Instructor: Katherine Hummel

Office: HEAV 404

Email: hummel3@purdue.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 2:30-4:30 p.m.
(and by appointment)
Course Website:
http://courses.rhetorike.org/hummel/
Monday
Classroom
HEAV 106
ENGL 10600716-58432

Tuesday
Conference
HEAV 225
ENGL 10600707-58423

Wednesday
Classroom
HEAV 106
ENGL 10600-71658432

First-Year Composition
Writing Your Way Into Purdue
English 10600-716-58432
11:30 a.m. 12:20 p.m.
Spring 2015
Thursday
Conference
HEAV 225
ENGL 10600-70858424

Friday
Computer Lab
BRNG B274
ENGL 10600716-58432

Course DescriptionStake your claim

Purdue University is an enormous and diverse campus community, and students, particularly first-years,
can sometimes feel lost in the grand scheme of things. At a Big 10 university with more than 40,000
undergraduates, its easy to feel like a little fish in a big pond. This course considers the various cultural
backgrounds, academic interests, and professional goals of Purdue students. The ability to communicate
creatively and effectively is important for multiple fields and disciplines, and this course will teach you to
stake your claim in your campus community and in your writing.
We will consider the following questions in each of our assignments this semester to consider your role in
relation to the Purdue campus community: How did you get here? What happens here? Where
do you belong? and What should we care about here? By requiring students to identify and interact
with the Purdue community, each of the assignments in the Writing Your Way Into Purdue syllabus
approach enables students to become more aware of resources available on campus and to become
integrally involved in their campus community while developing their college-level writing abilities and
research skills in multiple genres of writing.

Course Goals
Introductory Composition at Purdue is designed to help you:
build confidence in your abilities to create, interpret, and evaluate texts in all types of media
understand, evaluate, and organize your ideas
hone and expand critical thinking skills
understand what it means to write in different contexts for different audiences
develop, articulate, and support topics through a variety of research methods
become an effective writer who can respond credibly, accurately, and convincingly to a variety of
writing situations

Instructors Philosophy
My goal is that this course will enable you to consider your place in the Purdue University community
and to help you stake your claim as a writer with an individual voice. Because this is my first year at
Purdue as well as yours, I hope we can discover the campus together and learn how various student
communities interact within campus and within the greater West Lafayette area. Additionally, I strongly
believe that students learn best when they collaborate and develop ideas together, both inside and outside
of class. I hope to create as many opportunities for discussion as possible to allow you, the students, to
adapt your own interests and concerns to course materials.

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Required Texts
Everyones an Author by Andrea Lunsford, Norton, 2013 (ISBN 978-0393932119)
They Say, I Say by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, Norton, 2014 (ISBN 978-0393935844)
NOTE: Both textbooks can be purchased or rented for a reduced price as a package through
campus bookstores. It will likely be cheaper to buy them together at Purdue than separately
through websites such as Amazon.com.
Composing Yourself, 2014-2015 by Blackmon, Haynes, and Pinkert, Fountainhead Press, 2014.
NOTE: This text is available only in campus bookstores.
Performance of Macbeth. Tentatively scheduled for Friday, 2/20 at 7:30 p.m. Ticket price TBA.

Required Materials
You will be expected to bring your books to class every day, along with a writing utensil and paper for
taking notes. You must also have the following materials:
a binder, folder, or notebook in which you will keep your assembled coursework
something to write with each day
a supply of binder clips or large paper clips for turning in lengthy assignment packets
a flash drive or other storage device

Grade Breakdown
Email Assignment
Unit 1: Literacy Narrative
Unit 2: Review of Macbeth
Unit 3: Analysis of a Discourse Community
Unit 4: Public Service Announcement | Group Project
Quizzes | Homework Assignments | In-class writing
Blogs
Participation and Professional Behavior
Total Points for the Course

Points
50
120
130
200
200
100
100
100
1000

Review of Macbeth
Part of Writing Your Way Into Purdue is learning about different cultural events and activities on
campus and encountering texts in multiple forms of media. Your second paper will require you to see the
Purdue University Theater Departments production of Macbeth. The show runs from Friday, Feb. 20
Sunday, March 1. We will tentatively be attending the play as a class on Friday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m.,
but this date is subject to change. If you are unable to attend the group date, you must see the play on
your own time. Tickets cost $12.50, but they offer group discounts if we go as a class. If this show is not
financially feasible for you, or if these dates all do not work in your schedule, please let me know by
February 6.

