COURSE SYLLABUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF AURORA at HINKLEY HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH COMPOSITION II ENG 122 Course Pre-Requisite: Successful completion of ENG 121 (grade of C or higher). This is a statewide guaranteed transfer course. Course Description: This course expands and refines the objectives of English Composition I. It emphasizes critical and logical thinking and reading, problem definition, research strategies, and writing analytical, evaluative, and/or persuasive papers that incorporate research. Basic word processing skills are required. Credit and Contact Hours: 3 Credits. We meet 1 st or 2 nd period (depending on which class you have)-- Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at Hinkley High School. We meet in the library computer lab on Tuesdays and Fridays. Classes start 22 January and end 10 May. The following days Hinkley High School is closed (no classes): Feb. 7, 8, 18. March 13, 25-29. The last date to drop the class (with a refund) is Feb. 11. The last date to withdraw from the class is April 24. Instructor: Jim Drohan (D2L) Jim.Drohan@ccaurora.edu or Jim_Drohan@hotmail.com (970) 301-5031 Course Materials/Textbook: 1) The Curious Writer by Bruce Ballenger, Pearson Longman, 2010. Also, bring paper, pen or pencil, and a flash drive. The final, persuasive, research paper must be typed and use the MLA style. Bring your flash drive to every class once we begin writing. The final, persuasive, research paper must be turned in as a hard copy (paper) and electronically. Course Outcomes: At the completion of Comp II, successful students will have demonstrated mastery of the following learning outcomes through readings, in-class exercises, group collaboration and critique, tests, response writings and essays (drafts and final product). The final persuasive, research paper must be at least 10 pages in length. Ten percentage points will be deducted from its overall grade for each page under the minimum requirement. Student Outcomes: English 122 should enable students to master basic skills in critical thinking and reading, argumentation, and research. The course has four basic components to be mastered, which build upon one another. Initial course assignments will give students an opportunity to practice these skills in isolation before they are needed in the research paper. This process will allow students to master simpler skills in preparation for the research paper, which utilizes them all. Instructional Goals: The Instructional Unit has identified the following lifelong/workplace skills that are the foundation for your course of study at CCA: Communication, Critical Inquiry, Intra/Interpersonal Responsibility, Quantitative Reasoning, Technology, and Aesthetic Perception. General Learning Outcomes of the Community College of Aurora: Successful students will have shown through in-class exercises/assignments the ability to pursue and retain knowledge, comprehend various significant levels of acquired knowledge (analyzing and identifying their various components), evaluate the significance of the knowledge,
synthesize ideas from multiple sources, and apply what is learned to work and life situations. General Outcomes: Successful occupational and technical students will be able to: 1. Perform tasks related to specific jobs or cluster of jobs. 2. Understand the conceptual framework underlying the acquired technical skills. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of personal and work characteristics that contribute to effective job performance. 4. Through assigned readings, class participation, writing assignments, projects, debates and examinations, the successful student will be able to: 5. 1.0 Research Strategies: Define, discuss and apply various research strategies, including the following: 6. 1.1 Define problems 7. 1.2 Gather and summarize information 8. 1.3 Analyze, synthesize, and evaluate data and multiple viewpoints 9. 2.0 Organize and Draft longer papers: 10. 2.1 Plan, write and revise papers, including at least one that is researched and appropriately documented. 11. 3.0 Critical/Logical Thinking: 12. 3.1 Extend the critical/logical thinking and reading skills developed in English composition and apply those skills to more complex assignments. 13. 4.0 Language Skills: 14.1 Practice skills developed in English Composition I and apply those skills to more complex assignments. Evaluation Strategies: Timely completion of assignments, prompt attendance, participation in class activities and discussions, and the tested ability to apply learned knowledge to common-life experiences will weigh toward the grade. Late work is half (50%) credit. An assignment is late if it is more than two weeks overdue (from the date it was assigned). The date it was assigned will appear in the gradebook. No assignment will be accepted if it is over a month late (from the date it was assigned). It will receive a zero. E-mail: All students enrolled in the Community College of Aurora are assigned a college email account, and this email account is the college s primary means of communication with students. To activate your e-mail account, go to www.ccaurora.edu and access your account. To activate your account, login with your date of birth spelled out (no punctuation or spaces) as your password (ex: If your date of birth is February 14, 1992, your initial password is February141992). Live 24 / 7 Tech Support for login and e-mail questions is at 1-888-800-9198 or http://help.cccs.edu/ Accommodations: CCA will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified students with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. To request an accommodation, complete the Needs Assessment and provide documentation of disability. Online forms are available at www.ccaurora.edu/accessibility. If you need assistance completing the forms, or would like to meet with a staff member, please contact the Accessibility Services Office (ASO) for an appointment. The ASO is located in the Learning Resource Center (LRC) in the Student Centre building at the CentreTech campus, in Room S-202A. Arrangements may also be made at the Lowry Campus. You may contact the ASO at 303.340.7548 Voice, 303.361.7395 Voice/VideoPhone, 303.340.7533 FAX, or e-mail: ASO.CCA@ccaurora.edu. Additional
