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English 111: College Composition IAdjunct Professor: Amy L. BuckleyContact Information: [email protected]

Tuition: Tuition of $138.00 payable to Broad Run High School, is due by September 15, 2014.

Course Description:The purpose of the class is to introduce students to critical thinking and the fundamentals of academic writing. Through the writing process, students refine topics; develop and support ideas; investigate, evaluate, and incorporate appropriate resources; edit for effective style and usage; and determine appropriate approaches for a variety of contexts, audiences, and purposes.

Major Course Topics: Critical thinking The writing process Selecting / Refining topics Developing, organizing, and supporting ideas Investigating and evaluating resources Incorporating appropriate resources into text Considering context, audience, and purpose

Course Objectives:Goal One: The Process of WritingENGL 111 will help students understand that writing is a process that develops through experience and varies among individuals.Objectives:

Students will engage in all phases of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and reflecting. Students will incorporate reading and experience into their writing processes.

Goal Two: Critical Thinking for WritingENG 111 will develop students’ ability to analyze and investigate ideas and to present them in well-structure d prose appropriate to the purpose and audience.Objectives:

Students will competently read, summarize, and respond to college-level texts. Students will create unified, coherent, well-developed texts that demonstrate a self-critical awareness of rhetorical

elements such as purpose, audience, and organization. Students will appropriately employ grammatical and mechanical conventions in the preparation of readable

manuscripts. Students will learn how to use and evaluate outside sources of information, incorporate and document source

material appropriately, and avoid plagiarism. Students will produce 15-20 pages of finished, graded text, including at least one documented essay.

Course Credit: 3 credit hours

Prerequisites: Students must achieve satisfactory scores on placement tests or SATs as established by the VCCS and adopted by their college, or have satisfactorily completed either ENF 1 or ENF 2, depending on where the student was placed.

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Required Textbooks (provided by the school):

Cooley, Thomas. The Norton Sampler. 7th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. 2010. Print.

Kennedy, X.J., Dorothy M. Kennedy, and Jane E. Aaron. The Bedford Reader. 10th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s.

2011. Print.

Required Textbooks (individually purchased):

Ousborne, Jeff. Reading Pop Culture: A Portable Anthology. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s. 2013. Print.

Strunk, William Jr., E.B. White, and Roger Angell. Elements of Style. 4th Edition. New York: Longman. 1999. Print.

Required Resources:3-ring binderSpiral notebookFlash drivePaperPen (2 colors)

Grading:Grading for ENGL 111 will encompass daily writing, workshop activities, vocabulary study, grammar study, and final papers. Your grade is calculated based on points earned divided by points possible. Your nine take-home essays will be worth 200 points each. Each quarter is worth 45% of your semester grade, and your final exam for ENGL 111 is worth 10% of your semester grade. The grade breakdown is as follows:

Essays: 60%Homework: 30%Journals/Other: 10%

Daily Writing, Workshop, Vocabulary, and Grammar Assignments:Students will complete a variety of informal writing assignments (journaling, answering questions regarding reading assignments, and responding to prompts), both inside and outside of class time. We will spend class time each week engaging in writing workshops, with related graded activities. Grammar will be integrated through writing assignments as well as other individual assignments. All assignments will be given a point value at the time of the assignment.

Papers/Essays:Students are expected to complete 15-20 pages of typed, graded text that includes one documented essay. Ample practice time is provided to review proper summation, paraphrasing, and MLA documentation techniques. Essays will count more heavily than other assignments. Point values will be given for each assignment. Some papers will include a rough draft,


peer editing, and a final draft. In order to receive full credit for multi-draft papers, students must submit all required elements on time.

Papers must be submitted online on turnitin.com by the date assigned. Reading assignment responses are to be typed with your name, date, and period at the top. These assignments must be turned in on the day that they are due or they will not be accepted and you will receive zero points for that reading assignment.

Late Work Policy:

Late essays will be penalized 10% for each day that they are late. So, for a 200 point essay, you would be penalized 20 points each day. If you have a legitimate emergency and need to make arrangements for an extension, you must communicate with me before the due date. Late papers will be accepted up to one week (five days) beyond the due date. After five days, your grade will forever remain a zero.

Because we utilize our homework in class, daily assignments that are not turned in on the day that they are due will automatically receive a zero unless turned in by the next class day. Then, you will receive a maximum of a 50% for a perfect assignment.

