Daily Assignment Schedule (Your Roadmap to
Class)
DATE
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IN CLASS WORK
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HOMEWORK
(TO
DO BY NEXT CLASS)
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WHAT’S DUE ON
THIS DAY
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August
M 19
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W 21
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F 23
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M 26
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W 28
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F 30
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September
M 2
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W 4
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F 6
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M 9
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W 11
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F 13
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M 16
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W 18
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Lecture: In-Line and
Block Quote Styles, Parenthetical Citations, the Work Cited Page.
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None
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The
assigned PPP worksheet (continue to bring this edited material to class as we
will refer to it all semester)
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F 20
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Video: Frontline: “Exodus”
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Read: “The Rising Tide of
Migrants and Refugees: Due Diligence and Adherence to Law Required,” "Trump is Tough on Venezuela--But Won't Let Fleeing Venezuelans
Into the U.S.,"
“Can Terrorists Really Infiltrate the Syrian Refugee Program?,”
“More
Syrian Refugees Good for National Security?,” and “A Venezuelan Refugee
Crisis”
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None
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M 23
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Video: Frontline: “Exodus”
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None
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Completed Reading: The Rising Tide of
Migrants and Refugees: Due Diligence and Adherence to Law Required, "Trump is Tough on Venezuela--But Won't Let Fleeing Venezuelans
Into the U.S.,"
“Can Terrorists Really Infiltrate the Syrian Refugee Program?,”
“More
Syrian Refugees Good for National Security?” and “A Venezuelan Refugee
Crisis”
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W 25
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Finish Video: Frontline,
Exodus
Group Work: In your team, brainstorm
at least three reasons America should accept refugees and at least three
reasons America should refuse to accept refugees (write them in your notes and send one member of your group to place
them on the board). Prepare to
defend both views.
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Compose: A topic sentence and body paragraph, with reason
supported by evidence, arguing against the position you took in your
poll at the beginning of the unit. Quote
at least one supporting article and at least one opposing article in your
paragraph
Read: “A Lower Refugee Ceiling Is Better for Most
Refugees, the Host Countries, and America,” “Column: Let’s Put ‘America
First’ by Averting a Central American Migrant Crisis,” and “There Is
No Way We Can Turn Back.’ Why Thousands of Refugees Will Keep Coming to America
Despite Trump’s Crackdown”
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None
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F 27
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Class
Will Not Meet
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Compose: A topic sentence and body paragraph, with reason
supported by evidence, arguing against the position you took in your
poll at the beginning of the unit. Quote
at least one supporting article and at least one opposing article in your
paragraph
Read: “A Lower Refugee Ceiling Is Better for Most
Refugees, the Host Countries, and America,” “Column: Let’s Put ‘America
First’ by Averting a Central American Migrant Crisis,” and “There Is
No Way We Can Turn Back.’ Why Thousands of Refugees Will Keep Coming to
America Despite Trump’s Crackdown”
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None
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M 30
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Class
Will Not Meet
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Compose: A
Conclusion/Solution Paragraph in which you argue how America Should Address
the Refugee Crisis.
Compose: A Typed list of five debate topics you would like to debate
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A
formal one sentence thesis statement for Unit One submitted via email by
Noon
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October
W 2
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Your
Thesis Returned by Class Time
Group
Work: In your teams, share the solutions you devised and discuss their
strengths and weaknesses, so your group can put forth the best solution.
Class
Discussion: Working Toward Solution: How America Should
Address the Refugee Crisis.
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Compose: The Rough Draft of Essay 1
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Submit: A topic
sentence and body paragraph, with reason supported by evidence, arguing against
the position you took in your poll at the beginning of the unit. Quote at least one supporting
article and at least one opposing article in your paragraph
Submit: A Conclusion/Solution
Paragraph in which you argue how America Should Address the Refugee Crisis.
