NAME:                                      Professor Arnold Wood             

CAMPUS ADDRESS:                FCCJ - South Campus               

                                                11901 Beach Blvd., T-265                                              

                                                Jacksonville, FL 32246                                      

E-MAIL ADDRESS:                    awood@fccj.org

PHONE NUMBER:                     646-2341

FAX NUMBER                           646-2312

BEST TIME TO CALL:                Anytime.  If your instructor is not available, please leave your name, daytime phone number and a detailed message.  Please speak slowly so that your instructor can write down your phone number.  Messages are returned within 2 working days. 

COURSE POLICIES:                  Orientation is MANDATORY.  Failure to attend will result in a reduction of 10 points or the equivalent of a letter grade from the first graded assignment. All papers must be double-spaced, typewritten or word-processed.  You may not submit more than one assignment at a time.  Late papers will not be accepted after two weeks past their due date.  TURNING IN A PAPER LATE WILL LOWER YOUR  GRADE UNLESS THERE IS A JUSTIFIABLE REASON AND IT IS PUT IN WRITING AND GIVEN TO THE INSTRUCTOR.

The following materials are required, and the texts may be purchased at any FCCJ bookstore in the Distance Learning Section.  (If the texts are not on the shelf, please ask a bookstore employee to call the bookstores on the other campuses for textbook availability.)

1.  Steps to Writing Well; Wyrick, Jean; 9th Edition, 2001; Harcourt Brace.  ISBN# 1413001084.

2.  Hodges Harbrace College Handbook; Harcourt Brace; 16th Edition.  ISBN# 1413010318.

3.  Video lessons for ”A Writer’s Exchange“ - See Airing Schedule or view at an LRC.  You cannot buy these videos.

There is only one required Orientation meeting for ENC 1101 telecourse students to meet your instructor and your fellow students and discuss any concerns you may have about course requirements. Attend one of these meetings:

Thursday, September 7, 2006                       6:00 - 7:30 pm             at         South Campus, Room T-221

IMPORTANT NOTE:  Orientation is mandatory with a writing sample to be taken during the meeting. You must attend orientation or contact your instructor by phone or email within the first two weeks of class – January 16.  If you do not make any contact, you will be dropped from the course. Personal orientations with the instructor are not provided individual students.  Orientation is more than a meet and greet; important information is covered. Make arrangements to attend this vital meeting!

Both the Mid-Term and Final Examinations must be taken with the instructor on the dates and at the locations specified.

MID-TERM:

Wednesday, October 18, 2006     6:30 - 7:30 pm             at         South Campus, Room T-221

FINAL:

Wednesday, December 6, 2006    6:30 - 8:30 pm             at         South Campus, Room T-221

The mid-term is a timed essay - only 60 minutes will be allowed.  If you arrive after the exam has begun, you will not have your full 60 minutes.  The final exam is in two parts: 1) 60-minute timed essay; 2) a 60-minute grammar test.

Assignment instructions and topic listings for paragraphs and essays begin on page 8.

  ASSIGNMENT                                                                                                                        DUE

(Must be received by instructor on this date)

Orientation (Sample Paragraph)                                                                                      Thursday, September 7

#1 - Paragraph 1 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                          Wednesday, September 6

#2 - Paragraph 2 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                          Wednesday, September 13

#3 - Essay 1 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                                Wednesday, September 27

#4 - Revised Paragraph of 1 or 2 (Graded)                                                                        Wednesday, October 4

#5 - Essay 2 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                                Wednesday, October 11

#6 - Essay 3 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                                Wednesday, October 18

MID – TERM EXAM                                                                                                       Wednesday, October 18

#7 - Revised Essay of 1 or 2 (Graded)                                                                              Wednesday, October 25

#8 - Essay 4 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                                Wednesday, November 1

#9 - Essay 5 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                                Wednesday, November 8

#10 - Essay 6 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                              Wednesday, November 22

#11 - Revised Essay of 3 or 4 (Graded)                                                                            Wednesday, November 29