Snow Days:

As a college class, you are expected to complete the assignment on each given day. If a snow day occurs, you are expected to complete the reading assignments for that day and the homework. It would behoove you to take home your textbooks every day once winter arrives. Any additional news for that day’s assignments will be sent to you via email and posted on the website.

Plagiarism:

Neither cheating nor plagiarism will be tolerated. Plagiarism is defined as using another person’s work or ideas without giving proper credit. Any attempt to take credit for work that is not your own will lead to an F on the assignment and disciplinary action as outlined in the student handbook, including possible notification to NOVA College. According the NOVA Student Handbook, “Academic dishonesty cannot be condoned. When such misconduct is established as having occurred, it subjects you to possible disciplinary actions ranging from admonition to dismissal, along with any grade penalty the instructor might, in appropriate cases, impose.

College-Level Expectations and Considerations:

Because this is a college class, you are expected to behave like college students. This means refraining from all distracting behavior, including participating in irrelevant discussions, using personal electronic devices, and completing work for another class. If I see or hear your cell phone, I will take it from you until class ends. If I see it or hear it on a second occasion, you will be asked to surrender your phone upon entering the classroom from that day on.

Tardiness is a serious distraction, and Broad Run’s tardy policy will strictly be enforced. If your tardy is unexcused and it causes you to miss a graded assignment, you will not be given an opportunity to make it up.


You may not eat food in the classroom, unless I provide it.

This course follows NOVA’s policy on communication with parents. It is expected that the student will self-advocate if there are any questions or concerns. The parent will be allowed to communicate with the instructor only with the permission and attendance of the student at any discussion. I will communicate solely with the student unless he/she grants permission for a parent to be present.

Office hours: 8:35-9:00 A.M.

WebsiteThe syllabus, complete with the course schedule (subject to change) is posted on Broad Run’s website under my name. Important announcements pertaining to scheduling changes will be posted on the website as they arise. Please check the website frequently for announcements. For any last minute changes, I will send an email blast via your turnitin.com account email.

Writing CenterBroad Run will be offering a Writing Center during both lunch periods. The Writing Center’s trained tutors can help you revise your essays. You may also visit NOVA’s campus to partake of its Writing Center or visit them online: http://www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/english/WritingCenter/ Tutoring is free to all NOVA students. I strongly encourage you to utilize the Writing Center’s resources to improve your college writing.

Students with Disabilities:To the extent allowable by NOVA, students with IEPs or 504 plans will receive the accommodations specified in those IEPs or 504 plans. It should be noted that such modifications will NOT include excusing students from completing the minimum page requirements for the class specified by the university.

Minimum Grade Expectations:A successful grade in college is an A or a B. Within the first month of school, a student who is receiving a C should consider the importance of starting a college transcript with good grades and should strongly consider exercising his or her “drop” or “withdrawal” options. If these options are not exercised by the deadline and a student ends the fall semester with an F, this grade will stay on the student’s permanent transcript, and the student will not be permitted to continue into ENGL 112. Instead, the student will be placed in English 12A.

Note: The last day to drop the class without having it appear on your permanent college transcript is October 17, 2014. The last day to withdraw with a “W” noted on your permanent college transcript but without a negative impact on your college GPA is December 12, 2014. If you “let it ride” after that, whatever grade you earn will stand and will impact your college (and high school) GPA.

Final Exam: January 19-23, 2015

http://www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/english/WritingCenter/


Note: PC=Reading Pop Culture NS: Norton Sampler BR: Bedford Reader ES: Elements of Style

First Quarter Syllabus (“A” Day)Week Date DescriptionOne

Sept 2 Introduction to courseAccess course websiteDiscuss course syllabus, schedule, and assignmentsDiscussion of technologyTextbook assignmentsAssignments: Buy textbooks. Sign up to turnitin.com

Sept 4 Topic: “You as a Writer”: write about something that you cannot live without

Readings: “Nobody Likes to Write (But Everyone Loves to Have Written) (If You Can Talk)“If You Don’t Know What to Say, Start Saying It” (If You Can Talk)Homework standards: typed, etc.Assignments: *Sentence Combining with Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions

NS: “from Holy the Firm”-Annie Dillard, 2-5; Q1-5Online: “The Death of the Moth”-Virginia Woolf, 396-399

TwoSept 8 Journal: Read NS: “How I Wrote the Moth Essay and Why”-Annie Dillard, 6-13Response to Dillard &

Woolf then compare and contrast your homework assignment. Readings: “Being a Writer”: E.B. White, “The Essayist and the Essay” (Handout-Essay Connection)

