Tentative Course Syllabus
12th Grade – English 2327/2328 American Literature
Contact information: – Mr. Nolan Arriaga, English Teacher/Laredo College Adjunct Faculty, Room 416
Email: nolan.arriaga@uisd.net
Phone #: 956-473-5562
Conference Period: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Supplementary Texts: To initiate academic integrity and growth in student writing, the USHS English department supports and encourages use of the Modern Language Association (MLA) Handbook. Teachers of all grade and academic levels will refer to these texts in conjunction with writing instruction and recommend that students purchase both texts as course supplements. While copies are available, students that annotate and frequently refer to these texts during their high school English career will reap maximum benefits. Both the MLA Handbook and Elements of Style may be attained at any book retailer.
Required Materials:
Course Description:
A survey of American literature from the period of exploration and settlement through the Civil War. Students will study works of prose, poetry, drama, and fiction in relation to their historical and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from among a diverse group of authors for what they reflect and reveal about the evolving American experience and character.
PreRequisites
In order for you to be able to take this class, you have to successfully complete ENGL 1301.
Course Objectives (CO)
1. Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions.
2. Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions.
4. Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
5. Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.
GRADING
Refer to Course Syllabus on Canvas for LC Grading Guidelines.
1 Essay of 2-3 pages + works cited page = 20%
1 Research Paper of 5-6 pages + works cited page = 25%
Discussion and Participation= 10 %
Quizzes= 20%
Comprehensive Final Exam = 25%
Late Work—Late papers will not be accepted after the next essay has been assigned or the essay has been graded and returned to the rest of the students (whichever case comes first). A paper that is turned in late will automatically start being graded at a 70. No late work will be accepted after the noon hour on the last class day (the week before final exams). Any late work after this deadline will receive a zero. Instructors will work on a case by case basis to set due dates for students with legitimate modifications from student services if necessary
Students must access the Semester Progress Report and Final Grades through PASPort (http://pasport.laredo.edu (http://pasport.laredo.edu)).
Instructors will notify students of the window of availability for grades.
Scholastic Dishonesty
“Scholastic dishonesty” shall include, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, and collusion.
“Cheating” shall include, but shall not be limited to:
- Copying from another student's test or classwork;
- Using test materials not authorized by the person administering the test;
- Collaborating with or seeking aid from another student during a test without permission from the test administrator;
- Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, or soliciting, in whole or part, the contents of an unadministered test, paper, or another assignment;
- The unauthorized transporting or removal, in whole or in part, of the contents of the unadministered test;
- Substituting for another student, or permitting another student to substitute for one’s self, to take a test;
- Bribing another person to obtain an unadministered test or information about an unadministered test; or
- Manipulating a test, assignment, or final course grades.
“Plagiarism” shall be defined as the appropriating, buying, receiving as a gift, or obtaining by any means another’s work and the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of it in one's own written work.
“Collusion” shall be defined as the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work for the fulfillment of course requirements.
"Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)" software is a rapidly emerging tool that students may be interested in using. If doing so, Laredo College students are expected to adhere to the same standards as the Scholastic Dishonesty statement on plagiarism. Presenting generative AI software content as your own is a violation of academic integrity. If you use generative AI in your work, you must indicate that you have done so.
Intellectual honesty is vital to an academic community and for a fair evaluation of your work. All work submitted in this course must be your own. If you are using outside resources to complete your work, it is important that you cite your work accordingly.
Please note that faculty still have the option to limit your use of generative AI. To ensure you stay within the academic integrity of your course, please talk to your instructor.
For additional information on generative AI, please visit the Library AI informational website at AI Library.
Procedures for discipline due to scholastic dishonesty shall be the same as in student disciplinary actions, except that all scholastic dishonesty actions shall be first considered and reviewed by the faculty member.
For additional information, please refer to: Student Policies - LC Policy Manual.
The LC Policy Manual is available online and includes all Federal, State, and Local Policies applicable to the College. Students may access the LC Policy Manual through LC’s website at www.laredo.edu (About LC/Manual of Policy).
***All Reading Selections, Assignments, and Assignment Dates are Subject to Change***
Research Resources:
MLA Guide: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Sample MLA essay: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/13/
All Sides: www.allsides.com
Citation Machine: http://citationmachine.net/index2.php
EBSCO: http://search.ebscohost.com/ (Username: USHS Password: panthers)
USHS LIBRARY: https://ushs.uisd.net/207293_2
LC Writing Center: writingcenter@laredo.edu
Notes:
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Attention STUDENTS & PARENTS of 12th Grade English 2327/2328 American Literature,
Welcome to United South High School. We are looking forward to a productive and successful year with your son/daughter. The 12th grade year is a time of growth and change for most students, and parental involvement is essential. Please take the time to carefully read and sign this syllabus with your child.
I am also requesting that parents provide an updated email address and cell number where you can be reached since I will communicate via Remind and Google Classroom. Due to my inability to leave class during the day, it is sometimes faster to reach me through Remind, Google Classroom or e-mail: nolan.arriaga@uisd.net. Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions about this syllabus or the class, in general.
I have received, read, and agree with any and all responsibilities this course offers. I also know that this syllabus is available on our class page and is subject to change. I agree to follow through with the course syllabus and work with my son/daughter in order for him/her to succeed. I agree that the majority of the assignments will be submitted via Google Classroom or LC Canvas depending on the assignment, meaning my son/daughter needs access to the internet in order to submit his/her assignments.
My son/daughter can use the USHS library services before & afterschool as well as during lunch in order to complete all of his/her required INTERNET assignments on Google Classroom/LC Canvas (yes, there are apps for these as well). I am aware that transportation is provided after school, in any case my son/daughter needs to stay to complete assignments or online assignments.
I will ensure that my son/daughter come prepared with the required materials and complete every requirement for this class. It is my responsibility to communicate with my son/daughter’s teacher if my child has any special needs, is a truancy problem, or if he/she submits late work. I will also contact the teacher, in a timely manner, when and if my child is at risk of failing or failing the course, or to simply check on my child’s current status in English 2327/2328 American Literature. I am aware that my son/daughter will be provided with 1 major timed essay, 1 major research paper, assignments, quizzes, and discussions, along with reading at home, and homework deadlines ahead of time, and that it is my son/daughter’s responsibility to complete their work in a timely manner.
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