English 102 Grades

COURSE GOALS & LEARNING OUTCOMES Commented [PK(1]: National, State, or School Outcomes
reviewed in the course.
English 102 is a college writing and rhetoric course that focuses on strategies for critical reading, generating
ideas for writing, planning and organizing material, and for revising and editing. English 102 prepares you to
engage in research through a variety of strategies learned through class discussions, reading, and engagement
in library week. This course was created to promote self-reflection and analysis of world events and
circumstances to promote problem-solving techniques both academically and outside the university.

By the end of the course, a successful student should be able to... Commented [PK(2]: Graph students will use to review
their own abilities and skills associated with identified
Outcome Unit Completed & outcomes.
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Accurately assessing and effectively responding to a wide variety of

audiences and communication situations.

Comprehending college-level and professional prose and analyzing how

authors present their ideas in view of their probable purposes, audiences, and
occasions.

Presenting your ideas as related to, but clearly distinguished from, the ideas
of others (includes the ability to paraphrase, summarize, and correctly cite
and document borrowed material).

Developing a central idea or argument logically, supporting and illustrating it

clearly.

Writing critical analyses and syntheses of college-level and professional

prose.

Being able to make the connection between questions and problems in your
life both within and outside of college.

Gather and evaluate information and use it for a rhetorical purpose in writing
a research paper.

Using a variety of strategies during the prewriting or “invention” process.

Revising effectively.

Accurately proofreading your own work in order to produce writing that

maintains the conventions of publishing English.

Giving and receiving constructive feedback from peers.

Use flexible writing process strategies to generate, develop, revise, edit, and
proofread texts.

Adopt strategies and genre appropriate to the rhetorical situation.

Use inquiry-based strategies to conduct research that explores multiple and

diverse ideas and perspectives, appropriate to the rhetorical context.
 Use rhetorically appropriate strategies to evaluate, represent, and respond to
the ideas and research of others.

Address readers’ biases and assumptions with well-developed evidence-

based reasoning.

Use appropriate conventions for integrating, citing, and documenting source

material as well as for surface-level language and style.

As a professor, I see myself as a facilitator of knowledge. This course was not created to be taught
through directive lecture based classes – rather collaboration with peers, active participation, and personal
reflection to problem-solve are both required and expected in this course. If you are uncomfortable with
this style of learning, please contact me no later than the middle of the 2nd week of class.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Unit Writing Projects

There will be three major writing projects: Commented [PK(3]: Major writing projects and due dates
for each one.
Unit 1: Personal Narrative February 7, 2018

Unit 2: Research Process Portfolio April 6, 2018

Unit 3: Multi-Modal Portfolio May 6, 2018

You must submit all three major writing projects and receive a 70% or better on each to pass this course. If
work is submitted on time to the best of the ability and understanding of the student, it may be revised for a
better grade.

Revision Commented [PK(4]: Policies on revision for higher grade

All work may be revised to demonstrate more complete understanding or to obtain a higher mark in the course. (and understanding) vary based on course – talk to your
If you are interested in revising you must contact me at kathrynp@uidaho.edu within one week of the returned instructor for more information.
date to make a formal appointment, during which we will discuss revision strategies. Work must be turned in
no later than two weeks from the day it was returned.

Daily Assignments/Homework Commented [PK(5]: Homework and Daily Assignment

Short “Prep-work” assignments and readings will be assigned to prepare you to compete the major unit writing guidelines.
projects. It is expected that you complete assignments and readings by the due date as they will prepare you for
daily- group projects and class discussions. You will not be able to participate in class if this preparation work
is not done. If you do not appear prepared or are not actively participating in class, I may ask you to leave
during which you will lose attendance points for that day.

Completion of all preparation work will be worth 25% of all Unit Major Writing Project (in addition to
preparation points); assignments which were not turned in on time must still be completed by the Unit Project
due date. Preparation work will not be accepted once the final project has been submitted.

GRADING Commented [PK(6]: Grades – how many points are

available for the semester and what each unit is worth.
There will be a total of 800 points for the semester:
 Unit 1: Personal Narrative Preparation Work 100 points Commented [PK(7]: Notice that preparation work
(including daily assignments, drafts, etc.) is equal to half of
Final Unit Project 100 points the final grade.

Unit 2: Research Process Preparation Work 200 points

Portfolio
Final Unit Project 200 points

Unit 3: Multi-modal Project Preparation Work 100 points

Final Unit Project 100 points

There are only 6 possible grades you may earn in this class A, B, C, F, N, and I. Commented [PK(8]: How to receive specific grades based
on school, department, policies.
A To earn an A you must receive 720 total points and have met all class objectives through
satisfactory completion of all three Unit projects at a 70% or better.

B To earn an B you must receive 640 total points and have met all class objectives through
satisfactory completion of all three Unit projects at a 70% or better.

C To earn an C you must receive 560 total points and have met all class objectives through
satisfactory completion of all three Unit projects at a 70% or better.

F To earn an F you must receive less than the 560 total points and not have met all class
objectives through satisfactory completion of all three Unit projects at a 70% or better. Or
missed class more than 6 times unexecused.

N To earn a N “No Credit” you must have worked throughout the semester to meet all class
objectives by attending regularly, and submitting all required work. However, you may not
have met the required points values or not satisfactory met the class outcomes.

I Stands for incomplete. Under very unusual circumstances you could be assigned an
Incomplete in the course if something happened to you within the last two weeks of the
semester that made it impossible to complete the course (a serious accident or illness that
left you hospitalized and very significant personal tragedy, etc.)