduced in English 1301. A related goal is the development of critical thinking skills. Writing assignments emphasize argumentation and persuasion. Students will also write a formal research paper. (3 Lec.) Coordinating Board Academic Approval Number 2304015135. Required Textbook: Mauk, John and John Metz. Inventing Argument: Brief Second Edition with 2009 MLA Update. Boston, MA: Thomson Wadsworth, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-1-4390-8180-8; ISBN-10: 1-4390-8180-8. Student Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the English program at Eastfield College, students should be able to: 1. Critically read and analyze college-level material. 2. Compose academic prose with a clear purpose and effective, logical, and relevant support. 3. Apply various strategies to locate, evaluate, and synthesize ideas for a range of writing tasks. 4. Establish and maintain a clear controlling idea that serves as a thesis/claim statement in an essay. 5. Develop an essay that employs convincing evidence resulting in a sequence of effective and organized paragraphs. 6. Compose effective, grammatically sound sentences. 7. Use the library and Internet as tools to locate and assess college-level reading materials. 8. Demonstrate proficiency in the ethical and logical incorporation of sources into individual writing by applying Modern Language Association Style (MLA) to essay format, in-text citations, and works cited documentation.2 9. Revise, edit, and proofread and essay for grammatical accuracy. 10. Compose an essay applying computer-based technology. 11. Be open to others’ ideas. Be capable of arriving at consensus. EVALUATION PROCEDURES Overview: You will be required to complete three argumentative essays, one longer, more in-depth research essay, three reading responses, and a timed final exam. You will also be responsible for participating in five discussion posts, completing five exercises, and watching ten videos in order to take ten video quizzes. The videos are part of The Writer’s Odyssey program and will directly relate to the argumentative writing skills you will practice in this class. Due Dates: This class is NOT self-paced! You must follow the weekly schedule of activities and submit your work on time. Most of your work is due on either Sundays or Wednesdays, but it is your responsibility to keep track of the due dates by checking the course schedule and the assignment sheets for individual assignments. The following list shows the due dates for the major essay assignments (discussions, exercises, and video quiz dates are listed on the schedule. Essay 1: Arguing Definition due Sunday, November 11 by midnight Essay 2: Arguing Value (related to Pop Culture) due Sunday, November 13 by midnight Essay 3: Arguing the Past due Sunday, November 20 by midnight Reading Response #1 due Wednesday, November 9 Reading Response #2 due Sunday, November 20 Reading Response #3 due Sunday, December 4 Research Paper due Wednesday, December 7 by midnight Final Exam due Wednesday, December 14 Last day to drop the course for a W instead of an F is Thursday, December 1 NOTE: Please be advised that absolutely NO research papers will be accepted after December 7. Any research papers submitted after that due date will receive a grade of 0/F. No exceptions will be given to this deadline! All essays must be submitted in the corresponding areas of the course. Essays 1-3, Reading Responses, and the Research Paper all have their own menu tabs on the left side of the screen. Once you are in the correct section, you will see the links you need to access to submit the assignment. You must save your work as a rich text file (.rtf) before you submit it. Each assignment may only be submitted one time unless other arrangements have been made with me (such as in the case of a mandatory re-write). You are welcome to turn in assignments early as long as the link to submit is open and available to you. Late papers will receive a 10-point deduction each day they are late. No papers will be accepted after three days have passed after the deadline. The exception to this is the research paper, which will not be accepted AT ALL after the due date regardless of the circumstances. Work hard and turn it in early if you can!3 MLA Requirements and Mandatory Re-Writes: All essays must be submitted in MLA format. Any paper not submitted in MLA will NOT be graded; it will be returned to you for revisions and late penalties will apply. The basic requirements for formatting are: - Typed with a standard font (Times New Roman, Arial, or Courier) set at 12-point size - Double-spaced with margins set at 1-inch - Heading on the first page ONLY, which should include your name, the class name (English Comp II 1302-4433), my name, type of essay (for example: Essay 1: Definition, or Research Paper, or Reading Response #1), and the date due or the date of submission. The heading can be single or double-spaced. It must be in the upper LEFT-hand corner of the first page only. - Your last name and the page number should be listed in the upper right-hand corner of each page of the essay (you do NOT have to put it on the first page, but you will not lose points for that either way). - The first line of