Rising Scholar Literature 210

Spearfish High School       Black Hills State University

BHSU Adjunct Instructor:   Scott Howard

Rm 121     Planning/Office: M4 1:45-3:15

1-605-717-1212          

             showard@spearfish.k12.sd.us

ENG 210, Literature, 3 credit hours

Black Hills State University

Spring, 2025

Alternating Days, 90 Minutes, Spearfish High School

Last day to drop course without transcript entry- check with BHSU registrar's office

Last day to drop course with a "W"-check with BHSU registrar's office, 

Instructor's Contact Information

Scott Howard

RM 121, Spearfish High School

Office Hours: block M4 

Office Phone: 717-1212

Email: showard@spearfish.k12.sd.us

Course Description

     Rising Scholar Literature 210 is offered at Spearfish High School through Black Hills State University and approved by the South Dakota Board of Regents.  Students may receive 3 college credits for Literature 210 by paying a reduced tuition.  Students entering this class should have a B average in their junior English classes.  Students taking this class must have completed SHS RS Composition 101.  Appropriate student placement is based on entry-level assessment (ACT or Compass). 

BHSU  Literature 210   Rising Scholar Literature is an enhanced study of world literature and literary criticism.  The student becomes not only the reader, but also the critic of various genre.   Readings in fiction, drama, and poetry acquaint students with literature and aesthetic form.

RS Literature 210  meets 90 minutes every other day on a maroon and white block schedule.  Total semester contact hours will be 63.75 hours. 

Course Prerequisites

Rising Scholar Literature 210 is offered at Spearfish High School through Black Hills State University and approved by the South Dakota Board of Regents. Students may receive 3 college credits for the course by paying tuition. Students must have already taken RS Composition 101. Students entering this class should have a B average in their junior English classes.  Appropriate student placement is based on entry-level assessment (ACT or Compass).

Description of instructional methods: This course makes use of various instructional methods including lecture, workshops, discussion, and projects.

Course Requirements

Attendance: Attendance is required. Students absent for a school sponsored activity should complete work prior to being gone. Anyone who misses more than five class meetings must pass the final exam as per SHS policy and, if not passing the course, may notify the Guidance office and file for a “W” before the BHSU Registrar’s deadline. 

Tardies: School policy will be followed. I.e, I do record tardies.

Cheating and Plagiarism Policy: Plagiarism consists in using another person's ideas or words without proper acknowledgment (quotation marks, documentation, etc.) or in submitting another person's work as your own or using AI generated ideas, text, writing, or submitting work that you wrote for previous courses. This includes slideshows, essays, speeches, or any other medium. Penalties range from failure on the assignment to expulsion from the university.  See below for specific consequences for this course. All cases of plagiarism will be reported to the SHS Office and the BHSU Provost. All formal essays are to be turned in to www.turnitin.com when due.

Cheating will result in the following consequences:

1) For BHSU college course/credit: Plagiarism, copying, AI generated, etc.,  on drafts, essays, or projects, or any other medium, will result in receiving an F for your BHSU college course grade, which will be the official grade recorded on your college transcript.

2) High School cheating policy: Cheating will result in a zero for that assignment or test and a discipline referral to the principal. Cheating will be recorded as such on Campus, and the consequences listed in the student handbook will be followed.

PROCEDURES for Homework/Make Up Work/Late Assignments, etc

• Procedures and rules in the  SHS Handbook will be followed.

• No late work is accepted, except for excused absences. If you are gone for an activity, you must hand in your work prior to being gone (unless you talk to me and I okay it), and you must be prepared for the next class with your work completed and/or ready to take any tests or do any presentation assigned. 

• Any missing daily work, test, or project must be completed prior to the end of the four week term in which it was assigned/given, unless an assignment, test, or project due date falls right at the end of a 4 week term and the student was absent, in which case the student must complete the assignment/test/project/essay by the end of the following week. 

• For formal essays or projects, late submissions will result in a 10% deduction PER DAY, not class period. Failure to turn in a final essay when I collect them will result in a 10% deduction. Failure to submit an essay to turnitin.com will result in an F for the essay/assignment, as will not turning in all draft materials with your essay. No credit will be given for late daily assignments. 

