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TULSA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOUTHEAST CAMPUS COURSE SYLLABUS ENGLISH 1113 Composition I Fall 2009

COURSE INFORMATION: Room/Meeting Times: SE Bldg 3 3116/TR 8:00am-9:20am Instructor: James Whitmer, BA Call #: 11943

TO CONTACT YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Email: [email protected] Phone: 449-6060 (NSU BA Writing Center lab), leave voicemail Office Hours: Northeastern State University Broken Arrow Campus Writing Center, please schedule all appointments Mon 12-7:30pm Tues 12-6:30pm Wed 12-8pm Thurs 12-7:30pm Mail: Academic and Campus Support (ACS), Room SE2202 Director of ACS: Leanne Brewer, 595-7673

TO CONTACT THE DIVISION OFFICE: Communications Division, Room SE1202 Communications Associate Dean: Judy Leeds, 595-7694

HOW YOU WILL BE CONTACTED: All TCC students receive a designated “MyTCC” email address (e.g., [email protected]). All communications about TCC and course assignments will be sent to students at this address. Students must use MyTCC email to exchange email with instructors.

COURSE PREREQUISITES: Appropriate CPT or ACT score, or completion of ENG 0923 and ENG 0933 with a grade of “C” or better, or permission of the Associate Dean. For more information, see the Composition I Prerequisites on pages xi-xiii in Little, Brown.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Composition I guides students through the writing process with regular practice and analysis of effective writing. It is the first in a sequence of two freshman composition courses. Lecture 3 hours. Self-paced laboratory may be required.

REQUIRED TEXTS:  The Little, Brown Handbook, TCC Custom Edition, Fowler & Aaron  The Longman Reader, TCC Custom Edition, Nadell, Langan, Coomodromo

COURSE OBJECTIVES: See Longman, xi-xiii

TEACHING METHODS: Each class period will involve a variety of activities including lecture, discussion, group work, and writing. For more information, see page xxii in Little, Brown.

Course work will include four short essays (500-750 words) – the lowest score of which will be dropped – miscellaneous assignments, a research essay, and a final exam essay.

1 Quizzes over assigned readings will be given near the beginning of the class period, after students have had an opportunity to ask questions. Students must be present in class to take quizzes. Missed quizzes cannot be retaken for any reason; however, the two lowest quiz scores will be dropped.

GRADING: Grades will be determined according to the following scale: Journal (10 entries @ 10 points each) 100 points Quizzes (10 @10 points each) 100 points Essay 1 100 points Essay 2 100 points Essay 3 100 points Essay 4 100 points Research Essay 100 points Miscellaneous Assignments 150 points Final Exam Essay 150 points TOTAL 1000 points A=1000-900; B=899-800; C=799-700; D=699-600; F=599-0

Essays will be graded using the criteria described on pages xvi-xxi in Little, Brown.

Miscellaneous assignments will be graded according to how well the student understands the skill or concept addressed in the assignment. Grading criteria for the research essay will be provided on the assignment sheet.

LATE WORK: Essays will be penalized one letter grade for each day late, regardless of the reason. Late work should be submitted to the Academic and Campus Services Office, Room SE2202, or to the Assignments area in Blackboard within 72 hours of the due date. No essays will be accepted 72 hours or more past the due date.

Miscellaneous assignments are collected during class and will not be accepted late under any circumstance. If you miss an assignment or a quiz, you will receive a “0.”

ATTENDANCE/WITHDRAW POLICY: Because work completed in the classroom cannot be duplicated outside the classroom, you must plan to attend class regularly. If you are unable to attend class, do not contact your instructor; contact a student from the class to find out what was covered during class and check Blackboard for missed handouts and other material.

Enrollment in this course obligates you to attend class regularly. Absence from more than three class periods is considered excessive, indicating that you are not likely to do well in the class. If you enroll late, you will be counted absent for each period you have missed from the beginning of the semester. If you stop attending and do not withdraw, you will receive an “F” as your final grade in this course. Contact the Counseling Office at any TCC campus to initiate withdrawal from a course ('W' grade) or to change from Credit to Audit.

English Professors assign "AW" or "I" grades only when genuine emergencies prevent a student from completing the class and/or from withdrawing before the deadline and only when the student is earning a satisfactory ("C" or better) grade.

FORMAT FOR COURSE WORK: Students are required to use Times New Roman 12-point font and one-inch margins for all assignments. MLA formatting, as described on pages 644-690 of Little, Brown, is to be used for all essay assignments.

WRITING CENTER: See Little, Brown xxiii

2 PLAGIARISM POLICY: Read pages xxv-xxvi in Little, Brown for a better understanding of what constitutes plagiarism. Work that contains plagiarism, whether accidental or intentional, will receive a “0.”

Students may be required to submit assignments to SafeAssignment to be checked for plagiarism. Students who do not submit assignments to SafeAssignment when required will receive a “0” for the assignment. For help submitting essays to SafeAssignment, visit the Writing Center.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY OR MISCONDUCT: Academic dishonesty or misconduct is not condoned nor tolerated at campuses within the Tulsa Community College system. See the college’s Academic Integrity Statement: http://www.tulsacc.edu/page.asp? durki=2984&site=16&return=126.

CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE: Open and mutually respectful communication of varied opinions, beliefs, and perspectives during classroom or online discussion encourages the free exchange of ideas that is essential to higher learning and professional endeavors.

Students should show respect and courtesy to fellow classmates and participate earnestly in class activities. Entering class late, talking or texting during lectures, sleeping during class, making fun of or attacking another's viewpoint, and/or behaving in a disruptive or combative manner are all considered inappropriate and unprofessional; they may also be grounds for dismissal from class.

Cell phones must be silenced during class. Should a cell phone ring during class, its owner should consider herself/himself dismissed for the day and leave class immediately. Hats and sunglasses are to be removed. School policy does not permit students to bring children to class.

DISABLED STUDENTS/ADA POLICY: TCC provides accommodations for qualifying students in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you feel you have a disability that may require special accommodations, please see the Disabled Student Services/ADA Policy on page xxiv in Little, Brown and contact the disabled Student Resource Center, 918-595-7115, or the Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 918-595-7428V, 918-595-7434TTY.

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY: TCC rarely closes. If extreme weather conditions or emergency situations arise, TCC always gives cancellation notices to radio and television stations. This information is also posted on the TCC website (www.tulsacc.edu).

GENERAL EDUCATION GOAL STATEMENT: The General Education Goals are designed to ensure that graduates of Tulsa Community College have the skills, knowledge, and attitudes to carry them successfully through their personal and professional lives. General Education Goals relevant to this course include Critical Thinking, Effective Communication, Engaged Learning, and Technological Proficiency.

INSTITUTIONAL STATEMENT: Each student is responsible for being aware of the information contained in the TCC Catalog, the TCC Student Policies & Resources Handbook, and semester information listed in the class schedule. All information may be viewed on the TCC website: www.tulsacc.edu

OTHER: Occasionally, when genuine emergencies or problem situations occur, the course policies outlined here can be modified to help a student complete the course if the student has been attending regularly, has completed most assigned work, and is earning at least a "C." It is always in your best interest, therefore, to contact me immediately if a crisis situation prevents you from attending class or completing assignments.

This syllabus is subject to change as determined by specific needs of the class. Students will be given written notification of changes.

3 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

Week 1: Aug 18 & 20 Introductions; Syllabus review; Contract review; in-class diagnostic writing

Assignment to be distributed:  take-home quiz over Syllabus & Introduction to Little, Brown Handbook (p. vii-xxxiv)  Course Contract (Little, Brown xxxvi)

Read before beginning of next week:  Little, Brown Handbook o Chapter 1, “Assessing the Writing Situation” (p. 2-15) o Chapter 2, “Developing and Shaping Ideas” (p. 16-43)  Blackboard Texts/Readings o Keyes, “Writing as an Act of Courage” o Carver, “On Writing” o Vonnegut, “How to write with style”

Week 2: Aug 25 & 27 *Friday, Aug 28 is last day to drop and receive full refund Discussion and quiz over Week 1 assigned readings; in-class exercise

Assignment due:  take-home quiz over Syllabus/Introduction to LB  Course Contract Assignments to be distributed:  Journal 1

Read before beginning of next week:  Little, Brown Handbook o Chapter 3, “Drafting and Revising” (p. 46-71)  Longman Reader o Introduction to Description (p. 1-8) o Angelou, “Sister Flowers” (p. 16-21)  Blackboard Texts/Readings o Alexie, “The Black-Eye-of-the-Month-Club” o Lemer, “The Mustache Race”

Week 3: Sept 1 & 3 Discussion and quiz over Week 2 assigned readings; in-class exercise

Assignment to be distributed:  Essay 1 Assignment due:  Journal 1

Read before beginning of next class:  Longman Reader o Introduction to Narration (p. 49-57) o Hughes, “Salvation” (p. 82-84) o Lorde, “The Fourth of July” (p. 64-68)  Blackboard Texts/Readings o Alexie, “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven” o Stites, “Rock My Network” 4 Week 4: Sept 8 & 10 Discussion and quiz over Week 3 assigned readings; peer review of essay 1; instructor review

Assignment due:  Essay 1 draft Assignment to be distributed:  Journal 2

Read before beginning of next class:  Little, Brown Handbook o Chapter 4, “Writing and Revising Paragraphs” (p. 72-111)  Longman Reader o Introduction to Exemplification (p. 95-104) o Orwell, “Politics and the English Language” (p. 128-138) o Staples, “Just Walk on By” (p. 139-142)  Blackboard Texts/Readings o Poling, “Sheer Dominance”

Week 5: Sept 15 & 17 Discussion and quiz over Week 4 assigned readings; in-class exercise

Assignments due:  Essay 1  Journal 2

Assignments to be distributed:  Essay 2  Journal 3

Read before beginning of next class:

