Learning Outcomes:

1. Read and reread carefully
2. Think critically by asking questions, collecting and evaluating information, and presenting answers logically by making and supporting claims
3. Participate in the EOU scholarly community by contributing in class and participating in and reflecting on campus events in light of SOC 204 concepts
4. Use writing to explore concepts, document learning, assess accomplishments, and evaluate writing
   
5. Produce effective academic writing
6. Perform scholarly research
   

• Attendance is required. 4 absences are permitted, so please reserve these for emergencies and illness. Please do not attend class if you are ill or should be resting. Absences related to EOU-sponsored events, such as athletics travel or course field trips are excused with advance notification. No excuses for additional absences will be considered without an official Student Affairs email indicating a significant, documented illness, family emergency, or other extreme personal issue that affects all courses. In this situation, contact Student Affairs at 541-962-3536 or saffairs@eou.edu, and present documentation. Missed quizzes and participation credit cannot be made up. 5 absences and each absence after that drops the course grade a letter grade.
• Participation in whole-class discussion (outcome 3; 10%)
• Quizzes (outcomes 1-4; 10%): eight out of ten, no make-ups
• Writing Response (outcome 4; 5%)
  
• Journal (outcomes 1-4; 15%): Use a composition book to think critically about this course and to practice thinking in writing. Consider using the journal to take notes in WR 121 and SOC 204, respond to readings and videos, draft writing assignments, record observations of campus events for extra participation credit and as field notes for Test #2, collect and evaluate research information, and reflect on the world around you. 10 pages are due each Monday. The journal will be scored for total pages required (90 over the term; 10%), meeting weekly deadlines (2.5%), and quality of engagement with writing (2.5%). Extra credit is possible for additional pages and exceptionally high quality.
• Formal academic writing: Missing draft deadlines results in zero for draft credit. Credit for final drafts requires participation in writing response meetings, evidence of significant and thoughtful revision, a self-evaluation, a blue tutor form, ethical integration of source material and correct APA citation including in-text citations and a references page, proofreading as assigned, and copies of any pages cited outside course materials. Revision beyond the final draft is permitted and may be required. No revisions will be read without the graded draft and rubric. Revision grades, if higher, will replace initial grades, but revision does not guarantee a higher grade.
• SOC 204 Test #1 (outcomes 1, 2, 4, and 5; 15%): WR 121 rubric
  
• I-Search (outcomes 1, 2, and 4-6; 20%): assignment, I-Search rubric, Resume rubric
  
• SOC 204 Test #2 (outcomes 1, 2, and 4-6; 20%): WR 121 rubric
  
• Self-evaluations required for each assignment should discuss how you got the idea for the paper, how the drafting went, how you used feedback to revise, and what are you most proud and most concerned about this draft in light of the rubric.
  
• Final examination (all outcomes; 5%): Attendance at the final examination is an institutional requirement; rescheduling requires the dean's permission.
• Extra credit options:
  
• participate daily in whole-class discussions
• produce outstanding journal writing
  
• attend campus events and submit reflection in journal 1) summarizing the event and 2) analyzing it in light of SOC 204 concepts
  
• meet with a writing tutor more than the required three times
  

• Hacker Writer's Reference
  
• SOC 204 texts: Ferguson, Schwalbe, Villasenor
  
• Composition book
  
• Folder or envelope for final draft submission
• Paper copies of any cited secondary material and extra copies of drafts
  
• EOU email account

• Keep copies of all your work until you receive your official course grade.
  
• Those who cannot treat others respectfully will be asked to leave. Repeated problems will result in disciplinary action.
  
• Statement on Academic Misconduct: Eastern Oregon University places a high value upon the integrity of its student scholars. Any student found guilty of an act of academic misconduct (including, but not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, or theft of an examination or supplies) may be subject to having his or her grade reduced in the course in question, being placed on program or suspended from the university, or being expelled from the university--or a combination of these.

