WRITTEN
ENGLISH 1: ENGLISH 101
INSTRUCTOR: Professor
Judy Spence
REQUIRED
TEXTS AND MATERIALS:
COURSE
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES:
The
goals for written English I are to develop students’ critical reading, thinking
and writing skills. Students will be
expected to read, understand, analyze and relate selections from the
The
writing process includes
In
addition, students will be introduced to both western and non-western writers
of both genders and writing from a variety of cultural and ethnic contexts.
ESSENTIAL
SKILLS AND OUTCOMES TO BE ACQUIRED THROUGH THE COURSE INCLUDE:
POLICIES:
Class
participation is a must.
You
will be given a class participation grade for each class period. There is a difference between simply filling
a seat and actively participating in the class, and your grade will reflect
this difference. In order to be eligible
for a daily class participation grade, you must come to class with necessary
materials.
Attendance
is not optional.
You
will be allowed four absences for any reason.
After four absences, you will be ineligible to earn class participation
points. You are encouraged to use these
excused absences with care.
Any
in-class work missed due to an absence (including in-class essays) may not be
made up unless arrangements have been made with the instructor at least one day
in advance. You must get class notes
from fellow students.
An
out of class assignment turned in late will be marked down one letter grade for
each day it is overdue. If you
experience a personal emergency that keeps you from meeting a deadline, obtain
permission from the professor for an extension of the due date.
Athletes
participating in sports events that require them to miss a class must notify me
at least one day in advance and must make arrangements in order to make up any
in-class work. You must get class notes
from fellow students.
Organization
You
must maintain a ½” binder portfolio for all written assignments. When handing in a revision of a written
assignment, the previous draft or drafts (with peer and/or professor comments)
must also be included. **You must follow
the all the steps for completing essays in the correct order and hand all
drafts and final copies in on time to receive full credit for essays. **
Workshops/Conferences
On
peer review workshop days, you will be required to bring five copies of your
essay with you to hand out to the other members of your workshop group. If you do not have these copies, you will not
receive full credit for the essay. If
you are not present on the day of the workshop, you will not receive full credit
for the essay. You will be assessed on written comments that you supply to the
other students in your workshop group.
During
your scheduled student/professor conference, you are expected to be prompt and
to bring a revised copy of your essay with you.
You will not receive full credit for your essay if you miss your appointed
conference time.
Academic
dishonesty is serious.
Any
academic dishonesty, including plagiarism, carries a penalty and will result in
a 0 for the particular assignment, possible failure in the course and possible
suspension from the university. All
documented essays must follow proper MLA guidelines for citations in order to
properly credit both textbook and outside sources. Refer to your student handbook and your
Hacker writing reference for specific details regarding this serious subject so
you can guard yourself against such an offense.
There
are no short cuts.
The
only real way to get through the reading and writing assignments is to just do
them. I advise you not to rely on
sources that provide summaries of readings.
They are not always accurate and do not provide adequate assistance in
understanding of the texts. We will
discuss each reading assignment, so read the texts and ask questions in
class.
Paper
presentation
All
essays (with the exception of handwritten in-class essays) must be typed in
12-point font, regular Times New Roman or Arial. All writing must follow MLA guidelines – see
pages 48 and 404 of the Hacker handbook for more specific details. Some of you may need to reset your
software’s default margins from 1.25” to 1”.
Being
respectful
No
electronic devices will be tolerated.
Phones are to be shut off, not silenced, and put away. (In case of a Rave alert, I will keep my
phone out and set to vibrate). Any
student using an electronic device during class will be asked to leave, will
lose class participation points for that day and will not be allowed to make up
any in-class work.
A
habit of arriving late will not be tolerated; it is disruptive to the professor
as well as to the students who have arrived to class on time. If you are unavoidably late, please be
considerate to the rest of us and enter quietly.
Extra
help
My
office hours are listed at the top of the front page of the syllabus. I encourage each student to seek my help
during these hours if needed. I may also
be reached through email.
I
also highly encourage each student to visit the
Extra
opportunities
I
will offer two types of extra credit opportunities during the semester. If you can demonstrate a connection between
one or more of the texts that we have read and a news event that has occurred
within one week and that you have accessed from a reputable newspaper or news
magazine (The Washington Post or Newsweek, for instance), you may write a 2-3
paragraph essay showing the significance of the connection. You will not receive extra credit points if
you simply summarize the article. You
must include the article or a copy of the article with your essay. There will be a maximum of 3 extra credit
essays accepted per student, and I will accept only one extra credit essay
within one week from any one student.
