TULSA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOUTHEAST CAMPUS
COURSE SYLLABUS
ENGLISH 1213/Composition II
Spring 2013
Instructor: Donna J. Elliott
Eng 1213
Sec 367
Call # 25609 M 4:00-6:50pm
Coweta High School Rm. A-105
TO CONTACT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Mailbox: Academic and Campus Services (ACS), Room SE 2202
Phone : 595-7673 (leave message)
Director of ACS : Susan Burlew
E-mail: donna.elliott@tulsacc.edu
TO CONTACT THE DIVISION OFFICE:
Communications Division Office SE Room 1202
Interim Communications Associate Dean: Dr. Kara Ryan-Johnson, 595-7694
TO GET HELP WITH BLACKBOARD, MYTCC: Call 918-595-2000 for help Blackboard,
MyTCC, or TED. Technology issues are not an excuse for failing to complete an assignment on
time.
As an adjunct professor, I do not have regular office hours, but I will be available before or after
class to discuss your course grade or to work with you individually. I have also scheduled
voluntary conference times before the major essays are due. Additionally, please feel free to email me during the week with questions or problems. I will return your e-mail as soon as
possible.
COURSE PREREQUISITES
Completion of ENG 1113, Composition I, with a grade of “C” or better. See “Prerequisites for
Composition II” pages xvii—xxii in Little, Brown.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
English 1213, Freshman Composition II, 3 Credits
The TCC Catalog states “The second in a sequence of two courses. Further analytical reading
skills, academic writing, and techniques of research and documentation.” This course deals
specifically with critical reading, argumentation, and research-based writing and is designed to
improve your college-level reading and writing skills.
Throughout the semester, you will summarize complex readings, understand and apply the
techniques of argument and persuasion, and conduct research for evidence, testimony, statistics,
and facts. In addition, you will learn to support your own ideas by extracting and synthesizing
principles, theories, and information from source material. You will write four major essays,
including a critical response to a non-fiction work and a 7-10 page research essay with an
annotated bibliography and outline. Other activities include class presentations, group work, inclass writings, and reading quizzes.
NEXT COURSE IN SEQUENCE: None
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS
The Little, Brown Handbook, TCC Custom Edition, Fowler & Aaron
The Craft of Research, 3rd edition, Booth, Colomb and Williams
Nickel and Dimed, Ehrenreich Barbara, 2001
Selected readings from TCC’s online databases
Note: The Nickel and Dimed text is not available in the TCC bookstore.
COURSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The main objective of Composition II is to teach students how to produce a focused, welldeveloped college research paper. To that end, students will need to apply the skills taught in
Composition I to longer and more challenging writing assignments and to demonstrate more
depth and complexity of thought in their essays. Specifically, Composition II students
should demonstrate that they can
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analyze a variety of scholarly and popular texts to show how content, organization, style,
and tone are related to the author’s purpose, audience, and subject matter
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use logical, emotional, and ethical appeals and rebuttals to construct formal, academic
arguments
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evaluate and select authoritative sources for college-level research
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identify appropriate evidence from primary and secondary sources
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distill, synthesize and document evidence from primary and secondary sources
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understand and apply the general conventions of MLA documentation
TEACHING METHODS
This course combines the use of lecture, discussion of assigned readings, individual and group
activities, and reading, writing, and analysis (both inside and outside of class).
This course will require a great deal of outside reading, as well as consistent class participation.
Your grade in this course will reflect the quality of the college level writing you produce--not
your effort. While extra effort is admirable, you will be successful throughout the remainder of
your college experience only if you are able to produce college level writing. All major essays
will be graded using the criteria described in your Little, Brown, p. XXX. Additional, more
specific grading criteria for all assignments are on the assignment sheets.
Teaching methods are not nearly as important as the strategies you implement to learn. You
should take notes over assigned texts and during lectures; participate earnestly in class
discussions and activities; study specific writing strategies; and spend sufficient time reading,
researching, writing and revising.
