ENG 104 College Writing
and Rhetoric Spring 2006 Professor M. Shane Heard
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Purpose: ENG 104 students will complete four formal writing assignments in addition to other graded and ungraded work through which they will learn how to discover ideas, respond to texts, and summarize others' ideas. In these assignments, students will learn how to analyze readings and share information with others by reading and responding to course texts and other materials gathered through research. Final drafts of all formal writing assignments must be word- processed. All students are expected to be prepared for class and participate in class discussions related to reading and writing assignments.
Texts: ––Axelrod,
Rise B., and Charles R. Cooper. The St. Martin ’s
Guide to Writing. 7th
ed. Boston /New York
––McQuade, Donald., and Robert Atwan. Popular Writing in America
Interaction of
Style and Audience. 5th ed. Oxford /New York : Oxford
––A
GOOD COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY! (e.g. Webster’s 9th Edition)
Goals: By the end of the semester you should be able to:
• Learning to write for different audiences and
purposes
• Learning to use active reading and critical
thinking
• Learning to use writing processes
• Learning written conventions
Common Departmental Requirements:
http://www.missouriwestern.edu/eflj/lg/eng104.html
Requirements: 1. Computer Use: All
Thematic Papers must be word processed (including R.D.)
2. Formatting: a. Margins: 1”
Top, Bottom, Right, and Left
b. Font: Times,
Times Roman, or comparable
c. Font Size: 12
pt.
d. Spacing: Double
spaced (24 pt.)
e. Indents: ½”
3. Citations: All
citations must follow MLA Parenthetical Referencing and
Work Cited
style.
4. Electronic All
assignment files (In Class Assignments, Rough Drafts,
Submissions: Final
Drafts, Etc.) being submitted electronically, need to be
save as
“Lastname_FirstName_Nameof Assignment”.
5. Themes: All themes must
be submitted in person at the beginning of
the class period on the date due. Each Theme is to cover a
different
topic! Four Themes=50% O.F.G..
6.
Responses/Journals Assignments will be administrated.
Responses=30%
O.F.G.
7. Midterm/Final: THE CLASS
MIDTERM AND FINAL EXAMINATION ARE
MANDATORY
AND WORTH 20% O.F.G.
• Thematic Paper #1: “Everyday Is an Adventure”/Observation
Writing•
1. Description: Choosing
a topic from the Theme: “Everyday Is an Adventure” as is encompassed in
classroom readings and
discussions, Paper # 1 will be an exercise using sensory details.
2. Criteria: •Thematic Paper #1
Draft is worth 50 points
• Thematic Paper #1 Final Draft:
• Length is 2-4 pages
• Entire Thematic
Paper #1 Final Draft is worth 100
points.
•
Specific Criteria:
-Use time order, but do not tell a story—it will not
fulfill the assignment.
-Add as
much detail as possible.
-Check
for punctuation and grammatical errors.
-Present tense is required. Show—do
not tell.
-Incorporate ALL “ELEMENTS of OBSERVATION
WRITING”.
.
• Thematic Paper #2: “My Way or the Highway?”/ Persuasion Writing•
1. Description: •Choosing a topic from the Theme: “My
Way or the Highway?” as is encompassed in
classroom readings and
discussions, Paper # 2 will be an attempt to argue a written point.
2. Criteria: •Thematic Paper #2
Draft is worth 50 points
• Thematic Paper #2 Final Draft:
• Length is 3-6 pages
• Entire Thematic
Paper #2 Final Draft is worth 150
points.
•
Specific Criteria:
-Check for punctuation and grammatical errors.
-Create
an argumentative/thesis statement.
-Create
at least 5 supporting points (each to be discussed in separate para.)
-Each point is to link to/support thesis statement and
to each other.
-Make
sure to have an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
-IN THIS THEME, DO NOT USE “I”.
-Incorporate ALL “ELEMENTS of PERSUASION
WRITING”.
