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...................................Skyline
College
.............................................English
100: College
Composition
...............................................................Fall
2002
Course
Theme: Marginalized
Peoples
Course Meetings: T Th 12:35-1:50pm
Room 7312, Units 3.0
Schedule #85832 - Engl 100AL
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"A mind
stretched to a new idea never returns to its original
dimension."
--
Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Language is the
mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you
things you never thought or felt before." -- W.H.
Auden
Course Prerequisites:
Writing Prereq: Completion of ENG 800 or 400 with a grade C
or higher or appropriate scores on approved college
placement tests. Reading Prereq: READ 802 with credit or a
grade of C or higher, or ENGL 400 (taken at Skyline) 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.
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: (all texts
center around the course theme: Marginalized Peoples)
..........
TOPIC.............................................
TEXT
............Mexican
Migrant
Workers....................The
Red Camp by Debra Diaz
............Gays
and
Lesbians................................Homophobia:
How We All Pay the Price by Warren J. Blumenfeld
............The
Disabled........................................The
Body Silent: The Different World of the Disabled by
Robert F. Murphy
............Homeless
Women.................................Tell
Them Who I Am by Elliot Liebow
............Black
gangs..........................................Makes
me Wanna Holler by Nathan McCall
............Plus:
Course Reader (available 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 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.
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 9/5,
Revised 9/12
...........................Paper
#2 (3-5 pages, 750-1250
words)...........Draft due
9/24, Revised 10/1
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Paper #3 Midterm essay exam on Thursday October 17th
12:35-1:50pm
..... Collaborative Paper #4
(4-6 pages, 1000-1500
words).........Draft due 11/12,
Revised 11/19
..........................
Paper #5 (5-7 pages, 1250-1750
words).........Draft due 12/5,
Revised 12/12
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Paper #6 Final essay exam-2 ½ hours on Thursday,
Dec 12th 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: Thurs
9/5..........................
Workshop for Paper #4: Tues
11/12
..........................
Workshop for Paper #2: Tues
9/24..........................
Workshop for Paper #5: Thurs
12/5
(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.
"Most of us hold simultaneous membership in a
number of groups based, for example,
on our personal and physical characteristics,
on our abilities and class backgrounds, and on our
cultural, racial, or religious identifications. We may
find ourselves both in groups targeted for oppression
and in those dominant groups granted
relatively higher degrees of power and prestige. By
examining how we are disadvantaged as
well as looking at the privileges we have,
we can develop empathy
for individuals different from ourselves and
create a basis for alliances"
(3). -the Introduction by Warren J. Blumenfeld
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
Midterm............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
Final................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 5.
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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