GRADING
Your course grade will be determined according to the following scale:
Essay 1 (visual rhetoric)
Essay 2 (analysis of satire)
Essay 3 (rhetorical analysis of a speech)
Critical Response (Nickel and Dimed)
Research Proposal
Essay 4 (researched position)
Annotated Bibliography and Outline
Miscellaneous Assignments*
Final Exam (essay and terms)
100 points
75 points
100 points
100 points
50 points
200 points
75 points
200 points
100 points
TOTAL
1000 points
A=1000-900
B=899-800
C=799-700
D=699-600
F=599-0
*Miscellaneous assignments consist of reading quizzes, group work, class presentations,
and in-class writing.
Written work will be graded using the criteria described in your Little Brown, p. xxvi-xxii.
Additional, more specific grading criteria for all assignments are on the assignment sheets.
LATE WORK POLICY
All assigned work will have a definite due date. Assignments are due at the beginning of the
class meeting designated. This means if you are late to class and I have already collected the
assignment, your work is late. If you are late to class and a reading quiz has already been given,
you will not be able to make it up. Late essays (including the research proposal) will be
penalized one letter grade for each day (up to two days) that they are late.
I do NOT accept emailed assignments unless the college notifies me that Blackboard is not
functioning. All major essays must be submitted to the appropriate area in Blackboard. Essays
only may be submitted late up to 48 hours but will not be graded until the end of the semester,
and will be penalized one letter grade per day, regardless of the reason for being late. Please
note: If you submit a late essay, I will not grade it until the end of the semester, which means you
will be failing the class and therefore will be ineligible for any extracurricular activities in
which you participate. Students who wish to remain eligible should not submit late essays.
CLASS ATTENDANCE
Please note that I do not excuse absences for any reason. I do not attempt to differentiate between
excused and unexcused absences. Every time you are absent, you will miss important
information, as well as the opportunity to contribute to class discussions. You will also miss the
points given for any in-class activities. If you are more than 10 minutes late to class, or if you
leave class more than 10 minutes before I end class for the day, I will consider you absent.
I am not responsible for any information that you miss due to an absence. You are responsible
for being prepared for class on the day you return. Consider exchanging telephone numbers with
a classmate so you have a contact should a genuine emergency force you to miss a class.
You may not make up any in-class writing, group or individual exercise, presentation, or quiz
(either announced or unannounced) which you miss due to an absence. I will supply you with
any missed handouts upon request.
WITHDRAWAL POLICY
The last day to drop this course and receive a refund is January 25th. Students who drop before
April 12th will receive a W on their transcripts.
Students who miss more than three hours of class and/or who fail to turn in a significant number
of assignments may be dropped from the class, which will result in an “AW” on the transcript.
A “W” and an “AW” are grade-point neutral, but non-completion of a class may affect financial
aid for the current and future semesters. Students who drop or who are dropped by an instructor
may receive an outstanding bill from TCC if the recalculation leaves a balance due to TCC.
Contact the Counseling Office at any TCC campus to initiate withdrawal from a course (“W”
grade) or to change from Credit to Audit.
Dropping or being dropped from a class will not affect a student’s college grade point average,
but the student will need to meet with the appropriate high school counselor to be placed in an
on-level high school class. Contact your counselor if you drop or are dropped from this class.
English Professors assign "I" grades only when genuine emergencies prevent a student from
completing the class and/or from withdrawing before the deadline and only when the student is
earning a satisfactory ("C" or better) grade.
FORMAT FOR COURSE WORK
For the final draft of major essays, follow MLA format as described in Little, Brown. All papers
in this class must be saved as a Word document and submitted to Safe Assignment to be checked
for plagiarism. Students who do not submit assignments to Safe Assignment when required will
receive a “0” for the assignment. For help submitting essays to Safe Assignment, visit the
Writing Center.
All outside work must be typed (double-spaced, Times New Roman 12). The assignments will
always be due at the beginning of the next class session. I expect all rough drafts and all final
drafts to be typewritten on standard white paper, with proper MLA headers and documentation,
and stapled in the upper left-hand corner. You will receive written requirements for each of the
formal writing assignments.
OUTSIDE READING
You will have outside reading in this course. Please be prepared to discuss the assigned
reading assignments. I will often base in-class writing and discussion upon outside readings.
Four unannounced reading quizzes will be given over assigned material.
