Eng 101 Course Outline

SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ENG 101: Standard Freshman Composition

Professor Antonia M. Thornton

Fall 2012

Meets: Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30 – 4:45 p.m., Asharoken Hall, Room 113

Please note: As I have no set office hours, please contact me via email at thornta@sunysuffolk.edu with any concerns or to set up an appointment. Please allow 24 hours for my response. Same-day email replies should not be expected.

Course Description:

This course explores principles of rhetoric and stresses effective expository writing. It is primarily a course in organization of ideas and development of these ideas through use of specific information. Matters of style, sentence structure, paragraph development, punctuation and vocabulary will be addressed. Students will also be introduced to close reading of appropriate materials.

Textbook: Bachmann and Barth’s Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric, and Handbook; Seventh edition. Pearson, 2012.

Class Blog: English101Thornton.blogspot.com

Learning Outcomes. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Explore ways to organize and develop expository writing, and demonstrate an awareness of form and audience.

2. Revise and rewrite for some of the following (depending on document):

a) Central purpose and/or argument

b) Coherent organization, integration, and structure

c) Support from relevant examples and evidence

d) Connections between ideas and examples/evidence

e) Connections between ideas and thesis

f) Interpretation and explanation of ideas, connections, and examples/evidence

g) Specific details and facts pertaining to audience and genre

h) Citations and documentation (where applicable)

i) Effective word choice, style, and tone

j) Smooth flow of ideas through use of transitional words, phrases, or paragraphs where necessary

k) Correction of grammatical and mechanical errors

l) Appropriate format, document design, and preparation in accord with manuscript requirements

3. Develop critical arguments and identify, analyze, and evaluate those arguments.

4. Access, evaluate and utilize different types of research, information, and resources to support and strengthen writing.

5. Use MLA in-text citations and compose a list of Works Cited.

Procedures for Accomplishing These Outcomes:

A variety of instructional strategies will be utilized in order to accomplish these outcomes, including lecture, class discussion, free-writing, drafting, revising, self- and peer-editing, and blogging.

STUDENT REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF THE COURSE:

1.   Regular, punctual attendance to class. Active engagement in class work and participation in class discussions.

2.   Successful completion of all assignments: Essays, In-Class work, Homework, Research Project (ALL components), Midterm, and Final (Research Presentation).

3.   Attendance at an Author Appearance with essay/formal review of event with signature (see handout).

COURSE RULES:

1.   All assignments must be completed.

2.   Plagiarized work will receive a failing grade. Please note that it is rather obvious to English professors when something is not written in the student’s own style.

3.   Students who are absent or late three (3) times will be required to meet with the professor. Excessive latenesses/absences will negatively affect your class participation grade (See Student Requirement #1, above.)

4.   Late work will be accepted only under special circumstances and only when the student has communicated the reason prior to the assignment’s due date. Late work will incur one full grade deduction for each class day it is late.

5.   There are no make-ups of tests except in the case of documented illness or hardship. Notification must be given prior to or on the date of the test.

Grades will be determined as follows:

1.   Essays/Blog Posts= 25%

2.   Midterm, Author Appearance Writing Assignment, In-Class work
and Class Participation= 25%

3.   Research Project: Topic, Preliminary Works Cited Page, Outline, Draft,
Final Paper, and Final Presentation = 50%

The following dates are tentative and may be revised at the instructor’s discretion. All readings and assignments are due on the dates noted. For all reading assignments, please read the entire chapter as noted in your Between World text. Be familiar with any/all bolded topics within each chapter as you will be responsible for these concepts in class on the day they are due. The “Practice” activities and “Thinking/Writing/Connecting” questions following each reading, while not required, are helpful in reinforcing the subject matter.

Aug 27 M- Introduction to the course; Diagnostic essay.

Aug 29 W- Due:  Between Generations Ch 1; Blog Assignment #1

Sept 3 M: No Class

Sept 5  W- Due: Getting Started…Now! Ch 6; Essay #1: First Draft Due Today.  Workshop.

Sept 10 M- *Library Lesson. Meet in Library, Room S160. Essay #1: Final Paper Due Today.

Sept 12 W- Due: Between Genders Ch 2;  Blog #2 due.

Sept 17 M: No Class

Sept 19 W – Due: Organizing and Drafting an Essay Ch 7;  Blog Assignment #3.   
Due: Final Research Project TOPIC.

Sept 24 M – Due: Between Cultures Ch 3; Blog Assignment #4

Sept-26 W –no class

Oct 1 M-. Due: Chapter 12: writing the Research paper, pages 469-485. Rough Draft of Essay #2 Due Today. You MUST bring a working draft, as class will be spent conducting peer-revision and workshopping.

Oct 3 W- ESSAY #2 Final Paper Due Today.

Oct 8 M – Due: Between Perceptions, Ch 4. Blog Assignment #5

Oct 10 W-  Research Project Preliminary Works Cited List Due.

Oct 15 M – Due: Outlining (pages 309-314 in text). Due: Blog Assignment #6.

Oct 17 W – Due: Writing to Persuade, Ch 9. Essay #3 Rough Draft Due. In-Class Workshopping. 

 Oct 22 M-  Due: Revising an Essay, Ch 8. Essay #3 Final Paper Due.

Oct 24 W – In-Class Midterm

Oct 29 M-Due: Between Points of View, Ch 5, pages 205-226.
 Research Project Outline Due.

Oct 31 W – Due: Between Points of View, Ch 5, pages 227-269.
 Research Project Conferences. Due: Blog Assignment #7

Nov 5 M - *Visiting Author Series: Hilary Davidson, THE NEXT ONE TO FALL. Meet at 3:30- 4:30 pm in Captree 113. See handout.

Nov 7 W- Research Project Conferences. Due: Blog Assignment #8

Nov 12 M – Visiting Author Writing Assignment Due. Research Project Conferences.

Nov 14 W – Research Project Draft Due. Workshop. Quotations, Statistics and Experts; Research Paper Lab.

Nov 19 M – Due: Chapter 10, pages 371-396. Methods for Developing an Essay. Blog #9 Due

Nov 21 W - No Class

Nov 26 M –Chapter 10: Definition, Cause and Effect, pages 397-413.

Nov 28 W-   Final Research Project Due.  

Dec 3 M-  Due: Analysis of a process, Film, Poem, Character, Chapter 11. Blog #10 due

Dec 5 W-   Final Research Project Presentations

Dec 10 M- Final Research Project Presentations

Dec 13 W- Final Research Project Presentations. Due: Blog Assignment #11.

Dec 17 M- Final Research Project Presentations

Dec 19 W- Last Day of Class. Hand Back work and research Project Discussion. Final Blog Summation.