Skyline College
English 110 Online: Composition,
Literature & Critical Thinking—Fall 2016
Course
Theme—Activism: Be the Change
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Professor: Rachel Bell |
Course Number 91639 and 92599,
3.0 units |
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Office Location: 7306 and Office
Phone: 738-4349 |
Online
Classroom: smccd.instructure.com |
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Web Address: http://accounts.smccd.edu/bellr/ |
Office
hours: Tues/Thurs 2:30-5pm |
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E-mail: bellr@smccd.edu and bellrachel@hotmail.com |
Course dates: 8/17/16 to 12/8/16 |
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Take
advantage of campus support services: |
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Online is not easier than the traditional
educational process. In fact, many learners say it requires much more
time and commitment, so be prepared for this as you take an online English
course. You need to be a strongly
self-motivated learner and be willing to commit 5 to 10 hours per week per
online course. Also, you will need a
"Plan B" in case your home computer experiences any
difficulties. The Skyline campus has
computers for student use in the Library (bldg. 5), in the Learning Center
(bldg. 5), and in the Business Lab (rooms 8119-8121, bldg. 8). Missing deadlines for any online quizzes, exams, postings, papers or
assignments due to technical difficulties will not be a valid excuse. Due dates are given well in advance so
don't wait until the last minute and risk a blackout or computer crash that
occurs right on a deadline. With that
said, taking an online course can open up new ways of learning for you and
often increases student participation with the pressures of public speaking
in the traditional classroom removed.
By
the end of the semester, you will have developed a strong understanding of
what it means to think, read, and write critically as these skills apply to
the analysis of fiction, poetry, drama, and literary criticism. Through the writing and reading you do in
this course, you will be able to understand the relationship between meaning
in literature and language; to evaluate and analyze the relationship between
meaning and the use of sophisticated literary forms and strategies; to
identify unstated premises and hidden assumptions in writing; to recognize
the similarities and differences between arguments of an author and his/her
character(s); and to properly integrate source material into essay writing. SMCCD
EMAIL ACCOUNT: All
the course emails (about 2 to 5 per week) will be sent to your smccd.edu
email account so you must set it up (activate your account by logging in
at 1.
Go to Websmart at https://websmart.smccd.edu/
2.
In your student account area, click on the link that says "New! Student
Email" 3.
Here, you may view your email address and password, and you may reset your
password. 4.
IMPORTANT: Open your my.smccd.edu email. 5. Click “Settings” at the top of
the page. 6.
Click the “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” tab. 7.
Under Forwarding, click the “Forward a copy of incoming mail” button. 8.
Enter the email address you want to forward your email to 9. Click “Save Changes.”
(1)
Poetry: African
American Poetry: an Anthology 1773-1927
ed. Joan R. Sherman (2) Plays: Inside/Outside: Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora eds. Wallace & Khalidi (3)
Short stories:
Great Short Stories by American Women edited by Candace Ward (4) Novel: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (5) Department
Rhetoric--Optional: Unless you prefer a print version (which you can purchase
in Skyline’s Bookstore). (1) Participation—Remember that participation counts both for your
grade and in your life. Active
participation means regularly logging in, posting discussions and assignments
on time, and providing thoughtful written feedback for workshop peer
review. It also means emailing your
instructor when you have questions or want quick feedback, or when you want
more detailed feedback, making an office or phone appointment. (2) Late
Assignments—No late work will be
accepted. All due dates are given well
in advance so it’s unfair to the students who complete their work on time to
accept the work from those who do not.
However, because “life happens,” each student will be allowed two
“late tickets” during the semester; twice students may choose to turn an
assignment in 48 hours after the due date.
Late assignments beyond this will not be accepted. You cannot
use late tickets on timed exams. (3) Saving and
Submitting Work—You must create a
backup file of every piece of work you submit for grading. All files should be in DOC, RTF or PDF file formats (note: Do not
post .docx files as not all students can open this type of file). When
sending any email, identify yourself fully by name. I will check email
frequently and will respond to course-related questions within 24-48
hours. (4) Disabled
Students—
In coordination with the Disability Resource Center office, reasonable
accommodation will be provided for eligible students with disabilities. For more assistance, please contact the DRC
Bldg 5, Room 5132, phone 650-738-4280, email skydrc@smccd.edu. (5) Plagiarism-- Paraphrasing or directly copying any text and using it as your own
without proper attribution, whether you’ve done it intentionally or not, is
plagiarism and is unacceptable and will result in failure. We will carefully look at how to integrate
and properly document outside sources.
Students will also submit an “Honesty Pledge” at the beginning of the semester,
stating that all work submitted will be their own: http://www.skylinecollege.edu/skyenglish/10Plagiarism.htm Papers: (1) Due
Dates-- Paper #1 (2-4 pages, 500-1000 words) Draft due 9/13, Revised 9/20 Research Paper #2 (3-5 pages, 750-1250
words) Draft due 10/11, Revised
10/18 Paper #3
Midterm 75-minute essay exam on Tuesday, November 1st Paper #5
Final essay exam—2 ½ hours on Thursday, December 8th (2) Revision-- E.B. White said, “The best writing is rewriting.” Because revising or “re-seeing” a piece of
writing is such an important aspect of the writing process, each of the
papers has two due dates. The first
draft is not graded and is used for class workshopping, so students can give
and receive advice to apply to the graded revision due a week later. If you would like instructor feedback on
your draft, make an office or phone appointment. On papers, you must meet the page
minimums. 5% deducted for half a page under and minus 10% for each full page
under the minimum. (3) Workshopping—Each draft will be read and commented upon by student workshop
groups. You do not want to use a late ticket on a draft because: (1) you
cannot participate in the workshop without a draft; (2) you won’t get any
peer feedback on your draft; (3) you won’t be able to give written feedback
on your peers’ drafts so will receive zero scores and peer review counts as
5% of your overall course grade; (4) if you do not submit a draft, you cannot
turn in a revision a week later for a grade and you cannot pass this class if
you fail to turn in one of the major papers.
Below are the important workshop dates: Paper 1 10% Score
for Paper 1 ______ x
.10 =
_____ Paper 2 10% Score
for Paper 2 ______ x
.10 =
_____ Paper 3—Midterm 10% Score for Paper 3 ______ x .10 =
_____ Paper 4 20% Score
for Paper 4 ______ x
.20 =
_____ Paper 5—Final 20% Score
for Paper 5 ______ x
.20 =
_____ Peer
Paper Review 5% Average
Peer Review ______ x .05 =
_____ TOTAL: (convert total to %) ________
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