Wednesdays: 8- 9:15am
- This is a hybrid class- you are expected to complete work via Canvas before and/or after our scheduled class time.
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
IAI Number: C1-900
IAI Title: Writing Course Sequence
General Education Outcomes: 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 speci cally learned in this course are:
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Responsibility
Faculty Contact Information
Mondays & Wednesdays: 1:50-3:20pm
Tuesdays: 10am-12pm online (in-person by appt.)
Professor Jessica Jaenicke
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
No required textbook : )
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. Page lengths are mandatory minimums; the works cited page does not count toward the minimum length.
- Rhetorical Analysis Paper: 2-4 sources, at least 1,200 words (equivalent to 4+ pages)
- Argument Paper: 4-6 sources, at least 1,800 words (equivalent to 6+ pages) Synthesis-based
- Annotated Bibliography: 6-8 sources, at least 1,500 words (= 5+ pages)
A multimodal project
These assignments may be given in any order. Students will also be expected to complete additional learning activities including in-class assignments, writing workshops on students’ work, and online work.
Grading Breakdown By Points
Rhetorical Analysis Paper 15% Annotated Bibliography 20% Argument Paper 20% Multimodal Assignment 10% Other Assignments 35% Final Letter Grade Based on Percentage of Points Earned in the Course A student's nal letter grade is determined by the percentage of points earned throughout the course. Rounding up of grades by less than 1% will be determined by participation in discussion forums, per the instructor’s discretion.
| Points | Grade |
| 100-90% | A |
| 89.9-80% | B |
| 79.9-70% | C |
| 69.9-60% | D |
| Below 60% | F |
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
Student Support Hours: I encourage all of my students to reach out to me when they have questions, concerns, or a desire for additional support in my classes. If you need to meet outside my scheduled times, please email me to request a weekday appointment (with at least 24 hours advance notice). Also let me know if you prefer to meet virtually) or on-campus.
- submitting someone else’s work and/or AI-generated or AI-assisted writing tools
- 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
RESPECT.
Yourself, your peers, me, our time, your opportunity to learn, ALL OF IT!
Calendar The following is a schedule to outline the scope and direction of the course. A more detailed modular calendar is provided in our Canvas course for each module.
Module 1: RA Paper: Intro to Rhetorical Analysis Concepts & activities covered: Introduction to rhetoric, rhetorical situation, rhetorical appeals, and rhetorical analysis. Introduction to RA paper assignment. RA thesis, organization, and paper development. Analyzing critically.
Module 2: The Annotated Bibliography: Academic Research Skills Concepts & activities covered: Introduction to Annotated Bibliography Assignment. Develop appropriately narrow, arguable research questions. Compare popular and scholarly sources. Library databases and best practices with research (including evaluating sources’ credibility). Incorporating sources well into your own writing (quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing correctly). Analyzing and synthesizing sources to make connections between their different points of view, information, and opinions
Module 3: The Academic Argument Paper: Writing for a College Audience Concepts & activities covered: Introduction to Argument Paper Assignment. Learn about breaking down an argument into its claim, reasons, and assumptions. Develop an argument, working thesis, and paper outline. Analyze your own rhetorical situation and strategize for your audience. Imagine and address alternative arguments. Tips for writing a solid introduction and conclusion. Participate in revision activities.
Module 4: Audience Awareness in Multimodal Communication Concepts & activities covered: Audience awareness and tone, voice, and style. Introduction to the multimodal presentation assignment. Review tips for designing presentation slides as well as smart presentation strategies (like methods for engaging an audience), while reflecting on the lessons learned while rhetorically analyzing others’ presentations. Wrap up the course.
College Policies, Resources and Supports
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- Counseling and referral services
- Office of disability services
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- Tutoring services, etc.
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|Course syllabus/calendar is subject to change.