English 111: Writing and Inquiry/ MWF, TTh

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1 English 111: Writing and Inquiry/ MWF, TTh Instructor: Trisha S. Jones Credit Hours: 3 Office: NA340 Office Phone: TBA Office Hours: by request Mail Box: NA340 *Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG 095 or in ENG 090 and RED 090 or English and Reading ASSET score of 42 or higher; CPT of 86 or higher in writing and 80 or higher in reading; Compass score of 70 or higher in writing and 81 or higher in reading; SAT Verbal score of 470 or higher and ACT Reading of 19 or higher. English 111 will incorporate some or all of the following General Education Competencies: Written Communication Oral Communication Critical Thinking Basic Computer Usage Understanding Social Structure Problem Solving Understanding Scientific Concepts & Application Course Philosophy: Writing is a social act in which writer, reader, and community converge. Furthermore, it is a recursive process that integrates critical thinking, reading, speaking, and listening. English 111, then, should provide students with the opportunity to learn to use language deliberately by asking them to examine the ways they use language, the reasons they use language, and the communities in which they use language. This course should also help students recognize the consequences of their language choices and lead them to make choices that will ultimately empower them. Course Description: This course is the required first course in a series of two designed to develop the ability to produce clear expository prose. Emphasis is placed on the writing process, including audience analysis, topic selection, thesis support and development, editing and revision. Upon completion, students should be able to produce unified, coherent, well-developed essays using standard written English. This course may be taught in a computer lab. This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core requirement in English composition. Course Objectives: Respective of the philosophy written above, teachers of ENG111 view the processes of writing, reading, speaking, and listening as complementary and interdependent. Therefore, although this is a writing course, outcomes will be categorized around three components: writing, reading, and speaking. Specific outcomes are listed within the categories below:

2 Critical Thinking Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to: 1) Pose pertinent questions throughout the writing and reading process about essential elements of composition such as: purpose, thesis, tone, intended audience, rhetorical modes, and appropriate length. 2) Evaluate the quality, quantity, and usefulness of information in their own and others texts. 3) Articulate and support thoughtful, original positions through written and oral communication. 4) Monitor and reflect upon the quality and fairness of their reasoning in reading, writing, and speaking situations. Writing Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to: 1) gain a level of understanding in viewing and using writing as a recursive process comprised of discovery, innovation, composition, revision, and editing 2) practice the elements of expository writing, including developing a sense of unity, cohesion and completion in various texts 3) define and analyze audience and purpose and meet the needs of a specified rhetorical situation (may involve adjustments in style, content, structure) 4) vary sentence style and structure to convey ideas interestingly and effectively 5) express ideas clearly using standard English grammar, mechanics, and spelling 6) compose effectively according to various time constraints 7) write with creativity, imagination, and a continued sense of purpose Reading Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to: 1) understand and engage reading as an active process by designating important passages, and annotating for purposes of written and oral discussion of text 2) ask questions of text to develop analytic/critical abilities 3) define and analyze purpose, audience, main idea in written texts (self-generated, peer, or otherwise) 4) use readings as a basis for their own writing--synthesize written text with other ideas and/or personal experiences Speaking Upon successful completion of course, students should be able to: 1) communicate using common terms respective of the conventions of writing (thesis statement, tone, voice, style, organization, unity, etc.) 2) ask questions and provide feedback to peers on written text 3) discuss in small and large groups their own writing and that of others in relation to conventions of writing. Basic Computer Usage Upon successful completion of course, students should be able to:

3 1) create a polished document on the computer using a word processor such as Microsoft Word. 2) perform basic computer processes (opening an application, printing a document, minimizing and maximizing a window, etc.) Required Texts and Materials 1) Cooley, Thomas. Back to the Lake. W.W. Norton and Co. New York, *PLEASE WAIT until after our first class meeting to purchase* 2) Harris Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 9 th ed. Pearson Education. New York, ) Personal notebook for class notes 3) Flash drive/memory stick Course Requirements Class Participation 10% Essay #1 10 % Essay #2 15 % Essay #3 15 % Reading Responses 15 % Quizzes 15 % Final Writing 20% Grading Scale (CFCC grading scale) A = B = C = D = F = 0-67 WP = Not computed in grade point average WF = Computed in grade point average as an F I = Incomplete A student has six weeks from the time the class ends to complete the coursework. (Student and instructor must fill out appropriate paper work.) If a student does not complete the coursework within the six-week period, a grade of F will replace the grade of I). Course Schedule: I will provide you with assignment schedules for the entire session. We will attempt to adhere to them as closely as possible, but we will make adjustments if needed. Attendance: MWF students may not miss more than 6 classes. TTh may not miss more than 5 classes. Exceeding this number will result in being dropped from the course. I will alert you when you have one absence left. If you bring in medical documentation, I will forgive 1 absence. You should be keeping up with your absences.

