Course Title: Integrated Reading and Writing

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Course Title: Integrated Reading and Writing

Course Number: INRW 0309.M160

Credit Hours: 3

Lecture Hours: 6 per week

Lab Hours: 2 per week (independent)

Total Contact Hours:8 per week

Term and Year: Spring 2017 M1 - 8 week

Class Days & Times:6-9:30pm TT

Classroom Location: A234

A.COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR INSTRUCTOR

The preferred method of communicating with your professor is to talk with her or him either before or after class or to call the Academic Foundations Department at 281-756-3556. Individual professors may provide preferred alternate methods of communication. If you leave a message for your professor, please leave your professor’s name, your first and last name, your class number (0309), your class time, a phone number or an e-mail address where you can be contacted, and explain what you need to discuss with your professor. You will normally get a response within 24 hours Monday-Thursday and by the next business day on Friday-Sunday.

B.COURSE DESCRIPTION

INRW 0309 is an introductory course designed to prepare students for success in completing reading and writing assignments in college classes. Therefore, this course emphasizes critical reading and academic writing skills by integrating the teaching of the two disciplines. (3 lecture hours per week and 16 hours total- combination of lab and academic coaching during the course)

C.STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course, students will:

1. Locate explicit textual information, draw complex inferences, and describe, analyze, and evaluate the information within and across multiple texts of varying lengths.
2. Comprehend and use vocabulary effectively in oral communication, reading, and writing.
3. Identify and analyze the audience, purpose, and message across a variety of texts.
4. Describe and apply insights gained from reading and writing a variety of texts.
5. Compose a variety of texts that demonstrate reading comprehension, clear focus, logical developments of ideas, and use of appropriate language that advance the writer’s purpose.
6. Determine and use effective approaches and rhetorical strategies for given reading and writing situations.
7. Generate ideas and gather information relevant to the topic and purpose, incorporating the ideas and words of other writers in student writing using established strategies.
8. Evaluate relevance and quality of ideas and information in recognizing, formulating, and developing a claim.
9. Develop and use effective reading and revision strategies to strengthen the writer’s ability to compose college-level writing assignments.
10. Recognize and apply the conventions of Standard English in reading and writing.

D.PRE-REQUISITE COURSES:None

E.LAB AND ACADEMIC COACHING

For INRW classes, a one-hour per week lab and a half-hour academic coaching session per week are required. Lab times and academic coaching times are TBA (to be arranged) during the first two days of class. Students will go to class, and their instructors will explain the lab times and assignments. Labs and Academic Coaching are mandatory requirements that must be met in order to pass the course.

F.REQUIRED TEXTBOOK AND SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS

Focus on Reading and WritingEssaysby Laurie G. Kirszner; Stephen R. Mandell, ©2015 | First Edition with Custom 12-Month, Printed Access Code for LaunchPad Solo for Readers and Writers

There are 2 purchasing options available at the campus bookstore.

The ISBNs for the bound version of the FOCUS textbook is: 978-1-319-09686-1

The ISBNs for a 3-hole punch, loose leaf version of the FOCUS textbook is: 978-1-319-09384-6

Supplemental Reading: The Knight in Rusty Armor by Robert Fisher, Wilshire Book Company: ISBN 0-87980-421- These books can be purchased at the ACC Bookstore. Bookstore hours can vary during holidays so please call the bookstore at 281-756-3681 for hours. For more information about the textbooks, including details about how to order your books online and have them delivered to you, visit the ACC College Store at .

