Southern Adventist University/Collegedale Academy

English Department
Course Outline

 Comp 101 (Dual Credit English IV)

Fall Semester 2008

Instructor: Penny C. Kennedy, MA

Office/Voice Mail: (423) 396-2124 ext. 421

cell/Voice Mail: (423) 432-3130 (between 9 a.m. & 9 p.m.)

SAU = 3 credit hours

CA = .5 credits

Grade Level: 12/13

email: kennedpe@collegedaleacademy.com

SAU Web Address: www.southern.edu

CA Web Address: www.collegedaleacademy.com
Comp 101 Website: www.collegedaleacademy.com/kennedy

Collegedale Academy
4855 College Drive East
PO Box 628
Collegedale, TN 37315-0628

CA Fax: (423) 396-3363

Office Hours: See CA Schedule; Appointments available & welcome! Classroom 302 in Technology Building
Required Text Books: 1) Writing Process: A Concise Rhetoric, John M. Lannon, 11th edition
2) Harbrace Handbook: 16th edition
Recommended: Writing Research Papers, James D. Lester & James D. Lester, Jr.
Course Description: Comp 101 is an advanced writing course given as dual credit. In other words, students taking this course will earn credit for both English IV (first semester) and Comp 101. This class covers all materials from Comp 101, incorporating ACT Grammar study.
Goal Statement: In this class your teacher is committed to helping you succeed, and the course structure is designed to provide you with a practical, positivie approach to writing. Thus the key to your success in this class will be your learning attitude. Good college-level writing does not come easily, but if you are willing to work hard and apply yourself in this class, you should master the writing skills taught you and write proficiently for your future college and work-world writing tasks.
Grading System: An "A" paper must be without any significant mechanical errors. However, an error-free paper is not necessarily an "A" paper. Content, creativity, & quality are more important than mere proofreading.
CA Scale: A = 93 - 100; B = 85 - 92; C = 75 - 84; D = 70 - 74; F = 0 - 69
SAU Scale: A = 94 - 100; A- = 90 - 93; B+ = 87 - 89; B = 84 - 86; B- = 80 - 83; C+ = 77 - 79;
C = 64 - 76; C- = 60 - 63; D+ = 57 - 59; D = 54 - 56; D- = 50 - 53; F = 0 - 49
Evaluation: Writings: 50%, Quizzes & Daily Work = 20%, Tests: 30%

ATTENDANCE POLICY

If you miss more than 6 classes (excused or unexcused) or are consistently tardy, you will fail this course even if your work is otherwise satisfactory. This policy is based on the fact that missing class means missing instruction, most of which is not found in textbooks and cannot be adequately reproduced from notes borrowed from a friend.

EXCUSED ABSENCES POLICY

If your absence is excusable, you are responsible to provide documentation (on the absence form found with student packet) showing why it should be excused. The Comp 101/102 Class Absence Form is also available both in Mrs. Kennedy's classroom (302) and on the her Comp 101/102 website (address above).

MAKE-UP & LATE WORK POLICY

When you return to class after an absence, you must be prepared for that day's activities since those activities are outlined in the class schedule. This includes any quizzes that may or may not be announced. Work missed due to an excused absence must be made up equal to number of classes missed. E.g. 2 excused absences in a row allows for late work for those days to be made up within the next 2 class periods.

EXTRA CREDIT WORK POLICY

Bonus points may be available on various quizzes, tests, and exceptional supplementary work if assigned.

COURSE OBJECTIVES/LEARNING EXPECTATIONS

 Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

The objective of this course is to improve student writing skills and to improve student writing skills and research methods through a research paper, other major papers, various skill-building class assignments, quizzes, and tests.

1. analyze your intended audience and effectively gear your written message to your audience;

2. clarify your primary purpose for each writing task and control and shape your writing according to your purpose;

3. employ prewriting strategies such as brainstorming and peer feedback to ensure adequate and worthwhile development of your ideas;

4. write paragraphs which share ideas in coherent, unified, and developed units of thought;

5. write sentences which communicate complete thoughts in the most effective arrangement, including combining ideas within a sentence when feasible;

6. word ideas in a clear, direct (active voice), concrete, and appropriate manner;

7. write beginnings to your compositions which attract the reader and which clearly establish your purpose;

8. write conclusions to your compositions which smoothly end the essays and which reaffirm the thesis;

9. use a thesis to unify your total written message;

10. use transitions to sew your ideas together;

11. arrange your ideas in the most effective order, given audience, purpose, and written mode;

12. rewrite first draft of each paper a sufficient number of times to ensure that the final draft is organized, unified, and developed, and that the written style is fluent and the language lean and engaging;

13. edit the final draft to eliminate all mechanical errors which could hinder clear communication with the reader;

14. use word processing effectively in producing early and final drafts of papers.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

A. Formative assignments and participation will be required throughout the semester so that the student will be better able to process the information provided (through in-class and out-of-class assignments, collaborative work and assessment, and conferencing with the teacher for every major writing).

B. Summative projects will include major writings, including the writing process (see scoring system above).

C. Summative examinations will be administered in essay form, primarily. The student will demonstrate the ability to write a well-crafted, formal essay on demand within a specified time frame. This essay will be the culmination of writing abilities/skills and required specifications learned throughout this course, including creativity.

ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY

Morally and spiritually, Southern Adventist University and Collegedale Academy are both dedicated to scholastic integrity. Consequently, both students and faculty are required to maintain high, ethical Christian levels of honesty.

Student Responsibilities:

1. Students assume responsibility to avoid plagiarism by learning the proper procedures for acknowledging borrowed wording, information, or ideas. Otherwise students might innocently misrepresent others' material as their own.

2. Students unfamiliar with procedures for citing sources should confer with their teachers.

3. Students are expected to use the online program TURNITIN for every major writing assignment before turning the final draft in.

4. Students are to assume that all course work is "no collaboration" unless stated otherwise by the teacher.

(This section is taken from the SAU Catalog regarding plagiarism.)

SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS

Classroom Computers, Outside Reading, PowerPoint Lectures and Demonstrations, Class Website with Links

RESOURCES

McKee Library, CA Library, SAU Learning Center, SAU Writing Center, Reference Books, Internet Access

ADA--AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

In keeping with University policy, any student with a disability who needs academic accomodation for testing, note taking, reading, classroom seating, etc., is to call Learning Success Services.

Sheila Smith, the Disability Services Coordinator, will conduct an intake and, if appropriate, provide a letter for you to bring to me. I will review the letter with you and discuss the accommodations in relation to this course. Academic accommodations are available only as recommended by Disability Services at LSS.

Call 236-2838 or stop by the LSS office in Lynn Wood Hall, room 314 to arrange an appointment this week. Requests for academic accommocations are to be made during the FIRST THREE WEEKS of the semester, except in unusual circumstances. No retroactive accomodations will be provided.

The LSS website contains information of value to all students: lss.southern.edu