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 1301 Composition and Rhetoric
Term and Year:
Spring 2014
Name of Instructor:
Monique Winfield, M.A.
E-mail:
Monique.Winfield@wayland.wbu.edu
Class Time & Location: Mondays, 5:30 – 9:40 p.m., CPF
Catalog Description: Principles of clear, correct, effective expository writing, with illustrative readings and frequent
essays and conferences. English 1301 teaches the techniques of English composition with an emphasis on the process of
learning to write clearly and effectively, and to read analytically. This course fulfills the English prerequisite requirement
for higher courses, such as English 1302.
Required Textbook and Resources:
Title
Author
Publisher
ISBN
Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric,
James A. Reinking
Pearson
13:978-0-205-68944-6
Research Guide, Reader, and Handbook
Course Outcome Competencies:
Upon the conclusion of this course, students actively engaged in learning will be able to:
1. Apply standard rules and conventions of the English language to written expressions.
2. Summarize the steps and components of the writing process.
3. Compose academic, nonfiction essays or responses in at least four different rhetorical modes or styles.
4. Demonstrate proficiency in writing skills based on the criteria of standard essay structure and English usage.
5. Compose a clear, coherent, unified essay, organized around a single central idea and use a variety of techniques to
support your writing.
6. Compose effective thesis statements.
7. Apply basic rhetorical modes: description, comparison, narration, and cause and effect.
8. Employ the various stages of the writing process, including: brainstorming, outlining, drafting, revising, and editing.
9. Demonstrate understanding of and effective use of paragraph structure, including topic sentences, supporting
examples, and transition sentences.
10. Demonstrate effective use of introductions and conclusions.
11. Employ various forms of support for claims, including concrete, significant and specific examples, illustrations,
anecdotes, facts and reasons.
12. Read, analyze, and discuss readings with an understanding of structure and mechanics.
13. Identify effective writing techniques in your own essays and in peer writing.
14. Organize and develop essays, demonstrating the ability to write for an academic audience.
15. Avoid plagiarism.
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)
Paragraphs (4)
Journals (9)
Essays (4)
Final Portfolio
10%
15%
15%
40%
20%
NOTE:
*Students will upload all
writing assignments
(except drafts)
to SafeAssignment
via Blackboard.
Grading for Course
90 - 100 %
A=
80 - 89 %
B=
C=
D=
F=
70 - 79 %
60 - 69 %
below 60 %
Reading Assignments
You will read chapters in the textbook (almost) every week. We will also use other parts of the book (reader,
handouts) for in-class assignments.
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.
Journal
You will be required to keep a journal and will be expected to write in your journal for 15 minutes per day, at
least 4 days a week. (Note: This is meant to increase your writing fluency, not to be a burden. Set your timer
for 15 minutes if you want; if you only get one or two sentences written during that time on some days, so be
it!)
Since this is a journal, you don’t have to worry about transitions or opening and closing paragraphs. Do
practice using topic sentences for your paragraphs, though, and try to spell and punctuate correctly. You may
respond to the prompts in class or write about anything you want. This isn’t supposed to be a diary, but you
can write about something in particular from your life, if you wish. Some people in the past have complained
about bosses. Some have talked about what they want to do in the future. Some have given their opinions on
issues in the news. One even gave his own narration of sports he was watching on TV.
Each week’s journal should be a separate word processing document, and you will upload the files via
SafeAssignment in Blackboard. The link to SafeAssignment will be in the Course Content folder for the
week the journal is due.
Format of Papers
The papers you submit via Blackboard (journals and essays) should follow this layout:
1. Select one-inch margins.
2. Select a font size of 12 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, instructor’s name (Winfield), class (English 1301), and the date at the top left
corner of the page.
b. Center the title. (For example: “Journal #1” or “Description”)
c. Header with last name and page number in the upper right hand corner of the page
NOTE: Paragraphs should be about half to three-quarters of a page. Essays should be 3-4 pages.
Late Work
Deadlines for all assignments are clearly stated in the syllabus. Should you be unable to meet a deadline, it is
important to make arrangements in advance with the instructor to turn work in late. A penalty of 10% per day
will be deducted for approved late assignments.
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Portfolio
You will be required to hand in a writing portfolio with all of the work you have done for the course,
collected together, including your drafts of papers and peer reviews. Bring this portfolio with you to all
conferences with the instructor, and you should also make it a point to evaluate your progress as you go
along. This counts toward your Portfolio grade. It is due during the next-to-last class and will be returned to
you in the last class.
Tentative Schedule:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
24 Feb Do before the first class:
Read:
Syllabus and Strategies ch. 1-2 (pp. 3-29)
Write: Write draft of Journal #1 (in class).
Quiz:
Quiz #1 in Blackboard (on syllabus & reading assignment)
3 Mar Read:
Strategies ch. 3-4 (pp. 30-77)
Write: Journals # 1 Final Draft Due
In-class: Draft of Journal #2 in class.
Quiz:
Quiz #2 in Blackboard
10 Mar SPRING BREAK
17 Mar Read:
Strategies ch. 5 (Paragraph)- 6 (Sentences), pp. 78-113
Write: Journal #2 due; Bring draft of paragraph #1 (Topic Pg. 84)
In-Class: Draft of Journal #3 in class.
Quiz:
Quiz #3 in Blackboard
24 Mar Read: Strategies ch. 8 (Narration)- ch.9 (Description) , pp. 136-167
Write: Journal #3 due; Bring draft of paragraph #2, (description or narration)
In Class: Draft of Journal #4 in class
Quiz:
Quiz #4 in Blackboard
(Individual conferences before and after class.)
31 Mar Read:
Strategies ch. 10 (Process), pp. 152-167
Write: Journal #4 due; Bring draft of paragraph #3 (process)
In Class: Draft of Journal #5 in class.
Quiz:
Quiz #5 in Blackboard
(Individual conferences before and after class.)
7 Apr Read:
Strategies ch. 13 (Comparison) – 14 (Cause & Effect), pp. 210-239
Write: Journal #5 due; Bring draft of essay #1 (narration or description)
In Class: Draft of Journal #6 in class
Quiz:
Quiz #6 in Blackboard
14 Apr Read:
Strategies ch. 16 (Argument), pp. 256-291
Write: Journal #6 due; Essay #1 due, bring draft of essay #2 (Comparison/ Cause and Effect)
In Class: Draft Journal #7
Quiz:
Quiz #7 in Blackboard
21 Apr Read:
Strategies ch. 20 (The Research Paper), pp. 339-406
Write: Journal #7 due, essay #2 due, bring draft of paragraph #4 (Argument)
In Class: Draft Journal #8
Quiz:
Quiz #8 in Blackboard
(Individual conferences before and after class.)
28 Apr Read:
Strategies ch. 21 (Documenting), pp. 407-436
Write: Journal #8 due, bring in draft of essay #3
In Class: Draft Journal #9
Quiz:
Quiz #9 in Blackboard
(Individual conferences before and after class.)
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Week 10
6 May Read:
Write:
Quiz:
Week 11 12May Write:
4
Strategies ch. 18 (The Essay Examination), pp.301-308
Journal #9 due, essay #3 due, & portfolio due
Quiz #10 in Blackboard
Written Final Exam (in class)
NOTE: Upload writing assignments that are “due” to SafeAssignment in Blackboard before the beginning of class on
the day they are due. Bring printed copies of “draft” papers with you for peer review.