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Instructor: Jeff Rice Section: 5127 Fall 2000 Hours: MWF 9 Place: ROLF 115 Office: Fifth Floor Rolfs |
Office hours: M 8 Phone: 392-0777 E-mail: jrice@nwe.ufl.edu Home page:http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~jrice Mailbox: Tur 4, on right, J.Rice. |
ENC 1101 is a Gordon Rule course designed to give you the
necessary background to be able to write for the university,
for the work place, and for your peers. Because this is a Gordon
Rule course, you will be required to write a minimum of 6,000 words.
Your work in this course will receive feedback from me and your peers,
it will be revised at least once, and it will eventually be graded.
Throughout the semester, we will identify the differences between
speaking and writing, we will work extensively on grammar, we will
examine several ways to write, and we will relate writing back to
the environment we live in and the images that surround us in the
media and popular culture. Because this a course in a computer networked classroom, you
should feel comfortable working with computers. You do not need to have
any previous computer experience. However, we will devote a
considerable amount of time and effort towards understanding how writing
changes within the digital culture we are a part of.ENC 1101 is a course in which students study how texts work and how to employ similar conventions in their own academic and public writing. While each section of the course will approach such study differently, all will provide opportunities for students to learn how to introduce a topic or issue, articulate a thesis, support and develop a thesis and subordinate claims, work with secondary sources, and organize an argument.
Required Texts and Materials:
You will need to purchase the following texts at Goerings Book Store which is located
next to Bageland at 1717 NW 1st Ave
Ways of Seeing - John Berger
Soundtracks: A Musical ABC - Michael Jarrett
The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin' by
Bill Zehme
A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker.
A college dictionary.
Rules and Requirements:
1. Attendance is mandatory. Class discussion depends on the entire class being present.
You are allowed three unexcused absences throughout the course. After that, your final grade
will drop by a grade for each additional absence.
Prolonged absences due to illness or absences due to having to attend a university
sponsored event (athletics, theater, music, field trip) will be excused if you provide me
with proper documentation from an appropriate authority before the event. You are responsible
for all work due for any missed class as well as for the homework for the following class.
You are also responsible for any work done during the class you missed (quizzes, in class writing etc.).
You should get the phone numbers of
a couple of your classmates in case you miss a class. You can also contact me by e-mail.
2. Don't be late to class. The class depends on your presence in order to conduct peer review and other in class activities. Three tardies will count as one unexcused absence.
3. Assignments are due on the class day they have been assigned for. Late work will not be accepted.
4. All assignments (unless otherwise noted) must be typed on white 8 1/2 X 11" paper, be double spaced, have 1" margins, and be according to MLA style.
5. All students are expected to honor the University's Honor Code. All work must be your own. Copying work without giving credit is considered plagiarism. Evidence of plagiarism will be dealt with according to the university's regulations.
6. Many different opinions will be expressed in this class. Students are expected to respect the views of other students. Sexist and racial hate speech will not be tolerated. A difference of opinion will naturally result and is expected and encouraged. But students must still respect the view points of the other students in the class.
7. Complaints about separate assignments should be discussed with me. Complaints about the final grade should be discussed with me in at least one conference soon after the next term begins. If the conference on the final grade does not resolve the problem in a valid, college-level manner,
the complaint can be expressed on a form in the English Office, 4008 TUR;
the form must be accompanied with copies of every assignment and the my directions.
The form and accompanying course material will be given to the Director of Freshman English
for further action. Please note that the Department does not review a complaint about a
separate assignment nor will it review a complaint about final grades unless all
assignments are submitted along with the instructor's directions for the assignments.
The review committee may decide that the grade should remain as is, be raised, or lowered;
but the instructor has the final decision.
Grades:
Grades are calculated as follows:
1. Essays (100 points each): There will be three class essays assigned throughout the course. Each essay will be approximately 2,000 words long.
Along with the essays that will be handed in for a final grade,
you will be required to write at least one draft for each out of class essay.
Drafts will be work shopped in peer review sessions and will be looked over by me as well.
Attendance is mandatory during peer review. Ten points will be deducted from the essay's final grade for either
missing a peer review or not doing a draft. Essays are graded on content, originality, and grammar.
The maximum amount of points you can receive is 770. The grading scale is as follows:
700-770 points A
650-700 points B+
600-650 points B
550-600 points C+
500-550 points C
450-500 points D
< 450 points E
Schedule
Week 1 August 21-25: Introduction
First day of class.
W: Introduction: Why do we write? Why write in the NWE? What makes good writing?
Read: http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/writing/help/intro/
http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/writing/help/intro/account/
http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/writing/help/web/
http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/writing/help/remote/ (important for how to read e-mail at home)
F: What is HTML? How do I design a web page? What is this place called the NWE that I've fallen into?
Week 2:August 28 - September 1
Writing and Art: Comparing and Contrasting Their Relationship/
Defining Theories
M: The Web
WR: Coordination and Subordination
W: Ways of Seeing
WR: Fragments
F: Ways of Seeing
Week 3: September 4 - 8
M: No Class. Labor Day.
W: Ways of Seeing
WR: SV agreement
F: Ways of Seeing
Week 4 September 11-15
M: Ways of Seeing
Run Ons: WR 161-166.
Some writing tips: http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~jrice/write2.html
W: Ways of Seeing
F:Bands 1 & 2 present
Week 5 September 18-22
M: Bands 3 & 4 present
W: Bands 5 & 6 present
WR: Commas
F: Bands 7 & 8 present
WR: Commas
Week 6: September 25-29
M: Essay #1 peer review
W: Essay #1 peer review
WR: Commas
F:Essay #1 peer review
WR: Commas
Week 7: October 2-6
Defining Pop Culture on the Web
M: Essay #1 Due
Soundtracks
WR: Semicolon/Colon
W:Soundtracks
WR: Research
MLA
F: Soundtracks
WR: Citing sources
Week 8 October 9-13
M: Soundtracks
WR: Apostrophes
W: Soundtracks
F: Soundtracks
Week 9:October 16-20
M: Bands 7 &8 present
W: Bands 5 & 6 present
F: Bands 3 & 4 present
Week 10: October 23-27
M: Bands 1 &2 present
WR: Modifiers
W: Essay #2 peer review
WR: Shifts
Mixed constructions
F: Essay #2 peer review
WR: Adjectives
Week 11: October 30 - November 3
M: Essay #2 peer review
WR: Needed words
WR: MLA
W: Essay #2 Due
Argumentation: Arguing From the Point of Pop Culture
F: The Way You Wear Your Hat
WR: MLA
Week 12: November 6-10
M: The Way You Wear Your Hat
WR: MLA
W: The Way You Wear Your Hat
F:No class. Veterans Day.
Week 13: November 13-17
M: The Way You Wear Your Hat
W: Bands 5 &6 present
F: Bands 1 &2 present
Week 14: November 20-24
M: Bands 7 & 8 present
W: Bands 3 &4 present
F: No class Thanksgiving
Week 15: November 27 - December 1
M: In class editing Essay #3
W: In class editing Essay #3
F: In class editing Essay #3