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ENGLISH 101:ENGLISH COMPOSITION ISyllabus, Winter Quarter 2014

Cara N. Stoddard

carast@bigbend.edu| Office # 1618

Office Hours: 2:15-4:00 Mon-Thurs, or by appointment

1:00-2:05PM | Room 1855A

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is an introduction to college-level reading and writing and is designed to improve your critical

thinking, reading, and written communication skills. In this course you will learn strategies for critical reading

and analysis, drafting and revising essays, performing academic research, and properly attributing your

sources using MLA citation. This course will also review the conventions of grammar and usage as time allows

LEARNING OUTCOMES:By the end of the course, you should be very good at doing the following:

1. Comprehending college-level and professional prose and analyzing how authors present their ideas inview of their probable purposes, audiences, and occasions.

2. Presenting your ideas as related to, but clearly distinguished from, the ideas of others (including theability to paraphrase, summarize, and correctly cite and document borrowed material).

3. Identifying rhetorical appeals in texts and advertisements and assessing their effect on an intendedaudience.

4. Developing a central claim (thesis) that follows one of the four ways to respond: Agreeing with the thesis of the orig. text, but with a difference (adding something new) Disagreeing based on factual merit (by poking holes in the support used in orig. text) Disagreeing because of holes in the orig. argument (and adding neglected info) Taking a middle ground by agreeing and disagreeing simultaneously, favoring one or the other

5. Supporting/illustrating your central claim (thesis) clearly and logically.6. Gathering and evaluating information using the library resources and using your sources in service of

persuading your audience.

7. Using a variety of strategies during the prewriting or invention process including making a formaloutline and using a Research Log.

8. Revising holistically in an attempt to re-see how to best achieve what it is you are trying tocommunicate to an audience in any given assignment.

9. Accurately proofreading your own work in order to produce writing that maintains the conventions ofpublished English.

10.Giving and receiving constructive feedback during peer review.Of course, I expect that you are able to carry out some of these tasks already.

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REQUIRED BOOK:

They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing, Second Edition

by:Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein | ISBN # 978-0-393-93361-1

DEADLINES FOR MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS:

Friday, January 10 LAST DAY TO ADD A CLASS

Thursday, January 16 Ad Analysis, 1st

Draft due (@1:00PM)

Monday, January 27 Ad Analysis, Final Draft due (@1:00PM)

Monday, February 3 Macklemore Essay, 1st

Draft due (@1:00PM)

Monday, February 17 Macklemore Essay, Final Draft due (@1:00PM)

Tuesday, March 4 LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS

Monday, March 10 Research Essay, Half Draft due (@1:00PM)

Tuesday, March 18 Research Essay, Final Draft due (@1:00PM)

COURSE TRAJECTORY:

Week1

Mon Jan 6Intros

Tues Jan 7visual rhetoric group work, intro rhetorical devices

Wed Jan 8rhetorical devices quiz

Thurs Jan 9computer lab day (meet in room 1801),annotate The Whitewashing of the American Farmer

Week2

Mon Jan 13ReadThe Real Face of Stay-At-Home Mothersand complete corresponding notecatcher

Tues Jan 14ReadGirl Power Toy or Sexist Gameand Beastie Boys Lyric Comparison

Wed Jan 15computer lab day (meet in room 1802), Intro Paragraphs

Thurs Jan 16computer lab day (meet in room 1802), Ad Analysis 1st

Draft due,Peer Review

Week3

Mon Jan 20No class, MLK Day

Tues Jan 21Discuss conclusion paragraphsWed Jan 22Read Is Funny Enough and work in groups to summarize authors opinion

Thurs Jan 23revision checklist

Week4

Mon Jan 27Ad Analysis Final Draft due, annotate the lyrics to Macklemores song Wing$

Tues Jan 28computer lab day (meet in room 1802), Lyric Analysis

Wed Jan 29read Jordan Teichers Slatearticle

Thurs Jan 30discuss in small groups selected passages from Macklemores response, PIE review

