Class Policies Hybrid 102

Course Description: As writers write, they need a set of strategies to move from thinking about a paper to polishing it and help you explore and practice a variety of such strategies as you draft, revise, and edit different pieces of writing. This course emphasizes the importance of all stages of students' writing processes, including invention, drafting, revising, editing and proofreading.

The writing projects in the course prepare students for the specific demands of persuasive writing. This includes, developing claims and grounds which acknowledge the needs of the audiences, the role of ethos and voice, the subtleties of language and the exigencies of subject and situation. Students also learn the various ways of engaging in research, and explore what it means to participate in a research and writing community. In our networked classrooms the technology is used as a tool for achieving these objectives.

Since each writer's needs are unique, this course will provide individual attention and feedback from me as well as from other students in class. I also encourage you to seek reactions to your ideas and drafts from people outside of this course. In addition to family and friends, consider soliciting advice from tutors in the Writing Center (3rd floor, Language and Literature).

Deadlines for Withdrawals: I want to underscore the published deadlines for dropping courses at ASU. The deadlinefor unrestricted withdrawal from any course you have enrolled in for this semester is February  13, 2005.  The deadline for restricted  withdrawal--meaning that the teacher of the course you wish to drop must indicate that you currently have a passing grade in the course, is May 4..
Note: Disability Resources for Students: ASU complies with all federal and state laws and regulations regarding discrimination, including the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for equal access to education at ASU, please call Disability Resources for Students at 965-1234. Please feel free to discuss special accommodations with me.

University Sanctioned Activities: To accommodate students who participate in university-sanctionedactivities, the composition program offers sections of this course at various times of the day and week. Wehave asked advisors across the campus to help students enroll in appropriate sections. If you think that this course may conflict with a university sanctioned-activity in which you are involved--athletics, the debate team, or other university sanctioned activity--please see me after class today. While transferring to another section of this course may be the only viable option, let's discuss the possibilites.
Course Requirements
Attendance and Participation: Because so much of your learning will take place in class, you must attend on a regular basis to receive credit for this course.  If you miss more than four classes, you cannot pass the course.   In the hybrid  class we work with partners.  If you are absent your partner must make other arrangements.  If you are late, you are also burdening your partner by not posting your work in a timely manner.
NOTE: "Attendance" means being present, on time, and prepared for the entire class period. At the end of each class period, I will award you credit for participation: a zero(0) if you were absent, a minus(-) if you showed up but didn't contribute positively, and a plus (+) if you were there the whole class period and contributed positively.  The policy is the same for online and face to face classes.
 
Course Work: You must come to each class prepared to write, to share your drafts with others, and to revise what you have already written. This means you must work steadily both in class and on your own. Time management is an important element in writing and, thus, an important concern for you in this class.

Homework:  You will be called on to discuss your homework online, or in the face to face class.  Failure to have read the material will earn a failing mark for the day.

EMAIL NOTE: All students must have an ASU email account by Jan. 24th..  


CLASS ETIQUETTE: Please be on time and prepared. We will spend most of our classtime
in discussion and workshop. A portion of classes will also include traditional lectures and/or
oral presentations. Regardless of the class format, please be prepared to listen, and to participate appropriately.  Failure to do so is  distracting to other students and will not be tolerated: I may ask you to leave (which will  constitute an absence), or, if a problem persists, permanently withdraw the student from the class.  Similar penalties will occur to students who commit other forms of rudeness: failing to turn off cellphones, failing to peer edit, offtask talking, writing or reading, insulting other classmembers, perisitantly arriving late to class.
*NOTE: Just as it is inappropriate to read the newspaper during any class unless it is assigned reading, so it is inappropriate to reply to or read personal email during class, or to use the computer for other than class work specified for that day. You may be dropped from the class for failing to adhere to these policies.

COMPUTER CLASSROOMS:
No food or drink is allowed in computer classrooms. Coming to a computer class without your disk is coming unprepared. Coming without your assignement is coming unprepared. The printers in the classrooms are for very limited use.  Do not come to class expecting print your paper in class.
PRINTER:  Please copy and print your assingment well before the deadline in case you have computer problems or there are lines to use the computers in the dorms.
Also, do not say anything on-line, via email, or on Webboard that you wouldn't say in a public forum. Your password is available to teachers and administrators, so mind your on-line manners, e.g. libel, slander, use of language inappropriate to the classroom.

