ENGL 109 - 002 - Fall 2021 - J.Dolmage
Course Outline
| Unit | Week | Readings and Other Assigned Materials | Activities and Assignments | End / Due Dates | Completion Grades (Pts.) | Weight (%) |
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| Unit 1: Narrative | Week 1 | Chapter 1: Academic Goals and Expectations | Introduce Yourself to Your TA Group | Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 1 | Counts towards 20% |
| Rights and Responsibilities Agreement Quiz | Friday, September 10, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 2 | Counts towards 20% | |||
| Week 2 | Chapter 4: Imagining Audiences; Chapter 15: Essays | Unit 1: Narrative - Chapter and Assignment Review Quiz (must attain 100% on quiz to unlock the rest of the unit activities) | Ungraded | |||
| Activity 1: 140- character Memoir | Monday, September 13, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 2 | Counts towards 20% | |||
| Activity 2: Photo Essay | Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 2 | Counts towards 20% | |||
| Activity 3: Narrative Discussion 1 | Friday, September 17, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 2 | Counts towards 20% | |||
| Week 3 | Chapter 32: Overcoming Writer's Block | Activity 4: Narrative Discussion 2 | Monday, September 20, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 2 | Counts towards 20% | |
| Activity 5: Create a Title Page for your Writing Portfolio | Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 1 | Counts towards 20% | |||
| Week 4 | Chapter 31: Peer Editing | Activity 6: Narrative Peer Review Dos and Don'ts | Ungraded | |||
| Activity 7a: Submit Draft for Peer Review to Unit 1 Peer Review Workshop discussion forum | Monday, September 27, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 2 | Counts towards 20% | |||
| Activity 7b: Review at least three Personal Narrative drafts in your Unit 1 Peer Review Workshop discussion forum | Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 6 | Counts towards 20% | |||
| Chapter 30: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading | Activity 8: Revise Personal Narrative Essay | Before Monday, October 4, 2021 | Ungraded | |||
| Activity 9: Personal Narrative Academic Honesty Quiz (to unlock dropbox) | Monday, October 4, 2021 at 11:55 PM | Ungraded | ||||
| Activity 10a: Submit "Finalfor-Now" Personal Narrative Assignment to the Dropbox | Monday, October 4, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 10% | ||||
| Activity 10b: Submit your Personal Narrative Process Documents to your Portfolio | Monday, October 4, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 4 | Counts towards 20% | |||
| Unit 2: Advertisement Analysis | Week 5 |
Chapter 14: Rhetorical Analyses; Chapter 29: Outlining |
Unit 2: Advertisement Analysis - Chapter and Assignment Review Quiz (must attain 100% on quiz to unlock the rest of the unit activities) |
Ungraded | ||
| Activity 1: Advertisement Analysis 1 | Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 2 | Counts towards 20% | |||
| Activity 2: Advertisement Analysis 2 | Friday, October 8, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 2 | Counts towards 20% | |||
| Reading Week (Saturday, October 9, 2021 to Sunday, October 17, 2021) | ||||||
| Week 6 | Chapter 51: Incorporating Sources; Chapter 52: Documenting Sources; Chapter 53: MLA Documentation | Activity 3: Topic Proposal and Quotation Practice | Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 5% | ||
| Chapter 36: Purposeful Paragraphs; Chapter 37: Strategic Transitions; Chapter 38: Memorable Openings and Closings | Activity 4: Advertisement Analysis Peer Review Dos and Don'ts | Ungraded | ||||
| Week 7 | Activity 5a: Submit Draft for Peer Review to Unit 2 Peer Review Workshop discussion forum | Monday, October 25, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 2 | Counts towards 20% | ||
| Activity 5b: Review at least three Ad Analysis drafts in your Unit 2 Peer Review Workshop discussion forum | Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 6 | Counts towards 20% | |||
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Chapter 33: Levels of Style; Chapter 34: Clear and Vigorous Writing; Chapter 35: Inclusive Writing |
Activity 6: Revise Advertisement Analysis Essay |
Before Monday, November 1, 2021 | Ungraded | |||
| Activity 7: Advertisement Analysis Academic Honesty Quiz (to unlock dropbox) | Monday, November 1, 2021 at 11:55 PM | Ungraded | ||||
| Activity 8a: Submit "Finalfor-Now" Advertisement Analysis Assignment to the Dropbox | Monday, November 1, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 10% | ||||
| Activity 8b: Submit your Advertisement Analysis Process Documents to your Portfolio | Monday, November 1, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 3 | Counts towards 20% | |||
| Unit 3: Research and Argument | Week 8 | Chapter 10: Arguments; Chapter 27: Shaping a Thesis | Unit 3: Argument - Chapter and Assignment Review Quiz (must attain 100% on quiz to unlock the rest of the unit activities) | Ungraded | ||
| Chapter 49: Summarizing Sources; Chapter 50: Paraphrasing Sources | Activity 1: Summary and Paraphrase Workshop | Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 2 | Counts towards 20% | ||
| Activity 2: Summary and Paraphrase Analysis | Friday, November 5, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 5% | ||||
| Week 9 |
Chapter 17: Annotated Bibliographies; Chapter 43: Beginning Research; Chapter 45: Finding Print and Online Sources; Chapter 46: Evaluating Sources; Chapter 53: MLA Documentation |
Activity 3: Topic Proposal and Smart Research | Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 5% | ||
