In this accelerated course, students will receive instruction twice weekly on English I composition assignments. Learning to think clearly and critically, organize paragraphs and essays, and use research skills will be a major focus. Computer and information literacy skills will be developed and honed.
Appropriate assessment score - Must be completed prior to taking this course. The linked section of ENGL 1613 - Must be completed at the same time as 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
ENGL 1422 is a co-requisite of ENGL 1613 with its own objectives and assignments. Prerequisites: Appropriate assessment score and concurrent enrollment in the linked section of ENGL 1613.
Faculty Contact Information
In-person in my office on T/Th 9:30-11 AM
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate critical reading skills by annotating, analyzing, and thoughtfully responding to a variety of texts.
- Use various invention, drafting, and revising strategies (including peer support and/or peer review).
- Narrow topics to appropriate claims.
- Organize paragraphs and papers for clarity and rhetorical effectiveness.
- Support claims and generalizations with adequate and relevant examples, details, explanations, or evidence.
- Demonstrate basic proficiency with rhetorical principles, primarily rhetorical situation and appeals.
- Practice evaluating and incorporating outside sources in MLA style.
- Recognize and utilize standard grammar, spelling, and mechanics in their own writing.
- 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
- Writing Process: Brainstorming and other invention strategies; Paragraph and paper development and organization; Revision strategies
- Rhetoric: Rhetorical situation; Strategies, devices, tools, and appeals; Relationship to audience
- Research and Information Literacy: Credibility; Integration; Citation and documentation; Research as inquiry; Types of sources; Role of research librarian
- Critical Thinking: Analysis and other methods of logical inquiry and reasoning; Recognize assumptions, implications, and practical consequences; Intellectual empathy and fairmindedness
Cengage OpenNow. Developmental English: Integrated Reading & Writing. OER Commons, 21 May 2018. <https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/28906-cengage-opennow-developmental-english-reading-lear>. – OER, licensed CC BY 4.0
This OER textbook is freely available and will be provided through the course. Students do not need to purchase anything.
Students in 1422 will complete a series of assignments designed to help them meet course objectives. The instructor will assign readings, learning activities, and writing assignments to provide students with the practice necessary to prepare for the course objectives and the work assigned in 1613 including a rhetorical analysis, an argument, and a synthesis-based annotated bibliography.
Final grades are assigned based on the following percentages:
- 90-100% = A
- 80-89.9% = B
- 70-79.9% = C
- 60-69.9% = D
- 0-59.9% = F
Rounding up of final grades by less than 1% will be determined by a student's active and meaningful participation in class throughout the semester, per the instructor’s discretion.
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dean, Jennifer Huggins; 815-802-8484; R310; jhuggins@kcc.edu; Division Office- W102; 815-802-8700
Academic Honesty: Students are expected to do their own original work in this class. From brainstorming ideas and reading assigned texts to communicating their ideas in their own words – all the work students do in the process of completing assignments should be their own. If students are struggling with any part of an assignment, I would encourage them to request support from a KCC writing tutor and/or me (the instructor). Tutors and the instructor will help guide students through the process without doing the work for them. While AI-assisted tools might be tempting to use (and even appropriate for these tasks in other circumstances), using them for assignments in this class is prohibited and will be considered a form of cheating or plagiarism. Cheating, plagiarism, misrepresentation, fabrication, etc. are all forms of academic dishonesty and they will not be tolerated in this class.
Cheating can take many forms in this class: copying or using another student’s work, adjusting format to make papers appear longer (a form of misrepresentation), working in groups on individual assignments (whether openly or in secret), sharing or stealing answers for tests or assignments, using AI to develop part (or all) of an assignment, making up “research” (a form of fabrication), etc. Section 17.6B of the Student Code of Conduct explains that cheating also includes, “Submitting the same paper, report, or other assignment for more than one course without the expressed permission of the faculty member. If a student believes that he/she can complete an assignment that meets the requirements of two or more faculty members, he/she should obtain prior approval from all faculty involved.”
Plagiarism is also defined in section 17.6B of the Student Code of Conduct: “Taking, reproducing, and/or using as one’s own, without proper attribution, the ideas, writings, paraphrases, data, reports, graphic designs, or computer codes of published or unpublished work of another person in completing an academic assignment. Prohibited conduct may also include the unauthorized submission for credit of academic work that has been submitted for credit in another course.”
Plagiarism in this class includes but is not limited to:
- submitting someone else’s work and/or AI-generated or AI-assisted writing (this prohibits tools like Grammarly!)
- using published material (including materials published online) without proper attribution
- paraphrasing or quoting someone without attributing the quote in your paper with a correct in-text citation, even if the source is included on the works cited page; improper paraphrase (sometimes referred to as “synonym swapping”) may also be plagiarism if the attempted paraphrase too closely imitates the writing style (including syntax) of the original source
- failing to clearly indicate when you are using quoted materials by not including (or properly formatting) quotation marks
- working with someone (without my permission) to write your paper and presenting it as your own
If you are in doubt, ask me or visit the KCC Writing Studio before you submit your assignment.
