Freshman Composition I Syllabus for 2011-2012
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Instructor Information
Instructor
Cindy Rogers (Curriculum Vitae)Office Hours
As I am a part-time instructor, I do not have an office. You can reach me at any point using either AC email: carogers@actx.edu OR carogers@amarillocollege.com. If you go through our Blackboard class, the email will go straight to my AC account and will contain our class section number. Unless I notify you otherwise, I will check the AC email several times a day.
I will be at AC every morning at least 30 minutes before class begins to offer help as needed. Please feel free to come early. If I'm not in the room, check in the office or around in the tutoring center, as sometimes I need to go either place.
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Course
ENGL-1301-057 Freshman Composition I
Prerequisites
RDNG 0331 and ENGL 0302-minimum grade of C or scores on a state-approved test indicating college-level reading and writing skills
Course Description
Principles of effective writing, emphasizing organization of materials to produce a unified essay which supports convincingly a thesis statement. Review of conventional elements of writing and introduction to rhetorical analysis.
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Hours
(3 sem hrs; 3 lec, 1 lab)
Class Type
On Campus Course
Syllabus Information
Textbooks
\ Faigley, Lester, and Jack Selzer. Good Reasons. Custom ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2011.
\Supplies
\ While I encourage you to keep a notebook, the only real requirements for each class meeting are:
\\ paper
\\ pen
\\ previously taken notes
\\ textbook(s) when requested
\\ Jump drive for use with AC
Student Performance
1. Understand basic rhetorical concepts: subject, audience, purpose, and appeals.
Students Rights and Responsibilities
Student Rights and ResponsibilitiesLog in using the AC Connect Portal
In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .
If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".
Expected Student Behavior
No cell phones, texting, pagers, Ipods, or any other electronic devices are allowed during class. If you have an emergency or some other reason that you need to leave a cell phone on, please inform me at the beginning of the class.
Grading Criteria
60% Essays and Major Tests
20% Researched Essay
No late work is accepted. If an assignment is due and you must be absent, you must email your work to me before the class begins. Being very late to a class meeting or missing one entirely to complete work due that evening is NOT acceptable and will result in a 10-20 point reduction on that grade. In case of an emergency, please submit your paper with the appropriate proof of emergency within 24 hours of the missed class.
Specific assignments will be posted on the AC Online class the day after each class meeting. It is your responsibility to look there and complete the assignment.
When we have peer-tutoring scheduled for a class period, that means that you are to have a complete rough draft with you. It may be hand-written and "messy," but it must be there. I do NOT mean simply a list of ideas or one paragraph scrawled on a piece of paper. Even if you have difficulty with that particular assignment, you must write SOMETHING. Failure to do so will cost 10 points from the final essay grade (one letter grade). These events are essential to your developing your ability to write well, and your classmates' opinions are as valuable to you as mine.
All scheduled essays/exams are required. No "extra credit" or "dropped grades" are available. In the rare instance that I offer an extra exam, that offer is granted to all students, regardless of their current average.
Essays which contain sentence fragments, run-on sentences, or first or second person pronouns will receive a penalty of up to 10 points per infraction.
In the case of an emergency which causes you to miss an in-class test / essay, you will have until the following Monday to come to Computer Lab 101 between 7:15 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to make the essay up. (Because the lab is only open until 9:45 p.m., you will have to begin your test by 7:00 in order to have sufficient time to finish it.)
The lab is closed on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Attendance
Regular attendance is necessary for satisfactory achievement. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the student to attend class and to complete all assignments.
If you must miss a class, you must inform me, preferably by email, within 24 hours of the missed class. I understand that things happen, but you must understand that each class meeting is the equivalent of one week's work. To miss more than one or two meetings is simply not in your best interests.
Being tardy by more than a few minutes can result in that meeting counting as an absence. Your classmates deserve your respect by everyone being on time.
I start my class promptly at the published start time and will assure you of a timely dismissal.
Calendar
Calendar for 1301-057 (Fall)—These dates may change due to circumstances beyond our control, but they’re pretty close, especially the due dates.
Week 1—Aug. 24—Introduce class and review syllabus.
Discuss arguments and ethos, logos, and pathos
Begin discussion of analysis
Assignment: Read text pp. 182-187, 69-86, and 332-333 (in this order, please) Find and bring a visual that you’d like to discuss (advertisement, political cartoon, or some other interesting piece.
