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College
English 165:
Critical Thinking and Advanced Composition -- Spring
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:
MWF 11:10am-12:00pm
Course Dates: 1/20 - 5/26 room: 07-7312
Schedule #34218 - Engl 165AF, Units 3.0
.................."Seeking
to know is only too often learning to doubt" -- Antoinette
Deshoulieres
........."One
of the problems we have as writers is we don't take
ourselves seriously while writing;
...................being
serious is setting aside a time and saying if it comes,
good; if it doesn't
.................................come,
good, I'll just sit
here."..................--
Maya Angelou
Course Prerequisites:
Completion of English
100 or 105 with a letter grade of "C" or better.
Course
Objectives:
By the end of the
semester, you will have developed a strong understanding of
what it means to think and write critically. Through the
writing and reading you do in this course, you will be able
to analyze; criticize; advocate and reason both inductively
and deductively; distinguish fact from judgment; understand
the relationship of language to logic; identify the
assumptions upon which particular conclusions depend; and
recognize common errors of logic in language and
thought.
Required Materials:
William Faulkner
said, "The tools I
need for my work are paper, tobacco, food, and a little
whisky." This is
what you will need for your work:
The Critical Reader, Thinker, and Writer, 2nd
edition, by Winterowd & Winterowd
Writing Logically, Thinking Critically, 2nd edition,
by Cooper and Patton
In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien
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 5 (five) absences is permitted; each absence after the
fifth will significantly lower your grade.
(2) Late
Assignments-- 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 given 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, 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.
(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.
......................................."Nothing
you write, if you hope to be any good, will ever
............................................come
out as you first hoped." -- Lillian Hellman
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 2/8, Revised 2/17
...................Paper
#2 (3-5 pages, 750-1250
words).......Draft
due 3/8, Revised 3/15
...................Paper
#3: Midterm essay exam 3/26
...................Collaborative
Paper #4 (4-6 pages, 1000-1500
words),.Draft
due 4/21, Revised 4/28
....................**Paper
#4 due date extended: Draft due 4/28, Revised Due
5/5**
...................Research
Paper #5 (5-7 pages, 1250-1750
words),.......Draft
due 5/17, Revised 5/26
...................Paper
#6: Final essay exam-2 ½ hours on Wednesday, May 26th
11:10am-1:40pm
(2) Revision--
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.
(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 of three. 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:
Workshops for Paper #1: Mon 2/8
& Weds 2/10
..............Workshops
for Paper #4: Weds 4/28 & Fri 4/30
Workshops for Paper #2: Mon 3/8
& Weds 3/10
..............Workshops
for Paper #5: Mon 3/17 & Weds 3/19
(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.
......."She
was struck by the immensity of things, so much water and sky
and forest, and after a
..........time
it occurred to her that she'd lived a life almost entirely
indoors. Her memories were
.............indoor
memories, fixed by ceilings and plastered white walls. Her
whole life had been
................locked
to geometries. Suburban rectangles, city squares. First the
house she'd
..................grown
up in, then dorms and apartments. The open air had been
nothing
........................but
a medium of transit, a place for rooms to exist" (170).
..................................................................................-Tim
O'Brien In the Lake of the Woods
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%....................................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-Final
Exam..5/26..........10%....................................Score
for Paper 6 ______ x .10 = _____
Quizzes........................................10%................................................Avg.
Quiz ______ x .10 = _____
Homework..................................10%.......................................Avg.
HM 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 5.
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
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