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Week5

Mon Feb 3Macklemore Essay 1st

Draft due, Socratic seminar

Tues Feb 4NPR interview and corresponding notecatcher

Wed Feb 5Rhetorical devices in Macklemores response; read Modes of Persuasion: Pathos and discuss the validity o

emotional appeals

Thurs Feb 6computer lab day (meet in room 1802), RadioLab notecatcher

Week6

Mon Feb 10integrating quotes

Tues Feb 11summarizing review

Wed Feb 12computer lab day (meet in room 1802), Discuss Counterarguments

Thurs Feb 13computer lab day (meet in room 1802),Midterm Exam

Week7

Mon Feb 17Intro Unit 3, read example research essay

Tues Feb 18Summary vs. Quote Sandwich Practice, opposing viewpoints on immigration reform, stalemate in the House

Wed Feb 19Socratic Seminar re: Immigration Reform

Thurs Feb 20Socratic Seminar cont.

Week8

Mon Feb 24Watch The House I Live In

Tues Feb 25Watch The House I Live In

Wed Feb 26Finish The House I Live In

Thurs Feb 27No class, Cara at a Conference

Week9

Mon March 3Discuss Jaffes article

Tues March 4review topic sentences

Wed March 5computer lab day (meet in room 1802), library intro

Thurs March 6computer lab day (meet in room 1802),Intro paragraphs

Week10

Mon March 10Research Essay 1st

Draft due, model essay activity

Tues March 11computer lab day (meet in room 1802), Counterargument example

Wed March 12conclusion paragraphs

Thurs March 13conclusions

Week11

Mon March 17final draft checklist

Tues March 18Research Essay Final Draft due, reflection letter

ATTENDANCE:

Attendance in English 101 is mandatory. More than eightabsences (two weeks) from class is grounds for

failing the course. After 5 absences, your grade will be negatively affected. Anywhere from 6-8 absences

will result in a 10% deduction from your overall score in the class. 9 or more absences equals an F (0.0) in

the course.Thus, plan for unforeseen illnesses or travel plans later in the quarter. Only absences for

bereavement, hospitalization, jury duty, or previously-scheduled college Sponsored Events or Activities (see

Student Handbook for definition) are considered excused absences. Whenever possible,please notify me

before the excused absenceto be sure to get any handouts you might miss in class. Every other kind of

absence including illnesses and doctors appointments are considered unexcused and count toward youreight allowed absences.

In the case of a personal or family emergency, please be in contact with me via email about the situation, and

I will do my best to accommodate you. In the case of bereavement leave or a mental/physical health

emergency for you or one of your dependents requiring you miss more than one day in a row, you will be

expected to keep up with your coursework via Canvas. Arrangements will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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Being in attendance means being physically present, awake, coherent, and fully prepared for class with the

readings completed. If you do not meet all of these conditions you will be marked absent for the day. Coming

in more than 10 minutes late, leaving early, and inappropriate use of cell phones, laptops, or tablets in class

will result in an unexcused absence.You are responsible for making up all of the work that you missed during

an absence. Please see me during office hours or schedule an appointment beforethe next scheduled class.

LATE

WORK

:

Homework and essays are due at the beginning of class. I do not accept late homework. You will receive a

zero on the assignment if you do not have it with you, in class, the day it is due. The one exception to this no

late work policy is when using your Stuff Happens coupon distributed on the first day of class. You may

only use this coupon once per quarter, and it is only applicable on homework assignments (not on essay

drafts). For the three major essays in this course, I strongly discourage you from submitting them late.

