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We have a variety of assignments to help every student succeed. You might like certain activities better or certain lessons better. Each is ultimately designed though to help you learn a concept and succeed on a major paper. There is no busy work, because like you, I'm busy. I respect your time and understand that this isn't the only "thing" you have going on. So, try not to skip an assignment or lesson. Chances are then you will have to spend more time later trying to relearn that concept.
We have a variety of assignments to help every student succeed. You might like certain activities better or certain lessons better. Each is ultimately designed though to help you learn a concept and succeed on a major paper. There is no busy work, because like you, I'm busy. I respect your time and understand that this isn't the only "thing" you have going on. So, try not to skip an assignment or lesson. Chances are then you will have to spend more time later trying to relearn that concept.
What kinds of assignments do we do?
What kinds of assignments do we do?
Field Research & Story Mapping
We focus on field research in this course, learning not just from reading and writing but from physically participating in the very ideas we are exploring. This means if we are learning about something, we will often take a hands on approach to discovering deeper levels of this material. These activities will be document in a Story Map, a creative, visual documentation of your work this semester that you will present to the class at the end of the semester.
10% of grade
Group Work
Oftentimes this course will be led by you the student. and since in the real world we often work in groups, pairs, and collaborate, we will mirror this real world scenario in our class. After our first paper, we will develop theme groups. These groups will help you formulate your major research paper and panel group for your capstone project. These people will become your team, the people you collaborate with, who challenge you, and who I hope will become your friends.
Skill Builders
Good writing takes practice. So we use these low stakes, skill builders to work on areas of our writing that may be challenging or use them as a way to practice aspects of our writing we hope to use in full length essays. We can use them to examine reading material and deepen our understanding of complex concepts.
7% of grade
Major Papers
Paper #1 Field Research and Visual Observation Essay 10%
Paper #2 Rhetorical Analysis Essay 15%
Paper #3 Argumentative Essay 23%
Paper #3 Proposal 5%
Paper #3 Annotated Bibliography 5%
Paper #3 Field Research & Final Project 5%
Paper #4 Argumentative Research Essay 25%
Methods of Evaluation
Skill Builders & 1 Library Workshop 7%
Field Research & Storymap 10%
Paper #1 Field Research and Visual Observation Essay 10%
Paper #2 Rhetorical Analysis Essay 15%
Paper #3 Argumentative Essay with Rogerian 23%
Paper #3 Proposal 5%
Paper #3 Annotated Bibliography 5%
Paper #3 Field Research & Final Project 5%
Paper #4 Argumentative Research Essay 20%
What are we going to learn
What are we going to learn
Honors Student Learning Outcomes
Honors Student Learning Outcomes
The course is designed to help students better understand and use the various aspects of thoughtful, academic writing and argumentation. These goals are reflected in the following:
Out-of-Class: English 1B students will write an essay of 2,500+ words, which demonstrates the following outcomes:
Controlling Idea: The essay contains a specific, research-based, arguable, and complex thesis.
Development: The essay supports its argument using credible, research-based evidence, including material from at least four sources
Style / Conventions: The essay uses precise diction within a formal academic style appropriate to a research-based essay.
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Compose essays of at least 1,000 words that are structurally and logically sound and free from punctuation and mechanics errors.
Compose a research paper of at least 2,500 words that follows standard MLA format, is structurally and logically sound, and is free from punctuation and mechanics errors.
Compose essays maintaining a formal, academic tone.
Select an adequate topic for an extended, academic research paper.
Employ rhetorical devices and strategies in one's own writing successfully.
Use deductive and inductive reasoning.
Use research that is appropriate and adequate to support one's claims in written assignments.
Select an appropriate prewriting activity to choose and narrow a topic.
Evaluate the logic of and rhetorical devices used in the arguments of others.
Evaluate the central idea, and support provided for that idea, in the writings of others.
Distinguish factual statements from judgmental statements and knowledge from opinion.
Evaluate claims and arguments for validity and reliability.
Appraise the work of peers based on a rubric or set of specified criteria.
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