Student Syllabus Cover Sheet
Revised June, 2006
Fall Semester 2014
CRN 12019 English 1301 Composition 1
Monday through Friday- Kempner High School room 200
Alicia Stevenson
Telephone number(s) –281-634-2800
Instructor’s email address – [email protected]
Instructor’s webpage – FBISD website under Kempner/ English IV College Now/ Stevenson- go to
resources
Instructor’s Office Hours and Office Location– After school on Tuesdays and Thursdays room 200
English 1301 Course Description – Intensive study of and practice in writing processes, from invention
and researching to drafting, revising, and editing, both individually and collaboratively. Emphasis on effective
rhetorical choices, including audience, purpose, arrangement, and style. Focus on writing the academic essay
as a vehicle for learning, communicating, and critical analysis. Prerequisite: TSI satisfied in reading and
writing.
Instructor’s Grading System –
A= 90-100
B= 80-89
C= 70-79
D= 60-69
F= 59 or below
Please not that this differs somewhat from the FBISD grading scale. Students will receive a grade for Wharton
County Junior College as well as another grade for Kempner High School. In general these grades are very
similar or even the same, but in some instances they differ enough to change the letter of a grade.
Instructor’s Attendance Policy –
To receive credit for a class, a student must attend at least 90 percent of the days the class is offered. A
student who attends at least 75 percent but fewer than 90 percent of the days the class is offered may receive
credit for the class if he or she completes a plan, approved by the principal, which allows the student to fulfill
the instructional requirements for the class. If a student is involved in a criminal or juvenile court proceeding,
the approval of the judge presiding over the case may also be required before the student can receive credit
for the class. If a student attends less than 75 percent of the days a class is offered or did not complete a plan
approved by the principal, the student will be referred to the campus Attendance Review Committee to
determine whether there are extenuating circumstances, as described above, for the absences and how the
student can regain credit, if appropriate.
Last day to “Drop” course with grade of “W” – 11/14/14
* The college will make reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. Students
wishing to receive accommodations must contact the Office of Disability Services at (979) 532-6384; located
in the Pioneer Student Center, Room 313, at the Wharton campus Students must request accommodations
from the Office of Disability Services prior to each semester. Please note that accommodations provided
are not retroactive.
** Misconduct for which discipline may be administered at WCJC includes, but is not limited to, cheating,
plagiarism, or knowingly furnishing false information to the college (plagiarism and cheating refer to the use
of unauthorized books, notes, or otherwise securing help in a test, copying tests, assignments, reports, or
term papers).
(Syllabus subject to change with advance notice.)
TEXTBOOKS:
Kennedy, X.J. Bedford Guide for College Writers with Reader, Research Manual, and Handbook. ISBN 978-1319-00434-7.
Recommended: Flash drive or cloud to back up documents
ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADE PERCENTAGES:
Grammar Pre Test
Compare Contrast Beowulf Essay (750 words)
Group Linguistic MLA research paper/ presentation (1500 words)
Personal Narrative (500 words)
Collaborative Social Issues APA Essay/ presentation (750 words)
Discussion/ participation
Grammar Post Test
Final Exam Essay (500 words)
10%
10%
20%
10%
20%
10%
10%
10%
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative writing processes.
2. Develop ideas with appropriate support and attribution.
3. Write in a style appropriate to audience and purpose.
4. Read, reflect, and respond critically to a variety of texts.
5. Use Edited American English in academic essays.
ESSAY FORMAT:
Essays should be typed and have a standard one-inch margin. All papers should be double-spaced. No
title page is necessary. For all essays, on the first page, you should type your name, my name, English 1301,
and the date in the left hand corner of the page. Return twice and center your title. Put your last name and
the page number in the upper right hand corner of each page. See pages A-2 in Bedford for a sample essay
format.
