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El Camino College: Spring 2011
English B - Introduction to the Composing Process
Section 6160 Monday 9:15 -11:20 a.m. in H 315 (computer lab)
Wednesday 9:15 -11:20 a.m. in H 316
Instructor: Ms. Jennifer AnnickOffice Humanities 321H
Phone (310) 660-3593 x 5193Office Hours Monday 11:30 a.m - 1 p.m.
Email Wednesday 11:30 a.m - 1 p.m.
Required Materials available at ECC Bookstore:
English Essentials- 2nd edition by John Langan & Beth Johnson (about $35):
must be NEW or have ALL answers removed
English B packet with Ms. Jennifer Annick on cover (about $3)
Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary Soto ($7)
PC formatted flash drive - REQUIRED for computer lab work (about $15)
3 ring binder with paper, your own stapler, 882-E scantron for final exam, hi-lighter, #2 pencil
Course Description
“Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul into even your smallest tasks. This is the secret of success.” – Swami Sivinanda
I am committed to you. I want you to commit to your success. This class is designed to strengthen your ability to express yourself clearly in speaking and writing about literature and your life and to make choices that will benefit you in school and life. You will learn to write and to read with greater speed and understanding so you gain confidence academically.
The 3 credits given for successfully earning a P (Pass) in ENGL B are based on the Carnegie unit:
for every hour in class, you are expected to do two hours of work outside of class!
Follow the 5 Ps: Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance!
Student Learning Outcome
Write a 200-350 word descriptive, reflective, or narrative paragraph(s) that has gone through multiple revisions and responds to a text discussed in class. Paragraphs should include a clear topic sentence and provide supporting details. Paragraphs should be logically organized and focused. Paragraphs should use basic rules of grammar, spelling, and punctuation so that a reader can understand the writer’s ideas; they should also be double spaced and follow MLA style for indentation, heading, title, and font.
Follow the ABCs!
Anticipate!Before class begins, hand in work, open your binder, turn on computer…
Be your best! Eat well, get rest, and take the time to do your work well.
Create solutions! Ask for help. If you are absent, get and do the missed work.
Course Objectives
1 Read and apply critical thinking skills to pre-collegiate texts for the purposes of writing and discussion.
2 Apply appropriate strategies from the writing process to create, compose, revise, and edit drafts.
3 Demonstrate ability to participate in draft-review activities, such as peer review and one-on-one tutorials.
4 Plan, write, and revise paragraphs based on personal experience and observations, including a topic sentence and supporting details, and avoiding grammatical and mechanical errors that interfere with meaning.
5 Write and revise summaries of, and personal responses to, short magazine or newspaper articles.
6 Compose a variety of sentence types and edit them for correct grammar, appropriate word choice, and accurate spelling.
Course Grading840 Points
Attendance, preparation, and participation60
Student profile & quiz, getting books 20
Reading questions, presentation, quizzes140
Grammar exercises: online English Essentials homework100
Papers (outlines, 1st draft, 2nd draft) 350
Partner quiz, midterm, and final exam170
To receive a grade of Pass (P), you must earn over 73% or 613points and prove you can write a short academic paperthat passes the Student Learning Outcome and rubric for ENGL B.
To calculate your grade: 1 Add all the points you have earned.
2. Divide by all the points possible to that point.
3. Multiple by 100 = your %
Course Evaluation
Attendance and participation: Keep track of your attendance each day on this syllabus.
Students must be in class, on time, on task, alert with their heads off the desk, with their own books, and participating appropriately and respectfully. Please treat others as you want them to treat you. Please turn off and put away all electronic devices, music and sunglasses before class begins. No texting or work from other classes is allowed during our class time. No personal grooming. All language, topics, and essays must be appropriate to an academic setting. Positive body language and attention to any speaker is required! Like the lottery, “You have to be in it to win it.”
MYTH #1 College is cool because you don’t have to attend class.
FACTS: Missing more than three classes = You are dropped from class.
- After the first absence each 5 weeks, you lose 10 points from your attendance grade.
- Do NOT schedule appointments during class time.
- There are no ‘excused’ absences. However, please talk with me about emergency situations or extreme illness.
- If you are absent, you must contact a classmate and come to the office for any handouts you miss
BEFORE the next class meets so you aren’t even further behind.
MYTH #2 Not much happens the first week of class.
FACT: If you miss the first or second day of class, you will be dropped from the class.
MYTH #3 If a student has a good reason, it’s okay to be a little late or leave a little early.
FACTS: After the first tardy or early leave each 5 weeks, you lose 10 points from your attendance grade.
-Missing more than thirty minutes of class = absence
- If you are tardy, you must see me after class for the “tardy party” to be marked present
- Be courteous. If you leave early, you must let me know before class begins.
MYTH #4 It is okay to use electronic devices, text and surf the web during class.
FACTS: It is rude to everyone to not be fully focused on class.
- If you are checking or using any electronic device, you will be asked to leave class and be marked absent.