4 Make-up Work/Late Policy: Responses will only be accepted one class period late and will only receive a grade of C. After this grace period, you will receive a zero. You will be asked to sign the grade book next to any 0 s you accumulate. Assignments are expected to be turned in at the start of each class upon entering the classroom. Papers are due IN CLASS. If you your paper to me, put it under my office door, or leave it in my mailbox on the date due, I will deduct 20 pts. from your content grade. Paper, ink, and my time are expensive! You may make up one of the quizzes. You must ask for the make-up. Quizzes not made up within 2 weeks will receive a 0. Essays are always due in class on the date due. There are no next class grace periods. If you are not prepared in class, you may leave your essay in my mailbox or under my office door on the date it is due for a letter grade deduction. NEVER an essay without special approval. Participation: This is an important part of your grade. If you have home or work obligations that will interfere with this class, I cannot accommodate late arrival or dismissing yourself early on a regular basis. It will be detrimental to your participation grade. Arriving without proper materials and assignments is pointless, so come prepared. It not only affects you, but it can often disrupt planned class activities. If you miss a class, please contact me for directions. A detailed explanation is unnecessary. Assignments are still due on the due date unless we specifically make other arrangements. Instructor Contacts: Please make sure to check your student on a regular basis. I may be specifically trying to contact you, or I may be sending out important class information. If you make a personal appointment with me that you cannot honor, please contact me within a reasonable amount of time, beforehand. Instructor Schedule: MWF: Eng. 112 Sec. N04 Rm :50 Eng. 111 Sec. N08 Rm :50 TTh: Eng. 111 Sec. N03 Rm :15 T: Eng. 111 Sec. NE01 Rm :50 Other Class Policies: The college classroom should function as a safe environment for discussions that both enlighten and inform. Viewpoints that differ from our own give us the opportunity to put our critical thinking skills to work. Rather than separating us into clashing individuals, conflicting ideas should be considered and constructively critiqued as we open ourselves to new ways of thinking. Religious Observance Policy: Effective Fall 2010, students will be allowed two excused absences each academic year for religious observances required by the faith of the student. These excused absences will be included in the twenty (20%) percent of the allowable clock hour absences. Students are required to provide written notice of

5 the request for an excused absence by completing the Religious Observance Notification form available in Student Development. The completed form must be submitted to the Vice President of Student Development or designee a minimum of ten (10) school days prior to the religious observance. The Vice President of Student Development or designee will notify the instructor within three (3) school days of receiving the request. Students will be given an opportunity to make up any tests or other work missed due to the excused absence and should work with their instructors in advance of the excused absence to delineate how the make up the missed coursework (N.C.G.S. 115D-5). CFCC s Smoke Free Campus Policy: Tobacco use is prohibited on all CFCC property. The first offense is a warning, and the second offense may result in disciplinary action. Contingency Plan: If there is an emergency and the instructor or an appropriate substitute does not meet with the class, wait fifteen minutes. Then, everyone in the class should sign a roll sheet and designate someone to take it to the English Department Secretary or Chair. Accommodation of Special Needs: Any student who requests classroom accommodations because of a disability must present documentation to verify his/her disability. This documentation must be furnished to the Disabilities Service Coordinator. On a confidential basis, the student, disabilities services and the instructor will determine the appropriate accommodations following documentation. These accommodations will be provided in a manner that is consistent with the objectives, outcomes, and academic standards of the course. Absences must not exceed class attendance policy. MyCFCC: MyCFCC is your student web portal - there you can access your class websites, , and WebAdvisor (official academic info such as grades, transcripts, schedules, etc). Your official CFCC-provided account is to be used for all e- mail correspondence with your instructors and CFCC staff. Some information from CFCC will ONLY be ed to this address, and not sent through postal mail, so it is very important that you check this account. To access this account, visit the mycfcc portal - there is a link to the portal near the top of the CFCC.edu website. Login and click the link. Your username is part of your address: user@mail.cfcc.edu. (Note if you've had a CFCC address in the past, this one differs because we've changed ' ' to 'mail' in the address.) This account is provided to you as long as you are enrolled in classes (you can take the summer off), and may be used for personal as well as academic . The class websites linked from the portal are automatically created for every class - it is up to the instructors to decide whether and how to use them. Even if they are not used, you can send an to your instructor by clicking the Send link on your class homepage.

6 ***When you me, I will always respond on the same day unless it is after 10pm. If you send me an assignment, I will respond with a received message. If you do not receive this response, me or ask in class if I saw your paper. You don t want a 0 or a late grade because of a computer oops. CFCC ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PLAGIARISM POLICY The English Department adheres to the Cape Fear Community College policy on cheating as stated in the CFCC Catalog and Student Handbook: Plagiarism is using as your own the words or ideas of another, whether written or oral. When you use material from a source, you must quote or paraphrase accurately and properly cite the information. Failure to do so is considered plagiarism. Examples of plagiarism include word-for-word copying without correctly indicating that you are quoting, inaccurate quoting and paraphrasing, and incomplete or missing documentation. Purchasing a paper or copying someone else s work and submitting it as your own is also plagiarism. Any misrepresentation of the source in your writing or speaking would constitute a form of plagiarism. Whether intentional or unintentional, plagiarism is not acceptable and will result in the student s being assigned a grade of zero (0) for the assignment and/or the course, at the instructor s discretion. Plagiarists are caught every semester. I do not tolerate lying and cheating. At this level of instruction, plagiarism is inexcusable. *No food or drink allowed in computer classrooms. **The instructor reserves the right, acting within the policies and procedures of Cape Fear Community College, to make changes in course content or instructional techniques without notice or obligations.