English 846 --- Fall 2011 Calendar
Weeks 1 – 18 (August 17th – December
12th)
Explanation of homework layout:
All activities listed next to
the date (not in bold) is what we
will do in class on that day. All assignments which follow the abbreviated
letters signifying homework (HW)
will be due the following class.
WEEK 1: Introduction to the course and readings
August 17th – Weds:
Introduction to class and each other:
syllabus, policies, presentations,
texts,
and plagiarism contract.
PODCAST 3A:
Critical Reading--5 Reading Strategies (17 min)—in reader 36-57
Activating
schema: course theme—how would you describe life in the United States?
As
you answer consider: culture, food, politics, media and entertainment,
attitudes.
Student
introductions
HW: Purchase the
course materials:
(1) Course Reader, (2) Amusing
Ourselves to Death,
(3) Generation Me, (4) Nickel and Dimed, and
(5) Fast Food Nation.
Decide which book group presentation you would like to sign up next class to
join: Generation Me, Nickel and Dimed or Fast Food Nation.
WEEK
2: Presentations and Amusing Ourselves to
Death
August 22nd – Mon:
Finish student introductions
Students sign up
for one of the three class presentation teams presenting
on:
Generation
Me,
Nickel and Dimed,
or Fast Food Nation
PODCAST 3C:
In-Class Presentations (13 min)—in reader 65-66
Introduction to Writing Guidelines: Top 20 Ways to get an
“A” and to Become a Stronger,
More
Confident Writer (pages 4-10 in reader)—prepare for upcoming quiz!
OVERVIEW PODCAST: Writing
Guidelines (40 min)—in reader 4-10
HW: In Reader,
review Writing Guideline #3: Critical
Reading, pages 36-57.
Do Annotating
exercise: apply strategies 1-4 described at the top of
page
38 and mark up Malcolm X’s “Learning to Read”—due next class.
In
Amusing Ourselves to Death, read Chapter 1: “The Medium Is
the
Metaphor,”
pages 3-15. Annotate your text as you
read.
August 24th – Weds: Going over the
Annotating homework (37-44)
PODCAST 2: Critical Thinking (9
min)—in reader 14-17
Possible
quiz on the assigned
reading followed by a discussion
Review Introduction to Writing Guidelines: Top 20 Ways to get an “A” and to Become a
Stronger,
More Confident Writer (pages 4-10 in reader)—Quiz on Monday 8/29
HW: In Amusing Ourselves to Death, Chapter 4: “The Typographic
Mind,”
pages 44-63. Annotate your text as you
read.
Study
“Writing Guidelines: Top 20 Ways to get an ‘A’ and to
Become
a Stronger, More Confident Writer”: review pages 4-10 in
reader
and re-watch OVERVIEW PODCAST (40 min):
http://www.smccd.net/accounts/bellr/ReaderWritingGuidelines.htm
Quiz
next class: Mon 8/29.
WEEK 3: Amusing Ourselves to Death & Quiz
August 29th
– Mon: Quiz on Writing Guidelines: Top 20 Ways to get an “A” and to Become a
Stronger,
More Confident Writer (4-10 in reader)
Possible quiz on the assigned reading
followed by a discussion
PODCAST 4A: Writing
Process, Part 1 (30 min) with practice—in reader 71-78
HW: In Amusing Ourselves to Death, read
Chapter 7: “Now…This,”
pages
99-113 and Chapter 8: “Shuffle Off to Bethlehem,” pages
114-
124.
Journal 1: Select either
Chapter 7 on TV news or Chapter 8 on
religion
and tell your views on what you read in this chapter. What
did
you find most interesting and why? What
points do you agree
with? Disagree with? Use specific examples and
quotes from the
reading
as you discuss and analyze the chapter you selected. All
journals
must be typed, double-spaced
and be one-page minimum
(the
header does not count in length) and will be collected usually 3
journals
at a time. Always bring your journal to
class for possible
sharing.
