Spring A-12 20093

ENC 1101 cd-based

Reference #s 304474

Instructor:  Arnold Wood, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENGLISH COMPOSITION I

 

  

 

  

 

"The Writer’s Circle" 

 

 

 

 

 

CDs for this course are available for checkout from all of the FCCJ Libraries. Windows Media Player is required to view the video.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please read this packet very carefully for course requirements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

NAME:                             Professor Arnold Wood, Jr.

CAMPUS ADDRESS:       FCCJ – South Campus

                                       T-265

                                       11901 Beach Blvd.

                                       Jacksonville, FL 32246

E-MAIL ADDRESS:           awood@fccj.edu

PHONE NUMBER:            904-646-2341                                                             

BEST TIME TO CALL:       Anytime.  However, if I am not available, please leave your name, daytime phone number and a detailed message.  Please speak slowly so that I can write down your phone number (repeat the number).  Messages will be returned within 2 working days.

 

COURSE MATERIALS

The following materials are required, and the textbooks 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.  Hodges Harbrace Handbook; 16^th Edition, ISBN# 1413010318.

2.  The Composition of Everyday Life, 2nd Edition, 2007; Harcourt Brace.  ISBN # 1413018491.

 

ORIENTATION MEETING - MANDATORY

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 the following meetings:

 

 Monday --September 22, 2008      6:30 – 7:30 pm at the South Campus, Room T-121.

 

Note:  Orientation is mandatory with a writing sample to be taken during the meeting.  You must attend orientation or contact me by phone or email within the first two weeks of class – by September 28.  If you do not make any contact with me, you will be dropped from the course.

OTHER REQUIRED MEETINGS / EXAM SCHEDULE

The Mid-Term and Final Examinations are to be taken with the instructor on the dates and at the locations specified.

 

MID-TERM:

Tuesday     July 7, 2009 – 6:00 – 7:00 pm                                       South Campus, Rm. T-121

 

FINAL:

Tuesday     August 4, 2009 – 6:30 - 8:30 pm                                  South Campus, Rm. T-121

 

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 will be in two parts.  The first part is a 60-minute timed essay; the second part is a grammar test.

 

DEADLINES FOR DROPPING/WITHDRAWING FROM CLASSES

 

Monday, June 8, 2009          With Refund/Class is deleted from student’s record

Monday, April 30, 2009         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.

 

 

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

 

NEW ON SATELLITE SYSTEMS:  Selected telecourses are also available on Direct TV, Channel 377 and on the Dish Network, Channel 9402, called PBS YOU. Check the web site at http://www.pbs.org/pbsyou for their viewing schedule.  All programming is scheduled through PBS YOU for the satellite systems.  FCCJ is not responsible for the viewing schedule of PBS YOU. The televised lessons will not be in the same order or time frame as the assigned lessons for the FCCJ course, but may be used for videotaping for later viewing. Check your satellite system directory for specific scheduling information. 

 

FCCJ is responsible for program scheduling for Cable Television only.

FCCJ telecourses are available on the following cable television channels:

 

Callahan	Ch. 16, Comcast
Clay County	Ch.   7, Comcast
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://opencampus.fccj.org/TVS/tv.html

 

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

 

Please note the holidays listed on the previous page – No lessons will air on those dates

ALL testing information is on the Exam Schedule that follows this Airing Schedule

 

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 http://www.distancelearning.org/tcrepeats.html for replay information, or

·         View the missed lesson at a campus library.

 

 

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.