| Activity 4: Argument Peer Review Dos and Don'ts | Ungraded | |||||
| Week 10 | Activity 5a: Submit Draft for Peer Review to Unit 3 Peer Review Workshop discussion forum | Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 2 | Counts towards 20% | ||
| Activity 5b: Review at least 3 Argument Drafts in your Unit 3 Peer Review Workshop discussion forum | Friday, November 19, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 6 | Counts towards 20% | |||
| Activity 6: Revise Argument Essay | Before Wednesday, November 24, 2021 | Ungraded | ||||
| Week 11 | Activity 7: Argument Academic Honesty Quiz (to unlock dropbox) | Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 11:55 PM | Ungraded | |||
| Activity 8a: Submit "Finalfor-Now" Argument Assignment to the Dropbox | Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 15% | ||||
| Activity 8b: Submit your Argument Process Documents to your Portfolio | Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 3 | Counts towards 20% | |||
| Final Portfolio Review | Week 12 |
Chapter 55: Grammar; Chapter 56: Mechanics; Chapter 57: Sentence Issues |
Activity 1: Common Errors Discussion | Monday, November 29, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 2 | Counts towards 20% |
| Chapter 24: Writing Portfolios | Final Portfolio | Monday, December 13, 2021 at 11:55 PM | 30% | |||
Contact Information
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Contact Us
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Instructor and TAs
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You may contact your TA (see the TA list below) using the Ask the TA discussion topic* to ask specific questions about course content (including your activities and assessments). TAs will use this discussion to communicate with their TA Groups. Your TA drops in at the discussion daily (Monday to Friday) and posts responses to student questions as necessary. For issues of a personal nature, please use LEARN Email. LEARN emails will be delivered to @uwaterloo addresses, so if you send a LEARN email, you will need to check your @uwaterloo account for a reply. For instructions on using LEARN Email, please reference the Waterloo LEARN Help: Email site. TAs for ENGL 109:
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Course Description And Learning Outcomes
Course Description And Activities
English 109 is designed to get you comfortable writing in an academic context. You will learn about different forms of academic writing, as well as the processes that great writers engage in to create their best work. You will read texts to learn more about how they were written, and thus to improve your own writing.
Because we value learning as a social activity, and thus recognize that writers and readers learn from one another, much of your work in English 109 will involve different kinds of collaboration with your peers.
We believe that this work of writing and reading rhetorically is an important process that takes place over time, and, as such, this course uses portfolio evaluation as the primary means to assess your work. You will get to revise all of your writing many times.
Course Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes of English 109 are to
- help you develop your abilities as a writer and reader of texts;
- help you to think critically and communicate effectively;
- learn and practice a variety of strategies for inventing, drafting, and editing texts written in different genres and for different audiences;
- help you learn to read rhetorically;
- learn ways to adapt your writing to different situations, so that you can more effectively and more powerfully communicate; and
- prepare you to succeed throughout your academic career, regardless of your discipline.
About The Course Author - Jay Dolmage
Educational Background
I studied English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. I then completed an MA in Creative Writing and English Literature at the University of Windsor, and fell in love with teaching writing. I have always been involved in disability rights issues and advocacy, and during work towards a Ph.D. at Miami University of Ohio, I discovered that I could bring my interest in disability into the study and teaching of rhetoric and writing. My dissertation (and a subsequent book project) focuses on the rhetorical history of disability, and the development of bodily rhetorics. For four very enjoyable years, between 2006 and 2010, I taught at West Virginia University, where I also coordinated a large first-year writing program. In the summer of 2010, I returned to Canada, excited to begin the next stage of my career at the University of Waterloo.
Philosophy Of Teaching
I believe that all students have the right and the ability to learn—and that the best classes bring together the most diverse groups of students in ways that mutually benefit all. I think Universities should be places where we work together to improve our entire society, and not just special or elite places for the select few. I also believe that teaching writing teaches important intellectual habits and can be a form of civic engagement, in addition to the academic and job-related skills students can gain. I feel that, as a teacher, I always need to be open to learning, too.
Interests
I like to run, swim in lakes, read and write fiction, and build things.
Family/children/travel
I have two wonderful and hilarious kids, Vernon and Francine, and a dog named Tito. My partner Heather is a social worker in the KW area. As a family we like to travel across real and imaginary worlds.
