1. Class procedures... Attendance
2. Journal:
When you're taking a new class, it's a good idea to think about what you want out of that class. What do you want out of this one?
3. Syllabus and books... (legal stuff)
4. Diagnostic Essay... "The Art of Authorship" by Mark Twain
Please read the following essay and respond to these questions:
1. What is Mark Twain claiming about writing or his writing process?
2. Do you agree or disagree and why?
Please be sure to write an essay in response that offers your potential read a beginning, middle and end.
5. Please finish and print your essay before you leave class.
6. Homework... Follow this link and complete the "Improving Information Literacy Skills" tutorial provided by our excellent library. Please print out your final score and bring it to class.
7. Homework: Access our class blog and print out the last page of the syllabus. Please return with it signed.
Syllabus
Instructor: Eric Berge
E-MAIL: eric.berge@phoenixcollege.edu
Office Hours: Monday
and Wednesday: 3:30-5:00/Tuesday and Thursday: 2:00-3:30/B-149
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Course:
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Eng
101
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Semester:
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Spring
‘13
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Number:
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22409
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Time:
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2.00-3.40
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Day(s):
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Tues/Thurs
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Location:
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B-121
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Text Book:
No
textbook is required; however, students may want to purchase College Writer 4th Edition by
Vandermey as a resource.
Attendance Policy:
Class attendance is expected in
accordance with the current college catalog. Excessive
unexcused absences may result in
withdrawal from the course or a lower grade.
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** It will be solely at the discretion of
the instructor if the student will be withdrawn from the class based
on the circumstances surrounding the absences. **
Note
In the event of
an instructor absence, the class will meet virtually and complete assignments
provided on the class blog. Please check
your e-mail and our class blog prior to each class period to ensure you are
prepared for class.
Paper
Format Guidelines:
- Final drafts should be typed or computer printed
- Final drafts must be double-spaced with one-inch margins.
- Use a 12-point font. Times Roman.
- Place your name, section number, genre, and date at the top of the first page—no cover sheet is necessary.
Grading:
Grades are based on a portfolio system. At the end of the course, students will meet
with the instructor to review the assigned essays and the final project in
portfolio form. The portfolio consists
of work you complete in and out of class, including drafts, essays, journals,
notes, and other marginalia. When you
meet with the instructor, the instructor will review your portfolio and assign
a grade based on the portfolio rubric.
Each essay and the final project are worth 20 points. The total possible points in class is
100.
So, if students receive 90-100 points, they
earn an A.
If students receive 80-89 points, they earn a
B.
If students receive 70-79 points, they earn a
C.
If students receive 60-69 points, they earn a
D.
If students receive less than 60 points, they
earn an F.
Objectives/ Course Description:
Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a
focus on expository writing and understanding writing as a process.
Establishing effective college-level writing strategies through four or more writing
projects comprising at least 3,000 words in total.
Course Competencies:
1.
Analyze specific
rhetorical contexts, including circumstance, purpose, topic, audience, and
writer, as well as the writing's ethical, political, and cultural implications.
(I, III)
2.
Organize writing to
support a central idea through unity, coherence, and logical development
appropriate to a specific writing context. (II, IV)
3.
Use appropriate
conventions in writing, including consistent voice, tone, diction, grammar, and
mechanics. (I, IV)
4.
Summarize, paraphrase and
quote from sources to maintain academic integrity and to develop and support
one's own ideas. (III, IV)
5.
Use feedback obtained
from peer review, instructor comments and/or other resources to revise writing.
(II)
6.
Assess one's own writing
strengths and identify strategies for improvement through instructor
conference, portfolio review, written evaluation, and/or other methods. (II,
III)
7.
Generate, format, and
edit writing using appropriate technologies. (II, IV)
Course Work:
Course work consists of keeping a writing journal, completing class
exercises, taking tests, group oral presentations, computer work, and writing
and revising papers. Certain
requirements may vary from the syllabus to meet the needs of the group.
