Department of English

REQUIRED TEXT: Gary Colombo’s Rereading America Fifth ed.

DESCRIPTION: English 104 students will complete four formal writing assignments in addition to graded and ungraded work through which they will learn how to discover ideas, respond to texts, and summarize others’ ideas. Final drafts of all formal writing assignments must be word-processed.

College Writing and Rhetoric fulfills the first General Studies composition requirement. The prerequisite-for ENG 108 is aide of C or higher in ENG 104.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: English course objectives, goals, and sample papers are available at http://www.missouriwestern.edu/-engdept/genstud.html.

ATTENDANCE: Attendance is strongly recommended for success in this course. You will receive a grade for attendance figured in with other grades. Since this course meets just once a week, missing 4 periods or parts of class time equaling 4 times will result in a failing grade for the entire semester.

HONESTY: Each student is expected to do his or her own work. If you violate this guide, you will receive a failing grade on the assignment, possibly leading to a failure in the course. We will go over plagiarism in class.

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: Any student enrolled in this course who has a disability which prevents or hinders the completion of class requirements as stated, should notify me immediately. I will ask to see documents on the nature of the disability.

ACADEMIC POLICIES: All assigned work is to be handed in at the beginning of the class period. Promptness is a must. There will be NO make-up opportunities for missed in class writing assignments or quizzes. So, again, attendance is a must. When a final draft of a paper is late, there will be an entire grade deduction for the late paper. The paper will be considered late even if you are absent. All final copies of papers must be word-processed. Double space, put your name in the upper right hand corner with a page number for every page after one.

PORTFOLIO: Every student must keep a complete portfolio of all work done in this class.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ENG 104: Students will engage in exploratory journal writing and pre-writing exercises in which they will learn how to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate the thinking of others in order to discover, develop, and test their own ideas and points of view.

Students will complete 4-5 writing assignments in ENG 104. One of these assignments will require research for which students will submit all notes and pre-writing exercises,

and two or three shorter papers.

Grades will be figured on a point basis totaled throughout the semester 90/100 = A 80/89 = B 70/79 = C 60/69 = D 59 and below = F.