Transcript English 1301: Essentials of college rhetoric

ENGLISH 1301: ESSENTIALS
OF COLLEGE RHETORIC
Week One: An Introduction
INSTRUCTOR INTRODUCTION
Instructor: Mrs. Ashley Edlin
Office Location: ENGL 459
Office Hours: Mon. and Wed. 9:30am-11:00am
Email Address: [email protected]
Personal Information
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Identify and adapt appropriate communication choices
based on subject, occasion, and audience.
Develop, apply, and express appropriate form and
content in written, visual, and oral communication.
Demonstrate basic principles of critical thinking,
problem solving, and technical proficiency as
evidenced through communication choices, including
those of organization, genre, and platform.
WHY RHETORIC AND WRITING MATTERS
Answer the following questions on a piece of paper that will be
turned in at the end of class.
What do you know about the term “rhetoric”?
What do you think you will have to write in college?
Why is it important to study writing in college?
What did you write in high school?
How will the writing you do in college be different from the writing
you did in high school?
FIRST-DAY BUSINESS
Check Roll: two truths and a lie
Required Materials
Texas Tech’s English 1301/1302 Textbook (Custom Edition 2014-2015)
The St. Martin’s Handbook (TTU E-Custom Edition)
ebooks.bfwpub.com/ttu
Electronic storage media to hold copies of all work completed and submitted
for the course
Access to a computer with Internet capabilities
ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING
You will have one or more writing assignments due each
week. The weight or value of each assignment varies,
depending on the type of assignment and where each
assignment falls in the curriculum. Please note that there is no
final exam in ENGL 1301.
Your final grade for the course will be calculated by dividing
the number of points you have earned by the total weights of
all assignments. Your grade will be available 24/7 on Raider
Writer.
Note: grades are not rounded, which means a 79.6, for
example, is still a 79, or a C.
ATTENDANCE
It is expected that you arrive on time and attend all scheduled
classes.
If you must miss class because of an official university activity, you
must notify me at least one week in advance, provide
documentation in the form of a letter from the sponsoring
department or unit, and arrange to turn in work either before your
departure or immediately upon your return.
I will take attendance each week. After your second absence, 5% of
your final grade will be deducted for each additional absence.
Regular attendance is ESSENTIAL to your success in this course.
DUE DATES AND LATE PENALTIES
All assignments must be turned in online by 11:59.59 p.m. (CST) by the date
stipulated in the online syllabus.
If you have trouble submitting your work online for any reason, email your
instructor and include a copy of your completed assignment, along with an
explanation of the technical problem, prior to the deadline for the assignment.
I reserve the right to remove the late penalty if I have proof that you completed
the assignment on time. Otherwise, any assignment(s) submitted late will receive
the allowing deductions:
1-3 days late: 5 points will be deducted per day late
4 or more days late: starting on the fourth day, the penalty increases to 10
points per day late
CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR
As college students, you are expected to behave in a courteous and respectful manner toward
your instructor and the other students enrolled in the course. The following behaviors are among
those viewed as unacceptable:
Using electronic devices, including but not limited to cell phones, iPods, laptops, and tablets
without the instructor’s permission
Talking while others have the floor/interrupting others
Acting belligerently or in a belittling manner
Challenging the instructor’s authority
Displaying disruptive behavior
Students who repeatedly disturb the progress of the class may be asked to leave the class and
discuss their behavior with a writing program director and/or a representative from Student Judicial
Programs as a result of an instructor-initiated Campus Incident Report.
COMMUNICATION POLICIES
Students are expected to behave in civil and appropriate ways both in the
classroom and online.
Verbal harassment of instructors or fellow students orally, through email,
through the writing concern box, or through the comment evaluation function
will NOT be tolerated.
Language that might be appropriate for friends is not always appropriate for
academic discourse. Students must maintain a professional and courteous
tone in all classroom and online correspondence.
Verbal harassment of instructors or fellow students orally or through writing
will not be tolerated. I reserve the right to count absent or to drop from the
course those students who repeatedly disrupt the class in ways that are
unacceptable.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND PLAGIARISM
For the purposes of this course, “plagiarism”
includes but is not limited to, the appropriation
of buying, receiving as a gift, or obtaining by
any means material that is attributable in whole
or in part to another source, including words,
ideas, illustrations, structure, computer code,
other expression and media, and presenting the
material as one’s own academic work being
offered for credit.
SOFTWARE FOR THE COURSE
Raider Writer
You will receive an email to your TTU address with
instructions for resetting your password and logging in.
This must be taken care of within the first 48 hours of
our first class meeting. If you do not receive this email
within 48 hours, please contact me for further instructions.
All major assignments will be turned in to Raider Writer.
https://raiderwriter.engl.ttu.edu
COURSE WEBSITE
The website for this course contains
supplemental policies and procedures, your
course blog, the course schedule, and other
important information.
http://edlinttuengl1301.weebly.com
HYBRID STRUCTURE
Remember, this is a hybrid course. Since we will only meet face-toface once a week, you will have a lot of reading and writing to do
outside of class, but you will have a week to do it.
The reduced “seat time” gives you the flexibility to do the reading
and writing at a time that is convenient for you. Just remember, this
doesn’t mean you can wait until the last minute to begin your
assignments. Keep a calendar, and develop some strategies that will
help you to manage your time.
Because we only meet face-to-face once a week, you should check
the course website and Raider Writer AT LEAST twice a week to
make sure you stay up with updates, reminders, and any schedule
changes.
“WHY SHOULD I LEARN TO WRITE?”
Get into a group of 3-4 students who have the same major
(or possible future major) as you.
Write down a list of all instances in your future career where
effective writing skills will help you succeed.
For example, will you write emails? Will you write business
reports? What else will you write?
The group who lists the most instances will be awarded 5
bonus points on an upcoming participation assignment. Be
creative!
READINGS AND ASSIGNMENTS
This week, you will need to complete the following items:
Buy the required materials
The St. Martins’ Handbook 7e
Custom textbook
Get into Raider Writer within the next 48 hours
Review this course website and familiarize yourself with all course policies and procedures.
Read Week 1 reading (also listed in Raider Writer):
1. First-Year Writing: Course Policies- textbook pages xv-xxviii
2. St. Martin's Handbook: Top 20 and How to Use Your Handbook
3. Audio Lesson: How to Succeed in this Course
Prepare for a quiz over the policies, procedures, and readings next time we have class.
Within 48 hours of our first class meeting, read the instructions for BA1 in Raider Writer. Once
you have read and understand the instructions, submit BA1 to Raider Writer by the due date,
which will be before I see you next.
REMINDERS
No class next week: Labor Day
Your week 2 assignments will be posted to the website by no later than Friday, August 29. I will also email them to your TTU
address.
Although we will not have class, you should be prepared for an online quiz and/or discussion of these readings on our course
website next week.
The readings are as follows:
First-year Writing: Chapter One, pp. 2-15; Chapter 6 pp. 124-131
St. Martin's Handbook: Chapter 1, “Expectations for College Writing”; Chapter 60a, "Reading Texts in the Humanities" and
DiYanni, "Developing a College Vocabulary" (available in the final part of the handbook, "WID/Critical Reading Skills”)
“Reading Critically” Audio Lesson
First-Year Writing: Chapter 2 pp. 16-30; Chapter 3 pp. 37-46, 51-61
St. Martin's Handbook: Chapter 12 f 2, "Paraphrases" & Chapter 12 f 3, "Summaries"; Write on Tutorials, "Summarizing and
Paraphrasing Sources”
“Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis” Audio Lesson