NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS

 

Course Title: Fundamentals of English II
Course Prefix & Number: ENGL 0305	Section Number: 404	Semester: Spring 2017
Semester Credit Hours: 3	Lecture Hours: 3	Lab Hours: 0
Course Description (NCTC Catalog): In this course, students will learn to compose unified, well-developed essays with an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.  The thesis statement and topic sentences will be emphasized.  Students will also review and practice the basic grammar skills taught in ENGL 0300 and then move to more advanced topics, including modifiers and parallelism.  This course does not count toward graduation at NCTC.
Course Prerequisite(s): Earn satisfactory TSI Assessment placement scores or earn satisfactory placement scores on another approved assessment.
Required or Recommended Course Materials: Biays: Along These Lines: Writing Paragraphs & Essays with Writing from Reading Strategies, Pearson, custom edition for North Central Texas College, 2016. (book bundle includes MyLabsPlus access code)

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Name of Instructor:	Jared Ince
Campus/Office Location:	Corinth
Office Hours:	Available for questions via email Monday afternoons (2:00-4:00 PM).  Additional availability by appointment.
E-mail Address:	jince@nctc.edu

 

GRADING CRITERIA

# of Graded Course Elements	Graded Course Elements	Percentage or Point Values
10	MyWritingLabs “Apply” Exercises	20%
10	In-class Quizzes and Activities	10%
4	Essay Analyses	10%
3	Essay Writing Assignments	20%
3	Tests	20%
1	Final Exam	20%

Grade Scale:   90 – 100% = A;   80 – 89% = B; 70 – 79% = C;     Below 70% = F

 

Missed Exam, Quiz, or In-class Activity

A student who misses an exam, quiz, or other in-class assignment and has an instructor-approved, documented reason for the absence has 48 hours to schedule in writing (email) an appropriate make-up assignment. Otherwise the grade in question will be a zero.  Additionally, a student who is more than fifteen minutes late to an exam will not be permitted to take the exam.

 

Cheating

Any form of cheating/plagiarism will result in an automatic zero on the offending assignment.

 

Assignment Make-Up Policy

Incorrectly submitted assignments will not be accepted.  Make up of any missed assignment is at the discretion of the instructor. In all cases, the grade may be reduced regardless of the quality of work if submitted work is late, incomplete, or insufficient. For serious and unavoidable situations that cause absences or missed assignments, it is the student’s responsibility to contact the instructor within 48 hours of the beginning of the missed class or the posted due date and request a chance to make up work. The instructor reserves the right to require documentation for absences and makeup work.  All makeup work must be approved, submitted to e-college, and emailed directly to jince@nctc.edu before the agreed upon deadline; no other form of submission will be accepted.  For late work:  Late homework assignments can be submitted without documentation for 80% credit.  In order to receive partial credit, the student must submit (email) the assignment to the instructor within 24 hours of the posted deadline.  An additional 20% will be deducted for each consecutive day (24 hours) that the assignment is late, and, after 4 days, the assignment will not be accepted.  Late quizzes, exams, and in-class assignments will not be accepted without documentation.  Other exceptions to the late work policy will be posted in Canvas.

 

Readings

Each day’s homework readings are to be completed before the start of the next class meeting.  You are expected to participate in the class’s discussion of the reading assignments.

 

In-class Assignments and Group Work

You are required to actively participate in all in-class assignments and group work.  Failure to do so will result in a zero on the assignment at the discretion of the instructor.

 

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

	At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
1.	Compose a variety of texts that demonstrate clear focus, the logical development of ideas, and the use of appropriate language that advances the writer’s purpose.
2.	Determine and use effective approaches and rhetorical strategies for given writing situations.
3.	Generate ideas and gather information relevant to the topic and purpose, incorporating the ideas and words of other writers in student writing using established strategies.
4.	Evaluate relevance and quality of ideas and information to formulate and develop a claim.
5.	Develop and use effective revision strategies to strengthen the writer’s ability to compose college-level writing assignments.
6.	Edit writing to conform to the conventions of standard English.