#12 - Revised Essay of 5 or 6 (Graded)                                                                            Wednesday, December 6

FINAL EXAM                                                                                                                                                      Wednesday, December 6

No Paper Accepted After Tuesday, April 20, 2004

Without Prior Instructor Approval

            Tuesday, September 5, 2006      With Refund - Class is deleted from student’s record

            Monday, November 6, 2006        No refund - “W” grade assigned

Important Note:  The drop deadline is sometimes before the orientation meeting and/or first video lesson on cable TV.  If you are uncertain about this course, review the course outline and view a taped lesson in an FCCJ Library before the drop deadline.

Monday, September 4, 2006 – Labor Day (College closed)

Friday 10, 2006 – Veteran's Day (College closed)

Thursday-Friday, November 23-24, 2006 - Thanksgiving (College closed)

FCCJ telecourses are available on the following cable television channels:

                        Callahan                                   Ch. 16, Comcast

                        Clay County                              Ch.  7, Comcast (noon – midnight only)

                        Clay County                              Ch. 26, Comcast

Duval County                             Ch. 26, Comcast

                        Fernandina Beach                      Ch. 19, Comcast

                        St. Johns County                       Ch. 26, Comcast

                        St. Johns County                       Ch. 55, Time Warner

CABLE TELEVISION SCHEDULE

You can view the airing schedule on the web at http://www.fccj.org/OpenCampus/tv.html

A = 1^st lesson of the week; B = 2^nd lesson; * = Repeat; 0 = No Lesson Aired

Please note the Holidays listed above – No lessons will air on that date

If the scheduled telelesson fails to air you should:

·         Check the viewing schedule to see if viewing /recording the replay is possible.

·         Call 633-8309 the next business day for a recorded message listing the re-air schedule for missed telelessons, or

·         Go to the distance learning web site at www.distancelearning.org/tele.htm for replay information, or

·         View the missed lesson at a campus library.

✓See Exam Schedule

Grading Method

¨                   Each graded essay will be worth 20%; each graded paragraph will be worth 10%.

¨                   Mid-term essay will be worth 10%, and the Final Exam will be worth 15%.

¨                   The objective writing skills (grammar) test will count 5%.

Timing

¨                    One hour is scheduled for the mid-term - YOU WILL NOT BE GIVEN EXTRA TIME IF YOU ARRIVE LATE.

¨                   Two hours are scheduled for the final exam.  The first hour is a timed essay.  You must arrive on time to be allowed the one hour for the essay.

Test results

¨                   Test grades are mailed to your home address.

¨                   Expect to receive grades within 10 working days.

Makeup Tests

¨                   None.

Test sites

¨                   Testing is held with the instructors only as specified in the Exam Schedule section

Grading Scale               90 - 100 =       A

                                      80 -  89  =       B

                                      70 -  79  =       C

                                      60 -  69  =       D

                                                Below 60 =        F or NP

Grading Policies

¨       “W” Grade – A student may withdraw without academic penalty at FCCJ from any course up to the last withdrawal date published for each session. The student may only withdraw from the same course twice. Upon the third attempt, the student will not be permitted to withdraw and will receive an A, B, C, D, FN, or F grade for the course.

¨       “I” Grade – The Incomplete grade may be assigned at the instructor’s discretion to students who are unable to complete the required work in the academic term. To be eligible for an “I” grade the student must be passing the course at the time of the request, and must have completed 75% of the course work. Documentation may be requested. The instructor will complete a written agreement detailing the remaining course work required for completion and the removal of the “I” grade. All work must be completed with the first eight weeks of the subsequent term, unless the instructor agrees to a longer timeframe (not to exceed one year).  If terms of the agreement are not met, the “I” grade will automatically change to an “F” grade.

Grade Forgiveness – A student may repeat a course in an attempt to improve a grade if a “D”, “NP”, “FN” or “F” was previously earned. A course grade may only be forgiven twice. The official grade and the grade used in calculating the GPA, shall be the last grade earned in the course.

