Information Page for English 105 Hybrid -In- Progress Class

This syllabus is subject to revision. Instructor: Barbara Gill Mayberry Telephone: English 105 hybrid hotline contact number available to officially enrolled students only and distributed at the first face-to-face Thursday meeting. Instructor's E-mail Address:bigillmayberry@csupomona.edu Class Website: http://blackboard@csupomona.edu

Office Hours: TR/ 6:507:50 AM and TR 12 noon -1pm in MAC lab, 98-4-29 phone contacts welcome!

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Announcements Course Description Class Requirements Required Materials Academic Responsibility Contact Info Writing Center Requirement Calculating Your Grade

Student Services

Assignments

Please Note

If you experience difficulty understanding any portion of the information in his electronic handout, call the hybrid hotline immediately. Linda Collins emailed you the 213 hotline number. If you have difficulty accessing the Bb site, please contact the professor at the hybrid hotline number in the email you received from Linda Collins or contact the Help desk, the experts on Blackboard, by calling (909) 869-3099, M-TH, 8-9, F 8- 5, Sun. 12-5 .

If you are on the wait list or if you are attempting to add the course, you

should attend class to wait for the first opening.

Please check your e-mail frequently for messages from your Discussion Directors, make certain that your e-mail account is active, and that it is set to accept mail from all users. If you are unsure of your settings, contact your ISP for help.

If you have a Spam Blocker on your email, please add the instructor's email addressed, bigillmayberry@csupomona.edu to your list or you may miss important messages and announcements. You should also purchase your books (Everythings an Argument with Readings, The Little Brown Handbook) , the EFL Writing Guide, and a flash drive (thumb, USB disk) so that you have them for the first face-to-face day of class. You may purchase your books at the Cal Poly Bronco Bookstore under the name of Professor Gill-Mayberry at the bookstore. The required books are listed below.

If you register for the class through admissions and later decide to drop the course, it is your responsibility to fill out a drop slip and submit it to the registrars office. If you fail to do this, you may be in danger of receiving an "WU" on your transcript.

It is a violation of academic conduct to share the contents of any of the tests, quizzes or other class materials. In addition, it is a violation to share user names and passwords. If your user name and password are used by someone other than yourself, with or without your knowledge, you are in violation. Please keep your user name and passwords private. Violators will receive an F in the class and may be expelled from the university. Only registered students are allowed access to the online class site. Please consult the Catalog for further clarification and consequences of academic misconduct.

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Course Description
This hybrid course is comprised of 4 online units each with lessons and a culminating writing assignment. The mantra of this course is The best writing is rewriting. Accordingly, all due dates refer to the date by which the unit packet must be completed and the units culminating writing assignment reviewed by a Writing Center tutor. Each student must join a collaborative group and the members choose a date for projection by each individual member of her/his refined and polished writing to the class

tribunal during a Thursday face-to-face meeting in the Mac lab. Each individual developing rhetor must hand a hardcopy of her/his The course is designed to prepare students in the methods and forms of communication used in college and professional career environments, with special attention paid to the new demands of electronic communication skills. All lectures, handouts, and assignments are posted in Bb. The course involves careful study and practice of expository and argumentative writing techniques and the frequent writing of compositions (4 writing assignments that must be revised 3-4 times after completing peer editing, required tutorials, and projections to the tribunal followed by teacher conferences on the same day for a final letter grade). The mid-quarter presentation will be due based on the collaborative groups chosen date which must fall between week 6-8. The ultimate goal of either a major research project or ePortfolio project with detailed writing process will be due weeks 9-10. English 105 is designed to prepare the student for satisfactory college writing with the added requirement of a major research project for which an ePortfolio may be substituted. If additional writing practice is needed, and I generally find that all students need additional writing practice, so all students will be required to complete a tutorial to complement class material in the Writing Center. All due dates listed in the course calendar refer, once again, to the due date by which you must see a tutor with your first draft of each units culminating writing assignment. Then, you must create an editing log for each error the tutor finds in your first draft; revise your first draft; staple your revised paper to top of your tutor-stamped first draft; consult your peer collaborative writing team for a date for a tribunal projection with teacher conference (screen projection before tribunal of peer editors and teacher for a final letter grade on the given units formal writing assignment). Students are expected to access the class site and to check their e-mail at least two times per week. Assignments include several written papers, face-to-face tribunal quizzes, online peer editing presentations, face-to-face presentations, and collaborative group activities to determine a mutually agreed on date for projections to the large group tribunal (peers and teacher). Regular participation is a main feature of the course; students must be prepared to involve themselves in course activities (reading and posting messages, keeping up with readings, journaling each assigned reading--journals substitute for traditional chapter tests so you must complete the journals-- and keeping up with assignments) on a daily basis. Students must select collaborative groups of 6-7 students and the individual group members will be responsible for planning online meetings, talking on the phone or using the discussion board and/or e-mail to communicate before going before the