G.COURSE OUTLINE

Week 1
Week of Jan. 17-19
Labs 1 and 2 this week—due 1/22
Lab Topics
Lab 1: Pronouns
Lab 2: Subject-Verb Agreement / 1/17
Welcome/Intro to Course
Syllabus
Schedule Coaching
Introduce Supplementary Reading
Introduce TEST Concept
1/18
Begin Literacy Narrative Unit/Englishes
Reading and Writing Inventory
Read “Mother Tongue” and discuss author and her background
MLA Format Basics and Computer Use
1/19
Nelson Denny Benchmarking
Discuss “Mother Tongue” Guided Response
Read “The Library Card” and “Literacy Behind Bars” discussing authors and their situations.
Introduce Chapters 14, 15 / “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan
Guided Response due 1/19
Knight in Rusty Armor Journal 0 (Getting to Know You) due 1/20, 11:59 pm
Labs 1 and 2 due Sun, 1/22
Week 2
Week ofJan. 23-26
Academic Coaching 1 this week
Labs 3 and 4 this week—due 1/29
Lab Topics
Lab 3: Topics and Main Ideas
Lab 4: Patterns of Organization
Census Date 1/24 / 1/23
Discuss “The Library Card”/ “Literacy Behind Bars” Guided Response
Review Chapters 14, 15
Begin Ch. 16
1/24
Book Chat
Continue Literacy Narrative Readings
Digital Archives of Literacy Narratives – read/watch in class and model guided response process
Review Ch. 14, 15, 16
1/25
Discuss DALN Guided Response
Begin Ch. 17
1/26
Chapter 1 – Reading Process
Begin Draft Diagnostic
Review Ch. 17 / “The Library Card” by Richard Wright
or
“Literacy Behind Bars” by Malcolm X
Guided Response due 1/23
Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives reading
Guided Response due 1/25
Knight in Rusty Armor Journal 1 and 2 due Fri., 1/27 by 11:59 pm
Labs 3 and 4 due 1/29
Week 3
Week ofJan. 30-Feb. 2
Academic Coaching 2 this week
Labs 5 and 6 this week—due / 1/30
Draft Diagnostic from Assignment Sheet due
“The Grandfather” Reading Check
Review/Revisit Ch. 1 – Reading Process
Begin Ch. 23
1/31
Book Chat
Set Up Presentation Groups
Ch. 3a and Ch. 4 Introduce Parts of Writing, IBC (Intro, Body, Conclusion), and Structure of Paragraphs and Longer Writing
Review Ch. 17, 23
2/1
Read “My Grandmother’s Dumpling,” discuss author background
Ch. 3 a-g Writing Process – reading, thinking,
talking, brainstorming, organizing, drafting
Begin Ch. 21, 22
2/2
Discuss “My Grandmother’s Dumpling” Guided Response
Read ““How to Mummify a Pharaoh”
Chapter 3 a-g – Writing Process, intro, and work from Talking, Thinking, Brainstorming, Organizing, to Drafting
Review Ch. 21, 22
Introduce Process Essay 12b, p 288 / “The Grandfather” Reading Check 1/30
Diagnostic Literacy Narrative due 1/31
“My Grandmother's Dumpling” by Amy Ma
Guided Response due 2/2
Knight Journal 3 and 4 due Fri., 2/3
Labs 5 and 6 due Sun., 2/5
Week 4
Week ofFeb. 6-9
Academic Coaching 3 this week
Labs 7 and 8 this week—due 2/12
Lab Topics
Lab 7: Verb Tense
Lab 8: Prepositions and Conjunctions
Rough Draft Process Essay Due beginning of class 2/7 / 2/6
Book Chat
Discuss “How To Mummify a Pharaoh” Guided Response
Drafting Process Essay
Begin Chapter 18
2/7
Process Essay -Rough Draft Due
Outside Process Reading – model finding process writings online or in print and the guided response process.
Review Ch. 18
Begin Chapter 19
2/8
Discuss Outside Process Reading Guided Response
Continue Chapter 3h Writing Process, picking up with revision
Review Ch. 18, 19
2/9
“How to Boost Your Willpower” Reading Check
Hand back rough drafts; review grammar topics based on issues in papers. Revise in class, using writing process model from Ch. 3h. / “How to Mummify a Pharaoh” Guided Response due 2/6
First draft Process Essay due 2/7
Outside Process Reading – students find process writings online or in print
Guided Response on outside readings due 2/8
“How to Boost Your Willpower” Reading Check 2/9 (in class)
Knight Journal 5 due Fri., 2/10
Labs 7 and 8 due Sun., 2/12
Week 5
Week of Feb. 13-16
Academic Coaching 4 this week
Labs 9 and 10 this week—due 2/19
Lab Topics
Lab 9: Coordination and Subordination
Lab 10: Parallelism
*Final Version Process Essay Due online 2/13 11:59 pm / 2/13
Book Chat
Chapter 5c, 5d Main Idea and Support
Begin Ch. 24
Preview Exemplification Unit
Chapter 7, p194
2/14
Continue Exemplification Unit
Chapter 5c, 5d Main Idea and Support
Read “Around the World, Women Are On the Move” and discuss briefly
Thesis
Intro/Conclusion Patterns (Review Chapter 4)
2/15
Discuss “Around the World” Guided Response
Read “The Dog Ate My Flash Drive”
Begin Ch. 25
Begin Exemplification Paper
2/16
Discuss “The Dog Ate” Guided Response
Review Writing Process in Action – Brainstorming through Drafting
Writing Process in Action – Brainstorming through Drafting
Review Ch. 25 / Process Essay due by 2/13 11:59 pm in Blackboard- Turn It In
“Around the World, Women Are On the Move” by Richard Rodriguez
Guided Response Due 2/15
“The Dog Ate My Flash Drive” Carolyn Foster Segal
Guided Response Due 2/16
Finish Supplemental Reading
Knight Journal 6 and 7 due Fri., 2/17 by 11:59 pm
Labs 9 & 10 due 2/19
Week 6
Week ofFeb. 20-23
Academic Coaching 5 this week
Labs 11 and 12 this week—due 2/26
Lab Topics
Lab 11: Active and Passive Voice
Lab 12: Commas
First Draft Exemplification Essay Due 2/20 / 2/20
Group Work for Novel Presentation
Continue Exemplification Unit, Chapter 7, p 194
Rough Draft Exemplification essay due
Read “I Want a Wife”
2/21
Discuss “I Want a Wife” Guided Response
Grammar Review for Revision
Group work for Novel Presentation
2/22
Hand back Exemplification rough drafts
Grammar Review to address draft issues
Revision work on Exemplification draft
2/23
“The Ways We Lie” Reading Check / First Draft Exemplification Paper due 2/20
“I Want A Wife” Judy Brady Guided Response due 2/21
“The Ways We Lie” Reading Check 2/22 (in class)
Final Exemplification Essay due 2/27 11:59 pm
Labs 11 and 12 due Sun., 2/26
Week 7
Week of Feb. 27-Mar. 2
Academic Coaching 6 this week
Lab 13 this week—due 3/1
Lab Topic
Lab 13: Appropriate Language / 2/27
Final Exemplification Revision
Due 11:59 pm
Group Work for Presentation
Comprehensive Review of Grammar Concepts
2/28
“Born in Amrika” Reading Check
Review of Reading/Writing Concepts
Group Rehearsals
Student Conferences
3/1
Novel Presentations
End of Class Celebration
3/2
Presentation Feedback
Nelson Denny Post Course Benchmark
Introduce Final Writing
Final Assessment – Essay Reading, Annotation, and Responses / Final Exemplification Revision due 2/27
“Born in Amrika” Reading Check 2/28 (in class)
Novel Presentations Group Project 3/1
Week 8
Week of Mar. 6 / 3/6
Final Exam Writing in class
Last Class Day / *Final Writing (in class) 2 hours

