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Tutoring for Success applies to any student whose overall performance in the course falls below 75%. The instructor will create the task in the Student Engagement Portal (Watermark) to direct the student to the appropriate tutoring service, which may be faculty- or SI-led, discipline-specific, and/or general. The tutoring service assigned, the due date for when the tutoring must be completed, and the amount of tutoring required are at the discretion of the instructor. Additionally, the task will alert the student’s success team. Students who do not fulfill the assigned tutoring task may be subject to program- and course-specific penalties that could result in a grade reduction and/or in not being allowed to progress in the course until the tutoring requirement has been satisfied.
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INRW-0303-LC41 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)
Tech Supported
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. |
Computer access is required.
Pen, paper, package of four highlighters
INRW 0303
Texas Higher Education College Board Academic Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
Locate explicit textual information, draw complex inferences, and describe, analyze, and evaluate the information within and across multiple texts of varying lengths.
Comprehend and use vocabulary effectively in oral communication, reading, and writing.
Identify and analyze the audience, purpose, and message across a variety of texts.
Describe and apply insights gained from reading and writing a variety of texts.
Compose a variety of texts that demonstrate reading comprehension, clear focus, logical development of ideas, and use of appropriate language that advance the writer’s purpose.
Determine and use effective approaches and rhetorical strategies for given reading and writing situations.
Generate ideas and gather information relevant to the topic and purpose, incorporating the ideas and words of other writers in student writing using established strategies.
Evaluate relevance and quality of ideas and information in recognizing, formulating, and developing a claim.
Develop and use effective reading and revision strategies to strengthen the writer’s ability to compose college-level writing assignments.
Recognize and apply the conventions of standard English in reading and writing.
Departmental expectations:
In addition to the learning outcomes listed, students will be expected to use the library's online databases and other computer resources for research and word processing. Also, all students will write a third person, argumentative research paper that follows the MLA format for citing sources and utilizes peer review.
Plagiarism
The English Department takes plagiarism seriously.
Plagiarism is defined as the following: the use of someone else’s exact words that are neither quoted nor cited; paraphrasing someone else’s words without citing them; or using someone else’s research without citing it.
Student plagiarism in the Amarillo College English Department is internally tracked. To clarify, records will be kept in the Department of those students who have plagiarized. At the beginning of each new semester, the names of students who plagiarized the previous semester will be sent to all English Department faculty.
Plagiarism may receive a penalty of a zero. A subsequent infraction will be deemed a reason for expulsion from the class. At this point, the case will be referred to the Vice President of Student Affairs.
Self-plagiarism is the use of one's own writing without proper identification. Use of self-plagiarism, unless specifically requested by the instructor, will be considered a form of cheating and treated accordingly.
Writing created by artifical intelligence, unless specifically requested by the instructor, will be considered a form of cheating and treated accordingly.
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".
All rules and regulations set forth in the "Student Code of Conduct" section in the current edition of the Students' Rights and Responsibilities publication will be followed in this course. (Please see link above.)
Please show respect and courtesy to your instructor and your classmates.
Other responsibilities include:
INRW-0303 and ENGL-1301 are linked together and known as a co-requisite pairing. Successful completion of both courses is essential. One course cannot be dropped without dropping both, which might have serious financial aid consequences. If your INRW-0303 course average or test grade is below 70, you will be referred to tutoring at your instructor's discretion.
The following criteria will be used to determine your grade:
| A | 90-100 | Passing |
| B | 80-89 | Passing |
| C | 70-79 | Passing |
| D | 60-69 | Failing |
| F | 59 or below | Failing |
The semester average will be determined as follows:
| 10% | Quizzes |
| 20% | Lab |
| 10% | In-Class Assignments |
| 30% | Tests |
| 30% | Essays |
QUIZZES:
Students will complete a 5-question daily quiz during each class. Quiz grades will be based on attendance as well as reading and writing skills. Students will receive 75 points for attendance and 5 additional points for each correct answer, for a possible total of 100 points.
LAB:
Lab assignments will include internet accessed courseware lessons that align with the topics covered in ENGL-1301. Successful completion of each lab assignment is based on the percentage of questions answered correctly for each assigned lesson.
IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:
Your instructor will frequently assign work in class for extra practice on skills and strategies being discussed that particular class period. These assignments will be completed in class the day each one is assigned.
TESTS:
Two major tests (Midterm Exam and Final Exam) will be taken in class on the assigned days.
As an incentive for regular attendance, students who do not miss more than 2 class periods or daily quizzes will receive five (5) bonus points added to the Final Exam grade.
Students who do not miss more than 1 class period or daily quiz will receive ten (10) bonus points added to the Final Exam grade.
ESSAYS:
Essay grades from ENGL-1301-LC will also count toward your final grade average in INRW-0303-LC. These are the only grades recorded in both classes (English Composition and Integrated Reading and Writing).
MAKE-UP POLICY:
Prompt and regular attendance is necessary for satisfactory achievement. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the student to attend class on time. It will be the responsibility of the student to drop the class by the withdrawal date should he/she stop attending; otherwise, a grade of "F" will be given. One course cannot be dropped without dropping both, which might have serious financial aid consequences.
| Weekly Concepts Covered | Quizzes | Major Assignments |
| Week 1 | ||
| Syllabus, Remind App, and Time Management | How to Use InQuizitive | |
| Lab Registration and Previewing Textbooks | Sentence Fragments | |
| Annotation | ||
| Reading 1:"Every Little Hurricane" | ||
| Week 2 | ||
| Sentence, Paragraph, Essay Structure | Comma Splices | |
| Reading 2: "My Name Is Margaret" | Fused (Run-on) Sentences | |
| How to write a summary | Omitted Commas | |
| Outlining and Mapping | ||
| Week 3 | ||
| MLA Style, Using Sources & Plagiarism | Documenting Sources: MLA Style | Literary Analysis Due Sunday Midnight |
| Reading 3: "Barbie-Q" | Evaluating Sources | |
| Constructing a Paragraph | ||
| Introductions and Conclusion | ||
| Week 4 | ||
| Incorporating and Punctuating Quotations | Incorporating Quotations | Midterm In Class |
| Reading 4: "America Ruined My Name for Me" | Punctuating Quotations | |
| Midterm Exam - Review | Apostrophe Errors | |
| Midterm Exam - Reading | ||
| Week 5 | ||
| Writing Workshop - Research Argument | Subject-Verb Agreement Errors | |
| Reading 5: "Learning to Read and Write" | Words Often Confused | |
| Thesis Statements and Parallelism | ||
| Writing Workshop: Researched Argument | ||
| Week 6 | ||
| Documenting Sources, Intext Citations | Synthesizing Ideas (Rdg 4, 5, 6) | Research Essay Due Sunday Midnight |
| Reading 6: "The Danger of a Single Story" | Integrating Sources | |
| Writing Workshop | ||
| Writing Workshop | ||
| Week 7 | ||
| Sentence and Paragraph Construction | Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers | Rhetorical Analysis Project Thursday |
| Revising and Editing | Editing the Errors That Matter | |
| Work on Project | ||
| Work on Project | ||
| Week 8 | ||
| Final Exam Review | Final Tuesday and Wednesday | |
| Final Exam Day 1 | ||
| Final Exam Day 2 | ||
| Scheduled dates are subject to change. | ||
Please note that this is a college course and may contain adult subject matter.
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