English 092, Section D – Developmental English
Fall 2010
10:30-11:20am, Monday – Friday, B242
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Instructor:
David Kopp
Phone: 425-564-2361
Office:
R230-W
Office
Hours: M-F 8-9am, M/W 11:30-1:30pm, and by appointment
Email:
david.kopp@bellevuecollege.edu
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When sending emails, you must use your
Bellevue College email account and include “English 092, Section D” in the
subject line.
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Required Texts and Materials
Real Writing with Readings:
Paragraphs and Essays for College, Work, and Everyday Life. 5th Ed. by Susan
Anker.
Journal * any composition or spiral
notebook will do; however, your journal will be used exclusively for journal
assignments. (you may take notes, write
down homework, etc. in a different notebook)
USB floppy drive/memory
stick – strongly recommended
Dictionary and Thesaurus –
strongly recommended
Stapler – strongly
recommended
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What You Can Expect From Me
My role
as your instructor is to facilitate the learning process and offer assistance
concerning resources for this course and the larger campus community. I will
come to class prepared to respectfully engage your thoughts, ideas and
suggestions. You can also expect me to assess your work in a timely manner, and
provide careful and thoughtful feedback. You are, of course, entitled to discuss
your assessment with me at any time. My
classes are safe places where respect is a value that is present in nearly
everything we do and how we communicate with each other. My classroom embraces our differences and
will take advantage of our unique individual attributes, lifestyles,
experiences and backgrounds. I will not tolerate any intentional disrespect
towards any member in the classroom. No matter the religion, creed, sexual
orientation/identity, socioeconomic background, native language or cultural
practices and traditions, everyone has an important and equal role is our
class, the learning process and the success we will obtain throughout the
quarter!
Course Description, Objectives and Learning Outcomes
English
092 is designed to develop both your writing and reading skills with emphasis
on the sentence, paragraph and short essay. You will do much of the preparatory
work for these assignments—working plans and rough drafts—for classroom
exchange and peer editing. The point of this work is to help you learn how
writers go about writing and to help you improve your approaches to the types
of writing assignments you will likely encounter in college and beyond. Additional
attention will be given to reading strategies and individual grammatical usage
errors. There will be daily/weekly homework assignments and a quarter-long
journal activity. Your success in the course depends on your level of
commitment to all of these areas of study.
Upon successful completion of this
class, you will be able to demonstrate that you…
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Use
all stages of the writing process effectively
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Identify
the needs of your audience
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Produce
a substantive topic
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Create
a unified, coherent, and well-developed piece of writing which consistently
follows appropriate conventions of Standard English
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Use
a variety of purposes for essay construction, such as analysis, exposition,
and/or persuasion.
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Demonstrate
ability to recognize some strengths and weaknesses in your own writing, based
on specified criteria.
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English 092 Class Policy
Students
must make their best effort to attend ALL scheduled class sessions.
Class
participation:
Regular attendance is required for active learning. Much of class time will be
spent learning new skills or working as a group. Thus, it is impossible to
“make up" a missed class. Attendance and active participation contribute
considerably to the quality of this course and help us meet the course
requirements and learning outcomes. Class participation is central to our
process of practicing listening and communication skills, thinking critically
and ethically about ideas and opinions of divergent perspectives, and
sharpening self-reflexive, cooperative, and collaborative argumentation skills.
Through this process we can construct informed, critical, cross-cultural
analyses of reading, writing, and critical thinking. If you miss a class, it is
your responsibility to contact me (david.kopp@bellevuecollege.edu) or one of your
peers for any assignments you may have missed. Excessive tardiness or failure
to participate in the work of the class is considered equivalent to an absence.
1.
Excess unexcused absences could result in a "no
credit" grade for the course, meaning you will need to re-take the course. Do not
interpret this policy to mean that you are entitled to "free"
absences. You are expected to attend all class meetings.
2.
Arrive on time. Because of group activities,
you will hinder other student’s learning if you arrive late. A late arrival
therefore may count as an unexcused absence; when late, confer with me
to see if this will be the case.
3.
Coming to any class or meeting unprepared, and thus
unable to participate, will count as an unexcused absence.
4.