In
addition to the extra credit mentioned above, I will offer one additional
opportunity. I am one of the directors
of The Rude Mechanicals production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, which will be performed in
November. You may attend the play at
Reynolds’ Hall and then write a 2-3 paragraph essay describing significant
connections between the play and one or more of the texts we’ve read. If you write a summary of the play itself,
you will not receive extra credit points.
Extra
credit opportunities are worth a maximum of 3 points each – that means if you
do them all, and do them all well, you may receive an additional 12 points
total. Extra credit points will be
totaled at the end of the semester, and all points will be applied to your one
lowest essay grade only. Extra
credit points cannot be applied to your class participation grade.
Syllabus
for English 101
Calendar subject to
change. Notice of changes will be given as
required.
CLASS
WORK REQUIREMENTS:
READING
ASSIGNMENTS FOR THIS CLASS:
GRADING:
Grades for this class are calculated on
a 10-point scale. Refer to the front of
the Hacker handbook for grading rubric.
Essay 1 – 10%
Essay 2 – 10%
Essay 3 – 15%
Essay 4 – 15%
Essay 5 – 20%
Essay 6 – 20% (final exam)
Class participation – 10% of final grade
Extra credit – possible 3% each, with
the total applied to lowest essay grade
Key
to understanding the syllabus:
Monday,
8/18
Discuss:
Introduction, Syllabus
Read:
Austin, “Prereading,”
“Annotating,” and “Identifying Patterns” (pp. 635-644)
Wednesday,
8/20
Discuss:
Austin, Hacker (pp. 93-95 – sentence
style, 99-105 – modifiers, 107-108 – verbs, 112-114 – clauses, 117 – sentence
variety, grammatical sentences, 187-215 – pronouns , 24-26 – writing
paragraphs, 31-37 – writing paragraphs) (p. 48 – proper MLA page set up), intro
to Douglass, annotating example
Read:
Frederick Douglass, Learning to Read (p. 506-512)
Friday, 8/22 – Last Day to Add/Drop or Late Register via RAIL or at Ikenberry Hall 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Discuss: Frederick Douglass, Hacker
Write
in class: 1-2 paragraph essay.
Monday,
8/25
Discuss:
**Note Change – “Eyes on the Prize”
video
Read: webpage, Martin
Luther King Jr., Letter from
** Persepolis is playing Monday, 8/25 and
Tuesday, 8/26 at 7:00 pm in the Storer Ballroom
Wednesday,
8/27
Discuss:
Letter
from Birmingham City Jail, “Summarizing,”
MLK, Jr. summary example
Write: 1-2 paragraph summary of Frederick Douglass
Friday, 8/29 – Last Day to Change a Course from Credit to Pass/Fail
Status.
Discuss:
Hacker, (p. 57-63 – reading, writing,
14-18 – drafting), (p. 259-273 – comma review), Intro to Persepolis, Intro to Marx
Read: webpage,
click here to find
Segregation
webpage – www.remembersegregation.org
**Persepolis is playing Friday, 8/29 at
7:00 pm at Reynolds Hall
Monday,
9/1 – NO CLASS – LABOR DAY
Wednesday,
9/3
Discuss:
Persepolis, Hacker, revision tactics (p. 18-23)
Write:
revision of summary of Frederick Douglass
Read:
Friday,
9/5
Discuss:
Read:
Monday,
9/8
Discuss:
Read:
Wednesday,
9/10
Discuss:
Writing a thesis: Structuring Ideas, Hacker, (p. 10, 66, 69-90) – supporting a thesis, evaluating
arguments)
Read:
Friday,
9/12
Discuss:
final discussion of
Write: 2 paragraph summary of
Monday
9/15
Discuss:
Read: Aung San Suu Kyi, from In Quest of Democracy
Find:
Burma on a map
Wednesday,
9/17
Discuss:
Aung San Suu Kyi
Write:
revision summary of
Friday,
9/19
Discuss:
Monday, 9/22
Discuss:
Review of Hacker & Austin, Essay
#1 assignment
Wednesday,
9/24
Write
in class: first draft Essay #1
(in-class, examples)
Friday,
9/26
Write
in class: revised draft Essay #1
Read: Simone
de Beauvoir
Appalachian
Heritage Writer-in-Residence Adriana Trigiani is in
on campus next week. Check out the
Appalachian Heritage website for details.
