Dr. v's Classes

English 1302: Research and Critical Writing Instructor: Steve Vinson, Ph.D.

[CRN # goes here] Room# and Office #: H212 and M 57

M-F, alternate days,[Period goes here] Email:svinson@canutillo-isd.org

Dual Credit Course and College Course Office & hours:

High School: M & F: 8:00-8:30; and 3:50-4:20, w/ appointment

College: M 57 12:50- 1:00 daily and by appointment

Phone: 877-7800

Part One: Instructor’s Course Requirements

I. Textbooks & materials

A.Required Text books:

1. Roberts and Zweig. Literature: An Introductin to Reading and Writing. Fifth edition.Prentice Hall. 9780205000340

(2.) English 1302 Online Reader: available at: https://sites.google.com/site/1302english/

3. Hacker, Diana and Nancy Sommers. The Writer’s Reference with writing About Literature. Seventh edition. Bedford/St. Martins. 2007. 9780312601485.

B. Materials:

1. A good dictionary

2. Pens AND Pencils

3. Writing paper and a way to organize it (folder, notebook, etc.)

II. Attendance: Attendance is expected and necessary for success.

A. More than three absences will result in a written warning.

B. After five absences I may drop you from the course. You would be re-assigned to a non- DC course. Please counsel with me if you think you need to drop the course, or if your absences are excessive.

C. I will take attendance every day. Three tardies will count as one absence.

D. If you anticipate being absent from a scheduled class it is your responsibility to arrange for doing missed work. Although I will accept missed work or late work (under my conditions, outlined below), there is much that goes on in class that cannot be made up—lecture, explanations, dialogue, etc. Also, after absences, students should come prepared for the next class, including readings or homework.

E. Make-up work policy: I will not accept work after two class meetings following its original assignment date. Exceptions may be made after absences longer than two consecutive days, but you must have my permission for any exceptions to this rule.

III. Participation: Your success partly depends on participation in class discussions and small group work. You should come prepared for class, read all assigned reading, finish assignments before class begins, and study outside class. Asking and answering questions, volunteering personal insights, participation in discussions, and doing your part in small groups are important to me and your classmates.

IV. Class rules are necessary in maintaining order and mutual respect in the class; please comply with my class rules (Posted on bulletin board)and those of EPCC, as follows:

A. Turn off cell phones and all personal electronic devices (except laptop computers when you are given permission to use them for prewriting or writing drafts of essays in class). Keep these devices out of public view. Do not send or answer text messages or any type of paging signal.

B. Your time in class is exclusively for class-related activities. Do not engage in disruptive conversations, work for another class, or personal activities while you are in class.

C. Be respectful of me and your classmates. Especially avoid any communication or action that might fall under definitions of legally proscribed activity, including sexual harassment. Do not be inattentive, rude or obnoxious.

D. The student code of conduct provides that I, as your instructor, may take proper action if your behavior disrupts the learning environment.

E. The formula for student success is no mystery: Anticipate, be prepared for, and enthusiastically act for achievement of your academic goals. You will get out of this class what you put into it!

V. Cheating, Plagiarism, and Collusion: Cheating, plagiarism, and collusion are defined as intellectual theft and academic dishonesty. They are well defined in communications to students by the college, and cheating of any kind will not be tolerated in this class. I will follow procedures in detecting and identifying offenses and in providing names for administration sanctions, should these activities occur. Sanctions include failure of the assignment, failure of the course, academic probation, and expulsion from the college. Your responsibility is to educate yourself as to what is allowed and what is not allowed in completing academic assignments. Failure to know or apply the rules concerning plagiarism or cheating will not excuse you.

VI. Course Work:

A. Assignments (40% of grade). Assignments, readings and study aids are described in detail in the calendar.

B. Assessments (60% of grade). Please type and use MLA format for all essays and formal papers. Tests, Essays and Research Projects count as assessments.

http://kelliwood.net/Essay_Format.pdf Refer to this online handout on formatting essays.

VII. Calendar

VI. CALENDAR

Unit/Week

Class Activities and What’s Due

Graded Assignment(s) and further Instructions

Syllabus

Websites introduction

Course flow overview

The Writing Process

Do outside reading assigned for Unit 2

Read: Online

1.Fill out the 1302 Information Survey due before the beginning of class

2. What is an Academic Paper?

3.MLA

4.Logic and Argument

Quiz over readings #1

Read Online

Research Assignments

Considerations for College-Level Writing

Quiz over readings for #2

Group Assignments and Discussions

Read Online:

Research Assignments

Write: Research Umbrella Issue: make a list of at least 5 big topics you are interested in researching. Bring that list to class.

Group Writing: Create rules, share ideas and post tentative umbrella topics. Name your group, and submit your rules to Dr. V

Read: Writer’s Reference

Supporting a Thesis and Citing Sources, pp 355-361

Evaluating Sources, pp 333-341

Introduction To Citation Machine

Quiz over readings for #3 & #4

Library Research—make sure to find at least two sources by next class period

Group Posting: Umbrella topic due to your group discussion topic before next class period.

Bring in two sources you’ve found for your group research.

Read: Writer’s Reference

MLA List of Works Cited, pp 378-403. (Read pp 378-383; familiarize yourself with the rest of the entries) You will need to be familiar with this for the test.

Quiz over readings #5

Discussion and Practice Citing Sources

Read: Writer’s Reference

Integrating Sources, 362-369

Read Online:

Language, Tone and Audience

Bring in two more sources for your research paper.

Quiz over readings #6

Discussion and Practice : As a group, prepare a list of research questions based on reading from your sources

Email me (svinson@canutillo-isd.org):

Research Questions by the beginning of class. (See the Research Projects Assignment)

Quiz over readings #7

Discussion and Practice

Work on Works Cited of group resources/ at least two for each member. Must be distributed to all group members by the beginning of class next time.

Next time: “Test: Academic Writing and MLA citation. “

Study Quizzes & familiarize yourself with forms used on Son of Citation Machine

Works Cited page of group resources must be submitted to Dr. V by the beginning of class. Minimum of two for each member.

Test: Academic Writing and MLA citation.

Read Online:

Writing an Annotated Bibliography

Read-read the section on the Annotated Bibliography in the Research Project Assignment.

Continue Research (A minimum of 7 sources is required for your final essay.)

Annotated Bibliography

Read Online:

Thesis Statements &

Developing a Research Thesis

Quiz over readings #10

Discussion and e mail Conferences

Group Discussion Posting: Annotated Bibliography of group resources due before class begins. Minimum of two for each member. Extra credit for additional sources cited.

Read Writer’s Reference

Constructing Reasonable Arguments, pp 61-76

Read Online

How to Write an Outline

Sample Outline

Quiz over readings #11

Prepare a sentence outline

Sentence outline of your essay due

Bring in a Works Cited page for your individual paper (typed or handwritten)

Quiz over readings #12

Sentence Outline

In-class idea draft (Individual)