LATE ESSAYS/MISSED EXAMS: Please note change in policy:
Homework/ at home reading is required and is to be completed before you come to class. Late work is not
accepted and will be given a zero, with the exception of absences, which are allowed the number of days
missed to be made up. Class work must be completed in class and due at the end of the period. No late
classwork is accepted. Projects and papers for due dates that are known in advance (i.e., more than a week
before the assignments are due), must be delivered on the due date to Turnitin.com or myself, regardless of
absence on the due date.
Should you be absent the day of the Wharton Final Exam you have one day to make it up upon return to
school.
PLAGIARISM: Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in a failing grade for the assignment as well as
disciplinary action. A student who is caught plagiarizing may be removed from Kempner Honor Societies are
refused access to Kempner Honor Societies. In addition, the student will be refused recommendation letters.
*In addition please read the following WCJC policy on the last page and sign and return the bottom portion*
SIX COURSE DROP LIMIT
Students may only withdraw from six courses during their time in college. Once WCJC calculates that
a student has a total of six affected drops from WCJC, he or she may not drop any additional courses at WCJC.
The instructor will be required to award the grade of A, B, C, D, or F. Exceptions: Severe illness, care of a sick
or injured person, death of a family member, active duty service, change in work schedule that is beyond the
control of the student, other good cause as determined by the institution. Keep in mind that it is the
student’s responsibility to withdraw from the course. Faculty cannot withdraw students from the
course.
COLLABORATIVE ESSAY REQUIREMENT FOR ENGL 1301:
All students who take ENGL 1301 must write one collaborative essay per the Texas Coordinating Board’s
statewide requirements for the course. Each English instructor will determine which essay assignment will serve
as the collaborative assignment, but all English instructors will have a collaborative essay assignment within
their ENGL 1301 courses.
ORAL PRESENTATION REQUIREMENT FOR ENGL 1301:
All students who take ENGL 1301 must complete one oral assessment as a college-wide requirement.
Each English instructor will determine the scope of the oral assessment, but all English instructors will have an
oral assessment within their ENGL 1301 courses.
CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE:
● Respect one another both verbally and in peer editing.
● Be on time and prepared with all materials necessary for learning.
● No lining up at the door before the bell. I dismiss you, not the bell.
● Use cell phones only at appropriate times.
● Obey all school rules.
● Academic dishonesty (plagiarism and cheating) will result in severe grade reductions.
MATERIALS TO BRING DAILY:
● Binder with proper dividers
● Notebook paper.
● Writing instruments: blue or black pens, a set of colored pens for editing and/or emphasizing, number 2
pencil, and a set of highlighters.
● Book we are currently studying in class.
● Journal
MATERIAL TO BRING ASAP:
Kleenex and hand sanitizer
COMMUNICATION: I will contact you as needed via your Wharton email account, your turnitin.com
account and via skyward. Typically these emails will be regarding whole class communication.
TECHNOLOGY:
● Website: You will find helpful information, assignments, and calendars on my school website.
http://campuses.fortbendisd.com/campuses/khs/default.cfm
● Databases available through both Kempner High School and Wharton. I will expect your
research to involve more than Google at this point.
● Turnitin.com
Course Calendars:
Kempner High School 1st Nine Weeks
MONDAY
AUGUST
25 Course expectations/
syllabus and
supplies
TUESDAY
26
Grammar pretest (daily
grade)
SEPTEMBER 1
Labor Day - No School
2 Read Chapter 2 of Bedford
Guide for College Writers
and discuss/ Assign Beowulf
books and read with a
purpose- what do we know
about the Anglo Saxons
based on their hero?
8 Journal entry- how is your
hero like Beowulf?
Different? Make a list/ read
sample essays from chapter
7 Bedford in class and
identify the thesis
sentences for each
15 Compare Contrast
Essays due to Turnitin.com
by midnight to
Turnitin.com (major
grade)/ Notes on
Canterbury Tales
2014-2015 School Year Stevenson College Now
THURSDAY
28 Begin journals: who is
most responsible for your
education?/ Book check/
read chapter 1 of Bedford
Guide for College Writers
and discuss
FRIDAY
29
Beowulf/ Anglo Saxon notesclip of modern day reading
3 Assign Compare Contrast
Hero Essay (500 words)/ Fill
in “Critical Reading
Checklist” pages 28-29 while
reading passage on Wergild
4 Journal Entry- Who is
your hero and why?/
Discussion of heroic traitsWhat did the Anglo Saxons
value in a hero? Do we
value the same traits?