In the case of a late 1st

Draft:

if turned in within 24 hours, you will receive at 10% grade reduction off the points possible (minus 2 onthe Ad Analysis and Macklemore Essay and minus 5 on the Research Essay Half Draft);

after 24 hours you will receive a 0, but I encourage you to still submit it for written feedback from me.A late final draft will be graded as follows:

Within 24 hours = 10% point reduction 2 days late = 20% reduction 3 days late = 30% reduction 4 days late = 40% reduction 5 or more days late = 50% reduction

Note: Due to grade deadlines, I cannot accept your Research Essay (Essay 3) more than 24 hours late. All

writing assignments are to be typed and correctly formatted according to MLA standards (see the Purdue OWL

website for details).

COURSE ETIQUETTE:

Classroom citizenship.The classroom is a learning community. Any behavior that disrupts this community will

not be tolerated. This includes speaking to other students while I am talking, sleeping in class, passing notes,

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being rude or belligerent to me or other students, etc. This is a discussion-based course, and I expect you to

treat each other with dignity and respect. We may be discussing sensitive topics and reading each others

personal writing in this course. Please be considerate of others ideas and beliefs and do not discuss the

content of others papers with students outside of this class. In accordance with Big Bends Discrimination

Policy, disrespect or discrimination towards students based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, citizen

status, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or chosen gender, veteran status, age, or religion will

not be tolerated. If you feel your well-being is being jeopardized or you have observed someone else being

treated disrespectfully, please come speak to me about it privately after class or during my office hours.

Readings. In accordance with Big Bends mission statement to encourage multiculturalism, this class has been

intentionally designed to include readings that represent a diverse set of cultures and peoples and express

points of view on controversial contemporary social and political issues. In this class we may discuss, read,

write about, or view texts that you disagree with or find offensive. Such texts are not necessarily condoned,

but rather used to prompt discussion and explore ideas that may be outside of our individual preferences and

comfort levels. In this college classroom you are required to engage maturely and academically with alltexts,

regardless of their content or rating. Please email or see me privately during office hours if you have any

questions about this policy.

Technology.In order to promote habits and skill-sets unique to scholars of the 21st

century, this course has a

heavy emphasis on the use of technology. You will be expected to check our Canvas page every day for a

detailed description of the homework, and you will be submitting your homework and essays on Canvas and

receiving important margin notes and feedback on your writing from your instructor on Canvas. It is my

expectation that you purchase and use Microsoft Word for all typed assignments in this class. If you cannot

get Word on your personal or home computer, you will need to schedule at least an hour per day and several

hours over the weekends to spend on campus using the computers in the library.

Having said that, more often than not, during class time, technological devices serve as distractions to you andthe people around you, so please silence and put away your phones upon the start of class. There will

certainly be exceptions to this rule, when I will allow you, even encourage you, to use your smart phone or

device in class, but I will notify you when it is appropriate to take out your phone.Texting, taking calls, and

checking the time on your cell phone is not permitted in class. Unless you have been given explicit permission

to use your laptop in class, all laptops should be shut and stowed away. Any use of technology in class,

including receiving audible texts or calls, will result in an unexcused absence for that day.

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Email etiquette.I certainly welcome your emailsif you have questions about the course, your work, meeting

times, etc., please dont hesitate to message me on Canvas or atcarast@bigbend.edu.However, you should

treat this as professional correspondence: that is, it should have a greeting, complete sentences, and your

name at the bottom.

PLAGIARISM:

I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt and assume that you will do honest work and that you will work

with me on improving writing that is your own. But plagiarism is a serious matter, and incidents of it have

been on the rise nationally. So I feel that it is important to explain what the consequences are.

The two basic kinds of plagiarism:

1. Malicious or intentional. This is the most serious kind of academic theft. It involves using someoneelses work as your own without citing the source, including direct copying, rephrasing, and

summarizing, submitting someone elses paper as your own, or re-submitting your own workfrom a

different quarter or different course. It also involves tak ing someone elses idea and putting it in

different words. Even if several different sources were copied, it is still plagiarism.

2. Plagia-phrasing or mosaic plagiarism. Not indicating directly quoted passages or ideas within youressay even while citing the work as a general source at the end of the essay in a Works Cited.