Submit:
A Typed list of five debate topics you would like
to debate
Completed Readings: “A Lower Refugee Ceiling Is Better for Most
Refugees, the Host Countries, and America,” “Column: Let’s Put ‘America
First’ by Averting a Central American Migrant Crisis,” and “There Is
No Way We Can Turn Back.’ Why Thousands of Refugees Will Keep Coming to
America Despite Trump’s Crackdown”
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F 4
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Choose Five Debate
Topics for Round 1/Select Discussion Groups
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Session
Leaders: Prepare Presentation and
Debate
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Rough
Draft Essay 1 Due
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M 7
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Rough Draft Essay
1 Returned with My Comments
Session Leaders
present Debate 1
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Session
Leaders: Prepare Presentation and
Debate
Revise: Your rough
draft of Essay 1
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Session
Leaders’ Presentation
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W 9
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Session Leaders
present Debate 2
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Session
Leaders: Prepare Presentation and
Debate
Revise: Your rough
draft of Essay 1
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Session
Leaders’ Presentation
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F 11
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Session Leaders
Present Debate 3
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Session
Leaders: Prepare Presentation and
Debate
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Session
Leaders’ Presentation
Final
Draft Essay 1 Due
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M 14
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Session Leaders present Debates 4
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Session
Leaders: Prepare Presentation and
Debate
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Session
Leader’s Presentation
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W 16
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Session Leaders
present Debate 5
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Compose: Rough draft of
debate essay 1
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Session
Leader’s Presentation
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F 18
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Lecture: How to Submit
Your Essay to Brainfuse Demonstration
Peer Review: Debate Essay 1
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Sign up for
conferences and design specific questions about your paper
Submit Your
Draft To Brainfuse and Bring A Copy of
Your Draft and a Copy of The Help You Received To Our Conference
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Session
Leader’s Presentation
Rough draft of
debate essay 1 (Bring one Copy)
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M 21
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No Class: Conferences
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None
|
Rough
Draft of Debate Essay 1 with Brainfuse Comments Due
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W 23
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No Class: Conferences
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Revise: Your rough
draft of debate essay 1
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Rough
Draft of Debate Essay 1 with Brainfuse Comments Due
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F 25
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Lecture: Common problems
debate essay 1
2 PPP Sentences
Choose Five Debate
Topics for Round 1/Select Discussion Groups
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None
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Final
Draft of Debate Essay 1
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M 28
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Class Will Not
Meet Fall Break
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Session
Leaders: Prepare Presentation and
Debate 6
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None
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W 30
Happy Halloween
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Session Leaders
present Debate 6
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Session
Leaders: Prepare Presentation and
Debate 7
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Session
Leaders’ Presentation
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November
F 1
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Session Leaders
present Debate 7
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Session
Leaders: Prepare Presentation and
Debate 8
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Session
Leaders’ Presentation
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M 4
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Session Leaders
present Debate 8
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Session
Leaders: Prepare Presentation and
Debate 9
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Session
Leaders’ Presentation
|
W 6
|
Session Leaders
present Debate 9
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Session
Leaders: Prepare Presentation and
Debate 10
Compose:
Rough
draft of debate essay 2
Submit Your
Draft To Brainfuse and Bring A Copy of
Your Draft and a Copy of The Help You Received To Our Conference
|
Session
Leader’s Presentation
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F 8
|
Session Leaders
present Debate 10
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Sign up for
conferences & design specific questions about your paper
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Session
Leader’s Presentation
Rough
Draft of Debate Essay 2 Due (2 copies)
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M 11
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No Class: Conferences
|
None
|
Rough
Draft of Debate Essay 1 with Brainfuse Comments Due
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W 13
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No Class: Conferences
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Revise: Your rough
draft of debate essay 2
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Rough
Draft of Debate Essay 1 with Brainfuse Comments Due
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F 15
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Lecture: The Literary
Essay leading into English 112: the thesis and evidence
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None
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Final
draft of debate essay 2
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M 18
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Video: Cinderella
Class Work: Movie Handout
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Read: “Cinderella”
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None
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W 20
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Video: Cinderella
Class Work: Movie Handout
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None
|
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F 22
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Video: Cinderella
Class Work: Movie Handout
Discussion: Cinderella
Movie
Handout
|
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None
|
M 25
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Discussion: Cinderella
Movie
Handout
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Read: “Cinderella”
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None
|
W 27
Happy
Thanksgiving
|
None
|
None
|
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F 29
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None
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None
|
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December
M 2
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Discussion: “Cinderella”
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None
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None
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W 4
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Discussion: “Cinderella”
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Compose: Literary
Thesis and Opening Paragraph
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None
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F 6
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Lecture: Hints on How to write the literary essay: introductory paragraph and full
essay
Peer Review: Literary Thesis
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Compose: Final draft of
literary essay
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Literary
Thesis and Opening Paragraph Due
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M 9
|
LAST DAY OF
CLASSES
SO LONG,
FAREWELL, AUF WIEDERSEHEN, ADIEU
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None
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Final
draft of literary essay due
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CVCC
Arts and Sciences
Section 08/10 MA
Prerequisites: Appropriate Placement
in English 111 or ENF 3/English 111.
