ENGL 2367.

01

Kaitlin Clinnin
Term
Spring 2014

Language, Identity,
and Culture in the
U.S. Experience

Class meeting
TR 2:20-3:40
Class location
Enarson 322
Office location
Denney 449

Rhetorical Composing:
Writing for a Cause

Required Materials
Moxley, Joseph, et al.
Writing Commons.
www.writingcommons.org
Other materials available
online
Consistent and reliable
access to technology (a
computer, laptop, tablet,
etc. and Internet
connection) .

Office hours
TR 11:30-12:30
W 1-2pm (virtual)
Contact
Clinnin.1@osu.edu

Course Description
In this three-hour, second-level writing course for which English 1110 is a
prerequisite, you will continue to develop and refine the skills in analysis,
research, and composition that you practiced in English 1110. This
course emphasizes persuasive and researched writing, revision, and
composing in various forms and media. In addition, you will build upon
and improve your mastery of academic writing with and from sources;
refine your ability to synthesize information; create arguments about a
variety of discursive, visual, and/or cultural artifacts; and become more
proficient with and sophisticated in your research strategies and
employment of the conventions of standard academic discourses.
This 2367 is a pilot section for a hybrid experience. This means
approximately 50% of the class time will take place face to face, and the
other 50% of class time will be conducted online through a variety of
materials such as videos, discussion forums, quizzes, and online peer
review.

Goals and Objectives for the OSU General Education Curriculum

As a second-level writing course at OSU, English 2367 fulfills the following GEC categories:
Writing and Communication coursework develops students' skills in written communication and
expression, reading, critical thinking, and oral expression, and visual expression
Level Two (2367) courses have the following Expected Learning Outcomes:
1. Through critical analysis, discussion, and writing, students demonstrate the ability to read
carefully and express ideas effectively.
2. Students apply written, oral, and visual communication skills and conventions of academic
discourse to the challenges of a specific discipline.
3. Students access and use information critically and analytically
Diversity coursework fosters students' understanding of the pluralistic nature of institutions, society, and
culture in the United States. and across the world in order to become educated, productive, and
principled citizens.
Social Diversity in the United States courses have the following Expected Learning Outcomes:
1. Students describe and evaluate the roles of such categories as race, gender and sexuality,
disability, class, ethnicity, and religion in the pluralistic institutions and cultures of the United
States.
2. Students recognize the role of social diversity in shaping their own attitudes and values regarding
appreciation, tolerance, and equality of others.
Courses focusing on Social Diversity in the United States foster students' understanding of the
pluralistic nature of institutions, society, and culture in the United States. Namely, students will
demonstrate the ability to
3. Describe the roles of such categories as race, gender, class, ethnicity, and religion in the
pluralistic institutions and cultures of the United States
4. Recognize the role of social diversity in shaping their own attitudes and values regarding
appreciation, tolerance, and equality of others

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Course Requirements
Students will complete numerous short assignments (e.g., quizzes, blog posts, exercises) and
four longer, more formal assignments. Regular attendance and participation are expected.
Grades will be determined as follows:

Written Assignments20%

Assignment 1: Writer with a Cause

Assignment 2: Critical Synthesis Essay
Assignment 3: Public Service Announcement
Assignment 4: Research Project
Assignment 5: Revised Assignment 1,2, or 3

Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
20%

Full assignment prompts will be provided in class and on the Carmen site. These
assignments will not be graded by the instructor but will be posted to WEx for extensive peer
review.

Peer Review Process50%

Peer reviews will be completed on WEx for the following assignments:

Writer with a Cause Synthesis

Public Service Announcement
Research Project

10%
10%
10%

Through WEx, The Writers Exchange, you will be networked with students from two other
sections of 2367, responding to one anothers assignments 2 and 3, reflecting on the reviews
they receive, and then evaluating the helpfulness of your peers reviews. The entire
composing processincluding peer review, reflection, and helpfulnesswill form the basis
from which you will complete a revision of either Assignment 1,2, or 3 for instructor evaluation.
Assignment reflections will be completed for Assignments 1-3 and total 20% of the
final grade. These reflections are part of the peer review process and present an opportunity
to critically reflect on your own writing and the feedback from peer reviews as well as to plan

