English 104 College Writing and Rhetoric

Fall 2004

Section 15 M, W 5-6:20 p.m. JGM 104

Teacher: Steve Frogge

Office S/SC 222-T 271-4239 T, Th 9:00-12:00 or by appointment

Home Phone: 233-8274 after 7:00 p.m. T, Th, F and weekends

E-Mail sfrogge@ mwsc.edu

Required Text (Bring to every class)

Axelrod, Rise B. and Charles R. Cooper The St. Martin’s Guide to Writing

Required Materials (Bring to every class)

writing journal (3-Ring Notebook), paper, pens, pencils, stapler, 3.5” floppy disks

pocket folder for submitting formal papers along with pre-writing, rough drafts, etc.

Grading

4 formal essays (including prewriting, rough drafts, etc.) 64%

final test 8%

1 oral presentation 8%

class participation 8%

homework, quizzes 12%

Late Work

Late formal essays will not be accepted. The student must notify the teacher in advance if the student is

going to miss class on the formal essay’s due date. Furthermore, the student must arrange delivery

of the essay to the teacher before the beginning of class on the due date.

All other homework must be ready for submission at the beginning of class. Otherwise, it may be handed

in at the beginning of the next class and will be subject to a ten percent grade reduction.

When the student is absent, class work may be made up as homework to be handed in by the next meeting.

All homework due on the date of absence must be turned in by the beginning of the next meeting after

the absence subject to a ten percent grade reduction.

No quiz may be made up unless there is sufficient cause for the absence.

Neither the oral presentation nor the final test may be made up unless there is sufficient cause for the absence and the teacher is

notified of the absence in advance, unless prior notification is impossible.

Attendance

More than 4 absences: automatic failure of the course

3 tardies count as 1 absence

Cheating/Plagiarism: Automatic failure of the course

Final Exam: Monday December 13 5:00-6:20 p.m.

Miscellaneous

The student must receive at least a “C” in this course in order to qualify for English 108.

Any student in this class with a disability that requires any special consideration must contact me

as soon as possible.

Class Agenda

Key: Parentheses enclose page numbers.

AWS stands for Analyzing Writing Strategies

In Class Homework (due next class unless stated otherwise)

8/30 go over syllabus read “An American Childhood” (28-31); do AWS

(32); read “On Being a Real Westerner” (35-7);

do AWS (37-8); 14.3(631); 15.9 (649); read “100

Miles per Hour, Upside Down and Sideways”

(39-42); do AWS (42-3); 14.1(629); read

“Calling Home” (44-7); do AWS (47-8); 14.5

(633)

9/1 discuss ch. 2 readings; remembered event prewriting read pp. 53-9; create a remembered event thesis

statement

9/8 discuss remembered event planning and drafting read pp. 59-64; create a remembered event rough

draft

9/13 go over pp. 64-6; peer editing of remembered event read “Uncle Willie” (86-8); do AWS (88-9); 14.6

rough draft (634); 15.11(651); 15.14(652); read “Cherry”

(90-4); do AWS (94-6); read “A Different Kind

of Mother” (97-9); do AWS (100); 13.9 (623);

14.8 (636); read “Father” (101-3); do AWS

(104); 15.2(644); 15.4-5(646-7); 15.7(648);

15.17(654)

9/15 discuss ch. 3 readings; remembered person read pp. 109-15; create a remembered person thesis

prewriting statement

9/20 discuss remembered person planning and drafting read pp. 115-20; create a remembered person rough

draft

9/22 go over pp. 120-2; peer editing of remembered read pp. 66-70; 122-6 create a second draft of either

person rough draft the remembered event or remembered person

discuss revision of remembered event and rough draft

remembered person essays

9/27 peer editing of second draft read pp. 71-80; 126-35; create final draft of essay #1

discuss editing and proofreading of remembered

event and remembered person essays

10/4 read and discuss “Sticks and Stones and Sports read “Who’s More Worthy?” (276-80); “Point of No

Team Names” (265-7); do AWS 268; read Return” (283-7); do AWS 281-2; 16.6(662);

“Nickel and Dimed” (269-73); do AWS 274 19.11(691); read “Children Need to Play, Not

