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College
English 110:
Composition, Literature and Critical Thinking -- Spring
1999
Useful Information:
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English Office and Faculty Mailboxes:
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Room 5130
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Phone #650-738-4202
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Learning Resource Center
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Building 5
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Phone #650-738-4241--EAL Lab
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English 110 Course Meetings: MWF
10:10am-11:00am
Course Dates: 1/20 - 5/28, room: 07-7312
Schedule #30313 - Engl 110AE, Units 3.0
........................."In
many ways writing is the act of saying I, of imposing
oneself upon
........other
people, of saying listen to me, see it my way, change your
mind." -- Joan Didion
Course
Prerequisites:
Completion of English 100 or 105 with a letter grade
of "C" or better.
Course
Objectives: By the end of the semester, you will
have developed a strong understanding of what it means to
think, read, and write critically as these skills apply to
the analysis of fiction, poetry, drama, and literary
criticism. Through the writing and reading you do in this
course, you will be able to understand the relationship
between meaning in literature and language; to evaluate and
analyze the relationship between meaning and the use of
sophisticated literary forms and strategies; to identify
unstated premises and hidden assumptions in writing; to
recognize the similarities and differences between arguments
of an author and his/her character(s); to evaluate arguments
in literary criticism; and to properly integrate source
material into essay writing.
Required
Materials: William Faulkner
said,
"The tools I need for my work
are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky." This
is what you will need for your work:
The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature,
4th edition, by Michael Meyer
Texts and Contexts, 2nd edition, by Steven Lynn
Black Boy by Richard Wright
............................."Wrestling
with words gave me my moments of greatest meaning." --
Richard Wright
Course
Policies:
(1) Attendance-- Your active participation is
necessary for you and your classmates to realize the
objectives of this course. Therefore your attendance is
crucial. A maximum of 5 (five) absences is permitted; each
absence after the fifth will significantly lower your
grade.
(2) Late Assignments-- All due dates are given
well in advance; therefore I feel that it is unfair to the
students who complete their work on time to accept the work
from those who do not. However, because "life happens," each
student will be given two "late tickets" during the
semester; twice students may choose to turn an assignment in
the following class period after the due date. Late
assignments beyond this will not be accepted.
(3) Plagiarism-- Paraphrasing or directly copying
any text and using it as your own without proper
attribution, whether you've done it intentionally or not, is
plagiarism and is unacceptable and can result in failure.
During the course of this semester, we will carefully look
at how to use outside sources and at the proper ways in
which to document those sources.
(4) Class participation--- Remember that
participation counts--both for your grade and in your life.
It is essential that you become consciously involved in
class by participating in discussions and contributing
thoughtful comments, questions, and answers.
............"I'll
find my father through words. I'll bring him back to life
with words. I will build a cathedral of words.
......................I'll
create a country with my words. In my words I'll find the
universe and I'll understand the
............................eternal
present though my words. In my words, I will find, I will
end, I will become
.....................................the
words themselves, become words, words, words, I will
incarnate
..............................................words,
words, words." -- Arturo Arias After the
Bombs
Papers:
Six major papers will be written for this class.
The requirements are as follows:.
(1) Due Dates-- Paper #1 (2-4 pages, 500-1000
words) Draft due 2/8, Revised 2/17
...........................Paper
#2 (3-5 pages, 750-1250 words) Draft due 3/8, Revised
3/15
...........................Paper
#3: Midterm essay exam 3/26
...........................Collaborative
Paper #4 (4-6 pages, 1000-1500 words) Draft due 4/21,
Revised 4/28
...........................**Paper
#4 due date extended: Draft due 4/28, Revised Due
5/5**
...........................Research
Paper #5 (5-7 pages, 1250-1750 words) Draft due 5/17,
Revised 5/28
...........................Paper
#6: Final essay exam-2 ½ hours on Friday, May 28th
11:10am-1:40pm
(2) Revision-- Because revising or "re-seeing" a
piece of writing is such an important aspect of the
writing
process, each of the papers has two due dates. Each student
will receive feedback and suggestions on each of his/her
papers through class workshop/discussion groups; then each
student will be asked to revise each paper based on peer
feedback.
.............."Boys
and girls in America have had such a sad time together:
sophistication demands that they
.........submit
to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk. Not
courting talk-real straight talk about souls,
.........................for
life is holy and every moment precious." -- Jack Kerouac
On The Road
(3) Workshopping-- This class will serve as a sort
of a writing community in which each student can draw, as
well as contribute, valuable ideas, insight, and advise on
writing and presenting arguments. Each paper will be read,
discussed, and commented upon by student workshop groups of
three. Workshop days are very important, and therefore a
missed workshop day will count as two (2) absences and a
late paper will not be accepted. Students without a
completed paper (meeting page and format requirements) will
not be allowed to participate in the workshop. Below are the
workshop dates--students must bring a copy of their paper
for themselves as well as for the other members of their
group:
Workshops for Paper #1: Mon 2/8 & Weds
2/10 ................Workshops
for Paper #4: Weds 4/28 & Fri 4/30
Workshops for Paper #2: Mon 3/8 & Weds
3/10 ................Workshops
for Paper #5: Mon 3/17 & Weds 3/19
(4) Format-Papers must meet the required
minimum length or run the risk of not being accepted. All
papers must be typed, double-spaced, have 1" margins, and
have a font of 12.
................"Whatever
became of the moment when one first knew about death? There
must have been one,
.........a
moment, in childhood when it first occurred to you that you
don't go on forever. It must have been shattering--
...............stamped
into one's memory. And yet I can't remember it. It never
occurred to me at all. What does one
...................make
of that? We must be born with an intuition of mortality.
Before we know the words for it,
......................before
we know there are words, out we come, bloodied and squalling
with the knowledge
......................that
for all the compasses in the world, there's only one
direction, and time is its only measure."
...................................................................................--
Tom Stoppard Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are
Dead
Course
Grade:
Record Your Own
Grades:
Paper
1.............................................10%..............................Score
for Paper 1 ______ x .10 = _____
Paper
2.............................................10%..............................Score
for Paper 2 ______ x .10 = _____
Paper 3-In
Class...............................10%..............................Score
for Paper 3 ______ x .10 = _____
Paper
4.............................................15%..............................Score
for Paper 4 ______ x .15 = _____
Paper
5.............................................15%..............................Score
for Paper 5 ______ x .15 = _____
Paper 6-Final Exam
5/28...................15%.............................Score
for Paper 6 ______ x .15 = _____
Quizzes & Reading
Responses...........15%.........................Avg.
Quiz/RR Score ______ x .15 = _____
*
Participation...................................10%......................................Participation
______ x .10 = _____
.................................................................................................*TOTAL:
(convert total to %) ________
* Participation includes being prepared each day,
meeting
with me at least once during the course of the semester,
...............* Deduct 1% for
each absence over allowed 5.
adding to daily discussion, and giving your classmates
....................Scoring as
follows: 100-90=A, 89-80=B
thoughtful responses to their writing in workshops.
.................................79-70=C, 69-60=D,
59-0=F
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