Bellevue College
English 092. 093 / Jeanne Morel
Office location: R230
Office hours: By appointment
Required
Books
Real
Writing 5th Edition, by Susan Anker
The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon
Course
Outcomes
By
the end of the course you will be able to:
·
Use
all stages of the writing process effectively
·
Consider
audience
·
Work
with a substantive topic
·
Develop
a workable, compelling thesis
·
Write
clear concise paragraphs
·
Sustain
an idea through an essay
·
Write
prose that is mechanically sound
·
Thoughtfully
critique the writing of your peers
·
Analyze
and substantially revise your own writing
·
Use
a variety of purposes for essay construction, such as narration, description,
process analysis, exposition, and / or persuasion
How
Outcomes Will Be Met
Writers
learn to write by writing! In this class you will write every day. You will receive feedback from me and from
your peers, and you will comment on the writing of your peers in a thoughtful
and constructive manner. This is not a
correspondence course that you complete on your own time. It is a community of learners studying
together with daily assignments. Since
many of you may have busy schedules, I will open the weekly assignments on the
Friday before the week starts, so that you can work ahead on the weekends. However, you are expected to have an active daily presence in the class. Conversations, analysis, and critiques on the
Discussion Board are a critical component of your learning. You should log on to the Discussion Board at
least twice a day so that you can keep up with and participate in ongoing
discussions. You will respond in writing
and in conversation to course material including essays, poems, and a novel. In the process of writing and studying, you
will gain an understanding of the conventions of academic English and learn to
correct the most common errors in college writing. A major part of the class involves working and
learning collaboratively with your peers as you engage with texts and critique
one another’s writing. You should expect
to devote 15 hours per week to this class—perhaps more.
Grading
Course
work and participation will be graded as follows.
Discussion Board Participation: The Discussion Board is a vital part of both
individual learning and the formation of a collaborative learning community
online. The Discussion Board
Participation grade will be based both on the number of posts posted and on the
quality of the posts. Quality is judged
by the thoughtfulness of your responses to other students and the degree to
which you spark and further a substantive conversation. For most posts, you should reply to at least
two of your peers as well as posting your own comments. Every week I will let
you know if your participation is excellent, good, fair, or unsatisfactory. You will also have the opportunity to
evaluate your own performance on the Discussion Board.
Discussion
Board Participation (150
points possible)
Writing Assignments:
“My
Name” Essay (narration / descriptions)
Rough
Draft (10
points)
Revision (15
points)
Two
Summaries (10
points each)
Plagiarism
Activity (10
points)
Literacy
Narrative
Rough
Draft (25
points)
Revision (50
points)
Expository
Essay
Rough
Draft (25
points)
Revision (50
points)
Two
Reader Responses to the novel (25
points each)
Argument
Essay
Rough
Draft (25
points)
Revision
(50
points)
Exams:
Quizzes (up
to 100 points)
Final
Exam (50
points)
Classroom
Learning Atmosphere
The
online classroom is a community of writers learning together, exploring ideas,
and trying out different writing techniques.
In order to feel safe and comfortable exposing ourselves in our writing
to one another, it is important that we get to know one another, and that we
approach all discussions with a spirit of respect and collaboration. Our online
will be an integral part of your learning this quarter. Since we cannot see one
another in the online classroom, we cannot read gestures and body language.
Please be mindful of your tone when you post on the Discussion Board since
misunderstandings can occur.
As we
go along, I often communicate by way of the announcement tab. Please check for
announcements every time you sign on.
Values Conflicts:
Essential to a liberal arts education is an
open-minded tolerance for ideas and modes of expression that might conflict
with one’s personal values. By being exposed to such ideas or
expressions, students are not expected to endorse or adopt them but rather to
understand that they are part of the free flow of information upon which higher
education depends.
To this end, you may find that class requirements
may include engaging certain materials, such as books, films, and art work,
which may, in whole or in part, offend you. These materials are
equivalent to required texts and are essential to the course content. If
you decline to engage the required material by not reading, viewing, or
performing material you consider offensive, you will still be required to meet
class requirements in order to earn credit. This may require responding
to the content of the material, and you may not be able to fully participate in
required class discussions, exams, or assignments.
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
Plagiarizing
is taking other people’s words and presenting them as your own. Please see the
section in your text about plagiarism and talk with me right away if it is not
clear to you. Plagiarism is considered a
very serious offense and is not acceptable in American colleges and
universities. Student who turn in work
that contains any amount of plagiarism will not receive credit for that paper
and will not be able to make it up.
Since plagiarized work cannot be made up it is unlikely the student will
pass the course. Furthermore, students
who plagiarize ay be reported to the Dean.
Below is a section from the Bellevue College policy.
“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 phone / 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
Disability
Resource Center (DRC)
The
Disability Resource Center serves students with a wide array of learning challenges
and disabilities. If you are a student
who has a disability or learning challenge for which you have documentation or
have seen someone for treatment and if you feel you may need accommodations in
order to be successful in college, please contact us as soon as possible.
The
DRC office is located in B 132, or you can call our reception desk at
425.564.2498. Deaf students can reach us
by video phone at 425.440.2025 or by TTY at 425.564.4110. Please visit our website for application
information into our program and other helpful links at www.bellevuecollege.edu/drc
This syllabus is
a draft and is subject to change at instructor discretion.