English 104 College Writing and Rhetoric

Fall Semester, 2006

Missouri Western State University

Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Journalism

 

 

Instructor:  Dr. Joseph Castellani

Office:  Eder (SSC) 222-T

Phone 271-4239

Hours: T/Th  9:00-9:930; 11;00-12:00, and by appointment

 

Materials:

McQuade and Atwan, Popular Wring in America, Oxford, 1993, 5th Ed.

A dictionary of your choice

A spiral notebooks reserved exclusively for English work

 

Requirements:

Regular attendance:  no more than three unexplained absences; completing reading assignmnents before coming to class; submitting themes on designated dates;  writing 7-9 brief quizzes;  writing the final examination

 

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 a representative of MWSU.  It shall be the responsibility of the students 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:

August

T          29        Orientation; Bio-date

                        Syllabus  review; writing sample

                        Hemingway story:  “Hills Like White Elephants”

Th        31        Chopin story:  “The Story of An Hour”

                        Quindlen essay “Undocumented Indispensable”

                        Sample vocabulary exercises; game strategies

 

 

September

T          5          Popular Wring in America (hereafter PWA) Narration:  “Fifteen”; p.289

                        “Now You Take Bambi or Snow White,” p. 285; “Forbidden Words on

                        Campus,” p. 237; “A & P,” p.237; “Dillinger Gets His”, p. 128

 

Th        7          Theme preparation (in class); “Atomic bombing of Nagasaki; p. 140;

                        “Rambos of the Road,: p. 296;  Suggested the topics.

 

T          12        Theme #1 due; Description;  “We Do Abortions Here:  A Nurse’s Story, “

                        “The Fraying of  America” p. 352

 

 

Th        14        “How to Win Friends…” p. 422

                        “The Hidden Persuaders” p. 415

 

T          19        “Blue Highways,” p. 442;  “Death of a Maverick Mafioso,” p.68;

                        Comparison/Contrast  patterns and discussion

 

Th        21        “The Parable of the Ring….” P. 96;  “The Next Great Moment….P. 165

 

 

T          26        Theme #2 due;  “Settlement of America,” “Feting the Lindbergh of the

                        15th Century,” p. 224;

 

Th        28        “Redskins, Braves….,:  “Names Off Target,: p. 247;  “The Senate and

                        Sexism,” p.241

 

October

T          3          “The Joy Luck Club,” p. 471; Handouts

 

Th        5          Theme #3 due; Classification;  “The Closing of the American Mind,”

                        p. 682

 

T          10        “Fighting the War on Cigs,” p. 199; “On Kids and Slasher Movies” p.197

 

Th        12        Process Analysis;  “How to Write Potent Copy,:  p. 88;  “The World’s

                        Biggest Membrane,” p. 659;  “The Little Store,” p. 670/

 

                       

 

T          17        Cause/Effect  relationships;  “Mr. Welles and Mass  Delusion,” p. 136

                        “Who’s on First,” p. 692;

                       

 

Th        19        “Youth’s Despair Erupts,” p. 182;  “Adolescents and Their Music”, p.317