Spring 2020 Course Syllabus Course: ENGL-1301- Section: 6C Composition I

Instructor Information
Instructor	Jessie Doiron
E-mail	doironjj@lamarpa.edu
Phone	(409) 984-6337
Office	Location: Madison Monroe - Room: 147 Hours: Prison Class -- Office Hours by Appointment Only
Department	Inmate Instruction Chair: Dr. Michelle Davis E-mail: davisml1@lamarpa.edu Phone: (409) 984-6341 If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair.
Course Information
Description	Intensive study of and practice in writing processes, from invention and researching to drafting, revising, and editing, both individually and collaboratively. Emphasis on effective rhetorical choices, including audience, purpose, arrangement, and style. Focus on writing the academic essay as a vehicle for learning, communicating, and critical analysis.
Prerequisites	None
Learning Outcomes	Student Learning     Compose expository essays with clear theses and introductions. Outcomes         Devise appropriate support for a thesis.             Construct clear, efficient, and fluent sentences. Demonstrate knowledge of Standard English. Manipulate grammar and punctuation effectively. Use correctly English language conventions. Develop argumentative and analytical essays. Employ critical thinking and logical cognition in composition. SLO Communication: Writing Students will compose informative, argumentative, or analytical essays with clear theses and introductions. Students will compose informative, argumentative, or analytical essays with organized, logical, and supportive paragraphs. Students will use standard conventions of English grammar and punctuation to write clear and efficient sentences. Students will maintain style and persona appropriate for purpose and audience. Oral or Visual Communication Students will present clear, salient, and supported oral/visual speeches/demonstrations. And/or Students will participate in class or group discussions. Students will engage in interactive peer reviews, during which they will articulate their critical views of one another’s compositions, their opinions on style and effectiveness of their peers’ efforts, and their suggestions on how to improve the work their peers have produced. At times, students will declaim their work (in portion or entirety) for group review. Critical Thinking For each essay or presentation, a student will develop and sustain a clear thesis or narrative point. The student will be required to explain his approaches for each essay and elaborate on his thought process in developing the work. Students will render creative and constructive critiques of one another’s approaches to work at hand through peer review and classroom discussions. Personal Responsibility Any rhetorical act is both personal and social. In written responses (usually complete essays), classroom presentations, or oral discussions (online and face- to-face), students will show an understanding of the complexities and dynamics of personal (the self) and social responsibilities (one’s family, culture, country, politics, society, etc.). They also will reveal their considerations through appropriate integrations of audience, purpose, and persona. Students will also learn the concept of academic honesty, especially with regard to plagiarism, unauthorized collusion, and other forms of cheating within an academic environment. Teamwork In group projects, team presentations, peer reviews/grading/editing, or in-class discussions; students will actively contribute to the progress of the group and, in doing so, improve his own progress as well.
Core Objectives	Course        The course emphasizes reading, understanding, and producing Objectives    expository prose. Students study various patterns of exposition and write six (6) substantive expository essays, each of which must be 475 – 525 words in length to receive a score. The course includes the study of grammar, usage, punctuation, sentence             structure, compositional organization, drafting, and thoughtful revision). The final exam is a comprehensive test covering the basic elements of Standard English as explained in the required text books.
Program Student Learning Outcomes	N/A ENGL 1301 is not a "Technical Course."