tribunal (peer judges and teacher) for evaluation of each units formal writing component. Back to Contents

Class Overview
Students will:

write a total of 4 papers (Assignment 1-Your Homepage; Assignment 2-the Ebonics Debate paper; Assignment 3- The Media and Privacy Debate Paper; and Assignment 4- either a research paper or an eportfolio project showing 4 revisions of each paper using proper MLA format and a detailed writing process component. create journals for unit 1, lessons 1, 2, 3 and all assigned activities within each lesson and a student introduction (Home page) revise each paper after the peer editing; revise each paper after the tutorial; revise each paper after the instructor has graded the tutorstamped draft in collaboration with the tribunal; place final revision in hardcopy of your final project e-Portfolio. Also create an electronic e-Portfolio with a working Web address; usin tumblr.com or a platform of your choice. complete reading journals & utilize other active reading techniques while completing reading assignments for the class participate in Student Directed Discussions (postings on the class site) on a compulsory weekly basis of peer edits and reading discussions participate in all face-to-face in-class presentations take oral quizzes on class material by personally requesting quizzes from the instructor in the MAC lab when ready for quiz to be judged during your projection of formal written work to the tribunal create either a research paper or an Electronic Portfolio showcasing the essays written and revised for the class (make hardcopy of ePort)

The class is divided into 20 Lessons to read and to journal. Each Lesson contains specific activities to complete. These activities are due by the corresponding deadline published for completing your Writing Center tutorials. Due dates in the course calendar refer to the deadline by which

you must see a tutor with each unit completed, including the units culminating writing component. The collaborative group will then choose a date by which the entire team will present their individually revised formal writing to the tribunal (peers and teacher) for a final letter grade. Each Lesson consists of reading, discussion board postings, and writing assignments. Activities such as revising all assigned papers and keeping Editing Logs and Reading Journals (for each link in Bb and each assigned reading) are also part of the class and are expected to be maintained and completed by students throughout the quarter as a substitute for traditional chapter tests, scantrons, and other paper and pencil tests. These activities are explained in detail in the various teacher online lectures, online handouts and electronic links on the calendar section of the class Blackboard site. There is, for example, a journaling link, explaining how to write journals. Please begin all journals with After reading __________(fill-in what you read), I __________(stipulate what you learned and how the knowledge will benefit you in college classes and in future career communication, etcetera. Also remember to summarize the main points of what you read.)

