WR 122: College Composition II Fall 2019; CRN 15984

Room: PLC 353 Meeting Times: TR 8:30am-9:50am

Instructor: Dr. Rachel Rochester Office: 301C Tykeson Hall (6-1542)

Office Hours: Wednesday 9:30am-12:30pm + by appointment Email: rachelr@uoregon.edu (I reply during business hours)

Course Theme: Our theme for the course will be food justice! We will examine the three major aspects of the food justice movement and inquire into the political, ethical, environmental, social, economic, and cultural impacts that our local and global food systems have on the world around us and the roles we play within these systems. We will use this knowledge to develop strong, well-developed arguments about ways to create more equitable food systems in order to create a more just world. We have just one required text for the term:

Required Texts Food Justice, 2nd ed, edited by Rosalie Roberts

E-Handbooks The following electronic handbooks will be available for grammar and citation reference during this course. You can find all of these handbooks on the Library Resource link of the Canvas course site: Purdue OWL (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/) UNC Writing Center Handouts (http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/) Writing for Success (http://open.lib.umn.edu/writingforsuccess/) NOTE: Does not reflect the most recent MLA edition (8th). Refer to Purdue OWL for citation information.

Course Overview: Why am I here? Over the course of this term, I hope to prove to you that writing can be more meaningful than a fulfilled requirement. In WR 122, we will enjoy lively intellectual discussions, delve deeply into topics that capture our interest, and enhance our powers of inquiry, persuasion, and logical reasoning. We will also explore a variety of viewpoints concerning complex issues through critical reading, thoughtful discussions, and the completion of ongoing writing assignments. By the end of our time together, your writing will not only be cogent and well-argued, it will also be able to successfully account for multiple points of view within a diverse community. All of our course activities will be aligned with specific learning outcomes to better help us fulfill this vision for our collaborative class experience. Composition Program Learning Outcomes: In WR122, students can expect to deepen their understanding of WR121 outcomes through focused study of writing as a process of inquiry, learning, and expression within a particular discipline, profession, or more specific discourse community. Students will:

1. cultivate a deep understanding of multiple perspectives using sustained ethical inquiry by:

a. identifying and analyzing the shape argument can take in relation to audience, purpose, and context through rhetorical reading of a variety of texts;

b. composing texts that demonstrate an understanding of writing as rhetorical and argument as inquiry;

2. identify and describe rhetorical features and areas for improvement in their peers' writing;

3. practice revising multiple drafts based on feedback from peers and instructor and develop strategies for future independent revision processes;

4. identify and critically apply style conventions for writing in an academic context.

Course PoliciesComposition Program Policies The policies for the Composition Program

are available here: https://composition.uoregon.edu/program-policies/ Conformance with these policies is mandatory for students enrolled in a composition course at the UO.

Attendance You may miss the equivalent of one week of class (2 classes) without penalty. After these two, you will lose 3% of your overall grade per absence. If you are using an electronic device during class for anything other than our current activity, it will count as an absence.

Late Work Assignment due dates are indicated on the

syllabus and on Canvas. You are allowed one penalty-free late assignment.* After that, different assignments will begin to lose different point values as outlined in our grading contract. * Due to tight peer-review schedules, your penalty-free late assignment cannot be used on essays 1.1 and 2.1.

Grading In this class, we will be using contract-based grading. What does that mean? In short, it means that your grade will depend more on your commitment to the process, and less on my individual opinion of your work. For more information, check out our grading contract.

Labor-Based Grading Contract This contract is designed to separate my assessment of your work from the grade you receive, which I hope will motivate and free you to do your best work, take risks, receive feedback productively, and do your work in the spirit in which it is assigned: for the purpose of your learning. I trust you to pursue this learning, just as you must trust me to facilitate your labor. Here’s how this works. Individual assignments will not receive grades. Final grades for the class will be calculated out of 100% → You are guaranteed a course grade of B (84% or 84 out of 100 points), if you meet all of the following six (6) criteria:

1. Participation. You agree to fully participate in the class discussions by asking questions and responding thoughtfully to those of your peers. If you are profoundly uncomfortable speaking in class, come speak with me about alternatives.

2. Sharing and Collaboration. You agree to work cooperatively and collegially in

groups. We will discuss as a group what we all expect from each other.

