ENGL-150-06: College Writing II
Class Location Murdock 109
Class Meeting time(s) T, R 2:00--3:15
Teaching Assistant: Abby Egan
| Instructor: | Mary Levitt |
| Office Location: | Mark Hopkins 107C |
| Email: | Mary.Levitt@mcla.edu |
| Office Phone: | 5494 |
| Office Hours: | T,R: 1:00-2:00 W, 2:30-3:30 |
Course Description
ENGL 150 (College Writing II) develops the critical reading, writing, and thinking skills necessary for college work. Every class will involve some kind of expository writing, from daily ejournals to fully developed essays. Students will also read and discuss essays from a variety of sources. Additional time will be devoted to questions of style, rhetoric and organization. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to write a 1000-1500 word documented essay that is sophisticated in content, and whose meaning is not obscured by poor organization, grammar, or punctuation. .
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Read college-level texts and demonstrate understanding of the content through paraphrase, summary, generalization and specific explanation. |
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Evaluate and interpret texts in relation to each other and with regard for the complicating effect that content and perspective have on meaning. |
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Draw conclusions and consider implications of materials so as to discern larger problems and solutions or to find new problems and pose new questions. |
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Use appropriate documentation for sourced material. |
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Organize and connect ideas into an integrated whole. |
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Support generalizations with appropriate examples and evidence. |
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Use appropriate vocabulary and tone. |
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Identify and manage opposition arguments in a variety of ways. |
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Rethink, rework, and revise ideas through multiple drafts of essays. |
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Become a more critical reader, thinker, and writer. |
Texts
Required: Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing : A Brief Guide to Argument 8th ed. by Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau
Recommended: A Writer's Reference 7th ed. by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers
Grades will be calculated upon the successful completion of four-six major essays, numerous writing assignments, a response journal and a final (in-class essay). Due dates refer to final, graded versions of papers only. All drafts must be done before the due date, usually during editing workshops held especially for this purpose.
The following is a tentative schedule of the papers for this class. This schedule can change depending on the level and motivation of the class.
| Jan. | Paper 1 | 10% |
| Feb. | Paper 2 | 20% |
| Mar. | Paper 3 | 20% |
| Apr. | Paper 4 | 20% |
| May | Assignments/ e-journals | 10% |
| May | Final | 20% |
PLAGIARISM STATEMENT
In keeping with the college policy on academic honesty, the English Department expects students to write their own papers and to document any paraphrased ideas, summaries, or direct quotations from other sources. Unacknowledged use of the information, ideas, or phrasing of other writers is an offense comparable with theft and fraud; and it is so recognized by the copyright and patent laws. Literary offenses of this kind are known as plagiarism. Plagiarism is subject to academic penalty, which may may result in failure of the course. A record of the violation is submitted to the Office of Academic Affairs; a second offense may result in suspension or dismissal from the University.The anti-plagiarism software, Turnitin.com will be implemented in this class.
http://www.mcla.edu/Academics/academicresources/registrar/academicpolicies/ ).
Computer Classroom Etiquette: Please unplug all devices, take off hoodies, hats, and (sigh) take cell phones off the desk and turn off any ringers, messages, alerts, etc. You get the idea. You need to pay full attention to what is happening in the class. Your goal is to stay on task in spite of all the possibilities for distraction.
Please use Canvas for information about this class if you are absent and use First-Class email correspondence for personal messages only. Don't forget to set your notification preferences. Below is a short video explaining how to do it.
Setting Up Notification Preferences
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