Submit assignments complete and on time
All
out-of-class assignments should be computer generated and saved where
accessible at a later date for further revisions, or as a backup copy should
you need one.
Please
double-space, use an easy to read 12 point font, and leave generous one inch
margins on either side of your paper.
All
papers must be appropriately titled (type of assignment, your name, my name,
course number, and date of submission at the top of the first page.
Your
out-of-class written work must be stapled. I will not accept un-stapled papers,
nor will I provide a stapler in the classroom. It is your responsibility to
prepare your assignments BEFORE arriving to class. All papers must be turned in
as a hard copy unless otherwise noted.
I
will not accept your assignment without the inclusion of these elements, and
your paper will automatically fall into the “late” category.
Note:
Emergencies and serious issues can and do happen; however, bad planning or
simply forgetting is not an emergency. If you have a genuine emergency, you
will need to contact me before the
assignment is due, otherwise your paper will be assessed as late. (Emailing me
minutes before or during the class is irresponsible and will not be considered
ample time to grant you an extension.) Should you find yourself in a situation
where you did not complete an assignment by the due date for reasons other than
an emergency, still come to class on the day it is due. If you miss class you
will only fall further behind.
5. Technology
policy: Ipods, cell phones, laptops,
etc. must be put away, turned off, and disregarded BEFORE class begins and
during the class period. While these are instrumental tools outside of class,
they distract from the purpose of this course, which focuses on reading, writing
and pertinent class discussion among fellow students. Offending this policy
will take credit away from your participation evaluation.
Written Work Revision Policy
All
written work should be proofread before you turn them in for content,
development, organization, style, format, grammar, punctuation and spelling.
Pay special attention to feedback offered by the instructor and peers; ignoring
substantive comments made on your papers and simply “surface editing” does not
constitute revision. If you follow the
aforementioned steps in the writing process, you may revise assessed
work by incorporating my comments and suggestions for a better grade.
Affirmation of inclusion
Bellevue
College is committed to maintaining an environment in which every member of the
campus community feels welcome to participate in the life of the college, free
from harassment and discrimination. We value our different backgrounds at
Bellevue College, and students, faculty, staff members, and administrators are
to treat one another with dignity and respect. http://bellevuecollege.edu/about/goals/inclusion.asp
Student code
“Cheating,
stealing and plagiarizing (using the ideas or words of another as one’s own
without crediting the source) and inappropriate/disruptive classroom behavior
are violations of the Student Code of Conduct at Bellevue College. Examples of unacceptable behavior include,
but are not limited to: talking out of turn, arriving late or leaving early
without a valid reason, allowing cell phones/pagers to ring, and inappropriate
behavior toward the instructor or classmates.
The instructor can refer any violation of the Student Code of Conduct to
the Vice President of Student Services for possible probation or suspension
from Bellevue College. Specific student
rights, responsibilities and appeal procedures are listed in the Student Code
of Conduct, available in the office of the Vice President of Student
Services.” The Student Code, Policy
2050, in its entirety is located at: http://bellevuecollege.edu/policies/2/2050_Student_Code.asp
Public Safety
The
Bellevue College (BC) Public Safety Department’s well trained and courteous
non-commissioned staff provides personal safety, security, crime prevention,
preliminary investigations, and other services to the campus community, 24
hours per day,7 days per week. Their phone number is 425.564.2400. Public Safety is located in K100 and on the
web at: http://bellevuecollege.edu/publicsafety/
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Please
refer to the “Student Services and Support Areas” handout for information
regarding the DRC, TRIO, MCS, Student Programs, Academic Advising, Financial
Aid, Counseling Center, etc. I will
introduce you to a wide variety of campus resources that are here for you!
Grading
Assignment points towards
course grade
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3 Essays (including
all drafts, essay assignments 200
and peer review workshops)
*10 Written Responses 75
*4 Grammar/Structure Quizzes 80
*Journal 20
*Participation and Attendance
50
*Final Portfolio 75
Total 500 points
A: 100-95% A-
95-90% B+: 89-87% B: 86-85% B-: 84-80% C+: 79-77% C:
76-75% C-: 74-70% D: 69-60% F: 59 or fewer