Post-Sandy Syllabus

Eng 101 REVISED Course Outline

SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ENG 101: Standard Freshman Composition

Professor Antonia M. Thornton

Fall 2012

Meets: Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m., Asharoken Hall, Room 113

Please note: As I have no set office hours, please contact me via email at thornta@sunysuffolk.edu with any concerns or to set up an appointment. Please allow 24 hours for my response. Same-day email replies should not be expected.

Textbook: Bachmann and Barth’s Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric, and Handbook; Seventh edition. Pearson, 2012.

Class Blog: www.English101Thornton.blogspot.com

Procedures for Accomplishing These Outcomes:

STUDENT REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF THE COURSE:

1.   Regular, punctual attendance to class. Active engagement in class work and participation in class discussions.

2.   Successful completion of all assignments: Essays, In-Class work, Homework, Research Project (ALL components), Midterm, and Final (Research Presentation).

3.   Attendance at an Author Appearance with essay/formal review of event with signature (see handout).

COURSE RULES:

1.   All assignments must be completed.

2.   Plagiarized work will receive a failing grade. Please note that it is rather obvious to English professors when something is not written in the student’s own style.

3.   Students who are absent or late three (3) times will be required to meet with the professor. Excessive latenesses/absences will negatively affect your class participation grade (See Student Requirement #1, above.)

4.   Late work will be accepted only under special circumstances and only when the student has communicated the reason prior to the assignment’s due date. Late work will incur one full grade deduction for each class day it is late.

5.   There are no make-ups of tests except in the case of documented illness or hardship. Notification must be given prior to or on the date of the test.

Grades will be determined as follows:

1.   Essays/Blog Posts= 25%

2.   Midterm, Author Appearance Writing Assignment, In-Class work
and Class Participation= 25%

3.   Research Project: Topic, Preliminary Works Cited Page, Outline, Draft,
Final Paper, and Final Presentation = 50%

**PLEASE BRING YOUR TEXT TO EACH CLASS.
Nov 7 W- LIBRARY CLASS.  Due: Blog Assignment #7

Nov 12 M – **BRING RESEARCH OUTLINE TO CLASS. Chapter 10: Methods for Developing an Essay. Between Points of View.
Nov 14 W – Research Project Draft Due. Workshop. 
Nov 19 M –   Research paper Conferences. Check schedule (to be provided) for your time slot. Do NOT BE LATE!

Nov 21 W - No Class (???)

Nov 26 M – Research paper Conferences. Check schedule (to be provided) for your time slot. Do NOT BE LATE! DUE: Blog #8.

Nov 28 W-   Final Research Project Due.  

Dec 3 M-  Visiting Author Writing Assignment Due. In-class: Analysis of a process, Film, Poem, Character, Chapter 11. 
Dec 5 W-   Final Research Project Presentations; schedule will be provided for your specific presentation date. Blog #9

Dec 10 M- Final Research Project Presentations

Dec 12 W- Final Research Project Presentations. Due: Blog Assignment #10.

Dec 17 M- Final Research Project Presentations

Dec 19 W- Last Day of Class. Hand Back work and research Project Discussion. Final Blog Summation.