Woollen-Danner, Levi

English

Eastern Illinois University

Eastern Illinois UniversityThe KeepSpring 2003 2003Spring 1-15-2003ENG 1000-002: Fundamental EnglishLevi Woollen-DannerEastern Illinois UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/english_syllabi_spring2003Part of the English Language and Literature CommonsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2003 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in Spring 2003 by an authorizedadministrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact tabruns@eiu.edu.Recommended CitationWoollen-Danner, Levi, "ENG 1000-002: Fundamental English" (2003). Spring 2003. 1.http://thekeep.eiu.edu/english_syllabi_spring2003/1English 1000: Fundamental English Course Policy Statement and Syllabus Spring 2003 Instructor: MR. Levi Woollen-Danner Office: Writing Center (Coleman 3110, 581-5929) Office Hours: By appt. Required Texts • Mangelsdorf & Posey. Choices. 2nd ed. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000. [Please do not remove any pages from Choices. Textbook will be checked by instructor at the end of the semester] • Funk, et al. The Simon & Schuster Short Prose Reader. 1997. • Fulwiler & Hayakawa. The Blair Handbook, 3rd ed. You'll also need an 8 1/2" x 11" spiral-bound notebook for use as a journal in this class. Goals To help improve your writing through practice and instruction in developing and organizing ideas; in using words, sentences, and paragraphs effectively; and in acquiring and perfecting skills for revising and editing your prose. Course requirements Attendance at and participation in all class meetings; no pattern of tardiness; completion of all reading and writing assignments on time, including full participation in group activities. Please note: Students who accumulate more than four unexcused absences during the semester should not expect to pass English 1000. (Excused absences are those involving illness, death in the family, and officially approved university activity. When an absence is excused, students may be permitted to make up assignments at the convenience of the instructor.) Assignments In addition to several in-class writing assignments, you will complete four out-of-class essays, each of which includes pre-writing activities and a series of rough drafts. You will complete two of these essays by mid-term and the other two during the second half of the semester. Your writing journal (notebook) will be used for both in-class and out-of-class writing. Some of your journal writing will be assigned; some will be writing that responds to the reading for the class. You are responsible for saving all written assignments and essays. You will be using this material for assembling portfolios of your work to submit for mid-term and for final evaluation. Spring 2003 English 1000 I may require you to keep a spelling section in your journal. All out-of-class essay assignments should be typed. In-class essays will be hand-written. 2 I may assign additional exercises based on your specific needs. ALL assignments are important. If you complete the assignments in the planned sequence, you will be much more likely to succeed in this course. Conferences You are encouraged to see me for conferences outside of class and to receive extra help in the Writing Center. I may require you to meet with me in conference and to seek tutoring in the Writing Center, which is located in 301 Coleman Hall (581-5929). Grading English 1000 is graded Credit/No Credit. In order to pass the course, you must earn my recommendation and submit a writing portfolio that earns a pass for the course (see the attached sheet on the portfolio). My recomtnendation will be based primarily on satisfactory and on-time completion of all reading and writing assigm:nents, including exercises, and on satisfactory class participation. You cannot register for English 1001 C until you pass English 1000. Information for Students with Disabilities If you }uw.e a documented disability and wish to receive academic accommodations, please contact ~eCoordinator of the Office of Disability Services (581-6583) as soon as possible. English 1000 Portfolio Policy 448wp§ ? L;,:: Your performance in the course will be evaluated, in part, by the Composition Committee, who will review your final writing portfolio. The portfolio method has been chosen in order to enable students to have some control in selecting a representative sample of their work to be graded. The final grade for the class will depend entirely upon my recommendation and the Composition Committee's evaluation of your final portfolio. As an indication of your progress, the midterm portfolio may significantly affect the emphasis and direction of the latter half of the course. It is, therefore, in your best interest to write and revise carefully and to select your finest work for your portfolios. :MIDTERM: The midterm portfolio will contain one revised out-of-class essay with a copy of the topic, and one of the two in-class midterm essays, each to be chosen by the student. The midterm portfolio will be used solely as an indication of your progress, and will have no bearing on the final grade. FINAL: Th,e final portfolio will contain two revised out-of-class essays with copies of the topics, and one of the two final exam essays. A_gaLn, you will choose what to include. One of the two out-of-class essays may be the essay included in the midterm portfolio, provided that the essay has been revised since midterm. BOTH :MIDTERM AND FINAL PORTFOLIOS must contain the following: 1. A personal statement exp]ai_nLng why you selected these essays as representative of your work. 2. Drafts of the por;tfolio essays. This includes drafts of the chosen in-class essays. 3. A statement written by me certifying the essays to be genuinely the work of the student. 4. A checklist compiled by me showing a) your completion of all coursework; and b) the number of times ?-SSignments have been revised. NOTE: Be sure to make and retain copies of all work that you submit in your portfolios! -· Course Syllabus: English 1000 Sprlng2003 It's important to do all assignments completely and on time, as every piece of work (including homework) contributes to your performance evaluation in the course. In addition to the following assignments, you will also be required to keep two portfolios. (see_ attached portfolio guidelines) The first, and the smaller of the two, will be submitted at midterm, in order to check your progress. The second, and larger, will play a large part in determining whether you pass or fail the course. ~o, it's important to SA VE ALL ASSIGNMENTS AND ESSAYS. . Th fi 11 h d I . e o owm2 sc e u e 1s tentative, b utyou 'II b d ema e awareo f h c ani es m c ass. s o, come. Before class Dorine Class Due JAN.13 Diamostic Essay 1 JAN.15 - -Diagnostic Essay 2 ·--JAN. 17 Discussion of syllabus, Start collecting bits of introductions, Discussion of conversation. essay 1 (Narrative)-JAN. 20 NO SCHOOL NO CLASS EITHE1t·· NOTATHING JAN.22 Reader: pp. 28-39 Further Disciission of essay 1, Collection of eaves-Choices: pp. 17-19 developing ideas, organizing droppings (at least activity 7, pp. 29-33 ideas· outlining four pages) Complete activity 7 JAN. 24 Choices 53;.89 Use of dialogue, detail, building paragraphs. LOC Exercise: Quotation marks. Draft day. JAN. 27 Reading TBA Revision techniques, in-.class. .. reVIston exercise JAN.29 Peer edits Roul!h Draft due JAN.31 LOC Exercise:. Commas In-class draft day, Further Revision FEB.3 Reading TBA. Introduction of Compatison- Narrative I due Contrast Paner. FEB.5 Reader: 169-178 Compare/Contrast Proposal. Due FEB. 7 Research Lab-meet-in- Booth- · Library north entrance (the · one facing Coleman Hall) FEB. 10 Have three sources ready FEB. 12 FEB. 14 NO CLASS NO CLASS NO CLASS 

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