INRW 0373-3B1

Syllabus Checklist Snapshot

Base Integrated Reading and Writing (INRW 0373-3B1 CREDIT SCH Semester Credit Hours (3 Lec hours lecture, 0 Lab hours lab) Face-to-face PREREQUISITE/CO-REQUISITE: Co-enrollment in INRW 0173 COURSE DESCRIPTION Integration of critical reading and academic writing skills. Successful completion of this course if taught at the upper (exit) level fulfills TSI requirements for reading and/or writing. COURSE OBJECTIVES Upon successful completion of this course, students will: 1. Locate explicit textual information, draw complex inferences, and describe, analyze, and evaluate the information within and across multiple texts of varying lengths. 2. Comprehend and use vocabulary effectively in oral communication, reading, and writing. 3. Identify and analyze the audience, purpose, and message across a variety of texts. 4. Describe and apply insights gained from reading and writing a variety of texts. 5. Compose a variety of texts that demonstrate reading comprehension, clear focus, logical development of ideas, and use of appropriate language that advance the writer’s purpose. 6. Determine and use effective approaches and rhetorical strategies for given reading and writing situations. 7. Generate ideas and gather information relevant to the topic and purpose, incorporating the ideas and words of other writers in student writing using established strategies. 8. Evaluate relevance and quality of ideas and information in recognizing, formulating, and developing a claim. 9. Develop and use effective reading and revision strategies to strengthen the writer’s ability to compose college-level writing assignments. 10. Recognize and apply the conventions of standard English in reading and writing. INSTRUCTOR CONTACT INFORMATION Joyce Blain Email: jeblain@lit.edu REQUIRED TEXTBOOK AND MATERIALS All required materials are provided by the instructor via Blackboard ATTENDANCE POLICY Students are expected to attend all classes and notify the instructor of absences. DROP POLICY If you wish to drop a course, you are responsible for initiating and completing the drop process by the specified date as listed in the College Calendar on the Student Success web page. If you stop coming to class and fail to drop the course, you will earn an “F” in the course. COURSE CALENDAR DATE TOPIC or READINGS ASSIGNMENTS (Due on this Date) Jan 20 First day of class Jan 21 First class meeting Jan 22 Welcome discussion Welcome Discussion Jan 24 Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/join/3MJ7QFAQ Create account with your LIT email account. Use your full name. Khan Academy registration Jan 28 Khan Academy Foundations: Information and Ideas Same Feb 4 Khan Foundations: Craft and Structure Feb 4 Feb 11 Khan Foundations: Expression of Ideas, English Conventions Feb 11 Feb 18 Khan Medium: Information and Ideas Feb 18 Feb 25 Khan Medium: Craft and Structure Feb 25 Mar 4 Khan Medium: Expression of Ideas, English Conventions Mar 4 Mar 11 Khan Advanced: Information and Ideas Mar 11 Mar 25 Khan Advanced: Craft and Structure Mar 25 Apr 1 Khan Advanced: Expression of Ideas, English Conventions Apr 1 Apr 8 Essay Brainstorming Apr 8 Apr 15 Essay Outline Apr 15 Apr 22 Essay Research Apr 22 Apr 29 Essay Rough draft Apr 29 May 6 Essay Peer review May 6 May 9 Final exam Final essay Due @ 11:59 pm COURSE EVALUATION Final grades will be calculated according to the following criteria: • Attendance—20% • Reading Assignments—20% • Writing Assignments—20% • Unit Tests—20% • Final Exam—20% GRADE SCALE • 90-100 DA • 80-89 DB • 70-79 DC • 0-69 DF TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS For the latest technical requirements, including hardware, compatible browsers, operating systems, etc., review the Minimum Computer and Equipment Requirements on the LIT Online Experience page. A functional broadband internet connection, such as DSL, cable, or WiFi is necessary to maximize the use of online technology and resources. DISABILITIES STATEMENT The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are federal anti-discrimination statutes that provide comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. LIT provides reasonable accommodations as defined in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, to students with a diagnosed disability. The Special Populations Office is located in the Eagles’ Nest Room 129 and helps foster a supportive and inclusive educational environment by maintaining partnerships with faculty and staff, as well as promoting awareness among all members of the Lamar Institute of Technology community. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Special Populations Coordinator at (409)-951-5708 or email specialpopulations@lit.edu. You may also visit the online resource at Special Populations - Lamar Institute of Technology (lit.edu). STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT STATEMENT It is the responsibility of all registered Lamar Institute of Technology students to access, read, understand and abide by all published policies, regulations, and procedures listed in the LIT Catalog and Student Handbook. The LIT Catalog and Student Handbook may be accessed at www.lit.edu. Please note that the online version of the LIT Catalog and Student Handbook supersedes all other versions of the same document. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STATEMENT Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) recognizes the recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, have changed the landscape of many career disciplines and will impact many students in and out of the classroom. To prepare students for their selected careers, LIT desires to guide students in the ethical use of these technologies and incorporate AI into classroom instruction and assignments appropriately. Appropriate use of these technologies is at the discretion of the instructor. Students are reminded that all submitted work must be their own original work unless otherwise specified. Students should contact their instructor with any questions as to the acceptable use of AI/ChatGPT in their courses. 