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

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Demonstrate appreciation of the characteristics of effective writing and speechifying using classical argumentative rhetoric. Demonstrate the ability to think logically and express thoughts in clear, effective prose in written and spoken projects, including the mid-quarter orals with Explain and be better able to apply the principles of unity and coherence in library-researched papers. Explain and be better able to use the forms of exposition and argumentation. Write logical, coherent, unified papers with minimal errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Explain the relationships between audience, tone, purpose, and levels of diction. Recognize and formulate clear and specific stasis

statements and develop these into unified and complete position papers.
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Analyze the structure of various kinds of development, including exposition (analysis, classification, definition, comparison and contrast, cause and effect), and argumentation and will construct paragraphs in such patterns. Demonstrate an understanding of various logical relationships of ideas within a library-researched paper, be able to distinguish fact from judgment, and be able to eliminate prejudice and fallacious reasoning in their own writing. Study and Log their own grammatical, punctuation, spelling, and paragraphing errors to make their writing more effective. Study and practice stylistic devices, such as noun appositives and verbal phrases. Choose a suitable and manageable research topic. (Because the research project is a tool in serving the goal of critical thinking, the subject matter should be argumentative). Use the library and its resources. Use the internet to access scholarly print and online sources. Evaluate potential sources. Integrate source material into student writing to support their assertions. Use the proper style format for researched papers. Use the proper forms of citation and documentation. Back to Contents

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Required Materials

A College level Thesaurus and Dictionary for home use.

Please purchase the texts as soon as possible to guarantee that you will have the texts by the time class begins. You may purchase your books at the college bookstore or local textbook exchanges.

Lunsford, Andrea A., John J. Ruszkiewicz and Keith Walters. Everything's an Argument with Readings. 3rd ed. Boston: Bedford, 2004. ISBN#: 0-312-40724-6 Companion Website: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/everythingsanargument/ Fowler, Ramsey, and Jane Aaron. The Little, Brown Handbook. 9th ed. New York: Longman, 2004. ISBN#: 0-321-10350-5 Companion Website: http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/aaronlbh_awl/ chapter97/deluxe.html Back to Contents

All of the texts listed above should also be available in the library in the stacks (one copy only). If you cannot buy your books at this time, you are still responsible for completing the assigned work. The Financial Aid Office provides students with emergency loans, so if you cannot buy your books at this time, you should visit or call the Financial Aid Office for help. The office is located in Building 98. A single copy of each required book is archived by the Cal Poly Library for checkout by students, but you must also plan to buy a copy. Back to Contents

Online Office Hours

MAC LAB Office Hours on Thursdays immediately before your regular class hour and Tribunal Projection day Teacher Conferences are useful for getting immediate answers to questions about your work as well as feedback on specific issues related to your writing. I hope to hear from all of you! To contact me during Office Hours simply visit the MAC lab, 98-4-29 or telephone the hybrid hotline for a telephone conference. You must have anywhere between 3-4-5 teacher conferences to pass the class.

E-Mail

There is only one assignment that you should email to the instructor. This assignment is embedded in Unit I to test whether you are reading each word in the posted Bb material. Never email the instructor once you email this embedded assignment. Instead, telephone the English 105 hotline, seeking clarification of online lectures, handouts or seeking answers to general questions you might have.

When using e-mail to send the embedded Reading Test assignment to the instructor, be sure to:

Remember that this embedded Reading Test assignment is the only time you should email any assignment to the instructor; that is, you must never send writing assignments as emails or as attachments to emails. (Bring all written papers to the MAC lab for projection to tribunal; on those group-determined dates, you and your collaborative team will individually project completed assignments to the tribunal; during your teams presentations, a teacher-initialed letter grade will be earned) . For the embedded Reading Test email, keep a copy of your e-mail by including your own e-mail address in the "CC" box, underneath the "To" box. include your name in your e-mail test message; in other words, sign your mail. the name of the college, the official class number /title--including a # sign (ex: # CRN 72467/ 8 a.m. 105 freshman comp), your last name, and a brief description of the test of reading emailed assignment or topic on the subject line of the e-mail. For example, the subject line should look like this: Cal Poly, # 72467, 10 a.m.105 freshman comp, Smith, Test of Reading #1

You will get confirmation of your e-mail only if you fill out the subject line as described above.

