English 100, Section 300 Fall 2013 Penn State Brandywine
TR 10:00 – 11:15, Room 204 Main Building
Instructor: Mrs. Debbie Ousey, M.A. TESOL
Email: dlo4@psu.edu
(The “l” and “o” are LETTERS.)
Available: before or after class in 204 Main or Brandywine Learning
(first floor of Vairo Library building) and by appointment
Campus Mailbox: Main Building, first floor mail room
TEXTS AND MATERIALS
Required:
Anker, Susan. Real Skills with Readings: Sentences and Paragraphs for College, Work
and Everyday Life. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007. SECOND
EDITION
ISBN-13: 9780312487331
(available in the campus bookstore)
*****IMPORTANT!!!!!: DO NOT BUY THE INSTRUCTOR’S EDITION
(ALSO CALLED THE “ANNOTATED EDITION”) notebook for class notes folder or binder and 3-ring hole punch for handouts
Recommended: a small stapler college planner (available in Student Life -- 2 nd floor Commons Building)
Important Websites:
Penn State's Angel: angel.psu.edu or cms.psu.edu (NO www!) or through the
“current students” section of the campus website (www.bw.psu.edu)
Real Skills 2 nd ed. companion website: www.bedfordstmartins.com/realskills 2e
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COURSE DESCRIPTION, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
In English 100, we will study the RULES and PATTERNS that make up the
English language. Our emphasis will be on grammar-for-writing and on selfawareness:
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RECOGNIZING what errors are common in your own writing
2.
becoming better able to NOTICE these errors in written work
3.
becoming better able to RANK these errors in order of importance
4.
becoming better able to NAME strategies to correct these errors
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becoming better able to EMPLOY THESE STRATEGIES to correct your own writing and the writing of others.
REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING:
10% Participation, classwork, and preparation for class
20% Quizzes and collected homework
15% Test 1 (Unit 3)
20% Midterm (Units 3 & 4)
15% Test 2 (Unit 5 only)
20% Final Exam (Units 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7)
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100%
EXPLANATION OF COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Participation, classwork and preparation for class - You are expected to come to each class with your textbook and other necessary materials. Although I will not usually collect homework, I expect you to come to class with all homework completed; failure to do so can lower your grade. You need to be focused and active in each class – no text messaging, napping on desks, chatting off-topic or doing work for other courses! If we are using the computers, you need to stay in the programs we are using and not spend your time on Facebook, MySpace,
Webmail or other sites! We need your brain for every class – ask questions and don't be afraid to answer questions and take risks!
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Quizzes and collected homework - Quizzes will be announced ahead of time.
However, if I find that students are not doing homework or preparing for class, I reserve the right to give unannounced quizzes. Some homework will be collected – I may or may not announce this collection. Unless I tell you otherwise for a specific assignment, you may consult with Brandywine Learning tutors on all your homework assignments.
Tests - Tests will be given as listed in your syllabus. Before each test, we will have a review day in which you may ask any questions you have. Please be sure to prepare for the review day, so you know what questions to ask and make the most of your time. I encourage you to form study groups to prepare for tests.
You will have the entire class period to complete each test.
Midterm and final -- The midterm will be given in class and you will have the entire class period to complete it. The final will be given in our classroom on the date and time listed in the syllabus. Please be sure to prepare for the review days to make the most of your time! I encourage you to form study groups to prepare for the midterm and final. Both the midterm and final will be cumulative.
Grading Scale:
95-100 A
90-94
87-89
83-86
80-82
Excellent
A-
B+
B
B-
Good
(Exceptional Achievement)
(Extensive Achievement)
77-79
73-76
70-72
67-69
C+
C Satisfactory (Acceptable Achievement)
C-
D+
(Minimal Achievement) 63-66
60-62
D
D- below 60 F
Passing
Failure (Inadequate Achievement)
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Academic Integrity:
All students are expected to act with civility, personal integrity; respect other students’ dignity, rights and property; and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their own efforts. An environment of academic integrity is requisite to respect for self and others and a civil community.