Grades:
A Excellent
N Audit
B Above Average
P Pass
C Average
Z No Credit
D Passing
I Incomplete
F Failure
W Withdrawn/Passing
Y Withdrawn/Failing
Accommodations for
Diagnosed Learning Needs:
Students with special, diagnosed learning
needs should meet with me as soon as possible to
arrange for reasonable accommodations. For more information, please call the DSS
office at (602) 285-7486 or (602) 285-7477 V/TDD.
ACADEMIC
INTEGRITY AND CLASSROOM COURTESY:
In addition to academic performance,
students are expected to demonstrate honesty and integrity. All submissions by
a student are expected to be the original work of the submitting student.
Materials that in any way violate this requirement, or otherwise constitute any
form of dishonesty, cheating, fabrication, the facilitation of academic
dishonesty, and/or plagiarism may result in the student receiving a failing
grade in the course with appropriate disciplinary action. All students are
expected to act professionally at all times.
SYLLABUS
STATEMENT OF CIVILITY: PROMOTING A POSITVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
To establish a
positive learning environment for this class:
As an instructor, I
am expected to be professional, courteous, respectful, and empathetic to
students and to:
Begin
and end class on time
Be
prepared for each class session
Provide
academic feedback and grade assignments in timely manner
Be
available for individual consultation
Clarify
assignments and inform students of any adjustments to the class schedule
As a student, you are
expected to be reflective, courteous, respectful, and empathetic to
classmates, the
instructor, and other college staff assisting you in your learning and to:
Be
in class and be on time
Be
prepared for class sessions
Participate
in class activities
Follow
instructions and complete assignments
Keep
up with and turn in assignments by the due dates
Put
forth your best effort
Ask
questions when you don’t understand
Maintain
Knowledge of your grade status
Contact
your instructor right away about concerns or situations that interfere with
your success
in
class
Comply
with policies found in College catalog and student handbook
SEXUAL
HARASSMENT POLICY
Everyone in this
class, including the instructor, must adhere to PC policies:
“…provide
an educational, employment, and business environment free of unwelcome sexual
advances,
requests
for sexual favors, and other verbal and/or physical conduct or communications
constituting
sexual harassment as defined and otherwise prohibited by state and federal
law.”
For additional
information, please check P.C.’s General Catalog & Student Handbook.
Technology
rEQUIREMENTS
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For this
course, you will need a working email address and access to the
Internet. Internet access can be from
school, home, or work.
The IT
Help Desk can also provide support and assistance with your technology needs
and questions. For 24/7 help with
Blackboard, call the help desk.
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English 101/Tentative Schedule
(Subject to
change due to the needs of the class.)
Week 1
Diagnostic
Good
Writing (Politics and the Eng Lang…)
Homework: Prelim Research Topic Due
Week 2
Contrast
of Sources report assigned
Good
writing continued.
Week 3
Contrast
of Sources Work Cited due
Contrast of Sources
draft due
Week 4
Research
Intro…
Contrast
of Sources Final Draft
Week 5
Topic
Op Ed Assigned
Draft of Op Ed for Review
Week 6
Research
Topic Conferences
Research
Topic Conferences
Week 7 Op Ed Due
Research
Cont… Sources List….
Week 8
Literary Analysis….Intro
S. Story
one and questions
Research
Cont. Deep Outline
Week 9
S. Story
and questions…
Reader
response… Theme
Research obstacles…. Planning the paper.
Research
Abstract
Week 10
S. Story
cont.
Literary
Essay Assigned…
Week 11
Lit Essay
Draft Due
Final Draft Due… Poetry Intro
Research
Draft Due
Week 12
Poetry
Analysis
Poems cont….
Edit Research
Papers
Week 13
Poetry
Recitation… Close reading
Week 14
Poetry
Analysis Assigned
Research Draft Due
Week 15
Poetry Analysis Draft Due
Week 16
Presentations
Conferences
Final Exams Conferences.
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Syllabus Statement of Understanding:
I, ____________________understand and agree to abide by all the terms in the syllabus.
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