FALL 2001 Dial-153 MWF

106-03  11:30-12:20  Dial 153
106-04   8:00-8:50     Dial 153
106-05   1:30-2:20     Dial 153

Dr. Richard Vela
richard.vela@uncp.edu

Office:  Dial 133,
Hours 10:00-11:30 
MWF, 521-6600

UNIVERSITY WRITING CENTER
http://www.uncp.edu/writing/

methods

requirements

absences

plagiarism

grades

passing

assignments

resources

Inability to use sources is one of the major causes for failing this course and the final examination. Correct use of sources is discussed in the course and covered in the Handbook.

In general, a final draft of a paper that shows any evidence of deliberate plagiarism automatically receives and "F" and cannot be made up. Plagiarism on the final examination or on the research paper will result in an "F" in the course. The UNC-Pembroke Honor Code provides a specific method for handling violations. [http://www.uncp.edu/sa/hbook.htm]

Please review the rules for quoting and paraphrasing materials. If you have any doubts about how you have handled your sources, please check with me before you submit your final copy.

I will sort cases of plagiarism out according to the following scale:

1. carelessness may reduce the grade,

2. plagiarism of a source will fail a paper,

3. an attempt to pass off a paper that is not your own as if it were will fail the course]

All drafts of an out of class paper and a xerox of all sources used must accompany research based papers. Please note this information on the assignment description.

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The Composition Program attendance policy allows for up to six hours of absence. This is not an excuse based policy. Why you miss class is not the issue; missing more than six hours fails the course.
Absences begin from the day you enroll in the course.

I keep a daily attendance record.

Students engaged in University activities (band, choir, athletic teams) which keep them from attending class should bring me—as soon as possible—a schedule of days they will miss.

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• Letter grades are based on the 4.0 scale described in the +/- grading scale listed in the University catalog.

• The W grade can be given only up to Monday, October 22, 2001.

• An I grade can be given only for unusual circumstances–not to improve a grade.

• Anyone who stops coming to class gets an automatic F in the course.

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The following activities, given in no particular order, almost inevitably lead to failing the course:

• missing classes
• frequently missing the beginning or ending of class by being late or leaving early
• sitting as far away from the front of the class as you can
• sitting with a group of friends that you talk with during class
• attempting to study or do homework for another class
• handing in material that does not fit the specific requirements of the assignment
• plagiarism

Please note that none of these issues really has anything to do with the ability to write.

 

ASSIGNMENTS

papers for this course will follow this pattern:

1. Write an in-class draft in about an hour on a choice of topics developed by the class.  Your draft must use the essays in the text, and you must keep that basic focus throughout your drafts.  Surprise changes of topic will not be accepted.

2. Submit that draft to me for comments

3. Revise the draft into a 500-700 word paper, adding additional research to support and develop the thesis

4. Submit the revision for a grade

5. Revise any paper to improve your knowledge of how to write, and, not entirely incidentally, to improve your grade

6. Revise one of these papers to a length of 2000-3000 words. This paper will be your Short Argumentative Research Paper (SARP) which you should submit in a folder with copies of any specific sources that you use in developing the paper

• Diagnostic
  All work for this paper should be completed in the first two weeks of class.
   
• Papers 1, 2, 3, 4
  Allow about two weeks for each two-three page paper.
   
• Bibliography
  Due early in the second half of the semester.
   
• Annotated Bibliography
  Due about a week after the bibliography.
   
• Short Argumentative Research Paper
  Due before the Thanksgiving Holiday, November 23-24.

• Write a brief, in-class position paper and email it to me.
   
• For next class, review the rules on plagiarism at the following sites:

"Avoiding Plagiarism," from Purdue’s OWL. A really useful source with specific instructions on what plagiarism really is and how to keep it out of your paper.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html

Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html

• In the next class, you will add research to the paper and revise it.

Using the essays in your text on the topic of ________________________,
write an in-class draft which you will revise using additional research.  Be sure us give me a copy of the sources you use in your paper.

The class will select a choice of at least three current issue topics. Select one and write an in-class draft of 150 words or more.  Be sure us give me a copy of the sources you use in your paper.

Using the essays in your text on the topic of ________________________, write an in-class draft which you will revise using additional research.  Be sure us give me a copy of the sources you use in your paper.

Using the essays in your text on the topic of ________________________, write an in-class draft which you will revise using additional research.  Be sure us give me a copy of the sources you use in your paper.

Using Google (www.google.com), Ebscohost, and print materials from the library, develop a working bibliography, just a list, of 25-30 items on the topic of one of the four papers listed above. Try to select the paper that you intend to develop into your SARP.

Select the best ten (10) of the articles you found in the bibliography search and annotate each one by indicating 1) the thesis of the article, 2) how the thesis is developed–through statistics, examples, or some other means, and 3) how this article will help you develop the argument of your own paper. Make the annotations about 50-75 words each.

For the Short Argumentative Research Paper (SARP), you must take one of the previously developed papers, your choice, and revise it into an extended argument of 2000-3000 words.

– Use a cover sheet, including:
     - title of the paper
     - number and section of the course (ENG 106-01)
     - date submitted
     - professor’s name
     - your name

– Include an outline, with your thesis at the top of the page

– In your paper,
     - explain the issue/problem you are considering
     - give an idea of what others have said about it
     - give your response to what these writers have said
     - state a clear, argumentative thesis/proposal/controlling idea
     - use your research to develop your argument

– Use either MLA or APA style.

– Include at least eight items in your works cited.

– Number your pages

– Use parenthetical reference and a Works Cited Page

– Put all of your drafts, copies of the research you use, and your final draft in a plain manila folder . 
Please do not use expensive plastic portfolios or folders.

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