• Thematic Paper #3: “I Remember When”/Creative Nonfiction Writing•
1. Description: •Choosing a topic from the Theme: “I
Remember When” as is encompassed in classroom
readings and discussions, Paper #
3 will be a chance to write about a remembered event.
2. Criteria: •Thematic Paper #3
Draft is worth 75 points
• Thematic Paper #3 Final Draft:
• Length is 4-7 pages
• Entire Thematic
Paper #3 Final Draft is worth 200
points.
•
Specific Criteria:
-Tell a true story from your past and begin by setting
the time and place.
-The incident
itself must occupy at least two-thirds of the paper.
-Do not
jump around in the action.
-Use an
abundance of sensory imagery, specifics, and detail.
-Focus on
at least one but no more than three significant moments.
-PAST
TENSE IS REQUIRED
-FIRST
PERSON IS REQUIRED
-Incorporate ALL “ELEMENTS of CREATIVE NF WRITING”.
• Thematic Paper #4: “Tall Tales”/Creative Fiction Writing•
1. Description: •Choosing a topic from the Theme: “Tale
Tales” as is encompassed in classroom readings
and discussions, Paper # 4 will
be a description of a dramatic moment from your life.
2. Criteria: •Thematic Paper #4
Draft is worth 100 points
• Thematic Paper #4 Final Draft:
• Length is 5-8 pages
• Entire Thematic
Paper #4 Final Draft is worth 250
points.
•
Specific Criteria:
-Begin by planning a true story from your past.
-Set up
the story with location and time frame.
-Use an
abundance of sensory imagery, specifics, and detail.
-Use of dialogue
is suggested.
-Concentrate
on making sure the story “flows” properly.
-Check
for punctuation and grammatical errors.
-Past
tense is recommended.
-THIRD
PERSON NARRATIVE IS REQUIRED
-Incorporate ALL “ELEMENTS of CREATIVE FIC. WRITING”.
GENERAL POLICIES:
1. Grading: Your course grade
will be determined by your performance on the projects listed, as well as,
additional classroom work. No extra credit or bonus points are available!
a. Deadline: Start of class, unless otherwise stated.
b. Grades: 100-90% = A, 89-80% = B, 79-70% = C, 69-60% = D,
Below 60% = F.
c. Late Submission Policy: Each 24 Hours
Late, 10% of grade will be deducted.
d. Electronic Submission: Must be in the following format or they will
not be accepted:
Lastname_Firstname_Proj#**_Draft
e. 2nd Submission Policy: All FINAL DRAFTS may be resubmitted (with
corrections) ONCE for a better
grade. Note: 100% will not be achieved
with
a resubmission. 2nd
Submissions need to be titled as such on title page and as
name of file (if submitting
electronically):
—Title Page= Project #2 Final Draft,
2nd Submission
—Electronic Submission: “Heard_Michael_Proj#2FD_2ndSub”
2. Attendance: You
are expected to attend every class meeting. Absences do not allow you to skip
assignments made during your absence or to submit work past deadline. In the
event of planned absences that cannot be avoided, you must notify me in advance
so that we might discuss what you need to do to remain current in your course
responsibilities. IN-CLASS CONSTRUCTED
RESPONSE CAN NOT BE MADE UP IF ABSENT FROM THAT CLASS!!!
3. Academic You are expected to do your own writing for this
course. Submitting someone else’s
Honesty: work
(including plagiarism through misleading documentation) will earn a zero for
the course grade. Serious infractions may be turned over to the dean of
students for disciplinary action. IMPORTANT:
Let there be no mistake. If you cheat, you fail!!!
4. Disabled If you are disabled, whether the disability is apparent or
not, and concerned that your
Students: disability may interfere with your completion of
course requirements above, please notify me during the first week of classes so
that we might discuss appropriate alternatives.
ENGLISH 104 Spring 2006
Semester Schedule:
Popular= Popular
Writing in America
Handbook: “Handbook” Selection located in the back of The St. Marin’s Guide to Writing
January: Introduction to Course
17th: •1. Distribute and review syllabus, course
outline, and other materials.
