C o u r s e S y l l a b u s
ENGLISH 207
Winter 2018
TTH 12-1:15pm
Main Building 309
Telephone: (810) 989-5591
E-mail:
Date Class Begins: Jan 8, 2018
Date Class Ends: May 4, 2018
Last Day to Withdraw from class to receive a “W”- April 20
Day Class Does not Meet: Mar 5-9, TBA
Instructor: Liz Jacoby
319G Main Building
Office hours: MW 8:30-9am, 12-2pm, TTH 9-10:30am
Class Wiki: https://ljacoby.wikispaces.com/home
Class Twitter: @ecoffeehouse https://twitter.com/ecoffeehouse
St. Clair County Community College
Course Abstract
COURSE TITLE: / Introduction to PoetryCOURSE NUMBER: / ENG 207
PREREQUISITE: / ENG 101
COREQUISITE: / None
CREDIT HOURS: / 3
CONTACT HOURS: / 3 / 3 / LECTURE / LAB / OTHER
COURSE RATIONALE:
To offer students both historically contextual and analytical views of poetry. The elements of poetry, personal, political, and historical issues, as well as thematic strains, are the basis for class discussion and writing assignments.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
ENG 207 Introduction to Poetry. This course surveys poetry from American and international writers, focusing on the formal elements of poetry, its historical, political, and personal contexts as well as the analysis of thematic strains in poetry.
Prerequisite: ENG 101
3 credits = 3 lecture GA
COURSE OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES:
When students complete the course, they will be able to:
1. demonstrate through both writing and conversation their understanding and knowledge of the formal elements of poetry.
2. demonstrate critical thinking techniques through class discussion and student writing.
3. demonstrate the ability to examine, understand, and discuss controversies, values, and ethics of various social or socioeconomic groups with diverse cultures.
4. demonstrate understanding of the plurality of views and the human need to interpret meaning and connect it to aspects of art, culture, and society.
GENERAL EDUCATION OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES:
This course satisfies a Global Awareness (GA) graduation competency with the following outcomes:
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the actions of various social or socioeconomic groups within
diverse cultures.
COURSE CONTENT:
· The elements of poetry in a variety of forms
· Evaluating Poetry – textually, in an historical/global/contextual approach, and biographically
Instructional Material
Optional:
1. Ferguson, Margaret, Mary Jo Salter, and Jon Stallworthy. The Norton Anthology of Poetry, 5th Edition, Norton, 2004.
Required:
· 1. Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Penguin, 2005.
Grading/Evaluation:
A. The grading scale for this class is:
A 90-100%
B 80-89%
C 70-79%
D 60-69%
E 0-59%
B. Approximate value of work in this class:
Reflection Papers: 10 points each
*Every other week you will be required to submit a one page, double-spaced response paper to one poem we have covered in the previous two weeks. These are informal assignments and thus you may use informal language and jargon to relate your experiences.
4 Page Paper: 100 points
You will be assigned to evaluate the historical significance of a poem of your choice. Handout to follow.
Creative Portfolio/4 Page Paper: 200
This Portfolio/Paper will serve as the final in this course and it will pertain to the poetry of Walt Whitman. Handout to follow.
Attendance: After two unexcused absences you lose one percentage point of your final grade with each additional absence, no whipper-tooties. . After six unexcused absences you will be awarded a failing grade.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
1. Two kinds of plagiarism exist: 1) intentional (the representation of the ideas or words of another as your own); and 2) accidental (an error in citing a source properly). Both are inappropriate. Accidental plagiarism will affect your grade severely (50%); intentional plagiarism will result in a grade of “zero” on the essay. Students who willfully violate this principle will fail the assignment and may be asked to drop the course. Willful violation of this principle includes the following:
▪ Submitting another student’s essay or one that is essentially the same as another student’s essay as your own. Both students will fail the assignment and may fail the course.
▪ Submitting an essay that you have procured online or from a commercial supplier of essays.
▪ Incorporating material from sources—data, analysis, and organization—without providing appropriate documentation.
▪ Fabricating sources or information.
2. Cheating: means getting unauthorized help on an assignment, quiz, or examination. Obtaining exam questions illegally before an exam, or tampering with an exam after it has been corrected (Davis, 1993).
3. Facilitating: intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another (to cheat) (Pavela, 1978).
4. Misrepresentation: providing false information to an instructor concerning an academic exercise (Keith-Spiegel, 2002).
5. Sabotage: consists of actions that prevent others from completing their work (Keith-Spiegel, 2002).
Please note that an essay or assignment may receive a passing grade initially but receive a failing grade later if I discover that it contains work that is not your own. If you have any questions about these matters, be sure to discuss them with me.
V. Attendance:
Since some writing for this class is done during the class period and discussion is an important course component, it is essential that students attend class regularly, so attendance is required; therefore, attendance is taken daily. Students will be allowed two “free” absences day for illness or doctor’s appointments or any reason, which will not count against them. College sponsored activities where an email has been sent to faculty through Student Services or coaches will not count as an absence. However, you are not excused from assignments due or class work for those days. At the end of the semester, one percentage points for every absence beyond the two “free” absences will be deducted from your final grade. (For example, if you earned an 80% (B), but had three unexcused absences, you will receive a 79% (C+) for your final grade.) After six unexcused absences you will be awarded a failing grade.
• If you are an athlete, you must have your coach send me a list of the dates you will be absent before you miss class.
• If you know you will be absent, it is your responsibility to find out any assignments/handouts you will miss and turn in any assignments/papers ahead of time and be prepared for the next period you attend.
• If you are absent—excused or unexcused—it is your responsibility to find out any assignments/handouts you missed and turn in any assignments at the next class period (for those who did not know they would be absent) and be prepared for that period. If you miss a class period that an essay is due—see Policy of Make-up Quizzes/Tests and Late Assignments.
VI. Policy of Make-up Quizzes/Tests and Late Assignments:
A. Essays/Reflection Papers/Portfolio
Only in extenuating circumstance can an essay, portfolio, or reflection paper be turned in late, and then it must be submitted the next class period. The student MUST notify the instructor PRIOR to the due date, and the instructor must approve it. The assignment must then be turned in the next class period and will receive a letter grade/10 % penalty. Failure to turn in an assignment without permission of the professor on the due date will result in an E for the course.
VII. Revision Policy: As long as the (first) 4 page essay is turned in on time, each student will be allowed to review the comments and revise for up to 10% more of the initial grade earned. Multiple revisions of the same assignment may be completed. All revisions are due two Thursdays before the end of the semester. Reflection papers and final research papers cannot be revised.
VIII. Withdraw from Class Procedure:
The student must complete the withdrawal form with the Student Services Office if he/she stops attending class. Students who do not formally withdraw may receive an E for the class.
IX. Tentative Class Schedule: https://ljacoby.wikispaces.com/home
The class schedule can be viewed on the wiki and is updated each week. The course schedule will change over the course of the semester depending on our progress.