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English 1113: English Composition 1
Spring 2015
Instructor: Jacob Floyd
Jacob.Floyd@Okstate.edu
Office: 406 Morrill Hall
Office Hours: WF 9:30-10:20,Wed. 12:30-1:30, or by appointment.
Course Description and Goals:
From the English Department Website: “English 1113 asks students to engage in
various forms of writing, including narrative, profile, analysis, and evaluation. The
course encourages students to read creatively and critically, make connections in
their writing, and write well-organized, thoughtful essays. Students should also
understand the purpose of using these various forms of writing for different
audiences. Substantial revision is a key component of English 1113.”
Texts:
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Bullock, Richard, Maureen Daly Goggin, and Francine Weinberg. The
Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handbook 3rd ed. New
York : Norton, 2013.
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Supplemental readings on D2L
Grading:
Essay 1: Literacy Narrative
100 points
10%
Essay 2: Profile
150 pts
15%
Essay 3: Textual Analysis
200 pts
20%
Essay 4: Evaluation
250 pts
25%
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Final Exam
50 pts
5%
Presentations
50 pts
5%
Participation and In-class work
100 pts
10%
Journals and Blog posts
100 pts
10%
Total
1000 pts
100%
Essays: I will provide an assignment sheet for each essay that will list the
requirements and expectations for each essay. Please read and consult these for
more information. Because revision is a crucial part of the writing process I place
an emphasis on rough drafts. You must complete a rough draft that is 75% of the
required final page length of each paper by the assigned rough draft due date.
The penalty for not completing a rough draft is 10% of the paper grade.
Participation: Class discussions are an integral part of my classes. Because this
is largely a class about communication, thought, and argument, I expect you to
be attentive and to participate in these discussions. I will provide you with
feedback about your participation grade with the grades for essays 2-4. If using
cell phones and computers for non-class related work becomes a problem, this
will hurt your participation grade.
Journals and Discussion Posts: Nearly each day in class you will be asked to
spend time writing on a topic. I will collect these twice. Three times during the
semester you will revise and expand one of your journal entries and submit a
discussion post to D2L. These will be graded on completion, clarity, and
complexity of thought.
Readings: Each day of class there will be a corresponding reading assigned from
the Norton Field Guide. You should have these read before we meet. These will
help you with specific steps needed to complete the assignments, as well as
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participate in class. Generally the students who do well in the class are those that
do the readings.
Conferences and workshops: Three times during the semester (once for the
second essay and twice for the fourth essay) we will be holding an in-class
workshop in which the entire class will read and discuss 6-7 papers. You are
required to sign up to have your paper read once during a workshop this
semester. If your paper is discussed in a workshop you are not required to attend
a conference for that essay.
On conference days, instead of meeting as a class you will need to sign up to
meet with me in my office for 10 minutes during our scheduled class time. This
will allow you to receive individualized feedback as well as to directly ask me any
questions you may have about the assignment. Please come prepared with
questions. Missing a conference counts as an absence. If you cannot make the
conference, and do not make up the meeting with me another time, you will lose
5% of your paper’s grade.
My Policies:

All essays are due by midnight in the D2L dropbox unless otherwise noted
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Please save the file in a readable format: .docx, .doc, or .rtf

