ENC 2135-023 Fall 2018

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Research, Genre, and Context Florida State University; Fall 2018 ENC 2135, Section 0023 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 9:05 am to 9:55 am, DIF 236

Instructor: Kristy Cherry-Randle, Email: kdc17b@my.fsu.edu Office: TBA, Office hours: TBA

Communication is KEY: Email is the best way to reach out to me. Typically, if I am awake during the weekdays I will respond to your email rather quickly. However, there will be times when I may not be able to respond right away. Please allow 24 hours for an email response back from me (usually I will let you know in class if I will not be able to respond right away).

Email etiquette: Please use the correct conventions for the genre of email. Use a proper greeting, proof read the entire email, put ENC 213-023 in the subject line and a couple words about the email content (i.e. Question, Concern, or Absences), and use a correct closing. Any emails not using the proper conventions will be considered unprofessional and may not get an answer.

Required Textbooks and Materials       

The Bedford Book of Genres: A Guide and Reader, FSU digital edition, 2018, by Amy Braziller and Elizabeth Kleinfeld; Bedford/St. Martin (eBook) PDFs, available online Always have paper and pen/pencil for in-class writing Access to a computer and printer (the university provides a number of computer labs) Highlighters MS Word (You get this FREE as a student) Google account to use Google Docs

Course Description

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—2 ENC 2135 fulfills the second of two required composition courses at Florida State University.

While continuing to stress the importance of critical reading, writing, and thinking skills emphasized in ENC 1101, as well as the importance of using writing as a recursive process involving invention, drafting, collaboration, revision, rereading, and editing to clearly and effectively communicate ideas for specific purposes, occasions, and audiences, ENC 2135 focuses on teaching students research skills that allow them to effectively incorporate outside sources in their writing and to compose in a variety of genres for specific contexts.

The course is composed of three main units, each one focusing on helping students develop research skills and compose in a genre appropriate for a specific context. The first unit asks that students write an essay in which they begin to develop the strategies they will need to rhetorically analyze and use different genres and to explore the ways in which genres function in their daily lives. In addition to composing drafts of the essay, they are asked to submit a selfanalysis of their composition. The second unit asks students to compose in an academic genre: the researched essay. They are asked to write on a topic they find engaging and to incorporate no fewer than ten sources, seven of which must be academic/peer reviewed. In addition to drafts of the essay, students are asked to submit a research question, a research proposal, a research-inprogress report, and a self-analysis of their essay. The third unit asks students to use the research conducted within their second project and re-present the argument they made in that essay across three genres. In addition, students are asked to write a rationale that explains the rhetorical choices they made in each genre and how they see those choices as rhetorically effective for their context and audience, as well as a final reflection that explores what they learned about genre and rhetorical situation and how the project added to, challenged, or complicated their theories and practices of composing.

Course Objectives By the end of the course, students will demonstrate the ability to: · convey ideas in clear, coherent, grammatically correct prose adapted to their particular purpose, occasion, and audience. They will understand that writing is a process involving practice, drafting, revision, and editing. ·

analyze and interpret complex texts and representations of meaning in a variety of formats.

· gain experience reading and composing in several genres to understand how genre conventions shape and are shaped by readers’ and writers’ practices and purposes · develop facility in responding to a variety of situations and contexts calling for purposeful shifts in voice, tone, level of formality, design, medium, and structure · locate and evaluate (for credibility, sufficiency, accuracy, timeliness, and bias) primary and secondary research materials, including journal articles and essays, books, scholarly and professionally established and maintained databases or archives, and informal electronic networks and internet sources

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—3 · use strategies—such as interpretation, synthesis, response, critique, and design/redesign—to compose texts that integrate the writer’s ideas with those from appropriate sources. · gain experience negotiating variations such as structure, paragraphing, tone, and mechanics in genre conventions ·

practice applying citation conventions systematically in their own work.

College Composition Mission Statement College Composition courses at Florida State University teach writing as a recursive and frequently collaborative process of invention, drafting, and revising. Writing is both personal and social, and students should learn how to write for a variety of purposes and audiences. Since writing is a process of making meaning as well as communicating, College Composition teachers respond to the content of students' writing as well as to surface errors. Students should expect frequent written and oral response on the content of their writing from both teachers and peers.

Students are expected to be active participants in the classroom community. Learning from each other and from their teachers, students are invited to give thoughtful, reasoned responses to both assigned readings and the compositions of their peers. With an emphasis on in-class discussions and workshops, College Composition courses facilitate critical understandings between reading and composing. If you would like further information regarding FSU's College Composition Program, feel free to contact the program director, Dr. Deborah Coxwell-Teague (dteague@fsu.edu).

Rhetorical Knowledge Rhetorical knowledge is the ability to analyze contexts and audiences and then to act on that analysis in comprehending and creating texts. Rhetorical knowledge is the basis of composing.

Writers develop rhetorical knowledge by negotiating purpose, audience, context, and conventions as they compose a variety of texts for different situations.

By the end of college composition, students should ● Focus on a purpose ● Respond to the needs of different audiences ● Respond appropriately to different kinds of rhetorical situations ● Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation ● Adopt appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality ● Understand how genres shape reading and writing ● Write in several genres Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—4 Critical thinking is the ability to analyze, synthesize, interpret, and evaluate ideas, information, situations, and texts. When writers think critically about the materials they use—whether print texts, photographs, data sets, videos, or other materials—they separate assertion from evidence, evaluate sources and evidence, recognize and evaluate underlying assumptions, read across texts for connections and patterns, identify and evaluate chains of reasoning, and compose appropriately qualified and developed claims and generalizations. These practices are foundational for advanced academic writing.