Please note that the confirmations e-mail is not instantaneous; it may take up to two days to receive a reply. If you forget the # sign, you will not receive an automatic confirmation. You may not earn credit for an email unless these guidelines are followed. Back to Contents

When sending your position papers to an online tutor (tu) via email (never email assignments to the instructor; rather bring your papers to the Mac lab for projection to the tribunal and hand a hard copy to the instructor before projecting your written work; you will see the instructor in the Mac lab for Teacher Conferences immediately after projecting your writing to the tribunal for peer evaluation), be sure to:

Double space between each paragraph and each Works Cited entry. Remember to label elements in assignments 2 and 3.. (You may not earn credit for tutorials of an assignment sent to an online line tutor via e-mail unless these guidelines are followed.)

When using an online tutor (if available), you should avoid:

sending multiple copies of e-mail to tutors typing in ALL CAPS, Sending "junk e-mail" (jokes, chain letters, mass mailings or announcements/invitations, etc.) to other students or to tutor Sending attachments; rather, you should use the copy and paste commands. In other words, copy work from your word processing program and paste it into your e-mail message window. If you encounter problems with this online tutor process, you should contact the 24-hour hotline class number. You may request the 24hour cellular contact number at your first private teacher conference

during the TR lab. For more information on netiquette, please visit: http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html (Tip: Some of the information from this link will be on the Orientation Quiz!) http://www.albion.com/netiquette/netiquiz.html Back to Contents

Writing Center Opportunity (Compulsory)

Students need additional writing practice beyond the 4 major papers and Teacher Conferences and Editing Logs for each assignment, so English 105 offers a free Writing Tutorial Component in the Writing Center, which simply translates into communicating with a tutor about a writing assignment a total of several times throughout the quarter. Although I will offer reminders within the projected assignments where I recommend that students needing additional practice visit the Writing Center, it is the student's responsibility to pursue the tutorial. In other words, students should be aware from tribunal presentations and Teacher Conferences of the areas in which they may need help in the writing process (idea development, drafting, revising, unity, etc.) and the student should take the initiative and discuss these areas with a tutor at least several different times throughout the quarter. The Writing Center will give you a receipt of some kind that documents your completed tutorial hours. Please note that I cannot look up your hours to give you the credit, so it is the student's responsibility to complete the tutorial and to keep track of the hours completed throughout the quarter by obtaining a receipt form the Writing Center.. To earn credit for your tutoring session, simply sign in when you are in the Writing Center. The Center will automatically record each visit for you in the site s records. The Center will keep track of your attendance and hand you a report at the end of each tutorial session. If students have not completed the tutorials that they know they need in areas of unity, idea development, coherence and continuity, conventions of standard English prose, they might not see the growth and development expected in a brief ten-week program. When communicating with a tutor online (if offered) , you should include your name, a description of the assignment, and a copy of the assignment sheets. The more information you provide the tutors, the better they can help you. If no online tutor is available, you must see a tutor face-to-face, so bring the assignment sheet with you to the Center.

Location: The Writing Center is located in the not far from the circulation desk. You may call (909) 869.POLY for more information about the Writing Center. Back to Contents

Library
You can now access the library databases from home, from work, or from any computer with Internet access. Simply visit the library page at http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/ for access to the library's holdings and online databases. For assignment 2, use the Pro/Con data base.

Student Services for Freshmen

Your tuition funds a host of student services for freshmen and other Cal Poly students. Feel free to skip reading this section if you already know about the universitys student support services. If you need help with technical (computer related or Blackboard) problems you should refer to Cal Poly Pomona help page for students at http://www.csupomona.edu/~ehelp/index.html

General questions about Blackboard can be referred to Studio Six.

