Instructor: Lanna Eaves

Email: lanna.eaves@bobhopeschool.org / eaveslf@lamarpa.edu

Phone: (409) 983-3244 ext. 451

Office Location and Hours: Bob Hope High School 7th period Mon-Thurs: 1:15-2:00; Fri: 12:45-1:20

Additional Contact Information:

Intensive study of and practice in writing processes, from invention and researching to drafting, revising, and editing, both individually and collaboratively. Emphasis on effective rhetorical choices, including audience, purpose, arrangement, and style. Focus on writing the academic essay as a vehicle for learning, communicating, and critical analysis. 

1)    Rules for Writers with 2016 MLA update, 8^th Ed., by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers

2)    Successful College Writing with 2016 MLA Update, 6^th Ed., by Kathleen T. McWhorter

Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer.

Needs access to noredink.com

• ENGL-0302 College Reading Skills
• ENGL-0317 Developmental Writing II
• ENGL-0327 Integrated Reading and Writing

• Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative writing processes.
• Develop ideas with appropriate support and attribution.
• Write in a style appropriate to audience and purpose.
• Read, reflect, and respond critically to a variety of texts.
• Use Edited American English in academic essays.

Communication Skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral, and visual communication.

Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts, and constructing solutions.

Teamwork: Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal, and to consider different points of view.

Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making. 

The instructor reserves the right to make changes to the syllabus. All changes will be provided to the students orally or in writing before the implementation of the change. The instructor will assess the needs for students as needed to aid in the developing of writing. The instructor will also break down any and all information as needed.

A. Writing: A First Look

a. The Purpose of Writing

b. The Audience for Your Writing

c. The Qualities of Good Writing

B. Planning and Drafting Your Paper

C. Revising and Editing Your Paper

D. Paragraphs

a. Characteristics of Effective Paragraphs

b. Paragraphs with Special Functions

E. Effective Sentences

a. Sentence Strategies

F. Diction, Tone, Style

a. Toward Clear Diction

b. Toward Rhetorical Effect

c. Special Stylistic Techniques

d. Eliminating Flawed Diction

G. Process Analysis: Explaining How

H. Description: Presenting Impressions

I. Narration: Relating Events

J. Comparison: Showing Relationships

K. Cause and Effect: Explaining Why

L. Argument: Convincing Others

a. The Rational Appeal

b. Reasoning Strategies

c. The Emotional Appeal

d. The Ethical Appeal

e. Ferreting Out Fallacies

f. Ethical Issues

g. Writing an Argument

M. The Research Paper

a. Learning About Your Library

b. Choosing a Topic

c. Assembling a Working Bibliography

d. Taking Notes

e. Organizing and Outlining

f. Ethical Issues

g. Writing Your Research Paper

N. Documenting Sources

a. Preparing Proper MLA Bibliographic References

b. Handling in-Text Citations

c. Handling Quotations

d. Avoiding Plagiarism 

All dates and assignments are subject to change due to various factors the instructor will let you know ahead of time of any of the changes that need to be made, this includes due date or assignments.

Week 1: August 24-28:

Greetings and Introductions; Why is Writing Important?; Diagnostic Quiz and Essay

The Writing Process, pgs. 3-49 (In spiral textbook)

Week 2: August 31-September 4:

Descriptive Essay pg 263example: pg 269 (In orange textbook)

Figurative Language, pg. 79 (In orange textbook)

Adjectives and Adverbs, pgs. 230 (in spiral textbook)

Identify Fragments, pgs. 188 (in spiral textbook)

Fused Sentences (Run-Ons), Comma Splices, pgs 195

Week 3: September 7-11:

September 7: NO CLASS-LABOR DAY

Continue Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

Verb Tenses and Subject-Verb Agreement, pgs. 202

Descriptive Essay due September 9

Week 4: September 14-18:

Continue Subject-Verb Agreement

Process Analysis Essays (Reading Sample from Text) pg 330

Transitional Phrases

Week 5: September 21-25:

Pronouns, pgs. 213

Commas and Semi-Colons, pgs. 294-313 (spiral notebook)

Process Analysis Essay due September 23

Week 6: September 28-October 2:

Continue Commas and Semi-Colons

Cause and Effect Essay (Reading Sample from Text) pg 459 (Orange textbook)

(you will be assigned the novel “Fahrenheit 451” to read for this)

Week 7: October 5-9:

Other Punctuation (end, quotation marks, apostrophes, colons, etc.), pgs. 317

Works Cited

Week 8: October 12-16:

Cause and Effect Essay due October 15

The Research Paper: Argument and Persuasion, pgs. 32-37 (Reading Sample from Text)

Library Research

Week 9: October 19-23:

Compare and Contrast Essay Activity: Watch a film and Reading Sample from Text

Or Work on Researching.

