COURSE SYLLABUS

Mr. Kenny

Course Name & Number     Composition I (English 3 & 4) ENGL 1301

Semester & Year                   Spring 2018

Catalog Description

Intensive study of and practice in writing processes, from invention and researching to drafting, revising, and editing, both individually and collaboratively. Emphasis on effective rhetorical choices, including audience, purpose, arrangement, and style. Focus on writing the academic essay as a vehicle for learning, communicating, and critical analysis.

[Rev. Fall 2012 THECB]

Prerequisite: Satisfactory placement test score or passing grade in ENGL 0305.

 

Instructor’s Name     Peter Kenny  Office Phone #          469-235-3486

 

Instructor’s Office # 1425   Office Fax #   n/a

 

E-mail Address         kennyp@lisd.net

 

Office Hours  2:05 to 3:35

Textbooks & Materials Required

Lunsford, Andrea, et al. Everyone’s an Author w/Readings. W.W. Norton, 2nd Ed. ISBN: 978-0-393-265293.

Lunsford, Andrea A. The Everyday Writer with Exercises. Bedford / St. Martin’s, 6^th Ed. ISBN: 978-1-319-11780-1.

[Rev. Fall 2017]

Learning Outcomes  Students who successfully complete English 1301 will meet the following learning outcomes:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative writing processes.
2. Develop ideas with appropriate support and attribution.
3. Write in a style appropriate to audience and purpose.
4. Read, reflect, and respond critically to a variety of texts.
5. Use Edited American English in academic essays.

 

[Rev. Fall 2017 THECB]

 

 

Core Objectives        

Foundational Component Area: Communication

Courses in this category focus on developing ideas and expressing them clearly, considering the effect of the message, fostering understanding, and building the skills needed to communicate persuasively. Courses involve the command of oral, aural, written, and visual literacy skills that enable people to exchange messages appropriate to the subject, occasion, and audience.

 

•           Critical Thinking Skills (CT)- to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information.
•   Communication Skills (COM)- to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication.
•   Teamwork (TW)- to include the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal.

 

•   Personal Responsibility (PR)- to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making             [Rev. 5-2014 THECB]

Grading Policy & Procedures        

• Major Grades - 70%
• Quizzes - 15%
• Class / Homework - 15%
• Due Dates and Late Work:
• Please understand that due dates are firm. There is a 30-point deduction for work that is a day late, and no work will be accepted more than a day late. If you are going to be absent the day an assignment is due, you are still responsible for turning in that assignment by the due date and time. You may either send a hard copy with a classmate or you may submit electronically and bring a hard copy with you when you return. This applies to both major and minor grades.

 

• Make up work:
• You have one day for each day you are absent to make up missed work. This includes missed quizzes and tests.
• It is your responsibility to obtain missed assignments.

 

 

Scholastic Integrity  Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but not be limited to cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion. See Student Handbook “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct [FLB- (LOCAL)]” #18.

Disciplinary Actions [Student Handbook, #5] “When cheating, collusion, or plagiarism has occurred beyond any reasonable doubt, the instructor may give the student or students involved an “F” on a particular assignment or in the course. [See Scholastic Dishonesty FLB (Local)] The instructor shall make a written report of the incident and of the planned action to his Department Chair. The Department Chair shall report the incident and action to appropriate instructional dean who shall review the case, notify the student and, if necessary, take further action. This may involve either probation or suspension of the student or students in question. If such disciplinary action is deemed necessary, the Dean of Student Services shall be notified, and the action shall be taken through that office.”

Plagiarism, which should be avoided at all costs, includes the following student actions:

1. Turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own;
2. Unintentionally or inadvertently turning in someone else's ideas, opinions, theories, or work as your own as the result of failing to document sources both internally and in the Works Cited;
3. Copying words, ideas, or images from someone without giving credit; Failing to put a quotation in quotations marks;
4. Giving incorrect information about the source of information, quotations, or images;
5. Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit;
6. Copying so many words, ideas, or images from a source that it makes up the majority of the student's work, whether or not the student gives credit.

[Rev. 3-20-2012–Plagiarism text added cb]

Attendance Policy    Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all classes for which they have registered. All absences are considered to be unauthorized unless the student is absent due to illness or emergencies as determined by the instructor. It is the student’s responsibility to provide documentation as to the emergency for approval and judgment by the faculty member. Approved college sponsored activities are the only absences for which a student should not be held liable and only when provided by a college official ahead of the absence. Valid reasons for absence, however, do not relieve the student of the responsibility for making up required work. Students will not be allowed to make up an examination missed due to absence unless they have reasons acceptable to the instructor. A student who is compelled to be absent when a test is given should petition the instructor, in advance if possible, for permission to postpone the exam. Student will be dropped from a class by the Registrar upon recommendation of the instructor who feels the student has been justifiably absent or tardy a sufficient number of times to preclude meeting the course’s objectives.   Persistent, unjustified absences from classes or laboratories will be considered sufficient cause for College officials to drop a student from the rolls of the College. From Board Policy FC (LOCAL)

Last day to withdraw from a course with a “W” is April 5, 2018.

