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I need a first year english syllabus for a college class can anyone email me one?
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Kapi‘olani Community College, fall 2007


English 100, Composition I (CRNs 31186 and 32744)


Face-to-face class days/times: M or W, 10:45-noon


Face-to-face class location: Kalia 110


Instructor: Francisco Acoba


Office location: Kalia 228


Office days/times: MW 9:30-10:30 a.m., or by appointment


Phone: tba


E-mail: facoba@hawaii.edu (E-mail is the best way to reach me.)





Required text


The Brief Penguin Handbook by Lester Faigley (ISBN 0321245318).





Course descriptions


Prerequisite(s): ENG 22 with a grade of “C” or higher, or qualification for ENG 100 on the KCC placement instrument.





English 100 fulfills the Written Communication Foundation Requirement for degrees at UH-Manoa and Kapi‘olani Community College.





To satisfy the Written Communication Requirement, a course will: introduce students to different forms of college-level writing, including, but not limited to, academic discourse, and guide them in writing for different purposes and audiences; provide students with guided practice of writing processes–planning, drafting, critiquing, revising, and editing–making effective use of written and oral feedback from the faculty instructor and from peers; require at least 5,000 words of finished prose–equivalent to approximately 20 typewritten pages; help students develop information literacy by teaching search strategies, critical evaluation of information and sources, and effective selection of information for specific purposes and audiences; teach appropriate ways to incorporate such information, acknowledge sources and provide citations; and help students read texts and make use of a variety of sources in expressing their own ideas, perspectives, and/or opinions in writing.





In English 100, students will develop strategies for effective college writing, with an emphasis on critical reading and thinking. This course includes instruction in the composing process and practice in various kinds of writing, including analysis, interpretation, and research writing from sources. By the end of the course, students will complete a minimum of 5,000 words of finished prose, roughly equivalent to 20 typewritten pages. By the end of the semester students should be able to: employ a writing process which includes gathering information and exploring ideas, developing and supporting a point of view or thesis, organizing, revising, editing, and proofreading; produce different forms of college-level writing, such as narrative, analytical, and persuasive essays, whose content, organization, diction, and style are effectively adapted to various writing situations, purposes, audiences, and subjects; analyze and evaluate the logic, evidence, and strategies of an argument (written and/or presented in a visual or digital medium); analyze and interpret a literary work (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, or drama) or other textual material; find and evaluate information from a library, from the Internet, or from other sources; synthesize relevant findings in his/her own writing without plagiarizing; work effectively with fellow students and the instructor in providing and receiving written and verbal feedback on assigned work; write a coherent in-class response to an assigned question or topic.





In this course, you will practice the reading and writing tasks (as described in the student learning outcomes above) that you'll likely face in the future. By practicing them in this course, you will hopefully be able to identify the productive reading and writing procedures, practices, states of mind, etc. that you can use in subsequent contexts, particularly your future college courses. Ideally, you will not only learn the "content" of the class -- different codes and conventions of written English -- but more about yourself as a reader, writer and learner.





During this term, we will examine arguments about various public policy issues and then work to make our own interventions. Your work will include various analyses, an annotated bibliography of research, a webpage, and a proposal. Other important assignments include a narrative, a timed essay, and a reflection.





This is a hybrid course. We will meet one day a week face to face, and we will also interact on the web. Our interactions will take place in an environment called WebCT, a customized class website. Use your UH username and password to enter the class website to get detailed assignment information, read some of the class texts, participate in discussions, submit essays and view your grades. If (optional) real-time discussions are scheduled, they will take place in the class website's Chat rooms.





Caution: In order to succeed in these courses, you must be self-motivated, logging on to the class website regularly and doing/submitting your work in a timely manner without reminders from the instructor (procrastination is the biggest downfall for students in Internet courses.). You must read well since all of our communication is text based. You must have dependable, regular access to an Internet-connected computer with a current web browser. You must be familiar with common computer activities, including Internet navigation, e-mail correspondence and word-processing. If you are lacking in these ways, these courses may not be appropriate for you.





Assignments/grading (subject to change)


Generally, all writing assignments, except the responses to your classmates, will be graded according to the following criteria: content, presentation and correctness. You must submit all of the essays for a chance at receiving a passing grade for this class. A penalty will be imposed on unexcused late work. Unsatisfactory work may be returned to redo.





assignments


word count


points


percentage





introduction


250


3


3%





argument analysis


250


3


3%





argument analysis essay


750


13


14%





annotated bibliography


750


9


10%





informative webpage


750


13


14%





proposal argument


750


13


14%





narrative analysis


250


3


3%





narrative


750


11


12%





responses (8)


1,000


8


9%





timed essay


500


6


7%





reflection


500


3


3%





in-class activities


--


6


7%





totals


6,250


91


100%








Grade breakdown


A = 100-90


B = 89-80


C = 79-70


D = 69-60


F = fewer than 60





My Grades


Your assignment and overall grades are displayed in the class website's My Grades. Assignment grades will be updated at the middle and the end of the term. Please contact me if you want to know your grade at any other points during the semester. You are solely responsible for ensuring that you are properly credited for assignments that you submitted. Please contact me to resolve any discrepancies.





Attendance


Please contact me if circumstances arise that make it difficult for you to continue with class or to complete assignments on time. It is often possible to work out solutions to such problems, but you are responsible for informing me of your situation.





Here is KCC’s Attendance Policy from the General Catalog: students with valid reasons for temporarily not attending a class should inform the instructor or department chair. Students will receive a grade of "F" if they do not officially withdraw from a class that they have stopped attending.





A course Incomplete grade is given only in rare instances when a student is not able to complete the coursework by the end of the term due to such events as a lengthy illness, a sudden emergency, etc. You may be asked to provide documentation.





Student conduct


Appropriate student conduct as defined by the Student Regulations section of the General Catalog is expected of students at all times. Please familiarize yourself with the Student Regulations, especially the Student Conduct Code and the Disruptive Behavior policy.





The college does not condone plagiarism, which means passing off someone else’s work as your own (please see the General Catalog for a more specific definition). Documentation mistakes in a paper can be corrected, but passing off as your own a whole essay or substantial sections of an essay from the Internet or other third party will result in failure of the course.





You may snack at the central table and drink bottled beverages. Please turn off cell phones, pagers, beepers, iPods, PSPs, GBAs, and other devices because they constitute distractions. The computer lab has posted rules. In general, use the computer only for class-related activities. You may be asked to leave if you violate these rules.





Disability statement


Extended time in a distraction-free environment is an appropriate accommodation based on a student's disability. If you have a disability and have not voluntarily disclosed the nature of your disability and the support you need, you are invited to contact the Disability Support Services Office, Ilima 103, 734-9552 (V/T) for assistance.





FYE statement


If you are a first or second semester student at KCC and have questions about campus resources or need help adjusting to college, contact the First-Year Experience (FYE) program at kapstart@hawaii.edu or call 734-9245.





Notes





Use appropriate netiquette in all classwide communication, including discussion messages, e-mails and chats.


Post your work to the class website’s Discussion boards as text and not as an attachment. Any work posted as an attachment will not be read.


Do not double-space work posted to the class website’s Discussion boards. Just skip a line between paragraphs. Try to practice posting messages in a readable format on the Discussion boards. I encourage the use of html.


Any work e-mailed to the instructor should be sent as text and not as an attachment.


Hard copies of your work should be formatted according to MLA style. See the sample in Penguin 287-299.


For your protection, keep (electronic or hard) copies of all of your work.


If I am unexpectedly absent, please che