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.......................Skyline
College
............................English/Reading
846: Reading & Writing
Connections
................................................................Spring
2003
Course
Theme: Marginalized
Peoples
Course Meetings: M W F 11:40-1:05pm
Room 1219, Units 5.0
Schedule #38590 - Engl 846AA
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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,
...............................................
change your
mind" -- Joan Didion
"Words set
things in motion. I've seen them doing it. Words set up
atmospheres, electrical fields, charges."
--Toni Cade Bambara
Course
Prerequisites: Writing
Prereq: Completion of ENG 826 or ESOL 840 or 841/842 with a
grade C or higher or appropriate scores on approved college
placement tests. Reading Prereq: READ 826, ESOL 840 or
841/842 with credit or a grade of C or higher, or
eligibility for READ 836 on approved Reading placement
test.
Course
Objectives: The
objective of this course is to integrate the teaching of
reading and writing skills. This course will 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. The
course will also guide students toward becoming more active,
purposeful, and confident readers. To achieve this goal, we
will work on strengthening and developing study skills as
well as reading strategies. By the end of this course,
students will be able to read and write more effectively,
distinguish the main ideas from supporting details, apply
strategies to increase retention, evaluate a writer's
argument or reasoning, and draw from a larger
vocabulary.
Required
Materials:
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TOPIC.............................................
TEXT
..........
Mexican Migrant
Workers....................The
Red Camp by Debra Diaz
..........
Asian
Americans...................................Asian
Americans: Oral Histories of First to Fourth Generation
Americans by Joann Faung Jean Lee
...........Economics
for
Women.........................Glass
Ceilings and Bottomless Pits: Women's Work, Women's
Poverty by Albelda and Tilly
..........
Homeless
Women................................Tell
Them Who I Am by Elliot Liebow
............Plus:
Course Reader (available at Skyline's 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 2/10, Revised 2/19
..........................Paper
#2 (3-5 pages, 750-1250
words).........Draft
due 3/10, Revised 3/17
..........................Paper
#3 In class Midterm essay exam on Friday, April 4th
11:40-1:05pm
..........................Paper
#4 (4-6 pages, 1000-1500
words).......Draft
due 5/12, Revised 5/20
..........................Paper
#5 In class 2 ½ hour written final exam on 5/20,
Tuesday 11:10-1:40pm
(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: Mon,
Feb 10th
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Workshops for Paper #2: Mon,
Mar 10th & Weds, Mar 12th
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Workshops for Paper #4: Mon,
May 12th & Weds, May 14th
(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.
"Most of us
hold simultaneous membership in a number of groups based,
for example,
on our personal and physical characteristics, on our
abilities and class backgrounds, and on our
cultural, racial, or religious identifications. We may find
ourselves both in groups targeted for oppression
and in those dominant groups granted relatively higher
degrees of power and prestige. By
examining how we are disadvantaged as well as looking at the
privileges we have,
we can develop empathy for individuals different from
ourselves and
create a basis for alliances" (3). - Warren J.
Blumenfeld
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...........................10%...........................Score
for Paper
3...______
x .10 = _____
Paper
4...........................15%...........................Score
for Paper
4...______
x .15 = _____
Paper 5-Final
Exam.............20%...........................Score
for Paper
5...______
x .20 = _____
Reading
Journals................15%...........................Average
Journal score______ x .15 = _____
Quizzes............................
5%...........................Average
Quiz
.........
______ x .5 = _____
Homework........................5%...........................%
of HM
completed..______
x .5 = _____
*
Participation...................10%...........................Participation............______
x .10 = _____
* Participation includes being prepared each day,
meeting.....*TOTAL:...(convert
total to %) ________
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: A=100-90, B=89-80,
thoughtful responses to their writing in
workshops............................C=79-70,
D=69-60, F=59-0
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