Skyline
College
Instructor: Rachel Bell
Web
page: http://www.skylinecollege.edu/bellr
Office
Hours: T Th 2-4pm & M 6-7pm, Room 7306
Computers and Tutoring in
TLC: Bldg 5, Room 5100 Room
7307, Course Dates: 1/20 – 5/26
LSKL
800: Get help writing papers—enroll now CRN #41721 Schedule #33490 – Engl
110AT, Units 3.0
"A person needs at
intervals to separate from family and companions and go to new places.
One must go without
familiars in order to be open to influences, to change" --Katharine Butler
Hathaway
"As the traveler who has
once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his own doorstep,
so a knowledge of one
other culture should sharpen our ability to scrutinize more steadily,
to
appreciate more lovingly, our own.
--Margaret Mead
Course
Prerequisites:
Completion of English 100 or 105 with a
letter grade of “C” or better. Transfer:
UC; CSU (A2, A3, C2).
Course
Objectives: By the
end of the semester, you will have developed a strong understanding of what it
means to think, read, and write critically as these skills apply to the
analysis of fiction, poetry, drama, and literary criticism. Through the writing and reading you do in this
course, you will be able to understand the relationship between meaning in
literature and language; to evaluate and analyze the relationship between
meaning and the use of sophisticated literary forms and strategies; to identify
unstated premises and hidden assumptions in writing; to recognize the
similarities and differences between arguments of an author and his/her
character(s); to evaluate arguments in literary criticism; and to properly
integrate source material into essay writing.
Required
Materials: Course Reader (at Skyline's
Bookstore) and the following texts…
Mexico – Mexican
Poetry: An Anthology complied by Octavio Paz, trans. Samuel Beckett
India – The White
Tiger: A Novel
by Aravind Adiga
Russia – Chekhov: The
Essential Plays
by Anton Chekhov, trans. Michael Henry Heim
Middle East – Arab Women
Writers: An Anthology of Short Stories by Dalya
Cohen-Mor
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. You cannot use late tickets on in-class exams.
(3) 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.
(4) Plagiarism-- Paraphrasing or directly copying any text and using
it as your own without proper attribution, whether you’ve done it intentionally
or not, is plagiarism and is unacceptable and can result in failure. During the course of this semester, we will
carefully look at how to use outside sources and at the proper ways in which to
document those sources.
(5) Disabled
Students—Reasonable
accommodation will be provided for eligible students with disabilities. Contact
the DSPS office for an accommodation letter (650) 738-4280.
Papers: Five
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 2/3, Revised 2/10
Research
Paper #2 (3-5 pages, 750-1250 words) Draft
due 3/3, Revised 3/10
Paper #3 Midterm essay exam on Thursday, April
2nd 12:35-1:50pm
Collaborative Research Paper #4 (4-6 pages,
1000-1500 words) Draft
5/19, Revised 5/26
Paper #5
Final essay exam—2 ½ hours on Tues, May 26th 11:10-1:40pm
(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 online 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. Students without a
completed paper on the day of the workshop will not be allowed to participate
in the workshop. Students not participating
in workshops will lose their peer participation points for that activity, they
will not receive the benefit of commentary on their writing, and if they do not
turn a paper in on the workshop date, they cannot turn in a revised paper a
week later for a grade. You cannot pass
the course if you fail to turn in one of the five (5) major papers for the
course. Below are the workshop
dates--students must upload a copy of their paper for their group members and
comment on the writing of their group members on the day specified:
Paper #1
Workshop: Tues, 2/3 Paper #2
Workshop: Tues, 3/3 Paper #4 Workshop: Tues, 5/19
(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.
Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all
peoples cry, laugh, eat
worry, and
die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other,
we may even become friends.” --Maya Angelou
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—Midterm 10% Score for Paper
3 ______ x .10 =
_____
Paper 4 20% Score for Paper
4 ______ x .20 =
_____
Paper 5—Final on 5/26 20% Score for Paper
5 ______ x .20 =
_____
Presentation 10% Presentation
score ______ x .10 =
_____
* Participation
10% Participation ______ x .10 =
_____
*TOTAL:
(convert total to %) ________
*
Participation includes being prepared each day, meeting
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: 100-90=A, 89-80=B
thoughtful responses to their writing in workshops. 79-70=C, 69-60=D, 59-0=F
For an online grade calculator, go to: http://www.smccd.edu/accounts/bellr/ReaderGradingMenu.htm