“Why I Write: Making No Become Yes”-Elie Wiesel (Handout-Essay Connection)Assignment: Create a strong personal voice, Understanding Style (handout), 37, Exercise 8, 1-3

Sept 10 Journal: Write an opinion piece on Obama then compare your voice to the homework’s voice. Turn in both, stapled to your homework.Choose to read one of the stories and answer the questions: BR: “Arm Wrestling with My Father”-Brad Manning, 144-150 BR: “Shooting Dad”—Sarah Vowell, 152-159Assignment: Bring in your favorite object from home—can’t be a picture

Sept 12 Journal: Notes on Modes of Exposition, Persuasive Rhetorical techniques; in your spiral, analyze Manning or Vowel’s story based on the persuasive elements.Analyze one of the four essays that we have read re: modes of expositionWriting Strategy: Descriptive Narration—write a story utilizing the description of your favorite object to a larger purpose/meaning. Discuss how to Peer Review for gold nuggets then T-P-S.Handout: Proofreading symbolsAssignment: redo homework


Three

Sept 16 [LAPTOPS]Journal: Describe your favorite toy OR BR 135Strategy: Description: Concrete v. Abstract—Analyze Manning/Vowell+creating tensionPlay with introductions.Begin drafting your Descriptive Essay. Due 9/24 on turnitin.comAssignment: *Do not begin any sentence with the subject. PC: “Toys”-Roland Barthes, 25-29; Q2, 4

Sept 18 [LAPTOPS]—Descriptive Writing AssignmentHandout: MLA Citation: Practice—start citing your homeworkTurn in Spiral.Assignment: Elements of Style: “An Approach to Style” 66-69 (complete assignment)Paper 1—Descriptive Essay (due 9/24 on turnitin.com)

FourSept 22 Bellringer: Video: Weird Al Yankovic, “Word Crimes” YouTube-discuss

Journal: BR 75Strategy: Narrative Writing; 1st Drafts reminderPowerPoint: Writing a Narrative (BR 76); BR: 80-83; NS: 84-86—we’ve been reading narratives: choose one to analyze through the elements that I gave you.Elements of Style homework discussionAssignment: Elements of Style: finish pages 70-85 (complete handout)

“Deadwood” Understanding Style (handout), 45; If your college has a personal essay, bring in the prompt.

Sept 24 [LAPTOPS]-Narrative essay: will need to be seen by the Writing Lab and a receipt given to me before you turn it in to turnitin.com. Utilize their advice to revise.Journal: Writing 1st Drafts-“Polaroids”-Anne Lamott (Handout Essay Connection)Brainstorming for narrative essay—or use a college application personal essay promptAssignment: *Specific details + sentence combiningRead (BR): “The Chase”-Annie Diillard, 99-103, QM: 1, 4; QWS: 1-4; QL: 1-4—as a model for a personal/narrative essay

Sept 26 [LAPTOPS]-Narrative essay—due 10/5Journal Warm-up: ObituaryStrategy: Narrative Writing, Cont’d; Active VerbsAssignments: *Diction improvement + syntax

BR: “The Lottery”-Shirley Jackson, 122-132, QWS: 1-3; QL: 1-4Five

Sept 30 [LAPTOPS]Journal: Writing Self-Reflection: BR: 132-133, Shirley JacksonStrategy: Narrative Writing, Diction, Developing Paragraphs (Sundance, 90-98 PowerPoint)You have to give your draft to the writing center for 5 points—you will receive a receipt. Then, turn it in by 10/5Assignment: Paper 2—Final Narrative Essay due 10/7 on turnitin.com


Oct 2 Journal: Illustrate why a certain food is the best food with specific examples.Strategy: Illustration through ExampleReadings: Powerpoint (BR: 188); 192-194 Sundance, 234-235 (handout)—reflect on your journal entryElements of Style:15-18—play with styleAssignments: *Diction improvement + syntax

BR: “On Compassion”-Barbara L. Ascher, 19t-199, QM: 1-4; QWS: 2, 3, 4; QL: 2BR: “Homeless”-Anna Quindlen, 200-203, QM: 1,2; QWS: 14

SixOct 6 [LAPTOPS]—Illustrative Essay (due 10/18)

Journal: Compare and Contrast the two homework essaysStrategy: Illustration through Example, cont’d Turn in spiral.Assignment: Illustrative Essay

Oct 8 [LAPTOPS] Journal: “Freedom”Drafting your Illustrative Essay.Assignment: Illustrative Essay

Oct 10 [LAPTOPS] Play with style: Elements of Style: 19-24

Draft essay. Assignment: Paper 3—Illustration through Example (due 10/18 on turnitin.com)

