ENGL 1623 English II Syllabus H09 Fall 2026

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Credit Hours 3.00 Lecture Hours 3 Clinical/Lab Hours 0
Type of Credit
Baccalaureate/Transfer
CIP Code
23.1301
Course Meeting Time

S 8:30-9:45am

Course Description

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.

Prerequisites

ENGL 1613 with a grade of C or better

Course Alignment

IAI Number
C1-901R
IAI Title
Writing Course Sequence 2
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 specifically learned in this course are:

  1. Communication
  2. Critical Thinking
  3. Responsibility
Explanation of Course Alignment

English II 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

Faculty Name
Linsey Cuti
Faculty Email
lcuti@kcc.edu
Faculty Phone
802-8715
Faculty Office Number
L332
Faculty Student Support Hours

T/W 7:30-9am, T 12-12:30pm, T 4-5pm, Sa 8-8:30am

Faculty Information

Linsey Cuti, Ph.D.

 

Course Information

Course Outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Refine the writing and research skills established in ENGL 1613
  2. Demonstrate audience awareness when making rhetorical choices, including choices related to style, tone, and diction
  3. Demonstrate an awareness of rhetorical appeals in students' own texts
  4. Analyze the values and writing conventions of their discipline
  5. Create multiple pieces of formal writing which contribute to a final academic research text
  6. Create and share a multimodal presentation
Topical Outline
  1. Rhetoric: Style, strategies, devices, tools, and appeals; relationship to audience
  2. Research: Credibility, integration, citation and documentation, research as inquiry, types of sources, role of research librarian
  3. Composition: Focus, coherence, development, grammar, spelling, and punctuation, introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions
  4. Reading: Engagement with texts: annotation, outlining, vocabulary; critical analysis of texts including non-fiction, academic writing
  5. Criticality: Intellectual empathy, originality in thought, context of social and cultural contexts, diverse viewpoints
  6. Multimodality: Integration of visual, textual, and oral elements; methods of engaging audience; rhetorical awareness
Textbook/s and Course Materials

None

Methods of Evaluation

Saturday, October 17: Course Overview. Review syllabus. Introductions. Canvas.

Professional Magazines and assignment. Submitting to Canvas.

 

Homework:

  1. Search online for professional magazines in your field (Google your major+ “professional magazine” such as “psychology professional magazine”). I need you to gain full access to at least one; if you gain access to more, that’s great! Remember “full access” means that you can read the articles within the mag. Sometimes you can only access older issues, so always try going back a few years when picking ones to look at. Even though I showed you how to search for these in class, there is also a video in Canvas that shows you.

    Once you have gained access to a full issue of a professional magazine in your field, submit the name of the prof. magazine, the specific issue (month or season, and year), along with the link to it. This info is due to the dropbox by 11:59pm on Mon. Oct. 19th.

  2. Post a paragraph in the Canvas Introductions discussion board by 11:59pm on Mon. Oct. 19th. Share a little about yourself.

     

  3. 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 Tues. Oct. 20th.

     

  4. Complete Professional Magazine Report. We will review reports in class on the 24th, so have access to it in class.

Saturday, October 24: Report reminders. Academic journals and accessing

them. Rhetorical Comparison. MLA Help.

Homework:

  1. Finalize Professional Magazine Report and submit to Canvas by 11:59pm on Sat. Oct. 24th.
  2. Find an academic journal in your field in the library databases. Once you have accessed an entire issue of an academic journal in your field, submit the name of the journal, along with the specific volume, issue #, year AND the names of the 3 articles and page range of each article from the journal that you will be examining for Part III of the Rhetorical Comparison assignment. Submit by 11:59pm on Mon. Oct. 26th.
  3. Complete Rhetorical Comparison. We will review them in class on the 31st, so have access to it in class.

 

 

Saturday, October 31: Rhetorical Comparison reminders. Rhetorical Analysis,

practice, and assignment.

Homework:

  1. Finalize Rhetorical Comparison by 11:59pm on Sat. Oct. 31st.
  2. Pick one article from your academic journal and fill out the Analyzing Journal Articles worksheet.
  3. Bring a complete, typed draft of your Rhetorical Analysis and one question you want your peers to respond to for Saturday’s peer response.

Saturday, November 7: Rhetorical Analysis peer response.

Homework: Finalize Rhetorical Analysis by 11:59pm on Mon. Nov. 9th.

Saturday, November 14: Interests Inventory. From Interest to Professional

Article Worksheet. Professional Article and Annotated Bibliography.

Homework:

  1. Submit Professional Article Proposal by 11:59pm on Mon. Nov. 16th.
  2. Get started researching and complete Annotated Bib. We will review them in class on the 21st, so have access to it in class.

Saturday, November 21: Review Ann Bib and Professional Article expectations.