No form of academic dishonesty is acceptable. Cheating, plagiarizing, misrepresentation, and/or fabrication on any assignment in this class will have consequences and will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. The severity of consequence (from automatic failure on the assignment to possible immediate failure of the course with no opportunity for the student to withdraw) depends on the instructor's judgment of intentionality. The violation of this course policy will be reported to the Director of Student Success. If the student has a repeated instance of academic misconduct reported to the Director of Student Success, the student may be suspended from the institution.
Attendance: In this course, “attendance” is measured both by attendance of our in-person class meetings and meaningful participation online (course-related communication with the professor & submission of assignments in Canvas). Students who don’t submit work or communicate meaningfully with me throughout the course may be marked as “absent” or “inactive” on the Census Day and Midterm reports I am required to submit to the college, which may impact these students’ financial aid.
Late Work: I don’t accept late work in this class; from small to large assignments, everything is due at the indicated date and time in the course calendar or as instructed by me, the professor. Be prepared and manage your time wisely. Any extensions to due dates must be agreed upon with the instructor before the assignment is due (email me to make the request); extensions are never guaranteed, but you may request one so long as you don’t abuse this privilege. Note: in-class workshops and replies to discussion boards are never acceptable late.
Technology: Technology is never an excuse for missing assignments. Keep multiple copies of assignments. A due date is the LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT you can submit an assignment, not the exact time an assignment must be submitted. Submit in advance to minimize last minute problems. Facing technical problems? Contact KCC’s IT Helpdesk at 815.802.8900 or helpdesk@kcc.edu.
Communication: The best way to know what to do for class is to consult the syllabus, course calendar, and our Canvas course. If you have a question about what's due, consult these resources first. If neither the instruction materials nor your classmates can answer your questions, then you may email me. There are two ways to email me: through Canvas (preferred) or through KCC’s email. If you email me through Canvas, no worries. If, however, you email me through KCC’s email, be sure to include the following: your full name and what course you are taking with me (also, if you email me at jpecora@kcc.edu, then you should use your KCC student email address; other email addresses may be filtered & I won’t even see them). I will communicate important course-related info via Canvas email or Canvas announcements. Check your email often—at least every 2 days. I will typically respond to emails within 24 hours, though sometimes it may be longer.
Title IX: Students sometimes choose to share private information with their professors. We appreciate your trust! Nonetheless, students need to be aware that KCC faculty and certain staff are required to report any incidents of sexual harassment and/or violence that we may hear about. Specifically, we will contact KCC’s Title IX Coordinator, the Dean of Student Development and Services. Please don’t feel like you can’t reach out but be aware of our requirement to report. If you want to speak with someone who is not required to report, please know that you are very welcome to call the county’s confidential sexual assault hotline (no referral is necessary, and your anonymity is guaranteed unless you choose to share your name): 815-932-3322 (Kankakee) or 815-432-0420 (Iroquois).
Expectations for Behavior: To ensure an enjoyable, inclusive, and engaging learning environment, you are expected to openly share your ideas and express your opinions in the online environment – whether through discussion forums or virtual meetings or chat; respect the opinions, values, and identities of your classmates, instructors, and guests; and honor the open environment of the class by respecting confidentiality when appropriate. You are expected to do your best work, meet assignment deadlines, engage regularly in class discussion and activities, and treat other members of the class with courtesy and respect.
ENGL-1422 6-week Course Calendar
The following is a schedule to outline the scope and direction of the course. Any changes will be announced in class.
Week 1: Introduction to Course; Engaging with and Critically Analyzing Texts; Module 1 in the Cengage OER textbook
Assignments will include (1) verifying you’ve read the course syllabus, (2) practicing active reading strategies using a chapter (Module 1) in the textbook, and (3) practicing writing by summarizing and responding to an article
Week 2: Rhetoric: Purpose, Audience, and the Appeals; Writing a Rhetorical Analysis
Assignments will include (1) writing about your own experience with audience awareness when communicating and (2) analyzing a magazine advertisement in small groups
Week 3: Using Invention Activities; Writing Paragraphs; Revising and Peer Reviewing; Modules. 2, 3, 4 in the Cengage OER textbook
Assignments will include (1) individually practicing different invention strategies, (2) working as a class to brainstorm possible topics for a class paper and selecting one of those ideas to develop further (see Week 4)
Week 4: Using Research to Inquire; Finding and Evaluating Sources; Citing and Integrating Sources; Module 8 in the Cengage OER textbook
Assignments will include (1) working as a class to write a thesis statement and paper outline for the class paper, (2) individually writing a body paragraph from the class paper outline, (3) finding a source that supports the ideas in your paragraph and editing the paragraph to add in a quote/paraphrase with an in-text citation and a works cited entry for the source
Week 5: Applying the Appeals to your own Writing and Audience Awareness; Critical Thinking
Assignments will include (1) an in-class activity on organizing body paragraphs and adding in transitions (working with the class paper that students have written the paragraphs for) and (2) individually practicing writing paper introductions in different ways
Week 6: Developing and Organizing Papers with Focus and Coherence; Modules 5 & 9 in the Cengage OER textbook
Assignments will include (1) performing an audience analysis for the class paper and considering how and where to develop specific appeals that target that audience throughout the paper and (2) comparing the different versions of our introductions (from the previous week) with an eye toward audience
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.
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|Course syllabus/calendar is subject to change.