Wayland Baptist University Hawaii Campus (www.wbu.edu/hawaii) School of Languages and Literature Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically challenging, learningfocused, and distinctively Christian environment for professional success and service to God and humankind. -- Aloha Ke Akua English 1301 Syllabus Composition and Rhetoric Spring 2017 Tuesdays 6:00-10:00 PM February 28- May 16, 2017 at Pearl Harbor, Building #679 Instructor Tad T. Matsunaga Phone (808)455-8365 e-mail tadmatsunaga@aol.com, tad.matsunaga@wayland.wbu.edu Office Hours Before or after classes and by appointment with the instructor. PREREQUISITE: None COURSE DESCRIPTION Principles of clear, correct, effective expository writing, with illustrative readings and frequent essays and conferences. English 1301 teaches the techniques of English composition with an emphasis on the process of learning to write clearly and effectively, and to read analytically. This course fulfills the English prerequisite requirement for higher courses, such as English 1302. You will develop effective writing skills through practice and study of: topic selection writing structure and organization writing mechanics critical reading
college level analysis of various types of writing You will experience and participate in: self-editing and peer editing actual writing experience and conferencing with the instructor TEXTBOOKS MATERIALS Writing Today, by Richard Johnson-Sheehan and Charles Paine; Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc., Brief 3 rd ed., 2016. ISBN 13: 978-0-13-458640-3, ISBN 10: 0-13-458640-9. A portfolio. You are responsible for saving pre writing, drafts, peer evaluations, and final drafts of all written assignments in a portfolio. You should have this portfolio with you at all conferences with the instructor. This portfolio with the ending writer s evaluation essay will be worth 20% of your grade. COURSE COMPETENCIES By the end of the course, you will be able to: 1. apply standard rules and conventions of the English language to written expressions. 2. summarize the steps and components of the writing process. 3. compose academic, nonfiction essays or responses in at least four different rhetorical modes or styles. 4. demonstrate proficiency in writing skills based on the criteria of standard essay structure and English usage. 5. compose a clear, coherent, unified essay, organized around a single central idea and use a variety of techniques to support your writing. 6. compose effective thesis statements. 7. apply basic rhetorical modes: description, comparison, narration, and illustration 8. employ the various stages of the writing process, including: brainstorming, outlining, drafting, revising, and editing. 9. demonstrate understanding of and effective use of paragraph structure, including topic sentences, supporting examples, and transition sentences. 10. demonstrate effective use of introductions and conclusions. 11. employ various forms of support for claims, including concrete, significant and specific examples, illustrations, 2
ATTENDANCE anecdotes, facts and reasons. 12. read, analyze, and discuss readings with an understanding of structure and mechanics. 13. identify effective writing techniques in your own essays and in peer writing. 14. organize and develop essays, demonstrating the ability to write for an academic audience. 15. avoid plagiarism All Wayland students are expected to attend every class meeting; the minimum percentage of class participation required to avoid receiving a grade of F in the class is 75%. Students who miss the first two class meetings without providing a written explanation to the instructor will be automatically dropped from the roster as a no-show. Students who know in advance that they will be absent the first two class meetings and who wish to remain in the class must inform the instructor in order to discuss possible arrangements for making up absences. WBU STATEMENTS A) Disability statement- In compliance with the Americans with Disabilites Act of 1990 ADA), it is the policy of Wayland Baptist University that no otherwise qualified disabled person with a disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the university. The Coordinator of Counseling Services serves as the coordinator of students with a disability and should be contacted concerning accommodation requests at (808)291-3765. Documentation of disability must accompany any requests for accomodations. B) Statement to Students to retain course research papers [for undergraduate course only]: WBU degree-seeking students are strongly encouraged to retain copies of all research papers. To graduate from WBU, students must complete the senior Exit Seminar course, GRAD 0001. The Exit Seminar is designed to capstone an adult learner s discipline knowledge through the completion of a discipline portfolio or the completion of an approved research project. The research papers retained from previous courses, particularly courses within the discipline, will aid the adult learner in completing the GRAD 0001 course. 3
