1. Mission Statement for NOC:
Northern Oklahoma
College, a multi-campus learning community,
provides high
quality, accessible, and affordable educational opportunities and services to allow
citizens to develop to the full extent of their abilities, to succeed in a
competitive global environment, and to be effective life-long learners.
2. Course Title:
English Composition 1213
3. Objectives
Upon
completion of this course the student will be able to:
a. Understand the
connection between audience, subject, and purpose, and adapt writing style
accordingly.
b. Discuss the use of
persuasive appeals in varied texts.
c. Quote, paraphrase,
summarize, and cite materials in MLA format.
d. Evaluate and
analyze source materials of various types.
e. Recognize and
synthesize opposing points of view in writing.
f. Demonstrate
correct usage of grammar, mechanics, and punctuation.
g. Compose at least
one essay in class and a minimum of four out-of-class essays.
4. Instructor Information:
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Email
Address: john.richard.stevens “at” okstate.edu
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Office
Hours: I am always available before and
after class.
5. Textbook and Materials:
Required:
None. We will used web-based materials.
Optional:
VanderMey,
Randall, Verne Meyer, John Van Rys, and Pat Sebranek. The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking Writing, and Researching. 2nd
ed. Boston:
Houghton-Mifflin Company, 2007.
6. Course Policies:
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Class attendance
rules: Regular attendance is required to be
successful in the class. I will use the
administrative warn and drop system.
After three (3) absences, I will issue a warning and after six (6)
accumulative absences, I may withdraw you. Each absence beyond four (4) is considered excessive and
will result in grade reduction of your final course grade of 3% per instance.
For example, five (5) absences results in a 3% reduction to the final course
grade, six (6) absences results in a 6% reduction to the final course grade,
and so on. Moreover,
if I allow you to remain enrolled in the course beyond six (6) absences, it
will affect your participation grade, perhaps to the point of zero in the
participation component of this course. Arriving late or leaving early is
unacceptable, and three (3) instances results in a charged absence. Arriving
five (5) minutes or more late results in a charged absence; leaving early
results in a charged absence.
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Essays: The length of each
essay will be determined by the specific prompt for
each given assignment. Essays must demonstrate original thought, development,
and organization. For each essay
assignment, you will be given a schedule of readings,
exercises, and drafts required. All essays must be typed, double spaced, and in
MLA format. Grading criteria for each essay will be reviewed
in class.
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Formatting of all
course work:
All course work must be in a 12 point Times New Roman
font. Other fonts, particularly those generating a deceptively higher page
count, are unacceptable, and such papers will receive a lower grade. Margins
are to be either 1 inch or 1¼ inches, the latter of which is the default
setting in MS Word. Always double space. Do not turn in any typewritten
single spaced work or I will reduce the grade by a minimum of one full letter
grade. Do not turn in any handwritten work, for it will be returned to you at
the earliest opportunity, and is considered to be late
until a properly formatted version is turned in. Adhere to the page count
guidelines for all assignments. If any of the above problems persist, I will
grade the assignment as a zero.
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General guidelines
for late work:
when class ends on the due date, the work is late. If a TurnItIn.com submission
is required, then it is due ten minutes prior to class on or before the due
date, after which it is late.
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Late/Missing work and
your participation grade: Late work and/or missing work will affect your
participation grade, perhaps to the point of zero in the participation
component of this course. Students are responsible for consulting the
instructor about work missed due to absence, regardless of the reason. There
are different late penalties for major project versus all other course work, so
see the next two bullet points.
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Late major projects
(the four essays and the annotated bibliography): If a student fails to successfully negotiate all turn-in requirements for an
essay on the due date, the paper will receive a 10% deduction per class period
if handed in within the week. After one
week from the date due, the paper will not be accepted,
and a zero will be recorded for that essay. For each major project turned in
late, students should expect a 25% reduction in the course participation grade.
For each major project not turned in at all, students should expect a 50%
reduction in the course participation grade. The five major projects are as
follows: Personal Response Essay, Connections Essay, Annotated Bibliography, Bibliographic Analysis Essay, Argumentative Research Paper.
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Late policy on all
other course work:
All minor course work, which means everything other than the five major
projects listed above, loses 5% per calendar day late, including weekends,
breaks, holidays, and so on.