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 Due dates are subject to change. Communication and support: Email and in-class conversations. We can talk before, during, or after class. If needed, phone and video calls are possible as well. Special Populations: If a student requires accommodations while on LIT campus, they must contact Jarmarcus Corks in the Special Populations office in Student Services. If a dual credit student has accommodations through their school’s special populations office, they must still contact LIT’s Special Populations office at specialpopulations@lit.edu. Plagiarism/Cheating: Academic Dishonesty is a crime that Lamar Institute of Technology and I take seriously. Most colleges expel cheating students. Examples of academic dishonesty include but are not limited to: • Directly copying a source into an essay without citing the original source. • Paraphrasing a source without citing the original source. • Paying someone to complete an assignment, having a friend or family member complete an assignment, or using Artificial Intelligence to write a paper. If a paper has a student’s name on it, I expect to see that student’s work. • Making minor changes to an original source while still retaining up to 75% of the structure of the sentence. • Taking a quiz or test with another student, giving the answers to a quiz or test to another student, or Googling the answers to the quiz or test. My quizzes are not open-book quizzes. Students are only allowed the notes they have taken over an assignment during a quiz. • If I receive a paper that requires a works cited page and in-text citations but does not feature either of those criteria, the assignment will earn a zero. How to Know If Something Is Not Plagiarism: Generally, plagiarism only covers things that are not general knowledge. If a student makes the claim that the sky is blue, then they do not have to cite where they got that information, because it is something that 90% of the world already knows. However, if a student describes why the sky is blue, they have to cite their source, since that is not common knowledge. How to Avoid Plagiarism: First, students should practice good paraphrasing and rewrite sentences in their own words. Part of the course will be discussions, assignments, and videos over good paraphrasing. Also, when students turn in their assignments, they should get a visible score from SafeAssign. SafeAssign is not perfect, and I have found plagiarism in papers with as low as a 10% score. If a paper flags anything in SafeAssign, a student must rewrite and resubmit the paper until the percentage is at zero. AI-generated or assisted assignments will earn a zero. Use Google Chrome for best cooperation between your device and Blackboard. Email jeblain@lit.edu from your LIT account. Due dates are subject to change.

Lecture and Discussion Topics

• Base Integrated Reading and Writing (INRW 0373-3B1 CREDIT SCH Semester Credit Hours (3 Lec hours lecture, 0 Lab hours lab) Face-to-face PREREQUISITE/CO-REQUISITE: Co-enrollment in INRW 0173 COURSE DESCRIPTION Integration of critical reading and academic writing skills. Successful completion of this course if taught at the upper (exit) level fulfills TSI requirements for reading and/or writing. COURSE OBJECTIVES Upon successful completion of this course, students will: 1. Locate explicit textual information, draw complex inferences, and describe, analyze, and evaluate the information within and across multiple texts of varying lengths. 2. Comprehend and use vocabulary effectively in oral communication, reading, and writing. 3. Identify and analyze the audience, purpose, and message across a variety of texts. 4. Describe and apply insights gained from reading and writing a variety of texts. 5. Compose a variety of texts that demonstrate reading comprehension, clear focus, logical development of ideas, and use of appropriate language that advance the writer’s purpose. 6. Determine and use effective approaches and rhetorical strategies for given reading and writing situations. 7. Generate ideas and gather information relevant to the topic and purpose, incorporating the ideas and words of other writers in student writing using established strategies. 8. Evaluate relevance and quality of ideas and information in recognizing, formulating, and developing a claim. 9. Develop and use effective reading and revision strategies to strengthen the writer’s ability to compose college-level writing assignments. 10. Recognize and apply the conventions of standard English in reading and writing. INSTRUCTOR CONTACT INFORMATION Joyce Blain Email: jeblain@lit.edu REQUIRED TEXTBOOK AND MATERIALS All required materials are provided by the instructor via Blackboard ATTENDANCE POLICY
• Students are expected to attend all classes and notify the instructor of absences. DROP POLICY If you wish to drop a course, you are responsible for initiating and completing the drop process by the specified date as listed in the College Calendar on the Student Success web page. If you stop coming to class and fail to drop the course, you will earn an “F” in the course. COURSE CALENDAR DATE TOPIC or READINGS ASSIGNMENTS (Due on this Date) Jan 20 First day of class Jan 21 First class meeting Jan 22 Welcome discussion Welcome Discussion Jan 24 Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/join/3MJ7QFAQ Create account with your LIT email account. Use your full name. Khan Academy registration Jan 28 Khan Academy Foundations: Information and Ideas Same Feb 4 Khan Foundations: Craft and Structure Feb 4 Feb 11 Khan Foundations: Expression of Ideas, English Conventions Feb 11 Feb 18 Khan Medium: Information and Ideas Feb 18 Feb 25 Khan Medium: Craft and Structure Feb 25 Mar 4 Khan Medium: Expression of Ideas, English Conventions Mar 4 Mar 11 Khan Advanced: Information and Ideas Mar 11 Mar 25 Khan Advanced: Craft and Structure Mar 25 Apr 1 Khan Advanced: Expression of Ideas, English Conventions Apr 1 Apr 8 Essay Brainstorming Apr 8 Apr 15 Essay Outline Apr 15 Apr 22 Essay Research Apr 22 Apr 29 Essay Rough draft Apr 29 May 6 Essay Peer review May 6 May 9 Final exam Final essay Due @ 11:59 pm COURSE EVALUATION