GROUP WORK
Students will each be assigned to a group at the beginning of the semester and remain in the
same group for the duration of the course. I expect each member to participate and contribute to
all group work. If it comes to my attention that any group member is not fully participating or
cooperating on a consistent basis, I will remove that group member and he or she will complete
all group assignments individually.
INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY
If extreme weather conditions or emergency situations arise, TCC always gives cancellation
notices to radio and television stations. This information is also posted on the TCC website
(www.tulsacc.edu). If you lose power, call the TCC main number (918-595-7000) for an
updated, recorded message regarding closure. If the college has to close because of weather,
students will be expected to complete any homework assigned and may have to complete
assignments online, using Blackboard. I will post specific instructions concerning class
assignments on Blackboard.
DISABLED STUDENTS/ADA POLICY
See p. xxiv in Little, Brown.
FERPA
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law designated to protect
the privacy of a student’s education records and academic work. The law applies to all schools,
colleges, and universities that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department
of Education. This law is applicable to students at TCC. All files, records, and academic work
completed within this course are considered educational records and are protected under FERPA.
It is your right as a student in this course to expect that any materials you submit in this course,
as well as your name and other identifying information, will not be viewable by guests or other
individuals permitted access to the course.
A student may sign a waiver of their FERPA rights through the Admissions/Enrollment Services
or the Dean of Student Services offices. Many college students sign a waiver of their FERPA
rights. This waiver authorizes the release of academic records to the individuals identified by the
student, but it does not compel the release of information. In my classes, I will report failing
students to the high school, but I will not discuss your academic progress with anyone else—
including your parents. If your parents have concerns about your grades, you, not I, should talk
to them. If you have concerns about my teaching or grading, you, not your parents, should
contact me to discuss those concerns.
GENERAL EDUCATION GOAL STATEMENT
General Education courses at TCC ensure that our graduates gain skills, knowledge, and abilities
that comprise a common foundation for their higher education and a backdrop for their work and
personal lives. TCC’s General Education goals are: Critical Thinking, Effective Communication,
Engaged Learning, and Technological Proficiency.
ENGLISH DISCIPLINE GOALS
All English courses are designed to help students meet the English discipline goals, which are
Effective Writing, Critical Reading, Informed Discussion, and Scholarly Research.
INSTITUTIONAL STATEMENT
Each student is responsible for being aware of the information contained in the TCC Catalog, the
TCC Student Policies & Resources Handbook, and semester information listed in the class
schedule. All information may be viewed on the TCC website: www.tulsacc.edu.
CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE
See p. xxvii in Little, Brown. Students should show respect and courtesy to fellow classmates
and participate earnestly in class activities. Entering the classroom late, talking during lectures,
sleeping during class, ridiculing or attacking another’s viewpoint, or behaving in a disruptive
manner are all considered inappropriate behavior and may be grounds for dismissal from class.
Cell phones should be put away at all times. The use of any electronic device is at the
discretion of the instructor. It should also be noted that school policy does not permit students to
bring children to class.
STUDENT EMAIL
Every student enrolled at Tulsa Community College is issued a TCC email account. Students are
expected to check their College email account on a frequent and regular basis in order to stay
current with College-related communications, particularly those that may be sensitive in nature.
Students will be held responsible for the information transmitted to the College email account.
Information about email addresses, user names and passwords may be found at
https://portal.tulsacc.edu/cp/home/displaylogin.
For more information, see Little, Brown p. xxxvii. You need to check your MyTCC account
regularly so that the college does not deactivate it. I strongly suggest you log onto Blackboard
through MyTCC. I will post class announcements as needed on Blackboard. I do check email
regularly during the week, but not on weekends. During the week, I will respond within 24
hours to email. Students who miss class should contact other students, not me, and consult
Blackboard to find out what they missed. Students should also consult the course textbook,
handouts, syllabus and lecture notes before emailing me questions.
WRITING CENTER
The Writing Center (SE 1102) provides free day and evening tutoring to all TCC students. The
center is staffed by professional tutors who assist students in a variety of areas, including
grammar, mechanics, structure, development, and documentation. Tutorial appointments are
most useful if scheduled at least two (2) days before your final draft is due. You can schedule an
appointment in person (SE 1102) or by telephone (595-7749). For more information, see p. xxiv
in Little, Brown.