1. EXAMS AND MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS

Essay Assignments:

1. Process Essay

2. Exemplification Essay

3. Final Paper

1. POLICIES ABOUT COURSEWORK AND DEADLINES

CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICY

Regular attendance in classes is expected. Failure to attend class sections for which the student is officially registered will result in a failing (F) grade. If an absence is unavoidable, the student is responsible for completing all work missed during the absence. Any work missed and not subsequently completed may affect the grade of the student regardless of the reason for the absence. Students who are enrolled in developmental courses because of TSI requirements must attend every class, lab, coach meetings, and participate in instructional activities. Failure to attend a required TSI course and participate can result in being dropped from all classes. Students unable to attend should contact their instructors as soon as possible concerning the absence.

MAKE-UP WORK

Students are always held responsible for being prepared for class. If they are absent, they are expected to get any homework assignment they missed and to be prepared for full class participation on the day that they return to class. If students know that they will be absent, they should make prior arrangements with the instructor to get the work that will be missed and can be made up. If possible, this work should be completed before the planned absence or according to the instructor’s directions. If the work is not completed during this allotted period, it will not be accepted and a grade of zero (0) will be assigned. Some work, such as pop quizzes and unannounced book checks, cannot be made up after the scheduled class time.

1. GRADING SUMMARY

1800-2000 = A

1799-1600 = B

1599-1400 = C

1399 & below = F

Essay Assignments

Process200

Exemplification200

Final200

Guided Responses

Diagnostic20

Narrative 120

Narrative 220

Narrative 320

Process 120

Process 220

Process 320

Exemplification 1 20

Exemplification 220

Exemplification 220

Reading Checks

“The Grandfather” 25

“How to Boost Your Willpower” 25

“The Ways We Lie”25

“Born in Amrika”25

Other

Lab/Launchpad300

Attendance/Participation200

Professionalism150

Novel Work/Group Presentation200 (70 pts for online entries/130 for presentation)

Coaching250

Total2000

1. WITHDRAWING FROM CLASS/COLLEGE

It is recommended that the student talk to the instructor before withdrawing. Current course withdrawal information can be found in the printed version of the ACC Schedule for this semester or online atACC Course Withdrawal Instructions. Students who file withdrawal requests by the published deadline and have not exceeded the withdrawal maximum will receive a grade of W.