7.
Evaluation and
Assessment of Course:
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Grading:
The grading scale for this course is as
follows:
90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C 60-69 D 50-59 F
The final course grade will
be based on total points possible.
Proofreading: A paper must have both content and correct
mechanics if it is to communicate well. Students should proofread their work
carefully. Tutors are available in the
Tutoring Center to help with writing and editing.
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Extra Credit Course
Policy: determined
or rescinded at the instructor’s discretion, and in accordance with the
policies set forth on the extra credit bonus prompt, located on my website,
which can be accessed here.
8.
Writing Component:
Northern
Oklahoma College is committed to helping students improve writing. The college
expects all courses to contain a writing component as part of the evaluation of
student progress. We expect students to
produce written work that is focused, well developed,
organized, and relatively free of grammatical, punctuation and spelling
errors. Papers that fall short of this
standard will not be accepted; the work will be
returned to the student for revision within a reasonable time.
9.
Academic Integrity:
Academic dishonesty
or misconduct is not tolerated at Northern Oklahoma
College. Whether in the form of
plagiarism or cheating, it is a serious matter that
can result in expulsion from the institution.
Representing someone else’s ideas as one’s own or using unauthorized
notes, aids, or other means to improve scores on an assignment, a project, or
an exam will result in disciplinary action against the student. The disciplinary procedures are as described
in the NOC Student Handbook). Disciplinary action for students who are enrolled in both OSU and NOC classes will follow the OSU
policy on Academic Misconduct and Dishonesty (http://comp.okstate.edu).
10.
Use of Cell Phones
& Electronic Devices:
The
use of palm pilots, walkie-talkies, pagers, cameras, or other communication
devices will not be permitted during in-session
classes at Northern Oklahoma College. Because of safe-campus policies and the
text messaging system, cell phones may be allowed by your instructor if set to
“silent” or “vibrate” and used only for emergencies. In the event a student is
caught using an electronic device of any nature during exams, quizzes, or other
confidential circumstances, the student will receive a zero grade for that
portion of the coursework.
The use of laptop
computers is permissible in Northern Oklahoma College classes
only upon prior approval by the specific instructor for that course. Any use of laptop computers or any other
similar learning aids that are used in a dishonest
manner by the student will result in forfeiture of the privilege to use such
items in class and the student will receive a zero grade for that portion of
the coursework.
It will be at the discretion of NOC to determine
additional consequences, which can include removal from the course and/or
removal from the institution for the dishonest act or acts. (Refer to the NOC Student Handbook for
additional information.)
11. Assessment of Student Learning:
Assessment is an ongoing process
aimed at understanding and improving student learning. It involves making the
course objectives measurable and explicit. It is our intent to
systematically measure the process of student learning within each
course being taught at Northern, by setting appropriate high standards for
learning quality and interpreting evidence to determine how well student
performance matches the course objectives and standards, then utilizing the
resulting information to improve student performance.
The following
examples are measures that will provide evidence of student learning: written
and oral assignments and projects, unit, chapter, mid-term, and comprehensive
examinations, pre- and post-tests, quizzes, competency based projects,
observation of student behavior, internally and externally juried reviews,
portfolios, internships, case studies, research papers, journals, essays, large
and small group projects, one on one communications between faculty and
students, standardized or national licensure tests, capstone projects, student
satisfaction surveys, national standardized tests, employer surveys on the
quality of program graduates, and others.
12. Identification of Student Learning Styles
The Northern faculty believes that all
students should have the opportunity to learn in an environment conducive to
their dominant learning style. It is our
goal to provide diverse pedagogy within each course to address the identified
learning styles for the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners.
13. Statement of Student Support
If you believe you have a disability of any
type, please let me know so I can work cooperatively with you and the
Counseling Office to provide reasonable and fair opportunities for you to be a
productive and successful learner in this course. It is your responsibility as a student to
notify the Counseling Office of your disability. The Counseling Office numbers are as follows:
Tonkawa campus 580 628-6651, Enid campus 580 548-2265, or the Stillwater campus
405 744-7116. If you have difficulty accessing an office or classroom, please
let the instructor know so that he or she can arrange to meet you at another
location or relocate the class if needed.
