CO150 College Composition |
Instructor: Jen Lamb Office: 353 Eddy Hall Office Hours: 10:00-11:00 MWF E-mail (anytime): jenlamb@lamar.colostate.edu |
Course Description:
CO150 is designed to give you a set of writing tools that you will use throughout your college career and your life. Writing is an open, free-flowing dialogue - between a reader and a text, a writer and a reader, a reader and the world - and as such, has a purpose, an audience, and a context. We will learn to be conscious of our purpose, audience, and context as we take part in public discourse; we will also develop critical reading and thinking skills as well as revision tactics to help us be more accountable participants in written dialogues.
In addition, our course goals throughout the semester include:
With these goals and concepts in mind, our course is structured in three phases. In Phase 1, we’ll hone critical reading skills as we listen to the conversation on the question-at-issue: what should we eat? In Phase 2, we’ll inquire into questions raised during the first phase, and then add our voices to the conversation by writing arguments. In Phase 3, we’ll begin new conversations about local sites of interest to new CSU students by investigating campus and community resources and writing an argument for a public audience. Each phase builds on the previous one to further develop the skills needed to achieve the course goals.
Required Materials:
The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers, 7th edition, ed. Stephen Reid
Printed copies of all required readings and research materials
Internet access is required for this course.
Assignments and Grading:
Grading Breakdown, CO150 2007-08 |
Percentage |
#1 – Academic Summary |
15% |
#2 – Critical Response |
20% |
#3 – Investigation and Explanation |
20% |
#4 – Academic Argument |
20% |
#5 – Local Inquiry and Public Argument |
20% |
Attendance |
5% |
Participation / Attendance:
We will discuss writing tactics and tools every day in class. Attendance is mandatory. However, I fully understand that circumstances may occasionally prevent you from attending class. Up to three absences are acceptable and excused - no reasons, no excuses, no warnings are necessary. Every missed class period in excess of the three allowed absences will lower your attendance grade by one full letter grade, and excessive absences (missing a third or more of our regularly scheduled class sessions) will result in failure of the course.
Expectations:
Academic Integrity:
Be aware that the following constitutes plagiarism and is grounds for failure of this class and disciplinary action by the university: submitting someone else's paper as your own; using a phrase without acknowledging its source; using a source without citing it correctly; "padding" a bibliography by making up sources or citing a source you didn't use in your research. Please see the student handbook section on Academic Integrity for further details. In cases of suspected academic dishonesty, all instructors at CSU are required to forward documentary evidence to the Office of Conflict Resolution and Student Conduct Services. The Office of Conflict Resolution and Student Conduct Services will ensure due process and advise instructors regarding appropriate disposition of the case.
Accommodations:
Any student eligible for academic adjustments because of a learning disability or medical condition should contact the Office of Resources for Disabled Students for development of appropriate accommodations. I can only make accommodations after receiving appropriate documentation from the Office of Resources for Disabled Students.
FYI's
TENTATIVE WEEKLY SCHEDULE (Please see our Writing Studio Calendar for specific due dates.)
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Material |
Workshops and Due dates |
PHG Readings |
Week One |
Course intro, academic inquiry, close reading and academic summary, “One Thing to do About Food,” “Our National Eating Disorder” |
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About writing on pp. 3-14 and about summary on pp. 163-168 |
Week Two |
“You Are What You Grow,” “Mass Natural,” academic summary |
Academic summary workshop this week |
About summary on pp. 199-207 and about the writing process on pp. 34-37 |
Week Three |
Critical reading, “An Animal’s Place,” “Power Steer” |
Academic summary due this week |
About rhetorical situations on pp. 17-29 and about critical reading on pp. 157-163 |
Week Four |
“Power Steer,” “The Modern Hunter-Gatherer,” Michael Pollan research, letter prewriting |
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About critical reading on pp. 157-163 |
Week Five |
Letter workshop |
Letter workshop this week |
About revision on pp. 211 and 213 |
Week Six |
Inquiry topics, research, annotated bibliographies |
Letter due this week |
About the MLA system on pp. 655-665 |
Week Seven |
Library instruction, research, group conferences |
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About evaluating sources on pp. 615-616 and about collecting on pp. 628-643 |
Week Eight |
Group conferences, drafting |
Investigation and Explanation due this week |
About explaining on pp. 303-316 and on pp. 331-347 |
Week Nine |
Academic argument |
Investigation and Explanation due this week |
About argument on pp. 471-551 |
Week Ten |
Zero-draft conferences, argument strategies |
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About argument on pp. 471-551 |
Week Eleven |
Argument appeals, logical fallacies, argument workshop |
Academic argument workshop this week |
About argument on pp. 471-551 |
Week Twelve |
Local inquiry topics, field research |
Academic argument due this week |
About field research on pp. 272-287 |
Week Thirteen |
Field research |
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About field research on pp. 272-287 and about explaining on pp. 303-315 |
Week Fourteen |
Local inquiry workshop, public argument |
Local inquiry workshop this week |
About explaining and revision on pp. 335-359 and about problem solving on pp. 420-427 |
Week Fifteen |
Public argument strategies, public argument workshop |
Public argument workshop this week |
About rhetorical choices on pp. 21-33 and about the writing process on pp. 34-37 |
Finals Week |
Final “exam” |
Public argument due this week (Monday 12.10) |
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Creating a Writing Studio Account
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