Please save your work including your rough drafts

It is critical that you aware of the Composition Program’s missing work and
attendance policies. These are the biggest reason people fail this course.
PROGRAM POLICIES SPRING 2015
COMPOSITION PROGRAM POLICIES SPRING 2015
Contact Information
Composition Website Address: comp.okstate.edu
Program Director: Dr. Ron Brooks (Morrill 409)
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Dates from the Registrar:
Classes begin January 12. The nonrestrictive drop/add deadline
is January 20. The restrictive drop/add deadline is January 23. The
instructor must sign your add card, so give yourself sufficient time to find
the instructor prior to the deadline; however, the instructor is not
required to allow you late entry into the course, nor does his or her
signature guarantee you a seat. Composition courses are never overenrolled, nor are seats held for individuals. The W drop/withdraw
deadline is April 10. The W/F withdraw deadline is April 24. Class work
ends May 1. For more information,
see http://www.okstate.edu/registrar/AcademicCalendar/AcademicCalen
darMain.html
Students with Disabilities
If you think you have a qualified disability and need special
accommodations for this course, you should notify your instructor and
request verification of eligibility for accommodations from the Office of
Student Disability Services (315 Student Union) as soon as possible.
Accommodations for disabilities cannot be made until the instructor
receives a verification letter from the SDS office, and accommodations
cannot be made retroactively for assignments already completed or
absences already accrued. For more information, call 405-744-7116 or
go to http://sds.okstate.edu// .
Attendance
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You are expected to be present every day your class meets, but we do
allow a specific number of absences without penalty for unavoidable
circumstances that may occur. Absences beyond the limit are
considered excessive and result in grade reductions. The only absences
that do not count toward the total allowed are those taken for mandatory
military service and activities required for classes or scholarships. No
other absences will be considered excused, including absences due to
illnesses, doctor's appointments, and emergencies. Reductions will be
taken on a percentage basis from the total number of points possible in
the course. Students are expected to arrive in class on time in order to
be counted present. Requests for exemption from this policy must be
made in writing to the Program Director. However, exemptions are
extremely rare and have been granted only for the most extraordinary
circumstances.
Tues/ Thurs or Mon/ Wed classes : 4 absences without automatic grade
reduction, 5 absences = a final grade reduction of 7.5% of the total
points possible for the course, 6 absences = a final grade reduction of
15%, and 7 or more absences = failure of the course.
Mon/Wed/Fri classes : 6 absences without automatic grade reduction, 7
absences = a final grade reduction of 5% of the total points possible for
the course, 8 absences = a final grade reduction of 10%, 9 absences =
a final grade reduction of 15%, and 10 or more absences = failure of the
course.
Missed in-class work
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Students absent for university-sponsored activities (which do not include
social or Greek-sponsored activities, clubs, or intramural athletics) or
mandatory military service may make up work missed due to such
absence. Other policies regarding missed in-class work are at the
discretion of the instructor.
Late work
Grades of work defined as "late" (coming in after established due date
and time) will be reduced by 5% of the total points possible for the
assignment each day it is late. Instructors may determine if this policy
includes drafts and how weekends will be counted toward the grade
reduction. Instructors may reduce the grade on a paper by up to 5% if a
conference or peer editing session is missed.
Missing work
You must complete all required drafts and all final copies of the four
major papers in order to receive credit for the course.
Plagiarism
According to University Policy, plagiarism is “p resenting the written,
published or creative work of another as the student's own work.
Whenever the student uses wording, arguments, data, design, etc.,
belonging to someone else in a paper, report, oral presentation, or other
assignment, the student must make this fact explicitly clear by correctly
citing the appropriate references or sources. The student must fully
indicate the extent to which any part or parts of the project are attributed
to others. The student must also provide citations for paraphrased
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materials. ” Plagiarism can result in failure of the course or suspension
from the University. For more information, see the policies listed
at http://academicintegrity.okstate.edu/.
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Week
Day
Theme
Reading
Assignments/Readings
(have read
by class)
Week
Jan 12
1
(M)
Syllabus
Jan 14
In class writing
Ch 1.
In-Class Writing
(W)
assignment
Purpose
assignment
Jan 16
Writing as process
“The
(F)
Inspired
Writer…”
D2L
Week
Jan 19
University Holiday – No
Tuesday, January 20 -
2
(M)
Class
100% Refund,
Nonrestrictive Drop/Add
Deadline
Jan 21
The Rhetorical Situation
(W)
Jan 23
Stance
Genre
(F)
Week
Jan 26
3
(M)
Ch. 2
Ch. 4.
Genre
The Literacy Narrative
Ch. 7
Literacy
Narratives
Literacy
Narrative
Example
Jan 28
Discussion on reading
(W)
P. 624
Rebel
Music
Jan 30
Peer Review
Ch. 28
Rough Draft Due
9
(F)
Week
Feb 2
4
(M)
Feb 4
Audience
Audience
Narrating
(W)
Feb 6
Feb 9
5
(M)
Ch. 40
Narrating
Intro to Profiles
(F)
Week
Ch. 3
Ch. 16
Essay 1 Due
Profiles
Brainstorming/Drafting
Ch. 22”
Generating
Ideas
Feb 11
Discuss reading
(W)
Feb 13
P. 837 “ On
Campus…”
Defining
Ch. 36
Reading Strategies
Ch. 41
Discussion Post 1
(F)
Week
Feb 16
6
(M)
Feb 18
Peer Review
Rough Draft Essay 2 Due
(W)
Feb 20
Workshops
(F)
Week
Feb 23
7
(M)
Feb 25
Conferences
Classifying and Dividing
Ch. 34
Reading pt. 2
“Learning
(W)
Feb 27
(F)
to Read at
17” D2L
Week
March 2
8
(M)
Describing
Ch. 37
Journals Due
10
March 4
Writing in Academic
(W)
Contexts
March 6
Intro to Essay 3
(F)
Ch. 6
Ch. 8
Essay 2 Due
“Analyzing
a Text”
Week
March 9
Quoting, Paraphrasing,
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(M)
and Summary
March
Acknowledging Sources
Ch. 47
Ch. 48
11 (W)
March
Conferences
Discussion Post 2 Due
13 (F)
Week
March16 Spring Break
10
(M)
March
Spring Break
18 (W)
March
Spring Break
20 (F)
Week
March
11
23 (M)
March
MLA
Ch. 50
Beginning and Ending
Ch. 30
Intro to Essay 4
Ch. 13
25 (W)
March
27 (F)
Week
March
12
30 (M)
Evaluations
Arguing a Position
Ch. 10
11
April 1
Discuss reading
(W)
Ch. 775
“The Help”
April 3
Comparing and
(F)
Contrasting
Week
April 6
Discuss reading
13
(M)
Ch. 35
Essay 3 Due
Evaluation
Proposal Due
example
TBD
April 8
Revision Strategies
Ch. 24
(W)
April 10
Global Revision
W Drop/Withdraw Deadline
Workshops
Rough Draft Due
(F)
Week
April 13
14
(M)
April 15
Workshops
(W)
April 17
Conferences
Discussion Post 3 Due
(F)
Week
April 20
15
(M)
Cause and Effect
April 22
Grammar and Sentence
(W)
Level issues
April 24
On Presentations…
(F)
Week
April 27
Ch. 32
Journals Due
Ch. 56
Essay 4 Due
W/F Withdraw Deadline
Presentations
12
16
(M)
April 29
Presentations
(W)
May 1
Presentations
(F)
Note: This is a tentative schedule. Please pay attention as changes may occur.