HW: read Chapter 7
5 Fishbowl/ journal entryAre Olympians Heroes?
(daily grade)
9 Write thesis sentence for
Compare Contrast Essay- be
ready to share these in front
of whole class/ read Beowulf
if time permits
10 Examine thesis
statements whole class/
begin rough draft of essay
11 Complete grammar
exercise based on areas of
need from Grammar
pretest (daily grade)
12 journal entry: What is
your normal process for
revising and editing?/ Small
group editing of rough draft
using checklist on pages 132133 Bedford
16 Journal Entry- what do
women want more than
anything in the world? Read
aloud the “Wife of Bath’s
Tale”- do you agree with her
assertion on what women
want?
HW: read Chapter 8 of
Bedford
23 Research time in the
computer lab (room 218)
HW: read Ch. 33 of Bedford
17 Notes on Linguistics/
Introduce Research Group
Essay - choose your language
and group for research paper
(1500 words/ MLA
formatted)
18 Journal Entry- What is
your favorite word and
why? / Watch PBS’s History
of English
HW: read “Mother Tongue”
page 506 of Bedford
19 Progress Report #1
Quiz over “Mother tongue”
(daily grade)/Watch PBS’
“Do You Speak American?”
24 Research time in the
computer lab (room 218)use databases
HW: read chapter 36 of
Bedford
25 Create group fold out/
essay organizer (daily
grade)
26
County Fair Day – No School
29 Class time to finalize
essay construction/ write
conclusion
HW: read “Public and
Private Language” page 512
30 Present essay foldouts in
class (double daily grade)/
Cause and Effect Linguistics
Research papers due by
midnight to Turnitin.com
(major Grade next progress
report)
OCTOBER 1 Journal entryRead “Is Texting Killing the
English Language” fishbowl
(daily grade)
2 Unit Test (old English,
Middle English, Beowulf,
Canterbury Tales,
Linguistics (major Grade)
3 Progress Report #2
Journal Entry: Kempner Field
Trip- describe a campus
location in great detail
without stating its name
6 Revisions of research
paper due by midnight
(major grade) Read chapter
5 of Bedford- what makes
for good narration?
7 Journal Entry- give me an
anecdote
Read aloud “The Art of
Eating Spaghetti” page 60
and discuss author’s
purpose/ organization
8
Describe your favorite foodNotes over college
application essay- how is it
used- what do schools want?
HW: Read Chapter 4 of
Bedford
9 Journal Entry: Why do
you want to go to college?
– journals due (double daily
grade) Discuss prompts for
college application essays
and use time to look up
non state prompts
10 Pre write for college
application essay/ begin
rough draft
13 peer edit college
application essays in class
(daily grade)
14 final draft of college
application essay due to
Turnitin.com by midnight
(major grade for next nine
weeks) Word Count: 500
15 All day testing
PLAN (9th grade)
PSAT (10th & 11th grade)
ASVAB (12th grade)
16 Read “How Twitter is
Hurting Students”
Fishbowl discussion (daily
grade next grade period)
17 End of 1st 9 Weeks
Read Chapter 14 of Bedford
and create a visual to help
freshmen succeed at KHS./
conference with students re:
college application essays
22 Distribute Linguistics
Packet with class time to
critically read and take
notes- discuss
HW: Read Ch. 32 of Bedford
WEDNESDAY
27 Meeting with Mr.
Morgan in the auditorium
http://www.youtube
.com/watch?v=E80
6VmFC8io
Major Grades: Compare Contrast Beowulf Essay, Unit Test, Cause and Effect Linguistics Essay
Daily Grades: Grammar Pre Test, fishbowls (2), grammar practice, “Mother Tongue Quiz”, essay organizer, linguistics
group presentations (2), Journals (2), College Ap essay rough draft
Kempner High School 2ND Nine Weeks 2014-2015 School Year Stevenson College Now
MONDAY
OCTOBER 20 finish visuals
(daily grade)
conference with students
re: college application
essays
HW: read Chapter 23 of
Bedford
TUESDAY
21 Introduce Collaborative
Social Issues APA research
Essay- find a problem solve a
problem/ brainstorm ideas
HW: read Chapter 10 of
Bedford
27 Notes on satire- people
have been trying to solve
problems for years 
Read chapter 3 of Bedford
28 Journal entry- how do you
think Mr. Morgan would
react to your essay? Notes
on logic- how will this
information affect how you
write your essay?
NOVEMBER 3 Logic Quiz
(daily grade)/ class time to
work on essay
4 Class time to write or peer
edit essays for audience and
grammar
WEDNESDAY
22 Campus Professional
Development - Early
Dismissal/ Grammar focus/
Final Draft of College
Application Essay due by
midnight to Turnitin.com
(major grade)
Read Chapter 6 of Bedford
29 Read Chapter 37 of
Bedford in class and discuss
how to use APA as a
documentation format/
watch APA video
https://www.youtub
e.com/watch?v=pd
5 Journal entry: what moves
you more: comedy or
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tragedy?
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Watch Much Ado About
Nothing- how does comedy
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function in this
Shakespearean play?
10 Fishbowl- what causes
more change- comedy or
tragedy?/ Who should
divide and classify
students? Themselves or
schools?/ show clip from
Mel Brooks
(daily grade)
17 Read aloud Act II of
Macbeth
11 Satire/ Logic/ APA Unit
Test (Major Grade)
24
25
18 Read aloud Act III of
Macbeth
12 Present problems and
solutions in class (daily
grade)- vote on which essays
to send to principals
APA Collaborative essays
due by midnight (750 words)
(major grade on next
progress report)
19 journal entry: Who is the
most evil character in this
play? Read aloud Act IV of
Macbeth
26
THURSDAY
23 Journal entry: write your
poll - Class time(lab 218) to
create Poll everywhere
polls and work on interview
for essay
HW: Read chapter 12 of
Bedford
FRIDAY
24 Research day- meet in
computer lab 218 to find
how your problem has been
addressed in other schools
30 Read aloud Swift’s “A
Modest Proposal” from
textbook- what is his
purpose and who is his
audience?
HW: read “I Want a Wife”
page 532
6 Watch Much Ado About
Nothing- how does comedy
function in this
Shakespearean play?
HW: read chapter 9 of
Bedford
31 reading quiz (daily grade)
Read selections from The
Onion- what do our readings
have in common?
13 journal entry- reading
inventory- what do you
already know about
Macbeth?
Notes on Macbeth
14 Read aloud Act I of
Macbeth
20 Journal entry: who is
most responsible for what
happened to Macbeth?
Read aloud Act V of
Macbeth
27
21 Read “Grief in the age of
Facebook” aloud and create
a memorialized page for
Macbeth
7 Progress Report #3
Watch Much Ado About
Nothing- how does comedy
function in this
Shakespearean play?
28
THANKSGIVING BREAK
DECEMBER 1 Read in class
chapter 17 of Bedford take
notes
2 Create a resume (computer
lab 218) daily grade
3 Grammar Post Test (daily
grade)
4 journal entry- What do
you think is your weakest
area in grammar?
Grammar practice for post
test
Read chapter 11 of Bedford
5 Progress Report #4
Meet in computer lab to
examine previous essays for
strengths and weaknesses
8 Final Exam for Wharton
(this does not replace the
KHS final exam; it is in
addition to it)- Self
Reflection Essay/ daily
grade KHS
15 Exam Review timeMidterm will be based only
on Macbeth- essay portion
of grade = Wharton final
22
exam
9 Collect journals (double
daily grade) Watch Throne of
Blood – why would the
Japanese want to retell this
story in the 1950s?