Prep for online peer response.

Homework:

  1. Submit Ann Bib by 11:59pm on Sat. Nov. 21st
  2. Work on Professional Article.

Saturday, November 28: College Closed for Thanksgiving Break.

Homework:

  1. Post a complete draft and one peer response question to your peer group in Canvas by 11:59pm Mon. Nov. 30th. Respond to peers by Tues. Dec. 1st.
  2. Submit final draft to Canvas dropbox by 11:59pm Weds. Dec. 2nd. After grading it, you will have a chance you revise if you’d like. They’ll be due Sat. Dec. 4th.

 

Common Course Assignments
  1. Article Analysis Paper: 4+ pages (or at least 1,200 words) & 1-3 sources
  2. Rhetorical Comparison Paper: 5+ pages (or at least 1,500 words) & 4-5 sources
  3. Extended Research-based Paper in a Specific Style: 6+ pages (or at least 1,800 words) & 6-7 sources
    1. 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.
  4. A multimodal presentation of the extended research-based paper
Academic Division

Liberal Arts & Sciences

Dean, Jennifer Huggins; 815-802-8484; R310; jhuggins@kcc.edu; Division Office- W102; 815-802-8700

Course Policies

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/cheating, 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/cheating 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 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 Professional Article 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 considered “substantial”. If you submit a revision, be sure all changes are highlighted. Revisions can’t receive higher than a 90%.

Course Calendar

Week 1

Tues. Oct. 13: Course Overview. Review syllabus. Introductions. Canvas.

Professional Magazines and assignment. Submitting to Canvas.

 

Homework:

  1. Post a paragraph in the Canvas Introductions discussion board by 11:59pm on Weds. Oct. 14th. 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. Oct. 15th.

     

  3. Search online for professional magazines in your field (Google your major+ “professional magazine” such as “psychology professional magazine”). I need you to gain full access to at least one; if you gain access to more, that’s great! Remember “full access” means that you can read the articles within the mag. Sometimes you can only access older issues, so always try going back a few years when picking ones to look at. Even though I showed you how to search for these in class, there is also a video in Canvas that shows you.

    Once you have gained access to a full issue of a professional magazine in your field, submit the name of the prof. magazine, the specific issue (month or season, and year), along with the link to it. This info is due to the dropbox by 11:59pm on Weds. Oct. 14th.

  4. Complete Professional Magazine Report. We will review reports in class on the 20th, so have access to it in class.

Week 2

Tues. Oct. 20: Report reminders. Academic journals and accessing them.

Rhetorical Comparison. MLA Help.

Homework:

  1. Finalize Professional Magazine Report and submit to Canvas by 11:59pm on Tues. Oct. 20th.
  2. Find an academic journal in your field in the library databases. Once you have accessed an entire issue of an academic journal in your field, submit the name of the journal, along with the specific volume, issue #, year AND the names of the 3 articles and page range of each article from the journal that you will be examining for Part III of the Rhetorical Comparison assignment. Submit by 11:59pm on Weds. Oct. 21st.
  3. Complete Rhetorical Comparison. We will review them in class on the 27th, so have access to it in class.

Week 3

Tues. Oct. 27: Rhetorical Comparison reminders. Rhetorical Analysis, practice, and

assignment.

Homework:

  1. Submit Rhetorical Comparison by 11:59pm on Weds. Oct. 28th.
  2. Pick one article from your academic journal and fill out the Analyzing Journal Articles worksheet.
  3. Start drafting your Rhetorical Analysis.

Week 4

Tues. Nov. 3: Rhetorical Analysis reminders.Interests Inventory. From Interest to

Professional Article Worksheet. Professional Article and Annotated Bibliography.

Homework:

  1. Submit Professional Article Proposal by 11:59pm on Thurs. Nov. 12th.
  2. Bring a complete, typed draft of your Rhetorical Analysis and one question you want your peers to respond to for next week’s peer response.

Week 5:

Tues. Nov. 10: Rhetorical Analysis peer response.

Homework:

  1. Submit Rhetorical Analysis by 11:59pm on Weds. Nov. 11th.
  2. Get started researching and complete Annotated Bib. We will review them in class on the 17th, so have access to it in class.

Week 6

Tues. Nov. 17: Review Ann Bib and Professional Article expectations.

Homework:

  1. Submit Ann Bib by 11:59pm on Tues. Nov. 17th
  2. Work on Professional Article.

Week 7

Tues. Nov. 24: Flex Day: come if you have questions about your Professional Article.

Homework: Bring a complete, typed draft of your Professional Article and one peer response question for next week’s peer response. 

Week 8

Tues. Dec. 1: Professional Article peer response.

Homework: Submit both versions of Professional Article by 11:59pm on Weds. Dec. 2nd.

 

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College Policies

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. 

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