English 20

Required: Internet Access. one e-mail address (either with your home ISP or at a commercial site like Yahoo, Hotmail or Excite)

Attendance Policy: There are 32 days we are scheduled to meet. Please be present for all of them. Any absence will greatly affect your ability to meet the requirements of the course. Absences and/or early departures in excess of 5 class periods may result in my dropping you from the course. Attendance will be noted and taken into consideration concerning borderline grades when the final grade is given. Remember: You're paying for the time whether you come or not.

Schedule and Procedure for Adds/Drops:

• weeks 1-2 student can add and drop using the online system, no permissions are given

waitlists go away on day one of classes (administrative drops must be approved by the department and require a student number)

• weeks 3-4, students can drop using OnBase (requires faculty and department approval)

• weeks 5-12, students cannot add, drops result in a withdrawal [W]

drops are processed through OnBase [Reasons for drops include medical issues, carrying an excessive course load, student's inadequate preparation for the course or the student is having significant job or career changes.

Electronic Submissions: You may choose to submit all question sets via electronic submissions. You may submit:

Workshop Days: All students must have rough drafts available on the designated due dates or sacrifice 10% of the total grade for that paper.

Revision Policy: One of the four out-of class papers may be turned in for revision. This paper must be below a 90 % to be eligible for revision.

Due Dates: All assignments are due on the dates given (unless otherwise notified).

Late assignments: Late assignments will be assessed a 10% penalty per late class session.

{Electronic submissions will be considered late if they are received after the end of the class period. Some leeway may be given for first-time offenders and for technical problems, but the discretion will be mine. [Note: most students choose to e-mail assignments the night before they are due.]}

New Late assignments policy: You will have one week after the due date to turn in late work. After this point, the late work will not be accepted. Exceptions to this rule will be granted only if your have received prior OK from me due to some extenuating circumstances which would not let you complete the work.

Plagiarism: Plagiarism is pretending that someone else's ideas or writing is your own. Intentional failure to cite source material will be dealt with quickly and severely. The usual result for plagiarizing will be a grade of 0 on the assignment with no make up possible. If this should occur on one of the major papers in class, this is virtually equivalent to a failing grade in the class. Use of ChatGPT (or other AI compiler platforms) is discouraged and prohibited from use to construct a paper in its entirety.

A work requires a compliance with the guidelines and the stated purpose of the assignment. Content is clear and balanced. There are no tangled sentences. A varied length of sentences is present and correct sentence structure is used. The pattern of development is clear and apparent and demonstrates forethought regarding the desired effect upon the reader. The styleand tone are appropriate to the topic and audience. There may be an occasional mistake in mechanics. The topic of the paper should aim to be fresh and original and should attempt to stretch the academic horizons of the writer.

B work requires a compliance with the guidelines and the stated purpose of the assignment. Content is generally clear and balanced, but there may be some instances in which there are some confusing or awkward sentences, though these do not detract from the overall effect of the paper. A somewhat limited variety of sentences may exist, but the sentence structure is generally correct. The pattern of development is apparent, but may deviate at times. The style and tone of the paper are generally appropriate to the topic and audience. There are relatively few mistakes in mechanics. The topic may not demonstrate any original thinking or particularly or novel approach to the assignment.

C work requires a fair amount of compliance with the guidelines and the stated purpose of the assignment, but may miss the stated objectives to some degree. Content is generally clear and balanced, but there may be several points where the sentence structure becomes jumbled and confused and this interferes with the flow of the paper. A limited variety of sentences is readily apparent. The pattern of development may be vague and unclear, but there is more than a semblance of formal constraint apparent. The style and tone may be somewhat varied and inappropriate for both the topic (misnomers) and the perceived audience. The topic does not demonstrate any novel approach to the given assignment. There are a distracting number of mistakes in mechanics.

D work demonstrates a minimal amount of compliance with the guidelines and the stated purpose of the assignment. Content is unclear and unbalanced and there may be a significant amount of jumbled and confused sentences. The pattern of development is unapparent and it demonstrates a lack of forethought on the part of the writer. The style and tone of the paper are wildly varied and inappropriate for both the topic and the perceived audience. The topic does not demonstrate any novel approach to the given assignment. There are an overwhelming number of mistakes in mechanics. In general, the paper demonstrates a hurried and haphazard approach devoid of any forethought (i.e. the paper that is written the night before).

F work demonstrates a minimal amount of compliance with the guidelines and the stated purpose of the assignment. Any work deemed to be completely unsatisfactory with regard to content, pattern of development, style, tone, topic, or mechanics. A paper in this category demonstrates an absolute minimum of effort.

Note: This schedule reflects work that will be discussed in class on the date given. Students should be prepared to discuss the items listed for that day.

	87%-89% B+	77%-79% C+	67%-69% D+	Below 60% F
92%-100% A	83%-86% B	74%-76% C	63%-66% D
90%-91% A-	80%-83% B-	70%-73% C-	60%-62% D-

Panama Papers [1000 words]	100 Points
10 Arguments For Deleting Social Media Accounts [1000 words]	100 Points
Wrong Continent Paper [1000 words]	100 points
Metacognition #1, #2, #3	40 Points each [120 points]
Limited revision of previous paper	40 Points
Homework Assignments/quizzes	140 points
Final	50 Points

Mon. January 22	Introductions
Wed. January 24	Discussion of paper on the Toulmin Method; Discussion of logical fallacies
Fri. January 26	Discussion of paper on the Toulmin Method; Discussion of logical fallacies (cont'd), Introduction to the Socratic Method

Mon. January 29	Read Panama Papers (pg. 1-87) Study questions #1
Wed. January 31	Read Panama Papers (pg. 1-87) Study questions #1 due
Fri. February 2	Read Panama Papers (pg. 87-175) Study questions #2

Mon. February 5	Read Panama Papers (pg. 87-175) Study questions #2 due
Wed. February 7	Read Panama Papers (pg. 176-243) Study questions #3
Fri. February 9	Grammar Day

Mon. February 12	Read Panama Papers (pg. 176-243) Study questions #3 due
Wed. February 14	Read Panama Papers (pg. 244-326) Study questions #4 due
Fri. February 16	MLA Parenthetical Citation Day

Mon. March 18	SPRING BREAK
Wed. March 20	SPRING BREAK
Fri. March 22	SPRING BREAK

Mon. April 1	Holiday — Cesar Chavez Day
Wed. April 3	Rough draft for 10 Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Paper due. Discussion of posted student papers.
Fri. April 5	Grammar Day

Mon. May 13	Finals Week: May 15

Program Learning Outcomes