SevenOctober 13: Columbus Holiday

Oct 15 Journal: BR: 229Strategy: Comparison/Contrast; Thesis DevelopmentReadings: BR: 230-35; Handout: “Develop a Thesis” (Sundance)“Supporting a Thesis”; “Developing a Paragraph”(Handout: Sundance)

Assignment: BR: “Neat People v. Sloppy People”-Suzanne Britt, 238-241; QM 2; QWS: 1, 2, 4; QL: 1

Oct 17 [LAPTOPS]—Compare/Contrast EssayJournal: Choose to compare men v. women or a character trait to a different character traitAssignment: *Diction improvement + syntaxBR: “Batting Clean-up and Striking Out”—Dave Barry, 245-47, QM 1-3; QWS: 1-5; QL: 1

EightOct 21 [LAPTOPS]—Compare/Contrast Essay

Journal: PC: 288, Q4Must have a Writing Center receipt for your “final draft” for 5 points of your grade.Assignment: Paper 4—Compare/Contrast Assignment (due 10/29 on turnitin.com) with Writing Lab receipt given to me on 10/31.


Oct 23 Journal: BR: 285Play with style: Elements of Style: 25-28Strategy: Process Analysis; BR: 286-293; PowerPoint-notesRead & discuss: “How to Operate a Shower Curtain”-Ian Frazier, (BR 10th 302-307) (Xerox)Turn in spiral.Assignments: *Diction improvement + syntax

NS: “How Boys Become Men”-Jon Katz, 220-224, Discussion Q1-5Nine

Oct 27 [LAPTOPS]—Process Analysis Essay—due 11/6Journal: Play with style: 29-33Strategy: Process Analysis, cont’dAssignments: Read “How to Operate a Shower Curtain”—Ian Frazier, (handout—BR 10th 302-307)

Oct 29 [LAPTOPS]-Process Analysis EssayJournal: Process of how your parents raised you to be who you are todayAssignments: Paper 5—Process Analysis (due 11/6 on turnitin.com)Bring in lowest graded essay.

Oct 31 Writing Workshop of your lowest graded essayWriting chart. Learning how to color code elements.Assignments: Paper 5—Process Analysis (due 11/6 on turnitin.com)

End of the Quarter



Second Quarter Syllabus (“A” Day)

Week Date Description

OneNov 6 Journal: BR: 429

Strategy: Cause and Effect; Commas & SemicolonsReadings: BR: 430-433; PowerPoint-notes

PC: “Can Video Games Teach Us How to Succeed in the Real World?”-Lane Wallace, 390-395Assignment: PC: “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”-Steven Johnson, 275-288,

Cause & Effect analysisTwo

Nov 10 Journal: NS6: 282Strategy: Cause and Effect, cont’d; ProofreadingReadings: NS6 Handout: “The Wound that Can’t Be Stitched Up”-Ruth Russell, 309-313 BR: “Videotape”-Don DeLillo, 466-471Assignment: Handout, Sundance 452-459

Nov 12 Journal: Homework responseStrategy: Cause and Effect, cont’d; Clauses

Debate: BR: “Live Free and Starve”-Chitra Divakaruni, 448-453Paper 6—Cause & Effect Essay Assignment Options (due 11/20)

Nov 14 Journal: BR 515Writing: Handout: “Two Annotated Student Essays” (America)Strategy: Persuasion; ProofreadingReadings: BR: 516-531; PowerPoint-notes; ethos, pathos, and logos (Sundance, 462, PP)Assignments: *Diction improvement + syntax

Handout: “But Enough About You…”-Brian Williams, (BR 10th 539-542); QM: 1-4; QWS: 1-5; QL: 4

ThreeNov 18 Journal: BR 545

Strategy: Persuasion, cont’d; ProofreadingReading: NS6 Handout: “Safe-Sex Lies”-Meghan Daum, 345-351Debate: BR: “Too Much Pressure”-Colleen Wenke, 532-537Turn in spiral.Assignments: *Diction improvement + syntax

NS6 Handout: “Being Prepared in Suburbia”-Roger Verhulst, 340-344; FD: 5; S&S 5-6; Words 4


Nov 20 Journal: Response to Cause & Effect essay—bring in a copy or your laptopStrategy: Persuasion, cont’d; ProofreadingDebate: NS: “The Island of Plenty”-Johnson C. Montgomery, 399-403