By the end of college composition, students should ● Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating ● Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources ● Integrate their own ideas with those of others ● Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power Processes Writers use multiple strategies, or composing processes, to conceptualize, develop, and finalize projects. Composing processes are seldom linear: a writer may research a topic before drafting, then conduct additional research while revising or after consulting a colleague.

Composing processes are also flexible: successful writers can adapt their composing processes to different contexts and occasions.

By the end of college composition, students should ● Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text ● Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading ● Understand writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and rethinking to revise their work ● Understand the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes ● Learn to critique their own and others' works ● Learn to balance the advantages of relying on others with the responsibility of doing their part ● Use a variety of technologies to address a range of audiences Knowledge of Conventions Conventions are the formal rules and informal guidelines that define genres, and in so doing, shape readers’ and writers’ perceptions of correctness or appropriateness. Most obviously, conventions govern such things as mechanics, usage, spelling, and citation practices. But they also influence content, style, organization, graphics, and document design. Conventions arise from a history of use and facilitate reading by invoking common expectations between writers and readers. These expectations are not universal; they vary by genre (conventions for lab notebooks and discussion-board exchanges differ), by discipline (conventional moves in literature reviews in Psychology differ from those in English), and by occasion (meeting minutes and executive summaries use different registers). A writer’s grasp of conventions in one context

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—5 does not mean a firm grasp in another. Successful writers understand, analyze, and negotiate conventions for purpose, audience, and genre, understanding that genres evolve in response to changes in material conditions and composing technologies and attending carefully to emergent conventions.

By the end of college composition, students should ● Learn common formats for different kinds of texts ● Develop knowledge of genre conventions ranging from structure and paragraphing to tone and mechanics ● Practice appropriate means of documenting their work ● Control such surface features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Composing in Electronic Environments As has become clear over the last twenty years, writing in the 21st century involves the use of digital technologies for several purposes, from drafting to peer reviewing to editing. Therefore, although the kinds of composing processes and texts expected from students vary across programs and institutions, there are nonetheless common expectations.

By the end of college composition, students should ● Use electronic environments for drafting, reviewing, revising, editing, and sharing texts ● Locate, evaluate, organize, and use research material collected from electronic sources, including scholarly library databases; other official databases (e.g., federal government databases); and informal electronic networks and internet sources ● Understand and exploit the differences in the rhetorical strategies and in the affordances available for both print and electronic composing processes and texts.

Attendance The College Composition program maintains a strict attendance policy to which this course adheres: an excess of two weeks of absence—that is more than 4 absences in a MW or TR class, or more than six absences in a MWF class—is grounds for failure. Save your absences for when you get sick or for family emergencies. Not showing up for a conference counts as two absences.

Regular (and prompt) attendance is a course requirement–as it must be in a course so heavily weighted toward in-class writing and peer responding. The FSU College Composition Program policy states that students are in danger of failing if they accumulate more than two weeks’ worth of absences–more than four absences for TR or MW classes, or more than six absences for MWF classes. University policy also states that students involved with university-sanctioned events (including but not limited to athletics, band, ROTC, academic honor societies, and nursing) should not be counted absent on days scheduled by those programs as service work for the university. Students must obtain from their advisors in these programs a signed statement on FSU letterhead noting the scheduled events for the

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—6 semester. This document needs to be turned into the teacher by the end of the second week of classes. This is the student’s responsibility; without this letter the student will be counted absent on those days. Also, on the day the student returns to class, all work due must be turned in at the beginning of the class and the student will be responsible for that day’s assignment as well.

This does not mean that a student involved in university-sanctioned events should be allowed to miss as many days as necessary to participate in those events, along with four TR or MW classes, or six MWF classes. Students involved in these events must be active participants in College Composition classes, just like all other students. If a student needs to miss five classes to attend university-sanctioned events, he or she cannot expect to miss an additional four classes on top of that. The student would miss too many classes to be considered an active participant. In that case, the student should drop ENC 1101 or 2135 and take it another semester when he or she would be able to be an active participant.

Not Showing up for a conference counts as two absences as a conference replaces two days of class. Four tardies will have the same effect as one absence.

NOTE: FSU’s Composition Program Attendance Policy does not violate the University Attendance policy. The Composition Program Attendance Policy simply specifies the number of allowed absences, whereas the University Attendance Policy does not. If you have an excellent reason for going over the allowed number of absences, you should call Undergraduate Studies (850-644-2451) and make an appointment to discuss your situation with them. If you can provide proper documentation of extreme circumstances (for example, a medical situation or some other crisis that resulted in you having to miss more than the allowed number of classes), Undergraduate Studies will consider the possibility of allowing you to drop the course and take it the following semester.

Instructor Politics on Attendance Your attendance in class is not suggested—it is required. Many times, we will go over important material that is important to the drafting or revising of your current writing project. It is in your best interest to save the SIX allowed absences for sickness or emergencies. It is my experience that students who do not regularly attend classes receive lower grades on class assignments and also struggle understanding the material.

