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..................Skyline
College
......English/Reading 165: Critical Thinking
and Advanced Composition
... ...........................................Spring 2004
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Course Theme: Search for Self and
Identity
Course Meetings: T Th 12:35-1:50pm
Room 8220, Units 3.0
Schedule #36127 - Engl 165AM
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"In order to be a
great writer, a person must have a built-in, shock-proof crap detector"
-- Ernest Hemingway
"An abstract idea
is always bad. Your sentences should be full of stones, metals,
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chairs, tables,
animals, men, and women." -- Alain de Lille
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:
"The only good thing you can say about banning certain books is it gets
kids to read them" - Dennis Miller, The Rants. Here are the books you'll
be reading this semester:
........Man's Search
for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
........The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
........Half and Half:
Writers on Growing up Biracial & Bicultural ed. Claudine Chiawei
O'Hearn
........Black Looks:
Race and Representation by bell hooks
........Honky by
Dalton Conley
........English
Hour-by-Arrangement Folder-available at the Skyline 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) 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) 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 2/10, Revised 2/17
.................Paper
#2 (3-5 pages, 750-1250 words)........Draft
due 3/9, Revised 3/16
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#3: Midterm essay exam Tuesday 3/30
Collaborative Research Paper #4: (4-6 pages, 1000-1500 words)..Draft due 4/27, Revised
5/4
.......Research
Paper #5: (4-6 pages, 1000-1500 words)........Draft due 5/20, Revised 5/27
.................Paper
#6: Final essay exam-2 ½ hours on Thursday, May 27th 11:10am-1:40pm
"Research is
formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose." -- Zora
Neale Hurston
(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
small 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:
........ Workshops
for Paper #1: Tues 2/10........Workshops
for Paper #4: Tues 4/27
........ Workshops
for Paper #2: Tues 3/9..........Workshops
for Paper #5: Tues 5/20
(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.
"A great many people
think that they are thinking when they are only rearranging their
prejudices." --
William James
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 3/30.....................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 5/27.................10%.......................Score for Paper 6 ______
x .10 = _____
Quizzes & Homework.....................10%.......................Avg. Quiz/HM Score______
x .10 = _____
Class Presentation...........................10%.......................Score for
Presentation_____ x .10 = _____
Hour by Arrangement........................5%.......................Hour by Arrangement _____
x .05 = _____
* Participation...................................5%.......................Participation...........______ x .05 = _____
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*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
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