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Dr. Betty L. Hart (blhart@usi.edu) 3039 Liberal Arts Center (812) 465-1669, Fax: (812) 465-7152 |
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Required Textbooks Format of Papers Catalog Description Attendance Course Requirements Plagiarism Policy Submitting Work Calendar Welcome to English 101, Summer Session. This course concentrates on helping you to develop your writing process and your critical thinking skills. In this class, you will do a lot of writing, reading, and discussing. Because this is a condensed class, you will want to be sure to keep up with assignments and not miss class unnecessarily.
A course in the critical arts of reading, writing, reflection, and discussion, with and introduction to rhetoric and informal logic. This course meets UCC Goal A1- Composition/speech and A3 - Critical Thinking.
Required Textbooks Axelrod, Rise B. and Charles R. Cooper. The St. Martin's Guide to Writing, 6th Ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001.
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/theguide/Ruszkiewicz, John, et al. Bookmarks, 2nd ed. New York: Longman, 2003.
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_ruszkiewic_bookmarks_2
Course Requirements
You are required to write four papers for this course. All papers are to be from 3 to 4 pages long. You may or may not use researched sources for your papers. If you do use researched sources, you must document your sources.
Paper 1: For this paper, you will write about an important event in your life. See the appropriate chapter in your SMGW for the assignment details. The focus of this paper is in your recounting significant and sufficient details to help your reader gain an understanding of your subject. Paper 2: For this paper, you will write about a person. To avoid "corny" papers, you may not write about a relative, favorite teacher or coach, or popular celebrity. You should choose a subject whom you can observe and possibly interview. Paper 3: This is a profile paper. This paper is slightly different from the first assignment. In this paper, you will use narration and description extensively. Your subject will be a place. Specifically, your task is to capture the ambience of this place by carefully choosing and detailing the activities, scenery, and people present there. Paper 4: Your last paper is a concept paper. In a concept paper, your aim is to present information, clearly and efficiently, for the purpose of educating the reader about a subject. Concepts move beyond describing specific objects and events to explaining general principles and patterns of behavior. In addition to the four major required papers, you are also required to submit class work as assigned and to complete 3 – 4 short writing assignments. The class work and short writing assignments will equal one letter grade and one-fifth of your final grade.
Format for Papers
All papers should be word processed. You are required to use Courier New, 12 point font. The margins should be one inch all the way around. You should have a heading on the first page only, flush with the left margin, and a centered title. Identify each assignment by name and/or page number. All spacing throughout the paper is double. Pages should be numbered, with your last name, followed by the page number (i.e., Hart, 1). Works cited may be listed at the end of the last page, preceded by a triple space. Here is a sample of your required heading:Lillian McGowen
English 101
Personal Narrative Paper
May17, 2004Submitting papers and class work:
Papers and class work completed outside of class are due at the beginning of class. These papers will not be accepted if placed in the instructor's mailbox, under the door, sent by e-mail, or any other delivery mode. Papers can only be turned in by the student in person to the instructor at the beginning of the class on the due date, or if the student anticipates a future absence on the day that a paper or class work is due, the student may turn in the work prior to that class in person. No responses or class work will be accepted late or under any other circumstances.
Since summer school is "condensed" to five weeks of a normal fifteen-week semester, your regular attendance is critical to your successful performance in the course. Passing this course requires much more than just writing papers that receive passing grades. You are expected to be present to participate in student writing workshops, discussions, and a variety of class activities that all contribute to your achieving the goals of this course. It is not up to your instructor to approve of your missing class or to provide you material missed while you are absent. A decision to miss a class or classes is your personal choice and responsibility. In this class you will not be allowed to make up missed class work, nor will the instructor approve of your absences--legitimate or otherwise. The final exam will not be rescheduled for any reason.
Plagiarism: A student must not intentionally adopt or reproduce ideas, words, or statements of another person without acknowledgment. A student must give due credit to the originality of others and properly reference the following:
Quoting another person's actual words;
Using another person's ideas, opinion, or theory;
Borrowing facts, statistics, or other illustrative material, unless the information is common knowledge.
For more information about USI's policies for academic dishonesty visit the Dean's web site at http://www.usi.edu/stl/section_changes.asp
University Resources
USI maintains a very helpful Academic Skills Center. At the Center, you can get help with writing your papers. Whether you just need a reader to respond to your drafts or if you need help with a specific composition skill, the Center is there to assist you. Visit the center at http://www.usi.edu/acadskil/asengl.htm . You can even use the On Line Writing Center or request special help with your papers via e-mail at http://www.usi.edu/acadskil/OWL/USI~OWL.asp
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