 Little, Brown Handbook o Chapter 23, “Emphasizing Ideas” (p. 378-387) o Chapter 24, “Using Coordination and Subordination” (p. 388-397)  Longman Reader o Introduction to Division-Classification (p. 145-154) o Brooks, “Psst! Human Capital” (p. 190-192) o Ericsson, “The Ways We Lie” (p. 171-178) o McClintock, “Propaganda Techniques in Today’s Advertising” (p. 162-168) o Zinsser, “College Pressures” (p. 181-187)

Week 6: Sept 22 & 24 Discussion and quiz over Week 5 assigned readings; peer review of Essay 2; grade update

Assignments due:  Journal 3  Essay 2 draft

Assignment to be distributed:  Journal 4

Read before beginning of next class: 5  Little, Brown Handbook o Chapter 25, “Using Parallelism” (p. 398-404) o Chapter 26, “Achieving Variety” (p. 405-417)  Longman Reader o Introduction to Process Analysis (p. 196-205) o Rego, “The Fine Art of Complaining” (p. 237-240) o Shipley, “Talk about Editing” (p. 219-221)  Blackboard Texts/Readings o Clarke, Will, “How to Kill a Boy That Nobody Likes” o Mitford, “The American Way of Death”

Week 7: Sept 29 & Oct 1 Discussion and quiz over Week 6 assigned readings; in-class exercise

Assignments to be distributed:  Journal 5

Read before beginning of next class:

 Little, Brown Handbook o Chapter 37, “Using Appropriate Language” (p. 502-510)  Longman Reader o Introduction to Comparison-Contrast (p. 245-253) o Carson, “A Fable for Tomorrow” (p. 267-268) o Chapman, “The Prisoner’s Dilemma” (p. 275-279) o Weiner, “Euromail and Amerimail” (p. 261-264)  Blackboard Texts/Readings o Gordimer, “Once Upon a Time”

Week 8: Oct 6 & 8 Discussion and quiz over Week 7 assigned readings; instructor review; grade update

Assignment due:  Journal 5

Assignments to be distributed:  Journal 6  Essay 3

Read before beginning of next class:  Little, Brown Handbook o Chapter 38, “Using Exact Language” (p. 511-522) o Chapter 39, “Writing Concisely” (p. 523-530)  Blackboard Texts/Readings o Introduction to Cause-Effect o Amis, “I Am in Blood Stepp’d in So Far: Hollywood vs. America” o Darley & Latane, “Why People Don’t Help in a Crisis” o King, “Why We Crave Horror Movies”

6 Week 9: Oct 13 & 15 Discussion and quiz over Week 8 assigned readings; in-class exercise; peer review of Essay 3

Assignments due:  Essay 3 draft  Journal 6

Assignments to be distributed:  Journal 7

Read before beginning of next class:  Little, Brown Handbook o Chapter 42, “Planning a Research Project” (p. 561-588)  Longman Reader o Introduction to Definition (p. 284-291) o Cole, “Entropy” (p. 298-301) o Gleick, “Life as Type A” (p. 303-306)  Blackboard Texts/Readings o Robbins & Wilner, “What is the Quarterlife Crisis?”

Week 10: Oct 20 & 22 Discussion and quiz over Week 9 assigned readings; in-class exercise

Assignments to be distributed:  Journal 8  Essay 4

Read before beginning of next class:  Little, Brown Handbook o Chapter 42, “Finding Sources” (p. 561-588)  Longman Reader o Introduction to Argumentation-Persuasion (p. 320-343) o Sherry, “In Praise of the ‘F’ Word” (p. 363-365) o Twain, “The Damned Human Race” (p. 368-373)  Blackboard Texts/Readings o Ji-Yeon, “Let’s Tell the Story of All America’s Cultures” o Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”

Week 11: Oct 27 & 29 Discussion and quiz over Week 10 assigned readings; peer review of Essay 4; grade update

Review:  Little, Brown Handbook o Chapter 46, “Using MLA Documentation and Format” (p. 644-690)

Assignments due:  Essay 4 draft  Journal 8

Assignments to be distributed: 7  Journal 9

Read before beginning of next class:  Little, Brown Handbook o Chapter 43, “Working with Sources” (p. 589-625)  Research essay articles: TBA

Week 12: Nov 3 & 5 *Friday, Nov 6 is last day to withdraw with W grade Discussion and quiz over Week 11 assigned readings; instructor review; work in Computer Lab

Assignments due:  Journal 9  Essay 4

Assignments to be distributed:  Research Essay  Journal 10

Read before beginning of next class:  Little, Brown Handbook o Chapter 44, “Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting Sources (p. 626-634) o Supplemental research articles found during in-class research exercise

Week 13: Nov 10 & 12 Discussion over Week 12 assigned readings; in-class research writing exercise, grade update

Assignments due:  Works Cited page  Journal 10

Week 14: Nov 17 & 19 General discussion; guest speaker

Assignments due:  Draft of Research Essay

Nov 24 & 26: Thanksgiving Break: class cancelled

Week 15: Dec 1 & 3 Review for final exam

Week 16: Final Exam – time and place TBA

Assignments due:  Research Essay