Academic integrity includes a commitment to not engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such act of dishonesty include cheating or copying, plagiarizing, submitting another persons’ work as one’s own, using Internet sources without citation, fabricating field data or citations,
“ghosting” (taking or having another student take an exam), stealing examinations, tampering with the academic work of another student, facilitating other students’ acts of academic dishonesty, etc.
Students charged with a breach of academic integrity will receive due process and, if the charge is found valid, academic sanctions in this course will range, depending on the severity of the offense, from a 0 for the assignment to an F for the course.
In other words: If you hand in another person's writing or homework as if it were your own work, or if you cheat on a test, quiz or homework assignment, your dishonesty will be documented with Penn State and, depending on the severity of the offense, you will receive an 0 for the assignment or an F for the course. Don't do it!
Attendance and punctuality:
It is important to be on time and to attend every class. Because we begin each class with a writing warm-up, arriving late will lower your warm-up grade. In addition, three late arrivals will count as one absence. (A late arrival is arriving more than 5 minutes late.) University policy allows three unexcused absences.
Every absence after these three will lower your final grade by five points [e.g. –
an 85 average (B) will become an 80 (B-)]. You must come to class and be on time! (However, if you are late, please come to class! I would much prefer a late
student than an absent student! Being late is not an excuse for being absent!)
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Appropriate Behavior:
You are expected to respect the rights of others at all times. This means that
your cell phone or beeper must be turned off during class time. This also means that you are focused on the lesson and not chatting with a neighbor, reading something unrelated to class, or sitting with your head down. If your behavior in class disrupts the learning environment, you will be asked to leave.
Appropriate behavior factors into your participation grade.
Note to Students with Disabilities:
In accordance with the American with Disabilities Act of 1990, it is Penn
State’s policy to provide reasonable academic adjustments for students with documented disabilities. If you have a disability-related need for modifications in this course, contact Sharon Manco, 610-892-1461, 214E
Main Building, sam26@psu.edu
. This notification should occur by the end of the first week of the semester. Students may visit www.equity.psu.edu/ods/ for complete information.
My Availability: You may also work one-on-one with me before or after class
(or at another time by appointment). I encourage you to do this! Please feel free to see me or email me with any questions or concerns you have about the course or your grammar.
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English 100 Fall 2013 Mrs. Ousey
TENTATIVE Schedule -- Class needs may cause this schedule to change.
1 8/27 – intro to course, diagnostic test
8/29– Ch. 10 – The Complete
Sentence
2 9/3 –Ch 11 – Fragments 9/5–
Ch. 12 – Run-Ons and Commas
Splices
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4
5
6
7
9/10 – Ch. 13 – Subject-Verb
Agreement
9/17 - Ch. 14 - Past Tense
9/24 – Review Day for
Test 1 (Unit 3)
10/1– Ch. 17 – Pronouns
Noun Clauses
10/8– Ch. 19 con't
9/12 -- Ch. 13 – Subject-Verb
Agreement (con't)
9/19 -- Ch. 15 – Past Participle
9/26 – Test 1 (Unit 3)
10/3 - Ch.l9 – Misplaced and
Dangling Modifiers
10/10 -- Ch. 20 – Illogical Shifts
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10
11
10/15 -Review Day
10/22– Ch. 22 - Coordination 10/24 – Ch. 23 -- Subordination
10/29–Ch. 24 – Parallelism 10/31– Ch. 24, con't
11/5-- Review Day
10/17 MIDTERM EXAM
(Units 3 & 4)
11/7 – Test 2 (Unit 5)
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11/12 – Ch. 28 -- Commas
11/19– Selected Sections of
Units 6 & 7
11/14 – Ch. 28, con't
11/21– Selected Sections of Units 6
& 7
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15
16
11/26- NO CLASS –
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
11/28- NO CLASS –
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
12/3- Review Day
12/10 - Review Day
Final Exam TBA
12/5 – Review Day
12/12 - Review Day
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