14. Course Outline:
Weeks 1-3 Personal Response Essay; Emphasis on
personal writing; Grammar; Research; Documentation
Weeks 3-6 Connections Essay; Research Proposal;
Emphasis shifts to academic prose; Grammar; Research; Documentation
Week 6-9 Annotated
Bibliography: Research; Documentation
Week 10-12 Bibliographic
Analysis Essay: Essay Exam; Portfolio
Weeks 12-15 Argumentative Research
Paper; Presentations
Week
16 Pre-finals Week; Film; No new assignments
Week
17 Final Examination
What You Should Do to Get Started:
Read this syllabus
in its entirety, and if you have any questions ask me
as soon as possible. Also, I have provided you with a number
of lectures, prompts, and external links to MLA Style Guidelines on my website,
http://www.englishdiscourse.org/teaching.comp.html.
How to Do Well in This Course:
1. Come to class.
2. Do all the course
work, which means do not skip any of the assignments and take a grade of zero
on them.
3. Turn in all work on time.
4. Try hard. Just give your genuine best effort.
5. Pay close attention to my comments on your papers, and follow those
comments for future turn-ins.
6. Be prepared for class, which means peer revisions, discussion
questions/observations, and any other scheduled in-class activities.
If you follow the
procedure above, you will dramatically increase your chances of doing very well
in this course.
Required Software: MS Word, which is FREE OF CHARGE to all OSU
and NOC students.
All assignments must be composed and turned in as a MS Word
doc file. To obtain MS Word for free, you can
visit http://it.okstate.edu/mca, login and download
the software. You will need your PRISM id and PRISM default password. If you do
not have this information, or if you experience any problems at all, call the
helpdesk at 744-HELP (744-4357) and they will gladly assist you. As an
alternative, the OSU campus has many computer labs, all of which offer
computers that have MS Word. The Edmon Low Library
also checks out laptops to OSU students, and they too have MS Word.
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How to turn in course
work: For
each of the major projects (essays), and the Thought Papers, and the Short
Story Responses, a paper copy is due during class on the due date.
Additionally, an electronic copy is due, ten
(10) minutes prior to the beginning
of class, on the due date, and it must be turned in to TurnItIn.com as a MS
Word doc or docx file. Use the TurnItIn.com “file
upload” method from the submit screen. You will be instructed
during class about how to create a TurnItIn.com account, and how to turn in
your work. Your essays, Thought Papers, and Short Story Responses will be considered late until both the paper copy and the
electronic copies are turned in. All other rules for late work, as delineated
in section six of this syllabus, also apply. Moreover, your electronic turn-in
must be an exact duplicate of the paper copy: in other words, no further
corrections or revisions will be accepted. Also, if the electronic and paper copies do not match up it
will have a negative impact on the assignment’s grade.
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Participation
grading: Your
Participation grade is determined by the following
factors: how much you participate in discussions; the careful thinking
demonstrated by your remarks. There are also other
variables involved that will negatively affect your grade, which include the
following: late arrival to class; late
work; missing work;
unsatisfactory in-class work; lack of
preparation, which means failure to be prepared for peer revision
workshops and/or other activities; unprofessional conduct; failure to turn in
work to TurnItIn.com prior to class on the due date; your failure to meet any
other requirements of this syllabus. Moreover, I expect you to
participate in every class by significantly adding to class discussions, which
means group discussions, as well as the discussions led by me. I expect your
reading, writing, analyses, and discussion to reflect careful thought and
preparation.
There is also the aspect of "effective
participation." As the semester progresses, students must demonstrate that
they are effectively demonstrating previously taught
skills. If, for example, we are some weeks into the course and a student is
still failing to successfully negotiate skills that should have already been
mastered, then participation with regard to learning said skills can only be
judged as inadequate. Also, if I have reason to believe that an assignment was
written at the last minute, as opposed to its being drafted and revised over
time, then it is a case where that student has effectively been absent from
participating in the writing process. In such cases the participation grade will be reduced, perhaps to the point of zero is this
component of the course.
