Syllabus for English 3201

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0701dd90.jpg" border=0 width="285" height="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ray Knight's Learning Experiments </B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ray Knights Learning Experiments "><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <B>Syllabus for English 3201</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Schedule and Readings for 3201 "><U>Schedule and Readings for 3201 </U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Handouts for English 3201"><U>Handouts for English 3201</U></A></div> <div> Syllabus for English 3201</div> <div>  <A NAME="syllabus_3201"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20_tentative.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Schedule and Readings for 3201 "><U>Schedule and Readings for 3201</U></A> </div> <div> <A HREF="id21_handouts.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Handouts for English 3201"><U>Handouts</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18_class_syllabus_and_related_pages.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Classes offered this semester"><U>back to general CLASSES page</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>COURSE SYLLABUS FOR 3201 Fall 2007</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>English INGL 3201: English Composition and Reading; 3 credit hours</B></div> <div> <B>Professor: Ray Knight, Office: Chardon 110-B, phone: ext. 3102</B></div> <div> email: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="mailto:r_knightprof@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:r_knightprof@hotmail.com"><U><U>r_knightprof@hotmail.com</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <div> class related website: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="http://academic.uprm.edu/rknight" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://academic.uprm.edu/rknight"><U><U>http://academic.uprm.edu/rknight</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <div> Office hours: MWF 12:30-1:30pm, Tues&Thurs 9-10:20am, and by appointment</div> <bR> <div> <B>I.  Course description</B></div> <div> Practice in writing compositions and making oral reports on selected readings, including essays.  Attention will be given as needed to grammar and idiomatic expressions.</div> <bR> <div> Pre/Co-requisite:  Successful completion of English 3101 and 3102 or by authorization of the English Department.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Required Texts</B>:</div> <div> Clouse, Barbara Fine.  (2005).  <B><U>A Troubleshooting Guide for Writers:</U></B></div> <div> <B><U>Strategies & Process.  4</U></B><B><U>th</U></B><B><U> ed.</U></B> McGraw Hill.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>3201 Reading Packet.</U></B><U>  </U>Available in the SAC on the 1st floor of the Student Center for approximately $3.00.  </div> <div> Other readings will be made available upon advance notice.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Azar, Grammar </B>book from English 3101 and 3102, chapters 6 & 8.</div> <bR> <div> Recommended resources:  An *English Dictionary, a *bilingual dictionary and a thesaurus.  *<U>Students are expected to use college-level materials</U> while drafting and revising out-of-class portions of their writing assignments.</div> <div> Also:  Hacker, Diana. (1997).  <I>Pocket Style Manual (2</I><I>nd</I><I> ed).  </I>Boston: Bedford Books</div> <div> A longer work or a novel may be selected by the professor.</div> <bR> <div> III. <B>Purpose</B>: This course is the third course in the four-course basic English sequence, and is a requisite for graduation for those taking the sequence.</div> <bR> <div> IV. <B>Goals and  Objectives</B>:</div> <div> Course Goals:  This course is primarily a composition class, which focuses on writing and reading in a process approach.  This course is based on the exploration of this approach and the completion of at least three compositions stressing process, form, and the organization of content.</div> <div> Student Learning Objectives:  By the end of the semester, students should be able to:</div> <div> WRITING</div> <div> Narrow a topic</div> <div> Write an effective thesis statement</div> <div> Provide relevant and supporting details for all general statements in their essays</div> <div> Effectively organize the content of their own writing </div> <div> Outline and/or summarize an author's position (in their own writing and in the writing of others</div> <div> Write effective introductory, body, and concluding paragraphs as needed for a specific genre</div> <div> Demonstrate evidence of the ability to revise, edit and proofread their own work</div> <div> Effectively engage in peer review </div> <div> Working through a series of drafts, write a well organized and effective essay on a given topic and/or in response to a text</div> <div> Use MLA, APA, or other formal documentation system</div> <div> Use quotation, paraphrase, and summary methods to avoid plagiarism</div> <bR> <div> READING</div> <div> State an author's intended meaning and purpose</div> <div> Recognize the organizational structure of essays (rhetorical modes) </div> <div> Outline and/or summarize an author's position </div> <div> Analyze and Discuss texts</div> <bR> <div> SPEAKING</div> <bR> <div> Give an oral presentation of 5+ minutes without reading from a script</div> <div> In pairs or small groups, participate in an open-ended, extended dialogue, using everyday English, about familiar/self-chosen topics or situations, as supported by class discussion of topics/themes, classroom reading, vocabulary development, and so on</div> <bR> <div> OTHER</div> <bR> <div> Carry out assigned tasks involving the use of the library and Internet</div> <div> Apply basic English grammar within the context of their own writing: SVO sentence structure, subject-verb agreement, and verb tenses (past, present, future) or, “demonstrate mastery of common verb tenses and basic English sentence structure”</div> <bR> <div> FINAL EXAM</div> <bR> <div> Write a final exam of 500 words in the assigned 2-hour time period, in response to a prompt (with new reading)</div> <bR> <div> Instructional strategies include: conference, discussion, workshop, group work, and presentations</div> <bR> <div> V.  <B>Course Requirements, Policies, and Grading</B></div> <div> <I><B><U>REQUIREMENTS</U></B></I><B>:  All students are expected to:</B></div> <div> <B>Attend class all the time and on time. </B></div> <div> <B>Complete reading assignments and related homework on time.</B></div> <div> <B>Participate actively in all class activities, group work, peer review, discussions and presentations.</B></div> <div> <B>Write 500+ word essays, and to write a 500+ word essay for the final exam.</B></div> <div> <B>Complete a research paper or annotated essay.</B></div> <div> <B>Complete all quizzes, journals, and other assignments to receive credit for the course.</B></div> <div> <I><U>POLICIES</U></I>:</div> <div> <I><B>LATE WORK</B></I> WITHOUT ACCEPTED <B>EMERGENCY</B> EXCUSES WILL DROP 10% EVERY DAY (Acceptable excuses will be defined in class.) Any exceptions will be negotiated in writing.</div> <div> Communicate any difficulties to your professor as rapidly as possible.</div> <div> <B>***</B><I><B><U>EMAIL ACCOUNTS:</U></B></I><B>All students are required to obtain, actively maintain, and use an e-mail account for this class</B>. The email must be able to receive attachments.  The professor may give assignments, answer questions, discuss work or provide materials, links, and references through e-mail.  <B>Students are required to access their email accounts regularly.  Quizzes may be given by email or be based on information sent by email.</B>  *<B>**</B></div> <div> <I><B>ATTENDANCE, ASSIGNMENTS, PARTICIPATION, AND ABSENCES:</B></I></div> <div> **Attendance is mandatory. <B>Being unprepared or not participating will be counted as an ABSENCE.**</B>  A student may have up to 3 absences before this will directly affect his/her grade --except for missed quizzes or other assignments.  Quizzes will not be replaced. <B><U>Final grades</U></B><B> are lowered one letter for every absence after the first 3 absences.</B></div> <div> <I><B>PLAGIARISM </B></I>will result in a failure on the assignment.  A second incident of plagiarism <I><B><U>OR</U></B></I> plagiarism occurring after completion of the Plagiarism Project will result in  failure of the course.</div> <bR> <div> VI.  <B>Grading</B> (Evaluation)</div> <div> Attendance and participation........................10%</div> <div> <B>Essays and other writing assignments...........45%</B></div> <div> Quizzes...………...........................................10%</div> <div> Journals.....(8).....…………...........................10%</div> <div> Oral Presentations…………………………..05%</div> <div> Final Exam.......................………..................20%</div> <div> No language lab component is required for this class.</div> <div> Grading Scale  [Quantifiable, letters]</div> <div> A= 90-100,  B= 80-89,  C= 70-79,  D= 65-69,  and F= 64 or below.</div> <div> <I>Perfect attendance and completion of all assignments does not guarantee a particular grade, but obviously, it improves your chances of getting an A or a B in the class.</I></div> <div> Drop Deadline</div> <div> The last day for partial withdrawals from classes is: Thursday, November 1st. </div> <div>  </div> <div> <B>Computer/Internet access</B> is available in Chardon 112, Chardon 325, the library, and other areas on Campus.  Scheduling access is <U>your</U> responsibility. You will have to plan to include time for using computers just like for labs, using the library, traveling to and from the university, and other arrangements people normally make in order to study.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Writing Center</B>.  Tutoring and other help with your writing is available in the Writing Center, currently in Sanchez Hidalgo 109.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Law 51</B> information:  Students will identify themselves with the Institution and the instructor of the course for purposes of assessment accommodations.  For more information, pease call the Student with Disabilities Office which is part of the Dean of Students office (Chemistry Building, room 019) at (7897) 265-3862 or (787) 832-4040 ext. 3250 or 3258.</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>