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Master Syllabus ENGL 111: College Writing 3 Credit Hours 3 Lecture Hours / 0 Lab Hours Semester Spring 2022 Start Date: 01/18/2022 End Date: 05/13/2022 Last Day to Drop: 05/06/2022 Last Day to Withdraw: 05/13/2022

Prerequisite: ENGL 02 and READ 02 or Writing and Reading placement of ENGL 111

Instructor: (To be filled out by Class Instructor) Instructor Credentials and Title: Wes Montgomery MA Office Location: Tinnin 127B Phone: (573) 840 9618 ext. 8021 (Cell: (573) 820 5789) Email: [email protected] Office Hours: MWF 9am – 10 am; 1pm – 2pm; Zoom T/Th 1pm – 2pm Dexter T/Th 10 am – 11am

Textbook(s) and Materials: Van Rys, John, et al. The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching. Cengage, 2022. Course Description: This course introduces students to college-level planning, researching, drafting, and revising of academic writing. Students will learn to conduct library and digital research to obtain professional and scholarly sources. Students will also compose research-based essays adhering to both APA and MLA styles. This course is designed to reinforce essay development for students with college-level writing proficiency and introduce academic writing standards and documentation styles required in a majority of college coursework. .

Online Courses: This online course has been designed using a best practices approach guided by the Quality Matters design rubric. The time and effort required of students is at least as rigorous as the corresponding face-to-face course as evidenced by the time and effort calculations. The Student Learning Outcomes for the class are the same regardless of modality. Students are required to have regular, reliable access to a computer with a stable broadband internet connection. Any system older than 4 years may not have the processing power to work with our current version of Blackboard and its components. All Three Rivers College networked computers are configured to use Blackboard and will have most software needed to complete online coursework. If additional software is needed on a Three Rivers lab computer, please contact the instructor or facilitator of the lab for assistance. For more information: http://blackboardsupport.trcc.edu/display/TRSS/Blackboard+Computer+Requirements Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:  Compose essays and other type of writing assignments using a recursive writing process that emphasizes thesis focus, developing support, coherent organization, standard written English, and specific adherence to assignment instructions. (SLO1) 

Locate scholarly and professional sources and distinguish between objective and subjective purposes. (SLO2)

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Paraphrase, summarize, and directly quote appropriate library and internet sources in academic writing. (SLO3)

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Use research from appropriate library and internet sources to write an academic essay following APA guidelines. (SLO4)

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Use research from appropriate library and internet sources to write an academic essay following MLA guidelines. (SLO5)

Course Grading Procedures: All student work will be submitted to Blackboard and graded using embedded rubrics derived from the TRC written communication rubric. Copies of the master rubric are available for student download within the Blackboard course. All assignments in the course will be graded separately and weighted equally. The cumulative average of all assignments will be calculated by the Blackboard grade center and used to determine percentage grade. Grading Scale: A B C D F

90% - 100% 80% - 89% 70% - 79% 60% - 69% Below 60%

Assessment Measures:

Self-Introduction Online Syllabus Quiz Assignments (7) Discussion Boards (8) Close Reading Research Documents (2) Informative Summary APA Essay MLA Essay Final Essay Total

20 10 140 160 50 50 200 200 50 940

Course Procedures: Late Work: Late work can be turned in without penalty until the due date of the next lesson. For example, Lesson 1 work will be accepted without penalty until the due date of Lesson 2. No Lesson 1 work submitted after the Lesson 2 due date will receive credit. Extra Credit: There is no extra credit.

PLAGIARISM: Academic Honesty—Students will abide by the SR 2610 Student Code of Conduct, which asserts that “each student should approach academic endeavors, relationships, and personal responsibilities with a strong commitment to personal integrity and interpersonal civility.” The first section of the regulation emphasizes that “individuals will fulfill their academic responsibilities in an honest and forthright manner.” Prohibited behavior includes, but is not limited to, “plagiarizing another’s work (such as using another’s paraphrasing, concepts or line of reasoning as your own without giving proper credit to the author or creator); submitting course assignments that are not your own; submitting the same paper in different classes without prior approval from both instructors [. . . and] using material downloaded off the Internet without proper

citation.” For more information, please see Student Regulation 2610 Student Code of Conduct. Safe Assign—In order to ensure compliance with the Student Code of Conduct, written assignments submitted through Blackboard are scanned by SafeAssign. SafeAssign is a plagiarism prevention tool that allows an instructor to check the originality of a homework submission. SafeAssign automatically conducts the check by comparing your assignment against a database of other websites and TRC assignment submissions. For more information, please see SafeAssign Help for Students. Violation of Academic Honesty—This class has a zero-tolerance policy for academic honesty violations. Plagiarism in the form of intentionally submitting another person’s writing and claiming it as your own original work will result in a Report of Violation documentation through the Dean of Student Services office. The first discovery of deliberate plagiarism will result in a zero on the specific assignment. A second infraction will receive a failing grade for the course.

