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Welcome to ENGL 106!. Instructor: Christiane Alcantara. Introductions. Name Where from Major Superpower Why?. ENGL 106 Sections. 10600-747 (all 20 students) – Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 10600-751 (10 students) – Conferences on Tuesdays
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Welcome to ENGL 106! Instructor: Christiane Alcantara
Introductions • Name • Where from • Major • Superpower • Why?
ENGL 106 Sections 10600-747 (all 20 students) – Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays 10600-751 (10 students) – Conferences on Tuesdays 10600-735 (10 students) – Conferences on Thursdays
Course presentation • 11:30 – 12:20 PM • Lecture (Mondays and Wednesdays) • Conferences (Tuesdays and Thursdays) • Lab (Fridays)
Textbooks • Wardle, E. & Downs, D. Writing About Writing: A College Reader. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin`s, 2011. • Blackmon, S., Haynes, L. & Pinkert, L. Composing Yourself: A Student Guide to Introductory Composition. Southlake: Fountainhead Press, 2012.
Approach • Writing about writing • We’ll read, think and write about the way that language/writing works in various communities.
Syllabus – Course description • We will hone our writing skills through a variety of methods that encompass all the stages of writing—from invention and drafting to editing and polishing. • We will read and discuss texts where the authors analyze their experiences with reading and writing.
Course goals and learning objectives • Understanding Rhetorical Situations • Communicating clearly and effectively • Evaluating and using relevant information • Understanding aims and methods of discourse • Evaluating and synthesizing different viewpoints • Becoming confident thinkers and writers
Course requirements 1) Readingarticles: read thoroughly BEFORE coming to class. 2) Journal Entries: homework (either questions for deeper analysis, selecting specific passages in a text, listing certain items, etc.) MUST BE SUBMITTED TO Bb. 3) In-class assignments: writing activities done in class (can be individual, paired or group writings). 4) Projects: • Literacy Project February 9 • Discourse Community Project March 22 • AcademicDiscourse Project April 26
Required Material • A notebook. • Writing About Writing: A College Reader. • Composing Yourself: A Student Guide to Introductory Composition. • Resource Material from the Purdue OWL (online). • Any other material will be posted to our Blackboard Learn page.
Grading • In Class Activities (10%) Participation/Attendance 5% In-Class Writings 5% • Journal Entries (15%) • Writing Projects (75%) Literacy Project 25% Discourse Community Project 25% Academic Discourse Project 25%
Projects • All projects will have two parts: • “Essay” • Technology ( Podcast, PPT and Web design)
Class participation • Cell Phones: You ARE NOT allowed to text in class. Put on silence mode all cell phones, pagers, MP3 players, and anything else that beeps, screams, or squeals before class begins. • Computers: Laptops are allowed, but only for classroom related work.
Attendance • You may miss up to FIVE (5) class meetings and ONE (1) conference for any reason. • Additional absences, regardless of the reason, will result in one letter grade lower for the course. • Absences beyond TEN (10) will result in a failing grade for this course.
Late work and make up • Assignments must be ready at the beginning of class on the day they are due. • Missed in-class exercises, writing group activities, and journal entries cannot be made-up. • Late writing project components will lose one grade mark (+ or -) per calendar day that they are late. • No coursework will be accepted after the last week of class.
Plagiarism • Submitting an essay or report that has been written by someone else. This includes using the services of a commercial term paper company. • Copying of another’s writing without the use of quotation marks and without identifying the source. • An abbreviated restatement of another person’s ideas, without acknowledging the source. • Lifting ideas, phrases, and paragraphs from a variety of sources and joining them together without careful identification of their sources. The result is a mosaic of other people’s ideas and words.
Contact • Email – I will answer emails within 36 hours. • Office hours: Thursdays 10:20-11:20AM or by appt.
Writing Lab • Heavilon Hall 226Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: 9:00am - 6:00pmFriday: 9:00am - 1:00pm • HSSE Library Collaborative Study CenterMondays 7:00-10:00 pm • Latino Cultural CenterTuesdays 6:00-9:00 pm • Meredith HallWednesdays 7:00-10:00 pm • To make a tutoring appointment, call 765-494-3723.
Blackboard • Blackboard Learn