Course Repeats and Tuition Costs – a student may have only three total attempts in any course, including the original grade, repeat grade, and withdrawals. Upon the third attempt in the course the student must be given an “A”, “B”, “C”, “FN” or “F”.

A student may enroll in a specific college credit course only twice at a regular tuition rate.  If the first two attempts are unsuccessful (all grades will count as an attempt, including audit, W, NP, F, FN and D), the third time a student enrolls in the course he/she must pay full cost of instruction. This cost is equivalent to the out-of-state tuition rate, approximately four times the cost of regular tuition or $201.85 per semester hour (as of fall term 2002). 

Disabled Student Services

Specific services (such as notetaker, tutor, reader, scribe, interpreter) can be provided upon receipt of documentation.  Students needing special accommodations for testing must notify their campus Disabled Student Specialist at the beginning of the term.  NO special accommodations can be made without documentation from FCCJ’s Disabled Student Services Office.

North Campus and                                                                    

Nassau Center                           766-6784 Voice and TDD

Downtown Campus,

Urban Resource Center,

and Open Campus                     633-8488 Voice and TDD

Kent Campus                            381-3500 Voice and TDD

South Campus and

Deerwood Center                       646-2191 Voice and TDD

Learning Centers

Tutoring is available for all telecourse students (for a variety of subjects) in the Learning Centers located on each campus.  Please call in advance for hours of operation and tutor availability.

            Downtown Campus:  633-8166                                                    Kent Campus:  381-3449

            North Campus:  766-6718                                                           South Campus:  646-2169

Deerwood Center:  997-2574                                                       Nassau Center:  548-4467

Libraries

Telecourse lessons are on videotape in all FCCJ libraries.  Videotapes cannot be checked out or rented from the library and must be viewed in the library.  Ask for your video lesson by both lesson number and name of the video series.  Call the library for hours of operation.

Downtown Campus:  633-8368                                        Kent Campus:  381-3522

            North Campus:  766-6711                                               South Campus:  646-2174

            Deerwood Center: 997-2563                                            Nassau Center: 548-4467

Above are the main library numbers, below are the reference desk numbers.

Downtown: 633-8169                                                      Kent: 381-3545 

North: 766-6636                                                 South: 646-2179

Deerwood: 997-2562                                                       Nassau: 548-4467

Please send requests for library related information to:  librarian@fccj.edu

Rental

Telecourses may be rented for an additional fee.  For detailed information, call RMI at 1-800-745-5480 or access their web site at http://www.rmimedia.com.  Videos cannot be rented from FCCJ’s Libraries.

Telecourse Assistance

For questions regarding telecourses please call the Learner Support Center at 632-3151.

If a scheduled telecourse lesson does not air please call 997-2669 as soon as you notice a problem. You can view the airing schedule on the web at http://www.distancelearning.org/

Telecourse Updates

For recorded information on assignment changes, upcoming exams, telecourse replays, and special notes from your instructor call 633-8309.  Available 24 hours a day.

You will also be watching another set of televised lessons called “THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE, A VIDEO SERIES ON WRITING SKILLS."  The programs can be used as a self-paced individual learning program to master many of the writing, grammar, and usage skills required in English Composition I.

The writing skills lessons from The Elements of Style have only five lessons and vary in length between 40 minutes and 1 hour.  The same lessons will play both Monday and Friday.  The series will repeat all term long.

THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE

X = Lesson of the week; ** = Repeat

Please note: The video series "The Elements of Style" is not available at the LRCs and must be viewed in accordance with the above airing schedule.

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

1.  Read the Study Guide lesson(s) for the week and watch the accompanying television programs.

2.  Using the skill taught in the lesson(s) and program(s), prepare the assignment for the week indicated on the

     attached "Assignment Schedule" and submit by the due date shown.

      To prepare your assignments, choose a topic from the list of topics also attached.  For the two paragraph

      assignments, choose topics from the Paragraph Assignment Topic sheet.  For the six essay assignments, choose

      topics from the Essay Assignment Topic sheet.