• Collaboration is not permitted. Submitting the same work is cheating. 
• Use MLA or APA citation format avoid plagiarism by citing all ideas and words belonging to others:
1. Separate your wording from the other writer's by
   
1. QUOTING: putting quotation marks around wording that comes word-for-word from the original (quotes must be exact wording), and
2. PARAPHRASING: changing ALL wording and the WHOLE sentence structure for paraphrased passages that do not come word-for-word from the original.
   
2. Follow all information, BOTH quoting and paraphrasing, with an in-text citation in MLA format like (Smith 45) or APA format like (Smith, 2007, p. 45) and append a works cited page in MLA format or references page in APA format to the document.
   
3. Discuss all research information to indicate why it is important to your argument (so what?) Your writing should significantly exceed the quantity of cited information and build new ideas on it. 
• No work from another course may be used for credit in this one without prior permission from both instructors.

• If you have a documented disability or suspect that you have a learning problem and need accommodations, please contact the Disability Services Program in Loso Hall 234. Telephone: 962-3081. 

1. 9/24M--9/25T--9/27R Precis due; Quiz 1--1/28F
   
2. 10/1M Journal due; Quiz 2--10/2T --10/4R--10/5F*
   
3. 10/8M Journal due; Quiz 3--10/9T Hacker C1-2--10/11R Hacker C4-5--10/12F No class--work on Test #1
   
4. Visit tutor for Test #1 this week--10/15M Journal due; Test #1 Rough Draft (bring 3 copies)--10/16T Quiz 4--10/18R--10/19F submit Test #1 and supporting materials
   
5. 10/22M Journal due; Quiz 5--10/23T bring Hacker--10/25R--10/26F
   
6. Bring Hacker this week--10/29M Journal due; Quiz 6--10/30T--11/1R--11/2F I-Search Resume and Annotated References due
   
7. Visit tutor for I-Search this week or next--11/5M Journal due; Proofreading Test #1 due; Quiz 7--11/6T bring I-Search research and Hacker--11/8R I-Search Rough Draft (bring 3 copies)--11/9F
   
8. 11/12M Journal due; Test #1 revision due; Quiz 8--11/13T--11/15R No class--11/16F No class; submit I-Search and supporting materials to the box outside my office LH 146; deadline for Test #2 observation
   
9. Visit tutor for Test #2 this week or next--11/19M Journal due; Test #2 Rough Draft (bring 3 copies)--11/20T Quiz 9--11/22R No class--11/23 No class
10. 11/26M Journal final collection: Quiz 10--11/27T submit Test #2 and supporting materials; bring I-Search proofreading draft--11/29R I-Search revision and proofreading due--11/30F course evaluations
    

1. In the first sentence, identify the author's full name and the full title of the article or section and identify his or her general argument. (Later in the précis, use only the author's last name to refer to him or her.) Make sure to use appropriate APA citation format. Note the use of the verb argues below. Other effective verbs might be: indicates, contends, asserts, reports, etc. Use that instead of about or how.

Example: Jane Goodall in "Primate Research is Inhumane" (1989) argues that most laboratories using primates engage in inhumane practices.

Example: She supports her argument through detailed descriptions of lab environments and draws special attention to the neglect of psychological comforts which these primates endure until they sometimes become insane.

Example: Her purpose is to speak on behalf of the chimpanzees in order to persuade her readers to see that if we do not fight for improvements in lab care, "we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice" (Goodall, 1989, p. 95).

Example: Goodall writes to those who have compassion for other species and who might have enough courage to speak out for chimpanzees and other primates.

Example: This argument is effective because she supports it with numerous facts and first-hand accounts of lab conditions, and the article's tone is compassionate but not extreme in attempting to appeal to her particular audience.

Format: Please type this assignment as you would a formal writing assignment.

Assessment: This assignment is meant as practice, so it doesn't count much. However, making the effort will help you prepare for submitting your first Reaction Paper next week. In fact, if you like your précis, you can extend it to two pages (with more of an essay format--multiple paragraphs) and submit it as the first Reaction Paper.