English 101: College Writing
Instructor: Chelsea Haring
Fall 2007
M, W, F 8:00-8:50am
Hayes 113
Contact Information: Chelsea Haring
Office: Jefferson Clubhouse (Career Center)
Email: charing@wingate.edu
Telephone: 8249
AIM: CTHaring
Office Hours: M, W 11:00am-1:00pm and by appointment
Course Description: ENG 101 is designed to help you develop your writing skills so that you can communicate effectively in situations both within and outside an academic setting. To accomplish this goal, you will be required to do a great deal of reading, writing, and discussion of professional authors as well as your own writing and that of your classmates.
Course Goals and Learning Objectives:
Required Materials:
Aaron, Jane E. The Little Brown Compact Handbook (LBH)
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Halpern, Daniel. The Art of the Story: An International Anthology (AOS)
Assessment Overview:
Visual Text Group Project: 10%
Informal Writing Journal: 10%
Reading/Grammar Quizzes: 10%
Essays: 50% (This course requires you to draft, revise and submit four essays. Your grade will include participation in peer review sessions, drafting and revision exercises.)
Final Exam: 20%
Grading Scale: A (90-100) B (80-89) C (70-79) D (60-69) F (59 or below)
Course Rules:
Assignment Descriptions:
Writing Journal (10%): The purpose of the writing journal is to help students engage the text and prepare for class discussions. I will ask you to spend 10-20 minutes in your writing journal before days when we will be discussing literary texts. Focus questions for your journal assignments are outlined and detailed in the syllabus. I will collect the journal every other Friday to check in with your progress and give you comments to help you develop your close reading skills. I will ask you to use the writing journal to complete grammar exercises on days we will be discussing topics surrounding Standard English Grammar. The journal is also a resourceful tool for generating ideas for the four essay assignments.
Reading/Grammar Quizzes (10%): Quizzes will be given without warning over reading assignments or grammar exercises. The purpose of the quizzes is to encourage students to read the assignment prior to class. Questions for the quizzes will primarily come from writing journal assignments. If you miss a quiz, you cannot make it up. I will omit your two lowest quiz grades at the end of the semester. Occasionally, I will give extra credit questions as part of a quiz, which will be calculated into the final grade.
Essays 1-4 (50%): You will be writing four essays throughout the term. Essays 1-3 must be 4-6 pages. Essay 4 needs to be 5-7 pages long. I will hand out assignment descriptions detailing the specific focus of each essay prior to you beginning writing. I will ask each of you to complete drafting assignments in your writing journals, participate in peer review sessions, meet with me for individual writing conferences, and revise each draft extensively. All of these aspects will be outlined in the individual essay assignments. Your grade for each final draft you submit will include participation in drafting, peer review and revision exercises, in addition to evaluation of the final draft. Each student will also be given one extra credit point for meeting with a writing tutor during the writing process for each essay. Save all drafts. You will be asked to submit multiple drafts for each essay and will be evaluated on the entire writing process.
Visual Text Group Project and Presentation (10%): We will be using the final novel, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood to create visual texts. I will assign you to a group of three or four students. Each group will choose a theme discussed in Satrapi’s novel and create a webpage including various electronic forms of writing. Each person in the group will be responsible for a piece of the website. We will discuss different options for the web pages. Some may include a book review, blog, resource section, close reading, video etc. We will visit the library as a class after you have received the assignment to conduct research for the webpage.
Final Exam (20%): Your final exam will consist of writing a timed essay. You will be given the text you will use for your final exam prior to the test. I will hand out an assignment description during the beginning of the final exam period. The essay you generate will be evaluated on content knowledge as well as application of academic writing (focus, organization, development). Your essay should include at least 800 words. The exam will take place in the Bridges computer lab. There will be a study session the class before the final exam.
Course Schedule:
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Week 1 |
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8/29 |
Course Introduction, Review Syllabus HW: Read “The Writing Situation” & “Invention” (LBH 1-14).
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F |
8/31 |
Diagnostic Test A, Writing Journal Assignment Review HW: Read “Academic Writing” (LBH 69-94). Journal Assignment: Writing Exercise--Choose a picture, ad in a magazine, or website visual and place a copy in your journal. Write for 15 minutes about that image. Think about the following questions…What do you see? What is the subject of the image? What is the overall effect of the image?
