MONTGOMERY COLLEGE

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ENGL 1301: Composition and Rhetoric I

Course Description:

A multi-paragraph composition course, including language study and the mechanics of writing, with examples from selected readings. Students may be required to achieve a departmentally approved score on a proficiency test before credit for the course may be awarded.

Credit hours: 3 credit hours (lecture)

Prerequisites: Placement by testing or completion of ENGL 0307 or 0356 or 0356 and ENGL 0305

Course Learning Outcomes:

In completing this course, students will be able to:

1.

Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative research processes.

2.

Develop ideas and synthesize primary and secondary sources within focused academic arguments, including one or more research-based essays.

3.

Analyze, interpret, and evaluate a variety of texts for the ethical and logical uses of evidence.

4.

Write in a style that clearly communicates meaning, builds credibility, and inspires belief or action.

5.

Apply the conventions of style manuals for specific academic disciplines (e. g., APA, CMS, MLA, etc.)

Required Materials:

Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz, & Walters: Everything’s and Argument.

Bedford, / St. Martin’s Press, 2013

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Instructor: Bob Reichle

E-mail: robert.e.reichle@lonestar.edu

Blog Page: http://www.lonestar.edu/blogs/rreichle/

(*Page contains required materials for the

course beyond the required textbook*)

Phone(s): 832.257.1012 (8:30 am to 8:30 pm)

936.273.XXXX (BELS Division)

Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday 9-11 am

And by appointment

CLASS INFORMATION

Year: 2014

Term: Fall (August 25 – December 14)

Course #: ENGL 1301

Section #:

Location:

4045

Day/Time: Tu-Thur 2:30-3:50pm

G 214

Part 1 of General Information to help YOU System Information

The System Academic Integrity Policy

The Lone Star College System upholds the core values of learning: honesty, respect, fairness, and accountability. The system promotes the importance of personal and academic honesty. The system embraces the belief that all learners—students, faculty, staff, and administrators—will act with integrity and honesty and must produce their own work and give appropriate credit to the work of others. Fabrication of sources, cheating, or unauthorized collaboration is not permitted on any work submitted within the system.

The consequences for academic dishonesty are determined by the professor, or the professor and academic dean, or the professor and chief student services officer and can include but are not limited to:

1. Having additional class requirements imposed,

2. Receiving a grade of zero or "F" for an exam or assignment,

3. Receiving a grade of "F" for the course,

4. Being withdrawn from the course or program,

5. Being expelled from the college system.

In such cases, professors will provide clear documentation of how the student’s actions violated the academic integrity policy, how a grade was calculated, and the actions taken.

( LSCS Catalog 2014-2015 , 81)

The Vocational Rehabilitation Act (1973) and The Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)

These acts protect us against discrimination. Therefore, if you require reasonable accommodations because of a physical, mental, or learning disability, notify the instructor of this course as soon as possible and preferably before the 7 th hour of class.

Additionally, students with disabilities at Montgomery College who believe that they need accommodations in this course are encouraged to contact the Disability Services Office at 936-273-7239, located in Building C, in room 221 A, as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. Vicky Saunders is the primary contact person there. E-mail her at Vicky.Saunders@lonestar.edu

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Grade Assessment

The LSCS Catalog 2014-2015 states on page 71 that “Course outcomes are provided in the faculty member’s course syllabus to students at the beginning of each course. The evaluation of student course progress and the final grade are based on the degree of mastery of course outcomes.”

Grade analysis for ENGL 1302 courses for Fall 2014 for LSC-Montgomery in general are as follows:

A

B

C

Excellent Performance

Good Performance

Acceptable Performance

90 – 100

80 – 89

70 – 79

D

F

60 – 69

0 – 59

Evaluations

Class evaluations will be available for students to complete through their student portals online for several weeks after midsemester. The evaluation is part multiple choice and part comment. Instructors will not see these evaluations until after they turn in grades at the end of the semester.

Part 2 of General Information to help YOU Montgomery Campus Information

Equal Opportunity Statement

Montgomery College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in education and employment. The college does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, disability, age, veteran status, nationality, sexual orientation, or ethnicity in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, employment policies, scholarship and loan programs, or other college administered programs and activities.

Counselors

Angela Martin, counselor for Building G in room 120 G, Angela.Martin@lonestar.edu

, 936-273-7070.

This counselor can help you with academic and career advising or if you just want someone to talk to. Visit or call her or one of the other six campus counselors for advice and/or help with college or personal matters.

Turnitin.com

Turnitin.com supports faculty in their quest to uphold academic integrity, and student coursework may be submitted to the scrutiny of the Turnitin software. Please, note that these submissions of assignments to Turnitin do not constitute an accusation or suspicion of plagiarism on the student’s part.