We will follow Lewisville ISD’s attendance policy.

 

ADA Statement          North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of disability for admission or access to its programs. The College is committed to providing equal access to its students with disabilities by providing appropriate accommodations; a variety of services and resources are made available through the ACCESS Department. Students are responsible for notifying the ACCESS Department of their need for assistance. Students with documented disabilities, such as mobility impairment, hearing or visual impairment, learning, and/or psychological disorders are eligible for services.

Disability Accommodations

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students who have a documented disability. A disability is anything that can interfere with learning, such as a learning disability, psychological challenge, physical illness, or injury. Accommodations may include extra time on tests, tests in a distraction-reduced environment, volunteer note taker in class, etc.

On the Corinth Campus, go to room 170 or call 940-498-6207. On the Gainesville Campus, go to room 110 in the Administration Building (100) or call 940-668-4209. Students on the Bowie, Graham, Flower Mound, and online campuses should call 940-668-4209 to arrange for an intake appointment with OSD.

North Central Texas College is on record as being 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/DisabilitiesFacultyResources.aspx

 

[Rev. 7/25/2012 per Brent Wallace/Mary Martinson]

 

EEOC Statement       North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, or disability in the employment or the provision of services.

 

Calendar / Course Outline on the following page will use these abbreviations:

EA = Everyone’s an Author

EW = The Everyday Writer

 

 

 

 

 

Course Schedule:

 

1/22: (LO: 1,3,4)

Listening and Conversing:  Thinking Rhetorically, Rhetorical Situations, Reading Rhetorically, Writing reflections on readings, Writing a Personal Narrative.

 

Readings (EA Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 12)

EA Ch. 1-3 (Rhetorical Approaches); Ch. 12 (Writing Narratives).

 

*Personal Narrative draft for peer editing due Thursday, 1/25

*Personal Narrative Due Friday, 1/26 (major grade)

 

1/29: (LO: 1,3,4)

Reporting Information, & Proposals, MLA Style

 

Readings (EA Chapter 27, Chapter 4, and Chapter 14; EW Chapter 7)

EW Ch. 7 (Reviewing, Revising, and Editing)

EA Ch. 27 (MLA), Ch. 4 (Academic Writing), and Ch. 14 (Writing Reports)

 

*Report due Friday, 2/2 (major grade)

 

2/5: (LO: 1,2,3,4,5)

Arguing a Position, Making a Proposal, Analyzing and Constructing Arguments, Strategies for Supporting an Argument

Choose a stance for Research Paper

Work on proposal for research paper 

 

Readings (EA Chapters 11, 16, 17, 18)

EA Ch. 11 (Arguing a Position), Ch. 16 (Proposals), Ch. 17 (Analyzing/Constructing Arguments), & Ch. 18 (Supporting Arguments); for reference see also EA Ch. 14, EW Ch. 10, 11

 

*Research Paper Topic Proposal Due Friday, 2/9 (major grade)

 

2/12: (LO: 1,2,4,5)

Starting Research, Finding and Keeping Track of Sources, Evaluating Sources, Annotating a Bibliography

 

Readings (EA Chapter 35, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23)

EA Ch. 35 (Making Presentations), 19-21 (Research Reports), Ch. 22 (Evaluating Sources), Ch. 23 (Annotating a Bibliography); for reference see also EW Ch. 12,

 

 

 

2/19: (LO: 1,2,3,4,5) Holiday on Monday, 2/19

Grammar Presentations, Synthesizing Ideas, Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Giving Credit, Avoiding Plagiarism

 

Readings (EA Chapters 24, 25, and 26)

EA Research Paper Ch.24 (Synthesizing Arguments), Ch. 25 (Quoting/Paraphrasing), Ch. 26 (Avoiding Plagiarism)

For reference see EW Ch. 23, 24

 

*Grammar/Style Presentations due Wednesday, 2/21 (major grade)

Everyone needs to be prepared to present on Wednesday even though some groups will present Thursday and Friday.

 

*Annotated Bibliography due Friday, 2/23 (major grade)

 

2/26: (LO: 1,2,3,4,5)

peer editing

work on Research Paper

 

*Research Paper due Thursday, 3/1 (double major grade)

 

3/5: (LO: 1,2,3,4,5)

*Exam Week. Class ends Friday, 3/10.

 

 

Please note that all dates are tentative and subject to change.