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..........................Skyline
College
.....................................English
836: Writing Development -- Fall
2002
Course
Meetings: MWF 10:10-11am
Room 8218, Units 3.0
Schedule #87384 - Engl 800AP
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......................................"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,
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change your
mind" -- Joan Didion
Course
Prerequisites: Writing
Prereq: Completion of ENG 801 or ESOL 840 or 841/842 with a
grade C or higher or appropriate scores on approved college
placement tests. Reading Prereq: READ 801 with credit or a
grade of C or higher, or eligibility for READ 802 on
approved Reading placement test.
Puente
Mission: To increase
the number of educationally underserved students who enroll
in four-year colleges and universities, earn degrees, and
return to the community as leaders and mentors to future
generations. The Puente program consists of 3 components:
the writing course, the counseling course, and each student
will be paired with a mentor, a local professional connected
with the student's interests. The purpose for this is to
create a support network, "una familia," in the classroom,
on campus, and extending beyond into the local community in
order to ensure Puente student success.
Course
Objectives: The
objective of the writing 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.
Required
Materials:
The Red Camp by Debra Diaz
Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez
De Colores Means All of Us by Elizabeth Martinez
A Course Reader (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 5 (five)
absences is permitted; each absence after the fifth 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.
.........."The
best reason for putting anything down on paper is that one
may then change it." -- Bernard De Voto
Papers:
Five 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 9/9, Revised 9/16
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Paper #2 (3-5 pages, 750-1250
words)............Draft
due 10/7, Revised 10/14
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Paper #3 In class Midterm essay
exam on Wednesday 11/6
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Paper #4 (4-6 pages, 1000-1500
words)..........Draft
due 12/9, Revised 12/16
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Paper #5 In class 2 ½ hour
written final exam on 12/16, Monday 8:10-10:40am
(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:
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Workshops for Paper #1: Mon,
Sept 9th & Weds Sept 11th
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Workshops for Paper #2: Mon,
Oct 7th & Weds, Oct 9th
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Workshops for Paper #4: Mon,
Dec 9th & Weds, Dec 11th
(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.
"American
society forces individuals to label themselves by race and
gender. Not surprisingly, race and gender are the categories
that correlate to power. A person's race and gender
correlate to the likelihood that one will have educational
opportunity, be in a particular income class, be in prison,
or be the victim of a violent crime. Race and gender
identity are the ways in which we are taught to articulate
ourselves." -- Leslie G. Espinoza
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--In Class
Midterm................15%...................Score
for Paper 3......______ x .15 =
_____
Paper
4..............................................20%...................Score
for Paper 4......______ x .20 =
_____
Paper 5--In Class Final Exam
............20%...................Score
for Paper 5......______ x .20 =
_____
Quizzes..............................................
5%...................Average
Quiz.............______ x .5 =
_____
Homework..........................................5%....................%
of HM completed ______ x .5 = _____
*
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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