Tardy Policy I consider frequent tardiness to be a type of disruptive behavior. I reserve the right to count three tardies of more than five minutes as one absence.

Conferences

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—7 Conferences are an essential component of improving one’s writing, and for this reason, each student is required to meet two times with me individually during this course. This is a chance for me to get to know you as a student and a writer, and for us to discuss strategies for executing your best work, improving your writing, and/or handling any concerns you have regarding your progress in this course. If you fail to attend your conference, I will count your missed appointment as two absences.

College Composition Course Drop Policy This course is NOT eligible to be dropped in accordance with the “Drop Policy” adopted by the Faculty Senate. The Undergraduate Studies Dean will not consider drop requests for a College Composition course unless there are extraordinary and extenuating circumstances utterly beyond the student ‘s control (e.g. death of a parent or sibling, illness requiring hospitalization, etc.). The Faculty Senate specifically eliminated College Composition courses from the University Drop Policy because of the overriding requirement that College Composition be completed during student’s initial enrollment at FSU.

Reading/Writing Center (RWC) The Reading/Writing Center, with locations in Williams (Room 222C), Strozier Library, and Johnston Ground, offers writing support to all FSU students, including first-year undergraduates, students in all majors, international and other ELL students, CARE students, student athletes, and graduate students across the disciplines. Its approach to tutoring is to provide guidance to help students grow as writers, readers and critical thinkers by developing strategies to help writers in many situations. RWC tutors act as a practice audience for students’ ideas and writing, helping them develop their writing in many areas.

RWC hours vary each semester. To view the RWC schedule or make an appointment with a consultant, please visit http://fsu.mywconline.com/

Digital Studio The FSU Digital Studio provides support to students working individually or in groups on a variety of digital projects, such as designing a web site, developing an electronic portfolio for a class, creating a blog, selecting images for a visual essay, adding voiceover to a presentation, or writing a script for a podcast. We currently offer consultation at two locations, Williams 222B and Johnston G0062. Consultants in the Digital Studio offer assistance in composing digital and multimedia assignments/projects, such as designing an electronic portfolio, designing a website, creating a blog, composing a visual essay, selecting images to embed in a text, adding audio and/or video into a text, and creating a presentation.

Students who attend the Digital Studio are not required to work with a tutor: The Digital Studio is also open to those seeking to work on their own to complete assignments/projects or to

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—8 improve overall capabilities in digital communication. However, tutor availability and workspace are limited so appointments are recommended. Digital Studio hours vary by semester. To view the schedule or make an appointment at the Johnston Digital Studio, please visit http://fsu.mywconline.com.To view the schedule or make an appointment at the Williams Digital Studio, please visit http://wr.english.fsu.edu/Williams-Digital-Studio/Schedule-anAppointment.

Plagiarism Plagiarism is grounds for suspension from the university as well as for failure in this course. It will not be tolerated. Any instance of plagiarism must be reported to the Director of First-Year Composition and the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Plagiarism is a counterproductive, nonwriting behavior that is unacceptable in a course intended to aid the growth of individual writers. Plagiarism is included among the violations defined in the Academic Honor Code, section b), paragraph 2, as follows: Regarding academic assignments, violations of the Academic Honor Code shall include representing another ‘s work or any part thereof, be it published or unpublished, as one ‘s own. A plagiarism education assignment that further explains this issue will be administered in all first-year writing courses during the second week of class. Each student will be responsible for completing the assignment and asking questions regarding any parts they do not fully understand.

EXAMPLES of Plagiarism:  Submitting work that you copy-pasted from the internet  Submitting work that someone else wrote (including friends and family members)  Copy-pasting phrases or sentences that you did not write  Buying essays or essay materials  Lack of proper citations  Submitting work you wrote for a previous class  Making up scholarship or citations

Academic Honor Policy The Florida State University Academic Honor Policy outlines the University’s expectations for the integrity of students’ academic work, the procedures for resolving alleged violations of those expectations, and the rights and responsibilities of students and faculty members throughout the process. Students are responsible for reading the Academic Honor Policy and for living up to their pledge to “…be honest and truthful and…[to] strive for personal and institutional integrity at Florida State University.” (Florida State University Academic Honor Policy, found at http://fda.fsu.edu/Academics/Academic-Honor-Policy.)

Americans with Disabilities Act Students with disabilities needing academic accommodation should: (1) register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center; and (2) bring a letter to the

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—9 instructor indicating the need for accommodation and what type. This should be done during the first week of class. This syllabus and other class materials are available in alternative format upon request. For more information about services available to FSU students with disabilities, contact the: Student Disability Resource Center 874 Traditions Way 108 Student Services Building Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-4167 (850) 644-9566 (voice) (850) 644-8504 (TDD) sdrc@admin.fsu.edu http://www.disabilitycenter.fsu.edu/

Free Tutoring from FSU On-campus tutoring and writing assistance is available for many courses at Florida State University. For more information, visit the Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) Tutoring Services’ comprehensive list of on-campus tutoring options at http://ace.fsu.edu/tutoring or tutor@fsu.edu High-quality tutoring is available by appointment and on a walk-in basis. These services are offered by tutors trained to encourage the highest level of individual academic success while upholding personal academic integrity.