Textbooks	Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer. Required        The Little, Brown Handbook, 12th ed., Fowler. Textbooks    ISBN 0-205-21307-3             Pearson Publishing      The Longman Reader, 10th ed., Judith Nadell. ISBN 0-205 17289-X Pearson Publishing             Any college-level dictionary
Lecture Topics Outline	Preliminary Work Schedule Week 1    Introduction to Course, Books, Methodology, Instructor February 12    READER The Reading Process    LBH The Writing Process READER The Writing Process    LBH Critical Thinking Major Errors in Style and Mechanics READER Narration             LBH Grammatical Sentences Grammatical Sentences Case of Nouns and Pronouns Verbs Agreement Adjectives and     Adverbs     Week 2    READER Narration             LBH Grammatical Sentences February 19    Grammatical Sentences Case of Nouns and Pronouns Verbs Agreement Adjectives and     Adverbs     Week 3    READER Process Analysis         LBH Clear Sentences February 26    Clear Sentences Sentence Fragments Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Pronoun Agreement and Pronoun Reference Shifts Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Mixed and Incomplete Sentences Week 4    READER Process Analysis         LBH Clear Sentences     March 4     Clear Sentences Sentence Fragments Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Pronoun Agreement and Pronoun Reference Shifts Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Mixed and Incomplete Sentences                  Week 5    READER Exemplification         LBH Effective Sentences March 11     Effective Sentences Emphasizing Ideas Using Coordination and Subordination Using Parallelism Achieving Variety Week 6    READER Exemplification         LBH Effective Sentences March 25     Effective Sentences Emphasizing Ideas Using Coordination and Subordination Using Parallelism Achieving Variety     Week 7    READER Division-Classification    LBH Punctuation     April 1    Punctuation         End Punctuation         The Comma         The Semicolon         The Apostrophe         Quotation Marks         Other Punctuation Marks Week 8    READER Division-Classification    LBH Punctuation         April 8    Punctuation         End Punctuation         The Comma         The Semicolon         The Apostrophe         Quotation Marks         Other Punctuation Marks Week 9    READER Cause and Effect         LBH Mechanics April 15    Mechanics         Capitals         Italics or Underlining         Abbreviations         Numbers Week 10    READER Cause and Effect         LBH Mechanics April 22    Mechanics         Capitals         Italics or Underlining         Abbreviations         Numbers Week 11    READER Argumentation        LBH (general grammar review) April 29    Effective Words         Using Appropriate Language         Using Exact Language         Writing Concisely         Spelling and the Hyphen Week 12     READER Argumentation        LBH (general grammar review) May 6        Effective Words Last Week    Using Appropriate Language All Course    Using Exact Language Work Due    Writing Concisely          Spelling and the Hyphen                  Week 13    FINAL EXAM May 13     Mechanics and Grammar Test         May 14    Grades Posted
Major Assignments Schedule	Preliminary Assignment Schedule Week 1    Narration Essay Rough Draft February 12 Week 2    Narration Essay Final Draft February 19         Week 3    Process Analysis Essay Rough Draft February 26     Week 4    Process Analysis Essay Final Draft     March 4     Week 5    Exemplification Essay Rough Draft March 11     Week 6    Exemplification Essay Final Draft          March 25     Week 7    Division-Classification Essay Rough Draft     April 1     Week 8    Division-Classification Essay Final Draft         April 8     Week 9    Cause and Effect Essay Rough Draft April 15     Week 10    Cause and Effect Essay Final Draft April 22     Week 11    Argumentation     Essay Rough Draft April 29     Week 12     Argumentation Essay Final Draft May 6         Week 13    FINAL EXAM May 13     Mechanics and Grammar Test
Final Exam Date	May 13, 2020 - 5:30 PM   Through  May 13, 2020 - 9:00 PM
Grading Scale	Grading System Class Essays 25% (5 - Pass/Fail Grade) Five essays that are scored as “pass” or “fail.” A passing essay will earn the student 5% of his total course grade. A failing class essay will earn the student 2.5% of his total course grade. Final Essay 25% (1 - A-F Grade) One essay that is scored discreetly from A to F. This essay will earn the student 25% of his total course grade. The scoring range is A=100-90, B=89-80, C=79-70, D=69-60, F=59-50. Final Exam 25% (Numerical Scores) One final exam that is scored discretely from 0-100. This exam is a multiple choice test that covers various elements of grammar, mechanics, punctuation, usage, and conventions of Standard English. Class Work 25% (Completed / Participation) All other tasks performed during class or in preparation for class. These tasks include: attendance, participation, discussion, cooperation, effort. NOTE: _____________________________________________ Since the goal of the course is to improve writing, expect that grading will proceed from more lenient to less lenient as the semester progresses.
Determination of Final Grade	Grading System    Class Essays    25%     (5 - Pass/Fail Grade) Five essays that are scored as “pass” or “fail.” A passing essay will earn the student 5% of his total course grade. A failing class essay will earn the student 2.5% of his total course grade.             Final Essay    25%    (1 - A-F Grade) One essay that is scored discreetly from A to F. This essay will earn the student 25% of his total course grade. The scoring range is A=100-90, B=89-80, C=79-70, D=69-60, F=59-50. Final Exam    25%    (Numerical Scores) One final exam that is scored discretely from 0-100. This exam is a multiple choice test that covers various elements of grammar, mechanics, punctuation, usage, and conventions of Standard English. Class Work    25%    (Completed / Participation) All other tasks performed during class or in preparation for class. These tasks include: attendance, participation, discussion, cooperation, effort. NOTE: _____________________________________________ Since the goal of the course is to improve writing, expect that grading will proceed from more lenient to less lenient as the semester progresses.
