English 103-Fall Semester 2014

Ms. Jerrica Dowling Office Room: RB 389 Office Hours: MW 3:00-4:00 and by appointment English Office: RB 297, 285-8580 Office Phone: 8474 Email: jddowling@bsu.edu

Course Description ENG 103: Rhetoric and Writing (3) introduces and develops understanding of principles of rhetoric; basic research methods; elements, strategies, and conventions of persuasion used in constructing written and multi-modal texts. Prerequisite: appropriate placement. Not open to students who have credit in ENG 101 or 102. Course Goals Understand that persuasionboth visual and verbalis integral to reading and composing Understand how persuasive visual and verbal texts are composed for different audiences and different purposes Develop effective strategies of invention, drafting, and revision for different rhetorical situations and individual composing styles Compose texts in various media using solid logic, claims, evidence, creativity, and audience awareness Integrate primary and secondary research as appropriate to the rhetorical situation Develop strategies for becoming more critical and careful readers of both their own and others texts Demonstrate a professional attitude towards their writing by focusing on the need for appropriate format, syntax, punctuation, and spelling Take responsibility for their own progress Develop the ability to work well with others on composing tasks

Required Texts Everythings an Argument. Authors: Andrea L. Lunsford, John J. Ruszkiewiez, and Keith Walters BallPoint Volume 1 for English 103 students: http://tinyurl.com/ballpointV1

Assignments Overview

Persuasive Narrative (100 pts.) Each student will be asked to evaluate an important life moment. For the paper, students will rely on rhetorical appeals to convince the audience of the moments significance and impact. This piece should be creative and reflect the students personality. Argument of Fact (150 pts.) Students will conduct secondary research using the library databases to write an argument that solves a misunderstanding or question. This argument should be based strictly on facts, and it should be focused on a topic that the student finds relevant or interesting. Evaluation Essay (200 pts.) For this essay, students will choose a movie to evaluate that contains an important message and social issue. Students will be expected to evaluate the effectiveness of the movies message. It will be important to consider all rhetorical elements of the movie, and the student should clearly define and argue what the message is and why it is an important social issue to consider. Causal Argument/Multimodal presentations (250 pts.) Students will be expected to research and evaluate a cause and effect issue. After writing the causal argument, students will present their finding in a 6 to 7 minute presentation to the class using a multimodal format. The presentation should translate the most important points of the argument into an interesting and insightful presentation. Writing Journal (150 pts.) Students will be expected to keep an in-class writing journal. Students will do frequent free writes during class. These should be dated and kept in a writing journal which I will check periodically. Homework/Quizzes (150 pts.) I will assign homework and random quizzes over class discussion and assigned readings. Participation (50 pts.) Students will be expected to participate in substantial ways. I will expect students to participate in class discussion. If students are not participating, I will assign frequent quizzes until the issue resolves itself

Grading Criteria 920-1,000 900-910 860-899 820-859 800-819 760-799 A AB+ B BC+ 720-759 700-719 660-699 620-659 600-619 0-599 C CD+ D DF

NOTE: In order to fulfill the University's Core Curriculum requirement in Writing Program courses, students must earn a minimum grade of C to pass; a grade of C- is not considered acceptable. Writing Program courses may be repeated as many times as necessary to meet the requirement but: The first and all other grades will show up on the transcript. All grades except the first will be used to compute the GPA. A grade of W will not replace a previous grade. Course credit hours apply only once to graduation requirements. Students who do not successfully complete ENG 104 before earning 90 credit hours will not be able to take the Writing Proficiency Exam. These students will instead need to take an additional writing course [WP 393] after completing ENG 104.

Late Assignment Policy Assigned work will have a due date and you will be expected to meet this requirement. Missed in-class work may not be made up unless you have an excused absence. I will accept the major essays late, but your paper/project will be penalized 1/3 of a letter grade for each day the assignment is overdue. Assignments will NOT be accepted after one week past the due date and you will receive a 0 for the score.

Attendance Policy Attendance is very important and roll will be taken daily. Absences will affect your grade. Excessive absences may be cause for repeating the course. If you miss a class, you are responsible for obtaining assignments in order to be prepared for the next meeting. Missed in-class work may not be made up. Writing Program Attendance Policyas noted in Ball Point, you are expected to attend class regularly. The section Failure Due to Excessive

Absences notes that absences amounting to more than 20% of the Department of English. For a 3-day a week course, 20% is equal to 9 class periods. If you have three or fewer absences, your final grade will not be affected. Any more than three absences will lower your grade. If you miss 10 classes or more, you will repeat the course. During the semester, you will meet individually with me to discuss your project. Since this conference takes the place of our normal classroom time, if you do not attend your conference, you will be considered absent for 2 class periods.

Academic Integrity Policy Using someone else's ideas or words as your own on any assignment is plagiarism. It is a violation of the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities as defined in the student handbook (or at www.bsu.edu/sa/dean/stucode/) and will be treated as such. If you are concerned about inadvertently violating this policy, please see me before completing the assignment.

Disability Statement If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information to share with me, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible. My office is in RB 389.

Classroom Expectations While you will be asked periodically to bring in your laptop computer, other personal electronic devises are not appropriate in the classroom. Turn off cell phones before entering the classroom. Using a computer for any activity other than work related to class activities will not be tolerated. You will be marked absent for misuse of computers or for using phones during class. You are in college. As such, I will expect you to present yourself as a professional by meeting deadlines, following directions, participating in classroom discussion, and working with small groups. This also applies to classroom behavior. Rude

behavior, such as talking while your instructor or other students are participating in classroom discussion, is unacceptable. You will be expected to come to class prepared to discuss readings, share your work, or comment on other students work. Being prepared for each class is vital in supporting our writing and researching community effort.

Writing Center Want extra feedback on your papers? The Writing Center is a community of Ball State students who value writing. Come and collaborate with one of our trained peer tutors on any project for any major. The Writing Center is a comfortable, supportive environment for writers from all communities and backgrounds. We are located in RB 291. Our hours are Mon-Thurs 10am-8pm and Fridays from 10-2. To make an appointment go to ballstate.mywconline.com.