Writing 101 Spring 2009

Owen 109 TR 2:00-3:15

Professor Ely

Bancroft 234

Office 2414 Home 328-9207

E-mail will be checked M-F. E-mail will not be checked on weekends or after 6:00 p.m. M-F.

My web page is located at http://www.faculty.winthrop.edu/elys. There are also links on the English Department home page to my web page. Go to my name on the faculty list and click on the link. This page needs to be checked frequently for assignments and updates.

The English Department’s home page is located at http://www.winthrop.edu/english. Resources for many of our courses can be found at http://www.winthrop.edu/english/core.htm.

Office Hours

M 4:45-5:15

TR 3:15-5:00

Textbooks

THE ART OF THE PERSONAL ESSAY Philip Lopate

THE PRENTICE HALL GUIDE

A good dictionary

Course Objectives

To learn to appreciate the many contexts in which writing is important; to learn to use personal experience, introspection, observation, thought, feeling, and critical reading in the development of mature writing; to develop “voice” in writing; to learn to think of writing as a process involving several stages; to develop clarity through rethinking and rewriting; to learn to think independently and critically through reading and writing. See the English Department’s web page for more detailed Writing 101 goals: http://www.winthrop.edu/english/goals/index/htm.

Essays

Essays and drafts of essays must be typed and formatted in 14pt Times New Roman and spaced at 1.5. Students will be expected to write multiple drafts of essays. One letter grade will be deducted from the Final Grade of an essay for each day the final draft of an essay is late. All make up work will be at the discretion of the instructor. If the instructor chooses not to allow a student to make up an essay the grade on that piece of work will be an F.

Workshop

Essays and/or portions of essays must be e-mailed as a MS attachment to elys@winthrop.edu. Format at 14pt Times New Roman and space at 1.5. If an essay is included within the body of an e-mail, that essay will not be work shopped. Editorial assistance for students who have missed the workshop will be at the discretion of the instructor. Students may be asked to provide a written explanation for why they were absent.

Reading Responses

Students will also be required to write responses to the essays. These responses will be typed. Responses will be due on the day the essay in question is discussed. Make-up work on responses will be at the discretion of the instructor. Responses that are not made up will receive a grade of F. Over the course of the semester the instructor will grade 5-8 responses on days chosen at random and not announced to the class. These responses will be the basis for the response grade. ALL of the responses must be completed for a student to receive a grade of A or B in the course. If a student is missing 4 responses, graded or ungraded, then the final grade for the responses will be a grade of F.

Grading

An average of the essay grades, the final exam, and the final average of the responses will determine the final grade. Each of these: the grades of the individual essays, the final exam essay, and the responses grade will be equally weighted. A student will not receive a final grade for the course of A or B unless ALL assignments are completed.

For a copy of the departmental rubric see http://www.winthrop.edu/english/writingprogram/rubric.htm.

Attendance

Students are encouraged to attend regularly to benefit from the course.

Formatting

All work: essays, responses, e-mailed work, etc must be formatted in Times New Roman 14 point and spaced at 1.5.

Plagiarism

Any instance of plagiarism will result in a grade of F for the course. See http://www.winthrop.edu/english/writingprogram/plagiar.htm.

Minimum Grade Requirement

Students must earn at least a C-. Students must repeat Writing 101 if they earn less than a C-. A grade of C- in Writing 101 is a prerequisite for enrolling in HMXP 102.

Make-up Work

Students may be asked to provide documentation before they are allowed to do make-up work. All make-up work will be at the discretion of the instructor. Make-up work not completed will receive a grade of F.

E-Mail

If you send me your essay please send it as a Microsoft Word attachment. Do not paste it into an e-mail message. Format it in 14 point Times New Roman. Space at 1.5. Insert page numbers.

Students With Disabilities

If you have a disability and need class room accommodations, please contact Gena Smith, Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities, at 323-2233 as soon as possible. Once you have your Professor Notification Letter, please notify me so that I am aware of your accommodations well before the first test, paper, or assignment.