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kevin eric depew
calendar In English 427/527, students will develop a meta-awareness of writing, especially as the purpose and audience of documents shift from one discipline to another, or one context to another. The focus of the course will be on factors related to context, genre, and the changing nature of writing. In this course you will ...
Prerequisites To best fulfill these goals, the prerequisites for English 427/527 are 9 hours of English including completion of the 6-hour General Education composition requirement and 3 additional hours of English.
It is recommended that you purchase a toner cartridge and paper. Or put extra money on your ODU printing account. Context Analysis (50 points): To better understand the expectations for the writing that you do (or will do), you should understand the context that you are writing. Using the heuristics that we develop, analyze the professional context that you anticipate writing within. Genre Analysis (50 points): For this assignment you will use the heuristics we develop to determine the generic properties of a specific document type. Then using these properties, you will closely examine a sample of this document type. Article Review (50 points): To get a sense of the issues that are discussed in your discipline, you will be asked to research, read, and respond to a peer reviewed article about writing in your field of study. Writing Workshop (150 points): Working with peers in the same emphasis, you will develop and present a thirty-minute writing workshop on an issue relevant to writers in your discipline.
Work produced by English 555 student will be expected to meet the standards of Master's level writing. Three Means of Failing the Course related to Major Assignments
Minor Assignments Throughout the semester you will be doing in-class activities and homework related to the topics we are discussing in the course. These minor assignments have been designed to give you low stakes opportunities to explore various topics related to rhetorical studies and do prewriting for your major assignments. These minor assignments make up your process grade. Use these writing opportunities to your advantage instead of treating them as "busy work." A lot of the work that you do for these smaller assignments can be used directly in the final assignment; therefore, you will want to take these assignments seriously. This also gives you an opportunity to get serious feedback from the instructor on your work-in-progress. So, just fulfilling these assignments will often result in twice as much work for you. Major Assignments I will be looking for evidence of each student's progress towards high academic achievements. More specifically I will be looking for evidence of...
Process Grade (100 points) Your process grade will be 20% of your overall grade (100 points). All students will start with 85% of the possible process points (85 points); this point total will be adjusted positively and negatively based upon homework, class work and attendance using the system described below. Minor assignments (e.g., class activities and homework) that contribute to the process of completing major assignments will be marked and commented upon; these marks will entail a large percentage of your process grade. Late or missing minor assignments that are no longer relevant will receive no credit. Late work will only be accepted if you consult with the instructor prior to the class period in which the work is due. Each minor assignment will be given a score from -4 to +2.
This style of grading allows the instructor to evaluate the process of your workhow each student's work develops throughout a projectinstead of only grading each minor assignment as a separate entity. The major assignment grades are final; therefore consider the questions and comments that the instructors poses to you in your minor assignments. Grade Scale Your final grade (500 points) and assignments will be graded on the following point scale* :
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= The instructor reserves the right to adjust this scale based on the
students' performance throughout the semester. Any adjustments will 1)
apply to the entire class and 2) never deny a student the grade that she/he
earns based upon this posted scale. Students are required to attend every class. If you miss a class, for whatever reason, you are responsible for making up any missed work. You are not only required to to attend every class, but you are required to come to class prepared. If you do not come to class prepared, you will be receive an absencewhether you stay or not. Therefore, it is recommended that you pay attention to the calendar. Students at off-campus sites will want to 1) sign the attendance sheet and 2) sit close-to and in site of the camera. These method will work to verify your attendance. In this class, you will do a lot of work and discussion of ideas in the classroom. Therefore the attendance policies are:
As a general rule, a student missing a class assignment because of observance of a religious holiday shall have the opportunity to make up missed work. Students must notify the instructor of anticipated absences before the absence occurs. Likewise, students who represent ODU at any official extracurricular activity shall have the opportunity to make up missed assignments, but the student must provide official written and/or email notification to the instructor no less than one week prior to the missed class(es). Electronica refers to technology-related issues. E.mail
Accounts Because the Blackbaord "Send Mail" function "talks to" your ODU account, it is recommended that you work with this account. At the very least, you will want to forward your ODU mail to the account you use most. To get an ODU account go to OCCS. You are responsible for making sure that files and messages are successfully received by the instructor and your peers; other email providers cannot provide this security. Also you will want to be aware that some evaluated course work will be returned via email; if you are concerned about other parties reading these messages, please make alternate arrangements with the instructor. E.mailing
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you cannot access one account, you are encouraged to use the other account
to contact the instructor. E.mailing
Protocol Also use the priority setting rhetorically; in other words, make your email message stand out when you really need to draw the recipient's attention to your message. Do not use the priority setting on your standard assignment submissions. LAN
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Ethics and Respect As per the University's Honor Code, you must do your own original work in English 427/527and appropriately identify that portion of your work which is collaborative with others, or which is borrowed from others, or which is your own work from other contexts. Whenever you borrow graphics, quote passages, or use ideas from others, you are legally and/or ethically obliged to acknowledge that use, following appropriate conventions for documenting sources. In English 427/527, the most serious form of academic dishonesty is to recycle another individual's major project under your own name. If you have doubts about whether or not you are using your own or others' writing ethically and legally, ask the instructor. Follow this primary principle: If in doubt, ask. Be up front and honest about what you are doing and about what you have contributed to an assignment. If you have a documented disability, make sure you register with Disability Services 757. 683.4655. Once you do so, feel free to talk to me about any special accommodations that you may need to fulfill the requirements of this course. At the end of the semester, you will have an opportunity to evaluate the instructor and the course. This is very important for helping the instructor and the department access the course. Please take the time at the end of the semester to do these online evaluations.
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