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Week 2 |
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9/3 |
Discuss Journal Entries, Grammar Exercise, Introduction to International Writers HW: Read “Amor Divino,” Julia Alvares (AOS 15-24) & “The Story of the Lizard Who Had the Habit of Dining on His Wives,” Eduardo Galeano (AOS 291-294). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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9/5 |
Discuss Alvares and Galeano HW: Read “Wilderness Tips,” Margaret Atwood (AOS 42-57). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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9/7 |
Discuss Atwood, Essay 1 Assigned, Brainstorming Session HW: Work on Essay 1 first draft. Read “Thesis & Organization” and “Drafting” (LBH 14-24). Journal Assignment: Writing Exercise 3.1 &3.2 in LBH.
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Week 3 |
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9/10 |
Writing Exercise Review, Introduce Peer Response Groups HW: Work on Essay 1. “Revising and Editing” (LBH 24-37). Journal Assignment: Writing Exercise: Describe the writing process you used to draft Essay 1. What worked for you/did not work for you?
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9/12 |
Essay 1 first draft due, Peer Review Session HW: Read “In the Shadow of War,” Ben Okri & “Africa Kills her Sun,” Ken Saro Wiwa (AOS 477-480, 519-526). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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9/14 |
Bibliographic Instruction—Library Session Writing Journals Due HW: Finish Essay 1 Revision. Read “Paragraphs” (LBH 38-53). Journal Assignment: Writing Exercise: Pick one paragraph from your paper and completely revise it using suggestions in the “Paragraphs” section of LBH. Complete this exercise on an extra sheet of paper that you can attach later to your writing journal.
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Week 4 |
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9/17 |
Discuss Okri and Saro-Wiwa, Introduction to African
Fiction HW: Read “My Father,” Nruddin Farah & “Minutes of Glory,” Ngugi Wa Thiong’o (AOS 276-278, 557-566). Finish Essay 1 Revision. Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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9/19 |
Discuss Ngugi and Farah, Grammar Exercise HW: Read “A Gift from Somewhere,” Ama Ata Aidoo and “The Canebrake,” Mohammed Mrabet (AOS 1-8, 432-434). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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9/21 |
Discuss Ata Aidoo and Mrabet, Finish African Fiction HW: Read “Parts of Speech,” “Phrases and Subordinate Clauses,” and “The Sentence” (LBH 188-208). Journal Assignment: Grammar Exercises 21.1, 21.2, 22.1, 22.2, 23.1, 23.3, 23.8.
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Week 5 |
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9/24 |
Essay 2 Assigned, Discuss Grammar Exercises HW: Read “The Free Radio,” Salman Rushdie and “G-String,” Nicola Barker (AOS 63-68, 513-518). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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9/26 |
Discuss Rushdie and Barker, Essay 2 Brainstorming Session HW: Read “Management of Grief,” Bharati Mukherjee (AOS 435-447) and “Emphasis” (LBH 141-152). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions. Essay 2 Generative Writing Exercise. Grammar Exercise: Exercise 15.7 in LBH.
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9/28 |
Discuss Mukherjee HW: Work on Essay 2. Read “Parallelism” and “Variety and Details” (LBH 152-160). Journal Assignment: Grammar Exercise—16.2 & 17.1 in LBH. Complete your assignment on a separate sheet of paper you can attach in your writing journal.
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Week 6 |
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10/1 |
Essay 2 Draft Due, Peer Review Session HW: Start revising Essay 2. Read “Never Marry a Mexican,” Sandra Cisneros (AOS 179-188). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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10/3 |
Discuss Cisneros, Essay Revision Exercise HW: Read “Appropriate and Exact Language” (LBH 160-175). Journal Assignment: Grammar Exercise—18.2, 18.3, 18.5 in LBH.
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F |
10/5 |
Essay 2 Due, Grammar Exercise, Literature Review HW: Read “My Mother’s Memoirs…,” Russell Banks and “Mark of Satan,” Joyce Carol Oates (AOS 63-68, 466-476). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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Week 7 |
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10/8 |
Discuss Banks and Oates HW: Read “Night Women,” Edwidge Danticat and “The Glass Tower,” Reinaldo Arenas (AOS 33-41, 196-198). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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10/10 |
Individual Writing Conferences HW: Read “Sentence Types” and “Verb Forms” (LBH 208-224). Journal Assignment: Grammar Exercise—24.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, 25.6.