COMPUTER SERVICES ACCEPTABLE USE
Access to computing resources is a privilege granted to all TCC faculty, staff, and students. Use
of TCC computing resources is limited to purposes related to the College’s mission of education,
research, and community service. Student use of technology is governed by the Computer
Services Acceptable Use Statements / Standards found in the TCC Student Code of Conduct
Policy Handbook. This handbook can be obtained by contacting Student Activities or the Dean
of Student Services office.
PLAGIARISM POLICY
Deliberate plagiarism is claiming, indicating, or implying that the ideas, sentences, or words of
another writer are your own; it includes having another writer do work claimed to be your own,
copying the work of another and presenting it as your own, or following the work of another as a
guide to ideas and expressions that are then presented as your own. No matter what you call it-borrowing, copying, or following too closely--plagiarism is theft. It is illegal. I will report any
student who plagiarizes to the Associate Dean of the Communications Division and to the Dean
of Student Services, who keeps records of students who violate TCC’s policies on academic
integrity. No credit will be given for plagiarized essays and there will be no opportunity for
revision. For a second offense of plagiarism (in my class or according to the Dean of Student
Services), you will receive a grade of F for the course.
Formal essays MUST BE SUBMITTED to Safe Assignment before class time on the due date.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY OR MISCONDUCT
Academic dishonesty or misconduct is not condoned or tolerated at campuses within the Tulsa
Community College system. See the college’s Academic Integrity Statement:
http://www.tulsacc.edu/page.asp?durki=2984&site=16&return=126
TOBACCO FREE COLLEGE
Tulsa Community College is a Tobacco Free college in accordance with the Governor’s
Executive Order 2012-01 and Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 1-1523 which prohibits
smoking or the use of any tobacco products in all public places, in any indoor workplace, and all
vehicles owned by the State of Oklahoma and all of its agencies and instrumentalities. This
Order includes property leased, rented, or owned by TCC including, but not limited to, all
grounds, buildings, facilities, and parking lots. Tulsa Community College’s policy includes a
tobacco free environment on all campus and off-campus locations conducting TCC credit or noncredit classes. The TCC Campus Police is responsible for ensuring compliance with the
Tobacco-Free Environment Policy. Violations of the policy may be addressed through issuance
of campus or state citations.
OTHER
Occasionally, when genuine emergencies or problem situations occur, the course policies
outlined here can be modified to help a student complete the course if the student has been
attending regularly, has completed most assigned work, and is earning at least a “C.” It is always
in your best interest, therefore, to contact me immediately if a crisis situation prevents you from
attending class or completing assignments.
The specific needs of the class may require minor changes in the policies in this syllabus.
Students will be given written notification of any policy changes.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Please follow the schedule below. Any schedule changes will be based on the needs of the class
and will be provided in writing.
Course Agenda
Freshman Composition II: Eng 1213
Donna J. Elliott
Spring 2013
Last Day to Withdraw with a “W” Grade: April 12th
Please note that this schedule is tentative and subject to change at any time. I will try to
announce any changes in advance, but you are responsible for any changes made to the
schedule in your absence. Take advantage of the space provided on the last page of this agenda
to record the name/phone/e-mail of three classmates in order to contact them for missed class
information.
I will collect all assignments at the beginning of the class session. If you arrive late to class,
your assignment is also late.
Four unannounced reading quizzes over the assigned material will be given throughout the
semester. These will be worth 10 points each. If you are absent or late to class, you will not be
able to make up these quizzes. In-class work due to absences may not be made up.
CR = The Craft of Research
LB = Little, Brown Handbook
ND = Nickel and Dimed
BBR = Blackboard Reading (Print out hard copies of these readings and bring them to
class on the day they are due.)
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WEEK ONE
Monday, January 14th
Class: Introduction to course
Review syllabus and agenda
Group Assignments
Writing Sample (10 pts.)
