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ENGL-1301-026 Composition I
Corequisite: INRW 0303 Prerequisite: Scores on a state-approved test indicating college-level reading and writing skills
Intensive study of and practice in writing processes, from invention and researching to drafting, revising and editing, both individually and collaboratively. Emphasis on effective rhetorical choices, including audience, purpose, arrangement and style. Focus on writing the academic essay as a vehicle for learning, communicating and critical analysis.
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Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:
Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:
Melodie Graves
Justice Involved Advocate
Student Service Center 117
mgraves24@actx.edu
806-371-5995
Make appointment at https://melodiegraves.youcanbook.me
You can also contact the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.
(3 sem hrs; 3 lec, 1 lab)
Dual Credit Course
A Rhetoric Handbook English 1301, 1302, 2311 fourth edition
The Little Seagull Handbook
No supplies available
Students are expected to perform at college level.
Students are to meet deadlines.
Students are expected to participate in all activities.
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".
Students are expected to respect the instructor and other students in the classroom.
Students are to respond to each other in a positive manner.
Students are expected to peer review each other's works. Comments are to be made constructively with the idea of assisting the person in improving the composition
90-100 = A
80-89 = B
70-79 = C
Students are expected to be in class daily
Students will follow the Holy Cross Catholic Academy school calendar.
30 August Narrative Essay cont. Structure and Formatting
Whole story: beginning, middle, and end
Fluidity & prosody
Substance versus fluff
How do you choose what to leave out?
Sustaining interest
06 September Narrative Essay cont. Peer Review
13 September Narrative Essay cont. Revision & Read Aloud
20 September Narrative Essay cont. Polished Final Essay Due
20 September Rhetorical Analysis Essay
What is rhetoric? Aristotle
What is a rhetorical analysis?
27 September Essay Construction
Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and Kairos
04 October Constructing Paragraphs
Crafting Thesis Statement
Sentence Review: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory
simple, compound, complex
How to craft a compound-complex sentence.
Why compound, complex?
11 October “Ordeal by Cheque” Wuther Crue
Read: What is the narrative of the story?
Share your narrative.
18 October Author’s Craft
How does the author tell the story?
What do you notice?
Why does the author do what he does to tell the story?
25 October Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Peer Review
Revision
Read aloud
01 November Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Finished, polished essay due.
01 November Research Essay 3-5 pages
Annotated Bibliography 5 sources
MLA bibliographical entry
Precis
Works Cited
08 November Annotated Bibliography Due
08 November Research Essay cont.
15 November Research Essay cont.
Peer Review
Revision
22 November Research Essay cont.
Read aloud
Polish
29 November Research Essay cont
Submit a final polished draft of the Research Essay.
29 November Corrections and Make-up Work
06 December Finish all corrections, make-up, and extra credit.
Final
08/10/20 12:30 PM
08/18/21 7:56 AM