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Instructor: Mrs. Mueller
Office: Liberal Arts
L (LA L)
Office Hours: MW 11:00-12:00, T 12:30-1:30
EMAIL: bmueller@cerritos.edu Web Page:
www.cerritos.edu/bmueller
Voice Mail: (562) 860-2451
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English 100 Syllabus: Fall 2006
Monday and Wednesday classes
Ticket #25375
LA 23 7:00-9:00
Ticket and #25378 LA 24 9:00-11:00
Text: A World of Ideas by Lee A. Jacobus
Night Ellie
Wiesel
Materials: folder for collecting and keeping returned
essays
Course Description
English 100 is designed to help the student learn and apply basic principles of effective composition as well as master important documentation, critical thinking and reading, and grammar skills. Overcoming writing inhibitions through the development of a writing process is stressed through prewriting, practice in composition, revision and sharing of essays. This class has been identified as a Teacher TRAC class.
Course Objectives and Outcomes
Upon completion of English 100, students will A) know and B) be able to do the following:
A.) Content Standards
To read, analyze, and understand college level writing
To understand various rhetorical terms and principles
To understand and be attentive to the conventions of written discourse that govern format, usage, and style in various rhetorical situations
To seek out thought-provoking, discussion-generating writing about current issues
B.) Application Standards
To apply the principles of rhetorical structure, purpose and audience to various writing situations
To produce writing that carefully synthesizes and assimilates the views of other writers, with appropriate citation
To either support or refute a claim (thesis) with reasoned evidence
To plan, draft, and revise an essay using the conventions of standard written English and various modes of writing (description, narration, process, cause and effect, definition, classification, comparison, exemplification, evaluation)
To paraphrase, summarize, and quote accurately what writers have to say on a topic
To attribute ideas to their authors using formal MLA documentation format
To use library and Internet sources
To substantially revise writing in response to the critiques of others
Student Responsibilities and Policies
Purchase Texts: Purchase texts and have appropriate materials in class. Do not expect other students or the instructor to supply materials for you. Get your campus email accounts setup in the first week.
Attendance: Attend class regularly. Attendance means more than physical presence. Your being in class with us regularly—enthusiastic about learning and prepared to participate—is important to your success and sense of well being; it is important to sustaining a productive and fulfilling learning environment. If for any reason you are unable to attend all or part of a class session, your contributions will be missed. Being late for class or leaving early is disruptive to the classroom environment; however, it is usually better to miss part of a class than all of it. Missing more than 30 minutes will be equivalent to a full class absence. Because participation is such an important part of class, a pattern of lateness or more than five absences will lower your grade or result in being dropped from the course.
Late Work: As a mature college student, you know that you are responsible for all lectures, discussions, videos, readings and other assignments, even if you are absent. Contact a classmate for notes, assignments, and handouts whether you miss all or part of a class. Your enthusiasm for and dedication to learning—shown by completing assignments, meeting deadlines, and participating fully in the classroom experience and group projects are keys to success. Late papers are stringently discouraged. You will have the opportunity to rewrite essays one and two, only if they are submitted on the date due. If essays are late, you will not be able to rewrite. I realize unforeseen emergencies are likely to occur. Therefore, one late paper (excluding Essay 6) will be accepted without penalty provided it is no more than one week late. No other late papers will be accepted. If you are unavoidably absent from class, work must be placed in my mailbox before class, with notification by phone, the day it is due to avoid a late penalty. No late papers will be accepted for the final Essay 6. The InClass essays must be made up within a week. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the instructor and make arrangements. The final cannot be made up.
Plagiarism Policy (Presenting others’ work as your own): Any apparent scholastic dishonesty (i.e. plagiarism). If you are suspected of academic dishonesty, you may face disciplinary action and will result in a grade of “F.” Any assignment that does not appear to be deliberate plagiarism but fails to include clear and appropriate attribution of sources or direct quotation will receive a grade of 0. Lending your work to another person or submitting another person’s work as your own will also result in a grade of 0.
Support Services and Special Enrollment Needs: Students who need accommodations related to a disability, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible. Tutoring services are available to students in LAP. If you do not understand an assignment, ask questions or see me during the office hours listed above. Get a study buddy in class, exchange phone numbers and email addresses. If you are taking this class for Teacher TRAC or Scholars Honors, please inform me as well. Assignments will be provided to meet program requirements.
Study Buddy ___________________________Phone No_________________ email _________________
Classroom Behavior Policy: Disruptive classroom behavior, defined as anything that would interfere with “an instructor’s ability to conduct the class” or “the ability of other students to profit from the instructional program,” is explicitly prohibited. That includes bringing food and drinks to class, other than bottled water, and cell phones.