Online and In-class Participation30%

Online activities
Participation

20%
10%

The hybrid nature of this course means that there will be a variety of online activities to
complete, whether it involves posting to a discussion forum or another class site, taking a
quiz, viewing lectures, or reading and responding to the online text. These activities are
central to the goals of the course and take the place of one class a week.
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Assignments
Assignment 1: Writer with a Cause
A short (800-1000 word) reflective essay that
asks you to explore your identity as a writer
and your relationship to a specific social
cause.
Assignment 2: Critical Synthesis Essay
Using the Assignment 1 submissions on the
Discussion Forum, you will make connections
between your own response and other 2367
writers in order to make a claim about writing,
social causes, and how they may relate to one
another.
Assignment 3: Public Service
Announcement
Based on your identified social cause, you will
create a multimodal text to persuade, inform,
or invite a public audience to consider
alternative perspectives on a matter of shared
concern.
Assignment 4: Research Project
Building on your specific social cause, you will
create a researched project that will
synthesize and extend your semester-long
research in order to present it to a particular
audience. This project can take many forms
(video composition, an online article/blog post,
a traditional research paper, etc.) dependent
upon the rhetorical goals.
Assignment 5: Revise Assignment 1, 2, or 3
You will select either Assignment 2 (Critical
Synthesis) or Assignment 3 (PSA/Visual
Argument) for revision on the basis of peer
review. Due near the end of the term, the
revised assignment is an opportunity to refine
the assignment for instructor evaluation.
Grading Scale
A
AB+
B
B-

93
90
87
83
80

C+
C
CD+
D

77
73
70
67
60

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Semester Schedule
*Schedule is subject to change
JAN 7: Face to face class (F2F)
JAN 9: F2F
JAN 13: Post Assignment 1 to Discussion Forum by
11:59pm
JAN 14: Online class (ONL)
JAN 16: F2F
JAN 21: ONL
JAN 23: F2F
JAN 28: ONL
JAN 30: F2F
FEB 3: Post Assignment 2 to WEx by 11:59pm
FEB 4: ONL, complete peer reviews for assignment 2
FEB 5: Post Assignment 2 peer reviews to WEx by
11:59pm
FEB 6: F2F
FEB 10: Post Assignment 2 Reflection and
Helpfulness Scores to WEx by 11:59pm
FEB 11: ONL
FEB 13: F2F
FEB 18: ONL, individual conferences
FEB 20: ONL, individual conferences
FEB 25: ONL
FEB 27: F2F
MAR 3: Post Assignment 3 to WEx by 11:59pm
MAR 4: ONL, complete peer reviews for assignment 3
MAR 5: Post Assignment 3 peer reviews to WEx by
11:59pm
MAR 6: F2F
MAR 10: Post Assignment 3 Reflection and
Helpfulness Scores to WEx by 11:59pm
MAR 11/13: Spring Break
MAR 18: ONL
MAR 20: ONL
MAR 25: ONL
MAR 27: F2F
MAR 31: Post Assignment 4 to WEx by 11:59pm
APR 1: ONL, complete peer reviews for Assignment 4
APR 2: Post peer reviews for Assignment 4 to WEx
by 11:59pm
APR 3: F2F
APR 7: Post Assignment 4 Reflection and
Helpfulness Scores to WEx by 11:59pm
APR 8: ONL
APR 10: F2F
APR 15: F2F
APR 17: Last class, F2F, post Assignment 5 to
Carmen by 11:59pm

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Classroom
Community

Course Policies and Procedures

Everyone should feel

welcome, respected and
safe in the classroom and
online. In the classroom
and online, discussion of
readings, ideas, and your
writing are at the center of
everything we do. We will
frequently work with
sensitive issues and these
demand that we discuss and
interact with respect and
maturity.

Attendance
Consistent attendance and
punctuality are vital to your
success in this class. As we
will (after the first week of
the term) meet face-to-face
only once each week, you
are allowed only two
unexcused absences
without penalty. Each
unexcused absence beyond
two will lower your
participation grade by 1/3 of
a letter grade (e.g., a B will
drop to a B-). You are
permitted two grace
tardies. Beyond the two
grace tardies, each two
additional tardies will lower
your participation grade by
1/3 of a letter grade.
Excused absences during
Week 1 and subsequently
on Thursday of each
following weeksuch as
those for documented
illness, family tragedy,
religious observance, or
travel for a sanctioned
University activitywill not

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affect your grade. Notify

me and provide
documentation if such
events arise. Except in
extreme cases, all work
(e.g., exercises, blog posts,
formal assignments) must
still be submitted by the
due dateregardless of
absenceas you are
aware well in advance of
assignment due dates.