PLEASE NOTE:
If you are absent for just one day, do not call. Instead, follow the syllabus assignments and contact a classmate:
Name ______Phone number(s) ______Email ______
Name ______Phone number(s) ______Email ______
If you are absent two classes in a row, you should contact me!
If you are absent three days in a row and do not contact me, I assume you want to be dropped from our class.
Homework: Responses are graded on thoughtfulness, completeness, formatting and proofreading.
This class is designed to train you as a college student. Only two assignments will be accepted late with no penalty. Those assignments must be turned in the next class with the NQA (No Questions Asked) half sheet in this syllabus stapled on top. After that, late work can only earn up to half credit and will only be accepted the next class.
No makeup work is given for missed work. If you know you will miss a class, you can turn in work early for full credit. All assignments must be completed before class starts and handed in during the first 5 minutes of class or it is late.
3 Ring Binder You must have your syllabus, the packet and then all handouts in the order given to you in the rings of the binder. Please have a separate section for your notes which should have a date and heading.
Quizzes and Exams All quizzes and exams are cumulative and may include questions on writing, grammar, and reading. You must have the required book on your desk to be eligible to take the quizzes.
Grammar exercises
Online exercisedirections are in your English B packet. To complete those exercises, you must score 80% or better. Student advice: “If you do it carefully, it really helps.”English Essentials exercises should be completed as we review grammar.
Lab time If you are not focused during the lab time, you will be asked to leave and it will be counted as an absence. Save all work as Microsoft.doc so your disk will work in the ECC labs.
Papers are worth 100 points. You will be given instructions for each paper. You must complete each step to earn a grade. All drafts must be typed in 12 point font, double spaced, stapled once, and use the MLA format we learn in class. Please staple all steps in the left corner in the order to have the paper evaluated:
1 completed outline checked by instructor or tutor on due date (10 points)
If absent, you must see me during office hours or meet with a WritingCenter tutor
2 1st draft (10 points)
3 peer editing sheet carefully completed with proof that questions and answers were used in 2nd draft
If missing, incomplete, or not used to revise your paper, you do not get a grade for the 2nd draft
4 2nd draft(50 points) You will sit with me or a tutor as we go over you paper together in terms of the scoring rubric below.
5 To get your grade for the 2nd draft, complete a 3rd draftdue at the beginning of next class
with the changes and additions you made highlighted.
Revisions must include any changes suggested by me or the tutor to the topic sentence(s), addition of
specific details, lengthening the paper, and/or improving grammar or spelling.
If you miss or skip more than three corrections or suggestions, you will not receive a grade.
2nd draft SCORING RUBRIC
GradingCriteria / A
Superior
45- 50 points / B
Very Good
40-44 points / C
Satisfactory
35-39 points / D
Weak
30-34 points / F
Poor
10-29 points
Purpose
Organi-
zation / Topic sentences have a strong, clear topic and point. Paragraphs are well-organized and have a strong conclusion. / Topic sentences have a clear topic and point.
Paragraphs are organized and have a conclusion. / Topic sentences have a topic and point.
Paragraphs are somewhat organized and may or may not have a conclusion. / Topic sentences announce the topic but do not give a point. Paragraphs are unorganized and/or lack a conclusion. / The topic and point are never stated.
Paragraphs are unorganized and lack a conclusion.
Development
& Support / Paragraphs have specific and relevant supporting details. / Paragraphs have specific supporting details even if they are not always relevant. / Paragraphs have some supporting details, but they may be too general, repetitious or irrelevant. / Paragraphs have few supporting details, and they are general, repetitious and often irrelevant. / Paragraphs lack supporting details.
Grammar,
Mechanics,
& Usage / Word choice is appropriate, and words are spelled correctly.
Paragraphs have few grammatical or punctuation errors so that a reader easily understands the writer’s ideas. / Most words are used appropriately and spelled correctly.
Paragraphs have minor grammatical and punctuation errors, but a reader can understand the writer’s ideas. / Word choice and spelling may be confusing at times.
Paragraphs have a few errors in grammar and punctuation that might prevent a reader from understanding one or two of the writer’s ideas. / Words are frequently misused and/or misspelled.
Paragraphs have so many grammar and punctuation errors that a reader often has trouble understanding the writer’s ideas. / Words are misused and spelled incorrectly.
Paragraphs have so many grammar and punctuation errors that a reader cannot understand the writer’s ideas.
MLA
Format / MLA format is followed correctly. / There are only a few minor errors in MLA format. / There are some errors in MLA format. / There are many errors in MLA format. / MLA format is not followed.
0 points: The paper is late, plagiarized, or did not follow the writing process.
Some papers may not fit these categories exactly. This rubric is intended to be applied to an end-of-the-semester writing assignment. We will work toward these goals in each paper assignment.
Plagiarism Using someone else's ideas or words from any other source including the Internet or copying someone else’s writing without giving credit is academic theft. The consequences are severe: a zero on the assignment, failure in the course, suspension, and/or dismissal from ECC. The solution is simple: use the MLA format including parenthetical references and page numbers from the book, see me, the tutor, or the WritingCenter, and do your own work.
