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Spring 2015 - 2nd Sem 2014-15
May 08, 2024 |
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| ENGLISH COMPOSITION II - 1323 - ENGL 102 - 02 |
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Learning Objectives: Required Materials: Technical Requirements: English 102 Syllabus, Spring 2015 West Virginia State University Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. Benjamin Franklin Professor Mark E. Parsons-Justice (mparsons7@wvstateu.edu) Class Meetings: Monday and Wednesday, 9:30 AM-10:45 AM Location: Wallace Hall, Room 219 Professor Office Hours by Appointment Only Course Prerequisite: English 101 Required Texts: Faigley, Lester, and Jack Selzer, eds. Good Reasons with Contemporary Arguments. Sixth Edition. Boston: Pearson, 2015. Print. Ruszkiewicz, John, Daniel Seward, Christy Friend, and Maxine Hairston, eds. Scott, Foresman Writer, The. Fifth Edition. Boston: Longman, 2011. Print. Course Objectives: This course, which is designed to provide students with the foundation for successful academic and professional writing, will emphasize general rather than discipline specific research skills. The course is designed to help students the ability to: • Read and evaluate resource material and analyze and synthesize information from those resources into an appropriate form. • Select important facts and make appropriate inferences from non-fiction readings, distinguish most important information from least information, and integrate new facts and ideas with established information. • Use university-level library resources as a stimulus for critical thinking, discussion, and analytical and argumentative writing. • Recognize non-print sources of information and examine various techniques for gathering primary data. • Improve writing skills by planning, drafting, revising, and editing. • Write and integrate summaries, paraphrases, and quotations into writing. • Document research sources. • Understand the role of collaboration in the learning process. • Develop speaking skills through class discussion, oral reports, and/or multi-media presentations. Course Outcomes: Students completing all requirements for this course will be able to: • Use research skills to locate appropriate source materials, including electronic and non-electronic sources. • Use critical thinking skills to read and analyze texts. • Evaluate source materials in various disciplines. • Paraphrase, summarize, and synthesize sources. • Write analytical and argumentative papers that support a thesis with evidence and reasoning. • Incorporate sources accurately and effectively. • Use conventional methods of citing source materials. Assignments: • All assignments (except homework exercises) must be typed in 12 point font, Times New Roman or Arial only. The margins should be set at 1” on each side and the lines should be double spaced. Papers not adhering to these guidelines will be returned!!! ALL work must be submitted in class in hard-copy (paper) form. Emailed assignments will not be accepted unless otherwise approved prior to the due date and ONLY in rare instances. Late assignments will not be accepted unless arrangements have been made prior to the due date by contacting me via email. Because this is a writing class, all emails to me must follow the guidelines for writing a formal email found in your SF Writer on pages 135-136. It does not need to be fancy or “proper” to be effective. I simply ask that your email demonstrate your standing as a college student in a writing class. • HOMEWORK EXERCISES are used to track attendance and participation. These assignments are very short, but very important. They may be handwritten as long as they are legible; if you turn in illegible homework, I will return it and may require your future homework assignments to be typed. These assignments will not be graded, but we will discuss them at the beginning of each class. FIVE POINTS are awarded for each assignment completed. Failure to submit completed assignments will result in additional written work, papers, or exams at the discretion of the instructor. Put simply: do the exercises, write legibly, and get your five points. • READING RESPONSES are essential in demonstrating your ability to analyze and interpret written arguments. Each reading response paper will focus on one of two essays in the “Contemporary Arguments” section of Good Reasons. Your first paper will be in response to James Hibberd’s “Bar Hopping with the Bud Girls” (GR 530-535). Your second will be in response to Andrew Delbanco’s “College at Risk” (GR 347-353). Each paper should be about two pages and should follow the guidelines for written work for this class (i.e. double-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman or Arial font, 1” margins). Each response will be worth up to 50 POINTS. • SHORT PAPERS provide great argumentative writing experience on a specific topic. Each short paper should be three to four pages and should follow the guidelines for written work. The first short paper should relate to one of the following readings from Good Reasons: o “The Surveillance Society” by Adam Penenberg (GR 469-475) o “Small Changes: Why the Revolutions Will Not Be Tweeted” by Malcolm Gladwell (GR 548-555) o “Organs for Sale” by Sally Satel (GR 438-445) Note that the short paper is NOT a response paper! Your paper should relate to one of the themes presented in one of articles. (Put simply: read one of the essays above and then explore that topic more deeply on your own.) The second short paper topic will be announced at a later time. Each short paper will be worth up to 100 POINTS. Short paper grades are provisional, which means that they can be improved with significant revision. If your first score is not satisfactory, you may revise your paper using my suggestions for improvement. The point of the class is not to penalize your for unsatisfactory writing, but to increase your writing ability! Take advantage of the rewrite option! • TOPIC PROPOSALS allow you to share with me your beginning ideas about the research paper. The proposal should follow the guidelines in SF 22-23. The proposal is worth 25 POINTS. Because I will offer feedback and guidance, some