Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Text:
Great Writing - A Reader for Writers Edited by Harvey S. Wiener and Nora Eisenberg
The Little Brown Handbook H. Ramsey Fowler and Jane E. Aaron
Description:
This course is an intensive review of the English language and its use in college-level
writing, including the mechanics of written discourse, sentence structure, paragraph
development, and essay organization. Selections from expository and imaginative
literature will be discussed as models for the effective use of language and as
sources for composition topics.
Goals:
Upon completion of this course, students will have a better appreciation and
understanding of the writing process, the mechanics of writing, what makes good
writing, and the steps to creating good writing on their own.
Requirements:
• 4 Essays
• Writer’s Notebook
• Midterm
• Final Exam
• Class Participation
Materials:
You must bring something to write with and something to write on EVERY DAY. You
also must bring the appropriate books on the appropriate days. If you do not bring
these materials, you will lose participation points.
Grading Scale:
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100%-90% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
below =F
Resources:
• http://wps.ablongman.com/long_fowler_lbh_9/ (The Little Brown Handbook)
• http://www.bartleby.com/141/ (The Elements of Style – by William Strunk Jr.)
• http://harmonhd.blogspot.com/ (my blog)
Evaluation:
o Writer’s Notebook – 100 points
o Descriptive – 200 points
o Narrative – 200 points
o Exemplification/Persuasion –200 points
o Personal – 200 points
o Midterm – 200 points
o Class Participation – 100 points
o Final Exam – 300 points
o Total Points Possible = 1500
YOU are responsible for turning in and making up missed work. Essays need to be
turned in on the due dates—if you are absent, have someone else turn it in for you.
Late Policy: For book assignments or other non-essay assignments, any work
turned in after the due date receives an automatic 10% grade reduction.
For example, if your essay is worth 200 points, and you are late, you will
lose 20 points automatically.
Cheating
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Cheating shall be defined by Lindenwood University as disseminating or receiving
answers, data, or other information by any means other than those expressly
permitted by the instructor. Examples of cheating include, but are not limited to, the
following:
1. Copying answers, data, or other information (or allowing others to copy from
you) during an examination, quiz, or laboratory experiment or on homework
or any other academic exercise
2. Assuming another individual’s identify or allowing another person to do so on
one’s own behalf for the purpose of fulfilling any academic requirement or in
any way enhancing the student’s grade or academic standing
3. Using any device, implement, or other form of study aid during an
examination, quiz, laboratory experiment, or any other academic exercise
without the faculty member’s permission.
http://www.daltacollege.edu/dept/ar/catalog/current/11842.htm
Lying/Deception
Deception, in either written or oral form, directed at University personnel by a
student for the purpose of improving his/her own academic standing or that of
another student is subject to disciplinary action as part of the Lindenwood University
Academic Integrity policy.
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margins. You must include the following information on your paper in the following
format:
An example:
Joe Smith
Gold Block 2
Exemplification
10/10/10
Writing Notebook: Most days, we will have a “writing notebook” prompt. You must
write a response to each one when you are in class in the following format:
WRITING NOTEBOOK
Date
Answer:
If you are absent, you do not need to make the prompt up, but you do need to write
an entry and write “absent.” (I will check on all absences, though). This is worth 100
points. EASY POINTS! Do not forget to do this every day we have one! Notebooks
will be collected towards the end of the semester.
Bonus: Turning in your paper at least a week prior to the due date will
warrant you a credit of 15 points toward your paper’s score.
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