Tuesdays 12:30-1:45pm
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.
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
T: 12-12:30pm (f2f) and 4-5pm (virtual)
W: 10-12pm (virtual), 1:30-2pm (f2f), and 4-5pm (virtual)
Linsey Cuti, Ph.D.
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.
Intro post and reply 5
Research Assignment 20
Rhetorical Analysis PR 10
Mag Art Analy 60
Your Comm Idea 3
Syn-Based Ann Bib 30
Comm Prop PR 10
Comm Proposal 80
Presentation 10
Total: 228
*You must at least complete the Mag Art Analysis, Ann Bib, and 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
Attendance: Please note that in accordance with the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations, the instructor has the right to record the grade of “F” for the course, reduce a student's grade, or submit an institutional withdrawal request to Admissions and Registration if a student has excessive absences as defined in the course syllabus. I will consider 2 or more absences excessive. I will be taking attendance at the start of class; in order to be counted “here,” you need to be on-time and stay the length of the class.
Plagiarism and Academic Honesty: All instances of plagiarism/academic dishonesty 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/academic dishonesty 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 properly citing
- 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 and presentations. If you experience a problem that is going to cause you to submit an assignment 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
T Aug. 18: Course overview. Canvas. Succeeding in college. Review syllabus.
Introductions. Interests Inventory. Research Assignment. Accessing and Citing Articles.
Homework:
1)Post a paragraph in the Canvas Introductions discussion board by 11:59pm on Weds. Aug. 19th. Share a little about yourself.
2) Read through the posts and respond to a few, perhaps commenting on similar interests or anything else. Because we only see each other once a week, this will help us get to know each other. Complete your replies by 11:59pm on Thurs. Aug. 20th.
3) Complete Research Assignment; bring a draft to class on Tuesday. We will review it before the final draft is due Tuesday night.
Week 2
T Aug. 25: Review Research Assignment. Rhetorical Analysis and practice. Rhetorical
Analysis Assignment. Submitting to the dropbox.
Homework:
Submit Research Assignment by 11:59pm on Tues. Aug. 25th.
Fill out the Rhetorical Analysis handout for one of your magazine articles, then get started on your analysis.
Week 3
T Sept. 1: Review expectations for Rhetorical Analysis. How to Format Your Papers.
MLA: in-text citations and Works Cited entries. Prepare for peer response.
Homework: Come with a complete, typed draft of your Rhetorical Analysis and 1 question you want your peer to respond to. Peer response will be in classTues. Sept. 8th. Print out one copy of your paper before class starts.
Week 4
T Sept. 8: Peer Response of Rhetorical Analyses.
Homework: Finalize and submit Rhetorical Analysis by 11:59pm on Weds. Sept. 9th.
Week 5 Reminder: Last day to withdraw is Sept. 22nd
T Sept. 15: Community Improvement discussion and researching ideas. Synthesis-
Based Annotated Bibliography. MLA: citing articles from websites vs. databases.
Homework:
- Submit your chosen topic to the Community Improvement Idea dropbox by 11:59pm on Weds. Sept. 16th.
- After getting my approval, find 5 possible articles that might help you write a paper on this topic. Then complete the Synthesis-Based Annotated Bibliography. Bring a draft for us to review on Tuesday before it’s due Tuesday night.
Week 6
T Sept. 22: Review Ann Bib expectations. Community Improvement paper. Avoiding
Plagiarism.
Homework:
- Submit Synth-Based Ann Bib by 11:59pm on Tues. Sept. 22nd.
- Work on Community Improvement paper. A complete, typed draft for peer response and 1 question you want your peer to respond to will be due in class on Tues. Sept. 29th.
Week 7
T Sept. 29: Presentation instructions. Peer response of Community Proposals.
Homework: Finalize and submit Community Proposals by 11:59pm on Weds. Sept. 30th.
Week 8
T Oct. 6: Presentations.
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