S Y L L A B U S

McFrederick

S Y L L A B U S

ENC 1101

Fall 2006 

Text:  The Everyday Writer, Lunsford, Andrea, 3^rd edition

            The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, Vol I

File Folder, Blue Book for Final, Ink Pens 

NOTE: You are responsible to know what books and materials will be used for each class and to have them with you. If you come to class without the relevant materials, you may be considered absent. To avoid the problem and to keep abreast of work in class, you should exchange names, email addresses and phone numbers with tow other classmates

            Record their names in the space here:

 Purpose Statement: The aims of this composition class are:

·          To develop an understanding of communication principles.

·          To develop skill and confidence in making choices based on the principles

·           To strengthen mechanical skills for writing (e.g. vocabulary and grammar).

·          To develop critical thinking abilities.

·          To learn the conventions of and be able to participate in academic discourse.

Folder: Your filder will contain all the drafts of the essays you will be assigned this term. When you turn it in at the end of the term, staple each set of drafts together. The final draft (or the one you want to count for a grade) goes on the top and must be typed (see Lunsford for formatting).

Revision and Grading Procedure: Because communication involves many choices. This course is designed to allow you many choices. (Individual responsibility is integral to the communication process.)

·          Revision Options: Within the time constraints, you may revise your essays as many times as you choose. To take advantage of the option, each revision must be submitted within one week of the day the draft receives a grade. (The clock starts on the option, whether you are in class to receive the graded draft or not.)

·          Essay Length: Each essay is a unique event. The alchemy of each combination of writer, audience and subject matter cannot be duplicated. No cookie-cutter prescription for the best length exists. Therefore, you have a range of options: By the end of the semester your folder must contain a minimum of : two essays of 500 words, one essay of 750 words, and two essays of 1000 words. The choice of which essay will be which length is up to you. (Also, for example, one draft (maybe the first one of the term) may start out at 500 words but by the end of the term develop into one of your 1000 word essays.

·          DEADLINES:  You must turn in at least one draft by September 13.

                                 By November 1, you must have turned in a minimum oftwo drafts. By the scheduled final exam date, you must                                                   Turn in all essays in your folder.

·          Recommended hand-in time is one week after an assignment is announced. Although the optimum number of drafts submitted will vary according to your skill level, your diligence, the grade you strive for, and other factors, most students should plan on submitting three drafts for each assignment.

·          Example situations :a. You submit a draft that earns a C. You revise it

                                                 That draft earns a B. The C disappears.

                                    b. You submit a draft that earns a C. You revise it.

                                                  That draft earns a D. The C remains.

c. You do not meet one of the deadlines.          

           The draft(s) earn a permanent zero.

·          All submitted drafts must be typed.

Attendance Policy: Your final grade will be lowered a half letter grade for each absence over three. If you are late to class, be sure to let me know, so you will not be marked absent erroneously.

Reading and Activity Schedule:

Week I:             Orientation

Week II:           Chapter 1. (1^st essay assignment)

Week III:          Chapters 17 and 15,  Deadline, Sept. 13

                         Group role play.

Week IV.          Reflective essay.

Week V:            Chapters 2 & 3.

Week VI           Chapter 4,

                          What is good writing?

                          (setting criteria)

 Week VII          Chapters5 & 6

 Week VIII        Chapter 7 autobiography

 Week IX           Chapter 8

 Week X            Chapter 9 & 10

 Week XI           Chapter 11, Classical Argument, Deadline Nov. 1.

 Week XII          Chapters 12 & 13

 Week XIII         Chapter 14

 Week XIV         1000 word development & Chapter 16         

Specific writing prompts and projects will come out-of-class research, readings and class discussions. They will be announced.                                                      

Grade Weights:

            Class Work:                 05

            Quizzes:                        05

            Group Pres.                  10 (5 & 5)

             500-word essays         20 (10 each)

             750-word essay          15

            1000-word essay         15

    best 1000-work essay          20

             Final Essay                  19