In addition to the above criteria, generally
(what follows here is at the instructor’s discretion), a 10% reduction of the
participation grade will be applied for each missed
peer revision, each late turn-in of an assignment, each failure to turn-in an
assignment. Chronic lateness to class will prove costly to the participation
grade, and will be determined on a case by case basis,
and the same applies for being ill-prepared for class activities, such as
Discussion Questions/Observations, and in-class writing. A late major project
will cost a minimum 50% reduction in the participation grade. These policies
are general, and adherence to or departure from them is at the instructor’s
discretion. They are an effort to give students a general idea as to how the
instructor calculates the participation grade.
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Peer revision
workshops: Peer
Revision Workshops are crucial to the draft and revise writing process taught
in this course, and you are expected to participate in
all of them. I will reduce the final grade of an essay by 5% if a peer review
workshop is missed for any reason, including absence
from class. There is no way to make up these lost points. Moreover, each time
you miss a peer revision workshop your participation grade will
be reduced. Also, if your paper falls even slightly short of the minimum
page count, even if only by a line or two of text, you will not receive credit
for participation in that workshop.
Course Components and their Percentages of the Final Course Grade:
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5% |
Personal
Response Essay -- Page count requirements: 3 full pages
minimum, to 4 full pages maximum, plus a works cited page. Paper
copy due in class with complete copies of all sources in a pocket folder, and
electronic copy due to TurnItIn.com prior to class. Due date: 1/29/09 TURNITIN.COM SUBMISSION REQUIRED, TEN (10) MINUTES OR MORE
PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF CLASS ON OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE, AFTER WHICH THE PAPER
WILL LOSE 10% FOR ONE CLASS PERIOD LATE, PER LATE WORK POLICIES ON THE COURSE
SYLLABUS. |
|
Research
Proposal -- No
direct points for this assignment, but turn-in is required. Typewritten paper
copy due in class, but no electronic copy due to TurnItIn.com. Due date: 2/3/09 NoTurnItIn.com
submission. |
|
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10% |
Connections
Essay -- Page
count requirements: 3 full pages minimum to 4 full pages maximum, plus a
works cited page. Paper copy due in class with complete copies of all sources in a
pocket folder, and electronic copy due to TurnItIn.com prior to class.
Due date: 2/19/09 TURNITIN.COM SUBMISSION REQUIRED, TEN (10) MINUTES OR MORE
PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF CLASS ON OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE, AFTER WHICH THE PAPER
WILL LOSE 10% FOR ONE CLASS PERIOD LATE, PER LATE WORK POLICIES ON THE COURSE
SYLLABUS. |
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10% |
Annotated Bibliography -- Paper copy due
in class with complete copies of all sources in a pocket folder, and
electronic copy due to TurnItIn.com prior to class. Due date:
3/12/09 TURNITIN.COM SUBMISSION REQUIRED, TEN (10) MINUTES OR MORE
PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF CLASS ON OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE, AFTER WHICH THE PAPER
WILL LOSE 10% FOR ONE CLASS PERIOD LATE, PER LATE WORK POLICIES ON THE COURSE
SYLLABUS. |
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3% |
Bibliographic
Analysis Essay Exam -- an essay exam. Exam date: 3/12/09 Written during
class, so NO TurnItIn.com submission. |
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12% |
Bibliographic
Analysis Essay -- Page count requirements: 5 full pages minimum to six full pages
maximum, plus a works cited page. Paper copy due in class with complete copies of all sources in a
pocket folder, and electronic copy due to TurnItIn.com prior to class. Due date: 4/2/09 TURNITIN.COM SUBMISSION REQUIRED, TEN (10) MINUTES OR MORE
PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF CLASS ON OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE, AFTER WHICH THE PAPER
WILL LOSE 10% FOR ONE CLASS PERIOD LATE, PER LATE WORK POLICIES ON THE COURSE
SYLLABUS. |
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5% |
Reading
Skills Workshops and Portfolio -- consult the Assignments Calendar for
workshops dates. Paper copy due in class in a
pocket folder, but no copy due to TurnItIn.com. |
|
20% |
Argumentative Research Essay -- Page count requirements: 7 full pages
minimum to 8 full pages maximum, plus a works cited page. Paper copy due in
class with complete copies of all sources in a pocket folder, and electronic
copy due to TurnItIn.com prior to class. Due
date: 4/23/09 TURNITIN.COM
SUBMISSION IS THE ONLY TURN-INREQUIRED, TEN (10) MINUTES OR MORE PRIOR TO
BEGINNING OF CLASS ON OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE, AFTER WHICH THE PAPER WILL LOSE
10% FOR ONE CLASS PERIOD LATE, PER LATE WORK POLICIES ON THE COURSE SYLLABUS.