Materials And Resources
Textbooks
Required:
- Ruskiewicz, John and Jay Dolmage. How To Write Anything: A Guide and Reference with Readings (Fourth Edition). Boston: Bedford St. Martin's Press, 2019.
Note: this text will be referred to as HTWA4e throughout the course.
For textbook ordering information, please contact the W Store | Course Materials + Supplies.
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Online Access:
If you have (or want) an online access code, you can use these instructions for how to register or purchase access. You can also sign up for a 14-day free trial of the online site. The URL you'll need for this course is: https://www.macmillanhighered.com/launchpad/howtowrite4e/18041302
If you run into any difficulties with the Macmillan site, please contact the Macmillan customer support team. Do not contact LEARN Help, as they do not support the Macmillan site.
Resources
Library services for Co-op students on work term and students taking online courses
Grade Breakdown
| Activities and Assessments | Weight |
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| Unit 1 Assignment | 10% |
| Unit 2 Assignment | 10% |
| Unit 3 Assignment | 15% |
| Unit Activities (completion grades) | 20% |
| Topic Proposal and Quotation Activity | 5% |
| Summary and Paraphrase Analysis Activity | 5% |
| Topic Proposal and Smart Research Activity | 5% |
| Final Portfolio | 30% |
Assessment Overview
In every unit, there will be a series of small activities and short writing assignments. If this work is completed satisfactorily, you will receive full points. Doing this work also prepares you to do well on your major essays.
You will write three major essays in this class, and this will represent the bulk of your course work. Each essay will be 4-5 pages long, and each will represent a key genre of academic writing. You will receive a "final-for-now" grade on these three major essays when they are handed in.
You will then choose two of your major essays to revise again and you will create a Final Portfolio. You will submit this at the end of the semester for a final portfolio grade. The Final Portfolio will also include other evidence of your learning, including reflective writing, rough work, and other earlier drafts of the two chosen essays.
Success in this class depends on meeting all of the requirements, the quality of your written work, and your willingness to try new perspectives, to revise and rethink, and to take risks.
Official Grades
Official Grades and Academic Standings are available through Quest.
Course And Department Policies
Standard Of Work
This is a university-level course, and you are expected to be comfortable with the mechanics of writing; that is, to understand and use proper grammar, syntax, and punctuation in order to communicate effectively. The course textbook, How To Write Anything: A Guide and Reference with Readings, Fourth Edition offers guidelines and activities to help you with these mechanics. If you need extra assistance with the basics of writing, it is your responsibility to seek help.
Rights And Responsibilities Agreement
Every member of this course—instructors as well as students—has rights and responsibilities to ensure a pleasant and productive experience for all. We are all answerable to University policies governing ethical behaviour (Policy 33 – Ethical Behaviour) and academic integrity (Policy 71 – Student Discipline), as well as to those outlining grievance or dispute procedures (Policy 70 – Student Petitions and Grievances).
Late Work
Late papers (major assignments) will be penalized 2% (applied to your final-for-now grade) per day late. All major papers must be completed—you will fail the class if any of the major papers is not completed and submitted, however late. You must also complete all other shorter assignments on time. Check the Course Schedule for all due dates. Remember that many short assignments will not be available to complete or submit if you miss a due date. It is very important that you also provide feedback to your peers in a timely manner. Late peer-review notes will miss out on a significant completion grade, and a pattern of late or insufficient peer-review may result in other penalties.
Course Concerns
If you are experiencing problems with the course or with the marking, you should first discuss your difficulties with your TA via email if applicable. If your problem persists or there is no TA for your course, then you should contact the course instructor via email. Students who believe that they have been wrongfully or unjustly treated or penalized have the right to grieve; refer to Policy 70 - Student Petitions and Grievances.
Online Etiquette
We want the class environment to be a positive one for everyone. Together we will create an online space that promotes mutual respect, positive discussions, the free exchange of ideas, and the productive use of time.
Intellectual Property
Students should be aware that this course contains the intellectual property of their instructor, TA, and/or the University of Waterloo. Intellectual property includes items such as:
- Lecture content, spoken and written (and any audio/video recording thereof);
- Lecture handouts, presentations, and other materials prepared for the course (e.g., PowerPoint slides);
- Questions or solution sets from various types of assessments (e.g., assignments, quizzes, tests, final exams); and
- Work protected by copyright (e.g., any work authored by the instructor or TA or used by the instructor or TA with permission of the copyright owner).
Course materials and the intellectual property contained therein are used to enhance a student’s educational experience. However, sharing this intellectual property without the intellectual property owner’s permission is a violation of intellectual property rights. For this reason, it is necessary to ask the instructor, TA (if applicable) and/or the University of Waterloo for permission before uploading and sharing the intellectual property of others online (e.g., to an online repository).
