Missouri Western State College, Division of Liberal
Arts and Sciences
Department of English, Foreign Languages, and
Journalism
Sec. 09, 10:00
a.m. MWF, A101; Writer’s Workshop 12:00 MW, SS/C 222U
Sec. 11, 11:00 a.m. MWF, JGM 104; Writer’s Workshop
11:00 a.m. TTh, SS/C 213
Sec. 19, 1:00 p.m. MWF, MC 211; Writer’s Workshop
12:00 p.m. SS/C 213
Sec. 20, 2:00 p.m. MWF, JGM 105; Writer’s Workshop
3:00 p.m. SS/C 222U
Fall 2003
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Teacher: |
Michael Lund |
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Office: |
SS/C 222 P |
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Phone: |
271-5815 (Messages) |
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Office Hours: |
MWF 9-10, TTh 8:30- 9:30
and by appointment |
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E-mail: |
lund@missouriwestern.edu |
Attendance Policy
This
class has a very strict attendance policy in Writer’s Workshops as well as in
class. If you miss seven class periods
or four Writer’s Workshops, you will receive an F in the class. Ordinarily,
there are no exceptions and no “makeups” for this attendance requirement. If you know of any circumstances likely to
make this policy difficult for you this semester, you may wish to consult with
your advisor to review your options. If
you miss a class session, you always remain responsible for all information
distributed, material covered, and assignments given during your absence. Also,
I will deduct points for excessive tardiness, so please be on time.
Civility and Cooperation
Missouri Western requires all students to help us
maintain good conditions for teaching and learning. All students will treat
their classmates, teachers, and student assistants with civility and respect,
both inside and outside the classroom. Students who violate this policy may,
among other penalties, be counted absent and asked to leave. You should review
your Missouri Western student handbook for further information.
Required Texts and Course Materials
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Dietsch, Betty. Reasoning
and Writing Well. 3rd edition. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield,
2002.
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English 100 Writer’s Workshops. Fall 2003
ed.
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3-1/2" floppy disks
and a disk storage box
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cheap, simple folders
for turning in portfolios
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extra copies of your
writing for group work as requested
Course Goals
Detailed course objectives are available on the web
site for English 100:
http://www2.mwsc.edu/eflj/eng100.html#Objectives.
In
general you should improve your abilities in the following categories:
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writing for different
audiences and purposes
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active reading and
critical thinking
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using writing processes
effectively to produce valuable results
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using written
conventions more accurately
Class Assignments: General Grading Policy:
Your grade will be determined on the basis of your
progress as a writer, the writings you submit, and your class participation
over the course of the semester. The
components of your grade in the course are:
Writing. You will
complete three major writing tasks, each of which will be submitted along with
a mini-portfolio of related material. A
student who does not turn in an adequate version of all three tasks will not
pass the course, regardless of other points earned. You will also complete a
final portfolio with a revised version of an earlier paper and other required
materials. Since all of these grades are
based on portfolios, you need to keep everything that you produce as part of
this class for the entire semester in order to earn the best possible grade. No
late work will be accepted for this class without prior approval or substantial
reason (i.e., a documented emergency).
Writer’s Workshop. Throughout
the course of the semester, you will attend the weekly small group Writer’s
Workshops (listed as “labs” in the class schedule). Some of your Writer’s Workshop materials may be used in class,
and some of your class papers will be critiqued and proofread in Writer’s
Workshops. I will consider your
Writer's Workshop participation as part of your class participation grade.
Quizzes and testing. You will be
given announced and unannounced quizzes to assess your attention to reading
assignments. A limited amount of testing at midterm and during the final
will check on your understanding of what you have learned about writing.
Grading Requirements and Evaluations:
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All graded materials will
receive scores in points. The point scale will be converted to letter grades
as follows (no averaging up; points must meet or exceed the lower range to
earn the grade): 90-100 = A 80-90 = B 70-80 = C 60-70 = D |
These are the values for
each course component: |
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Task One: Task Two: Task Three: Mid-term Exam: Participation: Final Portfolio: Final Exam: |
15% 15% 25% 5% 10% 25% 5% |
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Task Papers and
Mini-Portfolios
The three main tasks and the final portfolio will be
evaluated according to the criteria discussed in the assignments.
Participation
I will keep daily ratings for participation,
including but not nearly limited to your quiz grades. I will report your current
standing along with all evaluations of finished Task Papers. I will also review
your Writer's Workshop materials before mid-terms and at the end of the
semester to figure your final participation grade. The most important part of
this grade is simply being in class for the entire class period. Next, you
should aim to be completely ready to participate in class activities, such as
by having adequate drafts for peer review. Also, you should aim to add value to
the class whenever there are class discussions and activities.
Final Portfolio
The final portfolios will be evaluated for all the
abilities described in the course objectives. Throughout the semester you will
receive information and responses that help you understand these objectives and
how they are evaluated to make up your grade. The portfolio will contain a wide
variety of formal and informal materials that will be defined more specifically
later on in the semester. To get the
best grade on the portfolio, you need to keep everything that you produce as
part of this class for the entire semester.