NO PAPER COPY OF THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE
TURNED IN, JUST THE TURNITIN.COM SUBMISSION. |
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6% |
Individual
Research Project Presentation -- Due
date: as assigned. NoTurnItIn.com submission. |
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8% |
Academic Prose Paper – There are a total of 4
Academic Prose Papers, 2% each. Paper copy due in class, and electronic copy
due to TurnItIn.com prior to class. TURNITIN.COM
SUBMISSIONS REQUIRED, TEN (10) MINUTES OR MORE PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF CLASS ON
OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE, AFTER WHICH THE PAPERS WILL LOSE 5% PER CALENDAR DAY
LATE, PER LATE WORK POLICIES ON THE COURSE SYLLABUS. |
|
6% |
Personal Writing Paper – There are a total of 3
Personal Writing Papers, 2% each. Paper copy due in class, and electronic
copy due to TurnItIn.com prior to class. TURNITIN.COM
SUBMISSIONS REQUIRED, TEN (10) MINUTES OR MORE PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF CLASS ON
OR BEFORE THE DUE DATE, AFTER WHICH THE PAPERS WILL LOSE 5% PER CALENDAR DAY
LATE, PER LATE WORK POLICIES ON THE COURSE SYLLABUS. |
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BONUS 3% |
How to Earn Extra
Credit Bonus Points – determined at the instructor’s discretion, and
in accordance with the policies set forth on the extra credit bonus prompt,
located on my website, which can be accessed here.
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|
10% |
Participation -- make certain that you are aware of how late work, missing work, and
other factors affect your participation grade. Familiarize yourself with all
the policies of this syllabus, and particularly its participation grading
section. |
|
5% |
Final Examination
-- an essay exam, for which participation is
mandatory. No make-ups or retakes. Written during
class, so NO TurnItIn.com submission. |
Personal Writing Papers
and Academic Prose Papers:
These are extremely short assignments that are written in very disparate types of prose styles. It would be a serious
error in judgment to turn-in either type before reading the respective
assignment.
Reading
skills workshops and portfolio: Reading
Skills Workshops will dramatically increase your skills in the following areas:
1) Read faster . 2) Better understand
what you read. 3) Remember better what you read. 4) Optimize note-taking skills for study.
You must keep an ongoing record of your semester-long progress by recording your in-class and out-of-class practice on the Timings Handout for
Speed Reading, as
well as compiling a varied selection of reading notes, both of which you will
turn in toward the end of the semester in the form of a portfolio. I will teach
you how to record your progress. Failure to maintain neat and accurate records
and reading notes will compromise your grade in this component of the course,
and your participation in these workshops also has an
effect on the participation grade course component.
Discussion
Questions/Observations: There are no direct points earned from
turning in discussion questions/observations. Still, these are assignments, so
failure to participate by turning them in on time will result in a reduction of
your participation grade. These assignments must be typed,
and are not accepted late. See Discussion
Questions/Observations on
my website.
THE ASSIGNMENT CALENDAR:
TU 1-13: TODAY'S CLASS: Course introduction. Brief
overview of your first project, which is the Personal Response Essay.
Homework: Bring the following materials to our
next class:
·
The prompt for the Personal Response Essay
·
Independent
and Dependent Clauses
·
Run-Ons, Comma Splices, Fused Sentences
·
Prompt
for Personal Writing Papers
·
How to Earn Extra
Credit Bonus Points
There is no need for you to do the grammar handouts at home, for
we will complete them during class; however, you must have read the CNN article in its entirety, and view
the YouTube clips on the Personal
Response Essay assignment prompt. (The sentence fragments handouts are courtesy
of the Owl Online Writing Lab at Purdue.)