•2. Discussion: “Why Writing is Important?”
Text: Page 1-3
•3. Discussion: “How Writing is Learned?”
Text: Page 4-???
•4. Discussion: Handbook: Comma Splices and
Fused Sentences, Fragments: pages: H-6—H-11
•5. Assign
peer groups. In Class Assignment: As a
group complete: Ex. 1 (p. 3) and Ex. 2 (p. 5)
•6. Assignment: Popular: “War
of the Worlds” (p. 690)
•7. Assignment: St. Martins’: “Remembering
Events” (pp. 25-28 and 50-53)
•8. Assignment: Handbook: “Pronoun
Agree.”(H-14—H-16) & “Rel. Pro.” (H-16—H-19)
• Theme #1: “Everyday
Is an Adventure”/Observation Writing•
24th:
•1. Opening
Media: Play Portion of and discuss “War of the Worlds”.
•2. The
Writing Process #1: Discussion
“Remembering Events”
•3. The
Writing Process #2: Writing Down The Bones
•4 Discuss
other reading selections in light of theme. -Elements of Observation Writing
•5 Constructive Response: Questions
generated from all discussion of readings due for this class.
•6. Discussion: Handbook: Pro.Agreement and
Rel. Pronoun: pages: H-14—H-16 &
H-16—H-19
•7. Peer
groups: In-Class Assignment: As a group
complete: Ex. #4 (p. 7) and Ex. #5 (p.8)
•8. Assignment: Popular: “Who’s
On First?” (p. 692)
Roseanne: “Life and Stuff”(p. 721)
•9. Assignment: St. Martins’: “Guide
To Writing” (pp. 53-71)
•10. Assignment: Handbook: “Verb
Tense” (H-21—H-22) and “Verb Ending” (H-22—H-24)
31st: •1. Opening
Media: Play and discuss “Who’s on First”.
•2. The
Writing Process #1: Discussion
“Guide To Writing”
•3. Discuss
other reading selections in light of theme. -Elements of Observation Writing
•4. Constructive Response: Questions
generated from all discussion of readings due for this class.
•5. Discussion: Handbook: Verb Tense and Verb
Ending: pages: H-21—H-22 & H-22—H-24
•6. Peer
groups: In Class Assignment: As a group
complete: Ex. #7 (p. 11) and Ex. #8 (p. 13)
•7. Assignment: Popular: “Hemingway’s
‘Soldier’s Home’” (p. 699)
•8. Assignment: St. Martins’: “Remembering
People” (pp.83-85 and 105-109)
“Uncle
Willie” (p. 86)
“A Different
Kind of Mother” (p. 97)
•9. Assignment: Handbook: “Commas:
(H-58—H-59)
February:
7th: •1. Opening
Media: Read Aloud: Dillinger “Gets His”.
•2. The
Writing Process #1: Discussion “Remembering
People”
•3. The
Writing Process #2: Adding
Details
•4. Discuss
other reading selections in light of theme. -Elements of Observation Writing
•5. Constructive Response: Questions
generated from all discussion of readings due for this class.
•6. Discussion: Handbook: Comma, Indep.
Clause, etc. and Comma after Intro: pages:
H-58—H-59
•7. Peer
groups: In Class Assignment: As a group complete: Ex. #26 (p. 38) and Ex. #27
(p. 40)
•8. Discussion
of Thematic Paper #1:
“Everyday Is an Adventure”/Observation Writing
a. Theme Discussion
b. Criteria
c. Possible Problems
(Grammar, Flow, Etc.)
.
•9. ASSIGNMENT: THEME #1
ROUGH DRAFT DUE NEXT CLASS PERIOD.