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10/12 |
Essay 3 Assigned, Discuss Danticat and Arenas HW: Read “Verb Tenses,” “Verb Mood,” “Verb Voice” and “Agreement of Subject and Verb” (LBH 225-244). Journal Assignment: Essay 3 Generative Writing. Grammar Exercise: 26.1, 26.2, 26.3, 27.1, 28.1, 28.2, 29.1
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Week 8 |
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10/15 |
NO CLASS—ENJOY FALL BREAK!
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10/17 |
Essay 3 Brainstorming Session, In class exercise: (LBH 371-76) Generate Research Questions Writing Journals Due HW: Read “All Because of the Mistake,” Daniele del Giudice (AOS 203-210). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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10/19 |
Essay 3 Draft Due, Peer Review Session HW: Read “Moving House,” Pawel Huelle and “Encounter,” Roy Jacobsen (AOS 331-337, 346-348). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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Week 9 |
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10/22 |
Discuss Giudice, Huelle, and Jacobsen HW: Read “Conciseness” and “Writing the Paper” (LBH 177-183, 427-429). Journal Assignment: Grammar Exercise: 20.1, 20.2 in LBH. Continue Revising Essay 3
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10/24 |
Essay 3 Due, Grammar Exercise, Writing Journal Review HW: Read “Helix,” Banana Yoshimoto and “The Elephant Vanishes,” Haruki Murakami” (AOS 453-465, 650-655). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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10/26 |
Discuss Yoshimoto and Murakami HW: Read “The Child Who Raised Poisonous Snakes,” Can Xue (AOS 644-649). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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Week 10 |
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10/29 |
Discuss Xue, Special Topic HW: Read “The Keeper of Virgins,” Hanan Al-Shaykh (AOS 9-14). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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10/31 |
Discuss Al-Shaykh, Special Topic HW: Read “Dharma,” Vikram Chandra (AOS 152-161). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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11/2 |
Essay 4 Assigned, Discuss Chandra HW: Journal Assignment: Writing Exercise—Essay 4 Generative Writing.
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Week 11 |
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11/5 |
Individual Writing Conferences
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11/7 |
Essay 4 Draft Due, Peer Review Session HW: Read Persepolis (3-39). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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11/9 |
Discuss Persepolis, Overview of Iranian History/Culture/Literature Writing Journals Due HW: Revise Essay 4.
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Week 12 |
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11/12 |
Essay 4 Due HW: Read Persepolis (40-71). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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11/14 |
Discuss Persepolis HW: Read Persepolis (72-102). Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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11/16 |
Group Project Assigned, Brainstorming Session/Topic Selection HW: Finish Persepolis. Journal Assignment: Reading Questions.
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Week 13 |
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11/19 |
Library Visit—Researching Persepolis HW: Work on virtual text project. HW: Read “Online Writing” (LBH 114-123). Journal Assignment: Discuss how the group project is going. Are you comfortable with online writing, creating a webpage? Have you had experience before in this area? What is the most challenging aspect about the assignment?
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11/21 |
NO CLASS—THANKSGIVING BREAK
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11/23 |
NO CLASS—THANKSGIVING BREAK
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Week 14 |
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11/26 |
Web Design Demonstration, Documenting Sources HW: Read “Working with Sources” (LBH 397-412). Begin creating your works cited page for your group project in your journal. Use MLA format to cite the sources you are using for your portion of the webpage project.
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11/28 |
Group Work for Visual Text Project, Writing Journals Due HW: Read “Oral Presentations” (LBH 123-127). Finish Visual Text Presentation.
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11/30 |
Group Presentations/Visual Text Due
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Week 15 |
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12/3 |
Group Presentations/Visual Text Due
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12/5 |
Diagnostic Test B, Final Exam Reading: “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” Gloria Anzaldua HW: Journal Assignment: Reading Questions/ Final Exam Prep Questions.
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12/7 |
Final Exam Review, Course Evaluations, Writing Journals Due
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Week 16 |
TBA |
TBA |
Final Exam |