The Student Success Center () offers free services to the entire UNCG undergraduate community and is located in McIver Hall, room 104. For information and support, contact the Student Success Center by phone: 336-334-3878 or email: . Citation for Image on Front: Balavage, Elysia. “Fire at My Back.” 27 Dec. 2016. JPEG file. Course Schedule: The course schedule is subject to change by the instructor as needed. Please note that the readings under the “Read for homework” heading should be completed for the next class meeting. For example, “Career Coach” and “When a College Professor and High School Teacher” should be completed for class on 8/17. WEEK 1: T: 8/15 Introduction to English 101 Course Syllabus Read for homework: C: “Career Coach: Are Writing Skills Necessary Anymore?” C: “When a College Professor and a High School Teacher Read the Same Papers” R: 8/17 Are Writing Skills Still Important? writing activity Read for homework: RACW: “An Introduction to Rhetoric” RACW: “Writing with the Rhetorical Appeals: Opportunities to Persuade in Context” WC: “Consider Your Audience” WEEK 2: T: 8/22 What is Rhetoric? Introduction to Project One: Convince Me! Argumentative Read for homework: C: “Belief in Demons is Unjustified” C : Watch “Why Tipping Should be Banned—Adam Conover” C: “The Real X-Files?” RACW: From Beginning to End…And Everything in Between” R: 8/24 Entering the Conversation Read for homework: WC: “Argument” and “Classical Argument” RACW: “Thesis Statements: Keeping the Beat in Written, Visual, and Spoken Arguments” RACW: “Pre-Writing Strategies” DUE on CANVAS: Describe a Significant Event WEEK 3 T: 8/29 Thesis Statements
D Limited communicative skills; uneven preparation for class; rarely volunteers; student demonstrates indifference or irritation when prompted; inattentive during class; rare contributions during group activities; poor participation in in-class writing activities; often tardy; often inappropriately uses electronic devices. F Weak communicative skills; little to no preparation for little evidence of reading assignments (this can include not buying the course texts; or not making up missed material); never volunteers, or doesn’t respond when prompted; student demonstrates potential hostility to discussion; irrelevant, distracting, or no contributions to group activities; does not participate in in-class writing activities; shows little to no regard for arriving to class on time; habitually inappropriately uses electronic devices. Grading Standards In general, everything being graded in this course, from your performance in class writings and discussion to your formal essays, is being considered against the following basic rubric: A Superior B Good C Average D Limited F Weak Clearly exceeds expectations Exceeds/attempts more or less successfully to go beyond basic expectations Meets basic expectations Falls short of basic expectations Does not meet expectations Demonstrates mastery of the skill Demonstrates emerging mastery of the skill Demonstrates competence in the skill Demonstrates developing competence in the skill Does not demonstrate evidence of competence Polished; very few errors or lapses in grammar, vocabulary, or syntax Polished; minor errors in word choice, grammar or syntax Sufficient; several errors in word choice, grammar or syntax that do not interfere with overall coherence Deficient; errors in vocabulary, grammar, or syntax are of such extent that they interfere with overall coherence Severely deficient; errors in vocabulary, grammar and syntax preclude comprehension you might associate with each letter grade: A – superior, demonstrates mastery, skillful and facile use of language and the writing process, polished, coherent, consistent, complex, sophisticated, fluent