Spring 2018 English 1302 Instructor Information Deidra Dallas deidra.dallas@ballingerisd.net 325.365.3547 ext. 5015 Course Description, Outcomes, and Objectives The core purpose of this course is to help you develop critical reading, writing, and researching skills applicable to a variety of academic disciplines. This course is designed to help prepare you for other writing tasks in your college career and major as well as for life after college. Building on the objectives of ENG 1301, we will extend the principles of academic discourse to the processes of inquiry, analysis, production, and review of written communication. We will engage in the research process to evaluate, synthesize, and use sources responsibly and productively in our own writing. From the ASU catalogue: A course in critical thinking and writing across the curriculum, including the research process and the research paper. Prerequisites: Successful completion of English 1301 or the equivalent. Upon successful completion of this course you should Use the writing process as a form of learning, critical thinking, and communicating Communicate in writing effectively with audiences from a variety of disciplines Locate, evaluate, and integrate resources from the ASU library into your writing, including RAMCAT and other databases Conduct a methodical research process to complete an academic research essay Practice source attribution, synthesis, and citation style properly for academic research purposes. In an effort to help you achieve the learning outcomes above, I have prepared lessons, readings, and class assignments, listed in the pages below, that will help you Develop skills in expressing yourself in writing Learn how to find and use resources for answering questions or solving problems Learn to analyze and critically evaluate ideas, arguments, and points of view. Required Materials All reading will be supplied to you online or via textbooks owned by BHS. Spiral Notebook Folder with pockets and brads Pens/pencils English 1302 - Syllabus Spring 2018 1
Spring 2018 English 1302 Grading Literature Paper 10% Reading Tests 10% History Paper 10% Grammar Test 10% Psychology Assignment 10% Research Paper 15% Science Paper 10% Presentation 15% Quizzes 10% TOTAL 100% ASU Core Curriculum Objectives: English 1302 Students in English 1302 will practice the following core curriculum learning objectives in critical thinking, communication, teamwork, and personal responsibility. Students will then demonstrate their capabilities in these objectives by writing a variety of essays. Critical thinking will be demonstrated in a final research essay. Students will gather, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information relevant to a question or issue by employing problem-solving strategies that generate positions and arguments and by examining the basic principles of information-gathering to support a thesis. Students will then develop and demonstrate a logical position (i.e. perspective, thesis, hypothesis) that acknowledges ambiguities or contradictions by analyzing and evaluating their own communication and that of others to raise questions, make assertions, and generate discussion about a topic or question. Communication will also be demonstrated in a final research essay. Students will develop, interpret, and express ideas through effective written communication by taking into consideration audience, purpose, circumstances relevant to written communication, by using relevant and appropriate content for the specific rhetorical situation in order to express their purpose(s) effectively. Teamwork will be demonstrated in a midterm reflection essay. Students will consider different viewpoints as a member of a team by working toward a shared purpose or goal with members of their team and by creating and evaluating their peers drafts, presentations, and arguments. Students will work effectively with others to support and accomplish a shared goal by devoting efforts to team task, interacting with others, contributing to the team, and resolving and synthesizing divergent viewpoints within a group. Personal responsibility will be demonstrated in a final reflection essay. Students will demonstrate the ability to evaluate choices, actions and consequences as related to ethical decision making by identifying their own core beliefs and the sources of those beliefs in order to connect their choices and actions to decision-making and by recognizing possible consequences of their decisions. English 1301 - Syllabus Fall 2018 2
Spring 2018 English 1302 Policies and Procedures As this is a college level course you are expected to keep up with all course work and stay on top of your schedule. No late work will be accepted. Therefore, it is your responsibility to turn in any and all work before you expect to be gone. The only exception will be in the case of medical emergency, and a doctor s note must be provided. This means, football, basketball, baseball, and softball games, band competitions, UIL activities, theatre productions, track meets, FFA events, and all other extracurricular activities do not excuse you from homework or due dates. You have a schedule -- make note of assignment due dates on your personal schedule. Electronic malfunction will not be an excuse for late work. DO NOT wait until the last possible second to submit an assignment. If you have a problem with Blackboard, you should immediately email me with your assignment attached. Make sure that it gets turned in somehow, some way. Quizzes There will be periodic quizzes over material covered in class as well as outside reading assignments. Some reading assignments will NOT be covered by ME. You are still responsible for knowing the information and will be tested on it. In some cases, you will be given collective class time to work together on these assignments. We will have frequent Socratic Circle discussions and your participation in these discussions will be documented and used as a part of your grade. If you have failed to complete your reading, you will not be able to participate, and therefore you will not receive a positive grade. Essays All essays will be graded based on a rubric that will be given to you at the beginning of each essay cycle. While each essay will focus on certain aspects of essay construction, grammar, and mechanics, you will still be responsible for simple proofreading errors (teh = the, for example). As you have the schedule with all due dates, essays (which are major grades) will not be accepted late even with a doctor s note. Have your mom, dad, sister, brother, best friend, or cat turn them in, but get them turned in. No excuses. Reading Assignments You will be required to read novels over the course of the semester and take periodic quizzes. There will be a test at the end of the semester over your novels. Grammar Assignments We will study various aspects of grammar every week and you will take a test over these elements at the end of the semester. English 1301 - Syllabus Fall 2018 3
