English 1102 Carla Patterson Georgia Highlands College Spring 2012 ● Floyd Campus CRN 20465
MW 9:30 – 10:45 a.m. • Room F-152 • 3 Credit Hours Description: A composition course focusing on skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts with emphasis on exposition, analysis, and argument. Also includes introductory use of a variety of research skills. Prerequisite: “C” or higher in ENGL 1101 INSTRUCTOR CONTACT INFORMATION
carla.patterson@highlands.edu		706/368-7625 (Office/Voicemail)
http://www.highlands.edu/patterson		706/295-6300 (Division Office)
Office: Floyd Campus F-162		800/332-2406 (Switchboard)
GENERAL REMINDERS - Classroom COMPUTERS ARE NOT TO BE USED DURING LECTURES & DISCUSSIONS. Students will be instructed as to when class computers are to be turned on and off during class. The use of personal laptops during class is strictly limited to course-specific work, and unrelated use will result in students being prohibited from bringing laptops into the classroom. - During class, cell phones should be SILENCED AND STORED AWAY FROM DESKTOPS. Phone use during class, except in the case of extreme emergencies, will result in students being asked to leave the classroom. -Harbrace chapters and literary works are to be read by the date they appear on the syllabus for class discussion and potential quizzes.
-Assignments are due by the time class BEGINS on each due date unless otherwise instructed. All assignments should be saved on GHC user drives and on a disk, cd or jump/flash drive.
-All elements of the research project and lit essays are to be turned in as printed hardcopies.
-Instructor reserves the right to amend course syllabus at any point, providing notice to students. COURSE CALENDAR
January 9	Introduction to course
January 11	Tutorial Center introduction – Research project introduction
January 16	Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday – Class will not meet
January 18	Syllabus test and evaluation essay completed in class
January 23	Research topic due – CLASS WILL MEET IN GHC LIBRARY - Evaluating sources and developing a bibliography (Harbrace chapters 31 & 32c) – GALILEO and GIL presentation by research librarian - basic MS Word tips linked here
January 25	MLA-style for tentative bibliography and checklist linked here (Harbrace chapter 33b & c and citing GALILEO & NetLibrary handout linked here ); turnitin.com introduction
January 30	Tentative bibliography in MLA form due – Outline instructions discussed -- -- Distribution of fiction/drama terms sheet – “Critical Thinking & Pleasures of Lit” (pp. 1-5); “Reading Stories” (pp. 27-32); “Act of Reading Fiction” & “Story of an Hour” (starts p. 37)
February 1	Outline due – Using source material and paraphrasing instruction (Harbrace chapter 32a, b, d, e & f); making note cards and notes evaluation form discussion -- “Shiloh” (starts p. 67)
February 6	“The Yellow Wallpaper” (starts p. 379)
February 8	Notecards & intro paragraph draft due –MLA research paper format overview (Harbrace chapter 33) – MLA citation mechanics quiz - General research paper tips – Distribution of rough draft evaluation rubric -- “A&P” (starts p. 32)
February 13	Battle Royal” (starts p. 341)
February 15	Rough draft due – “Rose for Emily” (starts p. 79)
February 20	"Reading Plays” (pp. 899-901); “Tragedy” (pp. 917-918); “Elements of Drama” (pp. 921-935); “Greek Tragedy” (pp. 954-959)
February 22	Research paper revision workshop in class -- Distribution of final research packet evaluation rubric – Reminder of required source copies
February 27	Oedipus (starts p. 959)
February 29	Complete research project due at start of class -- Writing about literature discussion – Oedipus completed – Lit essay 1 assignment given
March 5 & 7	Spring Break – Class will not meet
March 12	Literary analysis discussion; “Comedy” (pp. 918-919) – The Flying Doctor (linked here)
March 14	Lit essay 1 due – Lit 2 essay assignment given – The Glass Menagerie (p. 1155)
March 19	LAST DAY TO DROP CLASS WITHOUT ACADEMIC PENALTY - The Glass Menagerie (cont.) -- Review fiction and drama terms for exam
March 21	Fiction & Drama exam
March 26	Poetry terms intro – “Pleasures of Poetry” (pp. 6-8); “Reading Poems” (pp. 495-496); "This was a Poet - It is That" (p. 644), "The Road Not Taken" (p. 539)
