INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Introduction to Literature
ENG 1073
General Course Information
Instructor: Karen Gudde
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Course Title: Introduction to Literature
Semester: Fall 2010
Credit Hours: 3
Class Location: Cherryvale High School – Room 139B
Textbook: Barnet, Sylvan, et al. An Introduction to Literature, 16th edition. New York: Longman, 2011.
Instructor Expectations
My classroom expectations are based on respect.
Show your respect to the educational process by being on time and being prepared. Bring required materials to class along with completed homework.
· Show your respect to others by treating not only them but also their property as you would like to be treated. We will practice the art of respectfully disagreeing with other people’s ideas during classroom discussions.
· Please learn and follow all CMHS policies and procedures as outlined in your student handbook. Remember that we are in pursuit of excellence!
Classroom Policy
Should you fall short of the classroom expectations listed above and choose to disrupt the learning environment for your peers, I will be forced to take any or all of the following steps.
1) Warning
2) 20 minute detention served after school that day.
3) Removal from my classroom and send to the Academy.
4) Send to the office and request meeting with you and your parents.
I reserve the right to alter or skip consequences if behavior is severe enough.
Cheating / Plagiarism
Copying or using someone else’s work or letting someone else do your work is not acceptable. If you decide to cheat or to help someone else cheat, you will receive a zero for the assignment.
Academic honesty is of utmost importance in your school work. Students who plagiarize borrow the language, thoughts, and ideas of another author, directly or indirectly, and claim them as their own. The most blatant form of plagiarism is to use directly quoted material with no quotation marks and no reference to the source. Borrowed material that students paraphrase but do not document is also plagiarism. In fact, any form of cheating-crib sheets during tests, copying another student's work inside or outside of class, buying papers, etc.-is plagiarism. If students have any doubts about borrowing information, they should ask the instructor. (Kansas Core Outcomes)
Students can expect the following consequences for willful plagiarism: First offense: The paper receives an F. Second offense: The student fails the course. You can also expect that I will contact your parents about this very serious issue.
Attendance Requirements
Page one in your Student Handbook states board-approved school policy on attendance.
If you are tardy to class, please enter the classroom quietly without disrupting the learning process of your classmates. Unexcused tardies will possibly earn detentions or a visit to the office to explain your behavior and choices.
Make-up Work
Unless arrangements have been made with me, I will follow the make-up work guidelines listed in your Student Handbook.
*Excused – Full credit will be given for make-up work which is completed within 2 class periods following the absence.
*Unexcused – Zero credit will be given for assigned or graded work or activities on the day of the unexcused absence. Tests and long term projects must be completed or arrangements made by the next class period and will receive no more than 75% credit.
Objectives
Understand the elements of fiction, define and understand literary terms, and write one or more critical papers on selected pieces.
Understand various verse forms, rhyme and meter, and define and understand literary terms as they relate to the genre of poetry. Write one or more papers explicating a poem or comparing two or more poems.
Understand the elements of drama. Write one or more papers evaluating a dramatic selection.
Competencies
Literature students will understand terms and traditional and non-traditional conventions of the three primary genres.
Literature students will write critically and concisely, using conventions and practices distinguishable from other disciplines in that literary criticism has a style and a code all its own.
Methods of Evaluation
Grades will be based on both in-class and out-of-class writing assignments, quizzes, formal papers, exams, and the final exam. Late assignments will be accepted but will be marked down one letter grade for each day they are late.
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