      You may choose any one of the topics listed, but may use a topic only once.  In other words, each essay must be

      on a new topic.

2.       On the Assignment Schedule, note that your first compositions will not be graded.  This means that they will not be assigned grades from 0-100; it does not mean that they won't be evaluated so that you will know your strengths and weaknesses.

ALL ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED AND RECORDED.

3.       Depending on my reading load, I will return your composition to you within a week's time, so be patient.  If you   have a question related to composition call me.  If you want to know if I have read your paper and what your grade is, don't call me.

4.       Type or word-process your compositions neatly so I can easily read them.  If you find after you have finished a composition that you have typed a word wrong or in duplicate, etc., neatly make the correction; don't type the whole thing over.

YOU MAY E MAIL ALL YOUR ASSIGNMENTS. PLEASE MAKE YOUR COMPOSITIONS WORD DOC ATTACHMENTS TO NOTES

5.       Title your essays by at least noting the subject you are addressing.  Otherwise, be creative.

Make sure you identify your work in the following fashion to receive credit.  In the upper right hand corner write:

            YOUR NAME

            FULL ADDRESS/ZIP CODE

            PHONE #

            ASSIGNMENT # (IF ASSIGNMENT IS A REVISION, INDICATE) AND PARAGRAPH OR ESSAY #

            TOPIC #

            DATE

6.       Keep a copy of your assignments so that if you don't receive something from me in a reasonable period of time,

      you can contact me and send the copy, etc.

 7.     By all means, keep on working even if you don't receive anything from me for a while.

8.   As much as possible, relax and enjoy your work.  Cultivate gumption.

PARAGRAPH ASSIGNMENT TOPICS

1.    Describe a toy from your childhood that you still treasure.  Why is it so special to you?

2.    What is one some simple thing people can do right now to make this world (or their city or neighborhood) a better place?  Why?  What will or does this thing accomplish or solve?

3.    Describe a piece of clothing that reveals that real “you.”

4.    Explain how a piece of advice changed your life.  Who gave the advice?  What was said?  How did you change your life as a result?

5.    Describe a place that you have visited that disappointed you.  

6.    Discuss a television show that promotes a wholesome value.  What is the show?  What is the value?  How

      does the show promote that value?

7.    Describe an unusual hobby that you or a family member/relative has.

8.    Relate an event that turned out differently than you expected.

9.    Discuss a personality trait you would like to change about yourself.  What is that trait and why would you like

      to change it?

10.  Discuss one feature of college that you particularly enjoy.

ESSAY ASSIGNMENT TOPICS

All essays should be approximately 500 words long.  Please, do not submit more than one narrative essay for your grade.

For ESSAYS 1 through 5, choose your topic from the list below:

1.    Think about your home.  What is some place or part of your house you never want anyone to see?  Describe

      a closet, your garage, your attic, a spare room, the inside of your refrigerator or some other equally loathsome

      place in your house.

2.    Have you ever changed your mind about some important issue or belief?  What is that issue or belief?

      How did your opinion change? Explain what brought about this change of opinion.  

3.    Are first impressions the best or worst means of judging people?  From your experience, explain your answer

      to this question. 

4.    Write a letter to yourself during a significant time of your life (i.e., your teen years).  What wonderful hindsight advice would you give yourself?

5.    Have you ever taken a risk that paid off?  If so, what was that risk?  Relate what you did and what the positive result(s) was (were).

6.    Discuss how failure to keep your mouth shut (or some other bad habit) has led you into trouble.

7.    What is a charity or organization that people should donate their money or time to?  Why?  

8.    Define what is meant by a particular slang or popular-culture expression.  For example, what does it mean to

       be “cool”?      

9.    What is a fear you have that prevents you from living a normal life.  What does this fear prevent you from doing that you wish you were able to do?

10.  Modern technology can produce more inconvenience than convenience.  What is a product that you thought would make you life easier but instead has brought more annoyances or headaches into your life?   

