Office Hours*

Palatka Campus: Monday: 11:00 – 12:15 Wednesday: 11:00 – 12:15

1:30 – 2:30 1:30 – 2:00

4:00 – 6:00 Friday: 10:50 – 11:20

St. Augustine Campus: Tuesday: 10:00 – 10:45 Thursday: 10:00 – 10:45

Library Building 1:30 – 2:30 1:30 – 2:30

*Additional appointment times are always available!

Course Description

Ø Prerequisite: Satisfactory score on an entry level placement test or completion of ENC0020 with a grade of “C” or higher is required.

Ø ENC1101 is a course in paragraph and essay writing, incorporating some review of basic grammar. Students will learn to write essays that are unified, coherent, and grammatically correct. An exit grade of “C” or higher is required.

Ø ENC 1101 meets 6,000 words of the Gordon rule writing requirement of SBE Rule 6A-10.30.

Course Objectives

Ø Recognize, identify, and evaluate the rhetorical principles and techniques used in expository writing.

Ø Communicate in writing in a manner that is effective, organized, logical, and mechanically and grammatically sound.

Required Textbooks

Ø Hacker, Diana. The Bedford Handbook for Writers. 6^th ed. Boston: Bedford Books, 2002.

Ø Neulieb, Janice et al., eds. The Mercury Reader: A Custom Publication Compiled by St. Johns River Community College. Boston: Pearson, 2000.

Required Supplies*

Ø ENC1101 Folder with Notebook Paper

Ø Properly functioning writing utensils including pens and #2 pencils

Ø At least 1 Computer Disk (formatted for a PC)

*Students must bring these supplies to every class meeting.

Grading Percentages Grading Scale

Ø Writing Average: Essays, RRs, & participation 40% A 90-100

Ø Grammar: 4 Tests, assignments, & participation 30% B 80-89

Ø Final In-Class Essay Exam 20% C 70-79

Ø Departmental Objective Final Exam 10% D 60-69

F Below 60

Attendance

Ø Attendance is required. If a student accumulates recorded absences totaling three or more instructional hours before the withdrawal deadline, the instructor will initiate an official warning to the student that he or she has reached the limit of allowed absences. Additional loss of instructional time will result in the student being withdrawn from the course.

Ø The last date to withdraw from any class is Friday, March 17^th.

Make-Up Policy

Ø College courtesy expects students to contact the Instructor prior to an absence

Ø No make-up exams will be given

Ø Late essays and assignments will lose a minimum of one letter grade

Ø Discussions and group work are essential to this course and impossible to make-up

(i.e. your attendance affects your performance on essays and tests, not just your participation grade)

Ø No late/make-up assignments will be accepted after Spring Break.

Plagiarism and Cheating

Ø Plagiarism, according to the SJRCC student handbook includes, but is not limited to, “the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgement. It also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.”

Ø Students engaged in plagiarism and/or cheating will automatically fail the assignment and the course.

Academic Integrity

Ø Students in this class must know, observe, and not compromise the principles of academic

integrity. It is not permissible to cheat, to fabricate or falsify information, to submit the same academic work in more than one course without prior permission, to plagiarize, to receive unfair advantage, or to otherwise abuse accepted practices for handling and documenting information.

Ø The grade for this course includes the judgments that the student’s work is free from academic dishonesty of any type. Violations or infractions will be reported to the VP for Student Affairs and may lead to failure of the course and other sanctions imposed by the college.

Standard Headings

Ø For all short essays, a standard heading should be typed or written in the upper left hand corner of the first page of your paper within the margin above the title line. Do not enclose any essay or assignment in a report binder of any sort. Follow this heading order on each paper:

Student’s Name

Instructor’s Name

ENC 1102 (or Comp II)

Date (Written out, January 04, 2005)

Type of Assignment or Essay (ex. Cause & Effect Essay)

# of words

Ø Page numbers are required on all formal essays. Page numbers start on page 1 in the top right hand corner. Include last name and page number on all pages.