Spring 2018 English 1302 Research Paper/Presentation We will learn about various types of papers written in various curriculums. For your final project, you will select one of those types of papers and research your choice of topic. You will then present your research to the class. The type of presentation needs to be appropriate for the type of paper/curriculum that you choose. Finals are the week of May 7. Plagiarism Plagiarism is defined as using ideas and information from other sources without giving appropriate credit to the original sources. Plagiarism includes taking information from people you do not know (the Internet) and from people you do know (your friends). Study groups are permissible, but only if each student turns in an original document of their own. If you are caught plagiarizing, you will receive a zero on the assignment, and you could possibly receive a failing grade in the course. Additional discipline could involve letters being placed in your permanent file and action taken by Western Texas College resulting in a possible suspension or expulsion. Also note that even accidental plagiarism is considered plagiarism, so when in doubt CITE EVERYTHING. The Internet makes it easy for you to plagiarize, but it also makes it easy for me to catch you plagiarizing. Be aware that I am well versed in the use of Google, and catching you is as easy as Googling a sentence from your paper. Everyone has a unique writing style. If something does not sound like you, I will check it. Do not test me. Academic Honesty Angelo State University students shall maintain complete honest and integrity in their academic pursuits. The University expects all students to engage in all academic pursuits in a manner that is above reproach and to maintain complete honesty and integrity in the academic experiences both in and out of the classroom. Drop date The last day to drop this or any other ASU college course is April 2, 2017. English 1301 - Syllabus Fall 2018 4
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 3 4 5 Begin 4th 6 Weeks Syllabus Review Rhetorical Select novels MLA Review Stance, Toulminian Structure, Writing Process 8 9 10 11 12 Grammar & Composition Introduction to They Say, I Say Exercise 1 (group) They Say, I Say Exercise 2 HW: TSIS 19-29 January 2018 "They Say" HW: TSIS 30-51 "Art of Summarizing" and "Art of Quoting" HW: TSIS 55-77 15 16 17 18 19 Parts of Speech TSIS Ch. 4-5 HW: 78-91 "Planting a Nayser in Your Text" HW: TSIS 92-101 "Saying Why It Matters" Parts of Speech Quiz Reading Quiz HW: TSIS 105-138 County Stock Show Ballinger UIL Meet 22 23 24 25 26 Spelling & Style "Tying It All Together" HW: WAC Ch. 6 "Tying It All Together" Analysis HW: WAC Ch. 12 Dallas out -- TETA Cinderella Stories/Syntehsis Activities Dallas out -- TETA Cinderella Stories/Synthesis Activities Dallas out -- TETA Spelling & Style Quiz Cinderella Stories/Synthesis Activities HW: WAC Ch. 3 29 30 31 Sentence Structure Rough draft of Literary Analysis DUE Peer review WAC Ch. 3 Revise/Edit essays Chad Cargill ACT in Ballinger Revise/Edit essays
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 Revise/Edit essays Sentence Structure Quiz Reading Quiz Literary Analysis Essay DUE HW: WAC Ch. 5 5 6 7 8 9 Verbs Introduce OAP Festival in Post Economics/History Economics/History Reserach District CX Debate Verbs Quiz Economics/History Paper Research Economics/History Research 12 13 14 15 16 Nouns Rough draft of Economics/History Paper DUE Peer review Revise/Edit paper Revise/Edit paper Revise/Edit paper End 4th 6 Weeks Nouns Quiz Reading Test Economics/History Paper DUE OAP Festival in Post (PM) HW: WAC Ch. 13 19 20 21 22 23 **Select new novel Begin 5th 6 Weeks Determiners "Writing in the Social Sciences" Introduce Psychology Assignment 26 27 28 Abbreviations Work on Psychology Presentations Hosting District Band Work on Psychology Presentations February 2018 Psychology Reading Psychology Reading Determinerss Quiz Psychology Reading Hosting District Band Work on Psychology Presentations
March 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 Psychology Presentations Abbreviations Quiz Psychology Presentations HW: WAC Ch. 10 5 6 7 8 9 Pronouns Hosting District OAP Hosting District OAP Scientific Writing "To Sleep" Activities "To Sleep" Activities "To Sleep" Activities Discuss Research Activities Pronouns Quiz Reading Quiz HW: Sleep research 12 13 14 15 16 SPRING BREAK!!!! SPRING BREAK!!!! SPRING BREAK!!!! SPRING BREAK!!!! SPRING BREAK!!!! 19 20 21 22 23 Adjectives Rough draft of Science Paper DUE Peer Review District Academic UIL Revise/Edit papers Revise/Edit papers Revise/Edit papers Adjectives Quiz Science Paper DUE 26 27 28 29 30 Adverbs Introduce Research Assignment Focus: Topic Selection Research Research Adverbs Quiz Turn in Sources/Plan
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 2 3 4 5 6 Prepositions Focus: Annotated Bibliographies Research Research End 5th 6 Weeks Prepositions Quiz Annotated Bibliography DUE 9 10 11 12 13 Begin 6th 6 Weeks Conjunctions & Interjections Novel Test Focus: Outlines English 1 EOC Outlines April 2018 Outlines English II EOC Outlines Conjunctions & Interjections Quiz Outlines DUE 16 17 18 19 20 Punctuation Focus: Writing Process Writing research paper Writing research paper Writing research paper Punctuation Quiz Rough draft of research paper DUE 23 24 25 26 27 Usage & Style Peer review Revise/Edit research paper Revise/Edit research paper Revise/Edit research paper Usage & Style Quiz 30 Focus: Proofreading and MLA Formatting
May 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 3 4 Final Peer Review Discuss presentations Grammar Test State OAP Work on presentations State OAP Work on presentations 7 8 9 10 11 Finals Week **Present research projects Finals Week Finals Week Finals Week Finals Week 14 15 16 17 18 Prepare for high school finals Prepare for high school finals High School Final Exams High School Final Exams High School Final Exams 21 22 23 24 25 High School Finals High School Finals High School Finals Last Day!!!!!! 28 29 30 31