Spring 2019
This is a "real time" syllabus that, unlike a print syllabus, will updated and reflect our progress throughout the semester. You can easily check it from a mobile device or from any computer.
The syllabus consists of the Reading Schedule and Course Policies. You are responsible for understanding and following the schedule and the course policies, which are in effect from the first day of class. Please read them carefully (more than once and throughout the semester). Please see me if you have any questions about them.
Think of the syllabus as a flexible guide. It will structure our semester, but we will adjust it to fit our needs as the semester progresses. Not all assignments are listed at the beginning of the semester; some will be added throughout the semester. It may also be necessary to finish some readings the following class period, in which case I will update the syllabus after each class. Again, be sure to check the syllabus regularly.
You do not need to print the syllabus, but if you decide to, be sure to check the online syllabus regularly for new information, added assignments, or reading schedule changes. The print icon above is for print copies.
We will use three texts for the course to help you learn about the writing process as well as writing about sports. These texts are not an unecessary expense but rather helpful resources we will use in class and you will use outside of class to help you become a more effective writer. You will use the grammar book, Rule for Writers, for this course, English 202, and other courses until you graduate. The following acronyms are used on the Reading Schedule.
TSGW=The St. Martin's Guide to Writing
RW=Rules for Writers
D2L (Discussion Forum) Link: This Forum, which is for students in the course, gives you the opportunity to share thoughts and ideas about the reading and writing we are reading as well as ask questions that other students can answer. Participation is voluntary, but it's a great way to communicate outside of class in an informal manner. It's like Facebook, only better!
Readings and assignments should be finished for the day assigned. For example, chapter 1 from TSGW should be read (completed) by January 28, when we will discuss it. Check each class period to see what book you need to bring.
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Course Introduction: Reading, Discussing, Writing Pre-semester quiz Course Website/Syllabus |
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Review Course Website Preview: Essay 1, Personal Narrative--Choosing topics TSGW, 40-41 |
| 28 Class cancelled because of weather | 30 Class cancelled because of weather | 01 February Look Below |
| February | ||
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 28January Look Above |
30 January Look Above |
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TSGW - Ch 1: Composing Literacy & Ch 13: Cueing the Reader Essay 1, Personal Narrative--Choosing topics, TSGW, 40-41 |
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TSGW - Chpts 1 & 13: Final Thoughts Essay 1 - Introduction: Personal Narrative TSGW, Chpts 2, 14 Preview Audience Sheet--Course Notes Bring Topic List to class--in notebook |
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Essay 1 - Planning Finish PPt Slides (2/4) **Have topic selected **Scratch outline (TSGW, p 491) RW, Ch 14: Coord/Subord (Just preview this chapter/Concept: What is Coordination? Subordination?) |
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Essay 1 Planning Bring to class: **Topic list + notes **Scratch outline (TSGW, p 491) **Draft of audience sheet--Course Notes TSGW, Chpts 2 (sample essay "Calling Home," p 18) & 14 RW, Ch 14: Coord/Subord |
| 11 Essay 1 - Planning TSGW, Chpts 2 (sample essay "Calling Home," p 18) & 14 RW, Ch 14: Coord/Subord Bring **scratch outline **aud sheet draft Begin drafting outside of class: Complete your first two pages by Wed |
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Meet in Computer Lab 323 CCC Bring your own laptop. This is a laptop lab, so it has laptops (10-12) you can use if you don't have your own or don't bring yours Essay 1 - Drafting You should have two pages completed; today you will work on the final two pages in the lab. Be sure you have a way to access your draft in the lab Bring **scratch outline **aud sheet draft **TSGW Chpts 2 (sample essay "Calling Home," p 18) & 14 **RW, Ch 14 (coord/subord, p 158, ex. b, c, e) |
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Essay 1 - Peer Review--Must Attend (See peer review policy on the syllabus) Bring all books TSGW, pp 48-49 (preview peer review questions) 1. Copy of Audience Sheet (typed) 2. Copy of completed draft (typed), minimum 3.5/max 4.5 pages Electronic or handwritten copies of your audience sheet or draft are NOT acceptable for peer review |
| 18 Essay 1 - Return Peer Review Materials Revision Chart (Handout) TSGW, pp 50-51//Chpts 2 & 14 Revision **Resolution/Reflection Editing **RW, Ch 16 (Wordiness) **TSGW, pp 52-54 |
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Essay 1 - Revision, Editing, Proofreading Bring "clean" copies of draft and audience sheet--NOT peer review copies Discuss audience sheet revisions Bring revision chart/scratch outline/PPt notes TSGW, Ch 2 (sample essay "Tupac and My Non-thug Life," p 27) Revision **Resolution/Reflection **Conflict Editing RW, Chpts 14 & 16 **TSGW, pp 52-54 |
