EXPOSITORY WRITING

Instructor: Miss Catherine Engel

Classroom: North Building, room A149
Classroom Phone: 994-515 t!itter: "cateng#9#4
Email: engelc"!estotta!a$net !e%site:
!!!$engelish$!ee%l&$com
Instructor a'aila%ilit&: I am a'aila%le to meet !ith students most da&s %et!een (:)#
am and (:45 am, at lunch, during *eminar, or a+ter school$ I !ill %e una'aila%le
a+ter school on some da&s due to +acult& and de,artment meetings - ,lease chec.
!ith me ahead o+ time to schedule a con+erence$
Course /escri,tion: E0,ositor& 1riting ,re,ares students +or college !riting$ It
e0,lores the man& di2erent ,ur,oses +or !riting and anal&3es models o+ e2ecti'e
!riting in 'arious +ormats$ *tudents !or. through all ste,s o+ the !riting ,rocess -
+rom su%4ect selection to re5ning the 5nal dra+t - +or each !riting assignment$
Em,hasis is on de'elo,ment o+ a student6s o!n 'oice and st&le$
Assessment Strategies:
*tudents !ill !rite an original essa& a,,ro0imatel& e'er& three !ee.s$ As
,art o+ that ,rocess each student !ill:
7ead and discuss 'arious e0am,le essa&s ,ertaining to each t&,e o+
essa& studied$
Incor,orate and document all academic: li%rar& and on-line data%ase
su,,orting material, in each researched essa&, using M8A +ormat +or in-
te0t documentation and the 1or.s Cited ,age$
9se the ste,s o+ the !riting ,rocess - ,re!riting, dra+ting, re'ising,
editing, and 5nal dra+ting techni:ues$
/emonstrate an e2ecti'e use o+ +ormal diction and st&le in each essa&$
1rite a !ell +ormulated thesis$
*u,,ort each thesis statement !ith material +rom the student6s
,ersonal e0,erience or academic research$
/emonstrate the use o+ logic, organi3ation, +ocus, and coherence in the
!riting o+ each essa&$
1rite each o+ the +ollo!ing essa&s %& the assigned due date:
o College Admission;*cholarshi, A,,lication Essa&
o Biogra,hical Anal&sis Essa&
o /e5nition Essa&
o *ocial Issues;Persuasi'e Essa&
o Com,arati'e Anal&sis Essa&
o 7e<ecti'e Essa& and Port+olio Presentations
Grading Criteria:
=ne essa& !ill %e !ritten a,,ro0imatel& e'er& three !ee.s$ All ,arts o+ the
!riting ,rocess - ,re!riting, outlines, rough dra+ts, and re'isions must %e
com,leted and turned in !ith the 5nal dra+t o+ the essa&$ I+ all elements are
not ,resent, the essa& !ill %e mar.ed do!n accordingl&$ I+ a student su%mits
a 5nal essa& !ith no other ,roo+ o+ !or. >i$e$ no ,re!riting or e'idence o+
rough dra+ts? the instructor reser'es the right to re+use to acce,t the essa&
+or credit$
Grading Standard:
8etter grades are determined on the +ollo!ing scale:
A 9)@ -
1##@
BA B(-B9@ CA ((-(9@ /A C(-C9@ D #-59@
A- 9#@ -
9@
B B)-BC@ C ()-(C@ / C)-CC@
B- B#-B@ C- (#-(@ /- C# -C@
Deadline Policy:
/eadlines are im,erati'e$ Assignments are due at the %eginning or the end
o+ the class ,eriod as designated %& the teacher on the date designated %&
the teacher$ Because assignments are initiated during the class and since
class time is de'oted to com,osition o+ the assignments, late !or. is
,enali3ed$ I+ the student is not here on a due date, the 5nal dra+t must %e
su%mitted on the 5rst da& %ac. at school$ A ,eriod o+ three !ee.s is am,le
time to !rite se'eral dra+tsE the student must su%mit !or. that re,resents
the student6s %est e2orts, and thus demonstrates the ,rocess o+
de'elo,ment$ ALL PREWRITING, OUTLINES, AND DRAFTS MUST BE ALL PREWRITING, OUTLINES, AND DRAFTS MUST BE
HANDED IN WITH THE FINAL PAPER HANDED IN WITH THE FINAL PAPER in order to recei'e credit +or all ,arts
o+ the !riting ,rocessE i+ all the elements are not ,resent, the essa& !ill %e
mar.ed do!n$ All assigned essays mus !e su!mied in "#de# " $ass
%e &lass'
ate Penalties:
Essa&s are due on the assigned date$ I+ the essa& is turned in !ithin 4
hours o+ the due date, a ma0imum o+ 9#@ can %e earned on the essa&$
Essa&s turned in more than 4 hours ,ast the due date can earn a ma0imum
grade o+ (#@$
E!tensions:
E!tensions are not granted "eca#se o$ em%loyment or e!tra&
c#rric#lar acti'ities( E0tensions are granted, ho!e'er, +or other reasons$ I+
&ou are ha'ing trou%le meeting a deadline, come to see me BED=7E the
,a,er is due >at least three da&s? and discuss the ,ossi%ilit& o+ an e0tension$
I+ &ou !ait until the da& the essa& is due, no e0tensions !ill %e granted$
)e*a'ioral E!%ectations:
ACADE+IC INTEGRITY: Fhe administration and the teaching sta2 %elie'e
that students ha'e a signi5cant res,onsi%ilit& in the area o+ honest& and
integrit& regarding all school !or.$ I encourage the %est indi'idual e2ort o+
e'er& student in this class$ *tudents !ho ,lagiari3e !ill +ace a 'ariet& o+
conse:uences ranging +rom +ailure o+ the !or. in :uestion to loss o+ credit +or
the class$
Note: a de5nite correlation e0ists %et!een the num%er o+ dra+ts
and the :ualit& o+ the 5nal ,iece o+ !riting$
One ,nal note: All essa&s are assigned !ell %e+ore the due date, and
students ha'e am,le time in class to !or. on multi,le dra+ts o+ each essa&$
Most ,ro%lems can %e resol'ed through earl& communication$ Please see me
i+ &ou need hel, on an essa& G %e+ore the da& it is due$