Fall 2019 Course Syllabi

Axelrod and Cooper. St. Martin’s Guide to Writing . 11 th ed. Bedford St. Martin’s, 2016 Axelrod and Cooper. Sticks and Stones and other student essays . 9th ed. Bedford St. Martin’s, 2016 Wardle and Downs. Writing about Writing . 3 rd ed. Bedford St. Martin’s, 2017 Rebecca Skloot. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Broadway Books, New York, 2011. Recommended Kolln, Martha and Loretta Gray. Rhetorical Grammar 7 th ed. Classroom Policies: In this class students will be asked to use email or Blackboard course messages as assigned to respond to discussion topics, submit all the prewriting exercises and outlines of essays, revise writing assignments to meet minimal competencies or beyond on essays chosen by students from among options the course offers, take quizzes given during class sessions. Submit work on time: late work is assessed penalties. Work submitted to this class should be written for this class this semester. Submitting work that earned credit in other classes is a type of plagiarism that earns a failing grade for the class. Policy on Class Participation So that everyone enrolled in the course may learn, students should attend class, on time, and focus on the topic of each class period. Class meetings will use active learning to meet the class learning objectives. Active learning means interaction between students and the instructor but also interaction among students. Most class periods, classroom assessment techniques will be used to gauge student understanding of daily learning. This means brief in-class quizzes of different types: multiple choice, true/false, written response, or graded notes. Course Requirements: This class assigns and tests on readings in the St Martins Guide, Sticks and Stones, and Writing about Writing. This class asks students to write sentences, paragraphs, and texts on reading assignments and discussion topics from the textbook as well as issues students choose from approved topics. Rhetorical Grammar is a recommended text used by students working towards an A. Tentative Course Outline