Eng 102-so

Eng 102-so
Syllabus
Spring 2008 MW

*Course Information*
Organization	Madisonville Community College
Course Prefix, Number, Section, PS Class #	79045 Eng 102-7510 MW
Credits	3
Instructor	Professor Sarah Oglesby
Instructor's E-mail Address	sarah.oglesby@kctcs.edu
Course/Faculty Website	www.madcc.kctcs.edu/facstaf/soglesby
Office Number	348 JHG
Campus	North Campus
Address	2000 College Drive
City/State/Zip	Madisonville, KY 42431
Office Hours	MW 10-11& 2:15-3:15 TR 10-11 Friday- by appointment ** I have standing meetings on Thursdays at 9:30 and Tuesdays at 2:30, so I may be a little late on Thursdays and will not be available on Tuesdays after 2:30
Office Phone	270-7-824-2625
Beginning Date	01/14/2008
Meeting Times/Location	11:00 MW-12:15 MW-RM 305 1:00 MW- 2:15 MW –RM 338

Official Course Description
Emphasizes argumentative writing. Provides further instruction in drafting and systematically revising essays that express ideas in Standard English. Includes continued instruction and practice in reading critically; thinking logically, responding to text, addressing specific audiences and researching and documenting credible academic sources. NOTE: Credit is not available by special examination. Prerequisite: Eng 101 Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours)
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Written Communication.

Prerequisites or Corequisites

Eng 101

Required Text

Laurence Behrens & Leonard J. Rosen. Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Pearson Longman. 2007. Edition: tenth. Pages: 845. ISBN: 10: 0-321-48643-9. Required.

Lynn Quitman Troika & Douglas Hesse. Quick Access. Pearson/Prentice Hall. 2007. Edition: Fifth Edition. Pages: 555. ISBN: 0131952269. Required.

Learner Supplies

Loose leaf paper, index cards (2 sizes) rubber bands, paper clips, typing paper . Required.

ink pens, dictionary, 2 large manila envelopes, and data storage (cd or floppy). Required.

computer access to blackboard. Required.

computer access to save on cd or floppy/no flash drives please. Required.

General Education Competencies
A.	Communicate Effectively
	Read and listen with comprehension. Students will accurately summarize selected course readings. Students will accurately paraphrase portions of course readings
	Speak and write clearly using standard English. Students will write a synthesis essay that involves synthetic use of sources and requires higher order critical thinking skills. Students will write a research paper that involves synthetic and/or argumentative (evaluative) higher order critical thinking skills.
	Interact cooperatively with others using both verbal and non-verbal means. Students will demonstrate this ability to interact by active participation in small group activities designated by the instructor and by actively contributing to group goals. Students will attend class and contribute to class discussion, answer questions, offer comments, and generally assist with a positive classroom culture.
	Demonstrate information processing through basic computer skills. Students will submit correctly constructed manuscript-formatted writings (i.e. word processed prose).
B.	Think Critically
	Make connections in learning across the disciplines and draw logical conclusions. Students will write a research paper that involves synthetic and/or argumentative(evaluative) higher order critical thinking skill
	Demonstrate problem solving through interpreting, analyzing, summarizing, and/or integrating a variety of materials. Students will create thesis-driven essays that assert insights or truths chosen from a field of possible assertions.
C.	Learn Independently
	Use appropriate search strategies and resources to find, evaluate, and use information. Students will examine source quality and discern reliable from unreliable sources. Students will properly document sources within their writing and in Works Cited listings.
	Make choices based upon awareness of ethics and differing perspectives/ideas. Students will include refutation strategies in their argumentative research papers
	Apply learning in academic, personal, and public situations. Students will correctly document sources used in their papers within their papers, especially for the research paper project. Students will avoid plagiarism in their writings.
	Think creatively to develop new ideas, processes, or products. Students will write and/or orally deliver personal reactions based on topics considered in the course. Students will make an orally delivered presentation regarding their research and research paper writing.
D.	Examine Relationships in Diverse and Complex Environments
	Read and listen with comprehension. Students will answer. Students will write and/or orally deliver personal reactions based on topics considered in the course. Students will make an orally delivered presentation regarding their research and research paper writing.
	Speak and write clearly using standard English. Students will compose a synthesis focused on multi-cultural, diversity, and/or global issues.
	Interact cooperatively with others. Students will attend class and contribute to class discussion, answer questions, offer comments, and generally assist with a positive classroom culture.

