LING 210-01: Traditional Grammar: English (CRN 48)
M-R 8:00-10:00, IRC 6

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Instructor: Dr. Amie A. Doughty
Office: 313 Netzer Administration Building
Office Hours: M-R 10:00-10:30 and by appointment
Phone: 436-2493
E-mail: doughtaa@oneonta.edu
Web Address: http://employees.oneonta.edu/doughtaa

Required Text and Materials:
Packet of materials, available at Damascene Book Cellar on West Street.
Lined paper.
Black or blue pen, or pencil.
Red pen or red pencil.

Course Description:
Catalog Description: Covers traditional English grammar, including preferred usage.

Translation: We're going to examine the grammar of English from a sentence structure perspective. Beginning with sentence patterns, we will progress to parts of sentences and how the sentences are constructed to make meaning. We will also discuss the relationship of grammar to mechanics in writing.

General Education Attributes: LA and CPA

Course Policies:
Attendance: You are expected to attend class and to be prepared to discuss the assigned reading as well as to participate in the review of homework. Because the content of this course is cumulative, chronic absences will be difficult to overcome. If you are unable to come to class, it is your responsibility to make up the work you missed and to get notes, handouts, and announcements from a classmate or from me during my office hours. The condensed nature of the course makes attendance particularly critical. See below for the University Policy on WIs due to excessive absences.

Class Discussions: I like to make my courses student-centered, so I try to limit lectures. There will be times that I need to present materials in lecture format, but you are always welcome to ask questions as they occur to you. I will also try to spend a significant amount of time on classroom activities and exercises to help you better understand the grammatical terms and concepts that you are reading about. I expect everyone's full participation in each activity, including board work, though I do not expect perfection in class. Do not be afraid to make mistakes (or to answer if you think you might be wrong) because you cannot learn without making mistakes.

Assignments: Each assignment is worth 25% of your final grade:

• Weekly Caught'ya Assignments and Miscellany: In addition to discussing formal prescriptive grammar, we will spend part of each class discussing grammatical and mechanical issues in writing through an exercise called Caught’ya. Starting on Wednesday, 30 May, you will come to class and copy the sentence(s) on the board onto a sheet of paper, correcting the grammatical and mechanical errors you see in them as you do so. I will come around the room and try to "catch" you missing these errors. After a couple minutes, as a class we will go over the sentence(s) and you will make any corrections you missed in red pen or pencil and mark the number of errors in the left margin.  Each Friday, I will collect the Caught'ya paper (you will do all of a week's sentences on the same page) and grade it based on whether you have marked your sentences correctly (and followed the assigned formatting for the paper).  In addition to the Caught'ya assignment, I may choose to assign homework, in-class work, and/or quizzes in class as I deem necessary.
• 3 Exams: You will have 3 exams throughout the course of the semester (including your final exam), and you can expect each exam to be comprehensive. They will all be open book, open note exams.

Grading Scale: The number percentages will be calculated as follows for letter grades:

Late Work: I will accept work no more than one week late. All late work will lose 10%. If you know that you won’t be able to get work in on time, see me before the due date, and we may be able to make arrangements for an extension.

University Policies: The following policies can be found in your Student Handbook or the Code of Student Conduct (both available online) and are particularly applicable to this class.

Flagrant Non-Attendance
• Students missing 25% or more of class, any time from the second week of class up until the last day to withdraw from an individual course (see Keydates and Deadlines or Faculty Reference Guide for specific dates) may be removed from the course by the instructor.
• The Registrar will assign a “WI” (Involuntary Withdrawal) grade.
• Students appearing on the final grade sheet will be assigned a final grade (not a “W”, Incomplete or Pending grade), regardless of student’s class attendance.

Student Disability Services (SDS)
SDS provides a base of personal and academic support for students with a documented history of disability. The office provides consultation, advocacy, referral, testing and classroom accommodations. Students should call for an appointment (607) 436-2137. Located at 209 Alumni Hall.

All individuals who are diagnosed with a disability are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. As such, you may be entitled to certain accommodations within this class. If you are diagnosed with a disability, please make an appointment to meet with Student Disability Services (SDS), 209 Alumni Hall, ext. 2137. All students with the necessary supporting documentation will be provided appropriate accommodations as determined by the SDS Office.
It is entirely your responsibility to contact SDS and concurrently supply me with your accommodation plan, which will inform me exactly what accommodations you are entitled to. You will only receive accommodations once you provide me with an SDS accommodation plan.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
Academic dishonesty is defined as any act by a student that misrepresents or attempts to misrepresent to an instructor or any College official, the proficiency or achievement of that student or another student in any academic exercise for the purpose of influencing a grade on a piece of assigned work, on an examination or quiz or in a Course as a whole, or that is intended to alter any record of a student's academic performance by unauthorized means.
A Student deemed guilty of an act of academic dishonesty may, depending on the nature of the offense, be subject to one or more of the following measures: failure of the assignment or examination, failure of the course, or dismissal from the College. Furthermore, for a second offense, referral of the case to the Standing Disciplinary Board is mandatory. The penalties that may be assessed by the Board are listed under the Procedures of the Standing Disciplinary Board as published in this publication; however, the normal penalty is suspension or dismissal.
It is the Student's responsibility to read and understand the policy on all aspects of academic dishonesty as published in this publication and the Undergraduate Catalog. However, individual faculty members may wish to explain the policy as it relates to their courses. It is emphasized that a student who has any questions about what constitutes academic dishonesty has the responsibility of clarifying them by conferring with his/her instructors.

Examples of Academic Dishonesty:
The following examples, although not all-inclusive, are intended to help students understand what constitutes academic dishonesty. Other acts should not necessarily, be considered as falling outside the scope of this policy because of their absence from this list.
• Plagiarism that is, using materials from another's work without acknowledgment, using quotations without  identification as such or paraphrasing without specific identification of the source.
• Copying and/or modifying another person's computer file, program, printout, or portion thereof for use in an assignment without permission of the instructor.
• Knowingly permitting one's computer file, program, printout, or portion thereof to be copied or modified by another student for use in an assignment without permission of the instructor.
• Unauthorized giving or receiving of information on an examination, laboratory procedure, or other exercise.
• Taking an examination for another student or allowing another student to take an examination for you.
• Altering or attempting to alter a grade on any piece of graded work, a grade written in an instructor's personal records, or a grade written on any College form or transcribed in any official College record.
• Submitting a College form with a forged signature

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