TR 1-15: TODAY'S CLASS: Bring to class today: all
course books; all handouts listed under the previous class’s homework. Discussion of CNN article
and YouTube clips; discussion of your
first project, which is the Personal Response
Essay. In-class writing on
your Personal Response Essay, so bring all the
materials needed to work during class.
Homework: Continue working on your Personal Response Essay because you will need one full
page minimum for the peer revision workshop on Thursday of next week. Personal Writing Paper
# 1 , on the CNN
video, “Get Your Game On,” available @ http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/12/05/dcl.game.on.pereira.cnn?iref=videosearch
Be prepared for a class discussion of the video
clip.
WEEK TWO:
TU 1-20: TODAY'S CLASS: Personal
Writing Paper # 1 due; discussion of the video “Get Your Game On.” In-class writing on
Personal Response Essay, so bring all the materials you will need to work
during class. Print the assignment prompt for your Research Proposal and bring it to class today. In-class writing on your Personal
Response Essay, so bring all the materials needed to
work during class. Print the Sentence Fragments Handout and Sentence Fragments
Exercises # 1. (With the exception of
the "Peer Revision Worksheet" today's
handouts are courtesy of the Owl Online Writing Lab at Purdue.)
Homework: Personal Writing Paper
# 2 , over the David Kravets article, "Student Who Created Facebook
Group Critical of Teacher Sues High School Over
Suspension” is due next class. Go to http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/12/us-student-inte.html
to access the article. Be prepared for a class
discussion.
TR 1-22: TODAY'S CLASS: Peer Revision
Workshop for Personal Response Essay, one full page
minimum, bring four copies. Personal
Writing Paper # 2 due and discussion of Kravets article; Bring the Peer Revision Worksheet to class today. We will go over any handouts from previous
classes that we have not yet worked with. In-class writing on your Personal Response Essay, so bring all the materials needed to work during class.
WEEK THREE:
TU 1-27: Peer Revision Workshop for Personal Response Essay, two full pages
minimum, bring four copies. In-class writing on
Personal Response Essay, so bring all the materials you will need to work
during class.
TR 1-29: TODAY'S CLASS: Personal Response Essay due. Bring to class the Connections Essay Prompt. Today
is our first Reading Skills Workshop, so bring to class your "Timings Handout for
Speed Reading," a pencil and pen, and notepaper for taking notes. Moreover, print the following handouts and
bring copies to class today:
·
Timings Handout for Speed Reading
·
Reading Skills Portfolio Prompt and
Guidelines
·
Prompt for Academic Prose Papers
·
Lecture
2: Read This Before Turning in Any Work
Homework: Academic Prose Paper #
1 over the
Wired video,
“Virgin Galactic 2.” The video is available @ http://www.wired.com/video/virgin-galactic-2/1813573892.
TU 2-3: TODAY'S CLASS: Research
Proposal due, and Academic Prose Paper # 1 due; bring the following
materials to class: The Comma Splices Handout
(courtesy of The UVic Writer's Guide), and the Plural and Possessive Handout (courtesy of Meredith College). Today’s lecture is about
how to do research. Discussion of Wired video, “Virgin Galactic 2.” In-class writing on your Connections
Essay, so bring all the materials needed to work
during class.
Homework:
Write a discussion question/observation over the CNN
video “Microsoft’s New Browser,” available @ http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2008/08/28/boulden.private.surf.cnn?iref=videosearch.
Be prepared for a class discussion.
TR 2-5: TODAY'S CLASS: Discussion of CNN video; In-class writing on Connections Essay, so bring all the
materials you will need to work during class. Reading Skills Workshop, so bring to class your "Timings Handout for
Speed Reading," a pencil and pen, and notepaper for taking notes.
Homework: Academic Prose Paper #
2 is due next class, over the Priya Ganapati article,
"Edible Electronics Monitor Drugs in Your Body.” Access the article @ http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/ingestible-chip.html.
TU 2-10: TODAY'S CLASS: Peer Revision
Workshop for the Connections Essay, one full page
minimum; bring four copies. Academic Prose Paper #2 due; discussion of CNN article. In-class writing,
proofreading, and editing on Connections Essay, so bring all the materials you
will need to work during class.
TR 2-12: TODAY'S CLASS: Peer Revision
Workshop for the Connections Essay, two full pages minimum; bring four copies.