Three Centers are designed to address specific subject needs:

Writing Center Math Center Reading Center

Other Helpful Programs and Services:

Disability Programs and Services Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS)--Academic support and financial assistance

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Course Requirements and Expectations

Participation in face-to-face MAC lab sessions and online discussions on a regular basis. If you fail to participate in the face-to-face Mac lab meetings for even one week, you may be dropped from the course. Completion of all homework and exercises by the tutorial due dates. To be fair to everyone in the class, assignments need to be reviewed with tutor on time because you will be responding to one another's writing during projections, offering help and suggestions and evaluating each others participation projects through the tribunal. You will be expected to peer edit the pages on a regular basis (at least once a week). You will be expected to collaborate in the Mac lab or post to the discussion area at least once a week. You will be expected to communicate in the class discussion, read, and respond to other Mac lab presentations or online postings from your classmates. You should also weave points from some of the readings in the discussion area. Reading assignments are given to enhance your learning. You will be held responsible for learning all of the concepts presented in the assigned reading, so you should read actively, Journal each reading per instructions in the Journaling link on the course Calendar, learning the new concepts well. E-mail should be used only when specifically instructed; otherwise, post your public questions to the discussion board. When you need help from instructor, you should never use email system which is problematic; instead, call the hybrid hotline. If you find any "dead" links, spelling or grammatical errors or unclear instructions in the online course

materials, please contact the instructor as soon as possible via the hotline (extra credit for tips).

If you notice that a grade has not been given you for an assignment that has been projected to the tribunal, contact the instructor immediately in lab or via the hotline. If a grade for a paper you have projected to the tribunal on time is not given to you in the Mac lab on the same day of your projection to the tribunal, you should contact the instructor immediately before leaving the Mac lab class time by bringing a copy to the instructor's Mac lab cubicle or by contacting her via hotline about your need for earned grade points. . Back to Contents

Communication Guidelines for Students

Students should feel comfortable expressing the writing struggles and successes they are having in the discussion forum. When writing your discussion postings and responding to others, keep in mind that the written word can sometimes sound much harsher than we intend it to. Be especially conscious of this when offering your constructive feedback to your classmates. Also take a moment to read this section on Netiquette if this is your first online course. Back to Contents
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES:

There is a discussion forum for peer collaboration with troubleshooting called, "Need Help? Ask a Question or Respond to a Fellow Student." Each time you post a question, (after looking in the help files to make sure the easy answer isn't there) you will receive extra credit points. Each time you reply to one of your peers with an answer to a question you will receive extra credit points. Working with your classmates to solve problems is highly encouraged,

and is also a great way to learn more about the class site! (Please note that asking questions that other students have already addressed and answered is a violation of netiquette, as it is disrespectful of the time and energy of classmates. Students should skim through existing questions and responses before posting a question on the discussion board. This practice will eliminate extraneous traffic on the discussion boards.)

Extra Credit is also earned by helping the instructor improve the course. If you notice a dead link, errors, or unclear online instructions, please telephone the hybrid hotline immediately, describing the error and explaining where you found it to collect the extra credit. If you find instructions to be unclear or confusing, please in such cases only, you may email the instructor and offer a revision of the instructions for extra credit. Yet another opportunity to earn extra credit is via the tutor review process. All students are required to review their papers in the Teacher Conference mode at least three/four times immediately after projection of paper to the tribunal; however, if you receive extra tutoring, beyond the one compulsory visit, you may earn extra credit! Need help? Ask a question or respond to a fellow student needing help.

Instructor Participation/Response to Email and Discussion

Your instructor will respond to phone calls within the hour if you contact her at her cellular number. Your instructor will respond to extra credit email requests made to bigillmayber@csupomona.edu in about 72

hours or so during the work week. Telephoning the hybrid hotline number renders faster responses.

Your instructor will not respond to every post to the discussion board, but will respond with helpful comments and advice as appropriate. All discussion postings will be read by your instructor. Print your contributions; place prints in your unit packets. You must bring a unit 1, unit 2, unit 3, and unit 4 packet each with a table of contents, journals, and writing assignment to the Mac lab on the date chosen by your collaborative group (in conjunction with rest of class groups). This date will be the day on which you must project your writing for a given unit to the tribunal. for peer evaluation and in a teacher conference before leaving the Mac lab for a letter grade. Back to Contents

About Assignment Due Dates

All assignments are generally due on Thursday on the date chosen by the collaborative group leaders.. All deadlines for journals and tutorials (Week and Day of the Week) will be posted on the class calendar. it is the student's responsibility to pencil in the specific dates.

