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English 905: English Fundamentals Spring 2005 Section: 32864 Instructor: David Lang Class Meeting Times: Wednesdays, 3:40 pm to 6:50 pm Room: MT-06 Office: W3 601 D Mailbox: S2 - 402 Office Hours: Tuesdays/Thursdays: 9:30 am to 10:30 am Wednesdays: 2:15 pm to 3:25 pm or at other times by appointment Office phone: (408) 855-5178 E-mail address: david_lang@wvmccd.cc.ca.us Homepage: http://salsa.missioncollege.org/lang/ I. Required TextRaimes, Ann. Keys for Writers: A Brief Handbook. 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. II. Catalog Description of CourseConcentration is on the writing of basic expository paragraphs and essays having grammatically correct English sentences and clear organization of ideas. There are no final letter grades for the course. This course does not fulfill the English requirement for the Associate degree nor is it a baccalaureate level course. Credit/No Credit Only.
III. PrerequisiteREAD 961 (can also be taken as a corequisite), and ENGL 903, ESL 970RW and ESL 970LS, or qualifying score on placement test. Note: enrollment in English 900 or 940 is highly recommended. These are lab courses where you earn credit while creating or revising your essays or developing related writing skills. You will need to word process (or type) the out-of-class paragraph and essay assignments and the Error Log Workbook. If you don’t know how to type, I recommend you sign up for Computer Applications 010A or 011: Keyboarding. There is a computer lab above the bookstore that you can use. IV. Course AssignmentsYou will: A. write two out-of-class paragraphs (typed) B. write three out-of-class essays (typed) C. write three in-class paragraphs D. write two in-class essays E. write a final exam—an in-class essay F. create an Error Log Workbook (typed), which will help you improve your grammar G. share writing, give feedback on classmates’ writing, and discuss readings
Note: Keep everything you write.
V. Attendance, Participation, and Submission of Papers On TimeA. You should attend and participate in each class. Sign the attendance sheet at the beginning of each class—it is your responsibility to make sure you sign this sheet. The attendance sheet is the official record of your presence in the class. I will record late arrivals, early departures, and absences.
B. You are allowed only two emergency absences without penalty. The third absence will count as 25 negative points. The fourth absence will count as an additional 45 negative points (total 70 negative points—this is significant). If you are absent five times or more, you will receive a D or F for the course. Note well: arriving more than half an hour late or leaving more than half an hour early counts as fifteen negative points or an emergency absence. Arriving or leaving between ten and thirty minutes late/early is a late arrival/early departure and counts as ten negative points each time. Habitually arriving up to ten minutes after the class has started will also be noted in negative points.
C. If you miss a class, you are responsible for finding out what you missed so that you can arrive at the next class with the assignment completed. I suggest you get the phone numbers or email addresses of several of your classmates so that you can contact them should you miss a class and cannot reach me. D. You should submit papers by the beginning of class on the due dates. You are allowed one late out-of-class essay/paragraph during the term without penalty if, on the day that the assignment is due, you are present in class and turn in the “No Questions Asked Coupon” (see the end of the syllabus). Exception: you cannot use the coupon for the in-class paragraphs or essays or for the exam. You must submit the late assignment within one week of the due date. If you do not submit an assignment because you are absent from class on the day the assignment is due, it will be counted as late. I will subtract three points for an essay and two points for a paragraph for each business day (Monday – Friday) that the assignment is late to a maximum of 10% of the points possible (unless you have used the “No Questions Asked Coupon”). Not bringing a peer response draft (paragraph or essay) to class on the assigned date will result in a 10 point penalty. I will accept late papers (including those incurring penalties—except for the peer response drafts) up to but not more than two weeks after the due date. Exception: I will not accept late papers during or after finals week. If you deliver a late paper to my box in room S2 402 or slip it under my office door, write on it the date you delivered the paper. (If you don’t, I will assume you delivered the paper on the day I pick it up.) Note well: if you do not submit