Weekly meetings, plus online activities

OFFICE: 1300 building, 2^ND floor (English Dept.) #1324-06

Hours:    Mondays, 7 – 8 pm; Tuesdays, 6 – 7 pm; Wednesdays, 1 – 2 pm.

Phone:   992-7313     E-mail: bhenderson@fullcoll.edu

1) readings@eprof.org for reading reactions & extra credit

2) Use regular campus email (bhenderson@fullcoll.edu) for questions

3) Use our website [www.eprof.org] to send comments & participate in discussions.

     You do not need a password or any special code to access our website.

Prerequisites: Recommended score on the English placement test or credit in ENG 60F or ESL 186

Welcome to our hybrid on-line version of College Writing. This course combines  traditional instruction  (meeting in the classroom once weekly), with online activities. All directions for navigating the online aspects of the course, plus our calendar and other significant documents will be available at www.eprof.org. If you can navigate e-mail, you have the skills to take this course.

English 100 develops the reading, critical thinking and writing skills that lead to academic success. The class focuses on expository writing and research and documentation skills.

When accepting this course outline, you agree to the following:

ATTENDANCE  - We meet face-to-face once a week during the semester. Missing more than three classroom sessions, especially consecutively, means missing a significant portion of the course, and you may be dropped. If unusual and compelling circumstances force you to miss class, let your instructor know what is going on and when you will return. A significant portion of your evaluation will be based on collaborative activities: discussions, workshops, small groups and presentations. Make a commitment to be here each and every week! BE ON TIME! Arriving late or leaving early will be treated the same as missing half a class. You may also miss quizzes, which can be given at any time during classes.

Please turn off cell phones and pagers while attending class, so that you do not disrupt the learning environment for yourself or others. Note that you will be considered “absent” for the virtual half of the course if you fail to post reading summaries or participate regularly on our discussion board, and can likewise be dropped from the course. Specifically, if you have not participated in BOTH online activities (by sending in at least three reading reactions and three comments) by our class meeting the week of Sept. 22^nd, you will be dropped from the class.

ENGLISH 100 Hybrid      COURSE  AGREEMENT      Fall 2008      

PAPERS  TYPE or WORD PROCESS papers prepared outside of class. Double-space on plain white paper—no folders or report covers, please. Submissions not following this format may be returned unevaluated. Papers must be handed in in class, in person, by the author.  Do not submit essays via e-mail. They often arrive unformatted or cannot be opened. Late papers will be penalized 20 points for each class they are overdue. If any paper is more than three weeks late, you will be dropped from the course.

To give yourself the best opportunities for improvement, you should get one paper back before submitting the next. My pledge is to return your previous paper before the next one is due. Your responsibility is to hand in work when it is due. Work due in other classes is not an acceptable excuse for late papers. If you still owe the previous paper when the next assignment comes due, you will be dropped from the course.

Save all papers returned to you until the course is over. They will provide a clear record of your evaluations and can show that you have completed all required work, as well as verifying grading evaluations. Make a copy of all work you hand in—that way a paper can never be “lost.”

EVALUATION

You must complete ALL essays to pass the course. All regular course work must be completed by our last regular class.  Essay #3 (research) will carry double grade value.

Grade credit will be earned on a point system of 1000 points total, as follows:

Essays 100 pts each (x3)                Class participation 200 pts:

Research essay 200 pts                   reading presentation 50     

Quizzes 240 pts (30 pts each)        research bibliography check 50

Extra reading 60 pts:                         Writing Center visit for research 50

  (two reserve readings 30 each)        research report 50 (includes attending sessions)

A = 1000 – 875         B=875 – 750       C =750 – 625        D = 625 – 500

QUIZZES You must pass at least half of our quizzes to pass the course—they are meant to measure your reading and comprehension. There will be NO MAKEUPS on taking quizzes, and they may be based on readings, class discussion, film clips, handouts or other class materials. Quizzes may be given AT ANY TIME during our class sessions, so it is in your best interest to arrive on time and to avoid leaving early.

In addition, you must pass at least one quiz by the first week in October to stay in the course.

ENGLISH 100 Hybrid    COURSE AGREEMENT      Fall 2008             

READING REACTIONS: Each week you will be expected to submit, via e-mail, at least  one reaction to one of our ASSIGNED readings for the course. Additional extra-credit readings may supplement the text selections. Reactions are due BEFORE we discuss readings in class. Once we have discussed any particular reading, you can no longer receive credit for your reaction. If you have not posted any reading reactions by our class meeting the week of Sept. 22^nd, you will be dropped from the course.

ONLINE DISCUSSION:  In addition to sending reading reactions, you will be expected to participate in our online discussions. You can post your remarks, opinions, thoughts about class activities, or other relevant ideas about the course in any comments section of the site. You can also respond to the remarks of others. I will sometimes initiate topics for discussion, and you will be expected to post at least twice per week during the semester. Participation in online discussion counts as both class activity AND attendance. If you have not posted any comments by our class meeting the week of Sept. 22^nd, you will be dropped from the course.

FCNet ACCOUNTS: If you need a campus computer account, you can take your student ID card to any computer lab, and an aide will generate your FCNet account for you. For further information, go to http://fullcoll.edu and click on the Accounts link.

Academic Honesty

Students are expected to abide by ethical standards in preparing and presenting material which demonstrates their level of knowledge and which is used to determine grades.  Students shall not plagiarize, which is defined as A. stealing or passing off as one’s own the ideas or words of another, or B. using a creative production without crediting the source.

