ENC1930-U3MProfessor: Nicholas Anderson

Room: GC283B

TR 9:30-10:45

TODAY’S GOALS:

• Introduce students & class goals

• Reflect on past writing experiences

• Discuss expectations of class blog

INTRODUCE YOURSELF

1. Name

2. Year

3. Intended major

4. Where you are from

5. What languages you speak

6. At what age did you start learning English

7. Hobbies or something that interests you

Note: please fill out this information on your class ID cards as we are introducing ourselves

IMPORTANT COURSE POLICIES

Please use your phones or computers to access the class syllabus at ProfessorNAnderson.com

• This course will require reliable access to a computer with internet access. The computer labs at FIU can be used to fulfill this requirement if necessary.

• You will be required to maintain an online journal/blog of your research developments and writing

• Computer use in class is a privilege. If this becomes a distraction to students, that privilege will be revoked

• Missing more than 6 classes will result in automatic failure of the course as per departmental policy

• Failure to turn in one of the four major essays will result in automatic failure of the course

GRADING

In order to pass ENC 1930 you must receive a "C" or higher. A "C-" or lower will result in having to repeat ENC 1930. Your final grade will be determined by:

• Major Essay 1: Writing to Reflect 15%

• Major Essay 2: Writing to Inform 15%

• Major Essay 3: Writing to Evaluate 15%

• Major Essay 4: Composing a Walking Tour 20%

• Attendance & Participation 10%

• Quizzes & Minor Essays 15%

• Online Journal/Blog 10%

GRADING

93-100 A 73-76 C

90-92 A- 70-72 C-

87-89 B+ 67-69 D+

83-86 B 63-66 D

80-82 B- 60-62 D-

77-79 C+ 0-59 F

Grading Scale:

OUR CLASS VS. OTHER ENC1930 CLASSES

• Smaller class size and increased individual conferences and tutoring

• You are in control of the format and pacing of the class

• We will be incorporating digital media and writing into the course

• Extensive use of Socratic method

• Informal atmosphere

• We will discuss grammar while most other 1930 classes will not

• All of your feedback will be appreciate and considered for future coursework

INTRODUCTORY VOCABULARY

• Reflection

• Closed form prose

• Thesis

• Open form prose

• Theme

• Purpose

• Audience

• Genre

GROUP FORMATION

• Spend the next five minutes forming your unit 1 groups

• Groups should be composed of 3-4 students

• You are encouraged to group up with people that have similar interests or majors

• Groups are not permanent and will be changed every unit

GROUP ACTIVITY:PAST WRITING EXPERIENCES

• In your newly formed groups (we will use these groups throughout unit 1)

• Share your previous writing experiences with your groupmates

• Answer the following questions:

1. What are the most common types of writing you have done in the past? Try to identify at least one different example for each student

2. For each type of writing, identify whether it would be best described as closed form prose with an explicit thesis or open form prose with an implicit theme

3. For each type of writing, name the purpose or what you were trying to accomplish with that piece. 4. How likely are you to encounter each of these writing types at FIU or in your future major/career?5. For each type of writing, what makes it difficult or what are the challenges you faced when creating it?6. When creating each of these different types of writing, what do you do or look for to ensure your work is of

the highest quality possible?

• Make sure to turn in one sheet of paper that includes the names of your group members, your group number, and a written answer to all of the questions

JOURNAL/BLOG ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS

For this class, you will be required to maintain an online blog or journal:

• You may select the social media website of your choosing to maintain this blog, as long as it allows for large text entries and is dedicated to this class

• Tumblr or Wordpress are easy to use and are recommended if you do not have a preference• Twitter is not an option due to its character limit• This blog should be dedicated to our class and is not a place for selfies or other personal materials

• All journal entries will include a topic to focus on as well as several questions. The questions are there to guide your entry but you are not required to answer all of them as long as you stay on the topic of the entry

• Unless otherwise noted, always answer blogs in essay form rather than individual answers to questions

JOURNAL/BLOG ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS

• All journal entries should be 100+ words and appropriately labelled with the entry number.

• Your blogs will NEVER have points deduced for grammar or spelling errors

• Blog entries will be done for homework as well as in class. The entries written in class will not be collected. Instead, it is your responsibility to upload these to your blog

• From time to time you will be asked to read and evaluate entries from your classmates’ blogs, so make sure your entries do not contain information you are uncomfortable with others reading

BLOG ENTRY 1

• Focus: Reflect on past writing experiences

• Take a few minutes to think back and reflect on the writing experiences you have had before coming to FIU, how they may have shaped your perspective on writing, and what types of writing you expect to encounter in the future

• You may wish to consider:• What were the most common types of writing you did before coming to FIU? Be as specific as possible• Were these previous writings based off of a thesis or a theme? • What were you trying to accomplish in each? • Did you like or dislike these previous writings?

• Was there anything you found particularly easy or difficult about them? • What types of writing do you expect to do at FIU? Do any of these align with your previous writing

experiences? • What did you learn from these previous writings that you can use at FIU?

HOMEWORK

• Review class syllabus

• Obtain class textbook: Ideas & Aims, by Tim Taylor & Linda Copeland, published by Pearson ISBN: 9780321956033

• Create your online blog, email me the URL (email: NAnde014@fiu.edu), and upload your Blog Entry 1