ENGLISH 101.01 Travis Covert

English Composition

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Course texts:

Ramage, John D., John C. Bean, and June Johnson. 3rd ed. The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2003.

Glenn, Cheryl, Robert Keith Miller, Suzanne Strobeck Webb, and Loretta Gray. The Writer's Harbrace Handbook. 2nd ed. Boston: Heinle, 2004.

In English 101, you will focus on the following outcomes:

- Reading critically, distinguishing central ideas from evidence and identifying the author's purpose, assumptions, and attitudes;

- Summarizing advanced-level material accurately—representing and documenting content; reflecting the source's purpose, tone, and structure; referring to all key ideas; and excluding unnecessary details;

- Reading responsively, using prior knowledge and experience to identify questions at issue and to recognize bias;

- Responding in writing to advanced-level material—reflecting the positions and assertions of an author, identifying a question at issue for both the student and the author, and focusing comment on the question at issue;

- Identifying and synthesizing the common questions at issue among readings that represent various perspectives on a topic or solutions to a problem;

- Drawing reasonable conclusions from information found in various sources—whether written, oral, tabular, or graphic—and integrating those conclusions into the development of written projects;

- Integrating multiple sources by examining alternative solutions or perspectives and responding to source material. The writing may include a description of the research process.

Writing Program Expectations

The Program's faculty recognize that writing is a process and that writers depend on a community of readers. We thus expect you to participate in your courses in the following ways: prewriting to inquire, reflect, focus, generate, and clarify content;revising to provide economy, clarity, unity, and balance; editing your own work and the work of others; writing polished prose that is purposeful, clear, and effective; understanding and using criteria to assess your own writing; working responsibly in writing groups;engaging critically and constructively in the exchange of ideas during class discussion, group activities, and conferences;demonstrating academic integrity in all written projects.

Each essay submitted for grading should have these features: a clear purpose; clear and correct sentences; an appropriate tone; development that is consistently relevant to the purpose; an organization that is appropriate for the purposes of the assignment; accurate documentation of materials.

GRADES:

TV proposal 5%

Research question 5%

Summary 10%

Strong Response 20%

Synthesis 15%

Exploratory essay 30%

Participation 10%

In class essay 5%

PLAGIARISM: The word plagiarism, derived from the Latin for "kidnapping," refers to the unacknowledged use of another person's words, ideas, information, insights, or line of thinking. Do not plagiarize. Ever. If you plagiarize you will, at the very least, fail the assignment; at the most, you will fail the course.

ATTENDANCE: After your first three absences, your grade will be lowered one level for each absence. For instance, after four absences your grade will be lowered from an A- to a B+. Being tardy twice counts as one absence.

LATE WORK: Submitting assignments on time is crucial in this course. Consequently, for every 24 hours after an assignment is due, your grade on the assignment will be lowered one significant level. For instance, if you submit an essay the day after it is due, the highest grade you could receive on the assignment is a B. This deadline works for drafts submitted via the course messageboard and via email, as well as for drafts brought to class.

REVISIONS: You can revise your work as often as you’d like for a better grade. Your later grade will be averaged with your original grade on the assignment in order to come to your final grade. Because of this rather lenient revision policy, I expect your revisions to include significant changes; merely correcting a spelling error here and there will not count. June 2 is the last day I will accept revisions.

CONFERENCES: You are required to have two private conferences with your instructor. The first should be by April 23, while the second should be in May. Email your instructor when you are ready to set up a day and time for your conference. Failure to attend the two conferences will result in your grade being lowered one level.

Schedule W Mar 31-W Apr 7 TV proposal

F Apr 9-F Apr 16 Exploring a problem

M Apr 19-W Apr 28 Writing a summary

F Apr 30-M May 10 Writing a strong response

W May 12-W May 19 Writing a synthesis

F May 21-F Jun 4 Writing the exploratory essay