Learning Outcomes:

1. Read and reread carefully
2. Think critically by asking questions, collecting and evaluating information to answer them, 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
   
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%)
  
• Writing Response (outcome 4; 5%)
  
• Journal (outcomes 1-4; 10%): Use a composition book to think critically about this course and to practice thinking in writing. Consider using the journal to take notes, respond to readings, draft writing assignments, record observations of campus events for extra participation credit, 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; 5%), 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: Credit for final drafts requires participation in writing response meetings, evidence of significant and thoughtful revision, a self-evaluation, ethical integration of source material and correct MLA or 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.
• Assignment 1: Multiwork (outcomes 1, 2, and 4; 15%) assignment and rubric
  
• Assignment 2: Multiwork Analysis (outcomes 1, 2, 4, and 5; 15%) assignment and rubric
  
• Assignment 3: I-Search (outcomes 1, 2, and 4-6; 20%): assignment, I-Search rubric, Resume rubric
  
• Assignment 4 (outcomes 1, 2, 4, and 5; 15%) assignment and rubric
  
• Timeliness of rough and final drafts 5%
  
• 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
  
• meet with a writing tutor and submit a blue form
  

• Diana Hacker Writer's Reference
  
• Peter Stillman Planting by the Moon
  
• 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. 4/2M--4/3T Bring envelope of hometown materials--4/5R Add to and bring envelope--4/6F Submit typed copy of one Week 1 writing; add to and bring envelope
   
2. 4/9M Stillman 1st half for Quiz 1; Journal due--4/10T Bring envelope and other Assignment 1 materials--4/12R Bring typed copy of one Week 2 writing--4/13F Complete Stillman for Quiz 2
   
3. 4/16M Journal due; Bring 3 copies of Assignment 1 rough draft--4/17T--4/19R Bring song or poem set in or reminding you of your hometown--4/20F Submit Assignment 1, response group work, self-evaluation, and rubric
4. 4/23M Journal due; Submit typed copy of Friday's analysis; Bring Hacker--4/24T--4/26R Bring Hacker--4/27F Bring 3 copies of Assignment 2 rough draft
5. 4/30M Journal due; Assignment 1 revision due (optional)--5/1T--5/3R--5/4F Submit Assignment 2, response group work, works cited, self-evaluation, and rubric
6. 5/7M Journal due; Bring Hacker--5/8T Bring Hacker and Assignment 3 source copies--5/10-11RF No class; Submit Resume, typed copy of Assignment 3 sections 1-3, Annotated Works Cited, and source copies to my mailbox in LH 154
   
7. 5/14M Journal due; Bring Hacker--5/15T--5/17R Bring typed copy of Assignment 3 section 4 and source copies--5/18F Bring 3 copies of Assignment 3 rough draft and source copies
8. 5/21M Journal due; Assignment 2 revision due (optional)--5/22T--5/24R Submit Assignment 3, revised Resume, response group work, works cited, source copies, self-evaluation, and rubric--5/25F
   
9. 5/28M No class--5/29T Journal due--5/31R Bring Hacker--6/1F Bring 3 copies of Assignment 4 rough draft
10. 6/4M Journal due; Assignment 3 revision due (optional)--6/5T course evaluations--6/7-6/8RF No class; Submit Assignment 4, response group work, self-evaluation, and rubric to my mailbox in LH 154