Department
of English, Foreign Language, and Journalism
College
Writing and Rhetoric
English 104-1 8:00-8:50 MWF JGM 105
English 104-16 1:00-1:50 JGM105
Dr. Stacia Bensyl SSC 222 I
Phone 271-5936 email—bensyl@griffon.mwsc.edu
Office hours: MWF 10:00-12:00, M 5:30-6:30, 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: Descriptive
essay
Paper #4:
Argumentative essay
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Your four
portfolios are worth 100 points each.
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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:
1-13 Introduction/ Key Term Narrative page 130
1-15 “They All Just Went Away” page 100-108
1-17 invention
1-20 No class Dr. King’s birthday
1-22 “Ashes” page 110-119
1-24 invention
1-27 invention
1-29 invention
1-31 rough draft of paper #1 due in class for peer review
2-3 Portfolio #1 due/start descriptive essay/ Key Term: Description page 485
2-5 “A Shark in the Mind of One Contemplating Wilderness” page 476
2-7 “Installation” 482
2-10 “Illusions Are Forever” page 456
2-12 describing advertisements
2-14 describing art
2-17 No class President’s day
2-19 describing objects
2-21 invention
2-24 invention
2-26 invention
2-28 invention
3-3 invention
3-5 rough draft of paper #2 due in class for peer review
3-7 Portfolio #2 due/ start comparison/contrast essay/ Key Term: Comparison page 187
3-10 Spring Break
3-12 Spring Break
3-14 Spring Break
3-17 photo, page 177; photo, page 459
3-19 photos, page 216-217
3-21 Documentary Photography” page 141; “Mr. Lee” page 218
3-24 invention
3-26 invention
3-28 invention
3-31 invention
4-2 invention
4-4 rough draft of paper #3 due in class for peer review
4-7 Portfolio #3 due/start argumentative
essay / Key Term: Argument page 350
4-9 photographs 165 and 166; "Court Martial Transcript" page 162-163
4-11 "March 16-18, 1968" page 164
4-14 "Sand Creek" page 300-303
4-15 invention
4-16 invention
4-18 invention
4-21 invention
4-23 invention
4-25 rough draft of paper #4 due in class for peer review
4-28 Portfolio #4 due
FINAL EXAM:
ENGLISH 104-01 Monday, May 5, 8:30-10:20
ENGLISH 104-16 Friday, May 2, 2:00-3:50