EWRT 1B Green sheet

1. EWRT 1B
Reading, Writing, and Research
Kim Palmore, PhD Office: F1-IL
Email: Palmorekim@fhda.edu Website: http://palmoreenglish.wordpress.com
Cell Phone: 408-674-3005 Appointments: Hours and Scheduler available
on the course website
Course Goals: Through reading, discussion of, and writing about literature, students will develop a greater
ability to understand complex texts and critical essays they read and to convey that understanding in a variety of
clear, unified, coherent, well-developed and effective essays.
Requirements:
1. Participating in class discussions and regular attendance.
2. Keeping up-to-date on the assignments and reading.
3. Writing four formal papers, one of which will be written in class.
4. Posting homework and comments to the class website.
5. Taking tests and quizzes and doing in-class assignments.
Class Website:
Our class website is http://palmoreenglish.wordpress.com. In order to do the homework, you must establish
an account. To make your own FREE Word Press account, go to wordpress.com. The system will walk you
through the steps to signup for a username or to set up your own user-friendly Word Press blog.
Alternatively, you can sign into our website through Facebook. There are also detailed directions available
on the website under “Create Account.”
If you prefer not to use your own name, you may use a pseudonym. Just make sure you sign in with YOUR
Word Press username before you post on our class page so you get credit for your work. Please email me
your username once you have established which account you shall use for the quarter.
If you cannot establish your website and username, please come to my office hours as soon as possible, and
I will help you with the process. Much of our work will take place online, so establishing this connection is
mandatory.
Texts and Required Materials and Resources:
Required Materials:
v Access to an online web page, where you will post homework and find reading selections
v Paper, pens, pencils, and a small copy fund.
Primary Texts
Available on the Website
v Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
v Assorted short stories
Available at the Bookstore or online
v Passing by Nella Larsen
v Chinglish by David Henry Hwang
Secondary Texts
Available on the Website
v Assorted essays and journal articles
Please bring the appropriate text to every class meeting; this means that you should print the short stories
from the website or be able to access an electronic copy. Bring your laptop or draft copies on the days
we write in class.

2. GRADING:
Grades for this course will be based on a 1000-point scale divided as follows:
Assignment My Score Point
Value
Assignment My
Score
Point
Value
Essay #1 500-750 words 100 Website Posts 150
Essay #2 (4-6 pages) 150 Four Terms Exams 3x25 1x50 125
Essay #3 (4-6 pages) 150 Participation, Quizzes 125
Essay #4 (5-7 pages) 200
Total 1000 points
I will assign traditional + and - grades: for example 90-93 A- 94-97 A 98-100 A+
Grade Points Required Grade Points Required
A 900-1000 D 600-699
B 800-899 F 599 and below
C 700-799
CLASS POLICIES:
Essay Submission:
All out of class essays are to be submitted to me electronically before the class period in which they are due.
1. Before you submit your essay, please save your file as your last name and the assignment: Smith 1.
2. Submit your essay through Kaizena at https://kaizena.com/palmoreessaysubmissiongmail. Or simply
use the link on our class website home page.
3. Sign in to your Google Account and allow Kaizena access to your Google Drive. You may want a
dedicated Gmail account for this class.
4. You can follow the directions from this point to join a group or submit your essay. If you have trouble,
please see the appropriate presentation on our website under “Create Accounts.”
De Anza Free Tutoring: Smart Thinking
1. De Anza offers free writing tutoring for students. You will find the link here:
http://www.deanza.edu/studentsuccess/onlinetutoring/ and a link on our class website. If you choose to
use this service (which may prove to be very helpful) please submit copies of your “live whiteboard
tutoring sessions.” The services they offer include the following”
Ø Interact with a live tutor
Ø Submit a question and receive a reply from a tutor
Ø Submit an essay or paper for a tutor to review and receive feedback
Academic Dishonesty:
Plagiarism includes quoting or paraphrasing material without documentation and copying from other students or
professionals. Intentional plagiarism is a grave offense; the resulting response will be distasteful. Depending upon
the severity, instances of plagiarism may result in a failing grade for the paper or the course and possible administrative
action. All assignments will be scrutinized for academic dishonesty. Please refer to your handbook for more
information regarding plagiarism.
Attendance:
Attendance is a significant part of this course, and success in this course depends on regular attendance and
active participation. Participation points will be part of our daily activities. If you are not in class, you cannot
earn these points. You should save absences for emergencies. It is your responsibility to talk to me your
absences or other conflicts. Work done in class cannot be made up. Also, please arrive on time, as you will not
be able to make up work completed before you arrive, including quizzes and exams.
Conduct, Courtesy, and Electronic Devices:
In this class, we will regularly engage in the discussion of topics that may stir passionate debates. Please speak
freely and candidly; however, while your thoughts and ideas are important to me and to the dynamics of the
class, you must also respect others and their opinions. Courtesy will allow each person to have the opportunity
to express his or her ideas in a comfortable environment.

3. Courtesy includes but is not limited to politely listening to others when they contribute to class discussions or
while they give presentations, not slamming the classroom door or walking in front of classmates giving
presentations if you do arrive late, and maintaining a positive learning environment for your fellow classmates.
To help maintain a positive learning environment, please focus on the work assigned, and do not text-message in
class. If your behavior becomes disruptive to the learning environment of the class, you may be asked to leave
and/or be marked absent.
Participation:
Participation includes doing all work asked of you inside and outside of class, maintaining a positive learning
environment for your classmates, and contributing to class discussion. Participation points are accrued based on
your in class participation. Do not underestimate the impact that participation has on your final grade. You must
be in class to earn participation points.
Quizzes:
I may decide to include pop quizzes from time to time to ensure you are completing all readings in a timely
fashion. There are no make up opportunities for quizzes.
Exams:
We will have four terms tests during the quarter. I will offer one opportunity late in the quarter to re-take or
make-up one of the first three terms tests.
Late Work:
I do not accept late work. I do, however, extend an opportunity to revise either essay #2 or #3 for a better
grade. If you miss an essay due date, you may submit that essay when the revisions are due on the last day of the
term. This does disqualify you from revising another essay.
Revisions:
Revisions must be significant to earn a grade change. This means you must do more to your paper than edit the
grammar and punctuation errors I point out to you on your first submission. I recommend reading my
suggestions and corrections carefully and then thinking about how to apply what you have learned to your entire
paper. Feel free to make an appointment with me to discuss further revisions after you finish the first step.
Any revisions submitted with MLA errors will not be considered. This includes those essays you are
submitting for the first time as a “revision.” Do be careful.
Appointments:
You can schedule an office visit with me by using the appointment finder on the class website. Alternatively,
you can just drop by to see if I have a vacancy. Or, you can email me if you need to make an appointment
outside of my formal office hours.
Adding and Dropping:
Adding and dropping this class is the responsibility of the student. Please observe all deadlines regarding the
same should you wish to add or drop this class.
Educational Use of Student Papers:
Occasionally, I retain copies of written work to share with this class or future sections of the course; selections
of student work used in these ways will be anonymous. However, if you absolutely object to the use of your
work in these ways, please let me know now, so that I can respect your preference.