Syllabus

=Course Syllabus for English 1005= **College Writing** **Spring 2013**

=Instructor: Dr. Nancy Noonan= E-mail: nlnoonan@ccri.edu Office Hours: By appointment Course Texts: Langan, John(2008) College Writing Skills with Readings, 8th edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill Course Hours: MW 7:00-9:30 p.m. Course location: Room 6580 Knight Campus Class wiki: CCRIOpenminds.wikispaces.com


 * __Course Description:__**

College Writing focuses on the writing process: planning, organizing, developing, drafting, and revising. Course activities begin with paragraphs and progress to essays and research documentation assignments. This course provides an opportunity to write college level essays that exhibit depth, thoughtfulness, and the conventions and principles of English writing. Research assignments will prepare you for the more challenging assignments in English 1010, Composition 1. This course will also provide practice in posting documents to a webpage and participating in writing activities in an electronic environment.

//In this course, you will develop the following knowledge:// 1. Writing is a three-part process: prewriting, writing, and revising.
 * __Course Objectives:__**

2. All good writing adheres to four basic principles: unity, support, coherence, and mechanics (grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage). 3. Content of paragraphs and essays comes from careful consideration of the subject. 4. Consideration of the reader is an essential part of the writing process. 5. Different assignments with different purposes require specific applications of form and content. 6. Grammar and punctuation are essential to the communication of ideas. 7. Evaluation of peer compositions is essential to developing critical skills for application to one’s own writing. 8. Research is accomplished by sound research methods and principles: accessing and evaluation information from print, electronic, and other sources; synthesis; summary; paraphrase; MLA documentation. 9. Use of the computer is essential for producing college level work.

//By the end of the semester you should be able to:// 1. Apply writing process and principles to assignments of any type 2. Write essays in a confident and deliberate voice 3. Analyze and evaluate your own writing and that of others 4. Research a topic using valid resources and research methods and principles 5. Produce a 2 to 4 page paper incorporating research elements with properly integrated information and MLA documentatio

**__Course Requirements:__** · =**Class Attendance:**= Regular class attendance, participation, and punctuality are essential to your success. =**__Any student with three or more absences, regardless of the reason for the absences, cannot pass the course.__** **__(This is the English Department policy.)__**= Please e-mail me or contact a classmate if you have been absent, so that you will know what you have missed in class and what you need to have prepared for the next class session. Whenever possible, let me know ahead of time when you are going to be unable to attend class. · =**Punctuality:**= Tardiness demonstrates a lack of respect and is distracting to the instructor and to your fellow students. Attendance will be checked at the beginning of each class session. Students who are tardy are responsible for ensuring that their attendance is recorded. Any student who enters class fifteen minutes late (or more) will be marked absent. · Timely completion of in-class assignments, (journal writings, exercises, group activities, etc.), homework, lab assignments, tests, and other assignments is critical to the student’s success in this course.
 * Assignments:**

Personal and Academic Integrity: As members of an academic community, you are expected to submit your own work and to conduct yourselves in an honest, respectful manner. Please turn off cell phones and store them in a purse or book bag. If you are expecting an emergency phone call, please notify me before class begins. Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with all policies outlined in the student handbook. Students who do not comply with student handbook guidelines will be subject to disciplinary measures.


 * __Grading Policy:__**

Homework and in-class assignments: 25% Attendance and participation: 15% (//Your attendance grade will be calculated as follows: zero absences = 100%; one absence = 90%; two absences = 80%; three absences = 75%; four absences = course failure//

Writing portfolio: 50% (//weights of individual assignments to be announced)// Quizzes on mechanics of writing: 10%

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to speak with me before and/or after class, to e-mail me, or to leave a telephone or written message for me. Your academic success is my goal, and I will be happy to help you in any way I can.

//*** Students with documented learning disabilities, please make an appointment with me before the second class meeting so that we may discuss accommodations needed and work out an equitable method for evaluating your class performance.//