Welcome to ENGL 106!

Instructor: Christiane Alcantara

Introductions

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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) Reading articles: 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:

1) “Essay”

2) 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

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