English 100: Introduction to College
Writing
Fall 2005
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Journalism
Section 16: MWF
Writer’s Workshop: MW
Section 18: MWF
Writer’s Workshop: MW
Theme: Through the
Looking Glass
Instructor: Tom Pankiewicz
Office:
Phone: 271-4156
Office Hours: MW 3 – 4, Tuesday 9 -12, and by appointment.
E-mail: mailto:pankiew@mwsc.edu
Required Texts and Course Materials:
Introduction to College Writing: English 100. Second Edition.
Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson before Dying.
English 100 Writer’s Workshops. Fall 2005 ed.
Spiral notebook for a class journal
3-1/2" floppy disks and a disk-storage box
Photocopies for group work as requested
Course Goals and Policies concerning Attendance, Civility and Cooperation, Grading, Student Disability, and Academic Honesty are found on pages vii-ix on the English 100 textbook.
What do you see in your reflection?
In Through the Looking Glass, you will become a mirror maker, constructing a mirror in which you look closely at the experiences of your life and the events occurring around you.
Writing Tasks:
You will complete four major writing tasks and submit a course portfolio. A student who does not turn in all four tasks or submit a course portfolio will not pass the course even if the grades achieved in the other writing tasks are satisfactory.
The Tasks are:
·
Task One: I-Read. Share the story of your reading and
understanding of A Lesson before
Dying in a multi-layered essay.
· Task Two: The Memoir. Write a narrative essay about an experience in your life that has had a significant effect on you and has changed you and your beliefs in some important way.
·
Task Three: The
· Task Four: School Reform. Write an essay that examines how school or education can be improved.
· Portfolio and The Mirror. In addition to publishing revisions of Tasks One, Two, Three, and Four as well as other writings, write an academic self portrait.
Portfolio:
Each of the tasks mentioned above and other writings will be revised and collected in an end-of-course portfolio. The portfolio will account for approximately 60 percent of your course grade. A portfolio allows your final grade to be based on your best writing; it places you in control of the quality of your writing. The portfolio, due at the end of the semester, will include published drafts of your essays, previous drafts and responses of at least one essay, selected course writing, and an academic self portrait. I will evaluate the portfolio and return it by the final exam.
Since writing is a process, I encourage you to revise your essays throughout the semester. I will respond to your essays with written comments; I will hold a series of revision workshops throughout the semester; I will be available to confer with you about your writing throughout the semester. But I will not assign a grade to any essay until it is published in the portfolio.
Process Folder:
Each task will conclude with the submission of a process folder, a collection of the work that led to the essay. No essay will be accepted without a process folder. The folder will include:
· Polished draft of the essay;
· Working drafts of the essay with peer group responses attached;
· In-class reflection and questions.
Each process folder will
be graded and returned. The process
folder will evaluate work on the task, but it will not evaluate the essay. No essay will receive a grade until it
is published in the portfolio.
Journal, Quizzes, and
In-class Participation:
You will be expected to participate fully in all class activities. Missing work, of course, receives a zero.
The components of your grade in the course are:
· Process Folders, Journal, Quizzes, Participation, and Final Exam…………………………40 %
· Portfolio ………………………………………………………………………….……………..60%
Conferences:
The most effective and valuable help that I can give you is through a conference or a conversation about your writing. I will schedule several required conferences throughout the semester. In addition, my office hours are listed above if you wish to just drop by. I will also bring my calendar to every class to schedule appointments. If at any time during the semester, you do not understand an assignment or a task, see me, call me, or e-mail me to discuss the confusion.
Center for Academic Support:
In addition to conferences with me, you may find help with your writing at the Center for Academic Support. There is no cost to students for using these services. I encourage you to make use of these services throughout this course.
Essay
Format:
Papers must be word-processed, double-spaced, and use a 12-point font. Be sure to save each assignment on a computer disk and keep a hard copy of each assignment for yourself.
Late Work:
Late assignments will not be accepted unless you receive permission.
Late task papers will not be accepted for full credit after one day unless we have worked out an alternative plan. If you are facing difficulties in completing a task paper before the deadline, discuss the problems with me. During our conference, we will work out a plan to complete the assignment.
Tentative Schedule
Week One
Introductions. Tuesday Conference. Read: “How Is College Different from High School” and other pieces. Write a snapshot collage.
Week Two
Draft of Griffon Edge essay is due or Read A Lesson before Dying, 3-124. Discuss Lesson. Introduce Task One.
Week Three
Revision of Griffon Edge essay is due or Read Lesson, 125-End. Griffon Edge essay is due on Sept. 16.
Week Four
Draft of Task One is due. Introduce Task Two.
Week Five
Draft of Task Two is due for peer review. Discuss readings.
Week Six
Revision of Task Two is due for peer review. Discuss readings.
Week Seven
Task Two is due. Introduce Task Three. Readings for Task Three include: “Community, Commitment, Individuality,” “Learning to Write,” Casa: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood,” “Mother Tongue,” “ Going to School in East LA” as well as other selections.
Week Eight
Draft of Task Three is due for peer review. Discuss readings.
Week Nine
Revision of Task Three is due for peer review. Discuss readings.
Week Ten
Task Three is due. Introduce Task
Four.
Week Eleven
Draft of Task Four is due for peer review. Discuss readings.
Week Twelve
Revision of Task Four is due for peer review. Discuss readings.
Week Thirteen
Task Four is due. Introduce
Portfolio and The Mirror, a self portrait.
Week Fourteen
Revisions are due for peer review and mock grading. Discuss readings.
Week Fifteen
Portfolio is due. Final Exam.