WEEK # DATES (MON-SUN)	PAPER OR    EXAM	TEXTBOOK ASSIGNMENTS	STUDY GUIDE ASSIGNMENTS		TELELESSON NUMBER
Week 1  2/1 – 2/8		pages 2-49, 640-648, 778-788 pages 50-93, 754-756, 792-797	Lesson 1: Exploring the Process Lesson 2: Explaining Relationships		1, 2
Week 2   2/9 –2/15		pages 50-93, 754-756, 792-797 pages 94-141,748-753, 778-782	Lesson 2: Explaining Relationships Lesson 3: Observing Details		2, 3
Week 3   2/16 – 2/22	First Essay Due by 2/11	pages 94-141,748-753, 778-782 pages 142-187, 757-767, 778-782	Lesson 3: Observing Details   Lesson 4: Analyzing Concepts		3, 4
Week 4   2/23 – 3/1		pages 142-187, 757-767, 778-782 pages 188-243, 748-749, 761-764, 782		Lesson 4: Analyzing Concepts Lesson 5: Analyzing Images		4, 5
Week 5 3/2 – 3/8		pages 188-243, 748-749, 761-764, 782 pages 244-301		Lesson 5: Analyzing Images   Lesson 6: Building Arguments		5, 6
Week 6   3/9 – 3/15	Second Essay Due by 3/11 & Mid-Term In-class Essay	pages 244-301  pages 302-357, 761-764, 775-777		Lesson 6: Building Arguments Lesson 7: Responding to Arguments		6, 7
Week 7   3/16 – 3/22		pages 302-357, 761-764, 775-777  pages 358-405		Lesson 7: Responding to Arguments Lesson 8: Evaluating and Organizing		7, 8
Week 8   3/23 – 3/29       NOTE: COLLEGE IS CLOSED FOR SPRING BREAK WEEK 9, 3/30-4/5	Third Essay Due by 3/25	pages 358-405 pages 610-697		Lesson 8: Evaluating and Organizing Lesson 9: Integrating Research		8, 9
Week 10   4/5 – 4/12		pages 406-451,752-753, 802		Lesson 10: Searching for Causes		10
Week 11   4/13 – 4/19	Fourth Essay due by 4/15	pages 406-451,752-753, 802   pages 452-501, 290, 768, 792-799		Lesson 10: Searching for Causes Lesson 11: Imagining Solutions		10, 11
Week 12   4/20 – 4/26	Fifth Essay due by 4/23 Final Exam Essay and Grammar Test	pages 502-559, 754-777 pages 560-609, 749, 761-764		Lesson 12: Discovering Voice Lesson 13: Thinking Radically		12, 13

See Assignment and Exam Schedule - Last page of this Course Outline

 

GRADING INFORMATION

Grading Method

¨                   Each graded essay will be worth 15%.

¨                   Mid-term essay will be worth 5%, and the Final Exam will be worth 10%.

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

Grading Scale

                        90 - 100 = A

                        80 -  89 = B

                        70 -  79 = C

                        60 -  69 = D

                        Below 60 = F or NF (Instructor’s choice)

 

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 within 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.

 

“FN” Grade  - The Failure for Non-attendance (FN) grade is given to students who failed due to nonattendance, while the “F” grade is given to students who failed to master the content at a passing level. The FN grade may be used immediately after the withdrawal deadline.  For this course non-attendance is defined as: failure to attend orientation, contact me by phone or email, or submit the first assignment on time.

 

GRADE FORGIVENESS AND COURSE REPEATS

Grade Forgiveness – A student may repeat a course in an attempt to improve a grade if a “D”,  “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, 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 over $200.00 per semester hour. 

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

Disabled Student Services Specific services (such as note taker, 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.  Central Office: 633-5978 (Voice and TDD)
Downtown Campus:  633-8488 (Voice and TDD)	North Campus & Nassau Center:  766-6784 (Voice and TDD)
Kent Campus:  381-3500 (Voice and TDD)	South Campus & Deerwood:  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. CDs for this course are available for checkout from all of the FCCJ Libraries.  Windows Media Player is required to view the video.
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

 

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://opencampus.fccj.org/TVS/tv.html

 

Telecourse Updates – Call 633-8309

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

 

Rental

Most 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 GLY 1001, MAT 0024, MAT 1033, POS 2112 and SPC 2600 are not available for rental.  Videos cannot be rented from FCCJ’s Libraries.

 

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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 left hand corner write:

 

            YOUR NAME

            ADDRESS (with ZIP CODE)

            PHONE #

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

            TOPIC #

            DATE

 

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.

 

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

 

E Mail me all assignments (attachments as Word docs.).

