ENGL 1102: Fall 2022

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When We Meet:

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays

8:00 am - 8:50 am

Where We Meet:
Park Hall 80

Drop In Hours:
9 am to 11 am Mondays and Wednesdays
@Park Hall 10.5

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Required Texts (and when you need them)
Schedule
Your Professor
Links to Student Resources
Attendance policy
Project Descriptions
Submissions and Late Works
Academic Honesty

Major due weeks:
Project 1 Final
Sept 18 - 25th

Project 2 Final
Oct 16th - 23rd

Project 3 Final
Nov 6th - 13th

Portfolio Final
Nov 28th - Dec 6th

Classroom Values

Hey All,

Welcome to ENGL 1102 or First Year Writing (although I know many of you aren't first year students). FYW is a class designed to teach fundemental principles of writing no matter the discipline. My teaching philosphy is based in three values:

Care -- In this class, I want you to feel like you can be your authentic self and that you feel safe to take risks with your writing and your learning. I believe that care comes in many forms including caring for our own physical, mental, and emotional well being as well as supporting all members of our classroom community.

Connection -- Writing is always a social act. I believe that part of learning to write is also learning to connect with others. In this class, we'll work to understand each other's goals and give feedback in support of those goals.

Creativity -- I find that the most meaningful projects are the ones where students feel free to express themselves and what matters to them in their writing. I encourage you to take creative risks with each project.

-Jensen

Email: savannah.jensen@uga.edu

I regularly check my emails from 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday and typically respond within 24 hours. I don't check emails after 5pm or on the weekends.

Your Professor

Drop in Hours: 9am to 11 am Mondays and Wednedays in Park Hall 10.5

Drop in Hours are times designed for me to help you outside of class. Please feel free to stop by at any point in the semester to talk about the class, an assignment, or life.

If the office door is closed, please knock loudly. I'm in the back of the room and may not know you are there otherwise.

If regular drop in hours don't work for your schedule, I'm also availible by appointment during the week. Send me an email and we'll find a time to talk!

Picture of the instructor with a dinosaur statue. A sign in the back reads 'Do Not Feed the Dinosaur'

Preferred Name: Jensen
Pronouns: She / her

Fun Facts:
*I'm a PhD Student and my dissertation is about ghosts
*I'm a First Generation Student
*I Love Anime
*I'm training for a 5k in a cemetery in October

Class Environment
I aim to create an environment where you feel safer to take risks, share your challenges and victories, and express your ideas throughout the writing and learning processes we will be using this semester.

When we are all in attendance and participating in the classroom, we are allies. The perceived risks of participating in and contributing to class will reward you and the classroom community.

Accommodations
Your ability to learn is important to me. If something is preventing you from fully participating in the class, please let me know so we can work together to make sure you have everything you need to learn.

Disabilitie Resource Center
If you plan to request accommodations for a disability, please register with the Disability Resource Center (DRC). The DRC can be reached by visiting Clark Howell Hall, by calling 706-542-8719 (voice) or 706-542-8778 (TTY), or by visiting https://drc.uga.edu

Policies on Diversity and Inclusion

I am committed to facilitating an environment where students feel they belong and are valued. You are an important part of creating a welcoming, affirming environment, which means you should regard one another with respect and care, but also hold us accountable if you are experiencing discrimination, harassment, or other forms of exclusion. The policies and offices listed on the next page are important supports, but I am also willing to be an open ear if you have concerns or great ideas on how to make this course more inclusive and accessible.

Religious Observances - If religious observances interfere with class sessions, please discuss these concerns with me in order to plan ahead. I will continue to make every reasonable effort to help students avoid negative academic consequences when their religious obligations conflict with academic requirements.
Preferred Name and Pronoun. If you do not identify with the name that is listed with the registrar's office, please notify me so that I may appropriately amend my records. In addition, if you prefer to go by a different pronoun, please inform me.
Sexual Misconduct - I am responsible for creating a safe learning environment for students, and that includes a mandatory reporting responsibility if you share information regarding sexual misconduct/harassment, relationship violence, or information about a crime that may have occurred on campus with the University. In such cases, I will need to report information to the UGA Equal Opportunity Office
(ugaeoo@uga.edu or 706-542-7912). Students who wish to speak to someone confidentially can contact the ASPIRE Clinic at 706-542-4486. Additionally, you can speak to a confidential and free advocate through Relationship & Sexual Violence Prevention (RSVP) — at 706‑542‑SAFE (706-542-7233)

Course Goals

In English 1102 students will learn to:

Extend the skills of expository writing and critical thinking established in English 1101;

Read, appreciate, and interpret fiction, drama, and poetry and write analytically about them;

Understand literary principles and use basic terms important to critical writing and reading;

Document essays using textual evidence;

Address papers to a range of audiences;

Understand the collaborative and social aspects of the writing process and demonstrate an ability to critique the writing of themselves and others;

Develop a sense of voice appropriate to the subject, the writer’s purpose, the context, and the reader’s expectations;

Understand how genres shape reading and writing and produce writing in several genres;

Follow the conventions of standard edited English and MLA documentation;

Use electronic environments for drafting, reviewing, revising, editing, and sharing texts;

Understand and exploit the differences in the rhetorical strategies and in the affordances available for both print and electronic composing processes and texts.