Compete” (287-91); do AWS (291-2); 13.1(612-

3); 19.5(693)

10/6 discuss ch. 6 readings; argued position prewriting read pp. 297-305; create an argued position thesis

statement

In Class Homework (due next class unless stated otherwise)

10/11 discuss argued position planning and drafting read pp. 305-11; create an argued position rough

draft

10/13 go over pp. 312-3; peer editing of argued position read pp. 313-9 prepare second draft of argued

rough draft; discuss argued position revision position essay

10/18 peer editing of argued position second draft read pp. 319-26; final draft of essay #2

discuss editing and proofreading prepare oral presentation based on essay #1 or #2

10/20 oral presentations read “I’m Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing” (140-

3); do AWS (144-5); 15.16(653); read “The

Edison Cafe” (146-51); do AWS (151-2); 13.7

(620); 14.2(630); read “The Daily Grind: Lesson

in the Hidden Curriculum” (153- 6); do AWS

157; read “The Last Stop” (158-61); do 14.10

(639)

10/25 oral presentations read “Love: The Right Chemistry” (205-8); do AWS

(209); 14.4(631); read “Shifting Baselines: Slow-

Motion Disaster below the Waves” (211-3); do

AWS (214-5); read “Indirect Aggression” (216-

20) do AWS (221-2); 16.4(659); 19.7(686); read

“Cannibalism: It Still Exists” (223-6); do AWS

(227-8); 16.2(657); 17.1(665); 17.3(669)

10/27 oral presentations read ch. 22 Using and Acknowledging Sources

11/1 Plagiarism exercise (handout); discuss MLA style; read ch. 21 Library and Internet Research

MLA style exercise (handout); discuss APA style;

APA style exercise (handout)

11/3 brief mention of Chicago and other styles; read “A Global Green Deal” (333-6); do AWS(337);

Library research exercise (handout) read “Boston’s Priest-Pedophile Crisis” (339-

42); do AWS (342-3); read Dead-End Jobs: A

Way Out” (344-9); do AWS 350; 13.11(625);

18.4(674-5); read “More Testing, More

Learning” (352-6); do AWS 356-7; 13.3(614);

19.10(690)

11/8 discuss ch. 7 readings; proposal essay prewriting read pp. 363-71; create a proposal thesis statement

11/10 work on research for proposal essay read pp. 371-7 collect and evaluate material to use in proposal essay; come to class prepared with at

least three sources

11/15 peer discussion of research prepare rough draft of proposal essay

discuss planning and drafting of proposal essay

11/17 go over pp. 377-9; peer discussion of rough draft of read pp. 379-89; prepare final draft of essay #3

proposal essay

discuss revision, editing and proofreading

In Class Homework (due next class unless stated otherwise)

11/22 read and discuss “A Hall for Fathers and Sons” read “Working at McDonalds” (406-9); do

(394-8); do AWS 398-9; read “The Elder Scrolls AWS (409-10); 19.4(682); read “Children Need

III: Morrowing (400-4); do AWS (404) to Play, Not Compete,’ by Jessica Statsky:

An Evaluation” (411-5); do AWS (415); 13.2

(613)

11/29 discuss ch. 8 readings; prewriting of an read pp. 421-7; create an evaluational thesis

evaluational essay statement

12/1 read pp. 428-33; work on research for evaluational read pp. 428-33; collect and evaluate material to use

essay in an evaluational essay; come to class prepared

with at least three sources.

12/6 peer discussion of research for evaluational essay prepare a rough draft of an evaluational essay

research; work on research or rough draft

12/8 go over pp. 433-5; peer editing of rough draft read pp. 436-47 prepare final draft of essay #4

discuss revising, editing, and proofreading

12/13 Final Test: Do two of the following:

1) read “Why We Crave Horror Movies” (453-4) and do AWS #1, #2 (445)

2) read “The Triumph of Hope Over Self-Interest” (456-9) and do AWS #1, #2 (460)

3) read “Why Boys Become Depressed” (461-4) and do AWS #1, #2(465) or do ex. 19.6(685)

4) read “The Rise of Reported Incidents of Workplace Sexual Harassment” and do AWS #1,#2 or do 19.9(689)