Syllabus for English 104-01 and 104-10 --
College Writing and Rhetoric --
Spring 2000
01 -- MWF 8:00 - 8:50 SSC 219
10 -- MWF 12:00 - 12:50 SSC 220
Marcia Chapman, Instructor
Office: 208B SSC
Phone: 271-4447
e-mail: chapman2@griffon.mwsc.edu
Home Phone: 279-2697
Office Hours: MWF 10:00 - 11:30
Required Texts
The Writer's Way, 4th edition, by Jack Rawlins
Signs of Life in the USA, 2nd edition, by Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon
Suggested Texts
Writing From A to Z, 2nd edition, by Sally Barr Ebest
a good collegiate dictionary and thesaurus
Tentative Course Outline
January 19 -- introduction to class
21 -- class cancelled
24 -- Writer's Way (WW) chapters 1 - 3
26 -- WW pages 59 - 76
28 -- WW chapters 5, 6, and 8
31 -- WW chapters 7, 9, and 10
February 2 -- WW chapter 14; practice peer revision
4 -- 1st draft revision
7 -- 1st draft revision
9 -- WW chapters 11 & 12
11 -- 2nd draft revision
14 -- 2nd draft revision
16 -- final draft of 1st essay due
18 -- Signs of Life: "Signs of Shopping" p. 38 and "What's in a Package" p. 46
21 -- no class - President's Day holiday
23 -- Signs: "Street Style" p. 56
25 -- selected readings
28 -- bring prewriting plan and explanation
March 1 -- selected readings
3 -- 1sr draft revision
6 -- 1st draft revision
8 -- 2nd draft revision
10 -- 2nd draft revision
13 -- 17 no class - Spring Break
20 -- final draft of 2nd essay due
22 -- selected readings
24 -- selected readings
27 -- selected readings
29 -- selected readings
31 -- bring prewriting plan and explanation
April 3 -- selected readings
5 -- 1st draft revision
7 -- 1st draft revision
10 -- 2nd draft revision
12 -- 2nd draft revision
14 -- final draft of 3rd essay due
17 -- hand in prewriting plan and explanation
19 -- selected readings
21 -- 1st draft revision
24 -- 1st draft revision
26 -- 2nd draft revision
28 -- 2nd draft revision
May 1 -- final draft of 4th essay due
8 -- final exam (sec. 1 8:30 a.m.; sec. 10 11:30 a.m.)
Attendance: Necessary! We will do mostly group work and peer revision, which you cannot make up. If you miss class more than 3 times, your grade will be lowered one full grade for each absence.
Tardiness: If you arrive after class has begun, you run the risk of being counted absent because I will not stop class to correct my bookkeeping. If you make lateness even a small habit, that habit will count against your 3 absences.
Late Papers: All assignments are due at the beginning of class. No late papers are accepted.
Grading Policy:
Final drafts - 60%
Other assignments, attendance, participation, preparedness - 40%
Complete departmental course objectives can be found on the English Department's web page: http://www.missouriwestern.edu/eflj/eng108.asp#Course
Academic Honesty: You are expected to do your own work in this class. If you hand in someone else's work and claim it is your own, you will receive a zero for that assignment.
Student Disability: If you have a disability which prevents the fullest expression of your abilities, contact me as soon as possible so we can discuss class requirements.
Missouri Western State College
Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Journalism
Submitted on 2/29/100 at 14.46.34.
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