MISSOURI WESTERN STATE
COLLEGE
School of Liberal Arts and
Sciences
Department of English,
Foreign Languages, and Journalism
Professor:
Dr. Elizabeth Sawin Office: SSC 215
Phone: 271-4272 Office
hrs: 1:00 – 2:00 MWF; 3:00 – 4:00 MW
Email: sawin@missouriwestern.edu
Section
03/82 Time: 2:00-2:50 MWF Classroom: JGM 106
COURSE
OBECTIVES:
Honors composition
classes will be addressing the Objectives and Means for ENG 104 and for ENG 108
in this accelerated course. Upon successful completion of ENG 112, students
fulfill the college's General Studies composition requirement. Students will
complete five writing assignments in Honors Composition.
At least one of these
assignments will be a research paper involving library and on-line research.
Final drafts of papers will be word processed. Students will keep complete
portfolios of all writing done in the course. Before any grade appeal will be
processed for a student in ENG 100, 104, 108, or 112, the complete portfolio of
writings will have to be submitted to the Departmental Review Committee.
SKILL AREAS
I. Communicating
To develop students’ effective use of the English language
and quantitative and other symbolic systems essential to their success in
school and in the world. Students should be able to read and listen critically
and to write and speak with thoughtfulness, clarity, coherence, and
persuasiveness.
A.
Analyze and evaluate their own and others’ speaking and writing.
B. Conceive of writing
as a recursive process that involves many strategies, including generating
material, evaluating sources when used, drafting, revising, and editing.
C. Make formal written
and oral presentations employing correct diction, syntax, usage, grammar, and
mechanics.
D. Focus on a purpose
(e.g., explaining, problem solving, argument) and vary approaches to writing
and speaking based on that purpose.
E.
Respond to the needs of different audiences and choose words for appropriateness
and effect.
II. Higher-Order
Thinking
To develop students’ ability to distinguish among opinions,
facts, and inferences; to identify underlying or implicit assumptions; to make
informed judgments; and to solve problems by applying evaluative standards.
A.
Recognize the problematic elements of presentations of information and
argument.
B.
Formulate questions for clarifying issues and solving problems.
C. Use linguistic,
mathematical or other symbolic approaches to describe problems, identify
alternative solutions, and make reasoned choices among those solutions.
D. Analyze and
synthesize information from a variety of relevant sources and use the results
to address complex situations and problems.
E.
Defend conclusions using relevant evidence and reasoned argument.
F.
Reflect on and evaluate their critical-thinking processes.
III. Managing
Information
To develop students’ abilities to locate, organize, store,
retrieve, evaluate, synthesize, and annotate information from print,
electronic, and other sources in preparation for solving problems and making
informed decisions.
REQUIRED
TEXTS:
Schlosser,
Eric. Fast Food Nation
Thoreau,
Henry David. Walden.
Spatt,
Brenda. Writing From Sources
REQUIRED
ASSIGNMENTS:
Paper based on Fast Food Nation. 100 points
Paper based on Walden. 100
points
Open Topic Research Paper. 100 points
Midterm and Final Exam. 100
points
400 points
A B C D
100-90% 89-80% 79-70% 69-60%
N.B. I reserve the right to make changes in the
nature of the work we if need be.
The percentages for the final grade assignment will,
however, stay the same.
ACADEMIC
HONESTY:
You
are expected to do your own reading and writing in this course. Any student who submits someone else's work
as his or her own will receive no credit (0 points) for that assignment. A second infraction will earn an
"F" in the course. Taking ideas from articles published on the web without
citation or copying work from other students are NOT acceptable behaviors.
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
Films,
in-class writings, student-led discussions and video showings can’t be
“made-up.” Once these activities occur they are permanently lost to you.
Likewise, your contributions are lost to us when you are not here. THREE absences are average for a
semester-long course that meets on MWF.
DISABLED
STUDENT POLICY:
If
you have a recognized disability that requires special consideration, please
make an appointment to see me during the first week of classes so that we can
discuss privately how I might help you succeed.
REQUIRED
FORMATTING for out-of-class copy:
Identify
yourself in the upper, right-hand corner:
Name
English 112
Nature of the Assignment
Date
Use
regular white paper.
Leave
one-inch margins on all sides.
Center
the title.
Number
each page (bottom right)
Single-space
within paragraphs.
Double-space
between paragraphs.
Use
12-point TIMES NEW ROMAN
August
25 Introduction to Course
27 Writing from Sources 3-24
Reading for Understanding
Sept.
1 Holiday
3 Writing from Sources 38-64
Writing a Summary
5 Writing from Sources 65-92 Presenting
Sources to Others
Sept.
8 Writing from Sources 93-116
Paraphrasing
10 Writing from Sources 121-139 The Single-Source Essay
12 Writing from Sources 140-167 Developing an Essay Based on a Source
Sept.
15 Fast Food Nation: First
Assignment is Given
17
19
Sept.
22
24
26
29
Oct.
1
3
Oct.
6
8
10
Oct.
13 Holiday
15
17
Oct.
20
22
Mid Term Grades due
24
Oct.
27
29
31
Last Day to withdraw from classes
Nov.
3
5
7
Nov.
10
12
14
Nov.
17
19
21
Nov.
24
Dec.
1
3
5
Dec.
8 Last Day Final
Exams Dec. 9-15