<p> ENC0015: Writing I ENC0015 Section 0X Mrs. Liz Barnes (MTThF) 8:00-9:20 AM [email protected] Bldg. 500, Room 228 Bldg. 540, Room 235 August 29-October 21, 2011 386.506.3807</p><p>Office Hours Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday By Appointment 9:30-3:00 By Appointment 9:30-3:00 9:00-2:00</p><p>Course Description ENC0015: Writing I the first course in the prep writing sequence. It is an introduction to composition designed to help you gain proficiency in basic writing skills. Upon exiting the course, you will write adequately developed, logically organized, paragraphs and short expository essays. Upon completion of the course, you will be placed in ENC0025: Writing II. In order to exit ENC0025, you must, in addition to completing the required coursework for the class, pass two exit exams: a multiple choice Exit Writing Test and a 1.5-hour timed Exit Essay. </p><p>Major Learning Outcomes 1. Apply process-writing strategies to generate, revise and edit. 2. Construct grammatically correct sentences with appropriate purpose. 3. Write focused, developed paragraphs. 4. Develop knowledge of standard usage and grammar. 5. Generate documents composed and edited on a computer.</p><p>Required Textbook Pearson Custom Library, English Mercury Reader for Daytona State College. Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions, 2011.</p><p>Supplies . 3-ring binder with dividers for classroom use . Pocket folder for final portfolio . Pen, pencil, paper, flash drive (or some kind of electronic storage device), print card (available at the Academic Support Center (ASC) and the library)</p><p>Course Policies in General 1. Homework is due at the beginning of class. Out of fairness, work turned in after the beginning of class will be considered late and marked down. 2. Cell phones should be turned off before coming to class. 3. For your protection, you should save and print copies of all of your work. 4. Bring your books, portfolio, work, and supplies to class everyday. 5. All papers and communications related to the course must be written using proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Abbreviations, phrases, et cetera, that may be acceptable between friends are not acceptable in this course. 6. Check your Falconmail daily for messages from me. 7. Because every class is unique, this syllabus is subject to revision.</p><p>1 Lab Component You should plan on spending at least two hours per week in the Academic Support Center (ASC), Bldg. 210 and 500, fulfilling your lab requirement. You’ve got two lab assignments. One is the completion of your writing assignments (see Writing Assignments Handout). Due dates are listed on the course schedule. The other assignment is made up of the Recall exercises in MyLabsPlus, an online learning system that will help you improve sentence skills. You’ll need a login name and a password which I will have for you on the first day of class. All lab assignments must ultimately be completed by the Portfolio due date since you’ll be including writing assignments and a MyLabsPlus printout of your progress. </p><p>Portfolio You will submit a final portfolio at the end of the semester that includes all of your course work: all ten writing assignments, a printout of your completed MyLabsPlus activities, and a short reflection on your experience this semester (see Portfolio handout). </p><p>Revision Policy You are encouraged to revise your writing assignments (and receive higher grades) throughout the semester. Revision is the best way to improve your writing. </p><p>Attendance You must be present, on time, and prepared in order to successfully complete this course. Tardiness is rude and distracting. Chronic tardiness will result in a low participation grade. Absence from two or more classes is considered excessive and may result in the reduction of your grade or class failure. Attendance and participation are closely linked. It is your responsibility to contact your instructor in advance of an absence. You are responsible for work that you may have missed due to an absence. Be sure to get any missed work, notes, or assignments from a classmate. </p><p>Grades To qualify for ENC0025, you must: attend class regularly, complete your course work, and submit a passing portfolio. You will also write an in-class essay as a final exam. </p><p>Portfolio 75%</p><p>Attendance/Participation (including class work) 25%</p><p>You will receive an F in this class for non-attendance or if you fail to develop a Portfolio that receives a passing grade. You will receive a grade of SP and be given the opportunity to retake ENC0015 if your performance indicates that you need more time to develop college writing skills.</p><p>Plagiarism Plagiarism is the willful or accidental presentation of someone else’s work as your own without documentation or acknowledgement. Plagiarized work will receive a failing grade. (See “Academic Dishonesty Policy” in the Student Handbook.)</p><p>2 Writing Assignments</p><p>The following is a list the writing assignments that you’ll be composing over the course of the semester. (Due dates are listed on the schedule.) We will workshop some assignments in class; others you will complete independently. All writing assignments can be revised. Every assignment should be a part of your final portfolio. Your portfolio grade will be based on your five best pieces, which you will decide (whether or not the assignment was work-shopped or revised). All of these assignments should be typed and double spaced.</p><p>1. Myself as a Writer. Describe yourself as a writer. What experiences have you had with writing in school, at work or in your personal life. What are you good at, when it comes to writing; in what areas do you struggle? Is there someone in particular who has influenced you? Have you had a particualr experience that made you love or hate writing? These questions should help you come up with some ideas. Use as amny specific details as possible. You can also tell a story to help illustrate a point you want to make. </p><p>2. Describe the best or worst pet you’ve ever known. It could be a pet you owned or one that you knew. Use descriptive language so that you reader can really understand why this particular pet was so memorable. </p><p>3. Here’s an email you received from the new DSC President, Dr. Carole Eaton:</p><p>Dear College Community,</p><p>On my first day as president of Daytona State College, I wanted to take a moment to say good afternoon to each of you, and to thank you for making me feel welcome. I am excited to learn about all of the wonderful things at Daytona State and look forward to working with many of you. I would like to ask for your help. If you could take a few moments during the next week, and provide me with your feedback, via e-mail, on the following three questions:</p><p>1. What would you want me to know about yourself? 