Six Drop Limit

The Texas Legislature passed a ruling that limits the number of classes a student can drop during their years as an undergraduate student to six. This policy applies to any student who was a first time college freshmen fall, 2007, or later, who attends a Texas public institution of higher education. Courses dropped while attending a private or out of state college do not count toward the six drop limit. For further information, refer to the ACC Catalog or contact Student Services.

1. GRADE APPEAL PROCESS

Students have one year from the date of the grade assignment to challenge a grade. Refer to the grade appeal process as published in the ACC Catalog at

1. CLASS ATTENDANCE POLICY

Alvin Community College students are required to attend classes. If an absence is unavoidable, the student is responsible for completing all work missed during the absence. Instructors will not withdraw students for non-attendance, except in developmental courses. Absences in excess of two weeks are to be reported to the Office of Advising Services, along with appropriate recommendations.Departments and faculty may have other attendance policies for their course.

1. CODE OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND HONESTY

Alvin Community College students are members of an institution dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge through a formalized program of instruction and learning. At the heart of this endeavor, lie the core values of academic integrity which include honesty, truth, and freedom from lies and fraud. Because personal integrity is important in all aspects of life, students at Alvin Community College are expected to conduct themselves with honesty and integrity both in and out of the classroom. Incidents of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and students guilty of such conduct are subject to severe disciplinary measures.

1. CLASSROOM PROTOCOL

It is the right of each student to participate in his or her learning, and it is the responsibility of each student to not interfere with the learning of other students. It is the expectation of the college that each student assumes the responsibility to follow college policies and procedures governing classroom conduct on campus and online. This information is published in the ACC Student Handbook on page 42.

1. EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTION

Alvin Community College is dedicated to student success. As part of its ongoing improvement efforts, students will provide input for each course prior to the end of the semester enrolled. Evaluations will be completed in either online or paper format as directed by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Research.

1. ACC ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND SUPPORT SERVICES

The ACC Tutoring/Learning Lab, located upstairs in building A, provides students with a variety of services including tutoring (math, writing, and other disciplines); computers and printers; and tables/carrels. Call 281-756-3566 or visit the ACC Tutoring/Learning Lab Websitefor more information.

The ACC Library is an excellent source for research and writing help. Quiet rooms are available for studying and doing class work. For more information, visit theACC Library Website or call 281-756-3559.

ACC Counseling Services assist students with issues that may negatively impact academic success. To contact a counselor, call the office of Advising Services at 281-756-353.

Americans with Disabilities Act

ACC complies with ADA and 504 Federal guidelines by affording equal access to individuals who are seeking an education. Students who have a disability and would like classroom accommodations must register first with the Office of Disability Services, A 136, or call 281-756-3533. Instructors are not able to provide accommodations until the proper process has been followed.

Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) – The Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) at Alvin Community College is committed to improving community safety. College faculty, staff, students and community members may communicate safety concerns to the BIT team by email, or through an electronic reporting option located on the BIT pageof the college website.

MY Blackboardsupport can be obtained by completing theOnline Support Form.

WEBACCESS, Passwords or ACC Computer Lab Information:If you experience problems with WebACCess, please call the Help Desk at 281-756-3544 or email .

1. MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES

As a student, you may experience a range of challenges that can interfere with learning, such as strained relationships, increased anxiety, substance use, feeling down, difficulty concentrating, and/or lack of motivation. These mental health concerns or stressful events may diminish your academic performance and/or reduce your ability to participate in daily activities. Advising services employs two Licensed Professional Counselors who can assist students with issues that negatively impact academic success. Consultation and referrals are confidential. The Counseling Referral form is located at:

Emergencies:

If you or someone you know at ACC feels overwhelmed, hopeless, depressed, and/or is thinking about dying by suicide, supportive services are available by requests at the Enrollment Services Center or by calling 281-756-3531, ask for a Counselor. You may also call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255. This is a 24 hour, toll free, confidential suicide prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal crises or emotional distress. If, however, you or someone you know is in an immediate crisis, go to the nearest Emergency Room, or call 911.

1. DISCLAIMER

(The instructor reserves the right to modify this syllabus as needed and will notify the students of any changes using email or Blackboard.)