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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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Students who do not attend class on or prior to the census date will be administratively dropped. Effective Fall, 2016
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NOTE: Students who are attending Texas institutions of higher education, for the first time fall 2007 and later, may not withdraw from more than six courses during their academic career. This withdrawal limitation does not include dual credit or developmental classes (Senate Bill 1231 Rule 4.10.) For more information on Drop and Withdrawal Policies, please visit the Registrar's Office Web site.
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INRW-0303-LC14 Integrated Reading and Writing
Corequisite: ENGL 1301
The course is designed as a co-requisite, supplemental course for ENGL 1301. The course concentrates on the integration of reading and writing skills. This course does not transfer and is not applicable toward any degree.
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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)
On Campus Course
Amarillo College English Dept., eds. A Rhetorical Handbook for English 1301, 1302 and 2311, 4th ed., Hayden-McNeil, 2019.
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Richard Bullock, Michal Brody, and Francine Weinberg. The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises, 4th ed. with InQuizative, W.W. Norton and Company, 2017. |
A computer with reliable access to the internet and a word processing program, such as Word or Google Docs. Notepad and Wordpad are not acceptable word processing programs for this course because their formatting features do not work with other programs used in the course.
Students must be able to save documents as either Word files (.doc or .docx) or portable document format files (.pdf).
THECB ACGM Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
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 should act with decorum and maturity with both the instructor and with fellow students.
Rough Draft Essay 1 15%
Rough Draft Essay 2 15%
Final Essay Rough Draft 20%
Inquizative Labs 30%
Daily Assignments 10%
Attendance 10%
90-100 Passing
80-90 Passing
70-80 Passing
60-70 Failing
0-59 Failing
Regular attendance is required. It is worth 10% of your total grade.
| Week | Date | Concepts, Skills, & In-Class Assignments | Quizzes (Taken at the beginning of class) | Inquizitive Lab Assignments (completed outside of class) |
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8/22 | |||
| 8/23 | Introductions, Syllabus, Blackboard, Remind, Register for Inquizitive, Complete Time Management Sheet | How to Use Inquizitve | ||
| 8/24 | Subject-Verb Agreement Errors | |||
| 8/25 | Review Lab Info; Discuss Previewing, Annotating and Mapping, Verb Forms & Subject-Verb Agreement Assignment, Annotate "Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset" | How to Use Inquizitive; Subject/Verb Agreement | Verb Tense and Verb Forms Errors | |
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2 |
8/29 | Sentence Fragments | ||
| 8/30 | Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences; Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences; Read and Annotate "The Most Important Factor...," Creating Compound and Complex Sentences Assignment | Verb Tense Errors; Sentence Fragments | Comma Splices | |
| 8/31 | Fused (Run-On) Sentences | |||
| 9/1 | Comma Rules, MLA Format, Writing Workshop; Create Info Sheet for "The Most Important Factor..." | Comma Splice; Fused Sentences | Omitted Commas | |
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3 |
9/5 | Labor Day-No Classes | Unnecessary Commas | |
| 9/6 | Unnecessary Commas, Punctuating Quotations, Punctuating Quotations assignment, Annotate and Info Sheet over "Factors that Influence..." | Omitted Commas; Unnecessary Commas | Punctuating Quotations | |
| 9/7 | Words Often Confused | |||
| 9/8 | Words Often Confused, Review Rhetorical Appeals, Words Often Confused Assignment | Punctuating Quotations; Words Often Confused | Pronouns in the Wrong Case | |
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4 |
9/12 | Read and Annotate "The 5 Most Common Barriers..." | Pronouns That Don't Agree With Their Antecedents | |
| 9/13 | Pronouns in the Wrong Case, Pronouns that Don't Agree with their Antecedents, Pronouns with Unclear Reference, Info Sheet and Summarize "The 5 Most Common..." | Pronouns in the Wrong Case; Pronouns That Don't Agree With Their Antecedents | Pronouns w/ Unclear Reference | |
| 9/14 | Apostrophe Errors | |||
| 9/15 | Apostrophe Errors; Apostrophe Assignment | Pronouns w/ Unclear Reference; Apostrophe Errors | Finding Sources | |
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5 |
9/19 | |||
| 9/20 | MIDTERM-INRW | |||
| 9/21 | ||||
| 9/22 | Parallelism; Evaluating Sources; Parallelism Assignment | Finding Sources | Evaluating Sources | |
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6 |
9/26 | Synthesizing Ideas | ||
| 9/27 | Synthesizing ideas, Integrating Sources, In-text Citations; Database Assignment | Evaluating Sources; Synthesizing Ideas | Integrating Sources | |
| 9/28 | Incorporating Quotations | |||
| 9/29 | Incorporating Quotations, Thesis and Topic Sentences, Documenting MLA; Thesis Statement and Topic Sentences Assignment | Integrating Sources; Incorporating Quotations | Documenting MLA | |
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7 |
10/3 | Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers | ||
| 10/4 | Writing workshop | MLA Style | Errors that Matter | |
| 10/5 | ||||
| 10/6 | Review Text Patterns; Writing workshop and work on unfinished labs | Errors that Matter | ||
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8 |
10/10 |
Finals |
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| 10/11 | ||||
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| 10/13 | ||||
| ***Tuesday, October 4th is the last day to withdraw from class | ||||
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| Scheduled dates are subject to change. AC Connect Login: https://acconnect.actx.edu | ||||
Please note that this course may contain adult subject matter.
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