August
31st – Weds: Possible
quiz on the assigned
reading followed by a discussion
Discussion
of journals
PODCAST
7B: QUESTIONING CIRCLES (6 min)
Preview
prefix homework
HW:
In Chapter 3, complete “Prefixes—Set One” (p.47): add an
additional
word using each prefix and use each of those words in a
sentence—due
Mon 9/7. Prepare for a quiz on this set
of Prefixes on
Mon
9/12.
In
Amusing Ourselves to Death, read Chapter 9:
“Reach Out and Elect
Someone,”
pages 125-141.
Journal
2: Analyze Chapter 9 and select two
arguments that Postman
makes
about politics and the influence of television.
Describe each
argument
and then tell what your opinion is on these two points. Is
Postman
convincing? Are there aspects he has
left out or has not
considered? So what are the implications of these
arguments? All
journals
must be typed, double-spaced and be one-page minimum and
will
be collected usually 3 journals at a time.
Always bring your
journal
to class for possible sharing.
**
Getting Prepared: Paper #1 (2-4 pages)
is due Monday, September 12th
WEEK 4: Holiday and Amusing Ourselves
to Death
September 5th – Mon:
Labor Day—No Classes at Skyline
September 7th – Weds: Check off
Prefix—Set One. Also, figuring out words
in context (p. 52-53)
Possible
quiz on the assigned
reading followed by a discussion of reading and
journals
PODCAST
1: Paper Topics (9 min)—in reader 11-13
PODCAST 7A:
Creating Your Own Argument (10 min)—in reader 123-126
HW: Do the following in preparation for
Paper #1—due Weds 9/12:
Complete the “Creating Your Own
Argument” sheet: do the brainstorm,
create questions, answer them, answer “so what?”, and gather evidence for your
argument (123-126 in reader—PODCAST 7A).
Study for the quiz on Prefix—Set One (p.47)—quiz Weds 9/12
Reminder: the last day to drop a course without it appearing on your
record is 9/9
WEEK 5:
Preparing for Paper 1
September 12th – Mon:
Quiz
on Prefixes—Set One
Going
over the homework and possible thesis statements for Paper 1
Possible quiz on the assigned reading
followed by a discussion of reading and journals
PODCAST
4B: Outlining (20 min)—in reader 79-85
HW: Create a
formal typed outline for Paper #1 with a thesis
statement
at the top—due next class (in reader 79-85—PODCAST 4B).
Bring 2 copies of your outline to class.
September
14th – Weds: Workshopping outlines and
thesis statements —write on your peers’
PODCAST 5:
Workshopping (10 min)—in reader 112-117
BEGIN
PODCAST 4C: Writing Process, part 3--Drafting (8 min)
Complete
Paper #1 (2-4 pages), due next class:
(1)
Bring 4 copies of your completed, typed, double-spaced paper next class.
(2)
Follow MLA formatting guidelines (136-138 in reader—PODCAST 8)
(3) Read advice on “Drafting”
(pages 86-89)
(4)
Students without papers will be asked to leave.
(5)
Each workshop day counts as 2 absences
(6)
If you do not turn a paper in on this due date, you cannot turn in the revised
version, due a week later, for a
grade. You cannot pass the class if you
miss one of the papers.
WEEK 6: Workshopping Paper 1
& Twenge Presentation
September
19th – Mon: Paper #1 due (2-4 pages)
In Class:
Workshopping (a double absence day if missed)
25 minutes per paper in student groups of three (75 min)
CONCLUDE
PODCAST 4C: Writing Process, part 3 (37 min)
PODCAST 6: Grading (6 min)
HW:
Review advice your peers gave you and revise Paper 1. Review
advice on Revising, Editing and
Proofreading (90-107—PODCAST 4C)
and Grading (121-122—PODCAST 6).
Begin Generation Me, read Introduction (1-15) and Chapter 1 (17-43).