Course Description: Introduces students to critical thinking and the fundamentals of
academic writing. Through the writing process, students refine topics; develop
and support ideas; investigate, evaluate, and incorporate appropriate
resources; edit for effective style and usage; and determine appropriate
approaches for a variety of contexts, audiences, and purposes. Writing
activities will include exposition and argumentation with at least one
researched essay.
Required Texts: No textbook is required. I will provide you with a series of instructional
handouts and readings available in hardcopy and online on the course blog.
Drop Dates:
Last Day to Drop a Class with
a Refund: F September 6
Last Day to Withdraw with a
Grade of W: Sat October 26
Alerts
and Emails:
E2Campus
Alerts: All students should sign up for e2campus alerts so that they will
be informed via text message when all classes are cancelled (due, for example,
to snow) or when a campus emergency arises.
Email
Communications: Due to legal restrictions, I may only respond
to emails sent via your CVCC email address.
I cannot respond to academic questions via facebook, twitter, snapchat
or other social media or to those sent using a personal email address. When you send me your email, please use your
cvcc email address. I will also use this email address and Canvas for all
academic email communications I send to you. Please check your email regularly.
Canvas: I will use Canvas to post your syllabi, daily
assignment schedule, instructional handouts, key announcements (particularly in
the event of class cancellation or changes in assignments or assignment due
dates). I will not necessarily post your
grades to Canvas because I believe one of the skills you should learn in college
is how to keep account of your grade and progress in the class. If you have any
questions about your grades and progress, you should speak directly with me,
just as you would speak with your employer if you had question about your performance
review. I will send an email to your
CVCC address regarding any updates or announcements I post to Canvas.
Course Blog: All handouts on how to write the essay,
assignments, assignment schedules, syllabi, and other course materials are
available on the course blog together with research sources, MLA help, and a
host of other materials. If you lose
this syllabus and the course blog address, you can simply google my name to
find it. If you can’t remember my name, we have more significant problems J
Student Accessibility Services: If
you have a documented physical, mental, or learning disability and you need
reasonable accommodations to help you achieve success, please contact Student
Accessibility Services, in the Counseling Center, Amherst Hall room 2103, phone
- 434.832.7299, fax – 434.832.6699 or email ADA@centralvirginia.edu.
To best provide the accommodation you need, make this request as soon as
possible.
Title IX Statement: As a recipient of
federal funds, Central VA Community College is required to comply with Title IX
of the Higher Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. (“Title
IX”), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in educational
programs or activities, admission and employment. Under certain circumstances,
sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and similar conduct constitute sexual
discrimination prohibited by Title IX.
The purpose of this Policy is to
establish that the College prohibits discrimination, harassment, sexual assault,
domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and retaliation and to set forth
procedures by which such allegations shall be filed, investigated and resolved.For assistance, please meet with: Title IX Coordinator, Marc Zoccola, M.A., Amherst Hall #2102 TitleIXCoordinator@centralvirginia.edu, 434.832.7804.
