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ENC 1101Professor Roxana M. RussoFall 2011Valencia College “A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and of vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness”. Anne Radcliffe“Education is the best provision for the journey to old age”.AristotleENC1101: Mondays-Wednesdays 4:00-5:15Phone: 407.327.3942Email: rrusso4@valenciacc.eduOffice Hours: Mondays through Thursdays 12:00-3:30 by appointment Course Catalog Description: FRESHMAN COMPOSITION I• Prerequisites: Score of 83 on writing component of CPT or equivalent score on other state-approved entry test or minimum grade of C in ENC 0012 and ENC 0012L or ENC 0012C or EAP 1640or ENS 1441; also, score of 83 on reading component of CPT or equivalent score on other state-approved entry test or minimumgrade of C in REA 0002 and REA 0002L or REA 0002C or EAP1620 or ENS 1421. Required Textbooks: 75 Readings Plus, 9^th edition (Santi Buscemi and Charlotte Smith) and The Little Seagull Handbook (Richard Bullock and Francine Weinberg) 2011. Gordon Rule Statement: To satisfy the state requirement called the Gordon Rule, students in ENC 1101/1102 are required to complete multiple writing assignments and achieve a grade of C or higher.  Grading and Evaluation:Participation: 10%Quizzes: 10%Major Writing Assignment One: 20%Major Writing Assignment Two: 20%Major Writing Assignment Three: 20%Final Research Project:  20%Attendance and Participation:Attendance and participation are essential to your successful completion of the course. Students who miss class will be required to make up anything that was missed, aside from quizzes. College policy states that students who miss more than 10% of the scheduled courses may be dropped without warning by the instructor. Three absences are permitted; upon the fourth the student will be removed from the course. Arriving more that 15 minutes late or leaving early twice will not only constitute as one absence but will majorly impact the student’s participation points as well.  Make-up: If a paper is not turned in at the start of class on the day it is due, it is considered late. The paper will lose on letter grade per class that it is late.  All assignments must be completed on time with a grade of c or better to pass the course. Withdrawing From this Course:If you must withdraw from the course make certain to carefully follow the procedures as outlined in the college catalogue. Students who fail to withdraw properly will receive a grade of “F” for the course. Students may not be withdrawn from the course after November 4th. Academic Honesty/Plagiarism Policy: Plagiarism of any type will not be tolerated. The papers submitted must be original and created specifically for ENC 1101. All papers must be submitted to SafeAssign to be considered for evaluation. Plagiarism will result in immediate expulsion from the course.Classroom Etiquette:Respect and consideration must be accorded to fellow classmates and the instructor at all times. Throughout the course several different topics will be discussed, many of which are controversial. While the students are encouraged to debate the issues in a logical, scholarly manner, under no circumstances is the character of an individual to be attacked; defamation of any kind is not permissible. All electronic devices such as laptops, cell phones, MP3 players, Bluetooth headsets, etc. must be put away at the beginning of class. Students may not use laptops for note taking without special permission from the instructor. Students who engage in texting or any other disruptive behavior will be asked to leave class and will be counted absent for the day.   “Reason is the mistress and queen of all things.”Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 B.C.-43 B.C.)“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it”.Aristotle (384 B.C.-322 B.C.)  Course Schedule: Monday August 29: Class introductionWednesday August 31: Chapter One, first three stories, quiz and class discussionMonday September 5: LABOR DAY NO CLASSWednesday September 7: Chapter One, second half. Quiz and class discussionMonday September 12: Chapter Two, first three stories. Quiz and class discussion. Wednesday September 14: Chapter Two, second half. Quiz and class discussion. Monday September 19: Chapter Three, first three stories. Quiz and class discussion. Wednesday September 21: Chapter Three, second half and “Women’s Beauty: Put Down or Power Source?” Quiz and class discussion.Monday September 26: Chapter 4 “What is Poverty?”, “The Company Man” and “Meanings of a Word”. Quiz and class discussion.Wednesday September 28: Chapter 4 “The Greened Eyed Monster” and “Pride” Quiz and class discussion.Monday October 3: MLA LECTURE (Bring The Little Seagull Handbook to class)Wednesday October 5: Assignment one, narrative essay due in class. Chapter 5, first three stories. Quiz and class discussion.Monday October 10: Chapter 5, second half. Quiz and class discussion.Wednesday October 12: Chapter 6, first three stories. Quiz and class discussion.Monday October 17: Chapter 6, second half. Quiz and class discussion.Wednesday October 19: EXPOSITORY ESSAY PROPOSAL LETTER DUE IN CLASS, “China’s Biggest Gamble”, “A Few Kind Words for Superstition” and “The Anthropology of Manners” Quiz and class discussion.Monday October 24: “Black Men in Public Spaces”, Clutter” and “Forbidden Things” Quiz and class discussion.Wednesday October 26: EXPOSITORY ESSAY PEER REVIEW WORKSHOP: BRING TWO COPIES OF YOUR PAPER TO CLASSMonday October 31: “Silk Parachute”, “The Search for the World’s Funniest Joke” and “White Guilt” Quiz and class discussion.Wednesday November 2: FINAL DRAFT OF EXPOSITORY ESSAY DUE, “Where Have all the Parents Gone?”, “If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger, Would you?” and “The Arrow of Time”. Quiz and class discussion.Monday November 7:  “The Shattered Sudan”, “DNA as Destiny” and “Our Oceans are Turning into Plastic”. Quiz and class discussion.Wednesday November 9: Chapter 9, first three stories. Quiz and class discussion.Monday November 14:  ARGUMENTATIVE PROPOSAL LETTER DUE, Chapter 10, first three stories.  Quiz and class discussion.Wednesday November 16: Chapter 10, next four stories. Quiz and class discussion.Monday November 21: Chapter 10 “A Modest Proposal”, “I Have a Dream” and “Bilingual Education”. Quiz and class discussion.Wednesday November 23: NO CLASSMonday November 28: ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY DUE “To Any Would-Be Terrorists”, “Why I Want a Life” and “An Indian Father’s Plea”. Quiz and class discussion.Wednesday November 30: “The Cosmic Prison”, “Living Like Weasels” (both in chapter 9) and “Sex, Drugs, Disasters” (Chapter 11). Quiz and class discussion.Monday December 5: “Mother Tongue”, “On Dumpster Diving”, and “This is a Religious War”. Quiz and class discussion.Wednesday December 7: “Only Daughter”, “Coyote vs. Acme” and “Test Day”. Quiz and class discussion.Monday December 12:  FINAL EXAM 5- 7:30 PM REASEARCH PROJECT DUE