Tutoring at The Write Place and the language lab

The Write Place and the language lab can help you with studying practices as well as specific learning issues you may encounter in specific subjects. Also, you are able to receive one-on-one help with any part of the reading and writing processes from trained and friendly tutors. You can visit The Write Place on the first floor of the G building, room 103 or contact this lab at 936- 273-7055or at http://www.lonestar.edu/write-place.htm

. Nathan Zingleman is the coordinator for

The Write Place.

Computer Access

You have access to computers with educational software in the library (F building), in the Extended Learning Center

(ELC) on the second floor of Building C, and in The Write Place and hallways in G building. This campus is a wireless campus, meaning that if you have wireless technology on your computer, you can access the internet anywhere on campus. In the library and ELC, you can print documents paying by page or by card.

We encourage you to use the LSC-Montgomery computers.

Library

With your free library number that you get with your student ID card, you may access books, journals, videos, and other materials from a wide selection of libraries. You may request materials from other libraries and pick them up at the

Montgomery Campus library on the first floor of Building F. You may, also, work online through the library databases to access academic information for research you will do in your classes.

The library is a study-oriented quiet place where you may study alone or in a small study room with peers.

Veterans Services

To get information about Veteran services see Valerie Shepherd in Building C, in room 221 B, call her at 936-271-

6137, or e-mail her at Valerie.Shepherd@lonestar.edu

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Child Care

To get information about childcare, see Kasey Martinez in Building C. Ask for her at the Admissions Desk, call her at 936-273-7452, or e-mail her at Kasey.L.Martinez@lonestar.edu

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Transfer and Career Services

These two services are part of the TRAC Center (Transfer, Recruitment, and Careers), which is located in Building C in room

227 E. Contact the Center at 936-271-6218 or www.LoneStar.edu/trac .

Part 3 of General Information to help YOU This Class Information

Attendance

Best success depends on your attendance at every class meeting. NO absences are excused.

Manage your time wisely and plan ahead so that you can attend class and complete the course outcomes.

Turn in All Work on its due date

If you have a problem that prevents attendance, contact me. Call my office and leave a message or e-mail me. If you must be absent, turn in your work by e-mail on the due date. NO MAKE UP work or extra credit work is given or accepted. Do the assigned work, and you can be successful without further assignments.

Dropping Class

1. If you think that you cannot successfully complete this course, talk with me about how we can work more intensely together to help you be successful. If you do decide to not finish the course and want to drop it,

YOU must complete a drop form and turn it in to the registration office yourself.

2. However, Texas has laws about how many classes you may drop before it will stop paying its part of your tuition. Check these laws out with a counselor or advisor before dropping classes.

3. I will drop you on Thursday, September 04, if you do not attend class by then and I have not been able to contact you. I will not drop you for any other reason without your written permission.

4. Neither you nor I can drop you after November 10.

Behavior in Class

Some behaviors interrupt class, distract you and your peers, and keep us from our main goal which is learning and interacting in a comfortable and respectful environment.

To clarify, the following behaviors are some of the activities that are not acceptable in the classroom:

 leaving early (unless you talk to me first)

 talking while someone else has the floor

 belittling others (including others outside of this class)

 using personal electronics such as beepers, music machines, or cell phones—voice, text, or ear pieces

 playing games or checking email on the computers

 working on outside material (for example, an assignment for another class)

 chewing tobacco or smoking any version of cigarettes

Writing Effectively

To write effectively, you think in writing —you investigate, summarize, offer opinions, give specific details, and ask and answer questions about your topic. You question what others think; you even question your own thoughts. You go beneath the surface ideas of the topic into imaginings, possibilities, and solutions. In this class, you will use writing to enhance your knowledge and think deeply about the issues you study.

Reading Effectively

Read, reread, review, take notes, annotate the text, predict answers and outcomes, question the text, circle specific information, divide fact from opinion, create images and graphs, compare and contrast actions and ideas, and discuss topics with peers to help yourself remember, understand, and investigate about what you read.

Honor Our Contract

This syllabus is a contract between you as a student and me as an instructor.

By staying in this class after this first day, you agree that you will abide by ALL information in this syllabus.

Our contract changes only if we must make a change to this syllabus in order to meet the outcomes of the course.

Written notice of any change will be provided to students before the change takes place.

Discuss any concerns about this class with me as those concerns arise.

You may also contact the Division Dean Dr. Brandy Harvey at (936-273-7466) or by e-mail.