10 Watch Throne of Blood –
why would the Japanese
want to retell this story in
the 1950s?
11 Watch Throne of Blood –
why would the Japanese
want to retell this story in
the 1950s?
12 Watch Throne of Blood –
why would the Japanese
want to retell this story in
the 1950s?
16
17
18
19
Review
th
6 Final Exam
2 & 4 Final Exams
3 & 5 Final Exams
1 & 7 Final Exams
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24
25
26
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WINTER BREAK
WINTER BREAK
WINTER BREAK
WINTER BREAK
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WINTER BREAK
30
WINTER BREAK
JANUARY 1
WINTER BREAK
2
WINTER BREAK
3
WINTER BREAK
Major Grades: College Application Essay/ Personal Narrative, Satire Logic AP test, Collaborative Social Issues Essay
Daily Grades: Fishbowls (2), KHS Success Visual, “I Want a Wife” Quiz, Logic Quiz, presentations, resume, grammar
posttest, Wharton essay, journals (2)
FERPA- PER YOUR WHARTON STUDENT HANDBOOK:
“DISCLOSURES TO PARENTS
FERPA permits postsecondary institutions to disclose any and all
information from a student’s education records, without consent, to that
student’s parents if the student is a dependent for tax purposes under IRS
rules. The burden of proof however is on the parent to prove the student is a
dependent. The student may sign a release form authorizing release of their
educational records to the parents or others. Forms are available at wcjc.edu,
the registrar's office, and the office of student services.
FERPA allows institutions to disclose information to appropriate officials
in a health or safety emergency, including parents if the emergency involves
their child.
FERPA permits a postsecondary institution to inform parents of
students under the age of 21 when a student has violated any law or policy
concerning the use or possession of alcohol or a controlled substance.”
Statement on Academic Integrity:
Wharton County Junior College requires that students submit their own work, whether they are writing
papers, taking exams, or making oral presentations. Plagiarism, taking someone else’s words or ideas and
representing them as your own, is expressly prohibited by college. Good academic work must be based on
honesty. Submitting someone else’s work as one’s own is considered a serious offense by the college. Student
academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to the following:
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copying the work of another during an examination or turning in a paper or an assignment written, in
whole or in part, by someone else;
copying from books, magazines, or other sources, including Internet or electronic databases like
Academic Search Complete and Elibrary, or paraphrasing ideas from such sources without
acknowledging them;
submitting an essay for one course to a second course without having sought prior permission from your
instructor;
giving a speech and using information from books, magazines, or other sources or paraphrasing ideas
from such sources without acknowledging them;
NOTE on Team or Group Assignments: When you have an assignment that requires collaboration, it is expected
that the work that results will be credited to the team unless individual parts have been assigned. However, the
academic integrity policy applies to the team as well as to its members. All outside sources must be credited at
outlined above.
Instructors may require students to submit all written work electronically for submission to Safe Assignment
and/or TurnIn.com, which are services that compare student papers with all Internet sources and a student-essay
database to verify that the student has properly credited all sources downloaded and not copied or paraphrased
from another writer’s work.
CONSEQUENCES for Academic Dishonesty:
Disciplinary action will be pursued in all instances in which it is determined that academic dishonesty has
occurred. In the case of suspected wrongdoing, the faculty member may file charges with the Dean of Students,
inform his or her department head, and follow the process specified by the college.
Disciplinary action may include but is not limited to the following:
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Assignment of a failing grade for a test, examination, or assignment;
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Assignment of a failing grade in the course;
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Assignment of a student disciplinary sanction from the college;
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Suspension or expulsion from the college.
When a student plagiarizes, the student will not be eligible to revise the plagiarized paper, write a new paper to
make up for the plagiarized paper, or receive any other special consideration.
I acknowledge that I have read this Academic Integrity Policy and the consequences for violating it.
Print Name _____________________________________ Date _________________________
Signature ____________________________________ Student ID Number ________________
*adapted from Robert Morris University's Academic Integrity Policy