 

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

 

 

 

Telecourse - "The Writer's Circle"

Assignment Descriptions, Schedule, and Exam Schedule

 
ASSIGNMENTS

                                                                                                                    

·        ESSAY 1 - Write an essay (500-750 words) based on Lesson 1, " Exploring the Process," or Lesson 2, Explaining Relationships." Select the topic from one of the following: Page 26, "Point of Contact" to recall an event from your past life; or, Page 72, "Point of Contact" to explore a relationship. Produce a multi-paragraph (at least 5) with an introduction, body, and conclusion. Be sure to explore many facets of your topic. Conclude your discussion with an evaluation of the process you followed to reach the final draft of your essay.

 

DUE - by February 11, 2009

 

    ·        ESSSAY 2 - Write an essay (500-750 words) based on Lesson 3, "Observing Details," or Lesson    4, "Analyzing Concepts." Select your topic from the following: Page 120, "Point of Contact" to begin your observation; or, Page 164, "Point of Contact" to find a concept. Your essay should be personal as well as analytical as you observe specific details or identify and analyze a concept. Write a multi-paragraph (at least 5) essay with a clear thesis in the introduction, support in the body, and a conclusion. Organize your essay carefully.

 

DUE - by March 11, 2009

 

Mid-Term in-class on-campus essay THURSDAY March 12, 2009 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm in T-121
 

·        ESSAY 3 - Write an essay (500-750 words) based on Lesson 5, " Analyzing Images," or Lesson 6, "Building Arguments. Select your topic from the following: Pages 222, "Point of Contact" to begin your analysis of a specific image; or, Page 274, "Point of Contact" to explore an argument. Your essay should be reasonable and objective. Pay attention to specific detail particularly in selecting support for your thesis. Pay close attention to claims, counterarguments, and concessions. Be able to explain why you chose the particular and specific supporting counterarguments and concessions for your argument.

 

DUE - by March 25, 2009

 

·        ESSAY 4 - Write an essay (500-750 words) on Lesson 7, "Responding to Arguments" or Lesson 8, "Evaluating and Organizing." Select your topic from the following: Page 338, "Point of Contact" to select the argument for response; or Page 384, "Point of Contact" to select the subject to evaluate and examine. Your essay should be reasonable and objective. Pay specific attention to counterargument and concessions in your own writer's voice. Try some of the voice techniques suggested in TCOEL text to see if they work for you.

 

DUE - by April 15, 2009

 

 

 

·         ESSAY 5 - Draft/write a 3-page research paper which incorporates facts, figures, examples, expert opinion in the form of direct quotes or paraphrases from at least three sources (a variety of periodical articles is best from the college's electronic "library" of information/dBases though print periodicals as well as valid web sources are also sound for gathering information) based on Lesson 9's information. Use the MLA style sheet outlined in your text in TCOEL text in Chapter 13, "Research and Writing: Gathering and Using Information from Sources." Select your topic based on "What's a Good Research Topic?" on page 614 of TCOEL text. Remember to include a Works Cited page of your sources with you research-based essay.
 

DUE - by April 23, 2009

 

FINAL IN-CLASS, ON-CAMPUS ESSAY and GRAMMAR TEST THURSDAY, April 24, 2009, 6:00 - 8:00pm, T-121

 

 

OPTIONAL ESSAY ASSIGNMENT TOPICS

All essays should be approximately 500 words long. 

 

1.    Compare the rules set for you as a child with those you would set for your own children.  Be sure to explain the reasons for the differences.

 

2.    Develop an argument on some current issue in education.  What is your position on that issue?  State and defend your reasons.

 

3.    How would you categorize the people who belong to a particular group of which you are a member?  They could be the employees at your work, the students in your classes, the members of your church, the players on your sports team, etc.  Label each category, define that category, and then discuss the traits of the individuals in that category.

 

4.    Describe a waiting room and your feeling in it.  Make your details as concrete as possible.  Use your description to make a comment about the place itself in your general situation.

 

5.    Explain in an essay how a single political or historical event has dramatically changed (or will change) the course of your life.

 

6.    Create your own myth that explains a natural phenomenon, such as the changing of the seasons, or a characteristic of human nature such as jealousy.  Use sound narrative technique.