PC: “Is Facebook a Fad”-Farhad Manjoo, 222-226

FourNov 24 Journal: Sundance, 465

Strategy: Persuasion, cont’d; ProofreadingWriting Activity: Sundance, 470Handout: “Wont You Be My Friendster?”-Andie Wurster, (BR 10th 543-547)Assignment: Paper 7: Persuasive Essay (due 12/6)

Nov 26-28 Thanksgiving Break

Five Dec 1 Strategy: Research, Notetaking-PP, Sundance 535 (handout: 536); Brainstorming

Readings: PowerPoint-notes; Handouts re: ResearchSundance, 526-527, 533 (handout); BibliographiesWorking Outline: Sundance, 545-46 (handout)Blue Books in Library—take a peek. MLA website.Assignment: Research proposal: 100 word synopsis (due 12/5)

Dec 3 Journal: ProofreadingStrategy: Research—INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARY RESOURCESHandout: “Previewing” (The Informed Argument, 155)[LIBRARY]: begin research if ready; peruse possibilities for synopsisBlue Books in Library—take a peek.

Dec 5 Journal: ProofreadingTurn in spiral.Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]Blue Books in Library—take a peek.Assignment: Research notes and Typed Bibliography due 12/19

SixDec 9 Journal: Persuasive Essay Work, if nec. Bring in copy or your laptop.

Strategy: Research, [LIBRARY]Blue Books in Library—take a peek.Assignment: Research notes and Typed Bibliography due 12/19

Dec 11 Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]Blue Books in Library—take a peek.Assignment: Research notes and Typed Bibliography due 12/19

SevenDec 15 Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]


Blue Books in Library—take a peek.Assignment: Research notes and Typed Bibliography due 12/19

Dec 17 Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]Utilizing direct quotes (Sundance, 549-551) + Blue BookAssignment: Research notes and Typed Bibliography due 12/19

Dec 19 Check notes and bibliographyStrategy: Research [LIBRARY]: Begin typing your research paperAssignment Paper 8: Research Essay due 1/11

Winter Break: December 22-January 2

EightJan 6 Journal: BR: 475

Strategy: DefinitionReadings: BR: 478-485; PowerPoint-notesActivity: Sundance, 266Assignments: Paper 8: Research Essay due 1/11

Jan 8 Journal: What does it mean to be an American? Male? Female?Strategy: Definition, cont’d; Elements of Style workReadings: Handout: Sundance, 273; NS: “Guys vs. Men”-Dave Barry, 309-316Assignment Paper 8: Research Essay due 1/11

NineJan 12 Journal: BR: 375

Strategy: Classification & DivisionReadings: BR: 376-377; PowerPoint-notes; BR: 381-383Activity: Sundance, 384, 388Assignment: *Diction improvement + syntax

NS: “The Color of Success”-Eric A. Watts, 185-190; D: 1-4; Words 1-4

Jan 14 Journal: Lying v. DoublespeakTurn in spiral.Strategy: Classification & DivisionReadings: BR: “The Ways We Lie”-Stephanie Ericcson, 407-416

BR: “The World of Doublespeak”-William Lutz, 417-425Assignment: Midterm

Jan 16 Midterm Prep: MLA Citation. Self-Reflection.

Midterm Week: January 19-23



First Quarter Syllabus (“B” Day)Week Date DescriptionOne

Sept 3 Introduction to courseAccess course websiteDiscuss course syllabus, schedule, and assignmentsDiscussion of technologyTextbook Assignments Assignments: Buy textbooks. Sign up to turnitin.com

Sept 5 Journal: Topic“Write about something or someone that you cannot live without”

Readings: “Nobody Likes to Write (But Everyone Loves to Have Written) (If You Can Talk) “If You Don’t Know What to Say, Start Saying It” (If You Can Talk)

Homework standards: typed, etc.Assignments: *Sentence Combining with Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions

NS: “from Holy the Firm”-Annie Dillard, 2-5; Q1-5Online: “The Death of the Moth”-Virginia Woolf, 396-399

TwoSept 9 Journal: response to Woolf or Dillard

Ethos, Pathos, Logos/Audience, Subject, ReaderReading: QWSR: “Why I Write: Making No Become Yes”-Elie Wiesel (Handout-Essay Connection)Assignment: Bring in your favorite object.

Sept 11 Write about your favorite object (25m)How to Peer Review a draft.Peer Review.Assignment: Choose one: BR: “Arm Wrestling with My Father”-Brad Manning, 146-150, QWS: 1-3; QL: 1-4BR: “Shooting with Dad”—Sarah Vowell, 152-159; QM: 4, 5; QWS: 1-3; QL: 1, 3, 5

ThreeSept 15 Journal: Analyze the ethos, logos, and pathos of Manning or Vowell and weave in textual support.

Strategy: Description: Concrete v. Abstract; Audience and purpose Highlight the concrete details of your essay.Rewrite your intro.Assignments: laptops; redo your homework

Sept 17 [LAPTOPS]—Descriptive Essay—due 9/24 on turnitin.comJournal warm-up: “My Face”MLA Citation: Handout—begin citing your homework.Assignment: *Do not begin any sentence with the subject. PC: “Toys”-Roland Barthes, 25-29; Q2, 4

Sept 19 [LAPTOPS]—Descriptive EssayJournal warm-up: “An Approach to Style” 66-69 (practice activity)Turn in spiral.


Assignment: Paper 1—Descriptive Essay (due 9/24 on turnitin.com)Four

Sept 23 [LAPTOPS]—Narrative Essay: must be reviewed by Writing Lab before turning in –utilize their comments to revise. Give me the receipt. Due 10/7Journal: BR 75Strategy: Narrative Writing; 1st Drafts + tensionWriting a Narrative (BR 76). Strategy: Narrative Writing BR: 80-83; PowerPoint-notes; NS: 84-86Choose one of the narratives that we have read and analyze based on narrative elements.Assignment: “Deadwood” Understanding Style (handout), 45

Sept 25 [LAPTOPS]—Narrative Essay— must be reviewed by Writing Lab before turning in –utilize their comments to revise. Give me the receipt. Due 10/7Journal: Writing 1st Drafts-“Polaroids”-Anne Lamott (Handout Essay Connection) Assignment: BR: Elements of Style: pages 70-85 (complete handout)

FiveSept 29 [LAPTOPS]—Narrative Essay: must be reviewed by Writing Lab before turning in –

utilize their comments to revise. Give me the receipt. Due 10/7Journal warm-up: ObituaryStrategy: Narrative Writing, Cont’d; Active Verbs: revision lookAssignments: *Diction improvement + syntax

BR: “The Lottery”-Shirley Jackson, 122-132, QWS: 1-3; QL: 1-4

Oct 1 Journal: Writing Self-Reflection: BR: 132-133, Shirley JacksonStrategy: Narrative Writing, Diction (better word chart with partner)Readings: Pre-Debate: “Rules for Discussion”-notes

Debate: BR: “Grade A: The Market for a Yale Women’s Eggs”-Jessica Cohen, 114-119Assignments: Narrative Essay Final due 10/7 with Writing Center receipt in class.

Oct 3 Journal: Illustrate why a certain food is the best food with specific examples.Strategy: Illustration through Example: Powerpoint (BR: 188); 192-194Activity: “Support the Statements” (Sundance 232) & Elements of Style:15-18Assignments: *Diction improvement + syntax

BR: “On Compassion”-Barbara L. Ascher, 195-199, QM: 1-4; QWS: 2, 3, 4; QL: 2BR: “Homeless”-Anna Quindlen, 200-203, QM: 1,2; QWS: 14

SixOct 7 [LAPTOPS]—Illustration Essay due 10/18

Journal: Compare and Contrast the two homework essays; discuss Asssignment: Illustration Essay due 10/18 on turnitin.com

Oct 9 [LAPTOPS]—Illustration Essay due 10/18Journal: NS: “All Seven Deadly Sins Committed at Church Bake Sale”-The Onion, 101-105Turn in spiral.Assignment: Illustration through Example Assignment Handout (due 10/18)

http://www.theonion.com/articles/all-seven-deadly-sins-committed-at-church-bake-sal,167/


SevenOctober 13: Columbus Holiday

Oct 14 Journal: Choose to compare men v. women or a character traitStrategy: Comparison/Contrast; Thesis DevelopmentReadings: BR: 224-231; Handout: “Develop a Thesis” (Sundance)“Supporting a Thesis”; “Developing a Paragraph”(Handout: Sundance)Assignment: Elements of Style: 19-24

Oct 16 [LAPTOPS]—Compare/Contrast Essay: Writing Lab check w/receipt due 10/29 on turnitin.comJournal: NS6 Handout: “Grammy Rewards”-Deborah Dalfonso, 206-208

Assignment: BR: “Neat People v. Sloppy People”-Suzanne Britt, 238-241; QM 2; QWS: 1, 2, 4; QL: 1

EightOct 20 [LAPTOPS]—Compare/Contrast Essay: Writing lab check w/receipt; due on turnitin.com by 10/29

