English 1010 Syllabus
Text
Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond 2nd edition by Lester Faigley 
Course Description
This course examines concepts of rhetoric, research, and argumentation placing a strong emphasis on the writing process, including invention, drafting, peer review, and revision.
Course Outcomes
The English Department lists the following as its desired outcomes for student writers, who at the completion of English 1010 will be able to demonstrate through writing:
#1 Rhetorical Strategies, including adapting to differences in purpose, audience and genre 
#2 Critical Thinking Processes, including summary, analysis, synthesis, and argumentation 
#3 Composing Processes such as invention, drafting, revision, editing, peer feedback, and self-assessment 
 #4 Conventions of Writing, especially the conventions of citing multiple texts and incorporating them into one’s own writing 
Course Methods
We will work within the learning traditions of composition classrooms, using peer groups, small group discussion, with many different kinds of reading and writing opportunities. 
We will become a community of thinkers, readers, writers, and learners engaged in a mutual endeavor that we hope will be interesting and profitable for you. The work of this course is best done together, with every member of the community fully present and participating. We would like to offer the following as guidelines for such a community: Come prepared; don't miss class casually; respect one another's opinions by responding to them intelligently; read one another's work carefully, with as much thought and input as you would like your own work read.
Much of the work will be done in small groups, to make discussion and the work load manageable and more fruitful. Therefore, the work of the class cannot be done well without a significant level of  participation. Working in groups benefits each member of the group. The more fully participating you are as an individual member of the group, the more profitable the group will be for you. We will discuss the readings from our texts in groups and also comment on drafts of essays in progress.
Participation
The framework of the course--with emphasis on class participation and peer response--demands that you participate in group discussions regularly. Failure to complete work such as peer responses, participation in reading discussions, active participation in small work, and so forth, will result in the lowering of your grade. 
Policy on Late Assignments
The English Department believes that attendance and active participation in class contribute to success. Therefore, department policy stipulates that at least ten-percent of your final grade will be based on your involvement in class.  More than ten-percent of unexcused absences will result in a reduction of one full letter grade. To earn at least a C in this course, you must complete all major assignments on time.  If there are extenuating circumstances that keep you from turning in an assignment on time, please discuss it with us before the assignment is due. 
Plagiarism
Students commit plagiarism when they submit another author’s work as their own. Plagiarism also includes the failure to attribute unique phrases, passages, or ideas to their original source. Plagiarism is a violation of the student code of conduct. Students who commit plagiarism will receive either an automatic E for that assignment or an E for the course, depending upon the severity of the plagiarism.
Accommodation for Disabilities
Students with medical, psychological, learning or other disabilities desiring accommodations or services under ADA, must contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC ).  The DRC determines eligibility for and authorizes the provision of these accommodations and services for the college."   Please contact the DRC at the Student Center, Suite 244, Redwood Campus, 4600 So. Redwood Rd, 84123.  Phone: (801) 957-4659, TTY:  957-4646, Fax:  957- 4947 or by email:  linda.bennett@slcc.edu
Writing Center
SLCC's Writing Center offers an advising program where you have the opportunity to discuss your work with a peer tutor or faculty writing advisor. The intent of the Writing Center advisor is to help you think about your writing process by sharing their impressions of your materials, offering revision strategies, discussing different ways to approach an assignment, as well as to provide another reader and voice for you. The Writing Center is not simply a place to go to get a paper "fixed" or "corrected." Be prepared with questions for your advisor. Ask yourself what you want to work on, whether it's understanding an assignment, having an advisor give you his/her impressions of a passage you've written, or to talk about "what you want to say." Advisors are available to help you with any writing assignment for any class you take. You can sign up for an appointment in the Writing Center in AD 218 at the Redwood Campus, the Learning Center at the South City Campus or the Annex at Sandy. You can also call 957-4893 to sign up for an appointment at Redwood. You may also send a draft to an advisor through email. Be sure to include questions and concerns you may have and a copy of the writing assignment provided by your instructor. Go to the Writing Center website and click on online advising.
The Writing Center also offers real time online Writing Advising using Wimba.  Go to www.slcc.edu/swc/liveonline.asp  to find the schedule for writing tutors and to make an appointment.