Freshman Composition I Syllabus for 2011-2012
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Instructor Information
Instructor
Joyce Herr (Curriculum Vitae)Office Location
No on campus office location or hours
Office Hours
I am on ET, one hour later than you are. Please contact me via my AC email (jaherr@actx.edu) and be aware that I check my email at least twice daily Monday-Friday, approximately 8:00 AM CT and 8:00 PM CT. Please know that I do not respond to emails or Remind messages after 8:00 PM CT Monday-Friday, and after 8:00 AM on Saturdays. There will be occasions when I am working online that I will check and respond during the daytime hours, but please know that if you don not hear from me within 24 hours, I may not have received your email, so please resend. I do not respond to emails or Remind messages on Sunday, so please plan accordingly. Since all weekly assignments are due on Sunday, please be mindful that I am not available to answer questions on Sundays, so please don't wait until the last minute to complete your assignments.
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Course
ENGL-1301-040 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
Hybrid
Syllabus Information
Textbooks
\ Faigley and Selzer's Good Reasons, Amarillo College Custom Edition. 2010
\\ Kirszner, Laurie G., and Stephen R. Mandell. The Concise Wadsworth Handbook with InSite (2 semester PIN). 3rd edition. Boston: Cengage, 2011.*
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A Rhetoric Handbook for English 1301 and 1302. 2010.
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* Students need to purchase their textbooks new in the AC Bookstore to receive the InSite Brochure. (If you have questions regarding your textbooks call the AC Bookstore at (806) 371-5307.)
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Supplies
3 ring notebook
notepaper
pens/pencils
highlighters
Student Performance
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1. Understand basic rhetorical concepts: subject, audience, purpose, and appeals.
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2. Apply rhetorical concepts in analyzing and evaluating text.
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3. Use standard American English to write essays that are rhetorically effective: clear, organized, detailed, grammatically correct, and audience specific.
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4. Use the library's online databases and other computer resources for research and word processing.
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5. Write a third person, argumentative research paper following the MLA format for citing sources.
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
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English Department Plagiarism Policy (Revised November, 2006):
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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 words 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.
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*Cell phone use is not permitted during class. If you have a possible emergency need, talk to me before class.
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Grading Criteria
Quizzes: 10%
Drafts of the Works Cited: 5%
Discussion: 4%
Peer Review: 6%
Final Exam: 10%
Minor Assignments: 5%
Essays: 60%
90-100% = A
80-89% = B
70-79%=C
60-69%=D
59% and lower=F
Late Work:
No late work will be accepted. When assignments are due, they will not be accepted after the due date--even if you are absent. If you are or will be absent the day an assignment is due, email your work to me on or before its due date.
Attendance
\ Regular attendance is necessary for satisfactory achievement. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the student to attend class and to complete all assignments. More than two absences are considered excessive. Students with excessive absences will find it difficult to pass the class.
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If during the semester you consider dropping, please check with me first for an alternate plan that proctects your investment in the course and gives you an opportunity to complete it.
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Syllabus Created on:
11/30/-1 12:00 AM
Last Edited on:
11/30/-1 12:00 AM