Further classroom protocol:
Further, on the public nature of this class--writing and discussion: Part of becoming a good
writer is learning to appreciate the ideas and criticisms of others, and in this course our
purpose is to come together as a community of writers. Remember that you will be
expected to share your writing with others.  Avoid writing about things that you may not be
prepared to subject to public scrutiny or that you feel so strongly about that you are
unwilling to listen to perspectives other than your own. This does not mean that you are not
entitled to an opinion but that you adopt positions responsibly, contemplating the possible
effects on others. In particular, please do not write about any criminal activity that you have
personal knowledge of--as a witness, as a vicim, or a perpetrator. This may seem like an odd
thing to caution you about, but if you were to write about such an activity, I may be legally
required to report it to the authoritites.


Research Journal : You must keep a detailed log of your research activities for
Writing Projects 1, 2, and 3. Note the time spent in the Library, the articles you find and use,
books you may have recalled , the call numbers of books, the URL's you visit, any and all activities
that have to do with your research such as letters, phone interviews, in person interviews. I will
check these logs periodically to see how you are progressing in your research. You must include your
research log with your portfolio. Keep the log so that it can be bound with the portfolio.

Essay Format: All drafts of essays must be computer printed and double spaced. Place your
name, my name, course title, date, and title of the essay at top right of the first page. Please
don't submit a cover page with your essay. Since each paper is research based, you

**MUST turn in photocopies of each article you use to prepare your essay, and
all the supporting work that you have done in preparing the paper ( See the list
in the PORTFOLIO section, below).

Presentation:  Present your papers and supporting material in a manilla or Pee Gee type folder (I will not take 3 ring binders--too heavy) with your name outside on the top right  hand corner. If your supporting articles are not included with your essay you will receive a 0 for the essay.

Online Portfolio: Keep ALL your writing for this course, including in-class and out-of-class working notes, drafts, revisions, final drafts, reader response answers, and logs. At the end of the semester, you will review your portfolio to analyze and evaluate your progress.  Some of these assignments will be done in class, so always remember to bring your disk. Please see the Portfolio link on this web page for further information on preparing your portfolio.

Disposition of Papers: Students should keep their own papers. Among other things, any student who appeals a course grade will need to submit copies of all graded course papers with the appeal.

Plagiarism: Plagiarzing is stealing. To plagiarize is to present as your own any work that is not exclusively your own. Plagiarism of all or a portion of any assignment will be strictly penalized--in some cases with failing the class, in others with expulsion from the university. See the Guide to Composition for more information on plagiarism. See Guide to Writing Programs

Revising: Revision is a major part of the work that you do in the course. After your peer workshops you will have the opportunity to revise the paper before turning in the final version. Therefore the peer editing sessions are extremely important. After the peer editing sessions is a good time to consult with me and ask any questions you may still have about your work. Feel free to make an appointment with me to discuss your work or ask me to read portions of your essay.

REWRITES:
You will have the opportunity to rewrite. (It cannot be a paper that was turned in late).  After I have evaluated and graded the "final" version of the paper, you may, after consultation with me, revise your paper once more. However you may only improve your paper by one letter grade. For example if you did a fast job on a paper and turned in a rough draft in place of the final and you received a final grade of D, you could not revise that paper into an A paper. The reason for this stipulation is to insure that you concentrate on the quality of your work throughout the entire drafting/writing process.
Please note: In order to rewrite, you must meet with me within two weeks of recieving your paper. Make the appointment with me promptly, and we will make arrangments regarding when and how it will be turned in.
Re-write Conferences:
Students who rewrite must submit, on the day of our conference, a comprehensive typewritten one page revision plan. This essay should detail your problems with the assignment, and exactly how you intend to correct them.  On submitting the final re-write, it must be accompanied by the proposal that you brought to our re-write conference (referred to above)  and a  short letter to me discussing the specific improvments you've made, backing your argument ( that your changes have improved the paper) with specific examples from the essay.