 

7.    Discuss the similarities or differences between two jobs you've had, two places you've lived, two colleges you've attended, or two houses you've owned.

 

8.    Many people argue that there are no real heroes or heroines today.  Describe the qualities needed in a hero or heroine in the 21st century.

 

9.    People often tend to base their opinion of others on stereotypes.  Describe how a particular person that you know is similar to or differs from the stereotype associated with that person.  The person could be you.

 

10.  Jenny Jones, Ricki Lake, Richard Bey, Montel Williams - these are just a few of the numerous talk shows that have overtaken daytime television.  In an essay, analyze the types of guests seen on these talk shows or in an essay classify the topics discussed into several major categories.  Make sure you have examples to support your classification.

 

11.  When it comes to giving advice, most of us are better at giving it than taking it.  Many times, we end up regretting not taking a parent's, a spouse's, a friend's advice to us.  Relate a time in your life that you did not heed the advice of someone and the results of not doing so turned out disastrous.  In an essay, tell what happened.

 

12.  In every neighborhood there always seems to be one house, one lot, one business, one location that is a real your neighborhood?  What keeps your neighborhood from being the beautiful,charming area you hoped it would be?  In an essay, describe the site in your neighborhood that you find truly offensive.

 

13.  Your best friend has one more course to take at FCCJ before completing his (her) degree.  This person has come to you for your advice in deciding what that one course should be.  He (She) has narrowed it down to one of three courses: Introduction to Computers, Fundamentals of Public Speaking, and Introduction to Cultural Diversity.   Which of the three courses would you recommend this person take and why?

 14.  People don't always behave the way we expect them to do.  Whether they don't behave according to past behaviors or they don't behave according to our stereotypical expectation of them, we are often amazed as to how other people act in certain situations.  In an essay, discuss how someone you know did not behave as you expected him or her to do in a given situation.  Contrast the person's actual behavior with your expectation of that person's behavior.

 

15.  What are some of the joys of shopping at your favorite grocery store?  Identify and discuss.

 

16.  What are some of the advantages of the personal computer in the home?  Identify and discuss.

 

17.  Choose an object or product that you feel symbolizes American culture today.  Identify and discuss those aspects of the selected item that reflect our culture.

 

18.  Tell a story about something that happened in your neighborhood or community that really affected it, maybe permanently changed it for the better or for the worse.

 

19.  Describe a place that is off-the-beaten track, a place that most people never get to see.  What is the atmosphere of this locale or the impression that it leaves you with?  Describe it so your reader, who has never seen this place, can experience it as you have.

 

20.  The media has influenced your impressions of a particular ethnic group.  You finally meet someone from that ethnic group.  Explain how that person was or was not what you expected.

 

21.  You have always discounted the adage "Love at first sight."  Then wham!  It happens to you.  Describe in detail the events and the aftermath of that event.

 

22.  You have developed a unique way to do something that many find very difficult to do.  Explain step by step the process.  Print out what makes your method a better one and what others usually do wrong.

 

23.  You are trying to convince your parents, spouse or self that you really need a new car.  Write a convincing 500 word persuasion paper.

 

24.  Many couples young and older are choosing to live together before they commit to marriage.  Explain the advantages or disadvantages of such an arrangement.

 

25.    Describe or tell the story of an exciting, memorable party, or an important dinner at a favorite restaurant.

 

For essay 5, choose one of the topics listed 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 the article with your essay. Highlight those sections in the article that you used in you essay, whether as a quotation, a paraphrase, or a summary (as explained and illustrated in your textbook). Make sure that you use proper MLA in-text documentation when using your information from your source in your essay. Also, attach a Works Cited page with your essay. This is your first research-writing composition experience and will lay the foundation for the kind of writing your ENC 1102 and LIT 2000 and many other courses will ask of you.

 

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/pedophiles should/should not be required to register with local police.

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

6.                   Birth parents should/should not be allowed to reclaim their babies after the children have been adopted.

7.                   Vitamin C (or any other type of herbal medicine or healing technique) 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 (or to “free-speech zones”).

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.