Journal: Homework response Assignment: *Diction improvement + syntax

BR: “Batting Clean-up and Striking Out”-Dave Barry, 245-247; QM: 1-3; QWS: 1-5; QL: 1

Oct 22 [LAPTOPS]- Compare/Contrast Essay: Writing lab check w/receipt; due on turnitin.com by 10/29Journal: PC: 288, Q4Strategy: Comparison/Contrast/cont’dAssignment: Paper 4—Compare/Contrast Assignment (due 10/29); Elements of Style: 25-28—complete handout

Oct 24 Journal: BR: 285Strategy: Process Analysis; Readings: BR: 286-293; PowerPoint-notes

Handout: “How to Operate a Shower Curtain”-Ian Frazier, (BR 10th 302-307)Assignments: *Diction improvement + syntax

NS: “How Boys Become Men”-Jon Katz, 220-224, Discussion Q1-5Nine

Oct 28 [LAPTOPS]—Process Analysis Essay—due 11/6 on turnitin.comJournal: How your parents raised you to be who you are todayWriting: Relative Clauses; Elements of Style; 29-33Strategy: Process AnalysisAssignments: Bring in your lowest grade essay for peer review.

Oct 30 [LAPTOP]—Process Analysis Essay—due 11/6 on turnitin.comGraphing writing—another method for revision. Best & worst paragraph. Turn in spiral.Assignment: Process Analysis Essay due on turnitin.com on 11/6

End of the Quarter




Second Quarter Syllabus (“B” Day)

Week Date Description

OneNov 5 Journal: BR: 429

Strategy: Cause and Effect; Commas & Semicolons Readings: BR: 430-433; PowerPoint-notes PC: “Can Video Games Teach Us How to Succeed in the Real World?”-Lane Wallace, 390-395

Assignment: PC: “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”-Steven Johnson, 275-288, Cause & Effect analysis

Nov 7 Journal: NS6: 282Strategy: Cause and Effect, cont’d; ProofreadingReadings: NS6 Handout: “The Wound that Can’t Be Stitched Up”-Ruth Russell, 309-313 BR: “Videotape”-Don DeLillo, 466-471Assignment: Handout, Sundance 452-459

TwoNov 11 Journal: Homework response

Strategy: Cause and Effect, cont’d; Clauses Debate: BR: “Live Free and Starve”-Chitra Divakaruni, 448-453

Paper 6—Cause & Effect Essay Assignment Options (due 11/21)

Nov 13 Journal: BR 515Writing: Handout: “Two Annotated Student Essays” (America)Strategy: Persuasion; ProofreadingReadings: BR: 516-531; PowerPoint-notes; ethos, pathos, and logos (Sundance, 462, PP)Assignments: *Diction improvement + syntax

Handout: “But Enough About You…”-Brian Williams, (BR 10th 539-542); QM: 1-4; QWS: 1-5; QL: 4

Three

Nov 17 Journal: BR 545Strategy: Persuasion, cont’d; ProofreadingReading: NS6 Handout: “Safe-Sex Lies”-Meghan Daum, 345-351Debate: BR: “Too Much Pressure”-Colleen Wenke, 532-537Assignments: *Diction improvement + syntax

NS6 Handout: “Being Prepared in Suburbia”-Roger Verhulst, 340-344; FD: 5; S&S 5-6; Words 4


Nov 19 Journal: Response to Cause & Effect essayStrategy: Persuasion, cont’d; ProofreadingDebate: NS: “The Island of Plenty”-Johnson C. Montgomery, 399-403

PC: “Is Facebook a Fad”-Farhad Manjoo, 222-226

Nov 21 Journal: Sundance, 465Turn in spiral.Strategy: Persuasion, cont’d; ProofreadingWriting Activity: Sundance, 470Handout: “Wont You Be My Friendster?”-Andie Wurster, (BR 10th 543-547)Assignment: Paper 7: Persuasive Essay (due 12/5)

FourNov 25 Journal: Gratefulness

Writing Strategies AssessmentResearch options—consider over break

Nov 26-28 Thanksgiving Break

Five Dec 2 Strategy: Research, Notetaking; Brainstorming

Readings: PowerPoint-notes; HandoutsAssignment: Research proposal: 100 word synopsis (due 12/8)

Dec 4 Journal: ProofreadingStrategy: Research; Bibliographies[LIBRARY}: Learn about research sources and search enginesHandout: “Previewing” (The Informed Argument, 155)Assignment: Research proposal: 100 word synopsis (due 12/8)