• Cell phones must be put on "night mode," placed in the phone holder prior to the bell ringing, and left there until students are excused by me at the end of class. If a student doesn't have a cell phone, then their parent needs to email me stating so. Laptops are to remain closed during class unless we are using them for a specific activity.  Apple watches, and/or other internet/phone/texting devices (besides school laptops) must be placed in your backpack.

• Cell phone must be placed on my desk prior to leaving the room to use the bathroom  or for any other reason.

• Students are required to be in their assigned seat when the bell rings.

• All assignments are to be handwritten on paper unless otherwise assigned. Essay drafts and the final draft will be typed.

• College grade will be your letter grade in the course but with no + or -. 

GRADING

Categories

Daily (15%), readings and annotations, freewrites, activities, discussion, homework  assignments

Project 1 (10%):  Writing Systems Project poster and presentation

Project 2 (10%): 1984 Outline and Google Slides presentation
5 Unit Tests , 10% each (50%)
Semester Test  (15%):  Multiple Choice over entire semester

Grading Scale (for BHSU grade, no plus or minus)

A   100-95

A-  94-90 

B+  85-89 

B    84-80 

C + 79-75 

C    74-70 

D+ 69-65

D   64-60

F    59 and lower

Course Goals 

Students successfully completing this course will have met SD Board of Regents General Education Goal 4:  Students will understand the diversity and complexity of the human experience through the study of the arts and humanities.

As a result of taking this course, students will

• [Student Learning Outcome 1:]  demonstrate knowledge of the diversity of values, beliefs, and ideas embodied in the human experience.

• [Student Learning Outcome 2:]  identify and explain basic concepts of literary expression and interpretation.

In any given section of English 210, students will be able to do at least one of the following:

• [Student Learning Outcome 3:]  identify and explain the contributions of other cultures from the perspective of literary expression.

• [Student Learning Outcome 4:]  demonstrate creative and aesthetic understanding.

• [Student Learning Outcome 5:]  explain and interpret formal and stylistic elements of literary art.

• Course Objectives:  (In line with South Dakota Language standards of reading, writing, speaking, and listening) 

• 1. Literature 210 helps students to experience the daily lives and traditions of other peoples through a wide variety of literature selections from around the world. The student will experience real world connections with selections that demonstrate how the work, language, politics, and traditions of other cultures relate to students’ everyday lives.  Students will learn to compare and contrast literature from different genres or cultures.  Students will look into the lives of writers to see how the context of an era can impact a writer’s choices and how language shapes meaning.  There are writing workshops, technology options, and flexible assessment practices integrated with the selections to help students be better prepared and more successful.

• 2. Students can improved critical thinking skills. In order to reach the primary goal of this course, we will work on improving  critical thinking skills.  A person will have to know what he wants to say before he can say it convincingly (or interestingly), and he has to know how to support his position logically if he want to persuade others to agree with him. 

• 3. Improved critical reading skills. Part of constructing convincing arguments includes being able to thoroughly understand source material--picking important points out from surrounding filler, and being able to recognize strengths and weaknesses in a given argument. Learning to read actively rather than passively is an important part of effective research.
  
  

Accessibility Statement

Black Hills State University strives to ensure that physical resources, as well as information and communication technologies, are accessible to users in order to provide equal access to all. If you encounter any accessibility issues, you are encouraged to immediately contact the instructor of the course and the Office of Disability Services, (contact Jennifer Lucero, Coordinator, at Jennifer.Lucero@bhsu.edu or by phone at (605) 642-6099), who will work to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. The office is in the E.Y. Berry Library, Second Floor, Room #240.

Additional information can also be found at:

http://www.bhsu.edu/Student-Life/Student-Services/Disability-Services

Please note: If your home institution is not the institution you are enrolled at for a course (host institution), then you should contact your home institution’s Office of Disability services. The disability services at the home and host institution will work together to ensure your request is evaluated and responded.

Freedom in Learning 

“Under Board of Regents and University policy student academic performance may be evaluated solely on an academic basis, not on opinions or conduct in matters unrelated to academic standards. Students should be free to take reasoned exception to the data or views offered in any course of study and to reserve judgment about matters of opinion, but they are responsible for learning the content of any course of study for which they are enrolled. Students who believe that an academic evaluation reflects prejudiced or capricious consideration of student opinions or conduct unrelated to academic standards should contact the chair of the department in which the course is being taught  to initiate a review of the evaluation.”