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EWRT 2: Green Sheet

Kim Palmore, PhD Cell Phone: 408-674-3005Email: Palmorekim@fhda.edu Office: F1-11

Course Description:English 2 is a transfer level course that applies critical thinking skills to reading and writing, with particular attention to argument and issue-oriented literature.

Course Goals: 1. Analyze and confront personal as well as cultural values and assumptions.2. Gain competence as critical thinker within established discourse.3. Recognize and evaluate alternative points of view and meanings.4. Summarize, synthesize, analyze, and interpret ideas and texts, including literary texts.5. Formulate arguments.6. Debate issues.7. Apply principles of argumentation and logic.8. Practice writing as a recursive process of discovery, planning, drafting, revising.9. Compose approximately 6,000 words of writing to be evaluated.10. Weigh credibility of information sources and integrate outside sources into papers appropriately and responsibly.

Requirements:1. Participation in class discussions and regular attendance.2. Completion of assignments and reading.3. Five formal papers, two of which will be written in class.4. A series of posts to the class website.5. Multiple tests, quizzes, or in-class assignments.

Texts and Required Materials: Lee A. Jacobus A World of Ideas 7th EditionGeorge RR Martin Game of Thrones

Website:Our class will use Canvas even though this is a face-to-face class.

Go to https://deanza.instructure.com Use your college credentials to log in. You will be taken to the Canvas dashboard where you should see our course

In order to do the homework, you must establish a username to use through Wordpress, which will be integrated into our Canvas site. To make your own FREE Word Press account, go to wordpress.com. The system will walk you through the steps to signup for a username or to set up your own user-friendly Word Press blog. Alternatively, you can sign into our website through Facebook.

If you prefer not to use your own name, you may use a pseudonym. Just make sure you sign in with YOUR Word Press username before you post on our class page so you get credit for your work. Please email me your username once you have established which account you shall use for the quarter.

If you cannot establish your website and username, please come to my office hours as soon as possible, and I will help you with the process. Much of our work will take place online, so establishing this connection is mandatory.

Please bring your books to class. Bring your laptop and draft copies on the days we write in class.

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STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:Students will be assessed on their ability to perform the following skills:

1) Demonstrate academic (analytical, argumentative) writing based on reading of complex texts.2) Apply critical thinking skills to writing and complex readings.3) Demonstrate analysis, comparison, synthesis, and documentation of independent research.4) Write cogent, well-developed arguments that clearly articulate a thesis supported by textual evidence;5) Select, evaluate, interpret, and synthesize sources in the service of an argument;6) Document sources (print, electronic, and other) in MLA style.

GRADING:Grades for this course will be based on a 1000-point scale divided as follows:Assignment My Score Point

ValueAssignment My

ScorePointValue

Essay #1 (3-5 pages) 125 Homework: Website Posts 150Essay #2 (2-3 pages) in-class 100 Tests 4x25 100Essay #3 (2-3 pages) 100 Participation/Quizzes/Activities 125Essay #4 (2-3 pages) in-class 100Essay #5 (5-6 pages) 200

Total 1000 points

I will assign traditional + and - gradesGrade Points Required Grade Points RequiredA 900-1000 D 600-699B 800-899 F 599 and belowC 700-799

CLASS POLICIES:Essay Submission:All out of class essays are to be submitted to me electronically through Turnitin before the due date and time. To submit your essay, follow these directions:

1. Go to Canvas2. Click on “Assignments”3. Go to the “Essay Group” of assignments4. Click on the appropriate essay: “essay 2, 3, or 4”5. Scroll to the bottom of the assignment and you will see the picture below6. Upload Submission

• Submit your essay as a Microsoft Word doc or docx format• If you use Google Drive, simply download your document as a Word doc

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Academic Dishonesty:Plagiarism includes quoting or paraphrasing material without documentation and copying from other students or professionals. Intentional plagiarism is a grave offense; the resulting response will be distasteful. Depending upon the severity, instances of plagiarism may result in a failing grade for the paper or the course and possible administrative action. All assignments will be scanned and scrutinized for academic dishonesty. Please refer to your handbook for more information regarding plagiarism.

Attendance:Attendance is a significant part of this course, and success in this course depends on regular attendance and active participation. Participation points will be part of our daily activities. If you are not in class, you cannot earn these points. You should save absences for emergencies.

It is your responsibility to talk to me your absences or other conflicts. Work done in class cannot be made up. If you must be absent, please arrange with a classmate to get assignments and notes. Also, please arrive on time, as you will not be able to make up work completed before you arrive, including quizzes.

Conduct, Courtesy, and Electronic Devices:In this class, we will regularly engage in the discussion of topics that may stir passionate debates. Please speak freely and candidly; however, while your thoughts and ideas are important to me and to the dynamics of the class, you must also respect others and their opinions. Courtesy will allow each person to have the opportunity to express his or her ideas in a comfortable environment.

Courtesy includes but is not limited to politely listening to others when they contribute to class discussions or while they give presentations, not slamming the classroom door or walking in front of classmates giving presentations if you do arrive late, and maintaining a positive learning environment for your fellow classmates. To help maintain a positive learning environment, please focus on the work assigned, , and do not text-message in class. If your behavior becomes disruptive to the learning environment of the class, you may be asked to leave and/or be marked absent.

Participation:Participation includes doing all work asked of you inside and outside of class, maintaining a positive learning environment for your classmates, and contributing to class discussion. Participation points are accrued based on your in-class participation. Do not underestimate the impact that participation has on your final grade. You must be in class to earn participation points.

Workshops: In this class, we may have workshops in conjunction with take-home essay assignments. Please be prepared by bringing the appropriate number of copies of your rough draft (see course outline) on workshop days. All drafts for out-of-class essays must be typed and printed, though using recycled paper is acceptable. If you come to class without the proper number of copies required for that day’s lesson, I will excuse you from class to either make copies or work on your essay. You will not receive participation points for the workshop.

Homework:Your homework is to be posted on the website by 6:00 pm the day before the next class convenes. Late homework will result in a point deduction. Homework posted more than two days late won’t count. Do not underestimate the impact homework will have on your grade.

Quizzes:There will be reading quizzes either in class or via Canvas.

Exams: We will have four vocabulary tests during the quarter. I will offer one opportunity late in the quarter to re-take or make-up one vocabulary test.

Late Work:I do not accept late work. I do, however, extend an opportunity to revise one essay for a better grade. If you miss an essay due date (essays 1 or 3), you may submit that essay when the revisions are due (See the syllabus for the due date). Submitting a late essay disqualifies you from revising another essay. If you miss an in-class essay, you may take it late, but it will count as your revision.

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Appointments:You can schedule an office visit with me by using the appointment finder on the class website. Alternatively, you can just drop by to see if I have a vacancy. Or, you can email me if you need to make an appointment outside of my formal office hours.

Adding and Dropping:Adding and dropping this class is the responsibility of the student . Please observe all deadlines regarding the same should you wish to add or drop this class.

Educational Use of Student Papers:Occasionally, I retain copies of written work to share with this class or future sections of the course; selections of student work used in these ways will be anonymous. However, if you absolutely object to the use of your work in these ways, please let me know now, so that I can respect your preference.