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SUU ENGL 1010-24: Introduction to Academic Writing Section 24 meets MWF 1-1:50 in Teacher Education Building 203 Contact instructor Objectives Policies Required texts and other necessary materials Information contained in this syllabus, other than rules listed on the policies page, may be subject to change with advance notice (usually 1 class period). |
The SUU catalog describes ENGL 1010 this way: "A disciplined approach to the rhetoric of English composition with emphasis on organization and development in the whole composition, on coherence and effectiveness in paragraphs, and on maturity and flexibility in sentence style. While grammar and usage are not neglected, they are treated as a means to achieving rhetorical objectives."
More particularly, this course will ask you to think, discuss, and write about
both personal and public issues. By honing your ability to think critically and to
respond to rhetorical situations as you connect the personal and public, you will become better prepared to write essays in other classes or for
audiences outside the boundaries of the university. To read about the common
goals shared by all ENGL 1010 classes, go to our departmental
core curriculum
page.
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"This I Believe" Essay: This 2-page, double-spaced, typed project provides you the opportunity to assert one of your core beliefs in concrete terms.
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150 |
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River Runs Through It Essay: Connecting the personal to the public. This 3-page, double-spaced, typed project will give you the chance to respond to Norman Maclean's life stories and to evaluate the meaning of one of yours.
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250
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BOOK 2 ESSAY: Your goal in this essay is to explore the forces that have made you into the person you are today by describing your experience as an insider or an outsider in your hometown, family, or another group that fate has decreed that you inhabit. This 4- to 6-page essay will include a research in which you find out more about some aspect of your topic by conducting interviews or doing formal research. As part of your preparation for his essay, you will read and reflect on essays in Breaking Clean and attend either a reception for the author at 5 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Great Hall or the convocation on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 11:30.
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300 |
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BOOK 2 Rewrite
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300 |
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1000 |
Help from the
Writing Center:
Because all writers need readers, the BC204 Writing
Center is open 8-5
You're welcome to sign up for up to three appointments per week
Please be aware that we do close early at noon that fall before school
holidays and that we're closed during finals week.
weekdays and 1-4 Saturdays when school is
in session. Take advantage of the Center since your $20 course fee pays for this
service.
with an accomplished writer trained in peer tutoring. Just visit
the center or e-mail us at writingcenter@suu.edu. We accommodate walk-in
appointments when we can. You might also try the Writing Center's
weekday electronic tutor if you can wait for our 48 hour weekday response time. Just follow the writing center link on the
English Department website or use this address:
http://www.suu.edu/hss/english/writingcenter/