First Day

Welcome to your English 1102 course! Your professor is Dr. Matthew Horton (that's me!). You can call me "Dr. H." Please ask me questions about the course and how I teach it! Not every 1102 course is the same, and getting to know your professor will help you succeed in this class.

How to do well in English 1102
Read the syllabus
Read the Grading Contract
Check the calendar
Learn how to use Google Drive
Resources on Google Drive (I will share this with you)

You can access other resources by clicking the tabs above and the links on the right. Take some time to look around in this website. All the resources can help you, and there are policies and requirements to learn. My contact info is also in the right-hand margin. Always use UNG email to send me questions and the reason you might not be able to attend class.

This course is mostly about writing, but you will also learn new technology. In fact, this course strives to be as PAPERLESS as possible, so you will use Google Drive to write and share your papers! This might be a little scary, but technology skills are important to your future job!

Try one of these for a better browser: Internet Explorer and Safari don't play well with Google Drive. Chrome is best! These buttons will take you to portable versions of the Firefox and Chrome that you can put on a USB drive, or you can search for a full install version in Google.

You will use Google Drive to write and share papers:

You can keep track of online resources using this tool:

You can keep track of when you'll work on assignments using this tool:

You can learn how to type faster using this tool:

Syllabus - Spring 2020

Instructor Information

Name: Dr. Matthew Horton
Office: 704 - Faculty Center
Email: matthew.horton@ung.edu
Office Hours: MW 10-12, F 10-1, TR 12:30-2:00

Description of Course

English 1102 is English Composition II, a 3-credit hour course offered by the English Department in the College of Arts and Letters that fulfills the second of two Area A "Communication Skills" requirements. You must earn a "C" in English 1102 in order to move on to any 2000-level English course.

Panel by Panel: Reading Comics for Visual Literacy

Students entering First-Year Writing courses often feel uninspired because the writing assignments they've had in the past forced them to discuss ideas that didn't mean anything to them. In order to generate more interest, you will read some comics that address important social issues in a world that is often short on mercy and kindness, ideas that appeal to most people with a desire to live a good life. Also, comics are just cool, right!? Well, if you don't think so, maybe you will after this class. I hope so! Along the way, we will learn how to make sense of visual storytelling and interpret the ways they generate meaning worth thinking about. To aid in your writing tasks and to share your writing with your classmates and me, you will use Google Drive to write most of your assignments.

To pass this course, you must achieve the following goals:

• Submit all discussion postings and writing assignments, without turning in too many late or incomplete
• Type all of your writing, without copying and pasting, in Google Drive (including all comic discussions prior to posting on D2L)

To make a strong grade in this course, you should pursue a mindset that

• Values good, thorough work more than earning a particular grade
• Views a college education as your purpose, not an obstacle
• Approaches writing as a skill to develop rather than busy work
• Promotes thinking about storytelling, character, expression, and meaning
• Helps you develop a productive writing process
• Follows the parts of an essay to compose smart, lively papers
• Accepts criticism from others as a path to stronger performance
• Motivates you to attend class and participate in our activities

Calendar

Each item on the agenda can be clicked to reveal more information about an assignment or activity. All assignments are due on their deadline days, but the times will vary depending on the assignment. Before you look at the schedule, click on MWF or TR first, depending on the days of the week when your section meets:

• MWF
• TR

Assignments

All writing assignments should be typed in Google Drive using 12 pt. Times New Roman, 1" margins, and double-spacing. Click on each link below for further instructions for each type of writing assignment.

• Comic Discussion Forum
• Reflections
• Reading Responses
• Peer Responses
• Self Responses
• Paper Topics
• Paper Drafts

Other Tools

• Check grades on UNG eLearning
• Banner Web
• UNG email account
• Student Technology Services and Free Downloads
• Virtual Lab
• Access your Home folder
• Access the Student Portal

Research Guides

• How to Use Sources
• How to Find Sources
• How to Cite Sources

Writing Guides

• The Writing Process
• Parts of an Essay
• Outline and Write
• Revision Guide
• Editing Guide
• Sharpening Your Paper Topic
• How to Write an Email to Your Teacher