What I Expect from Students Just as in a regular face-to-face class, I expect that you will adhere to standards of courtesy, academic honesty, and follow the policies on plagiarism. Courtesy: I expect that everyone will participate in the face-to-face and online class meetings with courtesy and consideration for each other and for the instructor. Your comments and web postings should be on the topic at hand, be appropriate and should reflect a professional demeanor. Inappropriate behavior includes but is not limited to the following: disruptive behavior, chit chatting, putdowns, obstruction of the learning

environment, plagiarism or dishonesty. Academic Honesty: It is a violation of college policy to plagiarize or to recycle work. You must not:

take others thoughts or words without appropriate acknowledgment; submit work that has been written or revised in part or in whole by another person; submit work that you have submitted for another class or log in under a false name share your user name and password; login using a false identity.

Policy on Plagiarism: Plagiarism, an unlawful act that is defined, as the misrepresentation of the published ideas or words of another as one's own, will not be tolerated. At the discretion of the professor, plagiarism will be punished by either an F for the assignment or an F in the course. When outside sources are appropriate, these sources must be attributed fully and accurately with current MLA documentation as presented in the course text or the current edition of the MLA handbook. Students are responsible for correctly citing work from contributors and sources (a handbook, the Writing Center, and your instructor can help you). Cheating or plagiarism, which is the accidental or intentional misrepresentation of another's work as one's own, may lead to failure in the course or expulsion from the college. In addition, using a paper previously written for another class is also considered a violation of expected academic conduct. Back to Contents

Academic Responsibility and Integrity

Students are responsible for meeting all Due Date to tutor deadlines. Students must complete all of the assignments or they may not pass the class. Late papers beyond the collaborative group dates for projection to the tribunal will not receive comments and, if accepted (under extreme circumstances ), can only earn a maximum grade of D+ and must be projected within one week of the original deadline chosen by the collaborative group leaders. This is not a punishment, but rather incentive to encourage students to complete all of the required work. Remember, 68% is better than 0%. Late papers cannot be commented on due to the time constraints on the instructor and due to equity and fairness in meeting collaboratively agreed on deadlines.

Please note that each writing assignment has three deadlines: one for a
peer editing online ,and one for a tutor review draft, and one for a revised draft projected to the tribunal for evaluation and for a teacher conference letter grade on the day of projection. If you miss the first or second deadline-- the peer review and tutorial draft --you may not earn credit. You must complete all of the peer and tutor reviews and project all of the work to the tribunal in the Mac lab on the collaborative deadline in order to earn a teacher conference letter grade on the due day of projection for an assignment. Your tutor review draft should be a complete draft. This means your tribunal projection will be a polished and refined revision of the complete tutor draft. You must show the tribunal your tutor- reviewed stamped draft on the day of projection to the tribunal in the Mac lab. It is your responsibility to keep copies of the assignments you project so that you have back-up copies in case you forget to pick up the hardcopy of your projected paper from the instructor before you leave the Mac lab. Always keep copies of your work on two disks: an original disk and a backup disk. It is recommended to keep printed copies of your work in case of technical problems. Technical difficulties (such as computer crashes, malfunctioning Internet service and/or using the incorrect e-mail address) do not constitute an excuse for submitting late work. Back to Contents

The class contains adult themes and content; mature reading selections and videos may be discussed and/or viewed during class. Your class work may be used as instructional materials; if you prefer

that your work not be shared in class, please submit your request to me in writing. Students who release their work for use as instructional materials in discussion forums earn extra credit. Back to Contents

