COURSE INFORMATION SHEET
Course Title: Composition 1
MWF 8:00-8:50 a.m. Room D3
Course Number: ENC1101-10227
Instructor: Professor J. W. Morgan
Contact Information: (904)276-6844; jeanninemorgan@sjrcc.edu
Office Hours are posted on my office door (D32). Students are welcome to see me during office hours or during an alternate pre-arranged time.
Required Texts: The
The Longman Writer. Current edition.
A good dictionary.
SJRCC Catalog Prerequisite: Satisfactory score on an entry level placement test or completion of
Description & ENC 0020 with a grade of "C" (70.0%) or higher. ENC 1101 is a course in
Course Objectives: 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. ENC 1101 is a Gordon Rule writing course as defined by SBE Rule 6A-10.030.
Academic Integrity: 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. The grade for this course includes the judgment that the student’s work is free from academic dishonesty of any type. Violations or infractions will be reported to the Vice President for Student Affairs and may lead to failure of the course and other sanctions imposed by the College.
Classroom Structure This is a cooperative learning classroom, and all students will be required to
& Protocols: work in groups during class periods. Timely arrival to class is necessary in a
cooperative learning situation and is a sign of respect for me and for other class members, not to mention good training for the “real world.” If the note on the door indicates that latecomers are not to enter, please do not enter the classroom. You will be recorded as absent and will loose credit for the in class assignment.
All assignments are due in class on the date listed on the syllabus. If you are going to miss a class, papers may be turned in early or left in my mailbox in the front office on the due date; however, assignments turned in after the start of class will be penalized 25 points. Late assignments (after 5 pm on the due date) will not be accepted.
All final drafts of papers (essays and paragraphs) must be word processed, double spaced. All papers submitted in this class must be original works created for this class. Papers written or submitted in another class will not be accepted.
Beepers and Cellular phones are to
be turned off during class time.
Additionally, any inappropriate behavior and offensive language will not
be tolerated.
Make-up Policy: No make-up is provided for any assignment. A student who misses an exam will have his/her grade on the cumulative final grammar exam recorded for that missed exam. Subsequent missed exams will remain as a 0. No final exam will be given as a make-up.
Absences: As stated in the student handbook you may receive an instructor warning when
you have missed the equivalent of three 50-minute class periods regardless of
the reason and may be withdrawn from
the course by the instructor after the fourth 50-minute absence. It is the
student’s responsibility to withdraw from class. Do not assume that the instructor will withdraw you. Do not stop
coming to class without withdrawing officially – protect your GPA. Withdrawal
forms are available from the
Grading: Exams 20%
Papers 25%
Participation 10%
Quizzes & R&R 15%
Written Final Exam 20%
Grammar Final Exam 10%
One paper, participation, and quiz/R&R grade will be dropped. No exam grade may be dropped.
Grading Scale: A 90.0%-100%
B 80.0%-89.0%
C 70.0%-79.0% (minimum passing grade is 70.0%)
D 60.0%-69.0% (no grade in this range will be rounded up)
F 59% and below
With the exception of any grade in the 60’s, all grades of .5 or above will be rounded up.
Tentative Calendar:
August
20 Introduction to course
22 Introduction to prewriting techniques
24 diagnostic grammar pre-test
27 read/do
on your own
29 Introduction to Examples essay, read Longman Writer*; journal 1 due
31 read
September
3 Labor
Day
5 Examples essay 1st draft due--rough drafts must be complete and typed--bring 2 copies; journal 2 due
7 read
10 Cooperative exercise--Bedford Ch 19&20; journal 3 due
12 read
14 Ch 19 & 20 individual quiz
17 review for Exam I; journal 4 due
19 Examples essay 2nd draft due--rough drafts must be complete and typed--changes from the 1st draft should appear in italics. Bring 1 copy.
21 Examples essay final draft due (weight x2). (All changes from the rough drafts must appear in italics); Extra Credit Exercise Central Scorecard and/or Study Group Contract due in class; Exam I
24 read
26 read
28 read
October
1 read
3 Introduction to Comparison/Contrast essay, read Longman; journal 7 due
5 conferences
and R & R--bring
8 Cooperative
exercise--
10 Ch 21 & 22 individual quiz; Comparison/Contrast typed 1st draft due--drafts must be complete and typed--bring 2 copies
12 review for Exam II; journal 9 due (yes, I know it is out of order)
15 Comparison/Contrast typed 2nd draft due --drafts must be complete and typed--all changes from 1st draft are to appear in italics. Bring 1 copy.
17 Exam II; Extra Credit Exercise Central Scorecard and/or Study Group Contract due in class; Comparison/Contrast essay final draft due--weight x2 (All changes from the rough draft must appear in italics)
19 read
22 read
24 conferences
and R & R--bring
26 Examples & Comparison/Contrast essay in class--bring a dictionary--weight x1
29 Introduction
to Process essay, read Longman
31 read
November
2 Process essay typed 1st draft due--drafts must be complete and typed--bring 2 copies
Last day for students to withdraw from classes.
5 Cooperative exercise--Ch 9
7 Ch 9 individual quiz;
9 Introduction to Narrative/Descriptive essay, read Longman; Process essay typed 2nd draft due--drafts must be complete and typed with changes from draft 1 appearing in italics. Bring 1 copy
12 Veteran’s Day Holiday
14 read
16 review for Exam III
19 Extra Credit Exercise Central Scorecard and/or Study Group Contract due in class; Exam III; journal 11 due
21 Examples/ Comparison-contrast/Process essay in class--bring a dictionary--weight x1; bring narrative rd (1 copy) for thesis check Narrative/Descriptive final draft due (All changes from the rough draft must appear in italics)
23 Thanksgiving
26 journal 12 due; written final exam review
28 written final exam—this is the only day this portion of the final will be given.
30 Diagnostic grammar post-test (your grade on the post test will replace a quiz grade that has a lower score or a 0);
3 grammar final exam review (review of diagnostic post-test)
5 Study/question day
7 grammar final exam—this is the only day this portion of the final will be given.
10 last
day of class