In-class proofreading and editing on Connections Essay, so bring all the
materials you will need to work during class. Reading Skills Workshop, bring your own text to class and your
"Timings Handout for Speed Reading," a pencil and pen, and notepaper
for taking notes.
Homework: Personal Writing Paper
# 3 is due next class, over the Katie Couric clip, “Notebook:
Invisibility Cloak,” available on YouTube,
@ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4zwzlnExVU&feature=related.
TU 2-17: TODAY'S CLASS: Personal Writing Paper #3 due. Discussion of Katie Couric/YouTube clip ; In-class writing,
proofreading, and editing on Connections Essay, so bring all the materials you
will need to work during class.
TR 2-19: TODAY'S CLASS: Connections Essay due. Print and bring to class the prompt for the Annotated
Bibliography.
Reading Skills Workshop, bring your own text to class and your
"Timings Handout for Speed Reading," a pencil and pen, and notepaper
for taking notes.
Homework:
Go to the
library, either in-person or virtually, find three articles for your annotated
bibliography, and bring copies of them to our next class. Access the Julian E. Barnes Los Angeles Times article, "Gates Calls for Modernization of
U.S. Nuclear Weapons," at http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gates29-2008oct29,0,4726906,print.story, for next class you will turn in the Alexis Madrigal article and
your discussion question/observation, stapled together in the upper left hand
corner, with your discussion question/observation on top. Essentially, be
prepared for a class discussion.
WEEK SEVEN:
TU 2-24: TODAY'S CLASS: Discussion
of Barnes article and discussion
question/observation due. In-class writing on Annotated Bibliography, so bring all the materials you will need,
including the three articles you found over the weekend.
Homework: Academic Prose Paper #
3 is due next class, over the CNN video “Court Rules to Remove DNA,”
available @ THE LINK FOR THIS PAPER IS NO LONGER
AVAILABLE. DO NOT CONCERN YOURSELF ABOUT TURNING IN THIS PAPER.
TR 2-26: TODAY'S CLASS: Academic Prose Paper # 3 due, discussion of CNN article. Peer Revision Workshop for Annotated Bibliography. You must have 3 entries completed,
which means both the citation and annotation, minimum of 50 words per
annotation, which does not include the words in the citation; remember that in
for the final turn-in the annotations must be longer; bring four copies.
Bring to class a copy of the Examples of Common
Works Cited Citations. In-class writing on your Annotated Bibliography, so bring all the materials needed to work during
class.
TU 3-3:
TODAY’S CLASS: Peer Revision
Workshop for Annotated Bibliography.
You must have 6 entries completed, which means both the citation and
annotation, minimum of 50 words per annotation, which does not include the
words in the citation; remember that in for the final turn-in the annotations
must be longer; bring four copies; in-class writing/editing on your annotated
bibliography, so bring all the materials you will need. Reading Skills Workshop, so bring your own text to class, and your
"Timings Handout for Speed Reading," a pencil and pen, and notepaper
for taking notes.
Homework: Write a discussion question/observation over
the Ryan Singel article, "No Court Order Needed to Spy on Americans
Overseas, Appeals Court Rules," for it is due next class. Go to http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/no-court-order.html
to access the
article, and bring a copy to class, for next class you will turn in the article
and your discussion question/observation, stapled together in the upper left
hand corner, with your discussion question/observation on top. Essentially, be
prepared for a class discussion.
TR 3-5: TODAY'S CLASS: Discussion of discussion of Singel article and discussion
question/observation due. Print
and bring to class the prompt for the Bibliographic Analysis
Essay, and the prompt for the Bibliographic Analysis Essay Exam. In-class writing/editing on your
annotated bibliography, so bring all the materials you will need. Reading Skills Workshop, so bring your own
text to class, and your "Timings Handout for Speed Reading," a
pencil and pen, and notepaper for taking notes.
WEEK NINE:
TU 3-10: TODAY'S CLASS:
In-class
writing/editing on your annotated bibliography, so bring all the materials you
will need. Reading Skills Workshop, so bring
your own text to class, and your "Timings Handout for Speed
Reading," a pencil and pen, and notepaper for taking notes.
