Purpose and Course Objectives Welcome to English 101! We begin this course with the premise that you are all writers—and with the equally important idea that all writers are constantly improving their writing through revision and careful feedback from peers and your instructor. In this course you will further develop the skills you need to succeed in college courses where reading, writing, and critical thinking are important. This course therefore lays an important foundation that will help you thrive in nearly every course you will take at EvCC, as well as in writing contexts beyond the College and/or University in your personal and professional lives. By the end of the course, the goal is for you to be able to navigate the composing processes necessary to be a rhetorically-effective writer. In this class, we’ll practice various strategies for effective communication and produce dynamic documents geared toward communicating messages with specific purposes to specific audiences. We’ll learn that making choices when we write allows us to think critically and creatively about problems and solutions. We’ll also examine how reading, writing, analysis, and critical thinking are interconnected. We’re all taking part in an “ongoing conversation” that started before we joined and will continue after we leave. Understanding our place in this broader conversation allows us to draw on what others say in order to make our own contributions more meaningful. Class Schedule Week or Date Objectives, topics, and activities Units (for precise HW dates, refer to our Canvas Course) Week 1 -Getting started: What is Rhetoric? -What are discourse communities? -How do we communicate within, and outside of, our discourse communities? -What are rhetorical methods, strategies, and tools? Building towards first essay: Discourse Community Analysis Essay -Schedule first conference meeting with Michael. Week 2 -How can we use GPT ethically in the drafting process (outlining/reverse outline/title brainstorm)? -Revision Strategies. -Peer Review -Transitioning to a new unit. Continuing progress towards first essay: Discourse Community Analysis Essay -Schedule first conference meeting with Michael. Week 3 One-on-One Conferences. Completing work for first essay: Discourse Community Analysis Essay -Schedule conference meeting with Michael. Week 4 --What does Academic Writing translate to? -New unit: Summary, Analysis, Synthesis. -How to cite texts in MLA format and how to utilize quotes. Building towards Second essay: Summary and Analysis Essay. Week 5 -The Danger of a Single Story and the Importance of Diverse Perspectives. -How to synthesize two texts. Completing work for second essay: Summary and Analysis Essay. -Schedule second/final conference meeting with Michael between now and end of quarter. Week 6 -Peer Review. --Research unit: -Research Topics -Research Questions Completing work for second essay: Summary and Analysis Essay. Starting work for third essay: Research Essay Week 7 -Research unit: --What is academic research writing and how can the library help? -Researching and annotated bibliographies. Continuing work for third essay: Research Essay Week 8 -Continuing Academic Research and Academic Research Writing. -How can we use GPT to help us research? Types of sources. Continuing work for third essay: Research Essay -Schedule second/final conference meeting with Michael between now and end of quarter. Week 9 -What do we do with our sources? -How do we synthesize our research? -Drafting our Research essays. Continuing work for third essay: Research Essay -Schedule second/final conference meeting with Michael between now and end of quarter. Week 10 -How do we translate and apply our research to our translations? -Reflecting on the quarter. Continuing work for third essay: Research Essay -Schedule second/final conference meeting with Michael between now and end of quarter. Finals Week (include date of final) -No final exam. -Completing final portfolio: -End of quarter reflection letter. -Submission draft of Research Essay. -Completing work for fourth essay: Final Portfolio assignments: --End of quarter reflection letter. --Submission draft of Research Essay -Schedule second/final conference meeting. Grading Scale Your final grade is calculated by weighing your scores for assignments within the category weights in the table above. Canvas calculates these scores, weights, and percentages automatically, and you can access your current grade through Canvas at any time. The following scale shows the percentages necessary for a particular grade; passing scores are highlighted in blue). ***NOTE PLEASE READ: To move on to English 102, you need a grade of AT LEAST a C or higher (aka 2.0 or higher). A: 93-100% B: 83-86% C: 73-76% D: 63-60% A-: 90-92% B-: 80-82% C-: 70-72% D-: 60-62% B+: 87-89% C+: 77-79% D+: 67-69% F: 0-59%

コースの目的と目標 English 101へようこそ！このコースでは、皆さんがすべて作家であり、また、すべての作家が修正と仲間や講師からの慎重なフィードバックを通じて常に自分の文章を向上させているという前提から始めます。このコースでは、読書、文章作成、そして批判的思考が重要な大学の授業で成功するために必要なスキルをさらに発展させます。したがって、このコースは、EvCCで受講するほぼすべての授業でおよび個人および職業上のライティングコンテキストで繁栄するのに役立つ重要な基盤を築きます。コースの最後までに、修辞的に効果的なライターになるために、文章を作成するための構成プロセスを航行できるようになることが目標です。 このクラスでは、効果的なコミュニケーションのためのさまざまな戦略を実践し、特定の目的を持った特定の対象にメッセージを伝えるためのダイナミックな文書を制作します。私たちは、書くときに選択肢を作ることで、問題と解決策について批判的かつ創造的に考えることができることを学びます。また、読書、文章作成、分析、および批判的思考がどのように相互に関連しているかを検討します。私たちは皆、参加している「継続的な会話」の一部であり、それは私たちが参加する前から始まり、私たちが去った後も続きます。このより広範な会話の中で私たちの場所を理解することで、他の人々が言っていることを利用して、自分自身の貢献をより意味のあるものにすることができます。