Permission from an instructor, TA (if applicable) or the University is also necessary before sharing the intellectual property of others from completed courses with students taking the same/similar courses in subsequent terms/years. In many cases, instructors might be happy to allow distribution of certain materials. However, doing so without expressed permission is considered a violation of intellectual property rights.
Please alert the instructor if you become aware of intellectual property belonging to others (past or present) circulating, either through the student body or online. The intellectual property rights owner deserves to know (and may have already given their consent).
University Policies
Submission Times
Please be aware that the University of Waterloo is located in the Eastern Time Zone (GMT or UTC-5 during standard time and UTC-4 during daylight saving time) and, as such, the time that your activities and/or assignments are due is based on this zone. If you are outside the Eastern Time Zone and require assistance with converting your time, please try the Ontario, Canada Time Converter.
Accommodation Due To Illness
If your instructor has provided specific procedures for you to follow if you miss assignment due dates, term tests, or a final examination, adhere to those instructions. Otherwise:
Missed Assignments/Tests/Quizzes
Contact the instructor as soon as you realize there will be a problem, and preferably within 48 hours, but no more than 72 hours, have a medical practitioner complete a Verification of Illness Form.
Email a scanned copy of the Verification of Illness Form to your instructor. In your email to the instructor, provide your name, student ID number, and exactly what course activity you missed. Further information regarding Management of Requests for Accommodation Due to Illness can be found on the Accommodation due to illness page.
Missed Final Examinations
Your faculty determines academic accommodation; therefore we advise you to speak with your professor if you anticipate being unable to fulfill academic requirements due to illness or other extenuating circumstances.
Further information about Examination Accommodations is available in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Academic Integrity
In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloo community are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility. If you have not already completed the online tutorial regarding academic integrity you should do so as soon as possible. Undergraduate students should see the Academic Integrity Tutorial and graduate students should see the Graduate Students and Academic Integrity website.
Proper citations are part of academic integrity. Citations in CEL course materials usually follow CEL style, which is based on APA style. Your course may follow a different style. If you are uncertain which style to use for an assignment, please confirm with your instructor or TA.
For further information on academic integrity, please visit the Office of Academic Integrity
Turnitin
Turnitin.com: Text matching software (Turnitin®) may be used to screen assignments in this course. Turnitin® is used to verify that all materials and sources in assignments are documented. Students’ submissions are stored on a U.S. server, therefore students must be given an alternative (e.g., scaffolded assignment or annotated bibliography), if they are concerned about their privacy and/or security. Students will be given due notice, in the first week of the term and/or at the time assignment details are provided, about arrangements and alternatives for the use of Turnitin® in this course. It is the responsibility of the student to notify the instructor if they, in the first week of term or at the time assignment details are provided, wish to submit the alternate assignment. Turnitin® at Waterloo
Discipline
A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity to avoid committing an academic offence, and to take responsibility for his/her actions. A student who is unsure whether an action constitutes an offence, or who needs help in learning how to avoid offences (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or about “rules” for group work/collaboration, should seek guidance from the course instructor, academic advisor, or the undergraduate Associate Dean. For information on categories of offences and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy 71 - Student Discipline. For typical penalties, check Guidelines for the Assessment of Penalties.
Appeals
A decision made or penalty imposed under Policy 70 - Student Petitions and Grievances, (other than a petition) or Policy 71 - Student Discipline, may be appealed if there is a ground. A student who believes he/she has a ground for an appeal should refer to Policy 72 - Student Appeals.
Grievance
A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of his/her university life has been unfair or unreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy 70 - Student Petitions and Grievances, Section 4. When in doubt please be certain to contact the department’s administrative assistant who will provide further assistance.
Final Grades
In accordance with Policy 46 - Information Management, Appendix A - Access to and Release of Student Information, the Centre for Extended Learning does not release final examination grades or final course grades to students. Students must go to Quest to see all final grades. Any grades posted in Waterloo LEARN are unofficial.
Accessability Services
AccessAbility Services, located in Needles Hall, collaborates with all academic departments to arrange appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities without compromising the academic integrity of the curriculum. If you require academic accommodation to lessen the impact of your disability, please register with AccessAbility Services at the beginning of each academic term and for each course
Accessibility Statement
The Centre for Extended Learning strives to meet the needs of all our online learners. Our ongoing efforts to become aligned with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) are guided by University of Waterloo accessibility Legislation and policy and the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. The majority of our online courses are currently delivered via the Desire2Learn Learning Environment. Learn more about Desire2Learn’s Accessibility Standards Compliance.
Use Of Computing And Network Resources
Please see the Guidelines on Use of Waterloo Computing and Network Resources.
Copyright Information
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If there are any questions about this notice, please contact the University of Waterloo, Centre for Extended Learning, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1 or extendedlearning@uwaterloo.ca.