Department
of English, Foreign Language, and Journalism
English 104-11
1:00-1:50 MWF SSC 210
Dr. Stacia
Bensyl SSC 222 I
Phone
271-5936 email—bensyl@griffon.mwsc.edu
Office hours:
MWF 9:00-10:00 & TTh 11:00-12:00 & 1:00-2:00 and by appointment
Required Text:
Optional Text:
The New
Century Handbook
Please bring your books to
class every day. You never know when
you might need them.
Course Objectives:
The
course objectives for English 104 are outlined at: http://www2.mwsc.edu/eflj/eng104.html#Institutional. I strongly recommend that students review
these course objectives in addition to my going over them the first day of
class.
Paper Topics:
Paper #1: Narrative essay
Paper #2: Comparison/contrast
essay
Paper #3: Causation essay
Paper #4: Argumentative
essay
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Your four portfolios are
worth 100 points each.
·
NOTE: I will bring portfolios to class once to
hand them back. If you're not in class
to receive your portfolio, you need to come to my office to pick it up.
Final Exam Period:
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You MUST attend the final
exam period to pass the class. It is
college policy that we meet during the final exam period. I will hand back your fourth portfolio and
give you your final grade at that time.
If you do not attend the final exam meeting, you will fail the class.
In class writing/portfolio
policy:
You
will write something in class almost every day. I say almost, because sometimes peer reviews or class discussion
will take up all of our class time. You
cannot make up the in class writings.
Each day's assignment must be dated.
Individual assignments will not be graded; instead, you will be graded
on your portfolio performance as a whole.
All rough drafts must be
word-processed. On portfolio due dates,
I will collect your completed portfolio.
You will receive a typed evaluation of the in class work in the
portfolio, as well as an evaluation of the process and final draft of your
paper.
Attendance policy:
I
don’t take class time to call the roll.
Your in-class writings take the place of that. As per the above item, these cannot be made up. I will allow you one mental health day and
two excused absences for things such as an on campus event you must participate
in, jury duty, a death, illness, etc. After the third absence you will receive
an "F" in the class.
Student Disability:
Students
with disabilities (impaired hearing, vision, reading disorders, etc.) should
notify me in writing of the disability before the end of the first week of class. In consultation with the Center for Academic
Support, I will work out a course of study for such students.
Grading policy:
First
off, you can't pass this class without turning in all four of your portfolios
and attending the final exam meeting.
The grading scale is as follows:
100-90%
= A
80-89% = B
70-79% = C
60-69% = D
59-0% = F
Remember,
you must receive a grade of "C" or above to enroll in English 108
next semester.
Late paper policy:
You
may turn in one late portfolio. Your late portfolio cannot be the final portfolio.
The late portfolio must be turned in the class meeting after its
original due date.
Rewrite Policy:
You
may re-write papers in portfolios #1, #2, and #3 for a better grade. Due dates for re-writes will be announced in
class when I hand back papers. The
grade you receive for the re-write will be averaged with the grade you
initially received for the portfolio. I
do not require students to re-write.
The process is optional. I do
require you, however, to take the re-write process seriously. Simply making mechanical changes in the
paper is not re-writing--it's editing.
That should have been done initially.
In order to emphasize the seriousness of re-writing, I require all
students who wish to re-write to visit the Center for Academic Support, make an
appointment with a tutor, and discuss your paper. I will make forms for this process available to you. When you submit your re-write, you must
include the initial, graded version of your paper, as well as the new, re-written
version, and the CAS form, signed by the tutor with whom you met. I will not accept the re-write if you do not
have all the information required.
Class Assignment Schedule:
Please remember that this is
a TENTATIVE schedule. We may need to
adjust due dates or assignment dates as the semester progresses. The term "invention" refers to any
writing that we do which is "brainstorming" or "prewriting"
for your final paper, or any writing which lets you practice techniques and
methods of writing. Please come to
class having read the assignment for that day.
Be prepared to discuss your ideas in class.
Reading/Writing Assignments:
8-19 Introduction / Key Term: Narrative page 130
8-21 "They All Just Went Away" page 100-108
8-23 invention
8-26 "Ashes" page 110-119
8-28 invention
8-30 invention
9-2 Labor Day--no class
9-4 invention
9-6 rough draft of paper #1 due in class for peer review
9-9 Portfolio #1 due/ start
comparison/contrast essay / Key Term: Comparison page 187
UNIT TWO
9-11 photo, page 177; photo, page 459
9-13 invention
9-16 "Documentary Photography" page
141; "Mr. Lee" page 218; photos, page 216-217
9-18 invention
9-20 invention
9-23 invention
9-25 rough draft of paper #2 due in class for peer review
9-27 Portfolio #2 due/start causation essay /
Key Term: Causation page 357
UNIT THREE
9-30 photos 369, 371, 372,375
10-2 invention
10-4 Bensyl at conference--no class
10-7 "Gangstas" page 368
10-9 invention
10-11 "Silent
Dancing" page 25-32
10-14 Columbus
Day—no class
10-16 invention
10-18 invention
10-21 invention
10-23 invention
10-25 Bensyl
at conference--no class
10-28 invention
10-30 rough
draft of Paper #3 due in class for peer review
11-1 Portfolio #3 due/start argumentative
essay / Key Term: Argument page 350
UNIT FOUR
11-4 photographs 165 and 166; "Court
Martial Transcript" page 162-163
11-6 "March 16-18, 1968" page 164
11-8 "Sand Creek" page 300-303
11-11 Veterans'
Day--no class
11-13 invention
11-15 invention
11-18 invention
11-20 invention
11-22 invention
11-25 rough
draft of paper #4 due in class for peer review
11-27 Thanksgiving
break--no class
11-29 Thanksgiving
break--no class
12-2 Portfolio #4 due
FINAL
EXAM Monday, December 9 from
11:30-1:20