*Course Competencies*
1.	Research topics to support an effective argument.
		Course Objectives
		a. Review the principles of argumentation
		b. Examine several articles on different subjects under the assigned topic, "Current social issues in the US"
		c. Conceptualize the research assignment's purpose, intended argument, and time frame.
		d. Investigate sources which provide a general discussion/overview of your potential subject: the textbook, the nightly news, magazines, newspapers, journals, and the net.
		e. List as many aspects of the subject
		f. Examine the subject for debatability, bias, and multisided viewpoints
		g. Evaluate the scope of the topic: too narrow, too broad, too long, ect..
		h. Find where more information on the subject exists
		i. Determine the availability of the sources
		j. Avoid worn out topics such as abortion, child abuse, drunk driving, euthanasia, gun control, capital punishment,etc.
		k. Select a topic which meets the requirements (8-10 pages) in 15 weeks.
2.	Write with fluent, versatile prose style.
		Course Objectives
		a. Review major principle of grammar and mechanics
		b. Analyze the two basic them structure patterns: inductive and deductive
		c. Write a "working thesis" to help narrow your reading and note taking
		d. Differentiate the appropriate methods of note taking: summary, paraphrase and direct quotation.
		e. Write a summary of an article.
		f. Write a paraphrase of an article.
		g. Write a synthesis of 3 or more articles in an essay length assignment
		h. Write a critique of an article
		i. Synthesize 8-10 sources in a full-length research paper including preliminary pages and a works cited.
		j. Integrate statistics, visuals and direct quotations correctly
		k. Write a clear argumentative thesis appropriate for the assignment: one sentence with a subject and focus.
		l. Order the support for the argument logically
3.	Analyze critically an assigned text
		Course Objectives
		a. Read assigned articles.
		b. Write annotation notes in the margins.
		c. Distinguish if the writing is narrative or expository.
		d. Define the writer's purpose.
		e. Evaluate to what extent the author succeeds in his or her purpose.
		f. Determine if the writer is informing or persuading the audience.
		g. Evaluate the article for fallacies in argumentation: emotionally loaded terms, ad hominen, faulty cause and effect, either/or reasoning, hasty generalization, false analogy, begging the question, non-sequitur or oversimplification.
		h. Identify points of agreement and disagreement
		i. Determine if you agree or disagree with the author.
		j. Determine to what extent you agree or disagree with the author.
		k. Write a summary of the article.
		l. Write a paraphrase of the article.
		m. Write a critique of an article.
4.	Document sources in formal academic writing
		Course Objectives
		a. Conceptualize the basic principles of the Modern Language Association's documentation format.
		b. Prepare a working bibliography.
		c. Write notes in summary, paraphrase of direct quote format.
		d. Adhere to the MLA typing format and the classic manuscript format.
		e. Adhere to the conventions of the MLA format in the paper and the works cited.
		f. Find more source material than is needed for the assignment.

Grading Information
Grading Rationale
Assignments and Percentages
Summary/Paraphrase 10%
Synthesis-15%
Research Paper 40%
Critique 10%
Oral Presentation 10%
Other (Peer Revision, quizzes, groupware, attendance, etc.) 15%

Rubrics will be used for most assignments. These will explain expectations and will be used to grade your assignments

Guidelines for Success

Withdrawal Policy
Students may withdraw from a class at their discretion with a "W" prior to the completion of the eighth week of classes. This date is Monday, March 17. The last day for a student, at the discretion of the instructor, to officially withdraw from a class and receive a grade of "W" is __________________________________________.

