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Composition II! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Instructor: Laura MartinezENC 1102-0019 Office Hours: T/TH 1-2:30pm, Wednesdays 10am-noon, and by appointment Email: [email protected]/TH: 9:00-10:15 Office: CNH 305 D3 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course will help you develop your ability to approach research and writing rhetorically and will prepare you to participate in the discourse communities of your disciplines or majors. You will learn how to analyze and join scholarly conversations, in the process honing your research, citation, rhetorical framing, revision, and other skills necessary for successful writing in the university.
• To develop an awareness of how writing functions to produce and sustain knowledge within different university disciplines• To understand rhetorical concepts such as discourse community, activity systems, and genre.• To analyze the rhetorical moves used within and across disciplinary discourse communities.• To adapt writing—including invention, style, arrangement, and integration of sources—to the conventions of changing disciplinary discourse communities.• To expand and re@ine primary and secondary research skills, understanding how they apply to majors or disciplines.• To build con@idence in writing expertise and rhetorical knowledge.
Course Objectives Gordon Rule:
ENC 1102 is a Gordon Rule course. You must earn at least a C-‐ and write a minimum of four works of evaluated writing in order to ful@ill the university and state Gordon Rule requirements. You must turn in all major assignments in this course to meet those requirements.
Required Texts
Course readings to be found on our Webcourses site:• Selections from Bawarshi and Reiff, Genre: An Introduction to History, Theory, Research, and Pedagogy• Selections from Beaufort, College Writing and Beyond• Devitt, Amy. "Generalizing About Genre: New Conceptions of an Old Concept." College Composition and Communication 44 (1993): 573-‐86.
• Selections from Bawarshi, Genre and the Invention of the Writer• Wardle, Elizabeth. "Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Workplaces." Enculturation 5.2 (2004) http://enculturation.gmu.edu/5_2/wardle.html
NOTE: Additional readings will be provided via Webcourses and though our Facebook group. It is your responsibility to access them.
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! ! ! ! ! ! 100 Points totalParticipation (5 points): Participation is calculated at the instructor’s discretion. If you are concerned about your participation grade, please contact me *before* the end of the semester, so that you have a chance for improvement. Queries about your participation grade will not be acknowledged after the last day of class. Your engagement in the course will be broken down into the following categories:1) Attendance: In order to engage in class discussion, it is imperative that you attend regularly. Attendance will be taken
daily. After your second absence, you should be seriously concerned about your participation grade, since you cannot participate in class activities if you are not in class.
2) In-Class Discussion: You should strive to make a substantive contribution to class discussion during each meeting. If you are unclear about a particular concept, it is likely that some of your peers may have the same questions. Asking questions and clarifying concepts for others will greatly increase your participation grade. Failure to do so on a consistent basis will negatively impact your participation grade.
3) Conferences and Workshops: We will schedule individual conferences throughout the semester to discuss your progress and research. Attendance at these conferences is mandatory, and failure to attend your conferences on time will negatively impact your participation grade. We will also hold workshops for each of your major assignments. You must bring a draft to each workshop, and must provide substantive feedback to your peers.
Readings/Research Journal and Homework (10 points): In order to encourage active class discussions, you will be required to keep up with class readings. On some days, you will be asked to post your response to our class readings on our Facebook group. On other occasions, you will be asked to annotate your readings in your Reading/Research Journal. This can be an electronic or physical journal where you keep track of your readings and research throughout the semester. The journal will be collected at several points throughout the semester.
Preliminary Genre Analysis (15 points): An in-‐depth discussion of a genre of your choice.
Annotated Bibliography (20 points): Working bibliography of your research complete with evaluations and genre analysis.
Line of Inquiry Paper ( 20 points): Paper tracking a conversation and line of argument within a disciplinary discourse community and report on the relationship between the research conducted in a target article, and a series of other articles referenced in the target article. This assignment will include an analysis of the way the target article con@irms, departs from, or extends the methods, @indings, and/or conclusions of the earlier conversations.
Final Project (15 points): After tracing a line of inquiry within your discipline, you will design a project that re@lect the genre conventions of your discipline while presenting an overview of the conversation you researched.
Final Portfolio and RePlection (15 points): A @inal course re@lection and compilation of your work to be turned in during our @inal exam time.
G R A D I N G
Grading Scale: A 94-‐100 A-‐ 90-‐93 B+ 87-‐89 B 84-‐86 B-‐ 80-‐83 C+ 77-‐79 C 74-‐76 C-‐ 70-‐73 F Below 70
UCF does not allow A+ grades
No incompletes are given in ENC 1101 or 1102 courses
The grade of NC (no credit) can be assigned at the teacher’s discretion only if the student completed all course work on time and attended class regularly but was unable to write at the level appropriate for ENC 1102.
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PlagiarismMany incidents of plagiarism result from students’ lack of understanding about what constitutes plagiarism. However, you are expected to familiarize yourself with UCF’s policy on plagiarism, and to consult your instructor and your handbook if you are unsure of how to document sources. All work you submit must be your own scholarly and creative efforts. UCF’s Golden Rule de@ines plagiarism as follows: “whereby another’s work is used or appropriated without any indication of the source, thereby attempting to convey the impression that such work is the student’s own.” Plagiarism or cheating might result in an F for the assignment or an F for the entire course, depending on the teacher’s discretion. The instructor might also assign a Z grade, which will appear on your transcript and denote academic dishonesty.