proposals may need revisions and edits in order to receive full credit. • AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY of resources you plan to use for your final paper will help direct your writing work. The annotated bibliography does not have to be in final form, but should indicate the direction your paper is taking. It must be presented in MLA form. The standard rule is one source per page; therefore your six to eight page paper should have six to eight sources. At least three of your sources should be from non-internet sources. The bibliography assignment is worth 50 POINTS. • OUTLINES are helpful tools for organizing your writing. Though not required for the short papers, outlines will greatly benefit your writing. As such, students who submit an outline for their short papers may be awarded up to 10 extra credit points for each outline. ALL STUDENTS MUST SUBMIT AN OUTLINE OF THEIR RESEARCH PAPER on the date noted below. The research paper outline is worth 50 POINTS. • The RESEARCH PAPER PEER REVIEW will be an in-class project where students will analyze each other’s rough drafts. This project is worth 25 POINTS. • The RESEARCH PAPER ROUGH DRAFT will be worth 100 POINTS and must be complete. Do not submit incomplete papers! Consider the rough draft your final paper. Failure to submit a complete rough draft on the due date will result in your grade being reduced by one letter grade. • The RESEARCH PAPER is the culmination of your coursework in English 102. It comprises 20% of your final grade in the class (200 POINTS). The paper should be six to eight pages long and should include a works cited page (bibliography). Remember: allow about one source for each page of work AND include at least three non-internet sources. • The FORMAL LETTER assignment will allow you to demonstrate your ability to write a professional letter. Topic and details will be announced at a later date. The letter will be worth 50 POINTS. • The FINAL EXAM will be a cumulative exam of concepts and ideas learned in the class and may include matching, true/false, multiple choice, and/or short answer. The exam will be worth 50 POINTS. Assignment Grading Homework Exercises (15 at 10 points each) 150 Reading Responses (2 at 50 points each) 100 Short Paper 1 & 2 (100 points each) 200 Topic Proposal 25 Bibliography 50 Research Paper Outline 50 Research Paper Peer Review 25 Research Paper Rough Draft 100 Research Paper 200 Formal Letter 50 Final Exam 50 TOTAL 1,000 POINTS The following scale will be used to calculate your grade: 100-90=A, 89-80=B, 79-70=C, 69-60=D, 59-0=F Plagiarism can take on a number of forms, but it is basically a matter of taking writing and/or ideas from a source (book, website, etc.) and presenting them as your own. This is CHEATING! Consequences for plagiarism range from failing an assignment, failing the course, or, in some cases, expulsion from West Virginia State University. Since you will be using research material for this course, we will discuss how to use and cite sources correctly! Accommodations for Students with Special Needs are available. Please submit your request to me as soon as possible so accommodations can be made. There are also on-campus disability services available. Information for Education Majors This course is required for education majors and develops your professional dispositions of (1) role model by allowing you to practice those behaviors you will expect of public school students including attendance, punctuality, academic honesty, and correct written/oral communication skills, (2) member of a profession by expecting you to participate as a scholar and member of a learning community to achieve course goals and outcomes, and (3) students focused by modeling for you teaching and assessment strategies appropriate in this academic discipline for the delivery of course content and outcomes. In addition, this course aligns with the national and state standards for its content specialization and provides information measured on national and West Virginia licensure exams. (See the Educational Testing Service Publication Praxis II-Test at a Glance for this content specialization.) This course also uses appropriate International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Content Specific Standards to meet course outcomes, when applicable. ________________________________________ Class Schedule Date Description Assignment 1-21 W Intro & Syllabus 1-26 M Reading & Responding Critically SF 149-156, GR 51-54, Exercise 8.3 (SF 521) DUE 1-28 W Reading & Responding Critically Same readings, GR 2-21, Exercise 9.9 (SF 525) DUE 2-2 M Types of Arguments GR Chapters 8-10, Reader Response Paper #1 DUE (respond to GR 530-535) 2-4 W Types of Arguments GR Chapters 11-13, Exercise 10.1 (SF 528) 2-9 M Argument Strategies SF 157-179, Exercise 11.4 (SF 532) DUE 2-11 W Library Tour SF 216: 22a1, Exercise 11.11 (SF 535) DUE 2-16 M Sources & Plagiarism SF 216-232, GR 239-247, Reader Response Paper #2 DUE (respond to GR 347-353) 2-18 W Sources & Plagiarism GR 248-259, Exercise 12.4 (SF 536) DUE 2-23 M MLA SF 249-260, GR 260-283, Exercise ??? 2-25 W MLA SF 262-316, GR 260-283, Exercise 31.4 (SF 538) DUE 3-2 M Quotations SF 233-248, 485-489, PAPER #1 DUE 3-4 W Selecting a Topic SF 15-26, Exercise 32.1 (SF 539) DUE 3-9 M Organization SF 27-32, Exercise 32.5 (SF 540) DUE 3-11 W The Power of Language SF 47-56, Topic Proposal DUE (use SF 22-23 as model) 3-16 M Paper #2 Arguments Exercise 34.2 (SF 543) DUE 3-18 W TBA Paper #2 DUE 3-23 3-25 Spring Break NO CLASS 3-30 M The Look of the Paper SF 111-113, GR 208-212, Bibliography DUE 4-1 W Outline Work Exercise 35.3 (SF 544) DUE 4-6 M TBA Outline DUE 4-8 W Research Day NO CLASS 4-13 M Peer Review Exercise 43.1 (SF 58) DUE, bring copy of draft for peer review 4-15 W TBA RESEARCH PAPER DRAFT DUE 4-20 M 4-22 W 4-27 M 4-29 W Writing Conferences NO CLASS; you must use these sessions to continue working on your research project! 5-4 M FINAL PAPER DUE FINAL PAPER DUE 5-6 W Final Exam Review Formal Letter DUE 5-11 FINALS WEEK Final Exam Date/Time TBA Assignments subject to change. Additions, deletions, or substitutions may occur as the instructor deems necessary.
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