What does Participation and Professional Behavior mean?

A significant portion of your grade relies on your participation in class and your ability to conduct
yourself professionally. Participation can be earned in a variety of ways:
active contribution to large-group class discussions
active contribution to small-group discussions
thoughtful/constructive feedback in peer review assignments
being prepared for class and ready to engage in new material each day

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I consider professional behavior to be the presence of respectful conduct in class. Discriminatory or

hateful language will not be tolerated. Keep class discussions polite, even when you disagree with another
student, and speak as you would at any job or other professional setting.

E-mail Etiquette
For this class, I expect you to check your e-mail daily for updates, reminders, or additional readings that
may be due. In any e-mail you send to me, I expect you to conduct yourself professionally. This means
including a subject line, greeting, short message with your question or an indication of your purpose, and
an appropriate closing. E-mails without subject lines or messages will not be read. Any attachment sent
must include your last name as part of the file name. Unidentified attachments will not be opened. When
you submit anything to me electronically, I understand Internet connection issues and other technical
difficulties may arise. I will respond to let you know I have received your e-mail. If you do not receive an
e-mail from me to confirm your submission, please resubmit your assignment to achieve full credit.

Technology Etiquette
I realize that cell phones, laptops, and tablets play a large role in the classroom environment, especially
with our own classes in the computer lab. That said, I have a zero-tolerance policy for cell phone use and
inappropriate Internet use during class time. I expect your phones to be on silent during class and your
headphones/music players to be put away at the start of class. If I notice excessive cell phone use or you
are not using the computer lab for class activities, you will receive one verbal warning and your
participation grade will be reduced. If your behavior continues to be disruptive or does not improve, you
will be counted absent from class that day.

Grading Scale
Rubrics will be provided for each assignment with a description of the quality of work expected for
particular grades. The following is a letter grade/point value scale you can use to track your grade
throughout the semester.
93-100 (A)
90-91 (A-)
87-89 (B+)
84-86 (B)
80-83 (B-)
77-79 (C+)

74-76 (C)
70-73 (C-)
67-69 (D+)
64-66 (D)
60-63 (D-)
Below 60 (F)

Descriptions of Grades
A to A- : You did what the assignment asked at a high quality level, and your work shows originality and
creativity. Work in this range shows all the qualities listed below for a B, but it also demonstrates that you
took extra steps to be original or creative in developing content, solving a problem, or developing a verbal
or visual style.
B+ to B-: You did what the assignment asked of you at a high quality level. Work in this range needs
little revision, is complete in content, is organized well, and shows special attention to style and/or visual
design.
C+ to C- : You did what the assignment asked of you. Work in this range tends to need some revision, but
it is complete in content and the organization is logical. The style, verbal and visual, is straightforward but
unremarkable.

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D+ to D- : You did what the assignment asked at a low level of quality. Work in this range tends to need
significant revision. The content is often incomplete and the organization is hard to discern. Verbal and
visual style is often non-existent or chaotic.
F: Dont go here. I usually reserve the F for people who dont show up or dont do the work. If you give
an assignment an honest try, I doubt you would receive an F. If you feel you put in your best effort and
still received an F, you might consider dropping the class.

Assignments Submissions and Format Guidelines

Your work must be presentable. If you hand in sloppy or poorly proofread documents, they will be
returned to you for correction. You need to use 11- or 12-point in a readable serif font (preferably Times
New Roman or Garamond) and your papers must be double-spaced with one-inch margins unless I
instruct you otherwise. We will default to MLA style in this class, unless you request to use an alternative
style, and I expect your papers to be formatted accordingly.
All papers should have the following in the top left corner of the first page:
Your name
Name of instructor
English 10600-716-58432
Date assignment is due
In the header of every subsequent page, you must put your last name (only) and the page number.
Examples will be provided prior to the literacy narrative assignment. Online examples can be found on
the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/. Select MLA 2009 Formatting
and Style Guide and MLA Sample Paper for details.
In general, assignments you submit electronically will be due by midnight, while hard copies of papers
and project packets will be due at the beginning of class. Any changes to due dates or submission times
will be announced in class or via-email.

