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EWRT1B Syllabus
** If you are a student with a disability and would like to discuss special accommodations,
please contact me as soon as possible.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
In this class, students will develop analytical, comparative skills in reading and writing. Students will engage in academic (interpretive, analytical, and argumentative) writing based on the reading of literary texts including poetry, short fiction, and a novel. Students will also perform outside research leading to analysis, comparison, and synthesis in a documented research paper.
REQUIRED TEXTS
Course reader (available at De Anza Bookstore)
Mama Day by Gloria Naylor (available at De Anza Bookstore)
Any grammar book with MLA documentation guidelines (recommended: A Writer’s Reference edited by Diana Hacker)
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Participation and Attendance: Regular class attendance is mandatory. After four absences, your grade begins to decline by 20 points per class session missed. Two tardies are considered an absence. Students are expected to do the assigned readings before each session and to come prepared to discuss the readings. Your grade will reflect only your participation and performance rather than your attendance. Of course, you need to attend class in order to participate. If you attend every class but participate minimally, the highest grade you will receive for participation will be a C.
Alternate Classes: For some Thursdays or Fridays, the class will not meet. Instead, students will do the equivalent work in an alternate assignment (often online). Failure to complete the full assignment for any particular day will result in an absence for that day and will count towards the total number of 4 permitted absences.
Formal Papers: There are three formal essays (3-4 pages each). All formal essays/papers must be typed and are due on the days assigned (see Course Schedule). Submit formal papers in a portfolio containing all drafts, prewriting, and notes for that paper. The portfolios should be in the form of a folder with pockets – the informal writing on one side, the formal on the other. Each paper's grade will decline by 20 points for each late date. Each essay will correspond to the readings for each unit.
Students must submit a hard copy of their papers on the due date(s). Also, the papers must be submitted electronically via www.turnitin.com, which gives students the opportunity to see the level of originality in their ideas and writing. To submit papers, go to the website and create a new account. (See instructions at the end of this syllabus.) The class number is 1867783 and the password is EWRT1B.
Rewrites: You may rewrite the first two papers. In order to rewrite your paper, you must comply with the following prerequisites:
- You must have completed at least 2 pages of your peer review draft on the day it was due.
- You must submit a one-page, typed proposal of your specific plans for rewriting specified in the rewrite proposal instructions located in the course reader.
- If your proposal is approved, you will have one week to submit your rewritten paper.
- When you submit your rewritten paper, include your original paper, your revised paper, your rewrite, your approved proposal, and the grading matrix from your graded paper.
- On the rewrite of your paper, highlight ALL your changes. If your rewrite is not at least 25% different from your revision, it will not be accepted. Students may receive up to 15 additional points for each rewrite.
Research Paper: Students will research a topic of their choice (as it relates to Unit 3) and write an essay (5-6 pages) incorporating their findings.
Group presentations: Students will work in groups of 3-4 students and will prepare a lesson plan for a section of Gloria Naylor’s novel, Mama Day. Presentations are scheduled throughout the quarter. See the presentation instruction sheet in the reader for more details.
Message board posts: For each unit, you will be asked to write original responses of at least 200 words each to questions and/or prompts on the readings (located in the Course Reader), which you are to post on the class message board. Also, you should respond to a minimum of three other students’ posts for each unit; your response to a post should be at least 120 words. You must complete 10 of 12 posts and 10 of 12 responses. You may do extra posts and responses, but you will not receive any extra credit. You may do extra topics and replies, but you will not receive any extra credit. Late entries will be accepted up to one week after the due date with a deduction of points.
To join the list, go to my homepage at http://faculty.deanza.fhda.edu/hearnlydia/ and click on the link for EWRT1B discussion groups. Once there, click on “register” (near the top of the screen). You may create whatever username you wish, but make sure you email me what your username is so that you can get credit for your entries. After you register, you may log on. Click on the EWRT1B section and post to the correct unit. If you would like to visit the board directly, go to http://lhearn.19.forumer.com/
The objective of the message board is to provide students with a forum to brainstorm, to develop ideas more fully, to share thoughts with peers, and to prepare for class discussion. To join the board , go to my homepage at http://faculty.deanza.edu/hearnlydia/ and click on the link for EWRT1B discussion groups (select the correct class hour). Once there, click on “register” (upper left corner of the screen). After you register, you may log on. Click on a board below your appropriate class and time.
Message board posts (option 2): If you have problems accessing the Internet on a regular basis, you have the option of submitting written response logs instead. Those students who select this option will be notified of specific guidelines for submitting responses that are equivalent to those in Option #1. However, you must notify me at the beginning of the quarter (by the end of the first week) that you are selecting this option. If you come to me during the middle of the quarter, you will not be allowed to use this option.
Reading quizzes: Each day we discuss the novel Mama Day, there will be a quiz worth 10 points covering the reading assigned that day points. Each student’s two lowest quiz scores will be dropped.
Tutorials and quizzes: Throughout the quarter, a series of grammar/writing tutorials are scheduled. Students have the option of taking a diagnostic grammar/writing skills quiz prior to that date. If the student receives an 8.5/10 or higher, the student need not attend the tutorial. Otherwise, the tutorials are mandatory and are part of regular class attendance. There will be a quiz for each topic a few days after the tutorial. Each student’s lowest tutorial quiz score will be dropped.
Extra credit: I am not a huge fan of extra credit; however, there will be a few opportunities throughout the quarter to receive extra credit. The maximum amount of extra credit an individual student may receive is 25 points (not including rewrites).
| Grading: (1000 total points possible) |
| Attendance/participation/informal homework |
80 pts. |
| Reading Quizzes (10 pts. each) |
70 pts. |
| Tutorial Quizzes (10 pts. each) |
60 pts. |
| Paper #1 |
150 pts. |
| Paper #2 |
150 pts. |
| Paper #3 (research project) |
200 pts. |
| Paper #4 |
150 pts. |
| Student presentations/close analysis exercise |
50 pts. |
Message board posts
6 pts. each original post
3 pts. each response |
90 pts.. |
930-1000 A
900-928 A-
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870-899 B+
830-869 B
800-829 B- |
770-799 C+
700-769 C
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670-699 D+
630-669 D
600-629 D- |
599 and lower F
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