English 101: College Reading And Composition

English 101: College Reading and Composition I
Spring 2013
Dr. Kimberly Manner
Office Hours: M-Th 12 – 12:45, M 2:15 – 3:45, and T 2:15 – 3:15 in FO 2605

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Website: http://faculty.piercecollege.edu/mannerke

Course Description
From the 2012-2014 Pierce College General Catalogue:
101 College Reading and Composition I (3) UC:CSU
Lecture 3 hours.
Prerequisite: English 28 with a “C” or better, or appropriate skill level demonstrated through the English placement process.
Students gain proficiency in reading and writing through application of the principles of rhetoric and the techniques of critical thinking. Prerequisite is an understanding of the elements of grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure.
Please put your prewriting materials in a file folder with your name on it. You will use the same file folder for each essay.
Late Work Policy
I do not accept late work. If you cannot make it to class, please arrange for someone else to turn your work in. I will not accept final drafts of essays if you have not done the prewriting exercises and rough drafts.
I will make an exception to my late work policy one time, with the No Questions Asked coupon found at the end of the syllabus. If you choose to use your NQA coupon, you will have until the next class meeting to turn in your late work.
Academic Dishonesty
Plagiarism—passing off another’s work as your own, either intentionally or unintentionally— is a very serious offense. If you plagiarize, you will receive a zero for the assignment and be referred to Student
Services for disciplinary action. One of the objectives of this course is that you will learn how to incorporate research into your writing; failing to cite those sources correctly demonstrates that you have not mastered the course objective. As a rule of thumb, tell yourself: when in doubt, cite the source. I would rather mentor
What would be the best way to solve these problems?
Many students hear the words “research assignment” and immediately collect as many sources as they can, stringing summaries and quotations from those sources together with transitions and connecting thoughts.
While this type of “review of the literature” does have its uses, in this class you are learning to advance your own opinion while considering what others have said on the issues you care about. As you research your topic, you should evaluate your sources, both for credibility and for usefulness for your purpose.
By now you have experience finding a topic, doing library and primary research about that topic, and evaluating solutions others have proposed. Now you need to synthesize the information you have found into a reasonable policy proposal that offers a feasible solution to the problem you have identified. Marshall a variety of source materials as you convince your reader that the solution you propose is the best one for the problem you have identified.
Writing Task
We will discuss in class how to write a proposal argument. In short, your research paper needs to:
IDENTIFY A PROBLEM AND PROPOSE A