11.  It seems that the civility of adults today is getting worse and worse.  Look at the behavior of adults in some venue, such as in a movie theater, in a restaurant, in the grocery store, at a little league baseball game, etc., and categorize the types of annoying behaviors you find.

12.  How have you ever made a radical change in your appearance?  Discuss either what brought about that change or what effects this change has had on your life?

13.  Explain the effects of having a new “life” in your house, such as a spouse, a child, a roommate, an elderly

       relative, a pet, etc. How does life change?    

14.  Relate a time that you attempted to do a good deed but instead of producing a beneficial result, it ended up backfiring on you.

15.  Identify and discuss a moment in your life that has shaped who you are today.

16.  Are you a rebel or a conformist?  Define what you mean by a rebel or conformist and then explain how you match that definition.

17.    We all like to be successful at any task we undertake.  Choose some task or activity and explain the steps in successfully accomplishing it.  For example, explain how to be successful in taking a telecourse, how to get a promotion on a job, how to find the perfect mate, how to select a new car or house, how to hold a garage sale, etc. 

18.  What is a problem in today’s society that you think people are not taking seriously enough?  What is that problem?  Why should we be so concerned about it?.

19.  In what way(s) are you (or someone close to you) like one or more other members of your family-physically, emotionally, mentally, etc.  In other words how are you like your mother, your father, your maternal grandfather, your great-aunt Thelma?

20.  Write a humorous explanation of a process:  how to flunk a test, how to make a bad impression on a date, how to irritate a professor, how to make a bad impression on a job interview, how to be a slob, etc. 

21.  Explain a process that people should know so they can cope with an unusual emergency situation, such as what to do if a hurricane or tornado strikes, what to do if pursued by an alligator, or how to survive being stranded in one’s car during a blizzard.  Do NOT write on how to administer first aid to someone badly hurt, how to administer CPR, or how to rescue a drowning person.

22.  Select a bad habit you have, such as procrastinating, nail biting, not pay attention, watching too much television,    and explain its causes or effects.

23.  Write a narrative account of a time you experienced a “moment of glory.”  Explain what happened, how you reacted, and why you reacted the way you did.  Explain the significance of this event and its lasting significance.            

24.  When it comes to not participating in some activity, people have become masters at making up excuses.

      Categorize the types of excuses people make for not undertaking some activity.  Specify a particular group of people (or person) and a specific activity, for example your children for not doing their chores, students for not having their homework done on time, church members for not attending church, and so on. 

25.  Compare or contrast two celebrations of the same holiday:  Christmas before and after one has children,       

       Halloween in the United States and in another country, Thanksgiving at different grandparents’ houses, Mardi

       Gras today in New Orleans and Mardi Gras 10 years ago, and so on.

For Essay 6 (assignment #10) due November 17, choose one of the topics below.  Your essay must include the use of one outside source.    Use Academic Search Premier from the FCCJ Online Library to find your source.  Please print the article and submit with your essay.  Highlight those sections in the article that you used in your paper, whether as a quotation, paraphrase, or summary.   Make sure you use proper MLA in-text documentation when using your source in your essay.  Also, attach a Works Cited page with your essay.

1.  Mandatory on-the-job drug tests should/should not be allowed.

2.  Internet pornography should/should not be regulated.

3.  Televised instant replays should/should not be used to call plays in football and other sports.

4.  Previously convicted child molesters should/should not be required to register with local police.

5.  Organ donors should/should not be allowed to receive financial compensations.

6.  Birth parents should/should not be allowed to reclaim babies after children have been released for adoption.

7.  Vitamin C (or any other type of herbal healing) can/cannot relieve illness.

8.  Physician-assisted suicide should/should not be legalized for terminally ill patients.

9.  Freedom of speech should/should not be restricted on college campuses.

10. Medical clinics/offices should/should not be required to notify parents when minors receive birth control or are         

      treated for STDs.

11.  A school voucher system should/should not be used in Florida.

12.  Stem cell research should/should not be limited or forbidden.

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