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Composition II ENGL 1302 INSTRUCTOR CONTACT INFORMATION Instructor: Christi Thomas Email: cthomas@hjhawks.net Office Phone: 409-981-6400 ext 2240 Office Location: HJHS Room 205 CREDIT 3 Semester Credit Hours MODE OF INSTRUCTION Face to Face PREREQUISITE/CO-REQUISITE: ENGL 1301 with a D or higher COURSE DESCRIPTION Intensive study of and practice in the strategies and techniques for developing research-based expository and persuasive texts. Emphasis on effective and ethical rhetorical inquiry, including primary and secondary research methods; critical reading of verbal, visual, and multimedia texts; systematic evaluation, synthesis, and documentation of information sources; and critical thinking about evidence and conclusions. COURSE OBJECTIVES Upon successful completion of this course, students will: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative research processes. 2. Develop ideas and synthesize primary and secondary sources within focused academic arguments, including one or more research-based essays. 3. Analyze, interpret, and evaluate a variety of texts for the ethical and logical uses of evidence. 4. Write in a style that clearly communicates meaning, builds credibility, and inspires belief or action. 5. Apply the conventions of style manuals for specific academic disciplines CORE OBJECTIVES 1. Critical Thinking: To include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry and analysis, evaluation, and synthesis of information. Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative research processes. 2. Communication: To include the effective development, interpretation, and expression of ideas through written and visual communication.
3. Personal Responsibility: To include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making. 4. Empirical and Quantitative: To include the manipulation and analysis of numerical data or observable facts resulting in informed conclusions. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK AND MATERIALS Will be provided ATTENDANCE POLICY This is a face to face, dual credit course. Students are expected to adhere to the attendance policy of Hardin-Jefferson High School. DROP POLICY If you wish to drop a course, you are responsible for initiating and completing the drop process by the specified drop date as listed on the Academic Calendar. If you stop coming to class and fail to drop the course, you will earn an “F” in the course. STUDENT EXPECTED TIME REQUIREMENT For every hour in class (or unit of credit), students should expect to spend at least two to three hours per week studying and completing assignments. For a 3-credit-hour class, students should prepare to allocate approximately six to nine hours per week outside of class in a 16- week session OR approximately twelve to eighteen hours in an 8-week session. Online/Hybrid students should expect to spend at least as much time in this course as in the traditional, face-to-face class. COURSE CALENDAR DATE TOPIC READINGS (Due on this Date) ASSIGNMENTS (Due on this Date) Week 1 1/20 - 1/23 Introduction to 1302 “Eleven” Refresh of MLA format, writing, grammar, literary terms, and literary movements ● Reading Quiz ● Quiz Literary Movements Week 2 1/26 - 1/30 Fiction - Short Story Romanticism American Gothic “The Fall of the House of Usher” ● Reading Quiz ● Discussion ● Short Answer Response Week 3 2/2 - 2/6 Fiction Realism “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” “The Outcast of Poker Flat” ● Reading Quiz ● Discussion ● Short Answer Response
Week 4 2/9 - 2/10 Fiction Naturalism “A Wagner Matinee” “The Story of an Hour” “The Grave” Week 5 2/23 - 2/27 Fiction Modernism “A Rose for Emily” ● Reading Quiz ● Discussion ● Short Answer Response ● Essay 1 Week 6 3/2 - 3/6 Poetry Romanticism Transcendentalists The FireSide Poets Wordsworth, Keats, and Shelley ● Reading Quiz ● Discussion ● Short Answer Response Week 7 3/9-3/13 Poetry Harlem Renaissance Modernism Hughes, Claude McKay Masters, Frost, and Williams, Elliot ● Reading Quiz ● Discussion ● Short Answer Response ● Essay 1 Peer Review Week 8 3/16 - 3/20 Poetry Contemporary Brooks, Dove ● Midterm Exam (Essay 1) Due Week 9 3/23 - 3/27 Non Fiction Rhetorical Analysis Rhetorical Situation Rhetorical Strategies 9/11 Speech “Checkers Speech” ● Reading Quiz ● Discussion ● Short Answer Response ● Essay 2 Week 10 3/30 - 4/3 Non Fiction Rhetorical Analysis Rhetorical Situation Rhetorical Strategies “A Modest Proposal” ● Reading Quiz ● Discussion ● Short Answer Response ● Essay 2 Review Week 11 4/6 - 4/10 Non Fiction Drama Introduction ● Essay 2 Due Week 12 4/13 - 4/17 Drama Intro to Drama “Trifles” ● Reading Quiz ● Discussion ● Short Answer Response ● Essay #3 Week 13 4/20 - 4/24 Drama “A Doll’s House” ● Reading Quiz ● Discussion
Intro to Common Assignment ● Short Answer Response ● Essay #3 Peer Review Week 14 4/27- 5/1 Essay #3 - Common Assignment - 15% Essay #3 - Common Assignment - 15% Week 15 5/4 - 5/8 Final Exam - 20% Grades Due - May 14 COURSE EVALUATION Final grades will be calculated according to the following criteria: ● Participation 10% ● Daily Work Assignments 40% ● Midterm Exam 15% ● Research Paper - Common Assessment 15% ● Final Exam 20% ● Total 100% GRADING SCALE 90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C 60-69 D 0-59 F LIT does not use +/- grading scales ACADEMIC DISHONESTY Students found to be committing academic dishonesty (cheating, plagiarism, or collusion) may receive disciplinary action. Students need to familiarize themselves with the institution’s Academic Dishonesty Policy available in the Student Catalog & Handbook at http://catalog.lit.edu/content.php?catoid=3&navoid=80#academic-dishonesty. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS The latest technical requirements, including hardware, compatible browsers, operating systems, etc. can be online at https://lit.edu/online-learning/online-learning-minimum-computer-requirements. A functional
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STARFISH LIT utilizes an early alert system called Starfish. Throughout the semester, you may receive emails from Starfish regarding your course grades, attendance, or academic performance. Faculty members record student attendance, raise flags and kudos to express concern or give praise, and you can make an appointment with faculty and staff all through the Starfish home page. You can also login to Blackboard or MyLIT and click on the Starfish link to view academic alerts and detailed information. It is the responsibility of the student to pay attention to these emails and information in Starfish and consider taking the recommended actions. Starfish is used to help you be a successful student at LIT. ADDITIONAL COURSE POLICIES/INFORMATION No late work will be accepted.