Monday,
9/29
Discuss:
Simone de Beauvoir
Write
in class: final revised draft of
Essay #1 (if needed)
Wednesday,
10/1
Discuss: writing/reading review, Essay
#2 assignment (out of class, documented)
Write:
first draft of Essay #2
Friday,
10/3
Discuss: Writing/reading review, Essay #2 problems/questions
Sign
Up: for student/professor conference
– makes sure time does not conflict with a mid-term for another class
Write:
revised draft of Essay #2
Confirm:
Click here to confirm conference
time
Monday,
10/6-Friday, 10/10 --
Mid-term week
We
will not meet as a class this week.
Monday,
10/6 – CONFERENCES
**DUE: before
8:00 a.m. -- revised draft of Essay #2 emailed to me as an attachment.
Meet:
At scheduled conference time – bring
draft of Essay #2
Write:
revised draft of Essay #2
Tuesday,
10/7 – CONFERENCES
Meet:
At scheduled conference time – bring
draft of Essay #2
Write:
revised draft of Essay #2
Wednesday,
10/8 – CONFERENCES
Meet:
At scheduled conference time – bring
draft of Essay #2
Write:
revised draft of Essay #2
Thursday,
10/9 – CONFERENCES
Meet:
At scheduled conference time – bring
draft of Essay #2
Write:
revised draft of Essay #2
Monday,
10/13
DUE:
Final draft of Essay #2
Discuss:
Intro to Mencius
Read:
Mencius
Wednesday,
10/15 – mid-term grades available on RAIL (tentative)
Discuss:
Mencius, Intro to Hsun
Tzu
Read:
Hsun Tzu, Man’s
Nature is Evil (pp. 24-28)
Friday,
10/17
Discuss:
Hsun Tzu, Essay #3 assignment (in-class)
Monday,
10/20
Write
in class: first draft Essay #3
Wednesday,
10/22
Workshop:
Peer response – Essay #3
Friday,
10/24
Write
in class: final draft of Essay #3 – you
may bring a rough copy with you
Read:
Machiavelli, from The Prince (pp. 130-138)
Monday,
10/27
Discuss:
The
Prince
Write: 250
word summary of either Hsun Tzu or The Prince
Wednesday,
10/29
Discuss:
Intro to Christine de Pizan
Read:
Christine de Pizan
Friday,
10/31
Discuss:
Christine de Pizan
Write:
revision of Hsun
Tzu or The Prince
Monday,
11/3
Discuss:
Intro to Achebe, Essay #4 assignment
(out of class, documented)
Read:
Achebe
Wednesday,
11/5
Discuss:
Achebe
Write:
first draft of Essay #4
Friday,
11/7 – Last
Day to Withdraw from a Full Semester Class, see
Advisor by Noon.
Workshop:
Peer response – Essay #4
Sign
up: for student/professor conference
– make sure time does not conflict with another class
Write:
revised draft of Essay #4
CONFERENCES
– We will not meet as a class this week.
Monday,
11/10-- CONFERENCES
**DUE: before
8:00 a.m. -- revised draft of Essay #4 emailed to me as an attachment.
Meet:
at scheduled conference time – bring
revised draft of Essay #4
Write:
final revised draft of Essay #4
Tuesday,
11/11 – CONFERENCES
Meet:
at scheduled conference time – bring
revised draft of Essay #4
Write:
final revised draft of Essay #4
Wednesday,
11/12 – CONFERENCES first day of academic advisement for continuing
students for spring 2009
Meet:
at scheduled conference time – bring
revised draft of Essay #4
Write:
final revised draft of Essay #4
Thursday,
11/12 – CONFERENCES
Meet:
at scheduled conference time – bring
revised draft of Essay #4
Write:
final revised draft of Essay #4
Monday,
11/17
DUE:
final draft of Essay #4
Discuss:
Intro to Plato, Allegory of the Cave
Read:
webpage, Plato, Allegory of the Cave, Ptolemaic Universe
Wednesday,
11/19
Discuss:
Plato, Ptolemaic Universe, Essay #5
assignment (out of class, documented)
Write:
first draft of Essay #5
Friday,
11/21
Workshop:
Peer response – Essay #5
Write:
revised draft of Essay #5
11/23-11/30
– Thanksgiving Recess – No Classes
Monday,
12/1
Workshop:
Peer/Professor response – Essay #5
Write:
final draft of Essay #5
Wednesday,
12/3
DUE:
final revised draft of Essay #5
Discuss:
Review
Friday,
12/5 – last day of classes
Discuss:
Review, Essay #6 (in class – final
exam)
Monday,
12/8 – first day of final exams
Wednesday,
12/10
Final
exam for 8:10 class – Essay #6
Bring your Austin and Hacker texts.
Friday,
12/12
Final
exam for 2:10 class – Essay #6
Bring your Austin and Hacker texts.
Tuesday,
12/16 – final grades available on RAIL (tentative)