 

STUDENT EMAIL

All students at NCTC are assigned a student email address, also known as Lion Pride email. Lion Pride email can be accessed on the NCTC home page by clicking on MyNCTC, then the link “Lion Pride Email” to the left. After clicking the Lion Pride Email link, the Microsoft Office 365 window will open.
1. Enter your NCTC student e-mail address. (for example, Smithj123456@student.nctc.edu)

2. Enter your password (your NCTC Student ID Number, either 7 or 9 numbers).
3. From the list of Microsoft icons, choose MAIL.
4. You will be asked to set your language and local time zone (Central Time). Your account is now activated.

 

**It is the student’s responsibility to activate and regularly monitor the assigned NCTC (Lion Pride) e-mail account. Important announcements and notifications from the Admissions office, Financial Aid, or other college staff will be sent via the Lion Pride student email system.

 

For communicating with classmates and instructors, students also have an option to communicate through Canvas. Canvas messaging is NOT the same as Lion Pride e-mail. Failure to read and/or receive NCTC e-mails (either in Lion Pride or in Canvas) is no excuse for not complying with the College Prep Attendance Policy or any other school policies. Be sure to regularly check BOTH the Lion Pride email as well as the Canvas inbox for important messages and information.

 

TSI COMPLIANCE

At North Central Texas College, students who test but do not meet the passing scores in ALL sections of the TSI Assessment or any other THECB approved testing measurements are required by state law to obtain TSI advising and continuously enroll in a formal college preparatory studies (developmental) program every semester until all TSI requirements are satisfied. TSI program attendance is MANDATORY. Non-compliance with the rules of attendance will result in a student being WITHDRAWN from the college preparatory course and possibly from North Central Texas College. Withdrawals are subject to college policies as set forth in the college catalog.

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY

Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all College Prep classes for which they have registered. There are NO excused absences.  Faculty in the Department of College Preparatory Studies will notify students of absences on a regular basis and one courtesy warning e-mail notification will be sent to the students’ current NCTC student e-mail address (Lion Pride email and/or Canvas email) when the student accrues 1 week absence (not necessarily consecutive days) in a course. Please check your NCTC student email (Lion Pride) frequently to ensure that you are receiving notifications from the college and from your instructors. Some faculty may send notifications in Canvas as well. Failure to read and/or receive NCTC e-mail (Lion Pride) is no excuse for not complying with the Attendance Policy. It is the student's responsibility to maintain correct and current e-mail and local and permanent addresses with the college.

 

After a student has been absent from class 2 weeks (not necessarily consecutive days), the student may be dropped. If the student is dropped from the only College Prep class in which he/she is enrolled and is TSI liable, the student may be DROPPED from all remaining courses for that semester.

Inform the instructor in writing during the first week of class of any religious holidays observed this semester. Documentation must be given to the instructor at the class following the holiday.

Also, since punctuality has become a problem in recent semesters, three tardies may be considered one absence. Coming in late disrupts the class. Occasions do occur that you will need to be tardy, but not on a consistent basis.

 

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

 

