English 2010: Fall
2006
Instructor: Dr. John C.
Goshert
Office: LA 121t Phone:
863-6288
email: gosherjo@uvsc.edu
Office Hours: MW
Required Texts
Entering the Academic
Conversation: Strategies for Research Writing (working draft)
Prentice Hall Guide to
Grammar and Usage (preferably
the 5th Edition)
Additional texts will be
available through electronic library reserves: http://eres.uvsc.edu.
1. Per UVSC
catalog, this course focuses on
learning and enhancing academic inquiry and research skills; thus, you
are
responsible not only for writing assignments, but also for completing
assigned readings
(and there will be reading assigned almost every day of the semester),
and you
must be prepared to discuss reading selections thematically and
formally, both
on their own terms and in relation to course projects.
2. This is a
class focused on developing
strategies of critical thinking, analysis, and writing.
3. Note that the
Prentice Hall Guide is
not assigned reading at any particular time in the semester; rather, it
is your
responsibility to purchase the book and to use it as a resource for
grammar,
spelling, and format conventions (among others). This
is not a grammar course.
In order to register for this
course, you will have already passed—by taking the course, AP credit,
or
testing out—English 1010. You should
thus be relatively proficient in basic college writing skills as
described in
the college catalog.
This section of English 2010
will use a working draft of a new textbook, which is scheduled to be
published
by Prentice Hall next year. Like all
sections of 2010, this course will help you make the move from basic
college
writing skills to more advanced writing of the kind you will practice
through
the rest of your college career and perhaps beyond (in your profession,
in graduate
school, in simply leading an informed life, etc.).
Your main goal this semester will be to learn
and enhance your abilities to read and respond to academic writing by
professional scholars working on one or more fields, and you’ll have
the
opportunity to explore scholarship related to your academic major
and/or
anticipated profession. Your success in
the course is dependent not only on completing the assigned reading and
writing, but also on participating actively in the class—in developing
process-oriented strategies for writing.
Because we will take a
discussion/workshop approach to the course, attendance and
participation will
weigh significantly in your grade. More
than three absences during the semester can result in failure of the
class.
Summary: Briefly, there will be five major papers
assigned
throughout the semester:
Revision: Students may revise papers 1 and 2 for
better grades. Papers will be resubmitted
with the original
graded draft, a brief (one half to one page) narrative statement on
improvements, and a list of changes made on the revised draft. Due within two weeks after the date papers
are returned.
Style:
Papers will be computer generated in black ink on
white paper. Use a book-type font such
as Times, Bookman, etc. and a reasonable type size.
Papers will follow MLA guidelines (to be
discussed), unless another format is approved prior to submission. Save copies of your papers in case there is a
question about a missing assignment; it will be your responsibility to
provide
a duplicate. No late work will be
accepted. If you’re not going to be in
class on a due date, either turn your work in early or arrange for
someone to
turn it in for you.
Bookkeeping: Keep a portfolio (a wallet folder or the
like) of
all of your writing—from prewriting through your final
drafts—throughout the
semester.
Plagiarism: Don’t plagiarize.
You’ll fail the course and risk expulsion from the College. We’ll discuss this in detail, but for
reference, see the last section of Chapter 5 in Entering
and/or PH (298-301).
Resources: If you ever have questions about the class
in
general or your work in particular, take advantage of office hours;
they are
there for your benefit. It is your
responsibility to make sure assignments and other class activities are
clear. Also, meet a couple of people in
class who can give you notes, peer reviews, assignments, etc. on the
days you
can’t make it.
Take advantage of tutoring
services in the writing lab (LA 201).
Students of all levels will benefit from advice, readings, and
discussions, in individual and small-group settings, which are provided
free of
charge by tutors.
Students will activate their
UVSC email accounts and check email regularly.
Per UVSC policies: “Each
student is expected to take an active role in the learning process by
meeting
course requirements as specified in written syllabi” (VII.A). Thus, the course syllabus comprises a
contract between instructor and students, who will be held to its terms
and
expectations for “The right to receive academic credit and/or academic degrees
when all
specified requirements and course work have been satisfied” (V.L). In other words, the student has the right to
receive credit for work that meets or exceeds satisfactory performance;
however, the student also has the right to fail based on those same
conditions
of performance.
It is not only your right,
but also your responsibility to ask questions, to raise challenges, to
discuss
readings, and to otherwise participate in the class as it unfolds over
the
semester.
If you have any disability
that may impair your ability to successfully complete this course,
please
contact the Accessibility Services Department located in WB 146.
Academic accommodations
are granted for all students who have qualified documented
disabilities.
Services are coordinated with the student and instructor by the
Accessibility
Services Department. Accessibility Services Department telephone
801‑863‑8747;
TDD 801‑221‑0908.
A $3.00 fee
has been assessed
for photocopying.
Paper #1 (definition)
10%
Paper #2 (summary/response)
20%
Paper #3
(proposal/bibliography) 10%
Paper #4 (exploratory essay)
20%
Paper #5 (formal research
project) 20%
Attendance and participation
20%
Grading Notes:
Per UVSC catalog:
A: “an honor grade indicating
superior achievement”
B: “a grade indicating
commendable mastery”
C: “indicates satisfactory
mastery”
D: “indicates substandard
progress and insufficient evidence of ability to succeed in sequential
courses”
F:
“indicates inadequate
mastery of pertinent skills or repeated absences from class”
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF
ASSIGNMENTS
Additional readings may be assigned as
appropriate
August
W 23
Course intro
Assessment
Assignment: come to class on Friday
with three areas/topics of interest.
F 25
Read Intro
Begin
M 28
Complete
W
30
Begin
September
F 1
Complete Tompkins, talk about reading strategies
M 4
no class
W 6
Complete
F 8
M 11
Complete
Read Gunders essay
W 13
Select term/concept for paper #1
Begin drafting
Read Ch. 7 writing samples
F 15
Bring initial drafts to class
Work through 1-2 concepts in class
Model peer review
M 18
Peer review x2 (bring two typed drafts to class)
W 20
Return to topics generated in Ch. 1
Paper #1 due
F 22
Scale of abstraction assignment
M 25
Think about research purpose: what do you want to do
with your research?
Draft a research plan
W 27
F 29
Class meets in
library (LC 218) for research seminar
October
M 2
W 4
Independent research
F 6
Independent research
Select and read scholarly/peer reviewed article (of
10-20 pages) for paper #2
M 9
W 11
F 13
no class
M 16
Peer review: summary
W 18
F 20
Peer review: summary/strong response
M 23
Paper #2 due
Use the weekend to review sources found in research
for Paper #2 and find at least three interesting, related
sources
for use in remaining research projects.
W 25
F 27
Review sample proposals
M 30
Paper #3 due
Sign up for conferences
November
W 1
Student conferences (meet in LA 121t)
students behind on research
use this week to find additional
F 3
Student conferences
sources and review textbook chapters
M 6
Student conferences
W 8
F 10
no class
M 13
W 15
Begin drafting paper #4
Review sample papers
F 17
Peer
review paper #4
M 20
Complete
Paper #4 due
W 22
Ch.
11
NO CLASS
F 24
Ch.
11
NO CLASS
M 27
Ch. 6 review of citation/bibliography techniques
CHAPTER 11
W 29
no class
CHAPTER 11
December
F 1
no class
CHAPTER 6 REVIEW
M 4
peer review paper #5
W 6
peer reivew paper #5
Make significant revisions to paper between reviews
F 8
no class
M
11
Final exam period
Paper #5 due