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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.
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%
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.
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 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.
Clinnin ENGL 2367 Spring 2014
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
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
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
Classroom
Electronics
Deadlines
Class Cancellation
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.