Course Policies
Instructor Policies	Classroom Policies Attendance         Class attendance is required. Failure to attend classes regularly will result in a significant loss of points from your course grade. Make-up Work / Late Assignments    -- You must receive specific permission from me to make up missed work or turn in an assignment after its original due date. I will permit make-up work and accept overdue assignments only under excused absences or in situations of extreme hardship. Requests to make up work or exceed due dates will be evaluated case by case. A student who stops attending classes but does not complete the official drop procedure will in all likelihood earn a grade of "F" in the course. Academic Honesty REFER TO THE TSUS POLICY ON ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism         Plagiarism can lead to a student's receiving a failing grade in the course and can result in administrative action through which the student is suspended from the university. Plagiarism is the appropriation of passages, either word for word, or in substance, from the writing of someone else, and the incorporation of such passages as one's own, in an assignment offered for credit. Collusion          Collusion could lead to a student's receiving a failing grade on a particular assignment or for the course. Collusion refers to the student's receiving unnecessary or unauthorized tutoring in the preparation of written work to be offered for credit. Cheating         Cheating implies dishonesty or deception of a different sort, whether in the preparation of written work offered for credit or in the taking of a test or examination.
Attendance Policy	Classroom Policies Attendance         Class attendance is required. Failure to attend classes regularly will result in a significant loss of points from your course grade. Make-up Work    / Late Assignments -- You must receive specific permission from me to make up missed work or turn in an assignment after its original due date. I will permit make-up work and accept overdue assignments only under excused absences or in situations of extreme hardship. Requests to make up work or exceed due dates will be evaluated case by case. A student who stops attending classes but does not complete the official drop procedure will in all likelihood earn a grade of "F" in the course.
Academic Honesty	Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.
Facility Policies	No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Use of electronic devices is prohibited.
Important Information
ADA Considerations	The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the the Office for Disability Services Coordinator, Room 231, in the Madison Monroe Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241.
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Other	Mature Content Warning This course contains strong language, adult situations, graphic depictions of human interactions. The course also contains discussions that are intended for mature audiences. Were the course a motion picture, the rating for it would be at least R (for restricted to adults 18 years or older). It is never the intention of the instructor to disturb students whose sensitivities do not permit full, frank, candid, light-hearted, serious, intense, and adult conversation. Terms, words, comments, statements, ideas, concepts, and descriptions that appear in the textbooks or surface in classroom discussions may be offensive to one or more persons in the class group at some time or another. Nothing intentionally offensive should ever be directed at any single individual, minority group, social class, ethnicity, gender, or race. Never should any single individual feel personally affronted by the language used in the books, handouts, or classroom discussions. American conversational English has multiple levels of social acceptance. Misunderstandings of comments or words will occur that might discomfit or annoy some individuals. I will do my best to serve as model and moderator for the classroom discussions by ameliorating these unavoidable misunderstandings through personal example and by providing clarifications, explanations, and counseling if needed. Should any terms, phrases, words, or comments offend a particular individual, please bring this to my attention at the earliest convenient time so that I might do what I can to alleviate the perceived injury. With the above observations in mind, remember that we live in a free and democratic society, one in which all individuals have the right to think and believe and speak what they will without fear of governmental sanctions. In America, individuals have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Let us balance these inalienable rights with the need to get along with one another in our classroom community so that we may all successfully achieve our course objectives. Classroom Etiquette All students are required to contribute to class discussions    appropriately. The course requires active participation in all discussions of assigned topics. A student owes it to his colleagues to approach each assigned topic with enthusiastic contributions to the discussion underway. Full participation requires a student to give and to receive ideas in a courteous and forthcoming manner. Refusal to actively contribute to discussions is an insult to a student’s colleagues and his instructor. Dominating the discussion is equally insulting. Contributing willingly and productively to discussions is ideal. All students must share rough drafts with the class for peer critique. All students must participate in peer discussions. At times, all students will work with people of similar backgrounds, with people of opposing views, with people whose company is enjoyable, or with people there is little to find in common. Cooperation in this style of peer instruction always results in a pleasant learning environment. Students should exchange information and ideas on all of the assignments. All graded work must be submitted as scheduled. Failure to submit graded work in a timely fashion will result in a failing grade for the assignment Students with Disabilities The College and the Department comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The facilities in which we operate are beyond the control of the College and the Department. In cooperation with the administrators of the facilities, it is our intention to provide adequate, necessary services to any individuals who may need additional assistance because of disabilities.
HB 2504	This syllabus is part of LSC-PA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.