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Welcome to Rhetoric 101


	This is not a SELF-PACED course. You have specific assignments due twice a week.


	There will be a MANDATORY orientation meeting. You must attend on either Friday, August 25th from 1:00-2:00 p.m. or Tuesday, August 28th from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.in L-146. E-mail me at mbatai@triton.edu to let me know which session you will attend. Once enrolled in the course, you MUST attend one of the two sessions held to be allowed to enter the course.


	Instructor Information Melissa Batai Department of English Triton College Office: L-102C Phone: (708)456-0300 x3266 e-mail: mbatai@triton.edu


	Course Information This course will help students master the techniques of the composing process: (a) invention or gathering and shaping information; (b) planning and organizing; (c) drafting; (d) editing; and (e) proofreading. This course will be new and excitingly different in that the class will only meet on campus as a whole once (one class-as-a-whole meeting); your Midterm and Final will be taken at your convenience during specific testing weeks in the ETRC (AT-146); all other communication will be done via the web, e-mail, phone and/or fax. There are two deadline nights a week: Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m.


	Textbook The textbook for the course is The St. Martin's Guide to Writing, 7th edition.

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	Assignments Students will write four 750-1000 word essays (from invention up to the final draft),along with participating in discussion groups and other assignments.