WRIT 101 Outline F 09 Web

Dr. Siobhan Craft Brownson		WRIT 101-038

Required Texts and Other Materials	Behrens and Rosen, Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum, 10th ed. Harris, Prentice Hall Reference Guide, 2^nd Cust. Ed. for Winthrop Univ, rev 2 bluebooks (available at the Bookworm) An active Winthrop email account.
Course Goals	1. To use writing, the critical reading of mature prose texts, and research as means of general cognitive development, as activities which foster intellectual growth in an academic environment. 2. To encourage students to see writing as a learning tool that is important in all contexts and is not confined to the writing classroom. 3. To teach students to plan, organize, and develop persuasive essays by using introspection, general observation, deliberation, course reading, and research beyond classroom texts. 4. To make students aware of their individual voices and how those voices can be adapted to fit different audiences and rhetorical situations. 5. To encourage students to view writing as a process by using several prewriting, organizing, drafting, revising, and editing strategies. 6. To stress the importance of clear communication by teaching students to revise effectively through the complete rethinking, restructuring, and rewriting of essays. 7. To encourage independent thinking. 8. To teach students to evaluate, document, and incorporate source material accurately and appropriately, according to "The Correct Use of Borrowed Information."
Other Goals	See a complete listing of course goals for the Department of English at http://www.winthrop.edu/english.gals.index.htm. Goals for teacher certifications majors are listed at http://www.winthrop.edu/english/goals.htm#englished.
Learning Outcomes	1. Students will analyze and evaluate nonfiction prose texts both for their ideas and their rhetorical choices through the use of critical reading strategies. 2. Students will plan, organize, and develop persuasive, logical, and well-supported essays by using strategies such as introspection, general observation, and deliberation of source material. 3. Students will recognize and use prewriting, organizing, drafting, and revising strategies. 4. Students will apply feedback from the instructor, peers, and self-analysis to improve their writing. 5. Students will evaluate, document, and incorporate source material accurately and appropriately, according to "The Correct Use of Borrowed Information" and MLA documentation style.
Course Requirements	Summary – 10% Analysis – 15% Critique – 10% Final – 15% Explanatory Synthesis – 15% Reading Responses – 10% Argumentative Synthesis – 15% Participation – 10% ALL REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PASSING THE COURSE.
Grading Scale	94-100=A, 91-93=A-, 87-90=B+, 81-86=B, 77-80=C+, 71-76=C, 67-70=D+, 61-66=D, 0-59=F, 71-100=S, 0-70=U. Minimum Grade Requirement – Students must earn at least a C- in Writing 101. Students must repeat Writing 101 if they earn less than a C-. A grade of at least a C- is a prerequisite for enrolling in HMXP102.
Grading Standards	A description of letter grades for writing assignments can be found at http://www.winthrop.edu/english/rubric.htm and in the Prentice Hall Guide. We will be reviewing this document in class.
Academic Integrity	The entire Winthrop community takes academic integrity very seriously. Thus, plagiarism will not be tolerated in this course and will result in a penalty ranging from a failing grade on the paper or exam to failing the course. Please review the English Department’s policy on the Correct Use of Borrowed Information at http://winthrop.edu/english.plagiarism.htm. We will be reviewing this document in class. You are responsible for reviewing the Code of Student Conduct in your Student Handbook and the description of plagiarism in The Prentice Hall Reference Guide as well as for handling source materials correctly. The University’s Judicial Policy on Plagiarism is explained at http://www.winthrop.edu/studentaffairs/Judicial/judcode.htm under section V, "Academic Misconduct." ALL ASSIGNMENTS PREPARED FOR THIS COURSE ARE TO BE ORIGINAL AND PREPARED ONLY FOR THIS COURSE.
Turnitin.com	We will be using turnitin.com this semester. Please make sure you go to the Dacus Library home page to access turnitin.com so that you can register for the class. ID number and password are as follows: ID – 2825194. Password – Behrens You are required to submit your out of class essays to turnitin.com by 5:00 on the day following the due date of the essay. Essays not submitted to turnitin.com will not be graded.
