Course Policy Sheet
ENC 1101 Course Policy Sheet
ENC 1101-20 02622 11:00-12:15 M-F WMS 120
Instructor: Dr. William Nesbitt
Office: 437 WMS
Office Phone: 644-6659
Office hrs: 12:25-1:15 M-F
E-mail: wcn5418@mailer.fsu.edu
webpage: www.oocities.org/wcnesbitt
First-Year Writing courses at FSU teach writing as a recursive and frequently collaborative process of invention, drafting, and revising. Writing is both personal and social, and students should learn how to write for a variety of purposes and audiences. Since writing is a process of making meaning as well as communicating, FYW teachers respond to the content of students' writing as well as to surface errors. Students should expect frequent written and oral response on the content of their writing from both teachers and peers. Classes rely heavily on a workshop format. Instruction emphasizes the connection between writing, reading, and critical thinking; students should give thoughtful, reasoned responses to the readings. Both reading and writing are the subject of class discussion and workshops, and students are expected to be active participants of the classroom community.
Plagiarism is grounds for suspension from the university as well as for failure in this course. It will not be tolerated. Any instance of plagiarism must be reported to the Director of First-Year Writing and the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Plagiarism is a counterproductive, non-writing behavior that is unacceptable in a course intended to aid the growth of individual writers. Plagiarism is included among the violations defined in the Academic Honor Code, section b), paragraph 2, as follows: "Regarding academic assignments, violations of the Academic Honor Code shall include representing another's work or any part thereof, be it published or unpublished, as one's own." A plagiarism education assignment that further explains this issue will be administered in all First-Year Writing courses during the second week of class. Each student will be responsible for completing the assignment and asking questions regarding any parts that he or she does not fully understand.
Course Goals: The purpose of this course is to develop reading and writing skills which may be applied throughout your academic career. You will be encouraged to treat writing as a process; you will take each paper through a multiple draft process of revision.
Required Texts:
On Writing: A Process Reader, Wendy Bishop
The Scott Foresman Handbook for Writers
Attendance is a requirement (more than 4 absences is grounds for failure). According to university policy, the only absences that are automatically excused are for participation in university sanctioned events (i.e., you are a member of the FSU baseball team or you play in the FSU band). For such instances, I need signed documentation on FSU letterhead explaining the situation prior to the event.
Evaluation:
First paper (Vivid/Personal Narrative): 20%
Second paper (Visual/Textual Interaction): 15%
Third paper (Radical Revision): 10%
Zine: 20% (article-10% column-5% advertisement-5%)
Thoughtful, active, and responsible participation. This includes preparation for class, workshopping, alertness, timely arrival, and thoughtful behavior: 10%
Exercises: 5% (S/U)
Presentations 5% each 10% total (S/U)
Journals 10%
grading rubric
Reading/Writing Center: The Reading/Writing Center offers one-on-one help for students with their writing, Make an appointment by calling ahead (644-6495) or stopping in (WMS 222C).
Gordon Rule: Successful completion of all writing in this course and a final course grade of C- or better will allow you to satisfy the Gordon Rule requirement, which requires you to write 7,000 words.
Drafts, revisions, and workshops: You'll need to make two copies of your drafts for each workshop day (including the editing workshop) of papers one and two. Your workshop group should give you detailed response about not only the paper, but the individual paragraphs, and sentences. All drafts and revisions must be typed. I will supply questions for each workshop that you may use to supplement your own response. On a given workshop day, you will workshop one copy from a student for about fifteen minutes, then you will workshop another student's draft for another fifteen minutes. Write your name at the top of each paper that you workshop.
Exercises: These will be small writing exercises that we will do in class. These can only be done in class.
Presentations: Each group (five people) will present twice during the semester one one of the readings on our syllabus. The group will present the material and lead a discussion. The group will give me their notes along with the names of each person in the group. The presentation is S/U. Make an intelligent presentation and/or involve the class in an intelligent discussion about the material for 15 minutes or more and the group gets an "S." Feel free to be creative with this and develop a game or a skit for the presentation.
Journals: We will start each class with a journal topic and write on that journal for 10 minutes. I will update the syllabus periodically with the current questions. Essentially, I will grade the journals on completion. Use of first-person is fine. Please do not give me a three-ring binder containing the journals. Use a folder of some kind.
Conferences: I have set aside conferencing time. Really, it's just an extension of my office hours. This is extra time for you to come by for assistance if you have not come by during regular office hours. Two conferences are required. You can also talk to me during office hours to satisfy conference requirements. I advise not waiting until the last minute. Please do not feel that you can only come by twice. E-mail can be good for quick questions; for longer questions come by my office.
Students with disabilities needing academic accommodations should in the first week of class 1) register and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) and 2) bring a letter to me from SDRC indicating the need for academic accommodations.
The standard format for all typed work will be Times New Roman 12pt. double spaced with once-inch margins surrounding the paper.
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