Instructor: Robert MugfordThis page is best viewed using the Firefox or Netscape browser.Tuesday/Thursday Course Outline Spring 2009
English 101
For 1:30 class, Section 16756This class meets in LC 369 << click for a map
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Course Description:
The intention of this course
is to provide you with the opportunity to acquire
the necessary writing and
thinking skills with which to maturely express yourself
not only in college, but
in the workplace as well. Through the thinking out and writing
of class essays, you can
develop your own ideas and opinions, sharpen organizational
skills, acquire proofreading
and editing skills, as well as focus on elimination
of grammar errors. Students
often think of writing as a dreaded producing of a
necessary evil: a
"Please-Let-This-Pass"
essay for a class. But without the necessary
process behind the creating
of the essay, the entire effort is sometimes an empty
procedure whose product is
shallow and cliched. Good writing is more than mastery of
grammar (although to
effect the
former, the latter is a significantly important skill to
possess). It is the attempt
to
communicate in writing our deepest thoughts and feelings,
and it is this process
thatendows
language with the ability to move and interest us
Because some students do
succeed in communicating something in their essays that is
both personal and
well-written,
their papers have had an impact on me as a reader,
and I keep a file of their
work (many of which I will share with you). I will be as
intent in looking for content
and depth in your essays as I will be in looking for
correct writing and effective
organization.
BIO-OPTIC
ORGANIZED
KNOWLEDGE
SYSTEMS: You may purchase
these texts
at SCC's
bookstore,
but you would be wise to check out some
online bookstores for better
prices; click the link
below.
This is not to disparage our bookstore; I am reporting a current
student trend.
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(Though I will not require
that you purchase them, a good dictionary
and a thesaurus
are valuable items that
should
be a part of
any writer's toolbox. At least have access
to these (in book form
and/or online) when you are composing in whatever TV-less
environment you find
comfortable).
For Online help try
@ Dictionary
and Thesaurus.
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Powerpoint
link to George
Orwell information
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Writing the
Comparison/Contrast
essay: Literacy
education Online
Comparison/Contrast: Capital
Community College
Comparison/Contrast: Daniel
Kies, College of Dupage
Comparison/Contrast:
Temple University
Comparison/Contrast:
Colorado
State
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some ideas for Argumentative
Essay Topics?
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Essay Topics?
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Info on Logos, Ethos, and Pathos
Checklist
for the Persuasive Essay: Del
Mar College
Argumentative
Essays:
University
of North Carolina Writing Center
Argumentative Essays: Community
College of Southern Nevada
Argumentative Essays: Capital
Community College
Argumentative Essay Assistance: My
Paradigm
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refuting
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The
Modern Language
Association (Once there, click on MLA STYLE)
SCC
Library: Argumentative series list
Links
to Arizona Libraries
English
Server
SCC
Library
Reference
Resources
Internet
Public Library
IWCA Writing
Centers
Online
IWCA Links
to Writing
Center Handouts
Links for Internet Searching
Click for>>> Tips for Searching the Web
Google Yahoo Excite InternetSleuth WhatUseek Kartoo
Lycos GoTo Infoseek PlanetSearch Dogpile
Altavista Webcrawler A2Z HotBot Ixquick
NorthernLight Inference Thunderstone Teoma
AskJeeves
Alltheweb
Thebighub Snap
Need a dictionary or some grammar help? Click on
Dictionary.com or my Writers' References Page
Here are some Power
Point Presentations that may help you
this semester; you'll be asked to save
them
first before you
can open them: click on any
Power Point
icon to download.
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A note of caution:
Plagiarism
is tantamount to failure. Because some of
you may find it necessary
to cite from books, magazines, newspapers,
web pages etc., I will
present
a unit on plagiarism. If during the
semester you have any
questions
concerning proper methods of documentation,
ask me and/or consult Writer's
Resource pp.265-69 and/or The
Longman Reader,
p.366 or pp. 463-66
Click here
to
view the English
Department Policy on plagiarism:
FINAL
EXAMS: English Department policy requires that all Eng.101
students,
in
order to
receive any grade
for the course, must complete a final exam which is composed
and administered by the
instructor,
unless otherwise notified. Mine is a two
part
final:
the first covers grammar,
usage, and mechanics. The second will ask you to define
important terms selected
from the Longman Reader and class presentations and to
identify standard
bibliographic
forms. I conduct a review class for each part.