•10. Assignment: Popular: “Now
You Take ‘Bambi’ or ‘Snow White’…(p. 285)
“Rambos
of the Road” (p. 296)
“TV’s
Anti-Familes…” (p. 340)
“Forbidden
Words on Campus” (p. 237)
• Thematic Paper #2: “My
Way Or The Highway?”/Persuasion Writing•
14th: •1. Opening
Media: Play and discuss Powerpoint of Persuasive Ads.
•2. The
Writing Process #1: Formal
Language
•3. Discuss other reading selections in
light of theme. -Elements of Persuasive
Writing
•4. Constructive
Response: Questions generated from all discussion of readings due for this
class.
•5. Break into peer groups:
Theme #1 Rough Draft:
a. Work through each person’s Theme #1 Rough Draft.
b. Check for clerical and grammatical errors.
c. Check for logical errors of observation.
•6. Revised
Theme #1 RD to be submitted electronically by Midnight this Friday, February 17th
•7. Assignment: Popular: “The
Declaration of
“Is
There a Santa Claus” (p. 126)
“There
Isn’t a Santa Claus” (p. 127)
•8. Assignment: St. Martins’: “Arguing”
(pp. 677-682…stop at “Statistics)
•9. Assignment: Handbook: “Eliminating
Commas….” (H-66—H-67)
21st: •1. Return
and discuss over-all problems with Theme #1 Rough Draft
•2. The
Writing Process #1: Discussion
“Arguing”
•3. The
Writing Process #2: Supporting
Ideas
•4. Discuss other reading selections in
light of theme. -Elements of Persuasive
Writing
•5. Constructive
Response: Questions generated from all discussion of readings due for this
class.
•6. Discussion: Handbook: Eliminating
Commas…: pages: H-66—H-67
•7. Peer
groups: In Class Assignment: As a group complete: Ex. #35 (p. 53) and Ex. #36
(p.54)
•8. Discussion
of Thematic Paper #2: “My Way Or The
Highway?"/Persuasive Writing
a. Theme Discussion
b. Criteria
c. Possible Problems
(Grammar, Flow, Etc.)
•9. ASSIGNMENT: THEME #1 FINAL DRAFT DUE
NEXT CLASS PERIOD.
•10. ASSIGNMENT: THEME #2 ROUGH DRAFT DUE
NEXT CLASS PERIOD.
28th : •1. Opening
Media: TBA
•2. Persuasion
Elements Review
•3. COLLECT
THEME #1 FINAL DRAFT AND ROUGH DRAFT.
•4. The
Writing Process #1: Concision
•5. Break into peer groups:
Theme #2 Rough Draft:
a. Work through each person’s Theme #2 Rough Draft.
b. Check for clerical, grammatical, and logical errors of
argumentation.
•6. In Class Discussion: Why We Like To Tell Stories #1
•7. Discussion of Midterm Exam
•8. ASSIGNMENT: THEME #2 FINAL DRAFT DUE
NEXT CLASS PERIOD.
•9. ASSIGNMENT: STUDY FOR MIDTERM EXAM
•10. Assignment: Alternate
March: • Thematic
Paper #3: “I Remember When”/Creative Nonfiction Writing•
7th: •1. COLLECT
THEME #2 FINAL DRAFT AND ROUGH DRAFT.
•2. Return
and discuss over-all problems with Theme #1 Final Draft.
•3. Discussion
of Alternate
•4. MIDTERM
TEST (To Be Taken In Class, In Lab)
•5. Assignment: Popular: Black Boy (p. 591)
“A
& P” (p. 612)
Old Times of
Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas (p.
510)
14th NO
CLASS: SPRING BREAK
21st: •1. Return and discuss over-all problems with Midterm Exam and
Theme #2 Final Draft.
•2. Opening
Media: Creative Non Fiction Defined and Shown
•3. Discuss
other reading selections in light of theme. -Elements of Creative Nonfiction Writing
•4. Constructive
Response: Questions generated from all discussion of readings due for this
class.