Typing Requirements
All assignments will be typed in standard format and standard font unless otherwise instructed. Double space, using manuscript form, including 1 inch margins and 12 point Times Roman font. All work should be spell checked and in final format prior to submission.

Attendance Policy
**Regular attendance is required to successfully complete this course. The student is responsible for all class work assigned and all deadlines given in class or on the syllabus. Absences over 4 will result in a 10% deduction of the final grade. Over 6 absences will constitute failure of the course. Peer evaluations and in-class work missed will result in a 2 pt. deduction of the final grade for each assignment missed.

Responsibility
This is advanced writing. The research paper is the culmination of Writing II. YOU are responsible for correctness of content, form, mechanics, and original work. We must also respect others in the classroom: turn off cell phones, get to class on time, and listen to others. Tutors are available for extra help, but the tutors are not responsible for your final work.

Plagiarism
The student is responsible for his or her own acts. Plagiarism means taking ideas, words, or help from another source without documentation. We will discuss plagiarism the first day of class, and the student is responsible after the first day. Confirmed cases of plagiarism will fail the student on the assignment and in the course. Webster’s New World Dictionary defines the word "plagiarism" as follows: "to take and pass off as one's own ideas, writings, etc., of another."

Cheating or plagiarizing can take many forms on the college campus. Beginning college students frequently are not fully aware of what is considered plagiarism. The Madisonville Community College Code of Student Conduct states the following about the academic offense of plagiarism:

All academic work, written or otherwise submitted by a student to an instructor or other academic supervisor is expected to be the result of the student's own thought, research, or self expression. In any case in which a student feels unsure about a question of plagiarism involving the student's work, the student is obliged to consult the instructor on the matter before submitting it.

When a student submits work purporting to be the student's own, but which in any way borrows ideas, organization, wording or anything else from another source without appropriate acknowledgement of the fact, the student is guilty of plagiarism.

Plagiarism includes reproducing someone else's work, whether it be a published article, chapter of a book, a paper from a friend or some file, or whatever. Plagiarism also includes the practice of employing or allowing another person to alter or revise the work which a student submits as the student's own. , whoever that other person may be. Students may discuss assignments among themselves or with an instructor or tutor, but when the actual work is done, it must be done by the student and the student alone.

When a student's assignment involves research in outside sources of information, the student must carefully acknowledge exactly what, where, and how the student has employed them. If the student uses words of someone else, the student must put quotation marks around the passage in question and add an appropriate indication of their origin. Making simple changes while leaving the organization, content, and phraseology intact is plagiaristic… (34).

RESPONSIBILITY of Instructor
…finding a student guilty of cheating or plagiarism an instructor may choose one or more of the following:
a. assign any grade to the paper or test involved and so notify a student in writing.
b. assign any grade for the course in which the offending paper or examination was submitted and so notify the student in writing.
c. recommend that the student be dropped from the course in which the offense occurred. Such a recommendation shall be made to the President of the College, with copies to the chairperson of the instructor's division and the student:
d. recommend to the instructor's division that the student be dropped from a program of the division. If the division concurs, it shall so recommend to the President and send copies of the recommendation to the student and the instructor:
e. recommend actual suspension or expulsion from the Community College to the President, filing a written statement with the student, the Appeals Board, the instructor and the Division Chairperson. (36)

Examples of plagiarism include the following:
A. Copying from books or magazines without quotation marks.
B. Copying passages from any "published" source, altering a word here and there.
C. Having someone else write the paper or theme for you.
D. Copying a theme or paper someone else has written in the past.
E. Having someone correct the mistakes on your paper.
F. Rewording the exact same idea found in a book or magazine without appropriate documentation.

The student who seeks this type of help, as well as the student who knowingly gives this kind of help, is guilty of plagiarism and will fail the course.