3. Work / Labor Conditions. You agree to meet the following conditions for all assignments, including Essays, Classwork, Homework, and possibly Reading Quizzes:

• Complete and On Time. You agree to turn in on time and in the appropriate manner complete assignments that meet all of our agreed upon expectations. (See item 5 below for details on late assignments). This means you’ll be honest about completing labor that asks particular time commitments of you—for example, “write for 20 minutes,” etc.

• Revisions. When the job is to revise your thinking and work, you will reshape, extend, complicate, or substantially clarify your ideas – or relate your ideas to new things.

o Note: You won’t just correct grammar and spelling or touch up. Revisions must somehow respond to or consider seriously your colleagues’ assessment in order to be revisions.

• Copyediting. When the job is a final draft, your work must be well copyedited—that is, you must spend significant time in your labor

GradingScale(%)95≤A90≤A-<9587≤B+<9083≤B <8780≤B-<8377≤C+<8073≤C <7770≤C-<7367≤D+<7063≤D <67

process to look just at spelling and grammar. It's fine to get help in copyediting.

4. Late Work. There are several categories for Late work:

• Work that is submitted after the deadline, but within 48 hours of the original deadline.

• Work that is submitted before or by the deadline, but lacks one or more minimum requirements of the assignment.

o In this case, the assignment will be considered "Incomplete," and the student has 48 hours from notification by the instructor to re-submit the assignment as requested before that work becomes “missed work.”

o If the revised submission still does not meet the requirements, it will automatically become "missed work."

5. Missed Work. If you submit late work AFTER THE 48 hours stipulated in item 5 above (Late/Incomplete Work), then it will be considered Missed Work, which is a more serious mark against your grading contract. Due to the fact that all assignments are used in class, turning in something beyond 48 hours after it is due means that it is assured to be useless, and its absence has hurt your colleagues in class since they depended on you to turn in your work for their use.

6. Ignored Work. You agree not to ignore any work expected of you. Ignored Work is any work unaccounted for in the quarter—that is, I have no record of you doing it or turning it in. Submissions that make little or no attempt to meet the assignment requirements will also be considered "Ignored" for grading purposes.

• Accumulating any Ignored Work will keep you from meeting our contract expectations—and passing the course—because ignoring the work that is crucial to your development as a learner in our community does not meet our primary goal of learning.

But wait… a B will tank my GPA. I need an A in this class!

Never fear. To raise your grade, you may complete up to four (4) Advanced Labors, according to their instructions and minimum requirements. All instruction prompts for Advanced Labors will be posted under the "Advanced Labors" module on Canvas. Items may only be used once per student unless otherwise noted.

Note: No credit is ever given for an Advanced Labor assignment that does not meet all minimum requirements, and no credit is given for any Advanced Labors that are submitted after the deadline.

Advanced Labor Week Due Brief Description Food Diary and Reflection

Anytime Keep a food diary for one week and reflect on it in writing

Media Analysis Anytime Consume of piece of media related to food justice and reflect on it in writing.

Extra Reading Analysis

Anytime Do an additional reading (I’ll provide options) and analysis; may be done twice

Extra Feedback Anytime Get essay feedback via two appointments with a tutor (at least one at Center for Teaching Writing)

Discussion Leader

Sign up for specific dates

Sign up to be a discussion leader for a specific reading; may be done twice

Revision Analysis

7 In-depth written reflection on your E1 revision process

Burden of Proof 8-9 A worksheet using your enthymeme to outline E2 Essay 1.3 Revision Plan

9 Imagine you will revise essay 1.2 for a second time. Write an in-depth revision plan.

Public Event Reflection

Anytime Attend a public event on campus or elsewhere that is related to food justice. Write a 300-word review of the event.

Educational Meeting

Before week 7

Meet with an educational authority (a professor, instructor, or academic advisor) to discuss something related to your major, minor, or field you are interested in.

So how do I calculate my grade?

Use the chart below. There is also a B-Level Contract Grade Checklist on Canvas in our Labor-Based Grading Module.

Each late

assignment (after the first)

Each missed assignment

Each ignored assignment

Each advanced labor

Essay 1.2 and 2.2

-3 Points -10 Points -20 Points +4 Points

All other assignments

-2 Points -4 Points -10 Points +4 Points

Clarifications:

• To receive an A, all assigned work must be handed in (even if the work was initially “missed”).

• To receive a passing grade (C-), all the essay versions must be handed in. • I very occasionally award A+ grades for exceptional work.

Your ongoing enrollment in this class means you accept this contract and agree to abide by it. I (Rachel Rochester) also agree to abide by this contract, and to administer it justly and equitably to the best of my ability.

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