Welcome to ENGL 106!
Instructor: Christiane Alcantara
Introductions
 Name
 Where from
 Major
 Superpower
 Why?
ENGL 106 Sections
10600-747 (all 20 students) – Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Fridays
10600-751 (10 students) – Conferences on
Tuesdays
10600-735 (10 students) – Conferences on
Thursdays
Course presentation
 11:30 – 12:20 PM
 Lecture (Mondays and
Wednesdays)
 Conferences (Tuesdays and
Thursdays)
 Lab (Fridays)
Textbooks
 Wardle, E. & Downs, D. Writing
About Writing: A College
Reader. Boston: Bedford/St.
Martin`s, 2011.
 Blackmon, S., Haynes, L. &
Pinkert, L. Composing Yourself:
A Student Guide to Introductory
Composition. Southlake:
Fountainhead Press, 2012.
Approach
 Writing about writing
 We’ll read, think and write about the way that
language/writing works in various
communities.
Syllabus – Course description
 We will hone our writing skills through a
variety of methods that encompass all the
stages of writing—from invention and drafting
to editing and polishing.
 We will read and discuss texts where the
authors analyze their experiences with
reading and writing.
Course goals and learning objectives
 Understanding Rhetorical Situations
 Communicating clearly and effectively
 Evaluating and using relevant information
 Understanding aims and methods of
discourse
 Evaluating and synthesizing different
viewpoints
 Becoming confident thinkers and writers
Course requirements
1) Reading articles: read thoroughly BEFORE coming to
class.
2) Journal Entries: homework (either questions for
deeper analysis, selecting specific passages in a text,
listing certain items, etc.) MUST BE SUBMITTED TO
Bb.
3) In-class assignments: writing activities done in class
(can be individual, paired or group writings).
4) Projects:
 Literacy Project
February 9
 Discourse Community Project
March 22
 AcademicDiscourse Project
April 26
Required Material
 A notebook.
 Writing About Writing: A College Reader.
 Composing Yourself: A Student Guide to Introductory
Composition.
 Resource Material from the Purdue OWL (online).
 Any other material will be posted to our Blackboard
Learn page.
Grading
 In Class Activities (10%)
Participation/Attendance 5%
In-Class Writings 5%
 Journal Entries (15%)
 Writing Projects (75%)
Literacy Project 25%
Discourse Community Project 25%
Academic Discourse Project 25%
Projects
 All projects will have two parts:
1) “Essay”
2) Technology ( Podcast, PPT and Web
design)
Class participation

Cell Phones: You ARE NOT allowed to text
in class. Put on silence mode all cell
phones, pagers, MP3 players, and anything
else that beeps, screams, or squeals before
class begins.

Computers: Laptops are allowed, but only
for classroom related work.
Attendance
 You may miss up to FIVE (5) class meetings and
ONE (1) conference for any reason.
 Additional absences, regardless of the reason,
will result in one letter grade lower for the
course.
 Absences beyond TEN (10) will result in a failing
grade for this course.
Late work and make up
 Assignments must be ready at the beginning
of class on the day they are due.
 Missed in-class exercises, writing group
activities, and journal entries cannot be
made-up.
 Late writing project components will lose one
grade mark (+ or -) per calendar day that they
are late.
 No coursework will be accepted after the last
week of class.
Plagiarism

Submitting an essay or report that has been written by
someone else. This includes using the services of a
commercial term paper company.

Copying of another’s writing without the use of quotation
marks and without identifying the source.

An abbreviated restatement of another person’s ideas,
without acknowledging the source.

Lifting ideas, phrases, and paragraphs from a variety of
sources and joining them together without careful
identification of their sources. The result is a mosaic of other
people’s ideas and words.
Contact
 Email – I will answer emails within 36 hours.
 Office hours: Thursdays 10:20-11:20AM or by
appt.
Writing Lab
 Heavilon Hall 226
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday:
9:00am - 6:00pm
Friday: 9:00am - 1:00pm
 HSSE Library Collaborative Study Center
Mondays 7:00-10:00 pm
 Latino Cultural Center
Tuesdays 6:00-9:00 pm
 Meredith Hall
Wednesdays 7:00-10:00 pm
 To make a tutoring appointment, call 765-494-3723.
Blackboard
 Blackboard Learn