Core Foundational Component Areas

Critical Thinking Skills:

Creative thinking

Innovation

Inquiry

Analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of information

Schedule of Coursework

Week 1

8/26-28

Day In-Class Course Topics and Activities

Tu Introduction to course policies and to each other

Syllabus

Communication Skills:

Effective written, oral, and visual communication

Thur Discuss “Bonehead…” analysis

Homework for Next Class

Re-read “Bonehead Writing”, do 1-page rhetorical analysis

Text: Chapter 9

Read “Disadvantages…”

Week 2

9/2-4


Tu Discuss “Disadvantages…”


Read “In Defense of Elitism”

Text: Chapter 8

Do Bibliography Thur

Discuss “…Elitism”

Set up Annotated Bibliography #1

(Educatedness)

Week 3

9/9-11


Continue work on Annobib #1

Read “Hunger in America”


Tu Set up Essay 1 (The “Nock Essay”)

Thur

Discuss Annobib 1 Findings “Hunger in

America”

Week 4

9/16-18


Tu THE HUNGER QUIZ

Discuss “Hunger…”

Thur Essay 1 DUE

Set-up for Essay 2 (The “How-to-changeschools-for-the-better” extra credit, but

REQUIRED, essay, to be PRESENTED IN

CLASS)

Week 5

9/23-25


Tu Work on Essay 2

Th Presentations of Essay 2 in class

Set-up for Essay 3 (Research Paper)


Continue work on Essay 1

Start planning Essay 2

Text: Chapter 10 & 11


Work on Essay 2

Prepare Research Topic for Conference

Week 6

9/30-10/2


Tu CONFERENCES

Thur CONFERENCES

Week 7

10/7-9


Tu CONFERENCES

Thur CONFERENCES

Week 8

10/14-16


Tu Essay 3 (Research Paper) DUE

Discuss of Argument Paper topics

Thur Presentation of Argument Paper topics

(changeable)

Week 9

10/21-23


Tu Intro to Argument

Position vs. Persuasion

Thur 4 Kinds of Controversy

Language: Value, Policy, Cause-Effect

Agreement to DIS-Agreement Ladders

Week 10

10/28-30


Tu Present and discuss LADDERS

Thur Present and discuss LADDERS

Week 11

11/4-6


Tu ZOO PAPER DUE

Discuss…

Set up Argument ABSTRACT

Thur Work on ABSTRACT

Week 12

11/11-13


Tu PRESENTATION OF ABSTRACTS

Thur PRESENTATION OF ABSTRACTS


Text: Chapters 17 thru 19




Text: Chapters 1 & 5

Review Arg Lecture

Write Ladders for two of the below-named issues:

*Capital Punishment

*Euthanasia

*Gay Marriage


Text: Chapter 6

Analyze the ZOO PAPER


Work on ABSTRACT

Work on ABSTRACT

Text: Re-read Chapters 8 thru 11


Work on Essay 4 (Argument Paper)

Work on Essay 4 (Argument Paper)

Week 13

11-/18-20

Day

Tu

Thur

In-Class Course Topics and Activities

Walk-in CONFERENCES about Essay 4

Walk-in CONFERENCES about Essay 4


Work on Essay 4

Work on Essay 4

Text: Chapter 21 on APA Style Format

Week 14

11/25-27


Tu

Th

Essay 4 DUE

Intro to Essay 5 (Personal Essay)

HOLIDAY !!

Week 15

12/2-4


Tu

Discuss “Counterpunching” & “Regret and

Performance”

Th Discuss “Football Heaven”

Week 16: EXAM WEEK

12/9-11

Day

At

EXAM

TIME

In-Class Course Topics and Activities

**PORTFOLIO DUE**

Revision E4 + only draft of E5


Work on Essay 5/PORTFOLIO





Attendance is required.

Grading Scale:

The evaluation of a student’s course progress and final grade is based upon the degree of mastery and of course outcomes. The grade breakdown for this class is as follows:

ASSIGNMENTS POINTS

CLASS DISCUSSION

ATTENDANCE

ESSAY 1 (The “Nock” essay)

ESSAY3 (Research Paper)

ARGUMENT LADDERS

ZOO ANALYSIS

ARGUMENT ABSTRACT

ESSAY 4 (Argument Paper)

PERSONAL ESSAY

EXTRA CREDIT: ESSAY #2 (3 points max of extra credit)

HUNGER QUIZ (2 points max)

TOTALS

Course Work (100 total possible points for the semester)



Discussion



Attendance

10

30

10

10

5

5

10

15

5

≤ 5

100

10

30

 Essay 1 (The “Nock” Essay)

-- Content:

-- Style:

8

2

 Essay 2 (Fixing Education Paper)

 Essay 3 (The Research Paper)

-- Content:

-- Style

 Argument LADDERS

8

2

 ZOO Analysis

-- Content:

-- Style:



Argument ABSTRACT

1



Essay 4 (Argument Paper)

4

-- Content

-- Style

-- APA Format



Essay 5 (Personal Essay)

-- Content

-- Style

10

3 (Agreement to Disagreement strategy)

2

4

1

EXTRA CREDIT: ESSAY #2 (3 points max of extra credit)

HUNGER QUIZ (2 points max)

Grade Scale

A = 90-100

B = 80-89

C = 70-79

D = 60-69

F = below 60

10

(see below)

10

5

5

10

15

5

TOTAL = 100

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