**ONE HOUR PRESENTATION: Presenters on
Jean Twenge and Generation Me next class
September
21st – Wed: Presentation on Jean Twenge and Generation Me (1 hour)
Possible
quiz on the assigned
reading followed by a discussion
PODCAST
8: MLA Paper Formatting (4 min)
PODCAST
9: Titles and Authors (11 min)—in reader 139-143
HW: In Generation
Me, read Chapter 2 (44-71).
Revised
Paper #1 due 9/26. Please include the
following:
(1) MLA Formatting
a)
MLA title page and page numbering (136-138 in reader—PODCAST 8)
b) Typed, double-spaced, 1” margins,
2-4 pages in length. Please note: 10 pts
are removed for each page the paper is under the required minimum
length and 5 pts for half a page under.
Don’t go solely by word count but
by actual length. See MLA Paper
Formatting (136-138 in reader—PODCAST 8)
c) Works Cited (146 in reader—PODCAST 10)
(2) Creative title and properly
formatted text titles (140-143 in reader—PODCAST 9)
(3) Peer evaluations stapled to the back
(4)
Review “Grading Standards” (121-122—PODCAST 6)
(5)
Review advice on “Revising” (90-97) and “Editing” (98-102)—PODCAST 4C
(6)
Complete an “Essay Checklist” (108-111) and staple to back of paper.
WEEK 7: Generation Me by
Jean Twenge
September 26th – Mon:
Revised
Paper #1 due (2-4 pages)
Possible
quiz on the assigned
reading followed by a discussion
PODCAST
11: Plagiarism (7 min)
PODCAST
12: Quoting and Paraphrasing (32 min)
HW: In Generation Me, read Chapter 3
(72-103) and
Chapter
4 (104-136).
Journal 3:
Focus
on either Chapter 3 OR Chapter 4 and analyze the title of the chapter. How does it connect to Twenge’s thesis for
this chapter? Do you find this thesis
valid or convincing? Which of Twenge’s
arguments supporting this thesis do you find most troubling and why? All journals must be typed, double-spaced
and be one-page minimum. Journals
1-3 are due next class. Title each
journal clearly and staple them together to be turned in on Weds 9/28.
In
Chapter 3, complete “Prefixes—Set Two” (p.48): add an additional
word
using each prefix and use each of those words in a sentence—
due
Weds 9/28. Prepare for a quiz on this
set of Prefixes on Mon 10/3.
September
28th – Weds: Turning in Journals
1-3
Check off
Prefix—Set Two. Also, figuring out words
in context (p. 54)
Possible
quiz on the reading
followed by a discussion
PODCAST
14: Topic Sentences (25 min)
WEEK 8:
Prefix Quiz
October 3rd – Mon:
Quiz
on Prefixes—Set Two
Possible
quiz on the reading
followed by a discussion
PODCAST
16A: Paragraphs (12 min)
HW:
In Generation Me, read Chapter 7 (180-211) and
Chapter
8 (212-242)
Journal
4: Answer this: Choose one aspect of the
book from one of
the
chapters (topics that concern generation me such as: decline of
social
rules, focus on self, attitudes toward career,
anxiety/depression/loneliness,
apathy, sex, equality, the future).
What
does Twenge argue on the topic you chose?
What are your
views
on what she says? What are your views on
the topic in
general? All journals must be typed,
double-spaced and be one-page
minimum and will be collected usually 3 journals
at a time. Always
bring
your journal to class for possible sharing.
October
5th – Weds: Possible
quiz on the reading
followed by a discussion
Brainstorming
possible paper topics for Paper 2
PODCAST
13: Thesis Statements (32 min)
HW:
Do
the following in preparation for Paper #2—due Mon 10/10:
Complete the “Creating Your Own
Argument” sheet: do the
brainstorm, create questions, answer them, answer “so what?”, and gather
evidence for your argument (123-133 in reader—PODCAST 7A).