Week 10: October 26-October 30:

No School October 30

Library Research, pgs.80-92

Annotated Bibliographies (Due October 29) and MLA Format-Works Cited, pgs. 93-135

Week 11: November 2-November 6:

Capitalization, pgs. 304-306

Spelling and Words Often Confused, pgs. 267-271

Week 12: November 9-13:

Narrative Essay, pgs. 21-22 (Reading Sample from Text)*

Write in-class a Narrative Essay (daily grade)*

Debates will happen this week.

*this may change

Week 13: November 16-20:

Work on Research Papers.

Week 14: November 23-27:

NO CLASSES: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS

Week 15: November 30-December 4: 

Research Papers Due December 1

Review for Finals or Take finals this week

**Week 16: December 7-11: FINAL EXAM (objective and essay portion)**

December 2, 2026

100-90 = A

89-80 = B

79-70 = C

69-60 = D

Below 60 = F

CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE:

No food or drinks may be used during class. Disruptive behavior and profanity will not be tolerated. Students should not talk when someone else is talking. All cell phones should be turned off and placed out of sight during class. Students are to be alert and pay attention at all times. Reading anything other than the course texts or doing work for another class will not be permitted. Students who are disruptive will be asked to leave the classroom and will be counted as absent. Disruptions include cell phones or other electronic devices that ring/beep during class. Students who sleep –or appear to be sleeping--during class will be counted as absent and may be asked to leave the classroom. NO TEXTING!!!!! Only during independent work will you be allowed to have *wired* headphones, no cordless headphones (i.e. airpods, etc.)

LATE WORK POLICY:

Any out-of-class assignments are due by 11:59pm on the date the assignment is due. You have up to four days to turn in any assignments, but fifteen points will be deducted for assignments larger than 100 points, less than 100 points will be be determined by point weight from either 3pts-10pts can be deducted. After those four days, it is a zero. All noredink.com assignments need to be completed by 4:30 on Sunday or it will be considered late and late points will be deducted. If you are ill, you should turn it in that day of by 11:59pm. If there are any extenuating circumstances as to why an assignment is late beyond when the assignment is due and after the four day late turn in time will be up to the instructor’s discretion. The only things that will not be accepted late will be your final paper and any assignments due in the final two weeks of the semester, no exceptions and the first week assignment due to needing grades in the grade book for the high school.

Students, whether they are present or not, are responsible for completing and turning in all assignments and for finding out what they missed. Students should check to see if any changes were made to the course outline.

If the absence is excused, quizzes, tests, or graded daily assignments may be made up with the student's initiative and at the instructor's convenience.

Attendance is mandatory and attendance records of every class will be kept by the instructor. Students with unexcused absences will not be allowed to make up assignments or quizzes from the day of the absence. Students with two unexcused absences may have their final average lowered one letter grade. Students with three unexcused absences may have their final average lowered two letter grades. Students with more than three unexcused absences may have their final average lowered three letter grades.

Students are expected to be on time for each class. A record will be kept of students who are tardy or who leave before class is dismissed. Any significant tardy or any early departure from class will be figured as a half absence. Otherwise, three tardies will count as one absence.

In order for an absence to be considered excused, you will need to provide the instructor with documentation from your physician. Parent notes will not be accepted to excuse absences. School activities are not counted as absences.

The student, whether he/she is present or not, is responsible for material and assignments covered in class. You should not return after an absence and ask me what you missed. You need to find out from your course outline or another student before class.The conscientious student will confer in person, by phone, or by e-mail with the instructor on or before the day of an absence.

Be sure to check your campus email and Course Homepage using MyLSCPA campus web portal. You can also access your grades, transcripts, academic advisors, degree progress, and other services through MyLSCPA.

Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSCPA policies (Academic Dishonesty section in the Student Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Accessibility Services Coordinator, Room 119, in the Ruby Fuller Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241.

No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Use of electronic devices is prohibited.

This syllabus is part of LSCPA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.

As per Texas law and LSCPA policy, all LSCPA employees, including faculty, are required to report allegations or disclosures of child abuse or neglect to the designated authorities, which may include a local or state law enforcement agency or the Texas Department of Family Protective Services. For more information about mandatory reporting requirements, see LSCPA's Policy and Procedure Manual.

LSCPA is committed to establishing and maintaining an environment that is free from all forms of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, and other forms of sexual misconduct. All LSCPA employees, including faculty, have the responsibility to report disclosures of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment, sexual assault (including rape and acquaintance rape), domestic violence, dating violence, relationship violence, or stalking, to LSCPA's Title IX Coordinator, whose role is to coordinate the college's response to sexual misconduct. For more information about Title IX protections, faculty reporting responsibilities, options for confidential reporting, and the resources available for support visit LSCPA's Title IX website.

For more information about the Clery Act and crime reporting, see the Annual Security & Fire Safety Report and the Campus Security website.

If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair.