Syllabus for ENG 112-03/82

Honors Composition and Rhetoric

(Joseph Castellani)

ENG 112-03, -82 Honors English	Dr. Joseph Castellani
Fall Semester, 2001	Phone: 271-4239, SS/C 222-T
Hours: 10:00-11:00 & 1:45-2:15 TTh & by appointment

Missouri Western State College
Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Journalism

Materials:
McQuade and Atwan, Popular Writing in America, Oxford, 1993, 5th Ed.
A dictionary of your choice
A spiral notebook reserved exclusively for English work

Requirements:
Regular attendance, no more than three unexplained absences; completing reading assignments before coming to class; submitting themes on designated dates; writing 7-9 brief quizzes; writing the final examination.

Objectives:
See Composition Course Guide (online at http://www.missouriwestern.edu/eflj/genstud.aspEvaluation:
Quizzes 20%; notebooks 25%; themes 30%; final writing 25%

Students with Disabilities:
Those students with any disability that will prevent their fullest expression should contact me as soon as possible so that we can discuss class requirements.

Attendance Policy:
Consideration will be given to students in the case of genuine illness, emergency, or when acting as representative of MWSC. It shall be the responsibility of the student to notify the class instructor prior to the absence, and if possible, meet with the instructor on the student’s return to discuss the materials missed.

Academic Honesty Policy:
Cheating, plagiarism, or knowingly furnishing false information to the college, constitutes a violation. A grade of zero may be assessed in the evaluation instrument.

Assignments:

August

T	21	Orientation; Bio-data; Endorsing Papers
		Syllabus Review; Writing sample
		"The Story of an Hour";"Sunday in the Park

T	23	Hemingway: "Hills Like White Elephants"; Shaw: "The Girls
		in Their Summer Dresses"
		Quiz Samples
		Popular Writing in America (hereafter PWA): Narration,
		"Fifteen," p.289;
		"Now You Take 'Bambi' or 'Snow White,'" p. 285
		Bring Notebooks

T	28	"Forbidden Words on Campus," p.237 "A&P," p. 612
		"Dillinger Gets His," p.128
		Handout: Style

Th	30	Theme preparation (in class); Suggested Topics
		"Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki...," p. 140
		"Rambos of the Road," p. 296
		Handout: Dare Schools Set A Standard?

September

T	04	Theme #1 due.
		Description
		"We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse's Story," p. 298
		"The Fraying of America," p. 352
		In class writing

Th	06	"How to Win Friends...," p. 393
		"The Hidden Persuaders," p. 415
		"Ask Marilyn" Exercises

T	11	"Blue Highways," p. 442
		"Death of a Maverick Mafioso," p. 268

Th	13	Comparison and Contrast (Patterns)
		"The Parable of the Ring...," p. 96
		"The Next Great Moment...," p. 165

T	18	Theme #2 due.
		"Settlement of America," "Feting the Lindbergh of the
		15th Century," p. 244

Th	20	"Redskins,Braves...," "Names Debate Off Target," p. 247
		"The Senate and Sexism," p. 241

T	25	"The Joy Luck Club," p. 471
		Back Lash...,p.478

Th	27	Handouts: The Boston Photographs
		Anna Quindlen, "A Pyrrhic Victory"

October

T	02	Theme #3 due; Classification
		"The Closing of the American Mind," p. 462

Th	04	"Fighting the War on Cigs," p. 199
		"On Kids and Slasher Movies," p. 197

T	09	Process Analysis
		"How to Write Potent Copy," p. 88
		"The World's Biggest Membrane," p. 659
		"The Little Store," p. 670

Th	11	Handouts: Vivan Norwood, "Eight Reasons Women Should 
		be in the Military."
		Mona Charen, "Eight Reasons to Oppose Women in the Military."

T	16	Cause/Effect
		"Mr. Welles and Mass Delusion," p. 136; see also p. 690
		"Who's on First," p. 692
		Handout: Casino Extends Revenue Increase

Th	18	"Youth's Despair Erupts," p. 182
		"Adolescents and Their Music," p. 317

T	23	"The Western: The Legend and the Cardboard Head," p. 264
		"How to Tell a Story," p. 530
		"Hooray for This...," p. 206
		"Much More Nasty Than They Should Be," p. 207

Th	25	Theme #4 due.
		Argument-"Is There a Santa Claus." p. 126
		Heywood Brown, p. 127
		"Rapping Garbage as 'Art,'" p. 192; See also p. 211
		"Shaken Survivors Witness Pure Fury," p. 194

T	30	"Censorship in America," p. 225
		"The Declaration of Independence," p. 496

November

Th	01	Election Day
		"Civilization and Its Malcontents," p. 330
		"Antihero," p. 337

T	06	"Born on the Fourth of July," p. 436
		"Arctic Dreams," p. 457
		Daniel Schoor, Convocation Speaker. Attendance Required.
		Discussion of his remarks in class.

Th	08	Theme #5 due.
		"Columbus and the Moon," p. 494
		"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas," p. 510

T	13	"Walden," p. 514
		"A First American," p. 210
		"Old Times on the Mississippi," p. 525
Th	15	Handout: "Engaged Couples"

		Notebook Scenarios


T	20	Thanksgiving Vacation begins at 4:00 p.m.

T	27	Keep journal notes on vacation activities.

Th	29	Anna Lisa Raya, "It's Hard Enough Being Me."
		Student Essay: "The Great Campus Goof-Off Machine."

December

S	01	Last day of classes

December 3-8	Final Exams