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English 101  Composition as Critical Inquiry

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Welcome to English 101 Composition as Critical Inquiry.

Section 050: MWF 3-3.50

STV 250 J
 

Ana Roncero Bellido

aironce@ilstu.edu
Office STV 413 A
Office hours:
Mondays 4 - 5.30
Wednesdays 2.30 - 3
and by appointment

Required Materials

 

  • Access to the Internet
  • The Grassroots Writing Research Journal (Available at the Alamo/Bone Student Center for approx. $30) 
  • A flash drive for backing up files
  • Money on Redbird Card


Course Description
Welcome to English 101!
  First of all, do not think that this class will teach you how to write, because you already know how to. After all,
don't you write facebook status, emails and texts every day? There is no need to teach you how to write, because you already know how to! However, this class will help you to become a stronger writer and experiment with your writing.

So, this class will require your active participation as we research different genres and ways to use them. Also, we will try to help each other with group activities and peer review activities that will allow us to look at other writings and get different insights to our work.

 

 

Course Policies

Participation and Attendance

The ISU Writing Program has a standard, program-wide policy for attendance.  In a MWF course, you are allowed three absences without penalty. Each absence beginning with four receives a penalty of 1/3 off the student’s final letter grade for the course.  Ten absences is just slightly over 20% of the classes for the course and thus results in an automatic failing grade for the course.

Please note that the three absences include illness, travel plans, unexpected car trouble, uncooperative alarm clocks, and plain-old sleeping in, so choose your absences wisely. You are responsible for getting handouts/notes you may miss and for submitting—on time—work that’s due on that day.  Do not expect a chance to make up quizzes or in-class assignments on days you’re absent. If your absence is due to a university/academic related activity, be sure to contact me well in advance to make arrangements.

Being late to class is not acceptable either, and can even be considered an absence.
Present bodies but absent minds will negatively affect grades
. Your active participation and involvement in the class is required to attain the goals of the course. So, be sure to be ready to participate in class.


Please remember, that because your first drafts will be peer reviewed by the rest of your classmates before handing in your last version, missing class will not only affect your grade but also that of your classmates.

Late work
I do not accept late work. However, I understand that unexpected things happen, so I will be willing to grant extensions/ make arrangements with students who make sure to contact me well in advance of the due date. Contact me by email so we can have a record of this issue.
Work is considered late if it is not submitted at the beginning of the class period in which it is due.

Behavior
I believe that you are all adults and will behave in a respectful manner towards your classmates and teacher. Disrespectful language or behavior will not be tolerated and will turn into an invitation to leave the class.

Accommodations

If you need to arrange an accommodation for a documented disability, contact Disability Concerns at 350 Fell Hall, 309-438-5853 (voice) or 309-438-8620 (TTY).

Grading
The goal of this class is "learning" rather than "mastering", thus grades in this course are determined based on daily work, projects, and participation, but are focused on the learning process of accessing and writing in new genres.
 I do not give quizzes unless it becomes apparent that students are not doing daily reading; in this circumstance, quiz grades are part of the participation grade.
Remember that attendance AND participation are extremely important towards the decision of your grade.

The grading scale is as follows:

93-100             A                     consistently exceeds expectations & requirements

83-92               B                      consistently meets expectations & requirements, well

73-82               C                      consistently meets expectations & requirements,
                                                  minimally

63-72               D                     consistently does not meet expectations & requirements

62- below        F                      does not meet expectations & requirements at all

ACADEMIC HONESTY

Plagiarism is a serious offense; expect any act of plagiarism to be treated according to the academic policy of ISU.  Please consult ISU’s policy for information about academic honesty (see below).  For more information, please consult the Student Code of Conduct at: http://www.deanofstudents.ilstu.edu/about_us/crr.shtml

 

Students are expected to be honest in all academic work. A student’s placement of his or her name on any academic exercise shall be regarded as assurance that the work is the result of the student’s own thought, effort, and study. Violations include but are not limited to:

 

a. possessing or utilizing any means of assistance (books, notes, papers, articles, etc.) in an attempt to succeed at any quiz or examination unless specifically authorized by the instructor.

 

b. taking any action with intent to deceive the person in charge as to the student’s acting without honesty to complete an assignment, such as falsifying data or sources, providing false information, etc. Students are prohibited from conversation or other communication in examinations except as authorized by the instructor.

 

c. appropriating without acknowledgement and authorization another’s computer program, or the results of the program (in whole or part) for a computer-related exercise or assignment.

 

d. plagiarizing. For the purpose of this policy, plagiarism is the unacknowledged appropriation of another’s work, words, or ideas in any themes, outlines, papers, reports, speeches, or other academic work. Students must ascertain from the instructor in each course the appropriate means of documentation.

 

e. submitting the same paper for more than one University course without the prior approval of the instructors.

 

f. willfully giving or receiving unauthorized or unacknowledged assistance on any assignment. This may include the reproduction and/or dissemination of test materials. Both parties to such collusion are considered responsible.

 

g. substituting for another student in any quiz or examination.

 

h. being involved in the unauthorized collection, distribution advertisement, solicitation, or sale of term papers, research papers, or other academic materials completed by a third party.

 

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