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Computers and Tutoring in TLC: Bldg 5, Room 5100 Room 1202, Course Dates: 8/17 – 12/14
Engl 853: Get help writing papers—enroll now
CRN #87409 Schedule #89856 – Engl 100AM, Units 3.0
“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 = _____
Presentation 10% Presentation 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