Syllabus
College Composition and Research: English 101
Course Description
An introduction to expository and argumentative writing, emphasizing reading, critical thinking, and analytical writing skills. Several short papers are assigned, with emphasis on the writing process. Prerequisite: Appropriate score on ACT, ASSET, Compass, SAT, or successful completion of DS 025 is required for initial placement. General education credit.
Text and Supplementary Materials
- No specific textbook is required for this course.
- One pocket-folder for handouts
- Earbuds/earphones
Student Learning Outcomes
Student Learning Objective
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Describe the assessment tool/s used to demonstrate each student learning outcome.
- Apply critical and analytical thinking to reading, writing, and speaking.
- Compose sound and effective sentences.
- Compose unified, coherent, and developed paragraphs.
- Utilize a recursive writing process to develop strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proofreading.
- Produce rhetorically effective discourse for subject, audience, and purpose.
- Apply effective research and information literacy skills.
Course Outline
The following essays will be covered over the course of the semester:
August 18-19: Introduction to Course Syllabus; Breakout EDU
August 22-26: Pre-writing Essay
August 29-September 2: Narration Essay
September 6-9: Narration Essay
September 12-16: Editorial Essay
September 19-23: Editorial Essay
September 26-30: Summary Essay
October 3-7: Summary/Response Essay
October 11-14: Summary/Response Essay
October 17-20: Interview Essay
October 24-28: Interview Essay
October 31-November 4: Interview Essay
November 7-11: Argumentative Essay
November 14-18: Argumentative Essay
November 21-22: Argumentative Essay
November 28-December 2: Post-Write Essay; Self-Reflective Essay
December 5-9: Self-Reflective Essay; Digital Portfolio
December 12-16: Digital Portfolio
December 19-20: Digital Portfolios Due; Portfolio Presentations
Course Requirements
Points for each assignment based on a total of 1200 points:
Pre-writing Essay: 50 points
Narration Essay: 100 points
Editorial Essay: 100 points
Summary Essay: 100 points
Summary/Response Essay: 100 points
Interview Essay: 100 points
Argument Essay: 150 points
Post-Writing Essay: 100 points
The Post-Writing essay is a revision of the Pre-writing essay.
Self-reflective Essay: 100 points
Pre-writing Exercises; Rough Drafts; Misc. Assignments: 200 points
Digital Portfolio: 100 points
Emphasis in this course will be on the writing process: brainstorming, pre-writing/drafting, peer response, self-assessment, and revision. Peer response, instructor response, and self-assessment will help you in revising your work. A final draft that is submitted and is identical (or shows little evidence of revision) to the second draft will result in a failing grade (50%).
Other Important Housekeeping Matters
Each time you turn in your essay to Google Classroom, you will also need to submit it to www.turnitin.com. Failure to submit a draft of an essay to turnitin.com will result in failure of the assignment.
On the day a draft is due, you must submit the paper to Google Classroom and turnitin.com! If you can’t be in class the day an essay is due, you are still responsible for turning in your essay to Google Classroom as well as submitting to turnitin.com by the posted date/time!
For papers that require documentation/citation, you must include parenthetical documentation as well as a Works Cited page. Any pieces submitted without proper parenthetical documentation and Works Cited page will receive a “0.”
Also, any papers requiring research must be completed in MLA format, NOT APA format. Failure to comply will result in no points on all research components of the scoring guide.
Please do NOT recycle a paper from a previous/current course. If you do, you will receive a “0” on the paper.
Dr. Jill Watkins
Email: jwatkins@chillicotheschools.org
Website: www.DrWatkinsCHS.com
Location: 2801 Hornet Road, Chillicothe, MO, United States
Phone: 660.646.0700
Twitter: @drwatkinschs