Instructors may deal with academic dishonesty in one or more of the following ways:

1. Assign an appropriate academic penalty such as an oral reprimand (as in cases where there is reasonable doubt that the student knew that the action violated the standards of honesty); assign an “F” on all or part of a particular paper, project, or exam (for example, where it was felt that it was a one‑time occurrence); or assign an “F” in the course (as in cases where the dishonesty was serious, premeditated, or part of an ongoing scheme). 2. Report to the appropriate administrators for disciplinary action by the College.

ENGLISH 100 Hybrid      COURSE AGREEMENT       Fall 2008        

ADA Statement

Fullerton College is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities upon request of the student (in a timely fashion) and upon verification of disability.

Emergency Response Message

Please take note of the safety features in and close to your classroom and study the posted evacuation route. The most direct route of egress may not be the safest because of the existence of roofing tiles or other potentially hazardous conditions. Similarly, running out of the building can also be dangerous during severe earthquakes. During strong quakes the recommended response is to duck, cover, and hold until the shaking stops. Follow the guidance of your instructor. You are asked to go to the designated assembly area. Your cooperation during emergencies can minimize the possibility of injury to yourself and to others.

Student Conduct

Students have an obligation to become familiar with the College’s policies, rules, and regulations and to conduct themselves in a reasonable, respectful manner conducive to attaining their educational goals. Students should refer to the college catalog under the heading Student Conduct for additional information.  Please respect the learning environment of others. This means taking turns talking in class, turning off cell phones so that class time is not interrupted, and refraining from bringing in snack foods, which are often packaged in crackly, noisy bags.

Grade Appeal Procedure

The College recognizes the legal right of faculty to set standards of performance and to apply them to individual students. Therefore, the instructor is the final authority in determining grades that are assigned to students and that appear in their permanent academic records. Students have a right to inquire how their grade was determined. Students have the right to have someone accompany them throughout the process. In general, all course grades are final when filed by the instructor in the end‑of‑term course grade report. Students have access to their end‑of‑term grades. These grades become a part of the official record.

ENGLISH 100 Hybrid    COURSE AGREEMENT      Fall 2008

College Resources:

 Your essays will improve when you seek the help you need to work on them successfully. The college Writing Center employs tutors and a full-time English faculty member on every shift to assist students with their writing assignments. In addition, the Tutoring Center and Skills Center can assist you with reading comprehension, vocabulary building and other issues involved with effective study. We also have the Health Center and counseling to help you with personal problems. Please take advantage of these college resources.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students completing courses or programs in the Humanities Division will be able to:

–Use academic skills effectively in reading, writing, listening, or speaking to achieve personal, academic, or vocational goals.

–Use critical thinking skills to examine information, events, and ideas from a broader perspective.

–Recognize the significance of language and culture in human experience.

–Apply principles of academic honesty and integrity.

–Work cooperatively and collaboratively with others.

–Use campus and /or community resources to participate actively in their own education.

Wait Time for Late Instructors

If due to unforeseen emergencies the instructor does not arrive at the scheduled start time for class, students are to wait fifteen (15) minutes (unless otherwise notified by the Division). If they do not receive notification to wait for their instructor to arrive, after fifteen minutes the students may leave with no penalty for absence or assigned work due for that class meeting.

Fullerton College Catalogue and Class Schedule

The Fullerton College Catalogue and Class Schedule contain a number of policies relating to students that are important to you. Please be sure that you have read these publications thoroughly. You may purchase copies of these publications at the campus bookstore, or you may read them online at the Fullerton College website, www.fullcoll.edu.

All readings in Beyond Words by Ruszkiewicz, Anderson & Friend

August 18th     Course introduction     Media intro, 2 – 9 & 22 – 32 

                                    Exercise: “How Well Does Media Inform Me?”

August 21st     Audience   57 – 64          Intro to AD culture   

                                    Maimon: Drafting & Rhetorical Modes, 32 – 52

Sept. 1st          Labor Day Holiday

Sept. 8th            Design intro 442 – 45      Ipods   445 – 57

                                    Maimon: Critical Thinking & Argument, 21 – 32

Sept. 15th        You and Your Shadow 457 – 62      Unswooshing 490 – 7

                                    Maimon: Revising, 76 – 97

Sept. 22nd      ESSAY #1  DUE: Ad analysis, p. 460 #4

                                    Maimon: Appropriate Language, 435 – 38

Sept. 29th        Review Day

Oct. 6th          Car Culture, 466 – 79   [p. 479 #3]

                                    Maimon: Arguments, 130 – 42

Oct. 13th           Girl Culture, 544 – 57    [p. 546 #4]

                                    Maimon: Agreement, 476 – 91; Wordiness, 403 – 7

Oct. 20th           Food Culture, 558 – 63  [p. 563 #3]

                                    Maimon: Hyphens, 587 – 91; Parallelism, 253 – 69

Oct. 27th           ESSAY #2 DUE     Intro to Research

                                    Maimon: 207 – 30

Nov. 3rd            Research 398 – 415   Topic-finding

                                    Maimon: Shifts, 412 – 16; Plagiarism, 253 – 69

Nov. 10th          Veterans Day Holiday                               

Nov. 17th          Documentation workshop   Bibliography Check

                          Maimon: Citation, 283 – 92; Works Cited, 293 – 317;

Sample Paper, 321 – 32

Nov. 24th          ESSAY #3 DUE   Reports                   Dec. 8th  Big Lebowski 288 – 93

Dec. 1st            Film stories   278 – 87 (Do the Right Thing)  Dec. 15th:  FINAL ESSAY #4