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Go to the University of Arizona Composition Program website and you'll find the slogan, "Where students write themselves into the university..." What do you think it means to write yourself into an institution? Institutions are made up of people, or communities, as a wise sociology professor once told me. So, as you start your college experience, writing transports you into various communities, such as your academic discipline, college class, and age group, among others. As a member of the community of English 101, you enter a group of over two thousand students and close to a hundred teachers. That's a large number of writers concentrating and creating together. In this course, we will practice writing; we will practice reading others' writing; and we will practice listening to each others' writing. Over the course of the semester, we'll read and analyze works by students and professional writers from various conventions of writing, such as narrative, argumentative and expository forms. We'll engage the basic processes of writing from invention, planning, and drafting, to revising and editing. This course also requires you to take advantage of the great information and technology resources on campus by participating on a class list, meeting in computer labs, and possibly constructing web pages.
Written Assignments:
Formal assignments: Three out-of-class essays, an in-class midterm, and an in-class final exam. By the time you turn in an essay, you will have revised it several times with the help of your peers' comments and mine. Revisions should show significant changes in purpose, organization, audience, or evidence.The out-of-class essay portfolios should include: all drafts of your final paper; the final paper in typewritten form, double-spaced; all peer and instructor commentaries. Make a copy of the final essay you turn in to me. Late work will not be accepted without penalty unless you have arranged for an extension with me prior to the due date. Extensions are only available for extraordinary circumstances.
Informal assignments: Journal entries, in-class writings, reader responses, peer critiques. Although you may not be graded on many of these writings, this aspect of the class is critical if you wish to improve. Always keep this writing, since you will hand in some of it with your essay portfolios.
Reader responses: For each assigned reading, please write a one-page response; date, title, and save this piece of writing. These responses fulfill several purposes: they offer you the opportunity to practice writing and practice organizing your thoughts about a range of materials; they foster classroom discussion; and, they serve as possible versions of a final essay. Your response needs to be typewritten, but you don't need to worry about polished prose, great grammar, or scintillating syntax.
Course Policies:
Attendance: The effectiveness of this class depends upon the extent to which we each participate. Intensive class discussions, collaborative work, peer reviewing and workshopping, all require that we show up and speak up. Program policy advises instructors to administratively drop students who miss more than three classes. If you consistently arrive late or leave early, you may also be dropped. If you have attendance problems, come talk to me before it's too late. (see Student Guide, 103-104)
Keeping Up: All your course information is on the World Wide Web. You are responsible for checking in to the class website regularly to print out essay assignments and to check for revisions of the Daily Plan. Other aspects of the class website, like the "Writing Words," may not be assigned for class, but you will benefit by checking out these links. If you miss a class, you are responsible for getting in touch with a fellow student to find out what happened that day.
Conferences/Office hours: I will schedule peer group conferences at the beginning of the semester. But don't wait for these official invitations -- use my office hours to talk about current drafts, or about any other aspects of your writing. A missed scheduled conference constitutes an absence.
Grading: Please read the relevant sections in the Student's Guide (Chapter 4, and pages 109-111), which we will also discuss in class. My comments on your written work will consider the following aspects of writing in the context of the specific assignment: purpose, audience, content, expression, organization, development of ideas, mechanics, and maturity of thought. You must complete all of the major assignments including the final exam in order to receive a passing grade for this course.If you have any questions or disagreements with any of my comments or grades, see me immediately so we can discuss your concerns.
Essay #1 Portfolio (due Feb. 19) 20%
Reader Responses (see Daily Plan) 20%
Annotated Bibliography (due March 8) 5%
Essay #2 Portfolio (due April 12) 20%
Essay #3 Porfolio (due May 3) 20%
Final Essay (May 7) 15%
Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism: All UA students are responsible for upholding the Code of Academic Integrity, available through the Office of the Dean of Students. According to university standards, you are expected to maintain professional ethics by giving credit freely where it is due and acknowledging the inclusion of material from outside sources in your reports. In other words, plagiarism and dishonest scholarship will not be tolerated and will result in your failure from the course, if not expulsion from the university.
Code of Conduct: All UA students are responsible for upholding the Code of Conduct, available through the Office of the Dean of Students. Section F-10 states that the following conduct is subject to disciplinary action: "Engaging in harassment or unlawful discriminatory activities on the basis of age, ethnicity, gender, handicapping condition, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation or veteran status, or violating university rules governing harassment or discrimination."