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                 English 100:  College Composition  --  Fall 2006   


                                  Theme: Madness and Genius

 

                                                                   

        

                                                              Instructor:  Rachel Bell     

                                            Webpage: http://www.skylinecollege.edu/bellr

                                      Email: bellr@smccd.net, Voice Mail: (650) 738-4349

                                  Office Hours: T Th 11-12:30pm in Building 5, Room 5108

                                                

English office & mailboxes:  Room 5130, 738-4202              Course Meetings:  T Th  9:35-10:50am

Computers and Tutoring in TLC: Bldg 5, Room 5100       Room 1202, Course Dates: 8/17 – 12/14

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­­­                            “Great ideas often receive violent reactions from mediocre minds "  --Albert Einstein

                    "The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success" --Bruce Feirstein

      "There is no great genius without some touch of madness"  --Seneca, Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD

 


Course Prerequisites:
  Writing Prereq: Completion of ENG 836 or 400 or ENGL/READ 846 with a grade C or higher or appropriate scores on approved college placement tests. Reading Prereq: READ 836 or 400 or READ/ENGL 846 with a grade of C or higher, or eligibility for 400-level Reading courses on approved Reading placement test, or other means measures as necessary.  Transfer: UC; CSU (A2).

 

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: 

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf                                    One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad                              Course Reader (available at Skyline’s Bookstore)     

Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams               Hour-By-Arrangement folder (at Skyline’s Bookstore)     

 

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 can result in failure.

(4) Class participation---It is essential that you become consciously involved in class by participating in discussions and contributing thoughtful comments, questions, and answers. 

(5) Disabled Students-Reasonable accommodation will be provided for eligible students with disabilities. Contact the DSPS office for an accommodation letter (650) 738-4280.


          “I’ll find my father through words.  I’ll bring him back to life with words.  I will build a cathedral of words.  

             I’ll create a country with my words.  In my words I’ll find the universe and I’ll understand the eternal

               present though my words.  In my words, I will find, I will end, I will become the words themselves,

                become words, words, words, I will incarnate words, words, words.”      -- Arturo Arias After the Bombs



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 9/12, Revised 9/19

                                     Paper #2 (3-5 pages, 750-1250 words)   Draft due 10/3, Revised 10/10

                                 Paper #3  Midterm essay exam on Thursday, October 19th in computer lab--bldg 2

 Collaborative Research Paper #4 (4-6 pages, 1000-1500 words)  Draft 11/14, Revised 11/21

                     Research Paper #5 (5-7 pages, 1250-1750 words)  Draft due 12/7, Revised 12/14

                                       Paper #6 Final essay exam—2 ½ hours on Thursday, Dec 14th 8:10am-10:40am

                            

(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--Each paper will be read, discussed, and commented upon by student workshop groups.  A missed workshop day will count as two (2) absences and a late paper will not be accepted.  Students without a completed paper will not be allowed to participate in the workshop.  Below are the workshop dates--students must bring a copy of their paper for themselves and for the other members of their group:

 

           Workshops for Paper #1: Tues, Sept 12th            Workshops for Paper #4:  Tues, Nov 14th

           Workshops for Paper #2:  Tues, Oct 3rd               Workshops for Paper #5:  Thurs, Dec 7th

 

(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. 

 

 

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                                                   10%              Score for Paper 3      ______ x .10  =  _____

Paper 4                                                   15%              Score for Paper 4      ______ x .15  =  _____      

Paper 5                                                   15%              Score for Paper 5      ______ x .15  =  _____      

Paper 6—In Class Final 12/14                   10%              Score for Paper 6      ______ x .10  =  _____

Presentation                                            10%              Presentation score     ______ x .10  =  _____

Quizzes & Homework                              10%              Avg. Quiz/HM score ______ x .10  =  _____

HBA Folder                                               5%              % of HBAs completed  ____ x   .5  =  _____

* Participation                                             5%            Participation              ______ x .5  =  _____

 

 

 

 

* 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