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Site: Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Course: Crafting the Essay 20W.PWR3.CDE.1
Book: Syllabus
Printed by: GRACE LI
Date: Monday, July 15, 2019, 12:59 PM
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Table of contents
1. Welcome!
2. Goals and outcomes
3. Schedule
4. Grading
5. Code of conduct
6. Assistance
7. Making the most of this course
8. What's next
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1. Welcome!
As you begin this course, please read and review this syllabus—more than once if needed. The information that follows will provide an outline that will
help you know what to expect. It will also help you manage your study time more efficiently.
Once you've made your way through this syllabus, you'll unlock the remaining introductory course activities on the main course page.
In the meantime, if you have any questions about the course or the syllabus, please post them to the Q&A forum at the top of the course homepage.
Navigation
To return to a specific page in the syllabus, use the table of contents in the collapsed menu on the right side of the page. To open the collapsed menu, click
on the pink semicircle on the right.
You can save or print this syllabus as a PDF. Click on the gear button in the top right and select Print book to print the entire syllabus or select Print this
chapter to print a single page.
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This format is best for students who enjoy computermediated interaction, relish sharing their writing with an audience, and can commit adequate time to
the work (see time commitment, below).
Time commitment
3 hours weekly for the 20week sessions (Early Fall, Late Fall, Winter, and Spring)
2 hours daily Monday – Friday for the intensive 6week session (Late Summer)
Goals
This course prepares you for the next course in the sequence, Writing Analysis & Persuasion. You will have mastered narrative, descriptive, and reflective
writing.
Outcomes
You will have command of vivid descriptions, specific details, figurative language, and variety in sentence structure. You will have experimented with
techniques for organizing paragraphs, transitioning between ideas, and composing effective beginnings and endings. Voice (consistent diction and
psychology) and its interaction with audience and purpose are also examined.
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3. Schedule
The activities for this course are organized on a weekly basis with each week running from Monday to Sunday.
Here is your schedule. Print out two copies. Give one to your adults. Post one at your workplace so you can see what is due.
All assignments are due on the posted due date by 11:55 p.m. your time unless otherwise stated.
There are a few ways you can keep track of your progress in this course. First, there is a progress bar on the course home page which shows the
assignments you've completed. Second, there are checkboxes to the right of each activity. Activities are automatically checked off once they are complete.
This page includes a third way to stay on top of your coursework. Below is a list of the course assignments. You may find it helpful to print a copy of this
page and use the old fashioned "pen and paper" method of checking off completed assignments.
Ten lessons are available. Each lesson culminates in one of three types of final writing assignments.
4 short pieces (approximately 250 words)
5 essay drafts (500750 words)
2 revisions (750 words)
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Exercises demonstrate how to find and make explicit evaluation standards, how to choose an audience and a persona appropriate for that audience,
and how to match evaluation standards of the audience and persona.
Final Writing Assignment: Write an evaluation of this course.
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4. Grading
This course is not graded.
We provide Course Completion Documents in lieu of grades. However, a very few families request grades for school credit. Requests for grades and/or
credit must be made by a parent/guardian in writing. See Parent Information for details.
Grading scale
Percentage grade Numerical grade
98100% A+
9397% A
9092% A
8789% B+
8386% B
8082% B
7779% C+
7376% C
7072% C
<70% No grade issued
If your assignment is not posted on the scheduled due date, your instructor will follow this procedure:
1. Your instructor will contact you to ask about the missing assignment and set a makeup date, and remind you about the minimum completion
requirement.
2. If the makeup assignment does not arrive as scheduled, the instructor will contact student and notify parents.
3. If two assignments are missing, the supervisor will send parents a notice that two assignments are missing and the student can only achieve minimal
completion of the course. The instructor may help you create a makeup schedule for the missing assignments.
4. If the student fails to adhere to the makeup schedule and/or three assignments are missing, the supervisor will notify the family that the student has
been switched to incomplete status. A continuing pattern of late and missing assignments will also result in you being switched to incomplete status.
Incompletes are not eligible for refunds. Failure to complete a course does not ordinarily affect a student's application to CTY Summer Programs.
Because instructors have other commitments, your course cannot be extended. Because we are obligated to pay your instructor for the time set aside to
work with you, courses cannot be postponed.
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5. Code of conduct
CTY expects the highest standards of behavior both in deportment and in dedication to academic pursuits. You are expected to:
Adhere to the highest standards of academic honesty and integrity.
Strive to do the best work possible.
Respect individuals of different races, cultures, religions, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and national origins.
Be friendly, cooperative, and responsible to all people in the CTY community.
Observe all rules for student conduct.
If you wish to help or receive help from someone other than the instructor, or are interested in collaborating with another student, you must review the
course syllabus and check with the CTY Online Programs instructor first to reach an understanding of what is considered acceptable collaboration for that
particular course.
You may receive failing grades or be dismissed from the program, with no tuition refunds, for any of the following reasons:
Cheating, or other acts of academic dishonesty, including failing to follow quiz or exam rules for time limits, closed book, etc.
Plagiarizing, defined as the submission or presentation of work, in any form, that is not a your own, without acknowledgment of the sources.
Harassing or interfering with the work of others, whether via email or any other medium.
Not attending to their academic work in a satisfactory manner.
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6. Assistance
Course support
Post nonsensitive questions, comments, or concerns about the course in the Q&A forum at the top of the course homepage.
For sensitive issues, contact the instructor directly. The instructor's contact information is provided on the main course page.
Technical support
For technical support, fill out the CTY Online Course Technical Support form. This link is also available on the right side of the course homepage.
Disability services
CTY is committed to providing reasonable, appropriate, and necessary accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. To do so, open
communication between CTY and parents is essential to meeting students’ needs. More information can be found on the program website.
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As you start this course, we want you to know that we understand the challenges of online learning—we've been there. :) We'll do our best to make sure
that the time you spend is worthwhile. To help us help you though, we ask you to consider the following:
Commit completely.
You made the first step—you registered for the course. Now it's time to decide that you really want to do this and set aside the time to make it happen.
Make plans now for when you will work on this course and schedule it into your week.
Just because there are only a few due dates each week, doesn't mean we only expect you to log in a few times. :)
It's much easier to follow discussions and become engaged if you check the forums and contribute regularly. Introduce yourself early, let people get to
know you, and post frequently. We can pretty much guarantee you'll enjoy the forums much more in bits and pieces over trying to read everything in one
sitting!
Ask questions!
Don't be afraid to ask questions of anyone and everyone. We like hearing from you!
Give the kind of feedback to your peers that you'd like to receive. This is huge—really. When you're replying to a classmate in a forums or reviewing a
peer's work, give them the kind of feedback you want from them.
We want you to play, explore, and try things. Explorers ask interesting questions!
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8. What's next
Now you're ready for the other introductory course activities!
To begin the Introduction section of the course, first click the Done button on the right. Then, select Introduction in the Navigation menu on the left side of
the page. You can also click on Introduction in the center of the course homepage.
If you have any questions, post them to the Q&A forum at the top of the course homepage.
Looking forward to learning with you!
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