Drafts and Revising

I will review one draft of your papers before the final due date, and at least one draft of your paper will be
peer reviewed in class. Beyond these reviews, drafts should be taken for further assistance to the Writing
Lab in HEAV 226. Their hours of operation are Mon - Wed: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm; Thu: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
and Fri: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.

Missed or Late Work

The penalty for late work is a 10% reduction of the assignments overall point value for each day that it
is late. If you turn in a 10-point assignment one day late, you will only lose 1 point. However, some
assignments are worth 150 or 200 points, and turning them in late may reduce your grade by a full letter
grade.
Late work may be accepted under extenuating circumstances and only if you consult with me before the
class period in which the work is due. If you need an extension, you must ask at least 24 hours before
the assignment is due. With that said, if you find yourself overwhelmed and unable to complete an
assignment, please come talk with me...but do so BEFORE the assignment is due. I expect you to do your
best work and to turn work in on time, but I do know that sometimes life happens.

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Attendance
You must attend class regularly. Much of what you may miss cannot be made up. In order to participate
in discussions, activities, peer reviews, and in other instruction activities, you must be present. I realize
that sometimes you have illnesses or circumstances beyond your control, so I am allowing you three
absences without attendance penalty. I expect you to let me know before class via e-mail when you are
going to be absent. I often schedule specific group activities, and I need to know how many students will
be participating.
If you miss more than three classes, your final grade will be lowered by half a letter grade. This
means if you have 4-5 absences, the highest grade you may obtain is "A-." If you have 6-8 absences, the
highest grade you may obtain is "B," and if you have 9-11 absences, the highest grade you may obtain is
"C." If you have 12 or more absences, the highest grade you may obtain is "F." Also, please be aware that
missing a conference counts toward your absences. Conferences will be held for a minimum of 10
minutes or a maximum of 25 minutes, so you should have no excuse for skipping conferences, except in
emergency situations.

Campus Emergencies
The website on Emergency Preparedness is at www.purdue.edu/ehps/emergency_preparedness/. Check
the course website and your e-mail for updates about class cancellations during inclement weather.

Grief Absence Policy

If you have a death in the family, you (or your representative) should contact the Office of the Dean of
Students. That office will then notify your instructors. (See the Grief Absence Policy for Students at
http://www.purdue.edu/odos/services/griefabsencepolicyforstudents.php.

Disability Resource Center (DRC)

Students with disabilities must be registered with DRC in the Office of the Dean of Students before
classroom accommodations can be provided. If you are eligible for academic accommodations because
you have a documented disability that will impact your work in this class, please schedule an appointment
with me within the first three (3) weeks of the semester to discuss any adjustments you may need.

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism (also see Composing Yourself pp.93-95)

Plagiarism is the act of using another persons work and calling it your own. You can plagiarize by
purchasing a paper from someone and handing it in as your work, by stealing another students electronic
file, by downloading someones work from the Internet, by copying material from a book or magazine
article without citing the source, by cutting and pasting material from websites, and by using anothers
ideas without proper attribution. We will have discussions throughout the semester about plagiarism. I
want to stress that I value learning and honesty in the classroom. I also want to stress that I do report
known cases of plagiarism to the Dean of Students. You will receive, at the very least, a zero on that
particular assignment; in some cases, you may fail the entire class.

Regarding Diversity and Inclusion

In this course, each voice in the classroom has something of value to contribute. Please take care to
respect the different experiences, beliefs and values expressed by students and staff involved in this
course. I am committed to the concept of a safe zone, I support Purdue's commitment to diversity, and I
welcome individuals of all ages, backgrounds, citizenships, disabilities, sex, education, ethnicities, family
statuses, genders, gender identities, geographical locations, languages, military experiences, political
views, races, religions, sexual orientations, socioeconomic statuses, and work experiences. For more
information, visit the Division of Diversity and Inclusion website. https://diversity.purdue.edu/

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Class Schedule
This schedule is a general overview of the semester and is subject to change. All updates to the
schedule will be posted on the course website.
Week 1
Monday, 1/12

Topics to Cover
Syllabus

Wednesday,
1/14
Friday, 1/16

Composing Yourself policies

Class contract
Drupal tutorial; E-mail etiquette
Diagnostic Essay
Conferences HEAV 225:
Intro to course; Composing
Yourself
Topics to Cover

Tues/Thurs.

