WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Phoenix Campus
Wayland Baptist University Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an academically
challenging, learning-focused and distinctively Christian environment for professional success, lifelong learning, and service
to God and humankind.
Course Name:
ENGL 1302 Rhetoric and Reading
Term and Year:
Summer 2011
Name of Instructor:
Kim Jobe, M.A.
Phone:
623-258-5207 (Call 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. or text any time)
E-mail:
kim.jobe@wayland.wbu.edu
Class Time & Location: Thursdays, 5:30 – 9:40 p.m., CPF
Catalog Description: Readings from imaginative literature; the research paper and shorter critical and interpretive essays.
Course should be taken within first year of enrollment. Prerequisite: ENGL 1301.
Required Textbook and Resources:
Title
The Norton Introduction to Literature,
Shorter Tenth Edition
From ENGL 1301:
Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric,
Research Guide, Reader, and Handbook
Author
Booth, Alison
Mays, Kelly J.
James A. Reinking
Robert von der Osten
Publisher
W.W. Northon &
Company
Pearson
Prentice Hall
ISBN
978-0-393-93514-1
(paperback)
(NOTE: We will be
using the chapters on
writing for literature
and research.)
Course Outcome Competencies:
Upon the conclusion of this course, students actively engaged in learning will be able to:
1. Comprehend the importance of imaginative literature as it relates to other disciplines, the University’s liberal arts
mission, and the world at large.
2. Discuss three major literary genres: short fiction, poetry, and drama.
3. Identify and analyze basic elements of literature.
4. Use and refine reading, research, and writing skills to support a clear point of view in regard to a piece of literature.
5. Demonstrate the ability to read critically and communicate persuasively.
6. Demonstrate proficiency in writing skills based on the criteria of standard essay structure and English usage.
7.
Do research on literature topics.
8.
Compose a clear, coherent, unified essays and research paper, organized around a single central idea, and use a variety of
techniques to support your writing.
The more the student puts into the course, the higher his or her outcome competencies will be.
Attendance Requirements: As stated in the Wayland Catalog, students enrolled at one of the University’s external
campuses should make every effort to attend all class meetings. All absences must be explained to the instructor, who will
then determine whether the omitted work may be made up. When a student reaches that number of absences considered by
the instructor to be excessive, the instructor will so advise the student and file an unsatisfactory progress report with the
campus dean. Any student who misses 25 percent or more of the regularly scheduled class meetings will receive a grade of F
in the course. Additional attendance policies for each course, as defined by the instructor in the course syllabus, will be
discussed at our first meeting.
Academic Honesty: University students are expected to conduct themselves according to the highest standards of academic
honesty. Academic misconduct for which a student is subject to penalty includes all forms of cheating, such as illicit possession
of examinations or examination materials, forgery, or plagiarism. (Plagiarism is the presentation of the work of another as one’s
own work.) See the current catalog for sanctions.
Disability Statement: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is the policy of Wayland
Baptist University that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the
benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity in the university. The Coordinator of
Counseling Services serves as the coordinator of students with a disability and should be contacted concerning
accommodation requests at (806) 291- 3765. Documentation of a disability must accompany any request for
accommodations.
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Course Requirements and Grading Criteria:
Grading Percentage
Quizzes (10)
Essays (3)
Research paper
Final Exam
30%
30%
20%
20%
NOTE:
*Students will upload all
writing assignments
to SafeAssignment
via Blackboard.
Grading for Course
90 - 100 %
A=
B=
80 – 90 %
70 - 79 %
C=
60 - 69 %
D=
below 60 %
F=
Reading Assignments
You will read chapters in the textbook (almost) every week. xxx
Quizzes
You need to complete short quizzes about the assigned reading before class. The quizzes will be in
Blackboard, in the Course Content folder for the week the reading was due.
Format of Papers
The essays you submit via Blackboard should follow this layout:
1. Select one-inch margins.
2. Select a font size of 11 or 12 with a standard font (like Times New Roman).
3. Double spaced with the first line of each paragraph indented ½ inch.
4. On the first page:
a. Put your name and the date at the top right corner:
b. Center the title.
5. On subsequent pages, put your name at the left margin and page number at the right margin in
the top header.
I will give you more detailed material on assembling the research paper later in class.
NOTE: Essays should be 3-4 pages. The research paper should be 5-7 pages.
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Tentative Schedule:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
May Do before the first class:
26 Read:
Norton, “Introduction” (pp. 1-9) ,“Fiction” (pp. 12-19, 46-49),
“Poetry” (pp. 618-19)
Write: (Come prepared to write in class.)
Quiz:
Quiz #1 in Blackboard (on the syllabus)
June Read:
Norton, Ch. 1: “Plot” (pp. 50-95)
2 Quiz:
Quiz #2 in Blackboard (on week 1 & 2 reading assignments)
June Read: Norton, Ch. 2: “Narration and Point of View” (pp. 96-118)
9
Ch. 11: “Speaker” (pp. 672-699)
Quiz: Quiz #3 in Blackboard
June Read: Norton, Ch. 3: “Character” (pp. 119-162)
16 Write: Plot paper due
Quiz:
Quiz #4 in Blackboard
June Read: Norton, Ch. 4: “Setting” (pp. 163-207)
23
Ch. 12: “Situation and Setting” (pp. 700-729)
Strategies, Ch. 20: “The Research Paper” (pp. 339-406)
Quiz:
Quiz #5 in Blackboard
June Read: Norton, Ch. 5: “Symbol and Figurative Language” (pp. 208-250)
30
Ch. 13: “Language” (pp. 730-772)
Write: Narrator/point of view paper due
Quiz:
Quiz #6 in Blackboard
July Read: Norton, Ch. 6: “Theme” (pp. 251-293)
7
Ch. 10: “Theme and Tone” (pp. 651-671)
Strategies, Ch. 21: “Documenting Sources” (pp. 407-436)
Quiz:
Quiz #7 in Blackboard
July Read: Norton, “Drama” (pp. 1070-1124)
14
Ch. 21: “Elements of Drama” (pp. 1125-1135)
Write: Character paper due
Quiz:
Quiz #8 in Blackboard
July Read: Norton, Ch. 22: “Shakespeare” (pp. 1245-1250, 1305-1394)
21 Quiz:
Quiz #9 in Blackboard
July Write: Research paper due (setting)
28 Quiz:
Quiz #10 in Blackboard AFTER CLASS (on plays)
Aug. Write: Written part of final exam (in class)
4 Final:
Final exam in Blackboard (before class)
NOTE: Upload writing assignments to SafeAssignment in Blackboard before the beginning of class on the day they are due.
If you would like to discuss your papers with me while you are working on them, bring printed copies to class. We will NOT
be doing peer editing in this class.