Noel Kinnamon, Ph.D. (contact
information below)
Fall
2008, 8:00-9:15 TR
Course Description: English 111 is designed to develop and refine expository writing, oral communication, and critical thinking skills that will prove useful in and beyond the English classroom. Writing will be approached as a process and as a product, a finite solution to a problem. Students will master the main steps in writing as a process—prewriting, outlining, drafting, revising, editing—and apply them to expository writing. They will apply critical thinking to the analysis of a variety of essays, and they will practice oral communication through class discussion, small-group activities, and formal presentations.
Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate unity and coherence in sentences, paragraphs, and the whole essay.
2. Comprehend and apply the conventions of standard written English.
3. Demonstrate understanding of writing as a multistage process, including revision and editing, and incorporating, as appropriate, critical responses from the instructor and other readers.
4. Write in a variety of expository forms, including introduction (with thesis), body, and conclusion, demonstrating proficiency in word processing.
Course
Policies and Requirements
1. Students are expected to attend every class, to arrive on time, and to be prepared for full
participation. More than four absences will result in a reduction of the final course grade by five points for each excess absence. No distinction will be made between excused and unexcused absences. Students who arrive after the roll has been called or after the door has been closed will be counted tardy. Two instances of tardiness equal one absence.
2. No late work will be accepted unless it is accompanied by documentation of the reason for the absence (an official note from a physician, a coach, or court representative, for instance). Work is due at the beginning of the period. If a student has difficulty meeting a deadline, he or she may request an extension by consulting with the instructor prior to the due date. (The extension may or may not be granted, depending on the circumstances.) Lack of preparation for a conference or an in-class workshop (not taking a draft to class, for example) will result in an automatic failing grade on the assignment. In addition, an absence will be recorded for the class meeting scheduled for the conference, workshop, or other scheduled activity.
3. Students must keep in good order all their writing assignments for the semester (preliminary and final drafts) until the final grades are assigned at the end of the semester.
4.
Except in special circumstances, all writing for the course is to be
completed with the use of a computer and is to be printed with double spacing,
using the Times New Roman 12-pt font. Students must be prepared to save work to
the college server or use a portable memory device or an IBM-formatted
diskette for each class meeting (Mac-formatted diskettes will not work). All
work must be saved in Word (.doc), not “Works” or “Vista,” etc.
Electronic copies of all compositions must be available (accessible,
readable, subject to revision) during class; send copies to yourself via email.
No exceptions.
5. Grading for the course will be on a 10-point scale: 90-100 = A; 80-89 = B; etc.
Papers, averaging at least C-: 50%
Other assignments (exercises, etc.), averaging at least C-: 50%
Instructional methods: Class discussion, use of computer technology, collaborative work, peer evaluation, effective speaking and attentive listening activities.
Use
of electronic devices (including cell phones, MP3s, Internet browsers, and so
on) is strictly prohibited during class. The professor will indicate when the
computers are to be used. Food is not to be brought into the classroom or
consumed during class.
Food is not to be brought into the classroom or consumed during class.
Contact information
N. Kinnamon
211 Cornwell
Tentative office hours: 10:00-11:30, 2:00-3:30 MW (and by appointment)
1233 (office), 689 4191 (home)
nkinnamon@mhc.edu
<http://users.mhc.edu/facultystaff/nkinnamo/kinnmain.htm>
(Telephone calls to my home are welcome; unannounced visits are not.)
Honor
Code
We, the students of Mars Hill College, pledge ourselves to uphold integrity, honesty, and academic responsibility in and out of the classroom.
Honor
Pledge
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