•5. Assignment:
Popular: Walden (p. 514)
Blue Highways (442)
Total Eclipses (662)
•6. Assignment: St. Martins’: “Describing”
(p. 643-655)
28th: •1. Opening Media:
•2. The Writing Process #1: Discussion “Describing”
•3. The
Writing Process #2: Why We Like
To Think
•4. Discuss other reading selections in
light of theme. -Elements of Creative
Nonfiction Writing
•5. Constructive
Response: Questions generated from all discussion of readings due for this
class.
•6. Discussion:
Handbook: Subject-verb Agree. & Adj. and Adverbs: pages: H-25—H-30
•7. Discussion
of Thematic Paper #3: “I Remember When”/Creative
Nonfiction Writing•
a. SAME AS WITH THEMATIC PAPER #1 and #2
•8. ASSIGNMENT: THEME #3 ROUGH DRAFT DUE
NEXT CLASS PERIOD.
•9. Assignment: Popular: “Family
Tree” (p. 138)
“To Build a Fire” (p. 560)
•10. Assignment: St. Martins’: “Narrating”
(p. 627-641)
April: • Thematic Paper #4:
“Tall Tales”/Creative Fiction Writing•
4th: •1. Opening
Media: Creative Fiction Defined and Shown.
•2. The Writing Process #1: Discussion “Narrating”
•3. Discuss
other reading selections in light of theme. -Elements of Creative Fiction Writing
•4. Constructive
Response: Questions generated from all discussion of readings due for this
class.
•5. In
Class Discussion: Why We Like To Tell
Stories #2
•6. Break into peer groups:
Theme #3 Rough Draft:
a. Work through each person’s Theme #3 Rough Draft.
b. Check for clerical, grammatical, and logical errors of analysis.
•7. ASSIGNMENT: THEME #3 FINAL DRAFT DUE NEXT CLASS PERIOD.
•8. Assignment: Popular: The Bear
The Godfather (p. 420)
11th: •1. Opening Media: TBA
•2. The
Writing Process #1: Adding Description
•3. Discuss
other reading selections in light of theme. -Elements of Creative Fiction Writing
•4. Constructive
Response: Questions generated from all discussion of readings due for this
class.
•5. Discussion: Handbook: Parallelism &
Coord. and Subordination: pages:
H-45—H-47
•6. COLLECT
THEME #3 FINAL DRAFT AND ROUGH DRAFT.
•7. Discussion
of Thematic Paper #4: “Tall Tales”/ Creative Fiction
Writing
a. SAME AS WITH
THEMATIC PAPER #1, #2, and #3
•8. ASSIGNMENT: THEME #4 ROUGH DRAFT DUE
NEXT CLASS PERIOD.
•9. Assignment: Popular: Casey at the Bat (p. 383)
“The
Open Boat” (p. 546)
18th: •1. Opening Media: Casey at
the Bat Clip
•2. The
Writing Process: Coming From the Heart
•3. Constructive
Response: Questions generated from all discussion of readings due for this
class.
•4. Return
and discuss over-all problems with Theme #3 Final Draft.
•5. Break
into peer groups:
Theme #4 Rough Draft:
a. Work through each person’s Theme #4 Rough Draft.
b. Check for clerical, grammatical, and logical errors of description/story-telling.
•6. Revised Theme #4 RD to be submitted
electronically by Midnight this Friday, April 21st
25th: •1. Constructive Response: Questions generated from all
discussion of movie due for this class.
•2. Return
and discuss over-all problems with Theme #4 Rough Draft.
•3. Discussion of Final,
Extra time to be spent, as class deems important, on group study!
•4. ASSIGNMENT: THEME #4 FINAL DRAFT DUE
NEXT CLASS PERIOD.
•5. ASSIGNMENT: COMPLETE FINAL: To be delivered in PERSON on the
9th!
May:
2nd: NO
CLASS: MWSU STUDY DAY
9th •1. COLLECT THEME #4 FINAL DRAFT AND ROUGH
DRAFT.
•2. COLLECTION OF Final Exam—Attendance Required.