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Freshman Composition I Syllabus for 2011-2012
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Instructor Information

Instructor

Cindy Rogers (Curriculum Vitae)

E-Mail

carogers@actx.edu

Phone

Office Location

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.  

Course Information

Recording Policy

Disability Statement

Any student who, because of a disabling condition, may require some special arrangements in order to meet course requirements should contact disAbility Services (Student Service Center room 119, phone 371-5436) as soon as possible.

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As a student you may experience a range of issues that can cause barriers to learning, such as strained relationships, increased anxiety, alcohol/drug problems, feeling down, difficulty concentrating and/or lack of motivation. These mental health concerns or stressful events may lead to diminished academic performance or reduce a student's ability to participate in daily activities. Amarillo College offers services to assist you with addressing these and other concerns you may be experiencing. If you or someone you know are suffering from any of the aforementioned conditions, you can learn more about the broad range of confidential mental health services available on campus by calling the AC Counseling Center at 806-371-5900. The AC Counseling Center website is https://www.actx.edu/counseling/ . Also, if you are in need of social services (affordable housing, utilities, transportation, food, clothing, childcare, medical/dental/vision, legal), please call the AC Advocacy & Resource Center at 806-371-5439. The AC Advocacy & Resource Center website is https://www.actx.edu/arc

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Administrative Drop Policy

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Student Withdrawal Procedures

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Course

ENGL-1301-035 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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Department Expectations

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec, 1 lab)

Class Type

Dual Credit Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

\ Faigley, Lester, and Jack Selzer. Good Reasons. Custom ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2011.

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\ Carter, Judith L., et al. A Rhetoric Handbook for English 1301 and 1302. 4th ed. Mason: Cengage, 2010.

Supplies

\ While I encourage you to keep a notebook, the only real requirements for each class meeting are:

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\ paper

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\ pen

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\ previously taken notes

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\ textbook(s) when requested

Student Performance

1.  Understand basic rhetorical concepts: subject, audience, purpose, and appeals.

2.  Apply rhetorical concepts in analyzing and evaluating text.
 
3.  Use standard American English to write essays that are rhetorically effective: clear, organized, detailed, grammatically correct, and audience specific.
 
4.  Use the library's online databases and other computer resources for research and word processing.
 
5.  Write a third person, argumentative research paper following the MLA format for citing sources.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

Log 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

\ Following the normal school policy, cell phones, pagers, and Ipods are NOT allowed.  If I see or hear one, I will take it up and turn it over to the office.

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\ ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PLAGIARISM POLICY (Revised January, 2009):
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\ Plagiarism:
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\ According to the Amarillo College Student Code of Conduct, plagiarism is the "appropriating, buying, receiving as a gift, or obtaining by any means another's work and the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of it in one's own written work."
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\ Misdocumented Plagiarism:
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\ 1.  Using someone else's exact words that are quoted but not cited or cited but not quoted.
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\ 2.  Using a citation at the end of a block of prose without clarifying which material is borrowed.
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\ 3.   Missing or incomplete works cited entries.
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\ Misdocumented plagiarism will receive a maximum 50 percent deduction for the first offense, and the student will be required to meet with the instructor.
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\ Undocumented Plagiarism:
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\ 1.  Using someone else's exact words that are neither quoted nor cited.
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\ 2.  Paraphrasing someone else's words without citing them.
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\ 3.  Using someone else's research without citing it.
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\ Undocumented plagiarism will receive a minimum penalty of 50 percent for the first time and 100 percent off for all subsequent infractions. The student will be required to meet with the instructor and the English Department Chair.

Grading Criteria

\ 60% Essays and Major Tests

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\ 20% Researched Essay

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\ 20% Final Exam/Semester Test (in-class essay)
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\ 90-100 = A, 80-89 = B, 70-79 = C, 60-69 = D, Below 60 = F

\ Work must be made up within one day of absence. Students should make up work missed due to a school trip before the trip occurs. If this is not possible, they should make up the assignment the day they return. Pre-announced assignments (outside of class essays, etc.) are due on the day announced. There is no late work accepted.

Attendance

\ Regular attendance is necessary for satisfactory achievement. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the student to attend class and to complete all assignments.

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\ When you must miss for a school trip or some other reason, you should come to the very next tutorial session if an assignment took place during the class period that you missed.  Any outside of class work is due the very next day.

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\ If during the semester you consider dropping, please check with me first for an alternate plan, one that protects your investment in the course and gives you an opportunity to complete it. Remember that the deadline for drops this semester is November 16, 2010.

Calendar

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.

In-Class Essay

Reading:

Reading assignments will include Catch 22 and 1984 as well as many of the readings from your book.  These will occur throughout the semester with most reading done outside of class.

Writing:

Major writing assignments will occur about every two weeks.  These will be rhetorical analyses over passages from our reading assignments. (total of approximately 6 rhetorical analyses)

Other major assignments will include writing argumentative (persuasive) papers, some in class and some outside of class.  (total approximately 4 papers)

Additionally, you will have a researched essay, argumentative in nature, which will be in MLA format.  This grade will count 20% of your total grade.

Your semester test will be an in class rhetorical analysis which will count 20% of your total grade.

Aug 22

Canterbury Tales

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Summer Due

1 T, 2 D

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Intro Catch 22

 

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Macbeth

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Sept 5

Labor day holiday

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Analyze Catch

test

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Reading -162 (152)  2D

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Hamlet

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Canterbury memory due test

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28  {RP choice officially open}

Reading -234 (224)  2D

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30

 

 

End 6 wks

Oct 3

Analyze Hamlet

test

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Reading -287 (277)  2D

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Teacher inservice

No school

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open essay—Hamlet, Macbeth

test

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Reading-315 (305)

2D

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Intro 1984

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Intro RP

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Review techniques

Reading –end 2D

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library

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library

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library

daily grade

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Hamlet memory due  test

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28

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Nov 1

2

Reading test 1984

Pt. I     2D

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Grade Chosen papers

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End 6 wks

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1984 analysis test

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notes test  2D

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note cards due 2D

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Reading Pt. 2

2D

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Thanksgiving

 

 

Complete reseach paper and write final essay after Thanksgiving.  Grades are due on December 8, so these will occur before that.  Specific dates will follow based on difficulties with the school schedule.

Additional Information

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Syllabus Created on:

11/30/-1 12:00 AM

Last Edited on:

11/30/-1 12:00 AM