Dr.
Joseph Castellini Room 222T, Phone 4239
Spring
Semester, 2005
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.
Course Description/Goals:
Common course description and goals for all ENG 104 sections may be reviewed at http://www.missouriwestern.edu/eflj/eng104.asp#Objectives
Evaluation:
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:
January
T-18 Orientation; Syllabus review, writing sample, Quiz samples
“The Story of An Hour,” Discussion
Th-20 Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants,” Quiz sample
Popular Writing in America (Hereafter PWA) Narration, “Fifteen,” p. 289
“Now You Take ‘Bambi” or Snow White,” p.285
Bring Notebooks.
T-25 “Forbidden Words on Campus,” p. 237; “A&P,” p. 612
“Dillinger Gets His,” p. 128
Th-27 Theme preparation (in class);
“Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki…” p. 140
“Rambos of the Road, “ p. 296
Suggested Topics
February
T-1 Slide Lecture: “Things You Never Knew About Afghanistan”
Discussion; Theme #1 due
Th-3 “We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Story,” p. 298
“The Fraying of America,” p. 352
T-8 “How to Win Friends…,” p. 393
“The Hidden Persuaders,” p. 415
Th-10 “Blue Highways,” p. 442
“Death of A Maverick Mafioso,” p. 268
T-15 Comparison and Contrast (Patterns)
“The Parable of the Ring…” p. 96
“The Next Great Moment…” p. 165
Th-17 Theme #2 due
“Settlement of America,” “Feting the Lindbergh of the 15th Century,”
p. 244
T-22 “Redskins, Braves…,” “Names Debate Off Target,” p.247
“The Senate and Sexism,” p. 241
Th-24 “The Joy Luck Club,” p.471
Back Lash… p. 478
Handouts
March
T-1 Theme #3 due; Classification
“The Closing of the American Mind,” p. 462
Th-3 “Fighting the War on the Cigs,” p.199
“On Kids and Slasher Movies,” p. 197
T-8 Process Analysis
“How to Write Potent Copy,” p. 88
“The World’s Biggest Membrane,” p. 659
“The Little Shore,” 670
Th-10 Cause/Effect
“Mr. Welles and Mass Delusion,” p. 136; see also p. 690
“Who’s on First,” p. 692
Spring Break: March 12-20 inclusive
T-22 “Youth’s Despair Erupts,” p. 182
“Adolescents and Their Music,” p. 317
Mid-Term grades due
Th-24 “The Western: The Legend and the Cardboard Head,” p. 264
“How to Tell A Story,” p. 530
T-29 “Hooray for This…,” p. 206
“Much More Nasty Than They Should Be,” p. 207
Th-31 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
April
T-5 “Censorship in America,” p. 225
The Declaration of Independence, p. 496
Th-7 “Civilization and Its Malcontents,” p. 330
“Antihero,” p. 337
Handouts will be distributed for remaining classes. Additional Readings will be announced in class.