Liberal Studies for the 21st Century The Liberal Studies for the 21st Century Program at Florida State University builds an educational foundation that will enable FSU graduates to thrive both intellectually and materially and to support themselves, their families, and their communities through a broad and critical engagement with the world in which they live and work. Liberal Studies thus offers a transformative experience. This course has been approved as meeting the Liberal Studies requirements for English and thus is designed to help you become a clear, creative, and convincing communicator, as well as a critical reader.

Syllabus Change Policy Except for changes that substantially affect implementation of the evaluation (grading) statement, this syllabus is a guide for the course and is subject to change with advance notice.

Course Requirements  Four major writing projects drafted and polished  Ten Weekly Reading Journals  Two individual conferences  In class expository writing  In-class/out of class peer review workshops  Readings from the Bedford textbook and PDFs on Canvas  Participation in Class, Writer’s Forum, and Attendance

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ALL WRITING PROJECS MUST BE TAKEN THROUGH STAGES OF DRAFTING AND REVISION TO EARN A PASSING GRADE IN THIS COURSE.

Grading Breakdown

Final Grades A 93 – 100 A- 90 – 92 B+ 87 – 89 B 83 – 86 B- 80 – 82 C+ 77 – 79

C 73 – 76 C- 70 – 72 D+ 67 – 69 D 63 – 66 D- 60 – 62 F 0 – 59

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Literacy Narrative = 10% Genre Analysis = 20% Research Project Package= 20% Remediation of Genres=20% Reading Response Journals/ Peer Workshops = 10%  Participation/Attendance/Writer’s Forum = 20%

College-level Writing Requirement To demonstrate college-level writing competency as required by the State of Florida, the student must earn a “C-” or higher in the course, and earn at least a “C-” average on the required writing assignments. If the student does not earn a “C-” average or better on the required writing assignments, the student will not earn an overall grade of “C-” or better in the course, no matter how well the student performs in the remaining portion of the course.

Participation Active participation in class discussion, discussion boards, conferences, workshops, and preparedness in class all factor into this section. Drafts will be graded on completeness and potential—not on editing or other mechanical issues. Final drafts will be graded on audience awareness, organization, coherence, supporting evidence, thorough analysis, and editing. All other written and oral work will be graded on meaning or content and appropriateness to the assignment.

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—11 Active participation does not mean showing up and warming up the desk, it means that you come into class prepared to discuss readings from homework or have writing assignments prepared and printed prior to starting class. It also means that you will actively engage me and your classmates in class, in the discussion boards, and in the writing forums—in other words your participation is based on active dialogue either spoken or written throughout the semester.

Civility This class will tolerate neither disruptive language nor disruptive behavior. Disruptive language includes, but is not limited to, violent and/or belligerent and/or insulting remarks, including sexist, racist, homophobic, or anti-ethnic slurs, bigotry, and disparaging commentary, either spoken or written (offensive slang is included in this category). While each of you have a right to your own opinions, inflammatory language founded in ignorance or hate is unacceptable and will be dealt with immediately. Disruptive behavior includes the use of cell phones, pagers or any other form of electronic communication during the class session (email, web-browsing).

Disruptive behavior also includes whispering or talking when another member of the class is speaking or engaged in relevant conversation (remember that I am a member of this class as well). This classroom functions on the premise of respect, and you will be asked to leave the classroom if you violate any part of this statement on civility. Remember that you will send me an email that indicates you have read and understand this policy.

Inclusion Statement: IF YOU ARE IN A SEAT IN THIS CLASSROOM YOU BELONG HERE!!!!!!!!!

This classroom is an inclusive and “hate-free” environment. As far as your religious, political, sociological, ideological, cultural, racial, or sexual status goes—I support you! You are an academic now, and that means you have to ability to disagree with me and classmates—however, disagreements mean that we can have intellectual arguments and debates that are backed up with scholarship and research. “Hate-speech” and non-acceptance of differences will not be tolerated in this classroom. To disagree with me or a classmate means you must argue in a respectful and educated manner. If at any time in this class you feel uncomfortable with the content or behavior, please bring it up to me immediately so that it can be addressed. Keep in mind that if you do not speak up I will not know how you feel about content…after all “Sister Cleo” (see 1990s reference to telephone psychics) does not work here and is beyond my range of degrees. I value each and every one of you and your opinions but I above all else expect that everyone is sensitive and respectful to one another.

Drafts, Revisions, and Final Papers You’ll need to make copies of your drafts and revisions (not final papers) before you come to class on days we workshop. You will be responsible for some photocopying expenses for this class on occasion, in order to share your writing with your peers. I will let you know how many copies of your draft you need to bring prior to each workshop. I require that all drafts and

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—12 revisions be typed (MLA format, 1-inch margins). You have access to a number of computer labs around campus. If you do not have your own computer, take advantage of one of FSU’s.

Final papers do not need covers or title pages.

All your written work must have this heading at the top of the first page: Your Name Kristy Cherry-Randle ENC 2135-00 [section number] The Date

LastName 1

Title for your assignment Failure to do so will result in a loss of points for that assignment or rejection of assignment.

Essentially, I have 58 total students in two different sections; if you do not head your paper correctly and I drop all 58 papers I will not know which section you belong to or worse yet—if you do not have your name on your paper I will not know who wrote such brilliant prose or well formulated argument. If you have questions or are unclear about this expectation, please ask me…I am here for you.