ADA
The University of Central Florida is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all persons with disabilities. This syllabus is available in alternate formats upon request. Students with disabilities who need accommodations in this course must contact the professor at the beginning of the semester to discuss needed accommodations. No accommodations will be provided until the student has met with the professor to request accommodations. Students who need accommodations must be registered with Student Disability Services, Student Resource Center Room 132, phone (407) 823-‐2371, TTY/TDD only phone (407) 823-‐2116, before requesting accommodations from the professor.
UWC
The University Writing Center (UWC) is a free resource for UCF undergraduates and graduates. At the UWC, a trained writing consultant will work individually with you on anything you're writing (in or out of class), at any point in the writing process from brainstorming to editing. Appointments are recommended, but not required. For more information or to make an appointment, visit the UWC website at http://www.uwc.ucf.edu, stop by CNH 105, or call 407.823.2197.
Late Work and Make-up Policy
In order to be successful in this course, it is imperative that you submit all of your work on time. You must submit all major assignments in order to pass the course. I do accept late work, but you will be deducted one full letter grade for each day late, including weekends and days in between classes. If you email me your assignments, I will reply with my comments electronically. Any assignment submitted after our regular class time will be counted late.If you are absent, it is your responsibility to contact me for any work that you need to make up. If you are absent on the day that an assignment is due, however, you will still be penalized for late submission. Be sure to make prior arrangements with me if you know that you will be missing class on the day that an assignment is due.
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What you can expect from me:• I will do my best to be available to answer questions in and outside of class.• I will do my best to respond promptly to your questions via e-‐mail (within 24 hours
during weekdays). • I will provide you with ample feedback on your writing. It is my goal to give you the
chance to understand why you earned a particular grade, and/or why you didn’t. • I will address you with respect, both in person and via e-‐mail.• I will do my best to return your work to you with feedback in a timely manner.
What I will expect from you:• You are expected to have a Knights email account and check it regularly. This is how I will
communicate important updates. We will also be communicating via our Webcourses section and Facebook page. You are not required to have a Facebook page, but can choose to participate in our discussions through that medium.
• You are not to have laptops or other electronics open during class unless you have been instructed to do so for writing and/or researching. If you are texting during class, I will assume that you are choosing not to engage in class discussion, and will mark you absent for that class session.
• You will address your instructor and your peers with respect, both in person and via e-‐mail.
• You will come to class on time. Three tardies count as one absence. • You will submit all of your assignments typed. You must also have access to printer, as
you will be required to print some of your readings and assignments.
This syllabus is subject to change at instructor’s discretion
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NOTE: I guarantee that this schedule will change throughout the semester. Please note any changes discussed during class.
Date In class Homework
Tuesday, August 21st Introduction to course and syllabus discussion. Discuss your majors and texts within those majors. What are genres? How do they function in discourse communities?
Start your reading/research journal. Write: What discourse communities are you currently involved in? What genres are used by those communities? What purpose(s) do these genres serve?
Start reading and annotating Swales: http://eng1301-knous.wikispaces.com/file/view/Swales-11.pdf
Thursday, August 23rd Discuss Swales. Introduction to genres. Start preliminary genre analysis.
Finish reading Swales. Bring notes to class. Your journals will be collected on Tuesday.
http://eng1301-knous.wikispaces.com/file/view/Swales-11.pdf
Tuesday, August 28th Discuss Swales and continue working on preliminary genre analysis.
Start reading and annotating Devitt, Bawarshi, and Reiff: http://thelemming.com/lemming/POP-CULTURE/Materiality%20and%20Genre.pdf
Thursday, August 30th Discuss Devitt, Bawarshi and Reiff. Continue working on preliminary genre analysis
Finish reading and annotating Devitt, Bawarshi and Reiff. Continue working on preliminary genre analysis.
Tuesday, September 4th Discuss Devitt, Bawarshi, and Reiff and continue to work on preliminary genre analysis paper in class.
Read and annotate Devitt: http://myweb.fsu.edu/jjm09f//WEPOSummer2011/Amy%20J.%20Devitt%20Generalizing%20about%20Genre.pdf
Thursday, September 6th Discuss Devitt and continue working on preliminary genre analysis.
Continue preliminary genre analysis and bring full draft to class for peer review on Tuesday.
Tuesday, September 11th Workshop preliminary genre analysis Finish preliminary genre analysis. Final draft due Thursday.
Thursday, September 13th Preliminary genre analysis due. Research databases and work on annotations in class.
Continue research and annotations and bring at least 5 finished annotations on Thursday.
Tuesday, September 18th No Class--Memorial Day Holiday Work on annotations
Thursday, September 20th Continue annotations in class Continue working on annotations and bring what you have to class
Tuesday, September 25th Continue working on genre analysis of annotations Finish genre analysis of annotations and bring full draft to class for workshop
Thursday, September 27th Workshop annotated bib with annotations and genre analysis
Finish annotated bib and bring final draft to class on Tuesday
Tuesday, October 2nd Start line of inquiry papers in class Continue working on line of inquiry papers and bring what you have to class on Tuesday.
Thursday, October 4th No Class--Football Game Continue working on line of inquiry papers and bring what you have to class on Tuesday
Tuesday, October 9th Continue working on line of inquiry papers in class
Continue working on line of inquiry papers and bring full draft for workshop on Thursday
Thursday, October 11th Workshop line of inquiry papers in class Revise line of inquiry papers and bring final copy on Monday
Tuesday, October 16th Final copy of inquiry papers due. Small group meetings to discuss final projects
Work on final projects
Thursday, October 18th Small group meetings to discuss final projects. Work on final projects
