MWSC, Fall 2005 Mr. Mark Barner

English SSC

MWF Office hours 8-9AM/11-12PM

Email: MEBarner@cs.com Phone ?

Required Texts: Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing: A Brief Guide to Argument by Sylvan Barnett & Hugo Bedau

Requirements: Curiosity and gargantuan sense of humor.

English 108 Goals/Objectives and Means:

See www.missouriwetern.edu/~engdept/eng108.html

Academic Honesty: Students will be treated as mature adults with accompanying expectations including but not limited to honest, creative and industrious work, prior acknowledgement to the professor of special needs or concerns, verbal participation in class and diligent attendance.

Encouragement: Utilize the Center for Academic Support.

Assignments: 1. 4 papers each rating 15% of grade.

2. A journal reflecting your own growth and exploratory processes. 2 entries per week. 15% of grade.

3. Impromptu class writings (pop quizzes) on assigned readings. No make-ups. 10% of grade.

4. Final rating 15% of grade.

Essays will be computer generated, double-spaced, proofread and adhering to MLA format. Papers will have student’s name, English section number, Date in upper right hand corner and pages numbers centered on bottom of each page. Papers due at beginning of class on due date. Grades will be dropped 1 letter grade for each infraction of the following rules of grammar: 1) Subject-verb disagreement; 2) Comma splice; 3) Sentence fragment; 4) Run-on Sentences; 5) 3Misspeeled words 6) Each day an assignment is tardy. Details on topics will be forthcoming.

Aug. 29 – Sept. 2 Syllabus elucidation, getting acquainted, fear of God instilled.

Sept. 5 Labor Day

Sept. 12 Strong Personal Belief Paper.

Sept. 30 Literary Critical Paper

Oct. 12 Researched Argument Paper

Oct. 14 Mid-term Break

Nov. 23 – 24 Thanksgiving

Dec. 5 Researched Argument.

Dec. 10 – 16 Finals