FALL B-12 20051

ENC 1101

Reference #s 201228

Instructor:  Arnold Wood, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENGLISH COMPOSITION I

 

 

"A Writer’s Exchange" 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

NAME:                             Professor Arnold Wood, Jr.

CAMPUS ADDRESS:       FCCJ – South Campus

                                       T-265

                                       11901 Beach Blvd.

                                       Jacksonville, FL 32246

E-MAIL ADDRESS:           awood@fccj.org

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.

 

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# 1-4130-1031-8 (NOTE: If the bookstore or other source is selling the 15th ed., you may buy it...nothing is really very different.)

 

2.  Steps to Writing Well; Wyrick, Jean; 9th Edition, 2005; Thompson-Wadsworth.  ISBN # 1413001084

 

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 27, from 6:00 – 7:30 pm at the South Campus, Room G-101

 

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 May 19.  If you do not make any contact, you will be dropped from the course.

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

 

MID-TERM:

FINAL:

 

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.

 

            Monday, October 4, 2004           With Refund/Class is deleted from student’s record

            Thursday, November 18, 2004     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.

 

Thursday, November 11, 2004 – Veteran’s Day

Thursday & Friday, November 24-25, 2004 – Thanksgiving Day (plus the day after)

 

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; C = 3^rd 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.

 

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 Elements of Style have only five lessons and vary in length between 40 minutes and 1 hour. The same lesson will play both Monday and Saturday. Hopefully you will be able to record the lessons. The series will repeat all term long.

TIME	MON	TUES	WED	THUR	FRI	SAT	SUN
Midnight – 1:00 am *4:00 – 5:00 pm							A
				*A

A = 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.

WEEK # DATES (MON-SUN)	(X) PAPER OR (✓) EXAM	TEXTBOOK ASSIGNMENTS	STUDY GUIDE ASSIGNMENTS		TELELESSON NUMBER
Week 1  9/27 – 10/3	X	pp. 403-422 pp. xi-xiii pp. 55-58	(Grammar Review) Rhetorical Heritage Paragraph Patterns		1(A) FCCJ SERIES(B) 0(C)
Week 2   10/4 –10/10	X	pp. 3-32 pp. 35-50	Discovering Ideas Organizing Ideas		7(A) 8(B) 0(C)
Mon. – 10/4		DROP DEADLINE WITH FULL REFUND
Week 3   10/11 – 10/17	X	pp. 89-99	Psychology of Writing Writing with an Expressive Aim		2(A) 3(B) 0(C)
Week 4   10/18 -10/24	X	pp. 335-350 pp. 317-333		Writing Narration Writing Description		4(A) 5(B) 0(C)
Week 5 10/25- 10/31	X	pp. 127-156 pp. 193-208		Polishing Ideas:  Style Writing with an Informative Aim		13(A)   9(B)   0(C)
Week 6   11/1 – 11/7	X ✓	pp. 208-226 pp. 226-257		Introducing Explanatory Writing Writing an Explanatory Paper		10(A) 11(B)   0(C)
Week 7   11/8 – 11/14	X	pp. 258-269   pp. 269-284		Reading, Writing & Thinking       Analytically Writing an Analytical Paper		16(A) 17(B)   0(C)
Thurs. 11/18		WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE GRADE OF W – NO REFUND
Week 8   11/15 – 11/21	X	pp. 101-126 pp. 445-451		The Process of Revising Writing Under Pressure		0(A) 15(B)   0(C)
Week 9   11/22 – 11/28	X	pp. 285-315		Writing With a Persuasive Aim Developing & Supporting a Thesis		19(A) 21(B)   0(C)
Week 10   11/29 – 12/5	X	pp. 157-180 pp. 403-422		Writing a Thesis Support Paper Proposing a Solution to a Problem		22(A) 23(B)   0(C)
Week 11   12/6 – 12/12	X	pp. 423-443		Writing a Problem/Solution Paper Writing an Evaluation		24(A) 20(B)   0(C)
Week 12   12/13 – 12/17	X ✓	pp. 99-122 pp. 445-451		Writing Under Pressure		15(A)   0(B)   0(C)

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

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 20%.

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 NP (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.

 

“NP” Grade – The use of the “NP” grade will end with the 2002-03 academic year. The No Credit (NP) grade may be given at the instructor’s discretion.  You do not earn credit for an “NP” and must re-register to earn credit for the course.  If you plan to transfer this course to a university, it is possible that they will count an "NP" as an "F" and recompute your GPA.

 

“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 – 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, 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 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.

 

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)

            SOCIAL SECURITY #

            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.

 

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

 

 

1.    Which best describes you in your thinking or your approach to life: Country mouse or City mouse?  Why?  In what ways?

 

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

 

3.    What are the major problems of going to school and working simultaneously?  In a paragraph, discuss two or three of the problems you have found in trying to do both.

 

4.    More and more people are shopping by mail order catalogue, whether it is for clothes, jewelry, household items, or electronics.  In a paragraph, tell what the advantages or disadvantages are of shopping by mail order.

 

5.    Describe a special place that you go when you are seeking inner peace.

 

6.    Everyone is on a health kick these days.  Go against the norm, and write a paragraph promoting your favorite junk food.

 

7.    Describe a family member or relative you deeply admire or dislike.

 

8.    Discuss why one actress's or actor's performance is impressive in one specific movie.

 

9.    Explain in detail your pet peeve.

 

10.    Describe yourself as a writer.

 

 

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

 

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

eyesore.  What is that eyesore for 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.

 

 

Telecourse - "A Writer's Exchange"

Assignment Schedule and Exam Schedule

 

 

ASSIGNMENT                                                                                                                     DUE

 

                                                                                   

#1 - Paragraph 1 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                              Friday, Oct. 1

 

#2 - Paragraph 2 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                              Friday, Oct. 7

 

#3 - Essay 1 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                                Friday, Oct. 15

 

#4 - Revised Paragraph of 1 or 2 (Graded)                                                                        Friday, Oct. 22

 

#5 - Essay 2 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                                Friday, Oct. 29

 

Mid-Term – In-Class Writing                                                                                         Monday, Nov. 1

 

#6 - Essay 3 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                                Friday, Nov. 5

 

#7 - Revised Essay of 1 or 2 (Graded)                                                                              Friday, Nov. 12

 

#8 - Essay 4 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                                Friday, Nov. 19

 

#9 - Essay 5 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                                Saturday, Nov. 27

 

#10 - Essay 6 - Evaluated (No Grade)                                                                              Friday, Dec. 3

 

#11 - Revised Essay of 3 or 4 (Graded)                                                                            Friday, Dec. 10

 

#12 - Revised Essay of 5 or 6 (Graded)                                                                            Monday, Dec. 13

 

Final - In-Class Writing & Grammar Test                                                                      Monday, Dec. 13

 

 

**Writing Assignments must be mailed and post marked by the due date.