SixDec 8 Journal: Proofreading

Persuasive Essay Work, if neededStrategy: Research [LIBRARY]Assignment: Research notes and Typed Bibliography due 12/18

Dec 10 Strategy: Research, [LIBRARY]Assignment: Continue research and notetaking

Dec 12 Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]Assignment: Continue research and notetaking

SevenDec 16 Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]

Assignment: : Research notes and Typed Bibliography due

Dec 18 Strategy: Research [LIBRARY}Begin typing your research paper.Check notes and bibliography


Assignment Paper 8: Research Essay due 1/11

Winter Break: December 22-January 2

EightJan 5 Journal: BR: 475

Strategy: DefinitionReadings: BR: 478-485; PowerPoint-notesActivity: Sundance, 266Assignments: *Diction improvement + syntax

Research Paper due 1/11

Jan 7 Journal: What does it mean to be an American? Male? Female?Strategy: Definition, cont’d; Elements of Style workReadings: NS: “Guys vs. Men”-Dave Barry, 309-316Research paper due 1/11

Jan 9 Journal: BR: 375Strategy: Classification & DivisionReadings: BR: 376-377; PowerPoint-notes; BR: 381-383Activity: Sundance, 384, 388Assignment: *Diction improvement + syntax

NS: “The Color of Success”-Eric A. Watts, 185-190; D: 1-4; Words 1-4Research paper due 1/11

NineJan 13 Journal: Lying v. Doublespeak

Turn in spiral.Strategy: Classification & DivisionReadings: BR: “The Ways We Lie”-Stephanie Ericcson, 407-416

BR: “The World of Doublespeak”-William Lutz, 417-425Assignment: Midterm

Jan 15 Midterm Prep: MLA Citation; Timed Essay

Midterm Week: January 20-23


Characteristics of an "A" Essay

has a clear, effective thesis statement supported by logical, unified, well-developed paragraphs uses specific, vivid, detailed language to create interesting examples and express generalizations strongly binds thoughts together coherently with effective transitions shows excellent judgment and control in choosing and creating patterns of organization appropriate to the

assignment and the thesis demonstrates effective word choice, sophisticated and varied sentence structures, and mature and thoughtful ideas is practically error free; uses Standard American English grammar and mechanics is properly documented (when applicable) when taken as a whole, is a far above average essay that demonstrates an understanding of the requirements of the

assignment and an excellent response to those requirements Characteristics of a "B" Essay

has a generally clear, effective thesis statement supported by unified, well-developed paragraphs uses fairly specific, vivid, detailed language to create examples and express generalizations binds thoughts together coherently with effective transitions shows good judgment and control in choosing and creating patterns of organization appropriate to the assignment and the thesis demonstrates generally effective word choice, with some variation in sentence structures, and good ideas that are clearly expressed has few mechanical or grammatical errors; uses Standard American English grammar and mechanics in almost all sentences is properly documented (when applicable) when taken as a whole, is an above average essay that demonstrates an understanding of the requirements of the assignment and conforms to those requirements

Characteristics of a "C" Essay has a thesis statement supported by fairly well-unified paragraphs includes some examples to support generalizations in each body paragraph maintains some coherence by the use of transitions shows at least limited control in choosing and creating patterns of organization appropriate to the assignment and the thesis demonstrates some conscious word choice, limited variation in sentence structures, and average ideas may have some, but not many, mechanical or grammatical errors; uses Standard American English grammar and mechanics for a clear majority of sentences may have some weaknesses in documentation (when applicable) conforms at least to the main requirements of the assignment but taken as a whole, is only average


Comments about Essay Grading Even though your essay may be excellent in some or even most areas (ideas, or organization and coherence, or English grammar and mechanics, for example), do not expect a grade of "A" or "B" if the essay has one or more areas of great weakness. The "A" or "B" essay will demonstrate the writer's control of virtually every aspect of the assignment. The following are considered MAJOR OR SERIOUS ERRORS, and even one or two instances of such errors will lower an essay grade considerably:

Sentence Fragments Fused or Run-On Sentences Comma Splices Badly Garbled Syntax or Sentence Sense Errors in Subject-Verb Agreement Wrong Tense or Tense Shift Pronoun Agreement or Reference Error Faulty Parallelism

Relatively minor errors, such as misspellings, errors in capitalization, an omitted or an unnecessary comma, or a misplaced quotation mark, will lower your grade; an essay with many errors will not receive a high grade, no matter how strong it may be otherwise.

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