ENGL 0305-404 Weekly Schedule
Week	Starting	Topic	Assignment
Week 1	1/19/2017	Course Introduction	HW: Read Chapter 17 (pp. 382-394)
		MyWritingLab Orientation	HW: MWL "Build Your Learning Path"
		Fundamentals of English Pre-test
		Simple and Compound Sentences
Week 2	1/26/2017	It is the student’s responsibility to check email each week in Lion Pride and Canvas.
		Simple and Compound Sentences (cont'd)	HW: Read Chapter 18 (pp. 395-402)
		Avoiding Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices	HW: Read Chapter 19 (pp. 403-414)
			HW: Read Chapter 20 (pp. 415-423)
			HW: MWL #1 (run-ons)
Week 3	2/2/2017	Subordination: Building Complex Sentences	MWL #1 due by the beginning of class
		Avoiding Sentence Fragments	HW: Read Chapter 11 (pp. 220-254)
			HW: MWL #2 (fragments)
Week 4	2/9/2017	The Writing Process	MWL #2 due by the beginning of class
			HW: MWL #3 (spelling)
			HW: Test 1 Review
Week 5	2/16/2017	Review for Test #1	MWL #3 due by the beginning of class
		Test #1	HW: Read selection from Chapter 12 (pp. 267-272)
			HW: Essay Analysis #1
Week 6	2/23/2017	Writing Pattern #1 (Narration)	Essay Analysis #1 due by the beginning of class
			HW: Read Chapter 25 (pp. 474-487)
			HW: Essay Analysis #2
			HW: Narrative essay (due Thursday, Mar. 9)
Week 7	3/2/2017	Subject-Verb Agreement	Essay Analysis #2 due by the beginning of class
			HW: Read Chapter 26 (pp. 488-496)
			HW: Read Chapter 27 (pp. 497-504)
			HW: MWL #4 (subject-verb agreement)
			Narrative essay due by the beginning of class
Week 8	3/9/2017	Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement	MWL #4 due by the beginning of class
		Pronoun Consistency and Case	HW: MWL #5 (pronoun-antecedent agreement)
			HW: MWL #6 (pronoun reference and point of view)
			HW: Test 2 Review
	3/16/2017	SPRING BREAK	College closed 3/14 - 3/20
Week 9	3/23/2017	Review for Test #2	MWL #5 due by the beginning of class
		Test #2	MWL # 6 due by the beginning of class
			HW: Read selection from Chapter 13 (pp. 299-306)
			HW: MWL #7 (pronoun case)
Week 10	3/30/2017	Writing Pattern #2 (Cause and Effect)	MWL #7 due by the beginning of class
			HW: Cause or effect essay (due Thursday, Apr. 13)
			HW: Read Chapter 23 (pp. 443-451)
			HW: Essay Analysis #3 (due Thursday, Apr. 13)
			HW: Read Chapter 21 (pp. 424-432)
Week 11	4/6/2017	Essay Work Day	No class meeting
			**Last Day to Drop with a W  is Thurs 4/7**
Week 12	4/13/2017	Using Parallelism in Sentences	Cause or effect essay due by the beginning of class
		Correcting Problems with Modifiers	Essay analysis #3 due by the beginning of class
			MWL #8 (parallelism)
			MWL #9 (misplaced or dangling modifiers)
Week 13	4/20/2017	Writing Pattern #3 (Illustration)	MWL #8 due by the beginning of class
			MWL #9 due by the beginning of class
			HW: Illustration essay (due Thursday, May 4)
			HW: Test 3 Review
			HW: Essay analysis #4
Week 14	4/27/2017	Review for Test #3	Essay analysis #4 due by the beginning of class
		Test #3	HW: Final exam review
			HW: MWL #10 (editing the essay)
Week 15	5/4/2017	Review for Final Exam	MWL #10 due by the beginning of class
			Illustration essay due by the beginning of class
			Final Exams May 9 – 12
**Final exam is scheduled for Thursday, May 11, at 7:00 PM

 

LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW

Last day to withdraw from a course with a “W” is Thursday, April 6, 2017.

 

DISABILITY SERVICES (OSD)

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students who have a documented disability. On the Corinth Campus, go to room 170 or call 940-498-6207. On the Gainesville Campus, go to room 110 or call 940-668-4209.  Students on the Bowie, Graham, Flower Mound, and online campuses should call 940-498-6207.

North Central Texas College is committed to both the spirit and letter of federal equal opportunity legislation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, ADA Amendments Act of 2009, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112).   http://www.nctc.edu/StudentServices/SupportServices/Disabilityservices.aspx

 

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the student handbook. http://nctc.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2016-2017/Catalog/North-Central-Texas-College-Student-Handbook

 

 

Name of Chair/Coordinator:	Elizabeth Howell
Office Location:	Corinth 324
Telephone Number:	940.498.6209
E-mail Address:	ehowell@nctc.edu
Name of Instructional Dean:	Sara Alford
Office Location:	Flower Mound Suite 200
Telephone Number:	972.899.8401
E-mail Address:	salford@nctc.edu

 

CAMPUS RESTRICTIONS

Tobacco-Free Campus:  NCTC restricts the use of all tobacco products, including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and smokeless tobacco, on campus property.

 

Campus Carry: Current law prohibits the open carry of firearms on college campuses including all property such as parking lots.  For more information, see the website at http://www.nctc.edu/Police/gun-laws-campus-carry