Student Code of Conduct
You can locate the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Student Code of Conduct at http://www.kctcs.edu/student/code.htm

Late Work Policy
No late papers will be accepted without prior approval from the instructor. The instructor reserves the right to accept or reject late work if an emergency occurs before class. Absolutely no quizzes can be made up. Peer revision days cannot be made up, so those days missed will result in points deducted at the end of the semester.

Electronic Devices
Please turn off cell phones prior to entering the classroom. Other devices such as MP3 players and Laptops should also be turned off. If a cell phone rings I will give a pop quiz and let the peer pressure begin.

ADA Policy
If you have a documented disability and need any type of accommodation, you are required to register with the Disability Resource Coordinator. Contact Valerie Wolfe, Disability Resource Coordinator, in Room 112 of the LRC building or at (270) 824-1708. The Disability Resources Office provides accommodations for students with permanent or temporary documented disabilities. This includes, but is not limited to, students with physical or psychological disabilities, learning disabilities, ADD, ADHD, and other health problems.

*Tentative Schedule*
Session	Target Competencies	Notes
01/14/2008	Write with fluent, versatile prose style.	Introduction to course Think of a current social problem or issue in the United States which is impact by another country. You may want to watch the news to get some ideas. Only use a subject in which you are truly interested. If you are interested in the war, then choose a war topic, but if the value of the dollar is more interesting, choose that one.Recent news stories, such as the issues discussed for the upcoming presidential election, could also be topics. You may bring an outline, but DO NOT BRING A ROUGH DRAFT. Be sure to proofread your work; write in blue or black ink on one side of the paper only; and bring a dictionary, spell check, thesaurus, etc. ASSIGN: Introduction and Ch. 1, Summary, paraphrase, and Quotation WRAC, 3-49
01/16/2008		Diagnostic Writing In Class-You may prepare by thinking of a issue in the US that is affected by countries outside the US. For example Chinese toys or NAFTA could generate some ideas. Also the presidential election topic will have global discussions as well. You may prepare an outline, but please DO NOT bring a written paper to class.
01/21/2008	Analyze critically an assigned text	Martin Luther King's Birthday-NO SCHOOL!!!
01/23/2008	Write with fluent, versatile prose style.	Grammar Review Discuss Chapter 1, pp.3-49 Hand out mechanical review Prepare for grammar review by reading the Quick Access Handbook under the GRAMMAR Tab (333-381) ; PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS Tab (465-512.) BEGIN GRAMMAR REVIEW; AND SENTENCE TAB (405-463). Also read Ch 1, Quick Access, "Thinking, Reading and Writing Critically" 1-25.
01/28/2008	Analyze critically an assigned text	Grammar Review
01/30/2008	Write with fluent, versatile prose style. Analyze critically an assigned text	Discuss, "Thinking, Reading and Writing Critically" 1-25
02/04/2008	Write with fluent, versatile prose style. Analyze critically an assigned text	30 Library-Meet There! Bring change. You will need to copy 3 current articles about current social issue -List at least 3 topics you could research inspired from these 3 articles. Find 3 separate articles on different or related topics. In other words don't select 3 articles on the exact topic. Annotate or write a brief summary so you will be prepared to discuss these when class convenes in the classroom. These will be used to generate topics for your list.
02/06/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Write with fluent, versatile prose style. Analyze critically an assigned text	Turn in rewritten diagnostic papers/ Discuss library articles to generate a topic list. Take notes on these topics and save. Assign: Chapter 4 and Chapter 5, 94-162. Be prepared to discuss the difference in paraphrase and summary.
02/11/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Analyze critically an assigned text Document sources in formal academic writing	Select one of the library articles for the paraphrase and summary assignment. Review paraphrase and summary. Set up paraphrase and summary assignment. ASSIGN: Citing Sources WRAC Chapter 7 185-209 and Review carefully pp (14-17)in the Quick Access. Please review these carefully before class.
02/13/2008		Begin discussion of Chapter 2, 4 and Chapter 5- Turn in topic lists at the end of class. ASSIGN: QUICK ACCESS FINDING, EVALUATING AND USING ONLINE SOURCES170-184,Works Cited 222-249 Look at the format carefully.
