1. First Day 2017 Spring Semester
ENSL (19956)

2. The course ENSL 0093-030 (19956) Academic Reading III
MW 1:00-2:15, ND-1270
Instructor: Dr. Charles Schroen

3. Key Question
What do you notice?

4. Course Goals
Read college-level fiction and non-fiction and
(a) respond appropriately to comprehension questions,
(b) respond appropriately to questions requiring critical thinking, and
(c) paraphrase selections of text.
a + b + c = ?

5. The instructor Instructor: Dr. Charles Schroen
Twenty plus years combined at DeKalb College, Georgia Perimeter College, and Perimeter College (Georgia State University)
Previous employment: Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA); Penn State University (University Park, PA)

6. Contacting the instructor
Office: ND-1304; phone:
Office Hours
MW: 11:30-1:00
TR: 8:00-8:30; 10:00-1:00
Note: When I am unable to attend office hours, a note to that effect appears on my door.

7. Important Dates MON 9 JAN: First class session for ENSL 0093-030.
MON 16 JAN: Martin Luther King Day (national holiday); PC classes do not meet.
MON 13 MAR-SUN 20 MAR: Spring break; PC classes do not meet.
MON 24 April: Last regular class session for ENSL
Final Exam: MON 1 May, 1:00-3:30 pm

8. Materials & Dictionary
Slavery and Civil Rights (course pack)
Any other additional materials are determined by the instructor and announced at least two weeks before they are used in the classroom.
The American Heritage Dictionary (5th edition) [ ]

9. Additional Materials (a)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (Frederick Douglass) (available as pdf)
Dred Scott v. Sanford (handouts)
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington) (available as pdf)
Chinese Exclusion Act (handouts)

10. Additional Materials (b)
Plessy v. Ferguson (handouts)
Japanese Internment (handout)
Hiroshima (John Hersey)
Monster (Walter Dean Myers)
The Color of Water (James McBride)
How Lincoln Learned to Read (Daniel Wolff)

11. Final course grade All written and oral course work (40%)
Tests and Final Exam 60%.

12. Grading scale The official Perimeter College grading scale:
B: 89-80
C: 79-70
D: 69-60
F: 59 or below

13. Quizzes Usually unannounced Up to 20 minutes long
Often at the beginning of a class session
Anyone arriving late has less time.
Anyone absent has lost an opportunity.
No make-up

14. Tests Four or five tests Final exam at the end of the term
No paper = zero points
Occasionally a test may be unannounced.

15. Final Examination MON 1 May, 1:00-3:30 pm in ND-1270.
Format: reading and writing

16. Making up missed work
Like water flowing in a river, the course moves in one direction.
Work is made up only under very unusual circumstances (e.g. something very serious).
No paper = zero points

17. Attendance (physical)
Ninety percent
28 total class sessions X .9 = 25.2 class sessions to attend
3 class sessions to miss with no questions
Miss four class sessions and you face course withdrawal

18. Lateness
Time is important in U.S. academic culture, so punctuality is important.
Lateness creates a disturbance for everyone in the room.
Disturbances should be avoided.
Physical lateness always leads to mental lateness; neither one is good.

19. Phones, computers, and such
No one needs any of these devices in this classroom.
Such devices create distractions for the user and for others.
Avoid distractions in the classroom; refrain from creating them.
All such devices should be off and out of sight.
Paying attention is of great value.

20. In the classroom
The instructor determines when the class session begins and when it ends.
Once the class session begins, everyone remains in the room for the duration of the class session.
If something needs your attention, take care of it before class or after class but not during.

21. Food and drinks Eat before or after class but not during.
Beverages are fine; spilling is not encouraged.

22. Plagiarism and cheating
Doing your own work is the expectation in academic culture in the U.S.
Respect that expectation; respect yourself.
Make sure that your work is yours.
Serious consequences may result if it is not.
Georgia State University Policy on Academic Honesty.

23. Success in this course (and others)
Do you have these, and do you use them?
commitment
determination
patience
awareness
curiosity
responsibility
Where can you find whatever you are missing?

24. Finding the course info
Go to:
select:
search: “what”
select: “What do you notice?”
Proceed from there to the course.

25. How do I prepare for the next class?
Get started reading.
What do you notice?