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SYLLABUS
Note: Dr. Glauner will not teach this course during the Fall 2002 semester.
EN105 - WRITING STRATEGIES AND CONCEPTS
Spring 2002, Dr. Jeff Glauner
Office: Copley 310, Phone Ext. 6352
E-mail: jglauner@mail.park.edu
Website: captain.park.edu/jglauner
Office Hours:
or by appointment
Class meets 8:00-8:50 a.m., MWF, CO
I. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND GOALS: The course involves students in various modes of writing while exploring important social and intellectual issues. It also helps strengthen their ability to think critically, to read, speak, and listen intelligently, and to write clearly and effectively. In addition, the course seeks opportunities for students to clarify their values.
II. PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES:
A. Students will demonstrate their skill in reading a wide variety of texts emerging from
various sociopolitical, multidisciplinary, cultural, and ethnic points of view through
writing, oral recitation, and discussion.
B. Students will demonstrate their skills (including all skills that the writing process
entails) for writing short expository essays by writing four formal essays in multiple
drafts and several reader response essays.
C. Students will demonstrate a consciousness of the multicultural sociopolitical climates
in which the educational experience is fostered through class discussion and personal
investigation.
D. Students will provide evidence of their oral communication skills in regard to ideas
developed in the course through regular recitation and discussion.
E. Students will clarify their personal values through examination of ideas emerging from
class discussions and from group and individual presentations.
F. Students will provide evidence of their ability to communicate via the internet by
submitting certain materials to the professor via e-mail and by receiving responses to
those materials from the professor.
III. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
A. Absences are, simply, absences. For each absence, the student loses
16 points (out of approximately 1000 points for the semester).
In order to avoid the penalty, any absence, no matter what the reason, must be made up. I automatically allow makeup for three absences. This make-up consists of a 500-word summary and analysis of materials that were scheduled to have been covered during the class period that was missed. It must be headed with the student's name, the course for which it is written, the date of the absence and a brief statement of the reason for the absence. The make-up must be typed double-spaced and submitted within a week after the return from the absence. I do not return these. I keep them for future reference.
Absences beyond those that can be made up automatically may not be made up without my specific approval. There are cases where such make-up might be approved. These include matters such as required participation in athletic events, extended hospital stays, or jury duty. Do not expect extension of make-up for extra absences for matters such as transportation, childcare, or funerals. Also, do not expect to be allowed to make up all legitimate absences if you have already used up your automatic make-up opportunities for lesser reasons.
What I am saying is simple: BE IN CLASS!!!
Weather-related absences will be handled as they occur. You must use your own judgment as to whether travel to school during inclement weather is safe. I must make the final decision on an individual basis whether absences due to weather may be made up. In most cases, we will probably agree. Do not endanger your life to avoid absence. I do not, however, believe that a walk from the dormitory or from downtown Parkville will endanger one's life in typical snowy weather.
Note: Graded assignments missed because of absence may be made up only with my approval. Assignments handed in late because of absence will lose one letter grade per class period. Unannounced quizzes and reader response essays may not be made up.
B. Participation: Students who regularly provide positive, cooperative spoken and
written input during class sessions, and whose input provides evidence that they have
studied their lessons carefully, will be rewarded with positive participation grades.
Note: Positive means above C.
C. Each student must participate in group oral presentations regarding materials about
which their group is studying and writing essays.
D. Each student will write essays in compliance with the instructions for each assignment.
E. Each student will complete other graded and ungraded assignments in compliance with
instructions.
F. Students will obtain an e-mail account (available free courtesy of Park University) and
will submit materials as required to the professor by e-mail.
G. Students will attend individual conferences with the professor as required in the
syllabus.
IV. TEXTBOOKS:
Jacobus. A World of Ideas, 6th Ed. Bedford.
Hacker. A Pocket Style Manual, 2nd Ed. Bedford.
V. CLASS POLICIES:
Academic dishonesty (cheating, plagiarism) will result in a zero for the particular assignment. Repeated offenses will result in failure for the course.
Attendance and timely arrival in class are required. Assignments must be submitted on time. An automatic reduction of one letter grade per class period is assessed for late submission. Make-up of quizzes is not possible. Make-up of missed major in-class work is possible only through special arrangements with the professor.
VI. GRADING:
Attendance see section III.A.
Participation - 100 points
Two group presentations @ 50 points each – 100 points
Four formal essays (two drafts each @ 75 points per draft) - 600 points
Quizzes: reader-response essays - 100 points*
Final Examination - 100
Total Semester Points - 1,000*
*Point totals might vary because the number of reader-response essays might
be more or fewer than planned.