Format and Revision Policy: Students are strongly encouraged to revise Essays 1and 2. Late essays cannot be rewritten. Letter grades can be improved by one score provided the revision is substantial and at least one third of the material is a new addition to the content. All drafts must be included with all essay assignments. Final copies to be graded are placed on top. Staple in the upper left hand corner. Do not use cover sheets or plastic folders. See pages 656-666 for assistance with MLA documentation and the World of Ideas website: www.bedfordstmartins.com/worldofideas . For essays 2-6students will participate in the peer editing process for revisions.
All essays must be typed, double spaced and formatted as follows:
Student’s full name in upper left hand corner
Mrs. Mueller
English 100 TTh 7-9
Date
Title Centered with First Letter of each Important Word Capitalized
Indent the first line of each new paragraph.
Grading will be on a 100 point scale: 90-100=A, 80-89=B, 70-79=C, 55-69=D, Below 54=F
Complete all out of class and in class essays as well as journals and submit them for grading on time(with a minimum of “C” or better to pass the class).
Essays—70 points
Essay
1—Narrative 4-5 pages
10 points (rewrite)
Essay 2—Oral History
Interview 4-5 pages. 10 points (rewrite)
Essay 3—Introduction
to a great thinker. 5-6 pages. 10 points
Essay 4—Making
Connections 6-7 pages. 15 points
Essay 5—Reading
Approach to Night 6-7 pages
15 points
Essay 6 – Cause and
Consequences Night 6-7 pages. 15 points.
No late papers accepted.
Quizzes and Responses to Readings
Grammar (bring
scantron).
Novel
InClass Essays—10 points
Other—15 points
Peer Edits
Reading response
journals (10 total)
PowerPoint
presentations for Essays 3 and 4.
Collaborative Group
Presentation for Night
Class participation
and group work
Essay Evaluation
Criteria:
Addresses all parts of the writing assignment—using a specific writing strategy and significant content
Organization is coherent and unified with thesis, purpose, and audience clearly in mind
Mechanics, grammar, and form reflect standard English usage and MLA citation of sources
Essays: Essay assignments will come from ideas generated in handouts and in your text on the chapters indicated. Handouts will be given out to offer further clarification and evaluation criteria.
Presentation: Each
student is responsible for a presentation in class for Essas 3 and 4 which
makes some use of computer technology (PowerPoint or linked websites are good possibilities). As soon as you have selected your topic,
reserve it with your instructor. We want
a range of subject matter in the presentations.
We will be talking about project and paper topics as we discuss related
readings. The collaborative project
related to the novel will be presented by groups and will also require some use
of multimedia.
Book Length Work: I have selected Night
Schedule of Assignments for
English 100
Aug. Assignment and readings from World of Ideas Deadlines
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14 16 21 23 28 30 |
Course introductions. Essay 1 Narrative. Read: Grammar diagnostic. Read: De Montaigne (231), Emerson (247) Read: Montessori (281), Dewey (297), Freire (315) Group work on readings Assign Essay 2—Oral History |
Draft of Essay 1/Peer Edit Essay 1 Due |
Sept.
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4 6 11 13 18 20 25 27 |
Labor Day
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Essay 1 rewrite Due Draft of Essay 2/Peer Edit Essay 2 Due |
Oct.
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2 4 9 11 16 18 23 25 30 |
Works Cited and MLA format Return Grammar Test. Read: Justice essays (113-224) Work on PowerPoint Presentations (bring disk) Assign Essay 4—Making Connections Read: Ethics and Morality essays (627-738) Group Work Video on faith Group presentations on belief systems Midterm based on Ethics and Morality Readings—bring text. Read: Arendt (85-97). Work on presentations |
Grammar Test (ScanTron) Draft of Essay 3/Peer Edit Essay 3 Due/Powerpoint Thesis due for Essay 4 InClass Essay--Midterm Draft of Essay 4-Peer Edit |
Nov.
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1 6 8 13 15 20 22 27 29 |
Assign Essay 5 Approaches
to writing on Night Read: Ellie Wiesel’s Night Video. Claim statement due.
Night discussion continued. Night discussion continued Essay 6 assign. Cause
and Consequences Global Plight of Women Feminism: Wollstonecraft (730) Woolf (761) De Beauvior (781), Video Gilligan (797) Sharing of journals |
Essay 4 Due/PowerPoint Test on Night Draft of Essay 5/Peer Edit Essay 5 DueReading Response Journals
Due 10 |
Dec.
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4 6 11 |
hooks (821) Discussion of final.
Sharing of Essay 6/Symposium Final InClass Essay over Feminism 7-9 a.m. class meets 8:00-10:00 a.m. on Mon. 12/11 9-11 a.m. class
meets 10:00-12:00 a.m. on Wed. 12/13 |
Draft of Essay 6/Peer Edit Essay 6 (no late
papers) |
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