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The student will master the writing process, including strategies for invention, organization, revision, and editing. The student will develop critical skills in reading, thinking and writing. Writing assignments will emphasize analysis and argument and the student will master research writing and documentation. All formal essays will require research. AAS: Communications elective. IAI: C1 900.
Appropriate assessment score or ENGL 1422 with a grade of C or better - Must be taken either prior to or 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
English I was designed to meet specific student needs either individually or within a program and is designed to transfer to other colleges and universities. KCC participates in the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI), a statewide transfer agreement for general education courses. All colleges and universities participating in the IAI agree to accept a collective “package” of IAI general education courses; transfer of courses separately is not guaranteed. For more information about IAI and the transferability of courses to specific four-year institutions, go to www.itransfer.org and MyCreditsTransfer/Transferology
Faculty Contact Information
M/W 2:30-4:30pm, T 1-2pm
Linsey Cuti, Ph.D.
Email me in CANVAS rather than leave a voicemail.
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Use invention, drafting, revising, and editing strategies to write academic papers
- Write claims that are appropriate for assignment requirements
- Effectively organize paragraphs to suit the rhetorical situation
- Support claims and generalizations with adequate and relevant details, examples, explanation, and evidence
- Analyze and evaluate the use of rhetorical appeals in a variety of nonfiction texts
- Apply the principles of rhetoric in student writing assignments
- Correctly integrate and document outside sources through signal phrases, parenthetical citations, and a works cited page
- Apply self- and peer- review strategies for revision and improvement
- Create and share a multimodal project
- Utilize standard grammar, spelling, and mechanics for clarity, tone, and style
- 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
None.
Self-Intro 5
Research Assignment 15
Mag Art Analy 60
Your Comm Idea 3
Syn-Based Ann Bib 30
Comm Prop 80
Total: 193
*You must at least complete Mag Art Analy, Ann Bib, Comm Prop to qualify to pass the class.
Scale: 90-100 A, 80-89 B, 70-79 C, 60-69 D.
Course Writing Assignments for English I: ENGL 1613
Students will complete, at minimum, 3 major writing assignments and a multimodal project. This will help hone skills of observing, reflecting, making and supporting claims, and finding research for evidence/support. Source material should not overwhelm the student’s own voice.
- Rhetorical Analysis: 2-4 sources, 4+ pages
- Argument: 4-6 sources, 6+ pages
- Synthesis-based Annotated Bibliography: 6-8 sources, 5+ pages
- A multimodal project
Assignments may be given in any order.
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dean, Jennifer Huggins; 815-802-8484; R310; jhuggins@kcc.edu; Division Office- W102; 815-802-8700
Plagiarism and Academic Honesty: All instances of plagiarism deemed intentional by the
instructor may lead to immediate failure of the course with no opportunity to withdraw and
will be reported to the Director of Student Success. Plagiarism includes but is not limited to:
· using artificial intelligence, like ChatGPT, to write your papers
· submitting someone else’s paper
· using published material, including materials published online, without proper
attribution
· paraphrasing or quoting someone without giving credit through a signal phrase
and/or parenthetical citation (even if the source is included on the Works Cited
page)
· working with someone, other than a KCC tutor, to write your paper and
submitting it as your own
If you are in doubt, ask me.
Minimum Requirements: Be aware that papers that fail to meet minimum
requirements (such as required page length, number and types of sources, type of paper
or off topic), may receive a zero. You are in college; partial work does not necessarily
receive partial credit. Also note that Works Cited pages do not count toward page
requirements and block quotes (quotes of four lines of text or longer) may not be used in
papers. Finally, simply meeting the minimum length and source requirements does not
guarantee a passing grade.
Late Work: It’s vital that you keep up with the calendar since assignments often build
off of others. There are some assignments that are time sensitive and cannot be turned
in late under any circumstance such as peer response. If you experience a problem that
is going to cause you to be late, email me so we can discuss.
Revisions: You will be given the opportunity to revise the Rhetorical Analysis and
Community Proposal assignments for a higher grade. Such revisions must include
substantial revision to be considered (such as more narrowly focusing your topic or
further developing major points.) Making surface-level changes (such as fixing spelling,
punctuation, or grammar mistakes) isn’t typically considered “substantial”. If you
submit a revision, be sure all changes are highlighted. Revisions can’t receive higher
than a 90%.
Week 1: Research Assignment
Week 2: Rhetorical Analysis
Week 3: Annotated Bib
Week 4: Community Proposal
College Policies, Resources and Supports
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- Counseling and referral services
- Office of disability services
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- Transfer services
- Tutoring services, etc.
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|Course syllabus/calendar is subject to change.