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English
1117
Fall
2002
Office:
MH 336
Phone: 285-7518
Office Hours: MTRF 10-11
Rooms: MR AT 210, TF EH 104
Syllabus
M
8/26 Introduction. Welcome to English 1117!
T
8/27 Section One: Informal Argument:
A Critical Response
Grammar and Logic Review.
Th
8/29 Writing workshop. Grammar
and Logic Test One. (Extra
Credit)
Homework: Summary: p 1-27, 45-54.
F
8/30 Review Grammar
and Logic Test. Discussion: Semiotics (1-27, 45-54).
Quiz I: Shames
55, Ewen 79, Kron 94.
Homework: Critical Response Draft
I. Are You What You Buy?
M
9/2 No class. Holiday.
T
9/3 Quiz II: Hine 69, Marchand
129.
Review: Thesis I.
Th
9/5 Writing workshop. Critical Response Draft II: Populism vs Elitism.
F
9/6 Quiz III: Norton 62, Davis 86,
Solomon 137.
Review: Thesis II.
Read also the student sample essay on p28.
M
9/9 Writing workshop. Grammar
and Logic Test Two (Extra Credit).
T 9/10 Quiz IV: Barthel 149,
Williams 188.
Review Grammar and Logic Test Two.
Th
9/12 Revision workshop:
Bring your complete draft (three pages) to class and
discuss it with me.
F
9/13 Revision Workshop: Bring your complete draft (three pages) to
class and
discuss your paper with me.
M
9/16 Revision workshop: Bring your complete draft (three pages) to
class and
discuss it with me.
T
9/17 Deadline: The First Paper Due.
Section
Two: Formal Argument: A Documented Essay
Initial exploration and survey
of the debate subjects.
Th
9/19 Writing workshop: Exploration of your subject and Debate Statement.
F
9/20 Library research. Meet in the library. Find 3-5 articles or books on your
subject and read them.
M
9/23 Writing workshop: Summary of three of the articles. Accurately paraphrase
the central ideas in your own
words.
T
9/24 Class Debate.
Th
9/26 Class debate.
F
9/27 Class debate.
M
9/30 Writing workshop:
Summary: 105, 160, 653.
T
10/1 Quiz V: Goewey 105, Steinem 160,
Lefkowistz 653.
Discussion: Logic I.
Th
10/3 Writing workshop:
Summary: 180, 202.
F
10/4 Quiz VI: Calfee 180, Twitchell
202.
Discussion: Logic II.
M 10/7 Writing
workshop: Summary 447, 490.
T 10/8 Quiz VII: Devor 447,
Tennen 490.
Discussion: Critical Thinking Skills I.
Th
10/10 Writing workshop:
Summary 453, 496.
F
10/11 Quiz VIII: Blum 453, Gibson 496.
Discussion: Critical Thinking
Skills II.
M
10/14 Writing workshop:
Summary 460, 481.
T 10/15 Quiz IX: Messner 460,
Wolf 481.
Discussion: MLA Documentation. Grading and discussion: Student Essay I.
Th 10/17 No class. Teacher’s
conference.
F 10/18 No
class. Teacher’s conference.
M
10/21 Writing workshop:
Drafting the Documented Essay.
T
10/22 Quiz X: Student Essay 37, Doskoch
618, Hammonds 625.
Third Personal Point of View.
Th
10/24 Writing workshop:
Drafting the Documented Essay.
F 10/25 Logic
III. Grading and discussion: Student Essay II.
M
10/28 Revision workshop:
Bring your complete draft to class and discuss it with me.
T 10/29 Revision
Workshop: Bring your complete draft to class and discuss it with
me.
Th
10/31 Revision workshop:
Bring your complete draft to class and discuss it with me.
F 11/1 Deadline: Second Paper (The Documented
Essay) Due.
Section Three: Formal Argument: A Critical
Comparison
Film: The Birth
of a Nation.
M
11/4 Film: The Birth
of a Nation. Film: Malcolm X.
T
11/5 Film: Malcolm
X.
Th
11/7 Comparison Draft
I: The Birth of a Nation; Malcolm X.
F
11/8 Quiz XI: Ray 299, Parenti 366, Steele 328.
M
11/11 No class. Holiday.
T 11/12 No
class. Teachers’ meetings.
Th
11/14 Writing workshop:
Comparison Draft II. Apply
Ray’s theory to two
Different movie characters.
F
11/15 Quiz XII: Stark 241, Mumford 249.
Introduction: Cumulative Sentences.
M
11/18 Writing workshop:
cumulative sentences.
T
11/19 Quiz XIII: Student Essay 32, Reeves
265, Seger 308.
Discussion and exercises:
Cumulative Sentences.
Th 11/21 Writing
workshop: Comparison Draft
III.
F
11/22 Quiz XIV: Shen 531-541, Jennings
640, Calcutt 645.
Discussion and exercises:
Cumulative Sentences.
M
11/25 Writing Workshop:
Cumulative Sentences.
T
11/26 Quiz XV: Omi 526, Demott 538.
Grading and discussion: Student Essay III.
Th
11/28 No class. Holiday.
F 11/29 No
class. Holiday.
M
12/2 Writing workshop. Summary: 677, 744.
T
12/3 Quiz XVI: Engle 677, Willis 744.
Review: Thesis, Logic.
Th
12/5 Writing workshop. Summary: 686, 720.
F
12/6 Quiz XVII: Medhurst 686, Bader
720.
Review: Critical Thinking Skills,
MLA Documentation.
M 12/9 Writing
workshop: Drafting the
Comparison Essay.
T
12/10 Quiz XVIII: Gladwell 757, Spain
771, Lippard 778.
Review: Third Person Point
of View, Cumulative Sentences.
Th
12/12 Revision workshop: Bring your complete draft and discuss it with
me.
F
12/13 Revision workshop: Bring your complete draft and discuss it with
me.
M
12/16 Revision workshop: Bring your complete draft and discuss it with
me.
T
12/17 Deadline: Final Paper and Portfolio
Due.
Th
12/19 Examination week. No formal class. Optional Conference.
F 12/20 Examination week.
No formal class. Optional Conference.
Study hard! Good Luck! (Comments and suggestions are welcome.)
Keep all your free writings,
summaries, drafts, exercises in a folder and hand them in at the
end of the semester.
**If
you missed or failed a quiz, you can make it up by writing a summary
of all the essays in the quiz.
The total should be one full page, single spaced.
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