You will generally be choosing your own topics and structures for the drafts and papers in this class (after the first week). You will be required to share your work with your classmates so take care in what you choose to write about. Your writing for this class is nearly always public writing in the sense that others will be reading, hearing, and commenting on it. I will let you know out of courtesy what writings will be public and what will be private.

Other Course Policies

Revision and Feedback I will provide feedback on one of your workshop drafts. To receive more feedback, make an appointment to come see me during office hours and bring a printed copy of your draft. I will not grade your paper until the final portfolio, however you will receive 25 points for your draft towards your final draft grade.

To change a grade, you must make significant revisions to the draft. Adding three commas does not count. Because this is a collegiate level English class, I will not leave comments on every

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—13 instance of an error I encounter. If I point it out, it is your responsibility to find other instances of that error and to seek out answers or explanations from outside sources (the Purdue OWL, etc.), classmates, the RWC, or me.

Late Work Policy Be timely in submitting your work. I understand that things happen, so if you have a reasonable need for an extension (i.e., sudden illness, sudden family or personal emergency, etc.), please tell me sooner rather than later. Communication is key. If you know you are going to be gone, you will not be excused from a due date.

Late work penalties depend on the assignment: 

Late discussion posts receive half credit. If they are late by more than 24 hours, they are 0. Discussion posts uploaded during class time will receive an automatic 0. The same rule applies to workshop drafts and proposals.

The Insufficient Draft Clause If you submit an as-is draft that does not meet minimum assignment requirements, you will receive an automatic F on your draft, and I will return it to you without comments. You are responsible for returning the draft to me with corrections as soon as possible. For each day you are late, you will lose one letter grade from the final portfolio draft for that project.

Technology Clause For this course (and likely others), you will need access to a PDF reader, Twitter/Tweet Deck, Canvas, the Microsoft Office Suite (free for all FSU students), and an internet browser, as well as computers inside and outside of class. You are responsible for bringing technology to class and for accessing computers outside of class (at a location such as the library) to complete any online work/revisions. You are allowed to use your technology for educational purposes.

You are responsible for handling all technological mishaps and being proactive to prevent loss of written assignments. Technology is not perfect; it is best to be prepared for problems. Save your work in multiple places: buy a flash drive, upload your work to a cloud account, and keep a copy on your computer in a file where you can find it. If something does go wrong, please explain your situation to me (as we all experience difficulties with computers and other technology), but extensions are unlikely unless there are extenuating circumstances.

Assignment Overview

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—14 Weekly Reading Journal Every week you are required to reflect on things you have learned and read for class. These journals are due every Sunday night by 9pm. There are 16 weeks in this semester, you are required to write a minimum of 10 weekly reading responses. To get the maximum number of points for this assignment you must engage critically with the readings assigned. I will not post up prompts every week. It is your job to keep up with the readings for the week and respond to them in a thoughtful and critical manner. I encourage all of you to think, process, and reflect upon the readings each week on your own. All readings, discussions, and things covered in class are fair game for these responses, BUT you must use the readings assigned to connect to class discussions, etc. You will post your 500-word reflection to the Canvas discussion board by 9pm each Sunday, simply copy and paste your thoughtfully written journal response into the Canvas discussion board.

In-Class Writing Some days we will participate in “free-writing” or other methods to allow you to put pen to paper and let your ideas flow. The purpose of this writing exercise is to allow you freedom to play with words and ideas in a low stakes situation (the writing you produce may or may not be shared with myself or your fellow classmates but will always count for daily participation grades).

Peer Review Workshops From time to time, we will participate in peer review workshops. My previous students place a great of importance in the peer review workshops. They conveyed to me that it helps to have multiple outside perspectives on their work in progress and it helps them greatly during the writing and revising process. A response sheet will be posted to Canvas in that week’s module, you will answer the five prompts I pose while you are peer reviewing your classmates’ work.

You will then submit your Google doc filled out back to Canvas for credit by the end of the class session the workshop was done.

Writer’s Forum The Writer’s Forum is a collaborative space in which you and your peers can ask questions, get feedback, and help one another. During this semester you will ask a question and answer a question (help a peer) at least sixteen times. These questions must be of substance, not a question to merely fulfill this part of your class requirement. Examples of these questions could be: “I am having trouble figuring out how to cite in MLA a movie title, can someone help?” or “I think my thesis statement is clear, but could someone read it and tell me what you think I am trying to say?”. Answering peer questions should be thoughtful and meaningful, you should all want to help your peers in the most productive and successful ways as possible during the revision process. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST WEEK TO FULFILL THIS REQUIREMENT—I WILL NOT COUNT “HAIL MARY” END OF THE SEMESTER PARTICIPATION. Readings from the Bedford Book of Genres (BBG) textbook and PDFs on Canvas The readings we complete in the class are important in understanding the concepts of writing, revising, and methods. Unlike traditional English courses you might have taken in the past, all of our readings are from composition scholars, educators, and model authors. You cannot grasp a

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—15 full understanding of composing without them. For that reason, I have the right to add reading quizzes to the gradebook if I have a concern that you are not engaging with the texts as assigned.

DISCLAIMER: Workshop and instructor feedback: Short assignments, peer workshops, and instructor feedback is meant to support you through the writing process and provide you with critical and thoughtful feedback to produce a thoughtful final product. However, this only works if you participate, meaning show up to peer workshops and share drafts to me ON TIME. The instructor has no obligation to recognize or give feedback on late draft assignments. Also, drafts that may be accepted late, are not guaranteed to receive timely, detailed feedback on me and receive a loss of points for each day it is late.

Major Assignments Writing Project 1 Literacy Narrative (1000 polished words)

Literacy Narrative Due: Wednesday September 12 on Canvas Length: 1000 Polished Words Purpose: Each writer has their own story. The best writers are reflective about their stories—what motivates them, what their strengths and weaknesses are, etc. The same is true of academics and since you are all here—you are now embarking on your collegiate academic journey. It is productive for you to reflect on how your formative literacy experiences have shaped you. This assignment will prime you to be more attentive writers who grow and expand their writing towards their academic disciplines.

Genre: Literacy narratives are, like the name implies, stories of reading and writing. They require authorial reflection on and analysis of events being described. Like any good story, the narrative structure you choose to use, and the details, descriptions, and dialogue you choose to include (or not include) will affect how you communicate your story/stories to your audience.

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Craft your own literacy narrative, focusing on your most impactful literacy experiences.

In your literacy narrative, connect your story to your previous writing experiences. Don’t limit yourself to only high school English class experience, but also think about writing for yourself (i.e. diary, journal, writing for church, writing in history or science class, writing notes to friends, etc.).

Think about how your previous writing experiences have helped to prepare you to be a successful writer in the future.

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Think about writing anxieties you have, how can you overcome them?

Audience: Your audience for this assignment is myself and your classmates. However, feel free to imagine other audiences/venues for whom you might construct your narrative (i.e. your high school English teacher, your parents, a friend you are mentoring, public audience where you are a “how to” Rock Star! etc).

Design: Other than MLA Heading format, you may design and format your narrative in any way you think will help you achieve your purpose. For example, you may want to include artifacts or images. Or, you may want to use textual features like asterisks or subheadings. Your essay may be fragmented (like Vignettes) or unified (like a regular paper). These choices are up to you.

Writing Project 2 Analysis (1500 polished words) This assignment will allow you to learn the art of analysis. You will have the freedom to explore your own topic (with my approval) and demonstrate your capabilities to learn more on the topic you have chosen and how your view of that topic is either clarified or complicated by the things you learn during your investigation into this topic. We will discuss this assignment more in class.

Genre Analysis Due: Monday October 08 on Canvas Length: 1500 Polished Words This assignment will help you begin to develop the strategies you will need to engage with the rhetorical concepts we have discussed in class, especially genre. Genre choice is integral to composing and communicating processes: it is informed by purpose and audience. Moreover, genre simultaneously informs invention, arrangement, style, and delivery. Therefore, knowledge of how to appropriately select and use genres is critical.

In order to complete this assignment, you will work through several steps: First in class and with one another, you will define the term “genre” and begin to develop an understanding of how genres function in practical terms. We will also discuss how genre works in relation to other key rhetorical concepts such as rhetorical situation, context, ethos, pathos, logos, exigence, audience, and constraints.

You will spend time at home and in class brainstorming and deciding which topic/issue you feel passionately about and want to explore. If you cannot articulate why the topic matters to you, I will ask you to choose another topic.

Next, you will choose one artifacts to analyze. Artifacts include, but are not limited to readings from art, music, websites, YouTube videos, political cartoons, advertisements, songs, films, TV episodes, etc. Your artifact may be from any genre you choose.

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—17 Before you begin the project, we will discuss in class the artifact you chose to analyze: 1) why you chose the artifacts, 2) what the genre is, and 3) some key features of that genre.

Then, you will examine your artifact and think about why and how this specific genre is used to achieve a rhetorical end for a specific audience in a specific context.

Finally, you will develop a 1500-word essay (that’s typically around 5-6, double-spaced, 12point font pages) in which you analyze your artifact. Your analysis should describe your artifact as fully as possible, and then explain how you see the terms of genre and audience are operating within your artifact specifically and the genre you’ve chosen, in general. Show me that you understand the concepts we have gone over in class and how rhetorical analysis can help us better understand the role of various genres within discourse communities.

Writing Project 3 Research Project Package (2500 polished words)

Research Assignment Components of the Research Writing Assignment Proposal (300-500 Polished Words) Annotated Bibliography (500-800 Polished Words) Research Paper (1700-2000 Polished Words)

Proposal (300-500 Polished Words) Due: Wednesday October 17 on Canvas Length: 300 Polished Words The purpose of a proposal in any research paper is to let your professor, peers, and colleges know your intended topic, argument, and details you will use to back up your research paper.

This does not necessarily “lock” you into this topic, position in the argument, or even the use of details that you used in your proposal. Most experienced researchers will often use a more refined and polished version of their proposal for conference abstracts or even peer reviewed journal abstracts. The requirements on a more professional level differ from one discipline to the next and they include; word count, writing style (house style), and they typically want to see the completion of your project.

For the purpose of this paper I want to see:  

Your topic—either in the form of a thesis statement or an introduction of what you are looking for. Be specific and clear about your topic—In the first paragraph.

Answer the questions of—Why is this important? And so what? Why does this matter?

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A unique topic that you are highly interested in. It is much easier to write a formal research paper if you choose a question that burns in your mind or a question which keeps you up at night.

You will be graded on the following: Grammar, clarity, concise language, format, following MLA house style, and choice of topic (Is this topic unique? Is this topic overdone?).

You will also be graded according to your in-class participation for in-class writing days and peer workshops (So consider your absence for these scheduled days a deduction in points from this assignment).

Annotated Bibliography (500-800 Polished Words) Due: Monday November 15 on Canvas Length: 500 Polished Words The purpose of an annotated bibliography is not to make you hate life or pay some form of penance. The purpose of an annotated bibliography is to track source materials you will use to formulate your research paper. An annotated bibliography consists of a few sentences which gives your reader the main idea and arguments of the source you are using. Then it will give an assessment of how you will use this source in your own paper. For example: How will the source compliment your argument? How will the source contradict your argument?

And sometime sources help aid your background information.

The convention of an annotated bibliography is formatting to the house style in which you are writing your paper. Even though I am asking you to write in MLA style for this project, you may be required to write in a different house style for another class outside your discipline (you need a good working knowledge on how to find the conventions for other styles).

For the purpose of this paper I want to see: You will use/cite a minimum of TEN sources and SEVEN must be academic in nature (books, journal articles, .org/.edu sites) Your annotated bibliography should be formatted to the conventions of the MLA writing style.

You should have at least three sentences that concisely convey the main idea, argument, and details of the source. Then you should have at least three sentences that state how you will incorporate this material into your research paper.

You will be graded on the following: Grammar, clarity, concise language, format, following MLA house style, and how you analyze your source material (it is not just a summary but more of an analysis of how you would utilize this topic in your research paper).

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—19 You will also be graded according to your in-class participation for in-class writing days and peer workshops (So consider your absence for these scheduled days a deduction in points from this assignment).

Research Paper (1700-2000 Polished Words) Due: Wednesday November 28 on Canvas Length: 1700 Polished Words Now that you have done many of the components of a formal research project it is time for you to synthesizes all of the information into a refined research paper.

What you need in your formal research paper: Format—MLA Style ____MLA heading ____ Page number and last name at the top right-hand corner of your papers ____Works Cited page (this is for all cited works within your paper—including sources you use that maybe in your annotated bibliography. If you do not understand this, please reach out to me.

Make sure it is on its own page (CNTRL + ENTR) ____Times New Roman font, 12 pt Grammar ____No misspellings ____No misuse of lower and upper-case letters ____Complete sentences ____Very little use of first person ____Proper punctuation ____Weak or Ambiguous qualifiers or words Style and Voice ____Thesis statement is clear and complete ____Using body paragraphs to convey your major points for your paper ____Your first paragraph conveys why your topic is important or why does it matter? ____You have a conclusion which restates your thesis but with conviction and a call for action if necessary or does it answer the “so what” in a unique way?

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—20 ____Formatting is clean and easy to read (no run-on paragraphs—this is not grade 13 it is first year of college—we typically do not use the standard five paragraph method for writing papers here in the academy). ____Paper is organized and makes sense, there is no jumping around from topic to topic but the paper flows from one idea to another and one paragraph to another.

****Most of the above check list can apply to the abstract proposal and the annotated bibliography as well*****

BEFORE YOU SUBMIT TO FINAL SUBMISSION LINK ON CANVAS—READ THE FOLLOWING!!!!!

Final Check Did you attend all the workshops?

Did you address all of your peer concerns and mine? Did you use the writing process and heavily revise as you worked on your drafts?

Did you revise your paper? Did you read it aloud? Did you check MS Word for any glaring mistakes?

Did you verify all of your citations and make sure (using Owl at Purdue) that everything is cited correctly?

Check your citations one more time—this is a critical area for me as a grader of your final project.

Did you compile all of your documents (abstract proposal, annotated bibliography, and research paper) into one MS Word document? If yes, then upload this package to Canvas and Wix. If no, recheck your list and make sure you checked off all the requirements for this paper.

If you made it this far through the check list, you are most likely done. Once you have submitted your “Semi-final” package to Canvas and Wix—go take a walk or do something fun because next we have to revise, edit, and work on your final portfolio. Great Job!

Writing Project 4 Genre in 3: Genre Remediation (1000 polished words)

Genre Remediation (1000 Polished Words)

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Due: Friday December 7 on Canvas or my office Length: 1000 Polished Words The final project for our class asks you to use the research conducted within your second project—the research essay—and re-present that argument across three genres. In other words, you need to create three new pieces that relate to the argument you made in your research essay, at least one of which must exist in a digital environment. While at least one of your creations should be written text, none of the three creations should be a lengthy paper. You don’t have time for that at this late point in the semester. You might, however, write a character profile, a poem, a short story, or a movie review (these are just a few of many possible examples) that relates to the main point of your researched essay. Other media include You Tube, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, google maps, Plotagon, comics, sculpture, poetry, short story, Yelp, Prezi, acrylic painting, and a photography essay. Our textbook provides numerous examples of possible genres, including photo essays, movie reviews, collages, obituaries, posters, and ads.

After doing some thinking about what you would like to create, why, and how, you’ll submit a Potential Genres Proposal that explores what you’re thinking about doing, why, and how, and then a little later, a Project Proposal that describes the three creations you have decided upon.

In addition to the three creations, you are asked to write a rationale (at least 200 polished words) that explains the rhetorical choices you made in each genre and how you see those choices as rhetorically effective for your context and audience. In other words, for each of your creations, you will write a 200-word explanation (minimum of 600 words in all) of why you did what you did and how well you think it works or does not work for your intended purpose and audience.