Additional Policies

Ø Please turn off all cell phones, pagers, and other electrical devices prior to class starting.

Ø Students must regularly check their SJRCC email accounts for important course related information.

Ø Coming to class late happens – occasionally. Be aware that walking in late is an interruption and inappropriate in the college classroom. Excessive tardies will damage the overall grade. Additionally, missing one third of instruction time in a given period will count as an absence.

Ø Tests, quizzes, and other in-class assignments will not be administered to a late arrival. Be on time!

Reader Response Assignments

Directions: Each Reader Response will be due at the beginning of the class meeting when we cover the assigned reading and must be typed or computer processed, double-spaced, with an appropriate heading and title. The Reader Responses are to be 100-150 word responses to the specific question posed by the instructor. The responses are to be direct, specific, and thoughtful. These are NOT summaries of the reading; carefully read the question posed and reflectively respond to it. If two Reader Responses are assigned for the same class meeting, prepare and print them separately.

RR #1: 15: In the essay “Why I Want a Wife” Judy Brady explains that she was discouraged from continuing her education and thus married and became a wife. How much has the role of the wife changed since the late 1950s and early 1960s, when she was in college? Comment on the extent to which this essay still has meaning to a contemporary reader.

Due: ________________

RR #2: 84: The essay, “A Little Piece of Heaven…Palatka,” by Lewis Grizzard offers one view of the city. After reading the piece, take a few minutes to think about this town. Based on your personal experience in Palatka, do you agree with the author’s assessment of the area? How and why is your opinion of Palatka similar or different?

Due: ________________

RR #3: 38: “Everything Has a Name” is from an autobiography by Helen Keller. The author discusses an important moment in her life – the day she began to learn how to communicate. Discuss a moment in your life when you made a life-changing discovery or turn (of course, this may not be as dramatic as Keller’s!).

Due: ________________

RR #4: 62: In the story, “A Cry from Within,” the author utilizes several techniques in effort to create an intriguing story. Discuss her use of imagery and how her images and descriptions either add or detract from the story. Point to specific images and moments from the text to support your claim.

Due: ________________

RR #5: 124: Based on her essay “Neat People vs. Sloppy People,” do you imagine Jordan to be a neat or sloppy person? Explain how her description of the two groups led you to this conclusion.

Due: ________________

RR #6: 147: Quindlen is not actually arguing for or against abortion in her essay “Abortion is Too Complex to Feel All One Way About.” Is she arguing for anything at all, or is she merely describing how she feels? Explain with evidence from the essay.

Due: ________________

RR #7: 162: King states in “Why We Crave Horror Movies” that we all need to “keep the gators fed” (162). What does he mean by this, and do you agree? Why are or are you not attracted to horror movies? What do you believe is their attraction? What explains the popularity of King’s books?

Due: ________________

RR #8: 173: In her essay “The Company Man,” Goodman gives us several views of Phil: the man, the executive, the father. Explain each of these “Phils” and how they each contributed to his death. Also, consider Goodman’s purpose and tone in the essay.

Due: ________________

RR #9: 290: Katha Pollitt proposes an outrageous solution to a problem surrounding single mothers in our society. Although her proposal is extreme, does she have a valid claim? Is there balance when it comes to the responsibilities of a mother versus the responsibilities of a father? Are we still expecting the mother to serve as primary caregivers and is this fair to the father? Discuss.

Due: ________________

RR #10: 295: “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift and “It Takes Two: A Modest Proposal for Holding Fathers Equally Accountable” by Katha Pollitt each tackle important social issues utilizing satire as a strategy. Satire is a particular form of humor in which something can be condemned by praise, for example, or praised by condemnation. How does this strategy work (or fail) in these two essays. Are their messages compromised or lessened by the satirical approach or are they exemplified and brought to greater light?

Due: ________________