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.......................Skyline
College
......English
100: College Composition -- Fall 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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Course Meetings: T Th 12:35pm-1:55pm
Room: Building 8, Room 8220.
.............We
will also meet on specified Tuesdays
..............in
the Computer Lab, bottom floor of Bldg 2
Schedule #85832 - Engl 100AL, Units 3.0
Dates: August 23rd to December 21st
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......"If
there is a God who created this world, he should scrap it
and try again"
(35).
................................................................................---
Athol Fugard Master Harold and the
Boys
......................."'Gringos
good-looking? Mujer!' I made a face. All I could
...................think
of was how they had deserted Vinas and his men. 'They
look
.......................like
somebody stuck them in a bucket of bleach and forgot
they
...........................
were
there. That goes for their passions, too!'" (277).
............................................................
--Julia
Alvarez In the Time of the
Butterflies
Course
Prerequisites:
ENGL 800
or 400 with a C or better or appropriate skill level
indicated by English/Reading placement tests and other
measures as necessary.
Course
Classification:
Applicable to AA. Meets A2 & A3 for CSU GE and Area 1,
Group A for IGETC.
Course
Objectives:
The purpose of this
course is to help students develop their ability to write
thoughtfully and effectively. The premise of this course is
that writing is an integral part of the thinking process and
that successful essay writing depends on a mixture of
creative thinking and an awareness of writing styles and
forms. The objective of this course is to guide students
toward becoming critical readers, writers, and thinkers
through recognizing the effective writing strategies of
other writers, through becoming aware of their own processes
of writing, and through learning to discern logical
relationships between words, ideas, and arguments.
Required
Materials:
Master Harold and the
Boys by Athol
Fugard......................In
the Time of the Butterflies by Julia
Alvarez
Farewell To Manzanar by
Jeanne Wakatsuki
Houston.......Savages
by Joe Kane
The Women of Brewster
Place by Gloria
Naylor..................$5
Materials Fee Computer
Card
......................"It
was the charge of disloyalty. For a man raised in Japan,
...............there
was no greater disgrace. And it was the humiliation. It
brought
.............him
face to face with his own vulnerability, his own
powerlessness" (52).
.......................
--Jeanne
Wakatsuki Houston Farewell to
Manzanar
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 4 (four) absences is
permitted; each absence after the fourth will significantly
lower your grade.
(2) Late Assignments--
No late work will be accepted.
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 allowed 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, done intentionally or not, is
plagiarism and is unacceptable and can result in
failure.
(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.
................"Dear
God, she thought, she's dying, and right in front of our
faces.
..........'Merciful
Father, no!' she bellowed. There was no prayer, no bended
knee
...............or
sackcloth supplication in those words, but a blasphemous
fireball
....................that
shot forth and went smashing against the gates of
heaven,
.......................
raging
and kicking, demanding to be heard" (102).
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--Gloria
Naylor The Women of Brewster
Place
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 9/7, Revised 9/14
..........................Paper
#2 (3-5 pages, 750-1250
words)........Draft
due 9/28, Revised 10/5
..........................Paper
#3 Midterm essay exam on 10/19
.....Collaborative
Paper #4 (4-6 pages, 1000-1500
words).......Draft
due 11/23, Revised 11/30
...........Research
Paper #5 (5-7 pages, 1250-1750
words)........Draft
due 12/14, Revised 12/21
...........................Paper
#6 Final essay exam-2 ½ hours on Tuesday, Dec 21st
11:10am-1:40pm
(2)
Revision-- E.B. White said,
"The best writing is rewriting." 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. Please note: if the first due date
for a paper is missed, the paper cannot be turned in at
all.
(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. 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:
Workshop for Paper #1: Tues
9/7............................Workshop
for Paper #4: Tues 11/23
Workshop for Paper #2: Tues
9/28..........................Workshop
for Paper #5: Tues
12/14
(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.
.............."One
day he told me that the Huaorani who lived there were
'uncivilized.'
...........'What
do you mean?' I asked. 'They have no radio,' he said, 'and
they do not
.......play
volleyball.' What he actually meant was that he was afraid.
Raised on radio
.............and
volleyball and El Senor (the Christian God), the Condorito
now found
..................himself
immersed in what the missionaries had taught him was the
.......................
dark
and demonic side of the Huaorani culture" (40)
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---Joe Kane
Savages
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
10/19...............10%...........Score
for Paper
3......______
x .10 = _____
Paper
4................................15%...........Score
for Paper
4......______
x .15 = _____
Paper
5................................20%...........Score
for Paper
5......______
x .20 = _____
Paper 6-In Class
12/21................15%...........Score
for Paper
6......______
x .15 = _____
Quizzes &
Homework.................10%...........Avg.
Quiz/HM score ______ x .10 = _____
*
Participation.........................10%...........Participation.............______
x .10 = _____
* Participation includes being prepared each day,
meeting......*TOTAL:
(convert total to %) ________
with me at least once during the course of the
semester,..........*
Deduct 1% for each absence over allowed 4.
adding to daily discussion, and giving your
classmates.................Scoring
as follows: A=100-90, B=89-80,
thoughtful responses to their writing in
workshops...............................C=79-70,
D=69-60, F=59-0
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