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Course
ENGL-1301-036 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
Dual Credit Course
Syllabus Information
Textbooks
Faigley, Lester, and Jack Selzer. Good Reasons. Custom ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2011.
Carter, Judith L., et al. A Rhetoric Handbook for English 1301 and 1302. 4th ed. Mason: Cengage, 2010.
Supplies
Paper and pens.
A computer with reliable access to the internet and a word processing program, such as Word, Works or Google Docs. Open Office, Notepad, and Wordpad are not acceptable word processing programs for this course because their fo
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
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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
50% Essays and Tests (Final Exam—20% of overall grade)
25% Quizzes
15% Daily Work
10% Project
90-100 = A, 80-89 = B, 70-79 = C, 60-69 = D, Below 60 = F
Students get one day for every day missed for make-up work.
No late work will be 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.
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.
In addition, students must follow Amarillo College’s and Dumas High School’s attendance policies for successful completion of the course. Dumas High School has a 90% attendance policy.
Calendar
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Lesson |
Topic |
Reading Assignment |
Major Writing Assignment |
Due Date |
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Unit 1 Lesson 1 |
Purpose of Freshman Composition I; Avoiding Plagiarism |
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- - - |
Aug. 31, 2011 |
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Unit 1 Lesson 2 |
Essay Construction |
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Personal narration essay assigned |
Sept. 2 2011 |
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Unit 1 Lesson 3 |
Audience and Ethos |
177-91 in Good Reasons; 332-33 of Good Reasons; 69-75 in Good Reasons |
Continue working on personal narration essay |
Sept. 7, 2011 |
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Unit 1 Lesson 4 |
Page Formatting; Thesis Statements |
7-10 and 13 in A Rhetoric Handbook; 297-303 in Good Reasons |
Continue working on personal narration essay |
Sept. 9, 2011 |
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Unit 1 Lesson 5 |
Paragraphs |
50-51 of A Rhetoric Handbook |
Continue working on personal narration essay |
Sept. 12, 2011 |
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Unit 1 Lesson 6 |
Revising and Editing |
458-61 OR 462-65 in Good Reasons; 206-07, 241-42, and 21-23 in A Rhetoric Handbook |
Continue working on personal narration essay |
Sept. 14, 2011 |
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Peer Review |
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Peer review of personal narration essay |
Sept. 16, 2011 to Sept. 19, 2011 |
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Final Draft of the Unit 1 essay |
- - - |
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Final draft of the personal narration essay is due. |
Sept. 21, 2011 |
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Unit 2 Lesson 1 |
Rhetorical Analysis |
Review pages 69-75 in Good Reasons; read 75-79 and 90-105 in Good Reasons |
Rhetorical analysis essay assigned |
Sept. 23, 2011 |
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Unit 2 Lesson 2 |
Logos, Pathos, Ethos |
40-43 in A Rhetoric Handbook; 359-75 in Good Reasons |
Continue working on rhetorical analysis |
Sept. 26, 2011 |
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Unit 2 Lesson 3 |
Pathos and Narration; Quotation; Documentation |
25-31 of A Rhetoric Handbook; 399-405 of Good Reasons |
Continue working on rhetorical analysis |
Sept. 28, 2011 |
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Peer Review |
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Peer review of the rhetorical analysis |
Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, 2011 |
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Final draft of the Unit 2 essay |
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Final draft of the rhetorical analysis is due |
Oct. 5, 2011 |
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Unit 3 Lesson 1 |
Causal argument; Logos |
156-61 in Good Reasons |
Causal argument essay assigned |
Oct. 7, 2011 |
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Unit 3 Lesson 2 |
Reliable sources |
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Continue working on causal argument |
Oct. 10, 2011 |
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Unit 3 Lesson 3 |
Selecting and documenting sources |
263-69 and 270-303 in Good Reasons |
Continue working on causal argument |
Oct. 12, 2011 |
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Draft of the Works Cited for Essay 3 |
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The draft of the Works Cited is due |
Oct. 17, 2011 |
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Unit 3 Lesson 4 |
Comparison-contrast; cause-effect |
137-55 of Good Reasons |
Continue working on causal argument |
Oct. 19, 2011 |
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Peer Review |
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Peer review of causal argument essay |
Oct. 21 to Oct. 24, 2011 |
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Final draft of the causal argument essay |
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Final draft of the causal argument is due. |
Oct.26, 2011 |
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Unit 4 Lesson 1 |
Controversial topics |
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Argumentation essay assigned |
Oct. 31, 2011 |
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Unit 4 Lesson 2 |
Point of View; Working Thesis; Works Cited |
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Draft of the Works Cited due |
Nov. 2, 2011 |
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Draft of the Works Cited for Essay 4 |
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The draft of the Works Cited is due |
Nov. 4, 2011 |
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Unit 4 Lesson 3 |
Aristotlean argument structure |
192-200 in Good Reasons |
Continue working on the argumentation |
Nov. 7, 2011 |
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Unit 4 Lesson 4 |
Logical fallacies |
26-28 in Good Reasons |
Continue working on the argumentation |
Nov. 9, 2011 |
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Peer Review |
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Peer review of the argumentation essay |
Nov. 11 to Nov. 14, 2011 |
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Final draft of the argumentation essay |
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Final draft of the argumentation essay is due. |
Nov. 16, 2011 |
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Unit 5 Lesson 1 |
Proposals |
86-88 in Good Reasons |
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Nov. 28, 2011 |
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Unit 5 Lesson 2 |
Writing under Pressure |
Selected links in the AC Online class |
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Nov. 30, 2011 |
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Final exam |
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Two-hour timed essay written in AC Online |
Dec. 5 or Dec. 6, 2011 |
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Additional Information
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