Week 2
Monday, 1/19
Wednesday,
1/21
Friday, 1/23

OFFMartin Luther King Jr.

Day
Reading Quiz 1
Rhetorical Situations
Collaborative Writing
Writing in your field

Assignments Due

CY pp. 53-55; Ch. 7

Due in conferences: Bring

Composing Yourself
Assignments Due

Readings Due

E-mail assignment

Everyones an Author (EAA)

Ch. 1-3 (pp. 5-28)
EAA Ch. 4-6 (pp. 29-56)

Blog Post #1;

CY Policy Form
and Student Work
Form

Tues/Thurs.

Conferences HEAV 225:

Writing Process and Drafting

Week 3
Monday, 1/26

Topics to Cover
Reading Quiz 2
Narrative as genre
Show, dont tell
Literacy Narrative as genre
Roadmap to Narrative writing

Assignments Due

Brainstorming; Lucid Chart;

Model Peer Review
Conferences HEAV 225:
Intro to Literacy Narrative
Topics to Cover

Blog Post #2

Narrative techniques:
description and dialogue

Literacy Narrative
Draft 1 (due Sun.

Wednesday,
1/28

Friday, 1/30
Tues/Thurs.
Week 4
Monday, 2/2

Readings Due

Due in conferences: Read

and bring Shitty First
Drafts by Anne Lamott
(handout)
Readings Due
EAA Ch. 8 (pp.101-117)
Literacy, a Lineage by
Melanie Luken (EAA p. 132136); Bidding Farewell to
Arms by Roman Skaskiw
(EAA p. 118-121)

Due in conferences: N/A

Assignments Due

Readings Due

2/1 via e-mail)

Wednesday, 2/4

Ape ExerciseRevision

Friday, 2/6

Electronic Peer Review

EAA Ch. 29 (pp.551-569);

They Say, I Say Ch. 8 (pp.
105-120)

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Narrative Draft 2;
Blog Post #3

Tues/Thurs.
Week 5
Monday, 2/9

Conferences HEAV 225:

Drafting
Topics to Cover
Visual Rhetoric part 1

Wednesday,
2/11

Reading Quiz 3
Review as genre

Friday, 2/13

Evaluating Websites
Background info on Macbeth

Tues/Thurs.

Conferences HEAV 225:

Drafting
Topics to Cover

Week 6
Monday, 2/16
Wednesday,
2/18
Friday, 2/20
Tues/Thurs.

Week 7

Criteria for performance review

Stance, purpose and audience
Modern interpretations of
Shakespeare
NO CLASS
View Macbeth at 7:30 pm
Conferences HEAV 225:
Intro Macbeth; article
discussions
Topics to Cover

Assignments Due

Lit. Narrative Final

Draft and Cover
Memo

Assignments Due

Blog Post #4

Assignments Due

Macbeth discussion
Wrap up review discussions

Wednesday,
2/25

Analysis techniques
Close Reading

Friday, 2/27

Reading Quiz 4
Quoting, Paraphrasing,
Summarizing
Plagiarism Game
Conferences HEAV 225:
Drafting
Topics to Cover

Blog Post #5

Monday, 3/2

Peer Review

Review Draft 2

Wednesday, 3/4

Joining academic
conversations:
Why should I listen to you?

Week 8

Friday, 3/6

Tues/Thurs.

Online Library Tutorial

Primary vs. Secondary research
MLA citations
Conferences HEAV 225:
Drafting

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EAA Ch. 11 (pp. 229-245)

Sample reviews (see e-mail
and/or website)
EAA Ch. 18 (pp. 367-371)

Due in conferences: Draft of

Literacy Narrative
Readings Due

New York Times essays (see

e-mail and/or website)

Due in conferences: Macbeth

mini-presentation

Monday, 2/23

Tues/Thurs.