The consequences of plagiarism:

If a paper involves plagiarism of the second kind, I may ask you to rewrite the paper, using correct forms of

documentation. However, if you persist in committing this kind of plagiarism, even after I have explained it to

you more than once, you will receive an F on the paper and could be subjected to a more severe penalty of

the type described below.

If a paper involves plagiarism of the first kind, I am empowered by the Student Code of Conduct to assign a

grade of F for the course, a penalty that may be imposed in particularly serious cases. In most cases of

plagiarism, I will also make a complaint to the Vice President of Student Services, which is responsible for

enforcing the regulations in the Student Code of Conduct. So in addition to the academic penalty of receiving

an Fin the course, you may also be subject to other disciplinary penalties, which can include suspension or

expulsion. Although such severe penalties are rarely imposed for first-time offenders, the Vice President of

Student Services Office maintains disciplinary records as part of a students overall academic record.

A final word on plagiarism: I understand the occasional temptation to plagiarizebut I am surprisingly good at

recognizing plagiarism. My basic message is Do Not Do It. When you need to take something from another

persons workan idea, a powerful statement, a set of facts, or an explanationcite your source.

GRADING:

The majority of the points for this course come from daily assignments and participation, so be sure to keep

up with the daily readings and homeworks. Simply turning in final papers will not result in a passing grade in

this class. Your percentage in the class is based out of 870 points(subject to change). You must turn in all 3

final essays and receive at least 518points to passthis class. In order to receive a 2.0 (the grade required for

this course to count at most 4-year colleges), you will have to receive a minimum of 631 points.

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The points are distributed as follows:

Unit 1Ad Analysis (225)Visual Rhetoric Quiz (10)

Commercial Notecatcher (10)

Rhetorical Appeals Quiz (10)

PIE s (20)

Whitewashing Annotations (10)iPhone Reading Quiz (10)

Beastie Boys Lyric Comparison (10)

Clint Eastwood Annotations (10)

1st

Draft (25)

Peer Review (10)

Final Draft (100)

Unit 2Macklemore Essay (285)Wing$ Annotations (10)

Lyric Analysis (20)

Macklemores Response Quotes (10)

1st

Draft (25)

Socratic Seminar Participation (10)Peer Review (10)

NPR Interview Notecatcher (10)

Soderberg Response (10)

Macklemore Rhetorical Devices (10)

RadioLab Notecatcher (10)

Quotes/Credibility Homework (10)

Midterm Exam (50)

Final Draft (100)

Unit 3Research Essay (360)We Are Americans Mark Up (10)

Socratic Seminar Participation (10)

With or Without Overhaul Res. (10)

The House I Live In NC (20)

McJobs Response (10)Library Database Annotations (10)

Half Draft (50)

Peer Review (10)

Topic Sentence Checklist (10)

Final Draft (200)

Reflection Letter (20)

Grading Scale:

Re-doing Final Drafts.I will allow you to re-submit Essays 1 (Ad Analysis) and Essay 2 (Macklemore Essay)

again after the Final Draft due date if you received a D or F (except in the case of a grade reduction for

A

% = GPA

B

% = GPA

C

% = GPA

D

% = GPA

95-100 = 4.0

94 = 3.8

92-93 = 3.7

91 = 3.6

89-90 = 3.5

87-88 = 3.4

86 = 3.3

85 = 3.2

84 = 3.1

83 = 3.0

82 = 2.9

81 = 2.8

80 = 2.7

79 = 2.6

78 = 2.5

77 = 2.4

76 = 2.3

75 = 2.2

74 = 2.1

73 = 2.0

72 = 1.9

71 = 1.8

70 = 1.7

69 = 1.6

68 = 1.5

67 = 1.4

66 = 1.3

65 = 1.2

64 = 1.1

63 = 1.0

62 = 0.9

61 = 0.8

60 = 0.7

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