Engl.
101: Course Requirements
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Ungraded Drafts (required as part of portfolio):
You are required to submit first and second drafts of four essays representing several different types of writing: personal reflection, informative writing, and argumentative writing. You will be doing invention, preliminary drafting, revision, and editing to prepare these pieces. Though I will not assign a letter grade to each piece of invention writing or drafts, I will assess all this writing for a grade when I review your portfolio, in which you will keep all writing for the course; (see description of portfolio below). The invention writing may be hand-written, if you wish; the first drafts must be typed. There are word processors available to you in the computer labs in Walker Hall, McConnell Library, and other places on campus. Second drafts must be typed. The pieces you select to submit for a grade must be revised after the second draft, typed, and brought to a conference before you prepare your final revision, which must be typed according to the required format in your writing text. Although first and second drafts of your essays do not receive a letter grade, they weigh heavily in your portfolio grade. Hastily thrown together or poorly developed drafts will significantly lower the portfolio grade.
Graded Final Essays (50% of Grade):
Each of you will select the second draft of two different essays to revise once again and polish for a letter grade. Roughly every five weeks I will ask you to submit for a grade a final version of one of the pieces you're working on, one that you feel has the most potential for final revision. Before submission of this work, I will meet with you for an individual conference so that you can discuss your ideas with me and I can add my own constructive responses to those your writing group has offered.
Portfolio Of Writing (50% of Grade):
You will collect in your portfolio all the writing you do for the course
both in and out of class. I will
collect this work and evaluate its quality and quantity at mid-term and the end
of the course. Each portfolio grade will constitute 25% of the final grade for
the course. The writing in your
portfolio will include: any invention and discovery writing for the essays you
write, whether or not you revise them for a final grade; your responses to
assigned portfolio writing activities; your written responses to assigned
readings; first and second drafts of five essays; the final revision of three
essays, which you submit for a grade; and any other writing which you would
like to include for extra credit. Often you will need to complete at home portfolio
writing activities begun in class.
Written Self-Assessment Statements at Mid-Term and
Final (required to complete portfolio):
At the mid-term and the end of the course, I will ask you to submit along with your portfolio a written self-evaluation of your progress to that point. The purpose of these activities is to provide you the opportunity to reflect upon your own writing and to understand your own writing process. Hence you will be able to perceive your strengths as a writer and the strategies or choices that have brought you success so that you may build upon these.
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