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......................Skyline
College
..............English
800: Developmental Writing -- Summer
2000
Course
Meetings: M W 6:30pm-9:45pm
6:30pm-8pm in Room 8114 & in Lab (blg 2)
8:15-9:45pm
Schedule #50101 - Engl 800JA, Units 3.0
Course dates: 6/19 to 8/2
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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, by Kennedy, Kennedy and Aaron
The Writer's Options by Morenberg and Sommers
A Computer Usage card-can be purchased at the Bookstore for
$5
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 2 (two)
absences is permitted; each absence after the second 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 and quizzes, 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 7/5
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Paper #2 (3-5 pages, 750-1250
words)..........Draft
due 7/12, Revised 7/19
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Paper #3 (4-6 pages, 1000-1500
words)........Draft
due 7/26, Revised 8/2
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Paper #4 In class 2-hour written final exam on
8/2, Wednesday
(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, Weds
Workshop for Paper #2: July 12th, Weds
Workshop for Paper #3: July 26th, Weds
(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.
"In many ways
writing is the act of saying I, of imposing oneself upon
other
people, of saying listen to me, see it my way, change your
mind" -- Joan Didion
Course
Grade:................................................
Record
Your Own Grades:
Paper
1................................10%...........................................Score
for Paper 1 ______ x .10 = ______
Paper
2................................20%...........................................Score
for Paper 2 ______ x .20 = ______
Paper
3................................20%...........................................Score
for Paper 3 ______ x .20 = ______
Paper 4-Final Exam
8/2......20%...........................................Score
for Paper 4 ______ x .20 = ______
Quizzes................................10%.......................................Average
Quiz Score ______ x .10 = ______
Homework...........................10%......................................%
of HM completed ______ 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 2.
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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