Classroom
Electronics

system will allow for

submission of Assignments 2
and 3, peer reviews,
reflections, and helpfulness
scores only up until the
scheduled due date.
Assignments cannot be posted
to WEx after the scheduled due
date. If you do not post your
assignment by the due date,
you will not receive peer reviews
for that assignment and will be
unable to complete the required
reflection and helpfulness
scores.

I encourage you to bring

and use during class your
laptop, tablet, or other
device to access courserelated materials and keep
notes. However, I expect
you to keep your device
tuned only to sites relevant
to class discussion or
content. I reserve the right
to ask you to put
electronics away for an
activity or if they are
proving to be a distraction.

Final graded assignments

(Revision of Assignment 2 or 3)
and Final Project are due on the
dates indicated on Carmen.
Late submission of either of
these assignments will result in
the deduction of one full letter
grade for each day past the due
date (for example, B+ to C+).
The grade will not be affected
when a final graded assignment
is late for reasons that would
result in an excused absence.

Deadlines

Class Cancellation

Work must be completed

and submitted on time. All
assignments are to be
turned in by the posted due
date and time. I will not
accept work if you have an
unexcused absence on the
day an assignment is due.
You will receive a 0 for
that assignment.

In the unlikely event of class

cancellation due to emergency, I
will contact you via email, post
an announcement on Carmen,
and request that a note be
placed on the door of our
classroom announcing the
cancellation. I will contact you
as soon as possible following
the cancellation to let you know
what will be expected of you for
our next class meeting.

This is especially true for

all assignments posted to
WEx. These deadlines
are firm. The online WEx

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the unauthorized use of the words or ideas of another person. It is a serious academic
offense that can result in referral to the Committee on Academic Misconduct. Please remember that
at no point during the writing process should the work of others be presented as your own.

Department and University Resources

The Writing Programs Ombud, Deb Lowry
(lowry.40@osu.edu), mediates conflicts
between instructors and students in Writing
Programs courses, including 2367. Her
Spring 2014 walk-in office hours in
Denney Hall 441 are Monday, 1-3PM, and
Thursday, 9-11AM. You may also schedule
an appointment to see her. All conversations
with the Ombudsman are confidential.
Research and Writing Tutoring is available
from Ms. Deb Kuzawa (kuzawa.1@osu.edu),
a Graduate Administrative Associate in
University Libraries. Ms. Kuzawa is available
from 11-1 and 5-7 (M-R) in Thompson
Library, Room 460. Other staff from the
Center for the Center for the Study and
Teaching of Writing will also be available
during these times to discuss research and
more general writing matters.
Student Advocacy Center (as they note in
their mission statement) is committed to
assisting students in cutting through campus
bureaucracy. Its purpose is to empower
students to overcome obstacles to their
growth both inside and outside the
classroom, and to help them maximize their
educational experience while pursuing their
degrees at The Ohio State University. The
SAC is open Monday-Friday from 8:00 AM
5:00 PM. You can visit them in person at
1120 Lincoln Tower, call at (614) 292-1111,
email advocacy@osu.edu, or visit their
website: http://studentlife.osu.edu/advocacy/

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The OSU Writing Center, located in 4120A

Smith Lab, provides one-on-one tutorial
assistance for all writers. Contact 688-4291
for an appointment or schedule a session
online at www.cstw.org. Students may
schedule up to two consultations per week in
the Writing Center and may also opt for online synchronous tutoring in addition to (or as
an alternative to) the more traditional face-toface session.
The Office for Disability Services provides
services to any student who feels s/he may
need an accommodation based on the
impact of a disability. Students with
disabilities that have been certified by the
Office for Disability Services will be
appropriately accommodated and should
inform the instructor as soon as possible of
their needs. The Office for Disability Services
is located in 150 Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil
Avenue; telephone 292-3307, TDD 2920901; OSU Office for Disability Services Web
Site.
Counseling and Consultation Services
provides a wide range of resources for
undergraduate students. For more
information call 292-5766.