March 28	Lit essay 2 due -- Robert Frost bio (pp. 666-672) , "Mending Wall" (p. 674), “Home Burial” (p. 677), “After Apple Picking” (p. 681), "Acquainted with the Night" (p. 685), “Provide” (p. 690)
April 2	Complete Frost discussion – Walt Whitman bio (p. 894) & "A Noiseless Patient Spider" (p. 862), "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" (p. 566) , - Langston Hughes bio (p. 700-705) & "Dream Deferred" (p. 705), – Lit essay 3 assignment given
April 4	Prosody: “I heard a Fly buzz – when I died” (p. 644); “Rhythm & Meter” (pp. 556-559); “The Destruction of Sennacherib” (p. 562)
April 9	Lit essay 3 due – John Milton bio (p. 888), "When I Consider How My Light Is Spent" (p. 829); William Wordsworth bio (p. 894), “London, 1802” (linked here), “The World Is Too Much With Us” (p. 868), “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud” (p. 519)
April 11	“Figures of Speech” (pp. 530-531) -- "Metaphors" (p. 837), "The Red Wheelbarrow" (p. 563) -- Lit essay 4 “Anthology of Poems” presentation and essay assignment given
April 16	"On Being Brought from Africa to America" (linked here); "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" (p. 859) – In-class work on lit essay 4 assignment
April 18	"My Last Duchess" (p. 512-514) ; “Barbie Doll” and “Rites of Passage” (linked here); “Homage to My Hips” (p. 779)
April 23	“Anthology of Poems” essay due and in-class presentations started
April 25	“Anthology of Poems” class presentations completed
April 30	Review poetry terms for exam – discuss extra credit option
May 7, 10 a.m.	Poetry Exam
REQUIREMENTS: In addition to writing, students must perform satisfactorily in all other areas of course work, such as reading assignments, periodic quizzes, and class participation. Failure to turn-in all required assignments is the most common cause of failure in a course. TECHNOLOGY: All students in this course will be required to use computers and MS Word (as the College’s software does not support any other word processing programs) to complete the majority of the course's essay assignments. Students should keep back-up copies of all assignments. All students are responsible for ensuring that the technology they choose to utilize in addition to the College’s computers is working properly. Personal computer, software, network or storage device failure is not a valid excuse for late delivery of any assignment. In addition, throughout the term, computers will be used to access online course information, execute research and correspond via email with the instructor. The URL for Georgia Highlands College’s student email system is https://mail.highlands.edu/student , and this account is the official email contact route for all college departments with all students. Thus, this account should be checked daily. If a student's email is not operating properly, it is the student’s responsibility to contact Information Technology for assistance. The telephone number is 706/295-6775. Unless the instructor specifically indicates that students should log-on to computers in class, the use of computers during class time is prohibited. Emails sent to the instructor during overnight hours or on weekends will not receive replies until the next weekday in most cases.
LEARNING OUTCOMES & EXPECTED RESULTS: 1) Through the writing of literary essays about selected fiction, poetry, and drama and through the writing of a research paper, students will demonstrate their ability to conceive ideas about a topic, synthesize and arrange them logically, and express them clearly in written standard English with appropriate MLA documentation. 2) Through the discussion, interpretation, and analysis of literary works and through the examination and analysis of research materials/sources, students will demonstrate the ability to recognize differing perspectives and points of view. 3) Through research and research paper writing and through critical examination of literary works in analytical essays, students will demonstrate their ability to form hypotheses and anticipate consequences. This course also supports the mission of the IC@GHC. For more information, visit www.highlands.edu/ic.