In Chapter 3, complete “Roots—Set One” (p.49): add an additional
word
using each root and use each of those words in a sentence—
due
Mon 10/10. Prepare for a quiz on this
set of Roots on Weds 10/12.
WEEK 9: Preparing for Paper 2
October
10th – Mon: Check off Roots—Set
One. Also, figuring out words in context
(p. 55)
PODCAST
16B: Transitions (25 min)
Going over the
homework and possible thesis statements for Paper 2
HW: Create a formal typed outline for
Paper #2 with a thesis
statement at the top—due next class (in reader 79-85—PODCAST 4B). Bring 2
copies of your outline to class.
Study for the quiz on Roots—Set One (p.49)—quiz Weds 3/16
October
12th – Weds: Quiz on Roots—Set One
Workshopping
outlines and thesis statements —write on your peers’
outlines and focus on the three areas
discussed on page 84 of the reader.
HW: Complete
Paper #2 (3-5 pages), due next class:
(1)
Bring 4 copies of your completed, typed, double-spaced paper next class.
(2)
Follow MLA formatting guidelines (136-138 in reader—PODCAST 8)
(3) Read advice on “Drafting”
(pages 86-89)
(4)
Students without papers will be asked to leave.
(5)
Each workshop day counts as 2 absences
(6)
If you do not turn a paper in on this due date, you cannot turn in the revised
version, due a week later, for a
grade. You cannot pass the class if you
miss one of the papers.
WEEK 10:
Workshopping Paper 2 & Presentation
October
17th – Mon: Paper #2 due (3-5 pages)
In Class:
Workshopping (a double absence day if missed)
PODCAST 14:
Introductions (20 min)
PODCAST 17:
Conclusions (10 min)
HW: Use peer
feedback and revise Paper #2 due Mon, Oct 24th.
Review advice
on Revising, Editing and Proofreading (90-107—
PODCAST
4C) and Grading (121-122—PODCAST 6).
In
Nickel and Dimed, read “Introduction” (1-10) and
Chapter
1: “Serving Florida” (11-49).
**Team presenters on Nickel and Dimed
by Barbara Ehrenreich prepare to present next class
October
19th – Weds: Team presenters on Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Possible
quiz on the reading
followed by a discussion
PODCAST
10: Research, In-Text Citations, Works Cited (9 min)
HW: In Nickel and
Dimed,
read Chapter 2: “Scrubbing Maine” (51-119)
Revised Paper #2 due
10/24. Please include the following:
(1) MLA Formatting
a)
MLA title page and page numbering (136-138 in reader—PODCAST 8)
b) Typed, double-spaced, 1” margins,
3-5 pages in length. Please note: 10 pts
are removed for each page the paper is under the required minimum
length and 5 pts for half a page under.
Don’t go solely by word count but
by actual length. See MLA Paper
Formatting (136-138 in reader—PODCAST 8)
c) Works Cited (146 in reader—PODCAST 10)
(2) Creative title and properly
formatted text titles (140-143 in reader—PODCAST 9)
(3) Peer evaluations stapled to the back
(4) Review “Grading Standards”
(121-122—PODCAST 6)
(5) Review advice on “Revising” (90-97) and
“Editing” (98-102)—PODCAST 4C
(6) Complete an “Essay Checklist”
(108-111) and staple to back of paper.
**Also, start
thinking about a partner for Paper #4:
you can choose someone, we can compare schedules to
find matches that way, or you can
have me pair you. We’ll assign partners
on Weds, Nov 2nd **
WEEK
11: Revision of Paper 2
October
24th – Mon: Revised Paper #2 due (3-5 pages)
Possible
quiz on the reading followed by a discussion
PODCAST 19: Style
(29 min)
HW:
In Nickel and Dimed, read Chapter
3: Selling in Minnesota”
(121-191)
Journal 5: Analyze Chapter 3 and describe three
of the greatest
challenges
Ehrenreich discusses about working at WalMart.