In case of an emergency, dial 911 or Campus Police, 434.832.7700
Early
Alerts
CVCC
uses Navigate to inform students when they are performing poorly or have
issues in a class, and kudos, to congratulate and encourage students when they
are doing well. Instructors can raise flags and kudos at any time on their own,
or through “Progress Surveys” which instructors fill out at specific times
throughout the semester. The raising of a flag or posting of a kudo will
trigger an automatic email to you (the student). Student Services may also
contact you to inform you of any flags you have received and what you can do to
have the flag removed and what resources CVCC offers to help achieve success in
your course(s). CVCC’s Student Services Coordinator Hunter Overstreet is the
Early Alert lead and can be reached at: overstreeth@centralvirginia.edu, (434) 832 – 7799.
Note
that flags do not affect your grade or standing at CVCC, nor do they show up
anywhere on your CVCC transcript.
Class Policies:
Cell/Smart Phone and Tablet Etiquette: Social media and smartphone addiction are serious problems that it is not
my responsibility to treat; however, I will not allow the class to suffer from
this pervasive addiciton. So, to put it
simply: Never use your smartphone, laptop, tablet, cell phone, wearable device,
or similar devices in class without my explicit permission. This includes
leaving your phone on your desk or in your lap, (face down or not) and “oh so
sneakily” checking your wearable device.
If you cannot leave your phone alone for an hour, you might want to
consider why that is, but it’s up to you not to use it in class.
To put it simply, if I see you repeatedly texting, tweeting, snapchatting,
instagramming, facebooking, surfing the web, taking selfies (yes, that happens),
or swiping right (or left), etc. in class,
I will ask you to leave the class, and you will be counted absent for
that day.
You must have my
explicit permission (via email) to make a video or audio recording of class
lecture or discussion.
Attendance: All excused
absences must be accompanied by timely, appropriate, written documentation.
More than three unexcused absences per semester will adversely affect your
grade as follows
·
1-3
absences = no penalty
·
4
absences = -10 points from final grade
·
5
absences = -20 points in final grade
·
6
absences = -30 points in final grade
·
7
absences = failure of class
What constitutes an excused absence is
fairly straight-forward:
·
Documented
doctor appointments
·
Documented
court appointments
·
Funeral
attendance
·
Documented
military service
Missing nine
classes (20 percent) for any reason (excused or unexcused) results in failure
of the course
Tardiness: For safety
reasons, and to deter tardiness, after the roll has been called, I will lock
the door to the class, and late students will be counted absent and not
admitted to the class.
Missed/Late
Assignments:
·
All
work must be submitted at the beginning of the appropriate class session in
order to receive credit for the assignment.
- Papers
emailed to me, placed in my office mailbox, or those slipped under my
office door, etc…, unless under my direct instruction, will not be
accepted.
- The final
essay of the semester may not be submitted late under any circumstances.
- The
Exceptions to the Rule:
- Late work
will be accepted with an excused absence in which case it is due on or
before the beginning of the class immediately following your absence.
- You may submit one late initial draft or final essay per semester
without penalty (The session leader assignment may not be submitted late), in which
case the essay is due on or before the beginning of the class immediately
following your absence.
Class Discussion and Participation Aims: The purpose of
this course is to introduce you to the conventions of formal argumentative
writing and argument analysis and to enable you to critique and construct
arguments with skill and erudition. As a means of achieving these goals, we
will examine various controversial issues and a number of articles which assume
various positions on these issues.
In our discussions, I will not hide my own opinions or
pretend I do not have them, but I will never grade you on whether or not I
agree with your views, only on whether or not you support your views well. In other words, I don’t judge your work by
what point you argue, as long as you argue well.
As this is a discussion based course, failure to participate in discussion
regularly will adversely affect your final score in the class. I will subtract
as much as a letter grade (10 points) from your final grade at my discretion if you do not participate actively.
Trigger Warning:
This
class will discuss adult themes of sexuality and violence as well as controversial
theological, political, economic, racial, sexual, gender, and philosophical
positions. Basically, the class is Rated R. Because some opinion or subject offends you,
does not mean we will not discuss it. Because you disagree with an established
fact, does not mean your factually inaccurate opinion must be accepted or given
credence. Academic discourse requires
the rational, fact based, free inquiry into any subject, no matter how
controversial. With that said, we will
at all times afford the utmost respect for the fact-based opinions expressed by
each individual in the class, and we will treat adult topics with due decorum.