information can be viewed at: www.ccaurora.edu/accessibility/. Cell Phones: Set to silent or vibrate. No texting or accepting calls during class. Feel free to excuse yourself from the room for necessary calls. Emergency Procedures: Fire exits and emergency procedures will be reviewed during the first class. Information on how to respond during an emergency is available in each classroom. Please review this information. When the fire alarm sounds, all students are expected to exit the building immediately. Evaluation Procedures: This class is a student-centered writing workshop geared toward producing effective writing, particularly the persuasive research paper. You will have the opportunity to receive peer and instructor feedback before they receive a final grade. Revising your writing after you receive feedback will help you develop a strong final draft. Class time is devoted to writing assignments, discussion of textbook readings, computer research, written responses to readings, mechanical issues, and peer reviews. Drafts will be used for group activities, so expect to share your writing. Student progress will be based on a combination of activities such as oral and written participation in class, writing assignments, quizzes, group work, the persuasive research paper, and attendance. Each students will be responsible for all assignments required, whether in the syllabus, gradebook, or handed out in class without prior notice. Attendance Policy: Attendance will be taken. Be sure to sign the attendance chart each class. I will pass it around. If you forget, you are marked absent. You should expect to spend several hours a week outside of class to prepare for class, particularly the final, persuasive, research paper. Regular and prompt attendance is necessary. Students who miss more than 25% of the term will not receive a grade of C or higher. Three tardies equals one absence. Your presence is needed for your peers to learn from you. You will be signing an attendance policy form. Academic Dishonesty: Academic dishonesty includes cheating and plagiarism. Cheating is the unauthorized use of assistance with intent to deceive an instructor or any other individual responsible for evaluating a student s work. Note the following examples: Submission of any materials not prepared by students but presented as their own The unauthorized possession and/or use of notes, books, or the soliciting of assistance from another student during an exam Illegitimate possession or disposition of examination or test materials and/or answer keys. * Plagiarism refers to the use of another person s work without giving proper credit to that person. A student must give proper credit through the use of appropriate citation format when a) copying verbatim another person s work, b) paraphrasing another person s work, c) summarizing another person s work Consequences of Academic Dishonesty: When dishonesty is evident, the following minimum sanctions will be applied: First Offense: The student will receive an F or zero as the grade for the assignment. Also, the first offense may result in the loss of testing privileges in the Learning Resource Center for the current and next semester in which the student is enrolled in the college.
Second Offense: The student may receive an F for the course and may be expelled from the class. It may also result in permanent loss of testing privileges in the Learning Resource Center. Third Offense: The student may receive an F for the course and may be expelled from the college. Grading/Evaluation: There will be many in-class assignments, out-of-class assignments, and a persuasive research paper. Points will be assigned to each (see Grades in MyCCA). The breakdown of points will be as follows (or close to this): In-Class assignments, Out-of-class assignments, Participation 200 points Persuasive research paper 400 points ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 600 points Each student's grade will be determined from the following scale: Grade % A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F Below 60 Drafts and Manuscript Form: Peer group review, consultation with Writing Studio coaches and the instructor should help you produce a strong final draft. The persuasive research paper must be typed or word processed (never handwritten), double-spaced, and use the MLA style. You may use either one side of a sheet or both sides. Final drafts must be in electronic and manuscript (paper) form and should be proofread and corrected before being submitted. Manuscript form includes the following specifications: - Use standard 8.5 x 11 paper - Font size is Times New Roman/12 point. Nothing is ever boldface print. - Papers should be double-spaced with one inch margins on all four sides - All pages should be numbered in the upper, right corner - All paragraphs should be indented 5 spaces from the left margin - No extra spaces should appear between paragraphs (just keep double-spacing) - Turn in an electronic copy and a hard (paper) copy stapled in the upper, left corner
Class Schedule (subject to change) Week 1 Introductions; review syllabus, textbook, assignment notebook, turn-in folder; class policies & procedures; variety of reading and writing activities; read TCW (The Curious Writer) chapter 7 for homework; computer research/writing Week 2 variety of reading and writing activities; quiz over TCW chapter 7; computer research/writing; read TCW chapter 10 for homework Week 3 variety of reading and writing activities; quiz over TCW chapter 10; computer research/writing; read TCW chapter 11 for homework Week 4 ; read TCW chapter 12 for homework Week 5 variety of reading and writing activities; quiz over TCW chapter 12; computer research/writing Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 ; persuasive research paper due (April 22-26) Peer editing and revisions of persuasive research paper Teacher/course evaluations; final revision due ( persuasive research paper)