Hybrid Eng100BC Introduction Fall14

8/11/2019 Hybrid Eng100BC Introduction Fall14

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Eng 100

Basic Principles of Composition

Jeannine Stanko


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Class Sections/Time/Location

Section: BC33H

Dates: 9/3 12/8

Days: Wednesdays & Online

Time: 10:00AM 11:45AM

Room: S661


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Class Sections/Time/Location

Section: BC31

Dates: 9/3 12/8

Days: Mondays & Wednesdays

Time: 1:00 2:30PM

Room: N313


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Ice BreakerChoose a classmate that you dont already know. Ask

this classmate the following questions. You will beintroducing this person to the rest of the class somake sure to write down their answers!

1. What do you want to be when you grow up?

2. What is your favorite Disney movie?3. If you were an animal, what would you be and why?

4. If you could visit any place in the world, wherewould you go and why?

5. What is something that greatly annoys you?


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Instructor InformationJeannine Stanko

724-396-4158

[email protected]

Office Hours: MTW by appointment

Office Location: Writing Lab

Class website:

www.english100barbados.weebly.com


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Materials & Resources

Miller, George.The Prentice Hall Reader

. 10th

ed.Boston: Prentice Hall, 2012. Print.

Internet capability

Flash drive

Tutoring Options: The Learning Assistance Centerand the Learning Commons provide free tutoringto registered CCAC students. Online services areavailable through smartthinking.com


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Learning Outcomes

Write effective paragraphs and short expositoryessays that employ unity, coherence,completeness, and order

Apply editing skills

Apply basic skills in critical reading and thinking

Shape writing by an awareness of audience,purpose, and tone

Use and credit sources responsibly andappropriately

Produce 5-7 multi-paragraph essays, some ofwhich include reading-based writing, 14-18 pagesof writing for the semester


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Listed Topics Sentence structure, grammar, spelling, and

punctuation Paragraph development, unity, and coherence Thesis sentence development, evaluation, and

placement Plagiarism and proper citation conventions

The Writing Process Editing and proofreading Computer format Quotation, summary, paraphrase Writing for audience, purpose, and tone Primary vs. secondary sources Evaluating basic library holdings and internet sources Differentiating between academic, professional, and

informal writing


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Evaluation

Grading scaleA = 100-90%

B = 89 80%

C = 79-70%

D = 69-60%

F = 59% or below

Students must earn a C grade or better to

register for the next course in thisdiscipline or to use this course as aprerequisite for a course in anotherdiscipline.


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Tests & Quizzes18% of final grade

Quizzes(4) - 80 points each

Grammar Final50 points

Writing Final (2-3pgs) 50 points


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Presentation

10% of final gradeWriting chapter presentation

Must be done in groups (max 4 per group)

Description Compare/contrast

Classification & division

Process

cause & effect Argument


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Pre-writes, Plans

10% final grade Pre-writes & Plans (1-2pgs each), 100 points total

Narrative OR Description

Compare/contrast OR Classification & division Process OR cause & effect

Argument


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Attendance22% Students are expected to attend every class.

Each class is worth a portion of your final grade. Rough drafts, peer reviews, in-class work, and quizzes cannot

be made up.

If you choose to come to class unprepared, you will be markedabsent. For example, in order to participate in the peer review process,

you must have a completed rough draft. Rough drafts are due theclass before submissions no exceptions.

You will be considered late if you arrive after I have taken roll.Lateness or early departure of 20 or more minutes counts as a

complete absence. After three late entries or early departure,coming in late or leaving early will count as an absence.Missing three classes will result in class failure.After missingthree classes, your grade will drop one letter grade every timeyou miss class. One hour = one class


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Essays

40% final grade Essay #1 (1-2pgs) 100 pts

(narrative or description)

Essay #2 (2-3pgs) 100 pts

compare/contrast or classification/division

Essay #3 (2-3pgs) 100ptsProcess or cause & effect

Essay #4 (2-3pgs) 100ptsargument annotated bibliography

Total 400 points


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MulligansEach quiz and essay can be redone once

Due before next quiz or essay

If absent for a quiz, the mulligan isforfeited. If an essay is submitted afterits due date, the mulligan is forfeited.

Further instructions for mulligansubmission described in syllabus


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Essay Submission

Must be submitted at beginning of class! Late papers forfeit mulligan

Essays will not be accepted after mulligandeadline

Computer problem is NOT an emergency. Email essay option

Attach & copy/paste into body

Must be received before class on due date I will respond for your reassurance (text!)

A plagiarized essay will result in failure ofassignment!


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Electronics Must be turned off & out of sight

Texting or engaging in social networking Computer/internet activities during instruction

Receive an absence for class period

No personal calls or bathroom breaks

Inform about emergencies

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Disclaimers

Disruptions talking during instruction orstudent Q&A Refer to Student Handbookfor

acceptable/unacceptable behavior

Disciplinary policies & procedures of college

CCAC makes every effort to provide reasonableaccommodations for students with disabilities.Questions about services and procedures shouldcontact the Office of Supportive Services.

During the semester, reasonable changes to thecourse outline may be academically appropriate.Students will be notified of these adjustments ina timely manner.


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Class Website can access through Blackboard

Grades calculated on Blackboard

Can access directly www.english100barbados.weebly.com
http://www.english100barbados.weebly.com/http://www.english100barbados.weebly.com/


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Questions?


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Prior to viewing online PowerPoint, readdefinitions of parts of speech pgs. 582 583

Sample essay

Read Preface pages 1 46 (How to Read an Essay,How to Write an Essay, How to Revise an Essay)

(Hybrid) For next Wednesday...


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Prior to viewing online PowerPoint, readdefinitions of parts of speech pgs. 582 583

For Wednesday

Sample essay

Read Preface pages 1 46 (How to Read an Essay,

How to Write an Essay, How to Revise an Essay)

(1:00) For Monday...


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Writing Sample PromptDue Monday

Choose 1 of the following.

Relate an experience that caused you to learnsomething about yourself.

Describe either an annoying/obnoxious person or apleasant/courteous one.

Compare your values and priorities today to those youheld in high or middle school.

Explain what you consider to be the three mostimportant qualities of an instructor, teacher, or boss

Explain how to be a successful student.

Explain the causes of a bad day you recentlyexperienced.

Argue for or against animal testing.


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Diagnostic exam Fill in the scantron bubble that corresponds with

your answer.

Does not count as a grade, but is a factor in yourfinal exam.

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Hybrid Eng100BC Introduction Fall14