Class Participation	Your awake, alert, and attentive participation is wanted and needed in this course. A class spent asleep, texting, or on activities not related to the course is a class not attended.
Reading Responses	We will begin most class periods with a short written reading response, or quiz, on the assigned readings. These responses cannot be made up.
The Writing Process	The writing process is one that is ongoing; that is, you will not compose a paper, hand it in, get a grade, and then move on to the next paper. For each paper, you will write a draft out of class, review and edit that draft in class with your peer editing group, revise as needed, and finally write and hand in the final draft to me for comments and evaluation. All drafts and editing sheets will be submitted for my final evaluation, and all steps in the process will count toward your grade on that paper. You will not receive full credit for the essay unless all preliminary work is handed in with the final draft. This sounds like a lot of work, and it is. But remember that you will be receiving help from your editing group, and from me, along the way. In addition, you are likely to learn far more about the writing process by going through these steps than from handing in paper after paper without being able to benefit from comments given to you while you are working. This whole procedure may seem very alien to you at first, but give it some time and soon it will make sense.
Peer Editing	Scheduled peer reviews give you an opportunity to improve your writing and encourage the revision process. You will bring rough draft to these sessions, critique the drafts of others in your group, and then hand in the critiqued rough drafts with your final draft. The drafts and peer editing sessions are NOT optional. If you are not prepared for these peer evaluations, are absent, or do not turn in the critiqued drafts with your final paper you will have 5 points deducted from the final paper grade.
Revisions	Revision opportunities will be made available for some of the earlier assignments. Revision is optional. I will average the revised grade with the original grade to arrive at the final grade for the assignment. Due dates will be established later in the semester. Late revisions will not be accepted.
Attendance Policy	Students are expected to attend class. Students who miss more than four classes will receive a failing grade for the course. Two tardies in excess of five minutes will count as an absence. Students are responsible for anything they missed when they are absent and for letting me know if they are tardy rather than not present. I will discuss student emergencies or special situations with individuals on a case-by-case basis. Refer to the 2009-2010 Winthrop University Undergraduate Catalog for university attendance policies. Students who do not attend their required conference will be assigned two absences.
Due Dates	Assignments are due at the beginning of class. I will accept late assignments up to 24 hours past the due date with a letter grade penalty. Late work will not be accepted after 24 hours. I will discuss student emergencies or special situations with individuals on a case-by-case basis. Refer to the 2009-2010 Winthrop University Undergraduate Catalog for university policies on late and make-up work.
Work Standards	Assignments should be computer generated using ONLY Times New Roman Font, 12 point font size, 1 inch margins, with your name, course number, and my name in the upper left hand corner. Please give your assignments titles, but do not use a title page nor use report covers. Please do not hand in a diskette or e-mail me a copy of your paper. COPY YOUR ASSIGNMENTS TO YOUR SYSTEM’S HARD DRIVE.
Communication	I check my e-mail, M-F, twice a day, once in the morning, and once in the afternoon. Restrict e-mail communications to brief questions that I can easily address through a reply OR for emergencies to which you must alert me immediately. Other queries are best handled over the phone. Please leave a detailed message on my voice mail if I am out of the office or on another call.
Course Folders	Please keep all evaluated work from this course in the folder provided to you. You will need to hand in your folder during the last week of class. Per university policy, I cannot give you a final semester grade until I have received your folder. These folders will be submitted to the English Department. Keep copies of all of your papers; you will not be able to get your folder back from the department.
Students with Disabilities	Winthrop University is dedicated to providing access to education. If you have a disability and require specific accommodations to complete this course, contact Services for Students with Disabilities, at 323-3290. Once you have your official notice of accommodations from Services for Students with Disabilities, please inform me as early as possible in the semester.
Student Listserv	Please make sure you have an active Winthrop email account. Later in the semester I will use it to communicate with the class as a whole. Students who registered after August 21 should go to http://www.winthrop.edu/acc/classlist.htm and follow the directions there to manually subscribe to the list.
Classroom Etiquette	Please make sure all electronic devices (e.g., laptops, cell phones, etc.) are turned off and PUT AWAY before class begins.