Why are
these
important challenges to understand? What
are their larger
implications
or significance? All journals must be
typed, double-
spaced
and be one-page minimum (the header of the page does not
count
in the length) and will be collected usually 3 journals at a time.
Always
bring your journal to class for possible sharing.
In Chapter 3, complete “Roots—Set Two”
(p.50): add an additional
word
using each root and use each of those words in a sentence—
due
Weds 10/26. Prepare for a quiz on this
set of Roots on Mon 11/2.
October
26th – Weds: Check off Roots—Set Two. Also, figuring out words in context (p. 56)
Quiz
on the reading followed by a discussion of the reading
Sharing
Journal 5
HW: In Nickel and
Dimed,
read “Evaluation” (193-221).
Next class,
signing up collaborative writing partners for Paper 4.
Study for the
quiz on Roots—Set Two (p.50)—quiz Weds 11/2
Journal 6: Now that you have finished
Barbara Ehrenreich’s book
Nickel and Dimed, explain what Ehrenreich discovers. Analyze the significance of her
discoveries and if you feel they are illuminating or important. What changes should
occur based on these discoveries? All
journals must be typed, double- spaced and
be one-page minimum. Journals 4-6
are due next class. Title each journal
clearly and
staple them together to be turned in on Weds 11/2.
Prepare
for open-book, closed note essay exam on Monday,
November 7th on Nickel and Dimed. If
you handwrite the
exam, bring lined paper, and if you type it, bring a jump-drive.
WEEK 12: Preparing for 90-min Essay Midterm Exam
October
31st – Mon: Meeting with partners
and preparing for collaborative paper
HW: Prepare for Root—Set Two quiz on Weds. Revise and complete
Journals
4-6 due next class. Review Ehrenreich’s Nickel and Dimed
in
preparation for Midterm Exam on Mon 11/7.
November
2nd – Weds: Quiz on Roots—Set Two
Sign-up
partners for Paper #4: exchange phone #’s,
schedules etc. page 118
Turning
in Journals 4-6
Possible quiz on the reading followed by a discussion and Sharing
Journal 6
Creating
midterm practice essay questions
PODCAST
18: Timed Writing 18 (45 min)
(204-209 in reader)
HW: Review Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel and
Dimed and prepare for
in-class
90-minute essay midterm exam. Next
class, meet in the
Computer
Lab in room 2117A (bottom floor of building 2—one floor
below
Student Services). If you handwrite the
exam, bring lined
paper
(or a bluebook), and if you type it, bring a disk.
WEEK 13:
Midterm
Exam
November 7th - Mon:
Midterm Exam (90 min—4:30-6pm)—open
book, closed note
** Reminder: The last day to withdraw from a course is 11/15 **
WEEK 14:
Suffix Quiz and Fast
Food Nation
HW: In Fast Food
Nation, read Chapter 9: What’s in the Meat and
Chapter
10: Global Realization, pages 193-252.
Looking
Ahead: Paper #4 (4-6 pages) is due Wednesday,
Dec 7th
WEEK 15: Fast Food Nation
November 21st – Mon: Quiz on the reading
(Chapters 9 and 10) followed by a discussion
HW: In Fast Food Nation, read Epilogue:
Have it Your Way and
Afterword:
The Meaning of a Mad Cow, pages 255-288.
Journal
8: Analyze
3 of the author’s proposals in the book.
Are
these well thought out? Well
reasoned? Viable? Do you think
we
need change? All journals must be
typed, double-spaced
and
be one-page minimum. Journals 7-8
are due next class. Title
each
journal clearly and staple them together to be turned in on
Mon
11/28.
November 23rd – Weds: Working with partners for collaborative paper
November 28th – Mon: Journals 7-8 due
Possible quiz on the reading (Epilogue and Afterward) followed by
a discussion
HW: Prepare for the
Make-up Quiz next class on Weds 11/30
(this quiz score will replace
your lowest quiz score).