2/18/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Analyze critically an assigned text Document sources in formal academic writing	President's Day-no School
02/20/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Analyze critically an assigned text Document sources in formal academic writing	Complete Working Bibliography/Sign up for Conference to start after Library Tour/Workshop
02/25/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Document sources in formal academic writing	Continue discussion of Chapter2, 4,&5-Begin discussion of working bibliography, Review QUICK ACCESS Works Cited 222-247 ASSIGN: WRAC CH.6 RESEARCH .
02/27/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Document sources in formal academic writing	Library Tour- Workshop for Bib Cards- You will need 20 for assigned conferences.
03/03/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Document sources in formal academic writing	Conference-20 Bib Cards for Big Paper/Topic for Research Assign : National Service articles WRAC 137-145
03/05/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Document sources in formal academic writing	Conference-20 Bib Cards for Big Paper/Topic for Research Assign : National Service articles WRAC 137-145
03/10/2008		Spring Break
03/12/2008	Analyze critically an assigned text	Spring Break
03/17/2008	Document sources in formal academic writing	Conference-20 Bib Cards for Big Paper/Topic for Research Assign : National Service articles WRAC 137-145
03/19/2008	Analyze critically an assigned text	Discuss Ch.2, 4 & 5, Review National Service articles 137-145/Explanatory vs. Argumentative Synthesis. Set up article critique assignment. Midterm _3/_ Assign: MLA citations in the text Quick Access text 213-218
03/24/2008	Write with fluent, versatile prose style.	Continue reviewing MLA citations in the text 213-218 Review WRAC , WRITING A THESIS 79; REVIEW SAMPLE OUTLINE, WRAC 195 . Critique of article for synthesis due.
03/26/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Write with fluent, versatile prose style.	Discuss Formal Outlining/Review Summary, Paraphrase and Synthesis.Set up synthesis assignment.
03/31/2008	Write with fluent, versatile prose style. Document sources in formal academic writing	Notetaking and Citations. Peer revision of outline for synthesis and draft of synthesis
04/02/2008	Write with fluent, versatile prose style. Document sources in formal academic writing	Conferences-Synthesis (typed and ready to turn in)
04/07/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Write with fluent, versatile prose style. Analyze critically an assigned text Document sources in formal academic writing	Conferences-Synthesis (typed and ready to turn in)
04/09/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Write with fluent, versatile prose style. Document sources in formal academic writing	Turn in Synthesis. Review all of Ch. 6 WRAC . Discuss final paper. Discuss Typing and Documentation Assign Chapter 3- WRAC 73-93
04/14/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Write with fluent, versatile prose style. Document sources in formal academic writing	Peer review the introduction, Body, and the conclusion of final paper
04/16/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Write with fluent, versatile prose style. Document sources in formal academic writing	Office Conference-typed paper Read Ch 2 Critical Reading and Critique
04/21/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Write with fluent, versatile prose style. Document sources in formal academic writing	Office Conference-typed paper Read Ch 2 Critical Reading and Critique
04/23/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Write with fluent, versatile prose style. Analyze critically an assigned text Document sources in formal academic writing	Office Conference-typed paper Read Ch 2 Critical Reading and Critique
04/28/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Analyze critically an assigned text	ALL PAPERS IN /NO EXCEPTIONS/ Discuss Oral Presentations and Set up Critique assignment
04/30/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Analyze critically an assigned text	Begin Oral Presentations
05/02/2008	Research topics to support an effective argument. Analyze critically an assigned text	Continue Oral Presentations-Turn in Critique Assignment
05/05/2008		Final for 11:00 class on Monday only-complete oral presentations

Syllabus
Spring 2007

*Course Information*
Organization	Madisonville Community College
Course Prefix, Number, Section, PS Class #	75744 Eng 102-7503
Credits	3