English 102: Citizenship, Responsibility, and Community
Summer 2006 (8-week session)
Section: 020; Meeting times: MTWHF 9:10-10:10 CB335
Dax West
Office location: 1302
Office phone number: 257-7001
Department phone number: 257-7008
Office hours: after class M and TH; by appt.
Mailbox location: 1215
Email address: Dax.Jennings@uky.edu
Website for course: http://www.uky.edu/~rdjenn2/ENG102/
For Thursday, July 20 and Friday,
July 21: Meet at library –
For Thursday, July 6: Read
“Dumpster Diving”!
Introduction to the Course:
In this course, we will investigate the complex
and ever-changing positions that we hold as citizens in different
communities. We will consider what
responsibility we have to act in these communities, and, in turn, what
responsibility these communities have to us as citizens. The writing projects take the position of the
citizen in the community as their general focus and introduce the student to a
variety of writing techniques.
Required texts and materials:
The Penguin Handbook
Writing at
Citizenship, Responsibility and Community: A Reader for First-Year
Writing
Regular access to email and website
Determination of final grade:
|
Component of final grade |
Percentage of final grade |
Approximate due date (subject to change) |
|
Project 1: Responding to Visions of Citizenship, Responsibility,
and Community (3 pages min)/Project
1 Schedule |
10% |
6.20 |
|
Project 2: Considering Forms of Resistance and Active
Citizenship (5 pages min) / Project
2 Schedule |
20% |
7.5 |
|
Project 3: Exploring Communities (5 pages
min) / Project 3 Schedule |
15% |
7.18 |
|
Project 4: Snapshots in History:
Contextualizing a Digital Collection (10 pages min) / Project 4 Schedule |
25% |
8.3 |
|
Reading-response entries |
15% |
Each entry turned in on day noted on class schedule |
|
Active participation Presentation |
10% 5% |
Throughout (see below) Last week of session |
Essays: These essays will serve as the culmination of
each unit and total no less than 22 pages.
Please note that according to Writing
at UK: “To pass the course, students
must submit all essay assignments and earn a grade of “C” or higher on
each.” If you get less than a “C”
(numerically, a 70) (before late penalties) on a major paper for Units 1-3, you
will be allowed to rewrite it. If the
rewrite is satisfactory, your paper grade will become a “C.” You can not rewrite the final essay for Unit 4. Refer to Writing at UK for complete descriptions
of the requirements and revision policy for this course. After receiving a “no pass”: contact me
immediately to set up a meeting time so that we can discuss revisions and a new
due date.
Reading-response journal: You will complete a reading-response entry
for most of the readings in this course.
A “typical” entry has two parts: Summary and Close Reading. For the summary section, you will write a
paragraph summary of the reading. The
close reading portion asks you to choose 3-7 lines of the text and perform a
“close reading.” In this reading, you
may explain why you chose these lines, analyze the style of these lines,
emphasize their importance to the text, agree and/or disagree with the lines
chosen, and bring in personal experiences that relate to these lines. Each entry will be 1 to 1 1/2 pages single-spaced and typed. Some of the reading responses will not be in
this format so that you can try out different methods of writing. It is your responsibility to pay attention to
the assignment and due date for each reading response.
Each entry is due on the day indicated on your
daily schedule. You will receive a grade
between 0 and 5 on each entry (5= excellent, 4=very good, 3=good, 2= adequate,
1=poor, 0=not turned in). At the end of
the semester, I will drop the lowest score and average the remaining scores
together where 5 is in the A range, 4 in the B range, 3 in the C range, 2 in
the D range, 1 in the E range, and 0 is 0.
Example of a reading-response
Active participation: This component of your grade will be
determined based on daily homework assignments (other than the reading-response
journal), in-class work, peer reviews, bringing materials and participating in
workshops, attending out-of-class conferences and thoughtful participation in
class. Since peer review and workshops
are very important components of this course, they will carry more weight in
your participation than a single class activity. Also, please remember that coming to class
late and missing class will negatively affect this portion of your grade. Due to the nature of this course, all work
may be shared with me and/or the class.
You may need to read drafts silently or aloud in small groups. Therefore, bring in written work that you are
ready to potentially share with others.
Finally, thoughtful participation includes engaging your classmates and
their work with respect.
Presentation: The purpose of the presentation
is to give you practice in speaking before the class. The topic of the presentation is your final
project. Therefore, you will not have
“extra” work for the presentation at the end of the semester, other than
practicing for the presentation beforehand.
Other policies:
Absences: According to Writing at UK, “If a student misses more than one-fifth of
class contact hours for any reason, he or she cannot receive credit for the
course.” Therefore, for this course, if you miss more than 8 classes, you will not
receive credit for this course. Refer to
Writing at UK for a complete
description of the absence policy for this course.
Late work:
Major essays: Late essays will be
deducted five points per calendar day (not class meeting day!). Turn in completed essay at the beginning of
class on due date to avoid late penalty.
Essay 4 will not be accepted late!
In cases of excused absence: If known in advance (such as a trip for an
athletic event), I expect you to make every effort to turn in paper on time or
in advance. If the absence is excused
and prior arrangements can’t be made, consult with me (email is fine in this
case) to determine a new due date in accordance with the policy on p. 39 in Writing at UK.
Participation component: If the absence is
unexcused, any participation-related grade (see category above) will receive a
0. If the absence is excused, HW is due
on the first day back to class and missed daily work can be made up as well.
Reading response entries: If the absence is excused, the entry will be
due on the first day back to class. The
lowest RR entry will be dropped (including 0), but it would be in your best
interest to do all of the responses.
Plagiarism: The minimum penalty
for plagiarism in this course is an "E." You are responsible for
reading up on the university's plagiarism policy in your Writing at UK guide. If
you have questions about whether or not you are plagiarizing in a paper, come
and see me before you turn it in. Please refer
to Writing at UK for an explanation
of plagiarism and the penalty for plagiarism.
Campus services: The following information is from the Disability Services website: “The