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Essay 1 - Revision, Editing, Proofreading Bring draft and audience sheet from Wed Bring revision chart/scratch outline/PPt notes TSGW, Ch 2 (sample essay "Tupac and My Non-thug Life," p 27) look at pp 30-32 Revision **Conflict **Vivid Description Editing **RW, Chpt 32, Commas (32a & b)/Chpts 14 & 16 **TSGW, pp 52-54 |
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Peer Review Docs for Essay 1 Due (Aud Sheet
Draft + Narrative Draft + Responses on notebook paper). Paper clip
these (do not staple) Essay 1 - Revision, Editing, Proofreading TSGW, Ch 2 **Finish discussion of Tupac narrative--rising action (2/22) **Sample essay, "An American Childhood," p 22) TSGW, Ch 2/Ch 14 Revision **Introduction **Feelings, Thoughts Editing **RW, Chpts 14, 15, 32--Review as time allows Proofreading **Spell Check **Formatting ------------------------------- Preliminary Info for Essay 2: Notetaking for live performance of Macbeth |
27 Due: Essay 1 + Audience Sheet +
Scratch Outline + Revision chart. Paper clip essay and
all docs Macbeth (Performances March 1-3; 7-9, at NCFA) Preliminary Info for Essay 2: Notetaking for live performance of Macbeth Essay 2 - Introduction: Evaluation Essay, PPt Notes Audience Sheet--Course Notes TSGW, Ch 8: Note key pages/strategies |
01March Look Below |
| March | ||
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 25February Look Above |
27February Look Above |
01 Essay 2 - Planning Criteria for an evaluation TSGW, Ch 8 (Scott Pilgrim review, p 341-46. Also, pp 338-41; 349-51) In-class group work--card due at the end of class TSGW, pp 368-73 |
| 04 Essay 2 - Sophie McIntosh, Dramaturg for Macbeth, will talk to our class! | 06
Essay 2 - Planning TSGW, Ch 8 (Game of Thrones review, p 346-49. Also, pp 338-41; 349-51) TSGW: Invention Strategy--Clustering, pp 488-89 |
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Essay 2 - Planning TSGW, Ch 8 (The Flight from Conversation review, p 358-60. Also, pp 361-63) TSGW: Invention Strategy--Clustering/Plot Summary |
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Essay 2: Planning
Discuss Macbeth: 1.5, 1.7, 5.1 (Use Course Notes links to access play--text--and study these scenes) TSGW: Ch 8: Bring notes + plot summary + clustering in progress + audience sheet in progress Outside of class Finish clustering & audience sheet draft and begin drafting: Intro/Judgment + plot summary |
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Meet in Computer Lab 323 CCC. Bring your own laptop. This is a
laptop lab, so it has laptops (10-12) you can use if you don't have your own or
don't bring yours. Macbeth: Discuss Lady Macbeth, 1.5 & 5.1 (Notes I gave you in class) Essay 2 - Drafting: Have your draft in progress: intro + plot summary. Bring completed cluster, plot summary (draft in notebook), audience sheet in progress. Be clear about your criteria for reviewing a play TWGW, Ch 8 RW, Ch 15 (Sentence Variety) Outside of class Continue to work on draft: intro/judgment & plot sum or reasons |
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Meet in Computer Lab 323 CCC. Bring your own laptop. This is a
laptop lab, so it has laptops (10-12) you can use if you don't have your own or
don't bring yours Essay 2 - Drafting: Have your draft in progress: reasons Discuss introduction/judgment Bring completed cluster, plot summary (draft in notebook), audience sheet in progress. Be clear about your criteria for reviewing a play TSGW, Ch 8 RW, Ch 15 (in-class quiz) After today, your draft should be ready/almost ready for peer review when we return from break. Be sure to review it Sunday night (3/24) and print off a copy of your audience sheet and draft--see 3/25 |
| 18 Spring Break | 20Spring Break |
22 Spring Break |
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Essay 2: Peer Review--Must Attend
Macbeth **Brief discussion of set design Bring all books--TSGW, pp 376-77 (preview peer review questions) 1. Copy of Audience Sheet (typed) 2. Copy of completed draft, (typed): 3 pages minimum/3.5 max Electronic or handwritten copies of your audience sheet or draft are NOT acceptable for peer review |
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Essay 2: Return Peer Review Materials Revision Chart (Handout) TSGW, Ch 8/pp 378-79 Macbeth (Bring your performance notes) **1.7 (Course Notes) **Concept of catharsis Editing **RW, Ch 8 (Active Verbs) **TSGW, pp 380-81 |
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Essay 2: Revision, Editing, Proofreading Bring "clean" copies of draft and audience sheet--NOT peer review copies Add heading with rating Macbeth (Bring performance notes/program) **Themes (e.g., power, ambition/competition, war, ruling (kingship), family/children, gender, justice, time) Revision Chart TSGW, Ch 8/pp 378-79 Revision **Judgment **Plot Summary **Reasons Editing **RW, Ch 8/Review of all grammar concepts **TSGW, pp 380-81 |
| April | ||
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 01Essay 2 Peer Review Materials Due.