Download
SCC's Final
Exam schedule
(You'll Need Acrobat Reader)
or see
page 13 of the hardcopy 2009 Class Schedule
Part
I May 5 @ 1:30; Part
II May. 12th @ 1:30
OTHER SPECIFIC
ASSIGNMENTS
RELATED TO THE ESSAYS, ETC., AND THEIR
DUE DATES WILL BE
ANNOUNCED
IN CLASS.THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE
RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES
IN THE COURSE OUTLINE, TO MODIFY ASSIGNMENTS
AND ASSIGNMENT DATES,
ETC., AS NECESSARY.
ATTENDANCE: (please read carefully)
Obviously, you will get much more out of the class if youOn being late to class:
Because you have
enrolled
for this class, you have established a 16
week committment
to be in the classroom at
the designated start time,
and I expect you to honor it.
In my 120 years of teaching,
I have found
the consistently late student to be quite
disrespectful to the
instructor
and to his or her classmates. Sure, sometimes the
god Tardynisis may
prevent
us from being on time; however, if you must be late,
please be courteous to
everyone
in the room: enter quietly (through
a back door,
if there is one) and proceed
to your desk, all the while
trying not to show everyone
the sheet-wrinkle
imprints
on your face.
LATE PAPER
POLICY: Important!!!!
On the due
date,if you submit your paper any time after the class
officially
ends (2:45),I deduct one letter grade; if you submit it
the next day,
I deduct another
grade; after this time, I will not accept
any essay.
Also, any
late
paper not turned in to me personally
must be stamped
with the time
and date of submission (most often done by one of the
Department's
secretaries
in LC 305);
otherwise, I will not accept it.
I have set up turnitin.com to accept essays
submitted after the due date.
Rewrites:
If a student receives a failing grade on any of the
five essays,he or she may rewite the
assignment,
based on a consultation with me, for a grade of C.
This policy
applies
only to essays submitted on time,
not late essays.
Grading:
Your grade for the course
is determined by an evaluation of
the following:
FOUR FORMAL ESSAYS, ONE
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
TWO FINAL
EXAMS............
80%
QUIZZES.....................10%
( a C is a passing quiz grade)
HOMEWORK, ATTENDANCE,
AND
PARTICIPATION...........10%
In order to
pass
the class,
you must submit all five
formal
assignments,even if you fail
one, take both finals,
and earn at least
a C
on four of
the
six.
4
essays + 1 Annotated
bibliography + 2 final
exams = 6 major projects
(The 2 final exams carry the same weight as an essay or bibliography)
Grading
system: Passing grades:
4 = A or
A-; 3.8 = B+; 3.5 = B; 3 = B-; 2.8 = C+;
2.5 = C; 2 = C-; Failing
grades:
1.8 = D+; 1.5 = D; 1 = D-; 0 = F
Your course grade is primarily based on dividing the total of the major
project scores by 6
Example determination of a
student's course grade:
Grades for hypothetical student Willy Paz: Essays and Bib: 2.5, 1.8,
3.5. 3, 3.5,
Finals: 2, 2.5--Total = 18.8
18.8 divided by 6 = 3.1, or
a B-
then I figure in quiz grades,
homework, etc.
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Writing Center : Phone: 480-423-6416
If you (or I) should think
that tutorial assistance is necessary to help improve
your writing skills and,
in turn, your grade for the class, SCC's Writing Center,
located in
LC
379 (middle/sw corner of the LC building) offers FREE
tutoring
for students having problems
with English class assignments and/or writing assignments
for other classes.
Individualized
instruction from human beings (English Dept.and
adjunct faculty
members) is available
and/or from computers; some of the software
can help
with grammar,usage,
mechanics,
organization, etc. As far as my class is
concerned,
you will probably have a
fairly good idea of your strengths and
weaknesses after
your Narration essay (the
first one) is evaluated.
Please do not use my
pre-test
as a skills barometer!
If you have some time in
between classes while you on this side of the campus,
I suggest you visit the
WC and familiarize yourself with it.
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