You will also write a final reflection (at least 400 polished words) that explores what you learned about genre and rhetorical situation and how the project added to, challenged, or complicated your theories and practices of composing.

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RESEARCH, GENRE, AND CONTEXT MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY

WEEK 1—8/27 T0 8/31 Syllabus

What is Genres?

Writing Process

Introduction

What is Rhetorical Situation?

Revising Process

Expectations

Assign Literacy Narrative

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

READ BBG Chapter 1 & 2

HOMEWORK

READ BBG Chapter 3 & 4

READ “Preface” They Say I Say (CANVAS) READ BBG p. 150154 Sunday by 9pm Reading Response Journal

WEEK 2—9/3 TO 9/7 Labor Day

MS Word Boot Camp

In Class Peer Workshop

NO CLASS

Bring Laptops

Share via Google.docs in class

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

READ “Why I Write” (CANVAS)

READ “Shitty First Drafts” BBG p. 522-524 WRITE Finish First Draft of Literacy Narrative

READ “Growing Sentences” (CANVAS) Introduction “Entering the Conversation” (CANVAS) Sunday by 9pm Reading Response Journal

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WEEK 3—9/10 TO9/14 Assign Analysis

Audience and Voice

Effective Analysis

Who and Why am I Writing?

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

READ “Freedom Rings” (CANVAS) “10 Point Plan” (CANVAS) “Tired of Giving In” (CANVAS)

Analyzing Art, Media, Ads HOMEWORK

DUE MIDNIGNT TONIGHT FINAL DRAFT LITERACY NARRATIVE READ Talese “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” (CANVAS) Talese “Notes on Sinatra Has a Cold” BBG p. 143-149

READ Chapter 2 “The Art of Summarizing” (CANVAS) Sunday by 9pm Reading Response Journal

WEEK 4—9/17 TO 9/21 Analyzing Music

Analyzing Music continued

Analyzing Music continued

3 Way of Seeing America

3 Ways of Seeing America

3 Ways of Seeing America

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

READ from Keywords from American Cultural Studies: “America” “Immigration” “Nation” “Performance” “Race”

WRITE: Make a list of 10 topics to analyze that are: Great topics Overdone-shitty topic

Sunday by 9pm Reading Response Journal

WRITE: Make a list on the same piece of paper, 5 topics you are considering writing about

WEKK 5—9/24 TO 9/28 Brainstorming Analysis Topics In class Peer Workshop

In class Peer Workshop

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

WRITE first draft of analysis

HOMEWORK TBA

Sunday by 9pm Reading Response Journal

WEEK 6—10/01 TO 10/05 Questions?

NO Class

NO Class

Catch Up?

Conferences

Conferences

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

TBA

TBA

TBA

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—24 WEEK 7—10/08 TO 10/12 Assign Research Project

Plagiarism Exercise

What makes a good research topic?

*you must be here or we will have to schedule a

Brainstorming

time for you to make this up

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

DUE TONIGHT BY MIDNIGHT FINAL DRAFT OF ANALYSIS PAPER

HOMEWORK

READ BBG Chapter 11

READ BBG Chapter 12 Sunday by 9pm Reading Response Journal

WEEK 8—10/15 TO 10/19 Library Databases

Academic OneSearch versus

What is Source materials

Google searches

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

READ BBG Chapter 13

DUE Research Proposal by Midnight

Using MS Word and its tools HOMEWORK READ BBG Chapter 14 Sunday by 9pm Reading Response Journal

WEEK 9—10/22 TO 10/26 House Styles

MLA Exercise

EasyBib v Doing it yourself

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

TBA

TBA

APA v MLA Sunday by 9pm Reading Response Journal

WEEK 10—10/29 TO 11/02 What is an Annotated Bib?

Source Questions?

NO Class SAMLA Conference

Why Annotated Bibs are not hell and how they can be useful

Catch UP

In Lieu of Class you will participate in an online peer workshop of classmate’s annotated bibliographies.

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

TBA

WRITE a minimum of 5 sources in annotated bibliography format.

Submit your peer workshop form by Sunday at 9pm to Canvas Sunday by 9pm Reading Response Journal

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—25 WEEK 11—11/15 TO 11/09 In text citations Dangling Quotes Strong Thesis Statements HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

DUE FINAL Draft of Annotated Bibliography Due on CANVAS by MIDNIGHT

TBA

TBA

In class Workshop

In class Workshop

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY

WEEK 12—11/12 TO 11/16 Veteran’s Day NO CLASS HOMEWORK WRITE First Draft of Research Paper

MONDAY WEEK 13—11/19 TO 11/23 NO CLASS Conference HOMEWORK

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

NO CLASS

NO Class

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

WEEK 14—11/26 TO 11/30 Genre Remediation

Student Examples

Working On Genre Remediations

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

What the HEY? HOMEWORK

DUE Final Draft of Research Paper

by Midnight on Canvas

WEEK 15—12/03 TO 12/07 Project Presentations

Project Presentations

Project Presentations Last Day of Class

ENC 2135 Fall 2018—26 HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK All Revisions are due by Midnight on Canvas Material genre remediations are due on my desk by 5pm All online Genre remediations and reflections are due on Canvas by Midnight.