Due in conferences: Draft of

Literacy Narrative
Readings Due

Review Draft 1
(e-mail)

Assignments Due

Readings Due
They Say, I Say Ch. 2
(pp. 30-41) and Ch. 4
(pp. 55-67)
EAA Ch. 9 (pp. 137-155);
Advertisements R Us by
Melissa Rubin (EAA 176181)
EAA Ch. 22-23 (pp. 388-406)
They Say, I Say Ch. 3
(pp. 42-51)
Due in conferences: Draft of
Review
Readings Due

EAA Ch. 28 (pp.538-550)

Review Final Draft

They Say, I Say Ch. 5

(pp. 68-77)
EAA Ch. 16 (pp. 337-361)

Due in conferences: Draft of

Review

Week 9

Topics to Cover

Monday, 3/9

How to read an academic

journal article

Wednesday,
3/11

Definitions of discourse
communities

Friday, 3/13

Definitions of discourse
communities

Tues/Thurs.

Conferences HEAV 225:

Midterm Grade Reports
Topics to Cover
OFFSpring Break
Topics to Cover
Review analysis techniques and
academic writing
Annotated Bibliography
MLA citations

Week 10
3/16 3/20
Week 11
Monday, 3/23
Wednesday,
3/25
Friday, 3/27

Tues/Thurs.
Week 12
Monday, 3/30

Week 13
Monday, 4/6

Assignments Due

Readings Due

Analysis Draft 1
(e-mail)

Analysis Draft 2

Visual Rhetoric part 2

Conferences HEAV 225:

Intro to PSA Teams

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CARS by John Swales

(e-mail);
Literacy, Discourse and
Linguistics by James Gee
(e-mail)
The Concept of Discourse
Community by John Swales
(e-mail)
Body Ritual among the
Nacirema by Horace Miner
(e-mail)
Due in conferences: N/A
Readings Due

Peer Review

Conferences HEAV 225:

Drafting
Topics to Cover

Readings Due

Assignments Due

Blog Post #7

Wednesday, 4/8 Reading Quiz 5

Ethos, pathos and logos
Friday, 4/10
Argument strategies
What is a PSA?
Tues/Thurs.

Blog Post #6

Review Online Library Tutorial

Research in lab
Work Day
Conferences HEAV 225:
Drafting
Topics to Cover

Wednesday, 4/1 Teambuilding activities and

group work preparation
Friday, 4/3
Movie Maker Tutorial
Tues/Thurs.

Assignments Due

Assignments Due

EAA Ch. 20 (pp. 377-380)

Due in conferences: Draft of

Analysis
Readings Due

Blog Post #8

Assignments Due
Analysis Final
Draft & Cover
Memo due
Annotated Bib.
due

Due in conferences: Draft of

Analysis
Readings Due
EAA Ch. 30 (pp. 570-590)

EAA Ch. 13 (pp. 275-304)

EAA Ch. 14 (pp. 305-323)

Due in conferences: N/A

Week 14
Monday, 4/13

Topics to Cover
Argument strategies and logical
fallacies
PSA Planning

Wednesday,
4/15
Friday, 4/17

Proposal writing

Tues/Thurs.

Conferences HEAV 225:

PSA Updates
Topics to Cover
NO CLASS
Filming Day for PSA
Work day in WTHR 212

Week 15
Monday, 4/20
Wednesday,
4/22
Friday, 4/24
Tues/Thurs.
Week 16
Monday, 4/27
Wednesday,
4/29
Friday, 5/1
Tues/Thurs.

Scriptwriting and storyboarding

Work day in lab

Conferences HEAV 225:
PSA Updates
Topics to Cover
Peer Reviewshow whatever
footage you have at this point
Work day in WTHR 212
PSA Showcase
Conferences HEAV 225:
Course Evaluations

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Assignments Due
PSA Team
Contract and
Planning
Questions
(due by midnight)

Readings Due

EAA Ch. 19 (pp. 372-377)

PSA Proposal;
Blog Post #9

Assignments Due

Due in conferences: PSA

Project Log Updates
Readings Due

PSA Script and

Storyboard
Blog Post #10

Assignments Due

Due in conferences: PSA

Project Log Updates
Readings Due

PSA Presentations
and Reflection
Due in conferences: N/A