Maintaining rational discourse and an open mind will facilitate the exchange of
ideas and the ability of each of us, myself included, to learn from one
another.
Writing
Assignments:
Major Essay Submission
Policy (The 4X4 Rule): To be eligible for a passing grade in
English 111 and English 112, students must meet the following VCCS and CVCC
English department criteria:
·
VCCS English Peer Group policy stipulates
that students in ENG 111 must produce a minimum of fifteen (15) pages of
finished/polished (graded) text per course.
·
CVCC English department policy stipulates
that students must develop four (4) major essays (essays that present and
support a thesis/claim) totaling at least fifteen (15) pages of graded text in
English 111. Individual instructors are responsible for clearly designating in
the syllabus which essays qualify as a ‘major’ essay.
·
Students who fail to submit any major
essay within the time period allotted by the instructor (assigned due date plus
late submission allowance) will be withdrawn from or fail the course: students who
do not submit a required major essay assignment prior to the ten (10) - week
withdraw date will be withdrawn; students who do not submit a required major
essay assignment after the ten (10) - week withdraw date will fail the course
Essays, Eighty (80)
Points: Four (4) major argument essays will comprise
the most significant component of your work in this course.
- The first
essay will be on a topic I assign;
- The second
and third essays will be on the debate topics you select and which are
discussed by the class;
- A fourth
essay will be a cultural/historical argument based on a set of literary
texts;
- All sources must be documented appropriately in MLA form to avoid
plagiarism. If, after learning
about MLA in class, you remain unsure how to document appropriately in MLA
style, ask me before submitting your essay, and we will correct it
together.
Preliminary
Drafts and E-Assistance (Brainfuse) Drafts:
·
You
will submit an initial, preliminary draft of each of the primary argument
essays. These essays should be your best possible work.
·
I
will review the preliminary draft of your first essay so that you may see what
I look for in an essay.
·
Your
peers will be responsible for providing you with adequate, appropriate feedback
on the subsequent three preliminary drafts via peer review.
·
You will submit each of the first and second debate
essays to Brainfuse at least 24 hours before your essay conference appointment.
·
You will also be required to attend a mandatory
conference appointment with me on the first and second debate essays, and you
must bring a completed preliminary draft and your Brainfuse comments to that
conference.
·
I will be glad to help you work on any of your
papers in conferences, during office hours, or by appointment, but to avoid
scheduling problems, you should request the assistance as early as possible. I cannot conference with everyone the day
before the essay is due, after all.
·
On the day preliminary drafts are due, be sure to
bring two copies of your work to class for peer review.
Peer
Reviews:
Perhaps, the best way to recognize and eliminate
problems in your own writing is to become an effective critic. In accordance
with this notion, you will be asked to participate in several peer reviews
during the course of the semester.
·
Failure
to participate meaningfully in peer review will adversely affect your grade on
the final draft of that paper.
I
have found that students often take the peer reviews lightly either from lack
of willingness to criticize their peers’ writing or from the (mistaken)
impression that they are not qualified to comment on the drafts.
As
the semester progresses, each of you will learn the sort of things I look for
in grading, ranging from grammar and organizational concerns to content
issues. Thus, each of you will know how
to edit your peers’ papers.
I
will spend well over half an hour reviewing and commenting on the initial draft
of each of your essays.
Thus, as a peer reviewer, you should spend about a half hour on each
paper you review, commenting thoroughly on everything you can find wrong with
the essay.
Final
Drafts:
·
Final drafts of your papers must be submitted along
with all preliminary drafts, Brainfuse drafts, and peer review drafts.
·
If
you do not bring these materials on the due date, I will not accept the essay.
·
Please
paperclip or staple all items together, but do not place them in a folder.
Session
Leaders (20 points):
To aid you in forming well-reasoned arguments,
effectively supported with evidence and careful logic, we will all debate a
number of controversial issues.
·
Each
of you, along with a small group of your peers, will help to lead debate on one
occasion.