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Monday, January 21st: NO CLASS (MLK DAY)
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WEEK TWO
Monday, January 28th
DUE: LB: Chapters 7 and 8
BBR: “Classrooms for Sale”
“Jesus is a Brand of Jeans” (Bring a hard copy of BBRs to class)
Class: Discuss Visual Rhetoric Essay
Discuss Assigned Readings
Group Work (10 points)
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WEEK THREE
Monday, February 4th
DUE: LB: Chapter 11
BBR: “Masters of Desire: The Culture of American Advertising”
ND: Introduction
Class: Discuss assigned readings
Student Presentations--Give a brief oral analysis of two different types of appeals in two
different print advertisements (20 points)
Conference Time over Essay #1
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WEEK FOUR
Monday, February 11th
DUE: Essay #1: Visual Rhetoric (Put on Safe Assignment before class time) (100 pts.)
ND: Chapter 1 Pt. 1
CR: Chapter 1 and 2
BBR: “Fat Tax”
Class: Group Work (10 points)
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WEEK FIVE
Monday, February 18th
DUE: CR: Chapter 3
ND: Chapter 1 Pt. 2
BBR: “No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch”
Class: Discuss Essay #2
Discuss assigned readings
In Class Essay (ND Pt. 1) (25 points)
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WEEK SIX
Monday, February 25th
DUE: Student Presentation: Satire (Show/read example of satire in timely publication) (20
points)
CR: Chapter 4
BBR: “Love is a Fallacy” and “A Modest Proposal”
LB: Chapter 9
Class: Discuss assigned readings
Discuss Fallacies of Argument
Group Work (“A Modest Proposal”) (10 points)
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WEEK SEVEN
Monday, March 4th
DUE: Humor/Satire in Argument Essay (post on Safe Assignment before class time) (75 pts.)
ND: Chapter 2 Pt. 1
BBR: “What Girls Want”
Class: Discuss Assigned Readings
Listen to speeches/identify rhetoric used
Group Work (10 points)
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WEEK EIGHT
Monday, March 11th
DUE: ND: Ch. 2 Pt. 2
CR: Chapters 5 and 6
Class: Discuss assigned readings
Practice Speech Analysis
Group Work: Analysis of a Speech (10 points)
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WEEK NINE
Monday, March 18th
DUE: CR: Chapters 7 and 8
Class: Discuss assigned readings
Listen to/Annotate Speeches
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WEEK TEN
Monday, March 25th
DUE: Essay #3 Rhetorical Analysis of a Speech (put on Safe Assignment before class time)
(100 pts.)
ND: Chapter 3 Pt. 1
CR: Chapters 9 and 10
BBR: “Classroom Confidential”
Class: Discuss assigned readings and research paper topics
In-Class Essay over Nickel and Dimed (25 points)
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WEEK ELEVEN
Monday, April 1st
DUE: CR: Chapter 11
ND: Chapter 3 Pt. 2
BBR: “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Class: Discuss assigned readings
Group Work: Questions over “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (10 pts.)
Voluntary Conference Time for Critical Response Essay
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WEEK TWELVE
Monday, April 8th
DUE: Critical Response Essay over Nickel and Dimed (100 points)
LB: Chapter 43
CR: Chapters 12 and 13
ND: Afterword/Evaluation
Class: Discuss Research Paper
Discuss assigned readings
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Last Day to Withdraw With a “W” Grade: April 12th
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WEEK THIRTEEN
Monday, April 15th
DUE: Research Proposal (50 points) (Bring hard copy to class)
LB: Chapters 44 and 45
CR: Chapters 14 and 16
BBR: “Speech Announcing Commutation of All Illinois Prisoners’ Death Sentences”
Class: Discuss assigned readings and controversial issues presentation
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WEEK FOURTEEN
Monday, April 22nd
DUE: LB 46
CR: Chapter 17
BBR: The Digital Limits of ʹIn Loco Parentisʹ
Class: Discuss/hand back research proposals
Discuss research paper documentation/other questions
Sign up for Conferences
Review for Final Exam
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WEEK FIFTEEN
Monday, April 29th
Essay # 4 (Research Paper) Conferences
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WEEK SIXTEEN
Monday, May 6th
DUE: Hard copy of Research Paper (200 pts.) including Annotated Bibliography and Outline
(75 points); must be posted on Safe Assignment by class time.
Class: FINAL EXAM
Part One (50 pts.) will be a multiple choice quiz identifying terms given throughout the semester.
YOU WILL NEED A SCANTRON ANSWER SHEET and a pencil.
Part Two (50 pts.) will be a comprehensive in-class essay over Nickel and Dimed.
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