With
your partner, do the following for Paper #4—due Mon 11/30:
Complete the “Creating Your Own
Argument” sheet: do the brainstorm, create questions, answer them,
answer “so what?”, and gather evidence for your argument (123-133 in
reader—PODCAST 7A).
November
30th – Weds: Make-Up
Quiz on the reading
Going
over brainstorms and possible paper topics
Library Tour (2nd floor of building 5) 5:30-6:30pm
HW:
For Mon, you and your partner are
responsible for bringing in a
minimum
of 3 possible outside texts you could use in your paper to
support
your argument. The texts cannot be all
from the same type
of
source. Bring full printouts and books
not a just bibliography.
With
your partner, create a formal typed outline for Paper #4 with a
thesis
statement at the top—due next class (in reader 79-85—
PODCAST
4B). To consider: you want to include one
outside source
in
your paper to support your argument. Bring
2 copies of your
outline.
December 5th – Mon: Checking off library research for Paper 4
Workshopping
outlines and thesis statements —write on your peers’
outlines and focus on the three areas
discussed on page 84 of the reader.
HW:
Complete Paper #4 (4-6 pages), due next
class:
(1)
Bring 7 copies of your completed, typed, double-spaced paper next class.
(2)
Follow MLA formatting guidelines (136-138 in reader—PODCAST 8)
(3) Read advice on “Drafting”
(pages 86-89)
(4)
Students without papers will be asked to leave.
(5)
Each workshop day counts as 2 absences
(6)
If you do not turn a paper in on this due date, you cannot turn in the revised
version, due a week later, for a
grade. You cannot pass the class if you
miss
one of the papers.
(7) You need to include at least one outside source in your paper and a
Works Cited
page (144-148 in reader—PODCAST 10).
*Bring a self-addressed stamped envelope, to get a full printout of
your grade *
December 7th – Weds: Paper #4 due (4-6 pages)
In Class: Workshopping (a double absence day if missed)
PODCAST 20: Grammar
(30 min)
HW: Fill
out “Evaluating the Members of the Team, ” pages 119-120 in
reader. Papers cannot be graded without having
both evaluations
turned
in. You and your partner must both
complete an
evaluation
of yourself and your partner due the same day as the
revision
of Paper 4 (turn in separately--do not staple to Paper #4).
Revised
Paper #4 due 12/12. Please include the
following:
(1) MLA Formatting
a)
MLA title page and page numbering (136-138 in reader—PODCAST 8)
b) Typed, double-spaced, 1” margins, 4-6
pages in length. Please note: 10 pts
are removed for each page the paper is under the required minimum
length and 5 pts for half a page under.
Don’t go solely by word count but
by actual length. See MLA Paper
Formatting (136-138 in reader—PODCAST 8)
(2) Creative title and properly
formatted text titles (140-143 in reader—PODCAST 9)
(3) Peer evaluations stapled to the back
(4) Review “Grading Standards” (121-122—PODCAST 6)
(5)
Review advice on “Revising” (90-97) and “Editing” (98-102)—PODCAST 4C
(6) Complete an “Essay Checklist” (108-111) and staple to back of paper.
(7) Works Cited with ONE outside source (144-148 in reader—PODCAST 10).
Review all the texts we have read for this course in preparation
for the 2 1/2 hour final essay exam.
Recommended: create possible final exam
questions for yourself which connect the works we have read
through the course theme: “Living in the U.S.A: entertainment,
economics, food and self.”
Take at least one practice
essay exam before the actual final exam.
Review the advice on Timed Writing (204-209 in reader—PODCAST 18).
** Meet
in the Computer Lab of Building 2 for exam
**
If you handwrite the exam, bring lined paper, and if you type it, bring a USB flash
drive.
* If you
haven’t already, bring a self-addressed stamped envelope to get your course
grade
Final Exam: 4:30-7pm
in Computer Lab:
bottom
floor bldg 2, room 2117B
Closed note, open book, 2 ½ hour essay exam