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English 1303 On-Line
August 25, 2003 See weekly messages posted on the Homepage each Monday for further details. |
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| English 1303 takes up
essential writing for university students. This class, which
should be taken during your first semester at the University of Houston,
is designed to make you think, organize, and express effectively your
ideas and those of others you have assimilated. As an
online class I require exceptional discipline on the part of each
student. No one will remind you to log on regularly and
participate fully. You must be self motivated! Plan
to log on to the class at least three times per week. Read the
weekly message on Sunday or Monday, the assignment, answer discussion questions, and
submit a weekly journal entry. Read the text book as prescribed. Read
my lecture notes. You will submit all your essays through Turnitin.com.
(I will provide instructions for this.) Books Required: Ramage, John D. and others. The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing ( 3rd Brief Edition) 2003. Books Recommended: A good college dictionary. Instructor: David C. Judkins, PhD, djudkins@uh.edu ph. 713-743-2948, office: 233C Roy Cullen Bldg. Instructor's responsibility: I will respond to emails, voice mails, and discussion questions within twelve hours of your posting from Monday 9:00 AM until Friday 5:00 PM. I will not necessarily respond on weekends or holidays. How will you get on line? You may
go to www.UH.edu/WebCT and
follow the instructions. It is not difficult to log on, but the
first time may take you a few minutes. If you have difficulties call Support Services 713-743-1411 You must be a duly enrolled student in this class
and section to participate! The class will concentrate on writing, and you should be prepared to write regularly. By being prepared, I mean that you should have time, quiet, interest, and energy for the process of writing. It is important that you take the class seriously, that you approach the subject with positive expectations, and that you earnestly seek to improve (not necessarily perfect) your writing skills. Because the class is on line, the time you spend is quite flexible; but time must be spent regularly throughout the semester. Don't plan to put off all the work until the end of the term; for, as you can see from the syllabus, that will not be acceptable. At this time I have not set the class up for students to complete their work early; thus, you must stay with the pace of the class outlined below. Class requirements: You must submit six essays during the course of the semester. This includes one mid-term essay and one final essay both of which will be written on campus under monitored conditions. In addition you will be writing a weekly journal, answers to discussion questions, remarks during chat sessions, and short critical remarks on other students' essays. You will receive a total of nine grades during the course of the semester. One grade on each essay you submit, one grade on your discussion responses the first half of the semester, one grade on your discussion responses the second half of the semester, and one grade on your journal entries. Grading: The following is a break down on how the grades will be weighted.
During the semester I will provide additional information on grading particularly the relative importance of mechanics of writing to content of your essays. Organization: I will make weekly reading and writing assignments as noted below. I will also provide lecture notes on line to supplement the reading assignments. In addition, I will post on line discussion questions based upon my lecture notes and the reading assignments. You are required to respond to some of these discussion questions. For instance: I may post eight discussion questions and ask you to choose three of your choice for responses. These responses will be on a weekly basis. Possibly your responses will be circulated to others in your group and they will be invited to respond as well so that you will be involved in a type of class discussion. |
Your writing assignments will be posted to Turnitin.com This service checks to see that the work you submit has not been copied from material on the internet. After the search, I download and grade the paper and return it to you. I may also ask that you send your assignment to a classmate as well for his/her response and suggestions Weekly Assignments: First Week: August 25-30: Orientation Tuesday,August 26 4:00 - 5:00 in room 213 of Agnes Arnold Hall, required unless you have a class conflict. Log-on to WebCT. Locate your class. Look at the syllabus. Read my introduction. E-mail me that you have successfully logged on and are with the class. Read Chapters 1 & 2 of the text, The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing. Email journal entry by Friday evening. Second Week: August 30 - September 6: Write a letter of introduction and email to me as an attached document. See the weekly message for more details on the letter of introductions. Read Chapters 3 of The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing and respond to two discussion questions. Be sure to study my instructions for responding to discussion questions. Email journal entry by Friday evening. Third Week: September 7 - 13: Read Chapter 4, of The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing. Read my lecture notes. Select a topic from my list of essay topics and prepare a rough draft of your first essay. Share the rough draft with another member of your group for helpful suggestions. Email journal entry by Friday evening. Fourth Week: September 14 - 20: Write a final draft of Essay I and submit it to Turnitin.com. See special instructions on the homepage. Be certain to note the deadline time I have listed on our class page. Email journal entry by Friday evening. Fifth Week: September 21 - 27: Read chapter 5 of The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing Read my lecture notes. Answer questions by posting responses on the discussion page. Email journal entry by Friday evening. Essay I should be returned to you by the end of the week. Sixth Week: September 28 - October 4: Select a topic I have posted on the assignment page for your second essay. Write and submit Essay II to Turnitin.com as prescribed on the assignment page. Email journal entry by Friday evening. Seventh Week: October 5 - 11: Read Chapters 6 & 8. Read lecture notes. Respond to discussion questions. .Email journal entry by Friday evening. Your second essay should be returned to you by the end of this week. Eighth Week: October 12 - 18 This is the week of the mid term essay (Essay III). See the assignment page. Your essay will be based on chapter 8, "Writing and Exploratory Essay." I will post the essay topics from which you may choose 24 hours before you arrive on campus to write your essay. Details of the mid term essay are found in the weekly message and the assignment page. No journal entry is due this week. Ninth Week: October 19 - 25: Read Chapter 9 "Writing an Informative Essay" Read my lecture notes on this chapter. Respond to two discussion questions. Email journal entry by Friday evening. Tenth Week: October 26 - November 1: Fourth Essay Look over the essay topics listed on the assignment page and select one for Essay IV. This essay will be based on Chapter 9. Prepare the essay and submit it by the required time to Turnitin.com. Email journal entry by Friday evening. Eleventh Week: November 2 - 8: Begin Chapter 10, "Analyzing Images." Read my lecture notes. Respond to discussion questions. Email journal entry by Friday evening. Twelfth Week: November 9 - 15: Read Chapter 12 "Analyzing a Short Story"." Respond to additional discussion questions. Email journal entry by Friday evening. Thirteenth Week: November 16 - 22 Fifth Essay: Read the essay topics I have listed on the assignment page. Write an essay based on one of those topics. Submit the essay to Turnitin.com as directed on the assignment page. Submit your journal entry by Friday evening. Fourteenth Week: November 23 - 29: Read chapter 15, "Writing a Classical Argument." Answer the discussion questions on the discussion page. Submit your journal entry by Friday evening. Fifteenth Week: November 30 - December 6: Read Chapter 16 & 17, Read my lecture notes. Answer two discussion questions. Email journal entry by Friday evening. Sixteenth Week: Final Essay. Come to the University of Houston Main campus at the posted time to write your final essay. More details on the weekly message and the assignment page. |
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