Final Grade Conversion:
90-100% A
80-89% B
70-79% C
60-69% D
0-59% F
VII. CLASS MEETING AND EXAMINATION SCHEDULE:
Note: Assignments should be read before the class period for which they are due. All
reading assignments listed below come from A World of Ideas. In addition, reading
assignments from Hacker’s A Pocket Style Manual will be announced as the
course progresses. Unannounced informal reader-response essays are usually written during
the first 10 minutes of class. Be ready for these by having read and carefully considered
the assignments due up to the date of that essay.
***NOTE: THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE HAS NOT YET BEEN UPDATED FOR
SPRING 2002***
Mon., Jan. 14- Fill out information sheets. Read get-acquainted essays.
Wed., Jan. 16 – Read: "Evaluating Ideas: An Introduction to Critical
Reading," 1-10. Go over syllabus. Introduce Essay #1 (Descriptive). Students, get
this assignment from my website and bring it to class.
Fri., Jan. 18 – DUE: TOPIC FOR ESSAY #1.
Wed., Jan 23 – Read: "Writing About Ideas: An
Introduction to Rhetoric," 769-89.
Fri., Jan. 25 – Read: Howard Gardner,
"A Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences,"
353-72.
Mon., Jan. 28 - Prepare for in-class first draft of Essay #1.
Wed., Jan. 30 – IN-CLASS: 1ST DRAFT OF ESSAY #1
Fri., Feb. 1 – Read: "Letter from Birmingham Jail," by Martin Luther
King, Jr., 151-72.
Mon., Feb. 4 - Review of 1st drafts of Essay #1.
Wed., Feb. 6 - Assign Essay #2 (Partitioning). Prepare for final draft of Essay
#1.
Fri., Feb. 8 - DUE: FINAL DRAFT OF ESSAY #1. ***Sign up for individual conferences***
Mon., Feb. 11 - No class. Instead each student must meet with the professor for an
individual conference. Topic: Essay #1.
Wed., Feb. 13 - No class. Continued individual conferences.
Fri., Feb. 15 – No class. Continued individual conferences.
Wed., Feb. 20 – Discuss Essay #2 topics. Read: Virginia Woolf, "A Letter to a Young Poet," 731-50.
Fri., Feb. 22 - DUE: TOPIC FOR ESSAY #2. Select groups for
Presentation #1 (poetry presentation).
Mon., Feb. 25 -
Wed., Feb. 27 – Assign Essay #3 (Persuasive). Meet in groups for presentation #1.
Fri., March 1 - IN-CLASS: FIRST DRAFT OF ESSAY #2 (Partitioning).
Mon., March 4 - Presentation #1: Groups 1 and 2.
Wed., March 6 - Presentation #1: Groups 3 and 4.
Fri., March 8 - DUE: FINAL DRAFT OF ESSAY #2.
March 11, 13, 15 - Spring Break.
Mon., March 18 – Read: Plato, "The Allegory of the Cave," 275-88.
Wed., March 20 - Presentation groups prepare for presentation #2 (Seeking and sharing the
light)
Fri., March 22 – DUE: TOPIC AND OPENING PARAGRAPH OF ESSAY #3
Mon., March 25 – Presentation groups prepare for presentation #2
Wed., March 27 – Presentation #2: Groups 3 and 4.
Mon., April 1 - DUE: 1ST DRAFT OF ESSAY #3 (Sign up for individual conferences.)
Presentation #2: Groups 1 and 2.
Wed., April 3 – No class session. Individual conferences (in-office by appointment).
Fri., April 5 – No class session. Individual conferences (in-office by appointment).
Mon. April 8 -
Wed., April 10 - No class session. Individual conferences (in-office by appointment).
Fri., April 12 – Read: Francis Bacon, "The Four Idols," 379-96. Introduce
Essay #4 (Persuasive from Sources).
Mon., April 15 – DUE: FINAL DRAFT OF ESSAY #3.
Wed., April 17 - Read: Siddhartha Gautama, The Buddha, "Meditation, The Path to
Enlightenment," 569-88.
Fri., April 19 -
Mon., April 22 – DUE: FIRST DRAFT OF ESSAY #4.
Wed., April 24 – Read: St. Matthew, "The Sermon on the Mount," 589-600.
Fri., April 26 - Read: The Prophet Muhammad, from The Koran,
617-28.
Mon., Mon. April 29 - Synthesize ideas from the previous three reading
assignments.
Wed., May 1 – DUE: FINAL DRAFT OF ESSAY #4.
Fri., May 3 – Prepare for final examination essay.
FINAL EXAMINATION – 8:00-10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 12.
Notice: This syllabus is subject to change on short notice.