Methods of Evaluation

The main method of evaluation will be written assignments. Exercises, grammar tests occur during projections, and class participation may also be included. On written assignments, the following minimum standards for a minimum passing grade in English 105 are that the student: 1. follows exactly the teachers dictated rhetorical structure, writes a concrete, limited stasis statement and topic sentences for each paragraph and labels all elements in assignments 2 and 3, the Ebonics and the Media-Privacy papers; 2. has only minor lapses of unity; 3. uses coherence devices well, but perhaps not in a sophisticated way; 4. uses advanced sentence variety; 5. writes clear sentences; 6. reveals strong, logical thought; 7. shows depth of thought for college work; 8. uses correct grammar and mechanics; 9. evaluates and integrates research material; 10. uses proper documentation and citation procedures for assignments. Note: grades are never based in any part on how interesting a topic is nor how much the instructor "likes" your work.

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Assignments
Please note: A schedule of assignments named below, including tutorial stamp deadlines, is available on the class calendar 375 points Your participation points will fluctuate throughout the quarter, depending on your participation. If you are participating fully you should notice a high participation score posted at mid-quarter; however, if your participation wanes after mid-quarter, this score may decrease by the end of the quarter. Conversely, if your midquarter score is low, you have the opportunity to increase your score by participating more fully after mid-quarter. Participation scores are NOT quantitative; they are qualitative. The instructor will assign a score based on a student's overall performance in the class. A student's performance

Participation: Perfect Attendance in the face-toface Mac lab sessions, Perfect Attendance in the online Student Directed Discussion Forums, Four or more Tribunal Projections (including 1 mid-quarter orals with analytic writing and 1 final orals with e-Port and 1 final in-class bluebook exam, and accompanying Teacher Conferences in Mac lab on same projection days to review analytic writings and review orals, Group Work, Writing Center Tutor Reviews, Writing Center Tutor Stamps, Projection Grammar Quizzes, Free writes, Forum and Discussion Postings.

is based on quality of work, not quantity. Respect and Etiquette toward fellow students and instructor are qualitative and will impact the final participation scores. Please see the section below titled "Participation in Discussions" for further explanation. 325 points Please note that each essay assignment has two deadlines, one for a peer tutor review draft and one for a revised draft. If you miss the first and second deadlines, the peer editing and tutor review, you may not be allowed to project the revision to the tribunal . You must complete all of the tutor reviews and Teacher Conferences and submit all of the work in order to earn full points for an assignment.

Assignment 1 - 25 points Assignment 2 - 100 points Assignment 3 - 200 points

300 points Please note that all of the assignments submitted for the final the rewrite of Assignment 2, the rewrite of Assignment 3, and the Research Paper, ) must earn a C or better, or a student may not pass the class.

Research Paper or Electronic Portfolio

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Grading Scale:

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Calculating your Grade

I will periodically discuss your grades throughout the quarter during your Tribunal Projection day Teacher Conferences. Grades for grammar quizzes will be posted immediately after you take your projection day

grammar quiz. (If you do not see your posted scores after taking a projection day quiz, please contact the hybrid hotline immediately. Grades for written assignments will be available on the same day as the tribunal projections if you provide the instructor with a hardcopy as requested. . Participation scores will be available around mid-quarter and again at the end of the class. You may earn participation points for responding to the discussion board assignments, for attending Teacher Conferences immediately following each projection day to the Tribunal; voluntarily, for projecting all work to the tutor and completing an Editing Log of your errors by the posted deadlines in the electronic calendar, and for being positive and helpful to the teacher (giving serious evaluations of peers using the teachers posted grading criteria and to other students in the class. Participation in Discussion Forums are mandatory and constitute an important part of your overall evaluation. Your participation points will fluctuate throughout the quarter, depending on your participation. If you are participating fully you should notice a high participation score earned at mid-quarter; however, if your participation wanes after mid-quarter, this score may decrease by the end of the quarter. Conversely, if your mid=quarter score is low, you have the opportunity to increase your score by participating more fully after midquarter. Back to Contents

Participation in Discussions
Participation in all discussion forums that correspond to each lesson is mandatory. You are required to post messages that answer the discussion questions, demonstrate critical thinking, planning, and knowledge of the course materialassigned chapters in both textbooks. You are also required to respond to your classmates. The goal of discussions is to have an exchange of ideas. This exchange will help you with idea development for your assignments-The Ebonics Debate Paper, The Media and Privacy Paper, The Research Paper. .

You may view your grades by clicking on the Course Menu. Click on the "Grades" link. To calculate your grade, use the guidelines posted below. To estimate the total points possible to date, simply add up the points possible on all of the assignments due so far. Back to Contents To calculate your grade at any point during the quarter, follow the steps below: 1. Click on the "Grades" link on the Course Menu when

logged in to the class site. 2. Create a column, entering the points earned during Teacher Conferences. Add up the points possible for all of the assignments that have been assigned so far. (To calculate the points possible for the participation column, simply convert your letter grade to points. For example, if you have earned an "A," award yourself 100% of the points possible. If you have earned a "B," you should award yourself 85% of the points possible, if you have earned a "C," you should award yourself 70% of the points possible, and so on.) Remember, your participation grades will fluctuate throughout the quarter and grades posted at midquarter may not reflect your final participation grade in the class. I will assign points for final participation scores at the end of the quarter. 4. Scroll to the right to see the last grade column, which will list your total points earned to date. You may also have to scroll down to see all of your individual scores. 5. Divide your total points earned-to-date by the total points possible-to-date and you will get your grade percentage in the class so far. For example, if my total points earned-to-date are 150 points and the total points possible-to-date are 200, I would use the following formula to calculate my grade: 150/200 = .75 = 75% = C. Students should refrain from e-mailing me to inquire whether I have received an assignment. You will receive an automated confirmation from my e-mail account, indicating that I have received your message if you fill out the subject line of your e-mail as described in the syllabus. I reserve email correspondence for one-on-one instruction rather than for administrative tasks. If, however, after conferencing with me in the Mac lab , you notice that you did not receive a grade for an assignment you have completed (remember paper assignments may not be posted for about 10 days), please telephone me (do not mail me) to inquire about your earned assignment grade. More times than not, I will write your earned grade on your paper during your Teacher Conference with me in the Mac lab. Please note that it is the students' responsibility to insure that grades are quoted and initialed for each

unit packet: table of contents, journals for each unit lessons, each unit readings, each unit discussions forums, each unit formal writing assignment (staple all pages together neatly before arriving in the Mac lab on date your collaborative group has chosen for the projection of individual papers to the tribunal with a teacher conference), each unit projection to tribunal . Students should check their grades following each tribunal projection with teacher conference and contact the instructor immediately if a question arises. Additionally, any questions or concerns about grades at tribunal projections with teacher conferences should be brought to the instructor's attention immediately within 24 hours of the projections not the last week/day of class. After reading this information page (including the grading components above), do a journal that begins After reading the information page, I ____________________________ . . . (complete a journal stating what you learned). Bring your journal, along with all other unit 1 journals and the unit I homepage, tutor reviewed with editing log and revision stapled on top of tutor stamped draft to the Mac lab on Thursday April 7 (hardcopy and USB disk, flash, thumb that operates on Mac). Read the announcement in Bb regarding the homepage and how to use tumblr.com. Telephone the hybrid hotline immediately at 310.631.9938, seeking clarification of Unit I lessons and instructions or any portion of this information page that needs clarification. Back to Contents

To calculate your grade to date, simply create a ratio, cross multiply, and solve for X: Total Points Possible to Date 100 = Your Total Points Earned to Date X

Example: Where 300 = Total Points Possible to Date and 275 = Your Total Points Earned to Date:

300 = 275 100 X 300X = 27500 X = 27500 divided by 300 X=91.6 Grade = A- (see rubric above) Back to Contents

Barbara Gill-Mayberry Associate Professor of English, Cal Poly University bigillmayberry@csupomona.edu