PLAGIARISM Copying written material that is not your own without indicating the source of the material is called plagiarism, and is considered cheating. It is expected that you will do your own work. Copying someone else s work without giving credit to them is dishonorable. You should be especially careful not to copy from printed material or from someone else s written material without telling the reader where the material came from. Work that is not done by you and not attributed to a source will receive a 0 grade. Please consult with the instructor if you have any doubt about what constitutes plagiarism. GRADING Students shall have protection through orderly procedures against prejudices or capricious academic evaluation. A student who believes he or she has not been held to realistic academic standards just evaluation procedures, or appropriate grading, may appeal the final grade given in the catalog. Appeals may not be made for advanced placement examinations or course bypass examinations. Appeals are limited to the final course grade, which may be upheld, raised, or lowered at any stage of the appeal process. Any recommendation to lower a course grade must be submitted through the Executive Vice President/Provost to the Faculty Assembly Grade Appeals Committee for review and approval. The Faculty Assembly Grade Appeals Committee may instruct that the course grade be upheld, raised, or lowered to a more proper evaluation. COURSE WORK GRADE SCALE Essay #1 20% 90 100% = A Essay #2 20% 80-89% = B Portfolio and Writer s Essay 20% 70-79% = C Quizzes, Classwork, Participation 20% 60-69% = D Final Examination 20% Below 60% = F Total Grade 100% PAPERS (40%) You will write two essay papers (3 or more pages for each). All essays must be typed, double-spaced with a cover page (see sample APA cover page in writing handbook). The cover sheet includes, the title (concise) of your paper, your name, and the person or agency to which your paper is submitted. It also usually provides a line that states the 4
reason for the submission for example, to satisfy a course requirement (English 1301), and the date. Margins should be one inch. Top Left has: Running head: TITLE CAPITALIZED. Number each page top right. Staple all work together before it is to be turned in (also include drafts and peer evaluations) newest material should be placed on top. Loss of one letter grade per day for late papers. PORTFOLIO and WRITER S ESSAY (20%) You will be required to hand-in a WRITING PORTFOLIO with all of the work you have done for the course, collected together, including your drafts of papers, etc. Bring this portfolio with you to all conferences with the instructor, and you should also make it a point to evaluate your progress as you go along. At the end of the term, you will turn in a WRITER S ESSAY in which you present an analysis of yourself as the writer of the essay(s) that you wrote for the English 1301 course using terminology and concepts covered in the textbook, e.g. vantage point, sensory words, thesis statement. Analyze and describe the process used in writing the essays, and what you observed about yourself as a writer. Reflect on strengths and points needing improvement as you have written the essays. Recommended paper length for this Writer s Essay is two pages minimum (with cover page, thesis statement, etc.). The Writer s Essay and the portfolio will count for 20% of your final grade. QUIZZES, CLASSWORK, PARTICIPATION (20%) There will be both announced and unannounced quizzes. Your quizzes will test your reading comprehension and your writing ability. There will be class assignments both in and outside of class. You must participate. Any non-documented absences will be deducted from your grade. The class will do in-class and group assignments, and your contribution in these activities will become your participation grade. Be prepared for the classwork assignments so that you can speak up and contribute to the class. Students are responsible for finding out from classmates or the instructor, all missed work and assignments. FINAL EXAMINATION (20%) The Final Examination will consist of two parts: 1) answering various course content questions, and 2) responding to questions on a published essay. These will be divided into a Take-Home Part I and In-class Part II Final Examinations. 5
WEEK ONE (February 28, 2017) TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE (Tuesdays) Introduction, Course Syllabus, The Writing Process, Audience and Purpose, Ideas, Brainstorming, Reading In Writing Today : Chapters 1, 2, and 20 WEEK TWO (March 7, 2017) (WBU SPRING BREAK MARCH 13-17, 2017) Shaping and Drafting, Genre, Thesis Statement, Introduction, Body, Conclusion, Effective words, sentences, paragraphs, Topic Sentences, Supporting Sentences, Concluding Sentences, Major Support, Minor Support, Transition Words and Phrases, Quotations, Citations, paraphrases, revising, Writer s Block In Writing Today : Chapters 3, 15, and 16 WEEK THREE (March 21, 2017) The Narrative Essay Chronical events in people s lives, telling a story In Writing Today : Chapters 4, 5, and 19 WEEK FOUR (March 28, 2017) Essay #1 Narrative Essay Peer Editing First Draft due Mar. 28, 2017 Comparison/ Contrast, Peer Editing In Writing Today : Chapters 6, 23 WEEK FIVE (April 4, 2017) Essay #1 Narrative Essay Final Draft For Grade due Apr. 4, 2017 Defining definitions, types of Definitions 6
In Writing Today : Chapter 21 WEEK SIX (April 11, 2017) (For 3 rd Edition) The Argumentative Essay The rational appeal, reasoning strategies, the emotional appeal, the ethical appeal, ferreting out fallacies, Argumentation In Writing Today : Chapters 11, 22 WEEK SEVEN (April 18, 2017) Essay # 2 Argumentative Essay PEER EDITING First Draft due 4/18/2017 Cause and Effect, APA In Writing Today : Chapter 17, 28 WEEK EIGHT (April 25, 2017) Essay #2 Argumentative Essay FINAL DRAFT FOR GRADE due 4/25/2017 Proposals In Writing Today : Chapter 12 WEEK NINE (May 2, 2017) The Essay Examination In Writing Today : Chapter 31 WEEK TEN (May 9, 2017) Commentaries In Writing Today : Chapter 10 WEEK ELEVEN May 16, 2017) Final Examination and Writer s Essay due May 16, 2017 Final Examination 7