TR 3-12:
TODAY'S
CLASS: Annotated Bibliography due and today
is the Bibliographic Analysis Essay Exam.
TU 3-17: TODAY'S CLASS: NO CLASS. SPRING BREAK.
TR 3-19: TODAY’S
CLASS: NO CLASS. SPRING
BREAK.
TU 3-24: TODAY’S CLASS: In-class writing on Bibliographic Analysis Essay, so bring all the
materials you will need. Reading Skills
Workshop, so bring to class your "Timings Handout for Speed Reading,"
a pencil and pen, and notepaper for taking notes.
Homework:
Academic Prose Paper #
4 is due next class, over the
Kim Zetter article,"Dead Teen's Mother: Misdemeanor Convictions a 'Stepping Stone' in Cyberbullying Case,” at http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/lori_drew_trial/index.html, for next class you will turn in
the article and your discussion question/observation, stapled together in the
upper left hand corner, with your discussion question/observation on top.
Essentially, be prepared for a class discussion.
TR 3-26: TODAY’S CLASS: Academic Prose Paper # 4 due; discussion of Zetter article; in-class writing on Bibliographic Analysis Essay, so bring all the
materials you will need. Reading Skills
Workshop, so bring to class your "Timings Handout for Speed Reading,"
a pencil and pen, and notepaper for taking notes.
TU 3-31:
TODAY'S
CLASS: Individual Presentations; in-class writing on
Bibliographic Analysis Essay, so bring all the materials you will need.
TR 4-2: TODAY'S CLASS: Individual
Presentations; Bibliographic Analysis Essay due. Bring to class the prompt
for your Argumentative Research Paper. In-class writing on your Argumentative Research Essay, so
bring to class all the materials you will need. Reading Skills Workshop, so bring to class your "Timings Handout for
Speed Reading," a pencil and pen, and notepaper for taking notes.
Homework:
TU 4-7: TODAY'S CLASS: Individual Presentations; in-class writing on
your Argumentative Research Essay, so bring all the materials you will need.
TR 4-9: TODAY'S CLASS: Reading Skills
Portfolio due. Individual
Presentations; in -class writing on your Argumentative Research Essay, so
bring all the materials you will need.
TU 4-14: TODAY'S CLASS: Individual Presentations; Peer revision workshop for your Argumentative Research Paper, four
full pages minimum, bring four copies. In-class writing on your Argumentative
Research Essay, so bring all the materials you will need.
Homework: Make certain
to check the online syllabus for changes in today’s homework that could be made necessary because of changes to the Individual
Presentation schedule.
TR 4-16: TODAY'S CLASS:
Individual Presentations; In-class writing on your Argumentative Research
Essay, so bring all the materials you will need.
Homework: Make certain
to check the online syllabus for changes in today’s homework that could be made necessary because of changes to the Individual
Presentation schedule.
WEEK FIFTEEN:
TU 4-21: TODAY'S CLASS: Individual Presentations; In class writing on your Argumentative Research Essay, so
bring all the materials you will need.
TR 4-23: TODAY'S CLASS: ARGUMENTATIVE RESEARCH ESSAY DUE. REMEMBER THAT NO PHYSICAL PAPER
COPY OF THIS ESSAY IS DUE, BUT RATHER ONE ELECTRONIC COPY TO TURNITIN.COM,
WHICH MUST BE EITHER A DOC OR DOCX FILE, SO YOU MUST USE THE “FILE UPLOAD”
METHOD ON TURNITIN.COM. IF YOU COMPLETE THIS PAPER EARLY, THE TURN-IN CAN BE MADE EARLY. THIS IS ALSO THE FINAL DAY TO TURN IN ANY MISSING COURSE WORK, TO
WHICH THE APPROPRIATE LATE PENALTIES WILL APPLY.
WEEK SIXTEEN: (Pre-Finals Week)
TU 4-28: TODAY'S CLASS:
We watch the first half of a film during today’s class.
TR 4-30: TODAY'S CLASS:
We finish watching the film.
Final
examination dates and times:
2:00 Class:
Thursday, May 7, from 2:00 to 3:50 p.m., in our regular classroom.
3:30
Class: Tuesday, May 5, from 2:00 to 3:50 p.m., in our regular classroom.