Week 2—Aug. 31—Look at visuals and discuss the processes which make them appealing.
Begin process of rhetorical analysis using essay on pp. 332-333.
Assignment: Read sample essays posted on AC Online. Read text pp. 22-29
Week 3—Sept. 7—Complete process of analysis.
Re-examine visuals using appeals p. 361.
Assignment: Prepare Analysis One for peer editing (specific assignment to be given in class). Read text pp. 406-414 “El Doctor”
Week 4—Sept. 14--Discuss “El Doctor” both for content and for rhetorical devices.
Review analysis process and discuss difficulties encountered.
Peer-edit analysis one (refer to syllabus—10 point reduction if the rough draft is not complete)
Assignment: Complete analysis 1 (typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 point) for submission next week. Read pp. 399, 144-152
Week 5—Sept. 21—Submit Analysis 1 for grading. (grades to be posted by Saturday)
Discuss reading, specifically how the authors achieved their purposes and what rhetorical devices were most effective.
Discuss the process of completing the essay.
Assignment: Prepare Rough Draft of Analysis Two for Peer-editing next week. (specific assignment given in class that week). Read pp. 458-459, 462-465
Week 6—Sept. 28—Return Analysis 1 and discuss problems.
Discuss reading, specifically how the attitudes of the authors differed and how they conveyed those attitudes.
Peer edit Analysis 2 (10 pt. reduction if rough draft not complete)
Assignment: Complete Analysis 2 for submission next week.
Week 7—Oct. 5—Submit Analysis 2 for grading (Grades posted by Saturday)
Begin discussing writing arguments and how the analysis process should help. Examine possible topics.
Write a sample argumentative essay in class (possible grade)
Assignment: Write Analysis 3 for submission next week. There will be no peer editing of this one!
Week 8—Oct. 12—Hand back Analysis 2 and discuss difficulties.
Submit Analysis 3 for grading (grades posted by Saturday)
Look at sample “mini research” essays
Discuss the process of citation.
Review the plagiarism policy and look at Leonard Pitts essay
Assignment: Complete rough draft of Mini-research 1. Choose a possible topic for research paper.
Week 9—Oct. 19—Hand back Analysis 3 and discuss difficulties
Discuss individual topic choices and Works Cited samples.
Peer Edit Mini Research 1 (10 pt. deduction if rough draft not complete)
Assignment: Complete Mini-research 1 for grading
Week 10—Oct. 26—Submit Mini-Research 1 for grading (Grades posted by Saturday)
Discuss use of Library Data Bases.
Go to Computer Lab to begin search for materials from Library Data
Bases. Bring a jump drive if possible.
Assignment: Complete Mini-research 2 for grading (No Peer editing on this one)
Begin note taking process
Bring at least three articles on your topic
Week 11—Nov. 2—Submit Mini-Research 2 for grading (Grades posted by Saturday)
Return Mini-Research 1 and discuss difficulties
Review Works Cited forms
Work on completing a Works Cited for the articles you have
Individual help on Works Cited forms
Assignment: Continue research work
Week 12—Nov. 9—Computer lab writing time with individual help
Assignment: Bring at least the introduction and one body paragraph to class next week along with your Works Cited forms
Last day to drop any class is November 16.
Week 13—Nov. 16—Discussion of final copy of research paper and Works Cited
45 minute peer editing of Research paper (remember the penalty! You
don’t want to miss this and lose 10 points)
Computer Lab to work on papers and for individual help
Assignment: Continue to work on papers.
Week 14—Nov. 23—Thanksgiving Holiday. No Class!!
Assignment: Complete Paper.
Week 15—Nov. 30—Class will effectively begin at 7:00. However, I will be in the computer lab from 6:00-7:00 to answer questions and help with last
minute details.
Research papers are due at 7:00, not 7:05. There are absolutely no
late papers accepted. I will NOT accept emailed papers.
At 7:00, we will discuss the final test and review for it.
Week 16—Dec. 7—Final Exam. 6:00-8:00. There will be at least one essay, but possibly more and possibly some objective questions. That will be determined by the class work of the previous 15 weeks. I will announce that material on Nov. 30 after the research papers have been submitted. However, most of the grade will be an in-class essay, so there will be little to prepare for outside of class.
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