Paper clip these. (Be sure to take info you need from peer review docs before turning them in.) Bring "clean" copies of draft and audience sheet--NOT peer review copies--from 3/29 Macbeth (Bring performance notes/program) **Themes (e.g., power, ambition/competition, war, ruling (kingship), family/children, gender, justice, time) Final thoughts: Revision (Conclusion/Aud Sheet), Editing (Ch 8, Review of concepts), Proofreading ------------------------ Assign 1 - Collaborative Essay: Analyzing a comic strip: Girls & Sports **Intro: PPt sldes **Group Assigns **Choose strip by Wed **Planning Schedule Begin reading stories for essay 3: Take notes |
03 Due: Essay 2 + Audience Sheet
+ Planning Cluster + Revision Chrt + theater ticket. Paper clip essay and all
docs together ---------------------------- Assign 1 - Planning (Bring laptops if desired) Writing Collaboratively, TSGW, Ch 31 Planning Schedule **Intro: PPt slides **Begin working on summary/description and analysis **Consider organization--headings (PPt slide notes) **Research |
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Assign 1 - Planning (Bring laptops if desired) Writing Collaboratively, TSGW, Ch 31 Continue adding to/revising your Planning Schedules **Begin working on summary/description and analysis **Consider organization--headings (PPt slide notes) **Research |
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Meet in Computer Lab 307 CCC (You can bring your own laptop if you wish) Assign 1: Drafting in class Bring comic strips sheet, planning chart, notes, books--everything you need to draft Organization: Use of headings Continue reading stories for essay 3: Take notes |
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Assign 1 - Peer Review--Must Attend Each group must bring TWO typed copies of the draft, 1.5 pages each Bring all books Electronic or handwritten copies of your audience sheet or draft are NOT acceptable for peer review RW-Citing Sources |
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Assign 1: Revision, Editing, Proofreading
Bring peer review materials Bring "clean" copy of drafts Bring both books RW, Ch 20 (Run-ons)/Citations for sources, Ch 56b (pages in class) |
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Assign 1 Due: One essay each group. Submit via email as
Word doc attachment by midnight. Turn in peer review materials + planning
schedules in class--paper clip these Bring draft of comics essay--final thoughts/notes ---------------------------------------- Essay 3 - Introduction: Literary Analysis PowerPt Slides You must read all stories (handouts), but you will choose one to write about. Preview all stories for class "Babylon Revisited" "Brokeback Mountain" "56 - 0" "Slinkers" (You should be reading stories and taking notes--have an organized system of taking notes for each story) Preview Course Notes--All links for Essay 3 Planning: TSGW - Ch 10 |
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Essay 3: Planning Reading & Writing about Literature/TSGW, pp 457-460 TSGW, Ch 10 **Detailed Scratch Outline - Ch 11, p 491 **Thesis, pp 443, 461-62 **Reasons, p 444 **Audience Sheet |
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Essay 3: Planning Story Choice Assign Due Reading & Writing about Literature (finish lecture)/TSGW, pp 457-460 RW: Quotations (See PPt notes) Audience Sheet Set up stories for discussion as time allows Outside of class: Work on detailed scratch outline and audience sheet |
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Meet in 240 CCC Essay 3: Planning Discuss stories: Bring reading notes "56-0" & "Slinkers" Outside of class: Work on detailed scratch outline and audience sheet |
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Meet in 240 CCC Essay 3: Planning Bring to class: Detailed Scratch Outline and Aud Sheet drafts--in progress Discusss stories: Bring reading notes "Brokeback Mtn" & "Babylon Revisited" Outside of class: Work on detailed scratch outline and audience sheet |
26 Essay 3: Drafting Quiz: All four short stories are in play Bring to class: Detailed Scratch Outline and Aud Sheet drafts--in progress Review audience sheet Review detailed scratch outline (with modifications made in class--see your notes) Quick draft intro/thesis in class Revise intro/thesis: Continue drafting outside of class |
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Essay 3 - Drafting Review draft of intro/thesis (from Friday, 4/26) TSGW, Chpts 10, 13 **Sample essays **RW, quotations, see PPt notes (Audience Sheet) Detailed Scratch Outline **Thesis - Templates in TSGW, Ch 10, pp 461-62 **Reasons, pp. 444 **Topic Sentences, see sample essays in Ch 10/Ch 13 Continue drafting outside of class |
01May Look Below |
03May Look Below |
| May | ||
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 29April Look Above |
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Meet in Computer Lab 323 CCC Essay 3 - Drafting Work on detailed scratch outline/thesis statement TSGW, Ch 11, p 491 (outline with modifications--our class discussion)/Ch 10 (pp 443, 461-2; sample essays) |
