FARMINGDALE STATE UNIVERSITY
ENGLISH 101: COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC
SECTION 90515 (IRENE LAPE-INSTRUCTOR)
Phone: 631-420-2050 (English Dept)
Email:lapei@farmingdale.edu, rene.lape@gmail.com
CLASS MEETINGS: 8:00-9:15 Tuesdays and Thursdays (August 30 to December 15)
REQUIRED TEXTS AND OTHER RESOURCES:
· The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing and Researching. 4th Edition by Randall VanderMey, et al (2012).
· Access to a dictionary – online is fine.
ALL TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS MUST BE IN YOUR HANDS BY THE SECOND CLASS.
COURSE GOALS:
1. The major goal of this course is to help you improve your ability to express yourself – your ideas, experiences, your expertise and analysis of course materials – in writing.
2. The way we’ll do this is to acquaint you with the various “rhetorical or expository methods” (ways of getting ideas across) that writers use in their “art”.
3. We will also look at some of the writing-skill details such as grammar, diction and different organizational approaches that will help you improve your writing skills.
4. Another goal is to help you perfect your researching skills and use of researched material in your writing.
COURSE REQUIRMENTS:
1. You will be asked to write an Expository Essay that will not be graded but that I will use as a diagnostic tool to see what your strengths and weaknesses are as a writer. I will keep this.
2. You must learn to format any research that you do in a particular style. This style will be different in different subject areas. You must simply learn that college course you take will require you to format research papers and you must learn to adhere closely to the format required.
3. You will be asked to write essays that adhere to specific “rhetorical modes or patterns.” You may revise any or all of these essays to improve your grade, but if a revision is not done, the grade will remain. The following essays will constitute 75% of your grade.
a. Mini-Research - "People Matter"
b. Argumentative/Persuasive Essay
c. Definition or Classification Essay (you choose)
d. Cause and Effect OR Process Analysis Essay (you choose)
e. Compare and Contrast Essay
f. Narrative/Descriptive/Reflective Essay
4. These essays must be submitted through the Turnitin program that FSC participates in. The program reviews each paper and can find if any part of your writing was taken from an online site or another paper submitted to the system. Turnitin will not accept papers more than a week late. Also you must turn in a hard copy of your paper to me as well. Please do not get into the habit of submitting papers late or forgetting to give me a hard copy. WRITE DOWN THE FOLLOWING YOU WILL NEED
· You need to log in using Course ID – 4216266
· The password is Comp2011
5. Grammar or Diction Issues that emerge in your writing will be dealt with and there will be in-class quizzes on what we go over and these quizzes will be graded.
6. From time to time, you will be asked to collaborate with other students – reviewing and editing their work, talking through approaches they might take to a topic.
7. And you will also be asked to present the essential arguments of your argumentative research paper orally to the class.
8. Your participation will also receive a grade – attendance, timeliness, participation in class discussions, responsiveness to questions asked of you – all of this will also be graded.
9. Grades will be based on the following formula:
· Essays Written (75%)
o Unless otherwise specified drafts and revised versions will be averaged for the grade.
· Compliance with submission deadlines and with research and formatting guidelines will constitute (5%). While you have one essay – the argumentative essay – that requires use and citation of sources, ANY TIME you use an outside source, you must cite and format. Your ability to recognize and adhere to intellectual integrity standards is important.
· In-Class Quizzes on reading or on grammar topics (10%)
o If you miss a quiz or in-class writing assignment, you will be offered a make up quiz (probably not the same exact one) but it must be done the next class you attend.
· Class Participation (10%)
o On-time attendance will constitute a major part of this grade
COURSE RULES:
· Your nightly assignments and all the Essay Assignments will be accessible to you on my blog: http://composition-lape.blogspot.com/
· A copy of this Course Description is also available to you in the blog archive.
· No assignment may be omitted.
· Late work will be graded down and will not be acceptable more than one week late.
· Plagiarized work will receive a failing grade. A second occurrence will be reported to the Dean and may result in expulsion from the school.
· All graded essays may be revised unless otherwise noted.
· The following dates must be adhered to in doing the Argumentative Research Paper:
o Commitment to and submission of the topic (September 22)
o Submission of four research sources, your “thesis statement” and a tentative outline is due September 27.
o Submission of the draft complete with all cites and properly formatted on October 27.
o Submission of any revised version of the paper by November 15.
I, ___________________________________, have read and understood the Course Requirements for this English 101 Class.
Student _______________________________________ Date __________________
STUDENT SUPPORT RESOURCES:
· Writing Center – 2nd Floor, Knapp Hall
· The Office of Support Services for Students with Disabilities (OSSSD)
Farmingdale State College
Laffin Hall, Room 202 (Tel. 631-420-2296)
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