Research: While a student’s thoughtful opinion is of value, the best students regularly will consult source material from the Rutland Library and from other reputable sources and sites on the Internet to enhance their learning and their understanding. Though the research paper is the culminating assignment of this class, all assignments, written and otherwise, can benefit from scholarly research.

Student E-Mail: Students are responsible for using the college-issued e-mail address. This is the only way in which I am allowed to communicate with students. Announcements and other information are sent to you using your college e-mail address. When you communicate with me, you also must use your college e-mail address. FIRPA laws that protect your privacy mandate that the college-issued e-mail address be used.

Course Outline (Assignments and Activities): ENGL 111

Textbook Reading

Module 1 Syllabus Quiz Writing Sample Assignment Self-Introduction Online

Chapter 1 pages 3-13

Module 2

Chapter 2 page 31

Writing Assignment-Direct Quotation, Paraphrase, Summary, and Academic Writing Review Writing Assignment-Summary Paragraph

Chapter 22 pages 436-439

Module 3 Planning the Informative Summary Discussion Board #1-Narrowing Topics

Chapter 2 pages 24-31

Module 4 Drafting and Revising the Informative Summary

Chapter 2 page 31

Module 5 Introduction to Online Research Writing Assignment-Questions to Guide Research

Chapter 19 pages 359-372

Module 6 Introduction to Library Research Discussion Board #2-Website Evaluation Writing Assignment-Research Proposal

Chapter 19 pages 360-361, 372-374

Chapter 26 pages 552-553 Chapter 27 pages 562-566

Chapter 4 pages 47-49

Chapter 5 pages 59-72

Chapter 20 pages 378-389

Module 7 Article Close Reading Document #1 Module 8 Article Close Reading Document #2 Discussion Board #3-Attribution Statements Module 9

Chapter 4 pages 48-49

Thesis Statement Assignment

Chapter 9 pages 127-133 Chapter 13 pages 205, 209-211 Chapter 14 pages 227, 230-233 Chapter 15 pages 247, 250-253

Module 10 Discussion Board #4-APA Introductions

Chapter 5 pages 60-72 Chapter 13 pages 224-226 Chapter 14 pages 244-246 Chapter 15 pages 268-270 Chapter 24 pages 510-519

Module 11 Discussion Board #5-APA Content Paragraphs

Chapter 24 pages 491-508

Module 12 APA Essay

Chapter 24 page 509

Module 13 Toulmin Model Moving from Informative to Persuasive Writing Assignment

Chapter 17 pages 301-302

Module 14 Discussion Board #6-Persuasive Conclusions: Positions MLA Style Essays

Chapter 5 pages 70-71 Chapter 17 pages 295-320

Chapter 23 pages 480-489

Module 15 Discussion Board #7-Persuasive Conclusions: Proposals MLA Style Essays

Chapter 5 pages 70-71 Chapter 18 pages 321-356 Chapter 23 pages 453-474

Module 16 MLA Essay

Chapter 23 pages 475-478

Module 17 Final Essay Discussion Board #8-Course Review

Academic Honesty Statement: Three Rivers College requires that students adhere to the highest standards of academic integrity. Students are entrusted to be honest in every phase of their academic life and to present as their own work only that which is genuinely theirs. Cheating, plagiarism, violation of test conditions, complicity in dishonest behavior, or other falsification of academic work is a serious breach of College standards.

Students with Disabilities: Three Rivers College complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need accommodations or academic adjustments due to a documented disability, please call the Office of Disabilities Services at 573-840-9608 for assistance or visit https://trcc.edu/studentservices/disability.php for more information. Academic Assistance: Academic Resource Commons (ARC): Located in ARC with a library, computer resource center with printing, and web access. Visit http://www.trcc.edu/arc/ for more information, call 573-840-9654, email [email protected] or send questions via text to 573-298-6105.

