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.......................Skyline
College
..........English
800: Developmental Writing 4 -- Summer
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: MTWTh 10:30am-12:35pm
Rooms: MTTh in 8116, Weds in Microlab--Bldg 2
Schedule #50894 - Engl 800AB, Units 3.0
Dates: June 21st to July 29th
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......................"Writing,
like life itself, is a voyage of discovery." -- Henry
Miller
........."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 801 or
English 874/864 with a letter grade of "C" or better OR
appropriate skill level indicated by English/Reading
placement tests.
Course
Classification: Credit course applicable to
the Associate Degree
Course Objectives:
The objective of this course is to guide
students toward becoming more 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.
In this class we will look closely at the writing process
and the movement from writing unified paragraphs to creating
essays focused on a central argument and supported with
specific and appropriate detail.
Required Materials:
"Words set things in
motion. I've seen them doing it. Words set up
atmospheres,
electrical fields, charges." --Toni Cade Bambara.
Here are the texts containing the words we'll be
examining:
The Bedford Reader, 6th edition, by Kennedy, Kennedy
and Aaron
Skill Builders: A Sentence Writing Workout by Dianna
Campbell
A Computer Usage card--can be purchased at the
Bookstore for $5
Lined paper for daily in-class writing: freewriting and
quizzes
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 3
(three) absences is permitted; each absence after the third
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, whether you've done it
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.
.........................."When
students complete their first draft, they consider the job
of
.............writing
done-and their teachers too often agree. When professional
writers
..................complete
a first draft, they usually feel that they are at the start
of the
..............writing
process. When a draft is completed, the job of writing can
begin."
...............................................................................
-- Donald Murray
Papers:
In addition to in-class writing, quizzes,
and reading responses, four major papers will be written for
this class.
The requirements are as follows:
(1) Due Dates--
Paper #1 (2-3 pages, 500-750
words).........Draft due 6/28,
Revised 7/6
Paper #2 (3-5 pages, 750-1250
words)........Draft due 7/12,
Revised 7/19
Paper #3 (4-6 pages, 1000-1500
words)......Draft due 7/26,
Revised 7/29
Paper #4 In class 2-hour written final exam on 7/29,
Thursday
(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 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:
Workshop for Paper #1: June 28th,
Mon
Workshop for Paper #2: July 12th, Mon
Workshop for Paper #3: July 26th, Mon
(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.
...................."Boys
and girls in America have had such a sad time together:
...............sophistication
demands that they submit to sex immediately without
......................proper
preliminary talk. Not courting talk-real straight talk
.........................about
souls, for life is holy and every moment precious."
...........................................--
Jack Kerouac On The Road
Course
Grade:.............................................Record
Your Own Grades:
Paper
1..................................10%................................Score
for Paper 1..........______ x
.10 = _____
Paper
2..................................15%................................Score
for Paper 2..........______ x
.15 = _____
Paper
3..................................20%................................Score
for Paper 3..........______ x
.20 = _____
Paper 4-Final Exam
7/29........15%................................Score
for Paper 4..........______ x
.15 = _____
Quizzes/Reading
Responses....15%................................Avg
Quiz/RR Score......______ x .15
= _____
Homework.............................15%.................................%
of HM completed.....______ x
.15 = _____
*
Participation.........................10%................................Participation..................______
x .10 = _____
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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 3.
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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