Department of English, Foreign Language, and Journalism
English 104-03
JGM 105
English 104-08
JGM 119
Dr. Stacia Bensyl SSC 222 I
Phone 271-5936 email—bensyl@missouriwestern.edu
Office hours:
Required Text:
Optional Text:
The New Century Handbook
I cannot stress the importance of having a good
handbook. If you already have a handbook
from another class, that is fine.
Please bring your books to class every day.
Course Objectives:
The course objectives for
English 104 are outlined at http://www2.mwsc.edu/eflj/eng104.html#Institutional. I strongly recommend that students review
these course objectives in addition to my going over them the first day of
class.
Paper Topics:
Paper #1: Narrative Essay
Paper #2: Comparison/contrast essay
Paper #3: Solution essay
Paper #4: Position essay
· Your four portfolios are each worth 20% of your
final grade.
NOTE:
I will bring portfolios to class once to hand them
back. If you're not in class to receive
your portfolio, you need to come to my office to pick it up.
Final Exam Period:
·
You MUST attend the final exam period to pass
the class. It is college policy that we
meet during the final exam period. I
will hand back your fourth portfolio and give you your final grade at that
time. If you do not attend the final
exam meeting, you will fail the class.
In class writing/portfolio policy:
You will write something in
class almost every day. I say almost,
because sometimes peer reviews or class discussion will take up all of our
class time. You cannot make up the in
class writings. Each day's assignment
must be dated. Individual assignments
will not be graded; instead, you will be graded on your portfolio performance
as a whole. You will receive instructions for each of the four papers well in
advance of their due dates. All rough
drafts must be word-processed. Handwritten rough drafts will be docked
points. On portfolio due dates, I will
collect your completed portfolio. You
will receive an evaluation of the in class work in the portfolio, as well as an
evaluation of the process and final draft of your paper.
Attendance policy:
I don’t take daily attendance. Quizzes cannot be made up, so please do not
ask to do so. Students who arrive late
will not be given the quiz. Remember,
there will be a quiz over each reading assignment.
Student Disability:
Students with disabilities (impaired
hearing, vision, reading disorders, etc.) should notify me in writing of the
disability before the end of the first week of class. In consultation with the Center for Academic
Support, I will work out a course of study for such students.
Grading policy:
First off, you can't pass
this class without turning in all four of your portfolios and attending the
final exam meeting. The grading scale is
as follows:
100-90% = A
80-89% = B
70-79% = C
60-69% = D
59-0% = F
Remember, you must receive a
grade of "C" or above to enroll in English 108 next semester.
Academic honesty policy:
I abide by all the
regulations outlines in the Missouri Western State College Catalog and Student
Handbook. I will not tolerate plagiarism
or claiming another’s work as your own.
Please don’t cheat! If I find
evidence of any academic dishonesty, the student will receive an “F” in the
course.
Late paper policy:
You may turn in one late portfolio. Your late portfolio cannot be the final portfolio.
The late portfolio must be turned in the class meeting after its
original due date.
Rewrite Policy:
You may re-write papers in
portfolios #1, #2, and #3 for a better grade.
Due dates for re-writes will be announced in class when I hand back
papers. The grade you receive for the
re-write will be averaged with the grade you initially received for the
portfolio. I do not require students to
re-write. The process is optional. I do require you, however, to take the
re-write process seriously. Simply
making mechanical changes in the paper is not re-writing--it's editing. That should have been done initially. Re-writes will be handed back to you at some
point during the semester, but I give precedence to current assignments. It is possible that a re-write might not get back
to you until the last week of class.
Class Assignment Schedule:
Please remember that this is a TENTATIVE
schedule. We may need to adjust due
dates or assignment dates as the semester progresses. The term "invention" refers to any writing
that we do which is "brainstorming" or "prewriting" for
your final paper, or any writing which lets you
practice techniques and methods of writing.
Please come to class having read the assignment for that day. Be prepared to take a quiz over the assigned
writing and to discuss your ideas in class.
Also be prepared to write in class every day.
Reading/Writing Assignments:
Aug. 30 Introduction
and class standards
Sep. 1 “No
Name Woman” page 391
3 “A Hope in the Unseen” page 634
6 Labor Day—no class
8 “Gardenland,
10 invention—Narrative
essay
13 invention—Narrative essay
15 invention—Narrative Essay
17 Rough draft of Essay #1 due for peer
review
20 Portfolio #1 due/Introduction to
Comparison/Contrast essay
22 “A Whole Lot of Cheatin’
Going On” page 207
24 “The Future of Modesty” page 251
27 “Guys vs. Men” page 402
29 “Where I Come From
Is Like This” page 458
Oct. 1 invention—Comparison/Contrast
essay
4 invention—Comparison/Contrast
essay
6 invention—Comparison/Contrast
essay
8 No class
11 invention—Comparison/Contrast
essay
13 Rough draft of Essay #2 due for peer
review
15 Bensyl at
conference—no class
18 Portfolio #2 due/Introduction to
Position essay
20 “Learning in the Key of Life” page
64
22 “What Does a Woman Need to
Know?” page 72
25 “The
Re-Coloring of Campus Life”
page 78
27 “Can
This Campus Be Bought?” page 99
29 “Football is a Sucker’s Game” page 124
Nov. 1 “What is a Liberal Education?” page 141
3 invention—Position
essay
5 invention—Position essay
8 invention—Position
essay
10 invention—Position essay
12 Rough draft of essay #3 due for peer
review
15 Paper #3 due/Introduction
to Solution essay
17 “Work Makes Life Sweet” page 774
19 “Behind the Counter” page 787
22 “Speech to the Nation on Stem Cell
Research” page 353
24 No class—Thanksgiving Break
26 No class—Thanksgiving Break
29 invention—Solution
essay
Dec. 1 invention—Solution
essay
3 invention—Solution
essay
6 invention—Solution
essay
8 Rough
draft of essay #4 due for peer review
10 Portfolio #4 due
FINAL EXAM:
ENGLISH 104-03
ENGLISH 104-08