Tutoring and Learning Center (TLC): Located on the second floor of the ARC. Drop in tutoring is available for math, English, accounting, and some science classes on M-Th from 7:30 AM-7:30 PM and F from 8:00 AM -5 PM. Additional computers with internet access are available for your use. You can call 573-840-9638 or email [email protected] with general questions. Distance tutoring during normal hours is available; dial 573-840-9638 to speak directly with a tutor or through Blackboard by selecting TLC Distance Learning. You can also email [email protected] with questions specific to writing and writing assistance. ACHIEVE Program: Located on the second floor of the ARC. Provides free services to eligible students. Find information about services and eligibility at http://www.trcc.edu/studentsuccess/achieve.php. Technical Difficulties: If you have difficulties accessing myTRCC, student email, or Blackboard, call 573-840-9605 or visit Login Assistance for more information (http://www.trcc.edu/loginhelp/ ). For all other non-login Blackboard issues, email [email protected]. Policies & Regulations All students must go to https://trcc.edu/about/collegepolicy.php to review the following College regulations. Title IX for Students [SR 2120] It is the policy of Three Rivers College and its Board of Trustees that each student attend the College in a hostile free environment. According to the Federal, Title IX Legislation, a hostile environment is created through sexual misconduct, sexual violence as well as any form of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender. Student Code of Conduct [SR 2610] It is the policy of Three Rivers College and its Board of Trustees that each student follow a Student Code of Conduct. Missouri Statue 178.835 gives full authority to the governing body of each public community college, to adopt rules and regulations that enable the enforcement and power to discipline its students including but not limited to; the power of suspension and expulsion for any violation of such rules and regulations. If this Student Code of Conduct is violated or ignored by the student, the college must in the interest of fulfilling its mission, institute appropriate disciplinary action. Misconduct may result in a student being subject to formal disciplinary proceedings as outlined in Student Regulation 2620. Electronic Devices within the Learning Environment [IR 6410] Electronic devices including, but not limited to, laptop/netbook computers, cellular devices, ereaders, and MP3 players will be turned off within the learning environment. Exceptions

include the use of such devices for medical emergencies, or contacts which must be maintained due to work requirements. In such cases the student must advise the instructor, and the device must be in “silent mode.” The instructor may make adjustments to this policy for specific usage in their unique learning environments. The usage of such electronic devices in relation to approved ADA accommodations is exempt from this regulation. Disciplinary actions related to the violation of this regulation may include but are not limited to: a verbal warning to the student(s); the student(s) being asked to leave the learning environment; reductions in the grade for an assignments or examinations. Attendance [IR 6310]2 Federal Regulations governing student Financial Aid programs require the college to adhere to strict guidelines for student classroom attendance. Any student who misses two consecutive weeks of class during a regular 16-week semester (or the equivalent proportion of class time during a shorter session) will be administratively dropped from the course by the institution. This action will not apply to excused student absences, which are defined as school-sponsored events that are approved by the Dean of Students. If a student misses more than two hours of class for each credit hour taken (for example, six hours of class time for a three-credit-hour course), the student will be dropped from the course if the instructor decides that the student can no longer succeed as a result of the absences. Students taking online courses will be expected to complete at least one assignment per week to be considered as attending the course. Non-participation according to the above guidelines will result in the same action of dropping the student from the course. Students will be notified by email when action has been initiated to remove them from a course for non-attendance. The student will have one week to appeal this decision. Microsoft OneDrive Sharing OneDrive is the Microsoft Office 365 cloud service that connects TRC students to all their files. Students can store and protect their files, share them with other peers for collaboration, and access them on any device that supports the OneDrive app. Due to the live editing capabilities of saved files in OneDrive, students may not use OneDrive sharable links for submitting coursework to their instructor. Instead, students are required to download a local copy of the file and submit the coursework through Blackboard. Emergency Conversion to Remote Learning When circumstances require coursework to be changed to remote instruction, coursework will continue in a virtual format, either asynchronous or synchronous. In cases where coursework

cannot be completed virtually, you will be informed as to specific requirements for instructional meetings. Proctoring Software Three Rivers College has implemented the usage of a proctoring software to aid in the online examination process. If the software is to be used in this course, you will be required to follow the instructions below to download the software on your computer. If you encounter issues with this software, computers are available for proctored course work at the Poplar Bluff campus and the external locations at Dexter, Kennett, and Sikeston. Honorlock will be used to proctor your exams this semester. Honorlock is an online proctoring service that allows you to take your exam from the comfort of your home. You DO NOT need to create an account, download software, or schedule an appointment in advance. Honorlock is available 24/7 and all you need is a computer, a working webcam, and a stable Internet connection. To get started, you will need Google Chrome and to download the Honorlock Chrome Extension. You can download the extension at www.honorlock.com/extension/install. When you are ready to test, log into the LMS, go to your course, and click on your exam. Clicking Launch Proctoring will begin the Honorlock authentication process, where you will take a picture of yourself, show your ID, and complete a scan of your room. Honorlock will be recording your exam session by webcam as well as recording your screen. Honorlock also has an integrity algorithm that can detect search-engine use, so please do not attempt to search for answers, even if it's on a secondary device. Honorlock support is available 24/7/365. If you encounter any issues, you may contact us by live chat, phone (844-243-2500), and/or email ([email protected])....