The mid-term exam will have two parts. In one part,
you will demonstrate your ability to write under time pressure. In the other
part, you will need to answer questions based on your reading assignments. The
final exam will be in essay format.
Student Disability
Any student in this course who has a disability that
prevents the fullest expressions of abilities should contact Missouri Western's
special needs coordinator, Lois Fox, for possible certification of special
needs and expert recommendations for assistance. You should also contact me personally as soon as possible so that
we can discuss class requirements.
You
will receive a grade of F for any paper that shows evidence of cheating and/or
plagiarism. You always have the initial burden of demonstrating that a paper
showing evidence of cheating or plagiarism is in fact your own original work.
You should keep thorough evidence of your writing processes for all papers so
that you can meet this burden of proof. Stronger evidence proving plagiarism
may lead to further penalties. Please note carefully the statement on
plagiarism on the departmental website, found at
http://www2.mwsc.edu/eflj/plagiarism.html .
Schedule
Whenever you are asked to bring anything, you should have with you a version that you would
be willing to have marked up or handed in for review. Make an extra copy if you
want a clean version for yourself.
You should also bring an electronic copy for in-class
work and be ready to deliver it to me when and as needed. We will work on
methods for doing this in class. An electronic file that has a virus attached
will not be acceptable.
Whenever you are asked to read something, the assignment is to be read before the start of
class on that date. Unless another source is mentioned, all reading assignments
are in Reasoning and Writing Well,
noted either by chapters (for example, "Ch. 11"), pages (for example,
"pp. 405-20"), or titles. At times you will also need to do the
reading before completing other tasks required by the start of class, so you
should normally finish your reading well before the start of class. Remember, quizzes may be announced or unannounced and
cannot be made up!
8/25 Introductions. We will review class requirements and the
standards and objectives.
8/27 Read Ch. 1. We
will get started on the Task One assignment.
8/29 Read Ch. 11. We
will explore possible Task 1 topics and strategies.
9/1 No class
9/3 Topics due for Task One.
9/5 Read Ch. 3. Bring adequate prewriting for the Task
1 paper.
9/8 Read Ch. 4.
9/10 Bring a copy of
Task One drafts for my review.
9/12 Problem solving session for Task One drafts
9/15 Bring full Task
One drafts (at least 2 pages) for peer review session.
9/17 Read Ch. 5. Bring full Task One drafts (at least 2
pages) for further revision.
9/19 Task One paper and portfolio due.
We will get started on Task Two.
9/22 Read Ch. 17. We
will explore possible Task 2 topics and strategies.
9/24 Read Ch. 7. Bring Task Two prewriting
9/26 Read Ch. 6. Bring Task Two drafts (at least 2
pages) for workshop.
9/29 Bring a copy of
your Task Two drafts (at least 2 pages) for teacher review.
10/1 Problem solving session for Task Two drafts
10/3 Bring 3 copies of Task Two
drafts (at least 3 pages) for peer review session
10/6 We will take an in-class (timed essay) exam.
10/8 We will take an in-class (knowledge) exam.
10/10 I
will return the exams and review grading considerations. Task Two paper
and portfolio due. We will get started on Task Three.
10/13 No class
10/15 Read Ch. 26 and
"The Art of Acknowledgment" Bring
response to "The Art of Acknowledgment."
10/17 Read Ch. 15; review
"The Art of Acknowledgment" and read
"Mother Tongue"; Bring
comparison
10/20 Continue in-class work with comparison; Bring comparison.
10/22 Introduce summary concept, review of format and structure
10/24 Assign summaries.
10/27 Bring reading
summaries for peer review session and teacher review
10/29 Read pp.339-63 and
skim examples as needed. We will review "documentation" of sources.
10/31 Read Ch. 2. Bring a draft of Task Three (at least 2
pages) for "tone and voice" work.
11/3 Read Ch. 8. Bring a draft of Task Three (at least 2
pages) for sentence style work.
11/5 Read Ch. 9. Bring
a draft of Task Three (at least 2 pages) for word choice work.
11/7 Bring 3 copies of Task Three
drafts (at least 3 pages) for peer review session.
11/10 Problem solving session for Task Three drafts
11/12 Bring 3 copies of Task Three drafts for teacher review
11/14 Task Three paper due. We will get started on the final
portfolio. Schedule TBA
11/17
11/19
11/21
11/24
11/26 No class
11/28 No class
12/1
12/3 Bring portfolio
materials.
12/5 Final portfolio due
12/8 Final exam (essay)
due
12/10 Final Class Sec. 20,
2:00 p.m. 12/12 Final Class Sec. 11, 11:30 a.m.
12/15 Final Class Sec. 19, 2:00
p.m. 12/15 Final Class Sec. 09, 11:30 a.m.