an assignment within one week of the due date, your chances of passing the course are reduced since you will not receive points for the assignment. E. There are no exceptions for any other due date. Thus, you are expected to: 1. take the exam on the assigned date; 2. bring drafts to class for peer responses when asked (if you do not bring a draft to a peer response session, you will receive ten negative points); 3. submit on time any other assigned work (e.g. Error Log Workbook). Note: some assignments cannot be made up and not doing them will reduce your overall grade. VI. PlagiarismPlagiarism will result in a “No Credit” score. Plagiarism means “to steal and pass off the ideas and words of another as one’s own” (Webster’s New World Dictionary). Mission College takes plagiarism very seriously and considers it grounds for failure. Turning in someone else’s work will result in an F and can result in disciplinary action, including suspension or expulsion, by the college administration. Plagiarism includes using words from a published article, book, or another student’s work without acknowledging the source, allowing another student to use your own work, or having a tutor, friend, family member, or anyone else write your paper for you. If you are unsure if you’re plagiarizing or not, ask me before turning in your work. See “Academic Standards and Regulations” in the college catalog for further details on plagiarism. VII. Grade Record (Keep Your Own Record and Compute Your Grade Throughout the Term)Assignment Your points Points Possible> 1. Out-of-class paragraph A: _____ 25 2. Out-of-class paragraph B: _____ 25 3. In-class paragraph 1: _____ 50 4. In-class paragraph 2: _____ 50 5. In-class paragraph 3: _____ 50 6. Out-of-class essay A: _____ 100 7. Out-of-class essay B: _____ 100 8. Out-of-class essay C: _____ 100 9. In-class essay 1: _____ 100 10. In-class essay 2: _____ 100 11. Final Exam _____ 200 12. Error Log Workbook A _____ 50 13. Error Log Workbook B _____ 50 15. Negative Points -____ (third absence = minus 25 points; fourth absence = minus additional 45 points; fifth absence = D or F; late essay/error log = minus 3 points (late paragraph = minus 2 points) for each business day the paper is late; peer response draft not submitted = minus 10 points for essay, minus 5 points for paragraph. Other late work: additional penalties.) VIII. Evaluation
Total course points will be converted to grades according to the following table: 700 – 1000: CREDIT 0 – 699: NO CREDIT
Note: the instructor does not give extra credit assignments. In addition, the instructor assigns a revision only to the out-of-class Essay 1. In this case, the score you receive for the revision is the score that counts. There are no other revision assignments.<o:p></o:p> IX. Special NeedsMission College makes reasonable accommodation for persons with documented disabilities. Students should notify DISC (Disability Instructional Support Center), located in S2 – 201 (855-5085), of any special needs. X. Due Dates (Subject to Change)Week 1: Feb 2 Week 2: Feb 9 Peer response draft of out-of-class paragraph A due
Week 4: Feb 23 In-class paragraph 1; peer response of out-of-class paragraph B due
Week 5: Mar 2 Out-of-class paragraph B due
Week 6: Mar 9 In-class paragraph 2
Week 7: Mar 16 Peer response draft of out-of-class essay A due Week 8: Mar 23 Out-of-class essay A due; in-class paragraph 3 Mar 28 – Apr 2: Spring Break
Week 9: Apr 6 Error Log Workbook A due (includes the first four paragraph assignments; the workbook must be typed and must be formatted according to the instructor’s directions exactly) Week 10: Apr 13 Peer response draft of out-of-class essay B due Week 13: May 4 Peer response draft of out-of-class essay C due; in-class essay 2 NO QUESTIONS ASKED COUPON Use this coupon wisely. You get only one during the term. On the date that an assignment is due, you can turn in this coupon instead if you are present in the classroom. There is no penalty for an assignment which you turn in up to one week late if you have handed in this “NQA” coupon on the date that the assignment is due. You must be present in class on the date that the assignment is due in order to use the coupon. This is requirement is not negotiable. Note: you cannot use this coupon for the in-class paragraphs or essays or for the final exam. Complete all lines below. Please print clearly: Name of Class: __________________________________________________________ Day/days the class meets: __________________________________________________ Time the class meets: _____________________________________________________
Updated: Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at 10:14:49 AM by David Lang 12/4/2008; 1:08:52 PM |
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