In
these groups, you and your team will be required
·
To
present the primary arguments for all sides of the issue under debate (each
person will assume a different position).
·
To
read the assigned source for your topic and
to learn its arguments so that you may present them to the class.
·
To
present me and each member of the class with a brief (1-2 page), informal
summary/evaluation of your individual article(s), written in your own words,
accompanied by an MLA works cited page and including an MLA header.
·
This
presentation must include the following, in MLA format:
a.
A
one sentence restatement in your own words and in bold font of the claim of the
article (its thesis).
b.
A
bulleted list of their principle reasons in support of this thesis.
c.
An
evaluation in paragraph form of the evidence presented to support those
reasons. I.e. You will point out any strengths and
weaknesses you see in the argument, not merely whether you agree or disagree.
d.
A
correct work cited page.
·
To
prepare a brief (ten minute total) group presentation, in which each person
presents their research information to the class.
·
To
provoke and orchestrate a class discussion on the debate topic.
·
After
the presentation, members of the class will join the debate group they tend to
agree with and will argue their view.
Please
note:
·
Correct MLA header format and documentation
is worth thirty (30) percent or six (6) points of your grade on the session
leader assignments.
·
If you show up to class without the
assignment ready to distribute, you will lose thirty (30) percent or six (6)
points of your grade on the session leader assignments.
·
If you submit the completed presentation
with MLA to me by 5:00 PM the day before it is due, I will check the MLA and
help you correct it, if needed, then make and bring copies for you to
class. After that deadline, you are responsible
for having the correct MLA and bringing copies to class.
Grading/Evaluation:
Grade
Calculation:
Each assignment will be worth a set number of
points, as indicated below.
Adding the points earned on each assignment
will generate the total number of points accumulated during the course.
All major assignments will be accompanied by a
list detailing the requirements for that particular essay; however, the above rubric
will be used in assigning grades to each essay.
In the end, a standard college grading scale
will be employed: {90-100=A, 80-89=B,
70-79=C, 60-69=D, 0-59=F)
·
Essay 1
(Assigned Topic Essay) 15 points
·
Essay 2
(Debate Essay) 25 points
·
Essay 3
(Debate Essay) 25 points
·
Essay 4
(Literary Argument Essay) 15 points
·
Session
Leaders, Summary/Response, MLA 20
points
Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty:
Cheating
has become some commonplace and accepted, that I have literally had students
tell me they cheat and think it is acceptable to do so. Academic dishonesty is clearly a serious
problem, and the English department at CVCC has decided to combat the problem
vigorously. In spite of what you are
learning at every level of our society, the point of college is not merely to
secure a high grade, pass an “unnecessary” class, or obtain the credentials
necessary for a desired job, but to receive an education and to learn how to
think and know better; cheating undermines that educational purpose.
As a
result, in this course, any assignment that contains verifiable instances of
plagiarism or academic dishonesty will automatically receive a grade of zero
(0) and will not be eligible for any type of revision, rewrite, ‘do over,’ or
‘make up’.
A
definition of plagiarism and its repercussion is available in the student
handbook; however, here are some specifics:
Academic Dishonesty
Includes, But is Not Limited To):
· Copying
an essay (online or otherwise) or any portion of an assignment written by
another and submitting it as your own work,
· Allowing
someone else to complete your assignment for free or for pay and representing
their work as your own,
· Submitting
written work on a reading assignment without actually having read the
assignment,
·
Submitting your own work from another class without
the explicit, written permission of both instructors,
·
“Copying” someone else’s answers on a test or quiz,
·
Paying for or otherwise acquiring or giving to
others test questions in advance of a test or quiz,
·
Using an outside source without acknowledging it and
citing it properly in MLA style.
To ensure
you understand and follow the rules to prevent academic dishonesty, you must
print and sign the honor statement on an additional sheet submitted with your
final essay, presentation, and midterm exam.
The statement may be downloaded/printed from the link on the course blog.
Plagiarism
is a serious offense and can result in a failing grade for the assignment, a
failing grade for the course, or expulsion from CVCC.
This
Syllabus and the Attached Daily Assignment Schedule Are Subject to Change at My
Discretion