• Final grades will be calculated according to the following criteria: • Attendance—20% • Reading Assignments—20% • Writing Assignments—20% • Unit Tests—20% • Final Exam—20% GRADE SCALE • 90-100 DA • 80-89 DB • 70-79 DC • 0-69 DF TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS For the latest technical requirements, including hardware, compatible browsers, operating systems, etc., review the Minimum Computer and Equipment Requirements on the LIT Online Experience page. A functional broadband internet connection, such as DSL, cable, or WiFi is necessary to maximize the use of online technology and resources. DISABILITIES STATEMENT The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are federal anti-discrimination statutes that provide comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. LIT provides reasonable accommodations as defined in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, to students with a diagnosed disability. The Special Populations Office is located in the Eagles’ Nest Room 129 and helps foster a supportive and inclusive educational environment by maintaining partnerships with faculty and staff, as well as promoting awareness among all members of the Lamar Institute of Technology community. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Special Populations Coordinator at (409)-951-5708 or email specialpopulations@lit.edu. You may also visit the online resource at Special Populations - Lamar Institute of Technology (lit.edu). STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT STATEMENT It is the responsibility of all registered Lamar Institute of Technology students to access, read, understand and abide by all published policies, regulations, and procedures listed in the LIT Catalog and Student Handbook. The LIT Catalog and Student Handbook may be accessed at www.lit.edu. Please note that the online version of the LIT Catalog and Student Handbook supersedes all other versions of the same document. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STATEMENT
• Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) recognizes the recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, have changed the landscape of many career disciplines and will impact many students in and out of the classroom. To prepare students for their selected careers, LIT desires to guide students in the ethical use of these technologies and incorporate AI into classroom instruction and assignments appropriately. Appropriate use of these technologies is at the discretion of the instructor. Students are reminded that all submitted work must be their own original work unless otherwise specified. Students should contact their instructor with any questions as to the acceptable use of AI/ChatGPT in their courses. 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 Due dates are subject to change. Communication and support: Email and in-class conversations. We can talk before, during, or after class. If needed, phone and video calls are possible as well. Special Populations: If a student requires accommodations while on LIT campus, they must contact Jarmarcus Corks in the Special Populations office in Student Services. If a dual credit student has accommodations through their school’s special populations office, they must still contact LIT’s Special Populations office at specialpopulations@lit.edu. Plagiarism/Cheating: Academic Dishonesty is a crime that Lamar Institute of Technology and I take seriously. Most colleges expel cheating students. Examples of academic dishonesty include but are not limited to: • Directly copying a source into an essay without citing the original source. • Paraphrasing a source without citing the original source. • Paying someone to complete an assignment, having a friend or family member complete an assignment, or using Artificial Intelligence to write a paper. If a paper has a student’s name on it, I expect to see that student’s work. • Making minor changes to an original source while still retaining up to 75% of the structure of the sentence.
• • Taking a quiz or test with another student, giving the answers to a quiz or test to another student, or Googling the answers to the quiz or test. My quizzes are not open-book quizzes. Students are only allowed the notes they have taken over an assignment during a quiz. • If I receive a paper that requires a works cited page and in-text citations but does not feature either of those criteria, the assignment will earn a zero. How to Know If Something Is Not Plagiarism: Generally, plagiarism only covers things that are not general knowledge. If a student makes the claim that the sky is blue, then they do not have to cite where they got that information, because it is something that 90% of the world already knows. However, if a student describes why the sky is blue, they have to cite their source, since that is not common knowledge. How to Avoid Plagiarism: First, students should practice good paraphrasing and rewrite sentences in their own words. Part of the course will be discussions, assignments, and videos over good paraphrasing. Also, when students turn in their assignments, they should get a visible score from SafeAssign. SafeAssign is not perfect, and I have found plagiarism in papers with as low as a 10% score. If a paper flags anything in SafeAssign, a student must rewrite and resubmit the paper until the percentage is at zero. AI-generated or assisted assignments will earn a zero. Use Google Chrome for best cooperation between your device and Blackboard. Email jeblain@lit.edu from your LIT account. Due dates are subject to change.