Non-discrimination Policy “The policy of the El Camino Community College District is to provide an educational and employment environment in which no person shall be unlawfully denied full and equal access to, the benefits of, or be unlawfully subjected to, discrimination on the basis of ethnic group identification, national origin, religion, age, sex, race, color, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or retaliation in any program or activity that is administered by, funded directly by, or that receives any financial assistance from, the State Chancellor or Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. The policy of the El Camino Community College District also provides for an educational and employment environment free from unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct or communications constituting sexual harassment.”
Resources
The Writing Center located in Humanities 122 offers help with writing. You can meet with a tutor, use on-line tutoring, type your papers, or do Hacker grammar exercises. Log in and out using your student ID number. All work must be academic. No appointment needed. You must bring the assignment page for essay help. (310)660-3593 x3873.
Computers and printersfor students are available in The Writing Center and the LMTC in the East Lower Level of the Library.
The Special Resource Center and ADAprovides for testing for academic accommodations. If you have a documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodations, please let me know. You may speak to me after class, during office hours, by phone or e-mail. Your privacy will be protected. You are also encouraged to contact the SpecialResourceCenter on campus (310) 660-3295 to discuss what services are available. If you have had trouble learning successfully, contact these specialists about possible enrollment inEducational Development 29.
The Textbook Depot (on the main floor of the library at the periodicals/ reserve window) has many of the textbooks used in ECC classes. You may borrow these books for two hours, but you must use them in the library.
Student Health Center(located next to the Pool) offers free or low cost doctor appointments, psychological counseling, HIV and STD testing, blood tests, pregnancy tests and immunizations. (310)660 3593 x3643
Office Hours Please use this time for extra help, to check grades, for questions or to makeup missed quizzes. You do not need to make an appointment. You can also call or leave a message that I will return by the next scheduled office hours.
Advice from former students:
“Come to school every day because if you miss a day you miss a lot of work.”
“Turn in work on time.”
“Stay on top of you work. Don’t fall behind.”
“Listen in class.”
“Do all of your homework because it helps.”
“Be on time.”
Notes This syllabus and the assignments, like life itself, are subject to change. If these guidelines do not fit your expectations, please speak to me immediately to consider better options for you. I look forward to working with you!
Extra Credit: Show to Ms. Annick after class or during office hours for 5 points each by Week 15:
____ Current public library card
____ Voting in local election (voting stub as proof)
____ Annotating (thoughtfully underlining or commenting in margins) in stories
____ During Week 14 or 15, buy or borrow one of the great books below and show Ms.Annick
to be prepared to read even more: Letters My Mother Never Read,Cut, or Holes
Assignments and class schedule
Please bring English Essentials and the book we are reading to every class.
“Story titles” are from Baseball in April
EE = English Essentials This grammar homework will checked twice during the semester.
To follow this schedule: In plain type are the topics that we cover together during class that day.
In italics at the bottom of each box is homework (HW) due at the beginning of the next class.
Week / Mondays - computer lab Points / Wednesdays Points1 / 2/14Tardy Absent Present Early leave
English program & Syllabus overview
Index cards- questions & introductions
i book Paragraph Overview
Homework
Purchase English Essentials, Baseball in April, English B packet flash drive bring to class___/10
Complete student profile & Syllabus quiz ___/10
( at the end of this syllabus) / 2/16 Tardy Absent Present Early leaveBegin Baseball in April “Seventh Grade”p 52-59
Check It Out form
author background
What’s up,FAQs & photos
annotate story (marking and commenting in the
book as you read)
Figurative Language worksheet
similes & metaphors
ibook: narration
Paragraph 1 assigned (narrative) & outlined
Homework
Finish reading & annotating“Seventh Grade”
Continue paragraph 1 outlines – due 2/28
2 / 2/21 Presidents’ Day – no classes / 2/23Tardy Absent Present Early leave
Grammar: Subjects and Verbs EE p 38 & ibook
Youtube Schoolhouse rock verbs
Consistent verb tense EE p 264 & 274
Word Choice EE p 234 Slang & Cliches
Review ENGL B packet
Review outlines
Word overview ENGL B packet p 2 & 3
MLA formatting
Homework
Read & annotate “Broken Chain” p 1-12 by Wednesday
Finish outline ___/10
3 / 2/28 T=Tardy A= Absent P E
Meet tutor ______
Review MLA format
Outlines checked
drafting
HW typed & printed 1st draft & flash drive___/10 / 3/2 T A P E
Peer editing modeling
Peer editing: Paragraph 1
Grammar: Run-ons EE p 102 & 281
ibook: run-ons & comma splices
Online grammar exercises introduced
Review stories & annotating
Begin Baseball questions Set 1
HW Answer Baseballquestion Set 1 ___/20
(in this syllabus)
Do EE p 108 & 110
2nd draft with peer editing completed with steps stapled in the order given on syllabus ___/50
4 / 3/7 T A P EParagraph 1 evaluated
Revision
On-line & EE grammar exercises