GRADING: Final grades will be determined by the following percentages: research paper = 30%, four literature response essays = 10% each, one skills evaluation timed essay = 10%, midterm exam = 10%, final exam = 10%. (100-90=A, 89-80=B, 79-70=C, 69-60=D, 59-0=F) NOTE: Prerequisites for all literature courses at GHC are grades of “C” or higher in both English 1101 & 1102. Once again, note that failure to turn-in all required assignments is the most common cause of failure in a course. Students must keep original copies of all graded and returned material for grade verification purposes. No work completed in other courses will be accepted in this class. With all work, students must adhere to the principles of academic integrity, which obviously and simply means students must do their own work, complete their own exams, compose their own papers, and give proper credit for ALL ideas AND words of others used in any assignment. If the instructor observes evidence which indicates such principles may have been violated, actions will be taken in accordance with the College's Academic Integrity Policy, located online at http://www.highlands.edu/academics/academicaffairs/academicintegritypolicy.htm . One specific violation of academic integrity, plagiarism, is becoming more problematic as a result of Internet sites offering research papers to students. The use of such papers is blatant plagiarism and a flagrant violation of academic integrity and will be dealt with to the fullest extent of the College’s policies. Additionally, plagiarism can be committed by failing to properly attribute the words/ideas of others or failing to adequately paraphrase source material. Deliberate or not, plagiarism is an immensely serious academic offense. More information on avoiding plagiarism is available online at http://turnitin.com/research_site/e_what_is_plagiarism.html . Information on one of many plagiarism detection tools available can be reviewed at www.turnitin.com, and all written work in this course is subject to required submission to this website. EVIDENCE OF PLAGIARISM OR ANY TYPE OF CHEATING WILL RESULT IN A ZERO FOR THE ASSIGNMENT ON THE FIRST OFFENSE, AND A “F” IN THE COURSE FOR THE SECOND. EARLY WARNING PROGRAM: Georgia Highlands College requires that all faculty members report their students' progress throughout the course of the semester as part of the institution-wide Early Warning Program (EWP). The objective of the program is to support academic success by reviewing early indicators of satisfactory student progress. In accordance with EWP, faculty members provide the Registrar's Office with academic reports of each student enrolled in their course(s) at checkpoints staggered throughout the semester. The following success factors are reported at their corresponding checkpoint: Week 2: Notification of Non-attendance -- Week 5: Evidence of Course Pursuit -- Week 8: Mid-term Status
ATTENDANCE: All GHC Department of Humanities courses, including this course, follow this attendance policy: For classes that meet twice a week, after the fifth absence, the student will not be allowed to return to class until he/she has met with the division chair or his designee. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the division chair and arrange such a meeting.  A student who misses five classes may not return to the class without appealing to the division chair. This appeal must be made within five days. Otherwise the student may not return to the class and no appeal will be allowed. If students arrive late to class, it is their responsibility to ensure the instructor noted their arrival, and this should be done immediately after class. After five late arrivals and/or early departures, future occurrences will be counted as absences. As per the GHC Catalog: “Regular, punctual attendance at all classes is the student’s responsibility. Students are expected to account for absences to each instructor and, at the discretion of the instructor, to make up all work missed because of the absence. Final approval of any class absence remains with the individual instructor.” Students who have circumstances that prevent them from continuing to attend classes over an extended period of time sometimes request that the faculty member permit them to submit work in absentia to receive credit to complete the course. If the concurrent absences will constitute more than 15% of the class sessions for the term, then written permission from the Division Chair is required before any course assignments can be completed while missing class.  The student must be in good academic standing in the course to make the request.  All approved coursework must be completed by the end of the semester in which the course was begun. (Note: If a program has a more stringent absence policy than this, then the program policy prevails.) This message applies only to students receiving financial aid:  Federal regulations state that if a student did not attend classes and received failing grades, then the grades were not earned and financial aid needs to be reduced accordingly.  Please be advised that any student receiving a 0.00 GPA will be required to prove that the 0.00 GPA was earned by attending classes or completing requirements for each class.  Students who have earned at least one passing grade for the semester will not be affected by this regulation.  If a student has properly withdrawn from all classes, the student’s financial aid should be adjusted from the time they signed the withdrawal form.
DUE DATES: Unless the instructor has been notified prior to the due date for any assignment and written verification of the extenuating circumstances precipitating late delivery is provided (i.e. copy of doctor's excuse, military orders, court documents, etc.), all late work will be penalized one letter grade for each day it is late. After the fourth class date beyond which assignments are due, late work will not be accepted and will earn a zero as a grade. Personal computer, software, network or storage device failure is not a valid excuse for late delivery of any assignment. Late assignments will not be accepted beyond the last date of class prior to the final exam. No make-up exam will be given for an exam or in-class grade unless the instructor is notified of a student's absence prior to the test date and time, and written verification of the reason for the unavoidable absence is provided.
TEXTS & SUPPLIES: McGraw-Hill’s Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Drama & Poetry edited by DiYanni; Hodges' Harbrace Handbook, by Horner, Webb, and Miller; pens, pencils, notebooks, folders, etc; portable electronic storage devices (cd, jump/zip drives, etc)
ADA STATEMENT: Any student who feels he or she may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should make an appointment with the College Access Center at 706-295-6336 to coordinate reasonable accommodations.