The student will continue to develop the writing skills studied in ENGL 1613. This course is designed to prepare students to write in multiple rhetorical situations including academic and professional fields of study. To receive credit toward the IAI General Education Requirements, this course must be completed with a grade of C or better. AAS: Communications elective. IAI: C1 901R.
ENGL 1613 with a grade of C or better - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
Course Alignment
General Education Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services, both inside and outside of the classroom. The General Education Outcomes specifically learned in this course are:
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Responsibility
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Faculty Contact Information
By appointment only... email jkirchner@kcc.edu
Jan Kirchner is a multi-genre indie author whose writing explores the emotional terrain between light and shadow. She is the author of several poetry collections, including Holes in Your Umbrella and Borderline, as well as novellas such as A Love Stolen in Time and A Book Club Survivor’s Guide. Her work often centers on themes of mental health, identity, longing, and the quiet power of everyday survival.
A lifelong writer and storyteller, Jan holds a Master’s degree in English and Creative Writing and teaches college writing courses as an adjunct professor. She also runs a personal blog, Ghosts in the Glass, where she shares reflections on writing, life, and the ever-changing weather of the mind.
Whether she’s crafting poetry that speaks to emotional truth or suspenseful fiction with a twist, Jan is passionate about creating stories that resonate—and helping others feel a little less alone in the process.
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Refine the writing and research skills established in ENGL 1613
- Demonstrate audience awareness when making rhetorical choices, including choices related to style, tone, and diction
- Demonstrate an awareness of rhetorical appeals in students' own texts
- Analyze the values and writing conventions of their discipline
- Create multiple pieces of formal writing which contribute to a final academic research text
- Create and share a multimodal presentation
- Rhetoric: Style, strategies, devices, tools, and appeals; relationship to audience
- Research: Credibility, integration, citation and documentation, research as inquiry, types of sources, role of research librarian
- Composition: Focus, coherence, development, grammar, spelling, and punctuation, introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions
- Reading: Engagement with texts: annotation, outlining, vocabulary; critical analysis of texts including non-fiction, academic writing
- Criticality: Intellectual empathy, originality in thought, context of social and cultural contexts, diverse viewpoints
- Multimodality: Integration of visual, textual, and oral elements; methods of engaging audience; rhetorical awareness
Reliable access to computer and internet.
Various Papers to be completed during the semester:
Rhetorical Analysis, 2-3 pages, 1-2 sources
Rhetorical Comparison, 4-5 pages, 4-5 sources
Writing in the Discipline Paper, 6-8 pages, 6-7 sources: Associated prospectus outlined materials will need to be included for this project.
Annotated Bibliography for the Writing in the Discipline Paper.
Final Exam will be a multimodal presentation of the Writing in the Discipline Paper.
- Article Analysis Paper: 4+ pages (or at least 1,200 words) and 1-3 sources
- Rhetorical Comparison Paper: 5+ pages (or at least 1,500 words) and 4-5 sources
- Extended Research-based Paper in a Specific Style: 6+ pages (or at least 1,800 words) and 6-7 sources
- Associated prospectus materials must also be written for this extended paper assignment. Materials may include a proposal, annotated bibliography, abstract, audience analysis, research defense, self-evaluation, etc.
- A multimodal presentation of the extended research-based paper
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dean, Jennifer Huggins; 815-802-8484; R310; jhuggins@kcc.edu; Division Office- W102; 815-802-8700
Attendance
Please review the College's handbook regarding their university policy. Attendance will be taken in class daily and recorded in Canvas. Please be on-time to class. Tardiness over 5 minutes late to class will be marked in Canvas as "late".
Minimum Requirements
Be aware that papers that fail to meet minimum requirements (such as required page length, number and type of sources, type of paper or off-topic) may receive a zero. Works Cited/Bibliography pages do not count towards the page requirement of the assignment.
Late Work
It's important to keep track of the calendar and Canvas due dates in order to turn work in on-time. Turning in assignments late may be subject to a reduction in points towards the total grade.
This Course calendar is only an estimate. Due Dates and assignments may vary as needed.
Week 1- Course/ Assignment Overview, Canvas Overview: Complete Introduction Discussion Board.
Week 2- Start working on Rhetorical Analysis, and Research for your Discipline Journal
Week 3- Rhetorical Analysis Due
Week 4- Select Rhetorical Articles for Comparison Paper
Week 5- Outline of Comparison Essay, Peer Review**
Week 6- Rough Draft of Comparison Essay Due
Week 7- Rhetorical Comparison Essay Due
Week 8- Start working on Proposal/Abstract for Writing in the Discipline Paper and Annotated Bibliography
Week 9- Work on Annotated Bibliography and Research
Week 10- Annotated Bibliography Due
Week 11- Drafting of WID* Paper
Week 12- Rough Draft of WID* Paper Due
Week 13- Audience Awareness: Diction, Tone, Voice
Week 14- Abstract w/ WID* and Annotated Bibliography Due
Week 15- Work on Final Presentations
Week 16**- Final Presentations.
College Policies, Resources and Supports
For information related to the Student Code of Conduct Policy, Withdrawal Policy, Email Policy, and Non- Attendance/Non-Participation Policy, please review the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations webpage, which can be found at catalog.kcc.edu under the Academic Regulations & Conduct Guide.
KCC offers various academic and personal resources for all students. Many services are offered virtually, as well as in person. Please visit Student Resources - Kankakee Community College to access student resources services such as:
- Clubs and organizations
- Counseling and referral services
- Office of disability services
- Student complaint policy
- Transfer services
- Tutoring services, etc.
The materials on this course are only for the use of students enrolled in this course for purposes associated with this course. Further information regarding KCC's copyright policy is available at https://kcc.libguides.com/copyright.
|Course syllabus/calendar is subject to change.