• Analyze and write essays (500-750 words) utilizing different rhetorical modes
• Evaluate written expression by reviewing the rhetorical elements of situation, audience, purpose, and point of view
• Understand that writing is a process that includes planning, organizing, composing, revising, and editing
• Compose complete and grammatically correct sentences
• Generate an appropriate thesis statement and develop major supporting points in a reasonable and logical manner
• Apply standard American English syntax, usage, and mechanics in editing and writing essays.
• Utilize basic computer technology including such things as composing a document in MLA style with a word processor, communicating using email, and learning about the college’s learning management system

Students Rights and Responsibilities

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Expected Student Behavior

Grading Criteria

GRADING CRITERA/GRADE SCALE AND PROGRESSING TO THE NEXT CLASS: 

Final grades will be determined by quizzes, exercises, and successful completion of all assigned writing and reading projects. In order to pass this class, students must turn in all of their work and score an average of 70 or better for the course. Grades will be based on the following system: 

A         90-100= high achievement

B         80-89= above average achievement

C         70-79= satisfactory achievement

D         60-69= unsatisfactory achievement

F          0-59= unacceptable

PROGRESSING TO THE NEXT CLASS: 

A student who does not earn a "C" or above in English 0302 must re-enroll in the course.  To receive credit for English 0302, students must have a 70 average or above, according to the following scale:

   50% of your grade = written assignments (4 essays and a midterm essay exam)

   15 % of you grade = mastering 15 grammar topics

   10% of your grade = diagnostic tests: pre and post

   10% of your grade = 10 discussions

   15% of your grade = final written exam, argumentative essay

Attendance

Students are expected to attend all classes. Because of the collaborative nature of this course and the fact that success in this course depends on continuous practice and constant direction from the instructor, missing even one class can interfere with your grade. Absences start on the first scheduled day on which the class meets.

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

It is the student’s responsibility to provide documentation of an excused absence and make arrangements for making up any work missed during that absence. 

If you miss a class, YOU ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY WORK ASSIGNED IN CLASS OR DUE THAT DAY.  You can email or upload (check assignment sheet, assignment instructions in course content, etc. for information) your homework, papers, etc. AND check the course calendar, course content, and email for any new assignments.  

If you know in advance that you must miss a class, please notify the instructor in advance AND turn in early any work that is due on the day you must miss.

All work is due on the date assigned.  Again, you can turn work in early if you know you must miss a class, or you can turn in using Blackboard if you must miss class unexpectedly.  

Homework and/or In-Class assignments:

No homework or in-class Under will be accepted late FOR A GRADE; HOWEVER, even if you miss the due date, you are still responsible for completing the assignment and turning it in.

Major Writing Assignments:

No outlines that are part of the major writing assignment are accepted late.  

No rough drafts are accepted late for a grade.

Final drafts, with the exception of the last major writing assignment, are accepted up to five days late; however, the paper loses 10pts for each day.  Therefore, by the fifth day, the most the final draft is 50% of the total points possible for the final draft.  The 10pt  late penalty begins immediately after the due time for the paper has passed.  For example, it a paper is due on a certain date by 10:00am, a paper turned in at 10:01am is late, and the 10pt late penalty applies.  

Calendar

Additional Information

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