2. What are the best things about Daytona State College? 3. If you were the president, what would you change?</p><p>I anticipate receiving many responses to this request and therefore will be unable to send a reply to your message. Thank you. </p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>Carol W. Eaton, Ph.D. President Daytona State College</p><p>3 Please respond to Dr. Eaton’s email. You should format your response as a professional memo. For formatting help, go to the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/) and search for “memo.” </p><p>4. In some newspapers and magazines, recipes are printed along with a little story that relates to the recipe. Write down the recipe for a dish you often make for yourself (even if it’s just microwave popcorn), and then compose a brief story to go along with it. You could write about a particular time you made this dish or describe why the dish is significant.</p><p>5. Tell a story about something exciting that happened to you this year. Remember to use specific details like names and dates to make your narrative effective. </p><p>6. Do you think your friends or your parents have a bigger influence on you? Has this changed as you’ve gotten older? Is there any issue that you feel strongly about, so strongly that neither your friends nor your family could influence you? Think about these questions and come up with a multi-faceted response, one that requires at least two paragraphs. </p><p>7. Do you think you’ll attend your high school reunion? Maybe you think it will be fun to see how everyone’s doing; maybe you can’t stand the people at your high school and can’t wait to see the last of them; maybe you don’t know what you’ll feel. What do you think?</p><p>8. If you could own the business of your dreams, what would it be? Would it be a small business or a large one? What service or product would you sell? Where would it be located? Write a business proposal to a real or imaginary business partner. You should focus on 2-4 aspects of your proposed business and decide how many paragraphs you’ll need accordingly. Follow the format for a business letter. For formatting help, go to the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/) and search for “business letter.”</p><p>9. Read “A Different Mirror” by Ronald Takaki:</p><p>4 Then write two paragraphs. In the first, describe what you think the author, Ronald Takaki, is saying about America? What point is he trying to make? Were you familiar with the facts he shared before you read this piece? Do you think what he is saying is important? In the second paragraph, describe a word or expression you use that originated in another language (or that is in another language). What does it mean? Why do you use it? Why is the expression important to you? Do you consider it an American expression or something that makes you uniquely un-American?</p><p>10. Write a short reflection on your experience this semester. For this writing assignmnet, you should take the opportunity to think about the semester. What did you learn? What worked for you? What didn’t? How do you feel about your progress? Is there an assignment that you liked or found especially helpful? </p><p>5 What do you think is your best work? What kind of student are you? (You don’t have to answer all of these questions; they should simply help you get started.) Make sure this reflection is typed and double spaced.</p><p>6 Portfolio Your Portfolio is a collection of the work you did over the course of the semester. It will be graded holistically, meaning that your grade will be based on the overall quality of the work displayed. Your writing assignments are the most important component. A quality portfolio is one that shows progress (especially through revision) and consistency. </p><p>Your portfolio should include the following:  All ten writing assignments: The first five writing assignments should be the ones that you want to count for your grade, the ones that you think are the best. All of your writing assignments should be typed and double spaced. (You can revise a final time for the portfolio.)  A printout from MyLabsPlus that indicates you have completed all of the assigned Recall Activities.</p><p>Revision When you turn in your portfolio, you may revise any of your writing assignments for a final time. If you choose to do so, please make sure that your revised work is clearly labeled so that I know to grade the assignment again. You must include the all previous graded revisions as a part of your portfolio. </p><p>Due Date Portfolios are due on the last day of class. Late portfolios will receive a penalty— one letter grade per day. You will either turn your Portfolio into me personally or you may turn the Portfolio into the box by my office door, Bldg. 540, Room 235. </p><p>Pick-up You will be responsible for picking up your Portfolio from my office, Building 540, Room 235. (Your final class grade will be online and available through Falconnet.) </p><p>DUE______</p><p>(Your Portfolio will be available for pick-up until______. After that, it will be recycled.)</p><p>7 Course Schedule Week 1: August 29-September 2 Introduction to Course Personal Introductions Academic Support Center and Lab Orientation Writing Workshop: Writing Assignment #1 (Myself as a Writer)</p><p>Week 2: September 5-9 NO CLASS: Labor Day, September 5 Sentence Skills Pre-Test Writing Workshop: Writing Paragraphs (Chapter 22 and 32) Grammar Workshop: Sentences (Chapters 1-5) Writing Assignment #1 DUE </p><p>Week 3: September 12-16 Writing Workshop: Description (Chapter 24) Grammar Workshop: Parallelism and Modifiers (Chapters 14-16) Writing Assignment #2 and #3 DUE</p><p>Week 4: September 19-23 Writing Workshop: Narration (Chapter 25) Grammar Workshop: Verbs (Chapters 8-11) Writing Assignment #4 and #5 DUE</p><p>Week 5: September 26-30 Writing Workshop: Illustration (Chapter 23) Grammar Workshop: Pronouns (Chapters 12-13) Practice In-Class Writing Exam Writing Assignment #6 and #7 DUE</p><p>Week 6: October 3-7 Writing Workshop: Writing from Reading (ATL Chapter 31) Grammar Workshop: Punctuation, Spelling and Word Choice (Chapters 17-19) Writing Assignment #8 and #9 DUE</p><p>Week 7: October 10-14 Writing Workshop (Chapter 29) Writing Assignment #10 DUE</p><p>. Don’t forget to do your course evaluations through FalconNet this week. . MyLabsPlus: All exercises should be done by the end of this week. Make sure you printout out your results for the Portfolio.</p><p>8 Week 8: October 17-20 Final In-Class Essay Exam Sentence Skills Post-Test Portfolio DUE</p><p>. Final grades will be available by Friday afternoon (October 21) through FalconNet. An A, B or C means you passed the class. An SP means you did not pass and will need to retake the course. . Portfolios will be available for pick-up anytime during the fall semester. I will keep them until the end of the Fall B. Then they will be recycled.</p><p>9</p>