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Essay 3 - Peer Review--Must Attend Bring all books--TSGW, pp 466-67 (preview peer review questions) 1. Copy of Audience Sheet (typed) 2. Copy of outline (typed or handwritten) 3. Copy of completed draft, including quotations (typed): 4 pages min; 5 1/2 pages max Electronic or handwritten copies of your audience sheet or draft are NOT acceptable for peer review
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| 06 Essay 3 - Return Peer Review Materials Revision Chklist (handout) Bring books Revision **Intro/Thesis **Body Paragraph/Quotations Editing **RW, Ch 12 Modification **Review: Chpts 14, 15, 16, 32 (pp 294-303), 8, 20 (Also, review for grammar competition during our final class meeting) Proofreading: Essay formatting/print quality/spelling |
08 No Class: Revision and Editing Day - Essay 3 You might visit the Writing Lab |
10 No Class: Revision and Editing Day - Essay 3 You might visit the Writing Lab -------------------------------------- We will meet during our final exam meeting time--May 13--in our usual classroom, See below Essay 3 due date--See Blue Boxes Below Bring all books **Course Evaluations **Course Review **Bring updated draft of essay 3 + audience sheet **Turn in peer review--essay 3 **Organize assignments I've returned and bring to class **Bring quiz from first day of class **Grammar "competition" -- for extra points! |
Finals Week: May 13 - May 17
Office Hrs during Finals Week: See website home page and all page footers
Final Class Meeting: May 13, Mon, 10:15am-12:15pm, in our usual classroom
Essay 3 due Wed during office hours: 2-4pm
What's Due:
Draft + Aud Sheet +Detailed Scratch Outline+Revision Chklist
Peer Review Docs
(3) Due Monday during our final class meeting
Course Grades posted online: May 23 or 24
Introductory writing classes provide an essential foundation of communication skills on which students can build throughout the rest of their university careers and beyond. They develop students' skills in analyzing audience, structuring written documents, and understanding and applying the conventions of effective writing. Subsequent writing courses build upon these skills by helping students learn to locate sources, critically analyze information, and synthesize their ideas with those of others to write well-supported academic arguments. They also provide an essential starting point for the more specialized writing students will be expected to do in the future within their fields of study.
Course Description and Learning OutcomesFreshman Composition 101 is a writing-intensive course that
will give you experience writing for various purposes, for various audiences,
and in different contexts. More than just a knowledge of "good
grammar," effective writing requires a range of activities, from invention
and planning to drafting and revising, activities that you will practice
throughout the semester. All of our
assignments will return to the questions of why and how we write, which are
important questions to think about as you choose topics, develop ideas, and
reflect on what you write. In
addition to thinking carefully about each writing subject, we will examine
the relationship between the writer and his/her subject as well as the
issues outside of the classroom that shape the writer's thinking and connect him/her
to communities and society. You
will also participate in peer editing sessions in which you will evaluate the
essays of others as a way of helping your classmates and of improving your own
evaluative skills. Integrating
computer technology into the study of writing, in the form of
planning and drafting, editing, or research, will also be an important goal of
the course. Along with these goals, you will need to develop your own writing
goals as a means of assessing your progress throughout the semester.
Text Rental
The St. Martin's Guide to Writing Purchase at Bookstore Rules for Writers. Hacker and Sommers. 8th. ed., Bedford/St. Martin's P, 2016. **You will also be required to purchase a ticket (student rate) for the
play Macbeth for essay 2. During the semester, you will complete weekly and longer-term writing assignments dealing with the topic of sports. Class discussions will be the most informative and helpful if the reading assignments have been carefully thought over and all students participate and share ideas. To prepare for class discussions, it will be helpful to take notes. Note key passages or language that points to central concerns or ideas in the reading assignments. Write out key ideas and concepts along with your thoughts and questions that you have. Throughout the semester you will be required to complete planning assignments and rough drafts. Please be prepared to bring these to class to share with classmates so that we can discuss them and make suggestions for improving them. During the semester, there will be weekly writing assignments, some quizzes (announced and possibly unannounced), peer review assignments, and three essays. The course grade will be determined mathematically using the percentages below. Please remember that your course grade will be based on the work that you submit, not simply the effort you make or my subjective opinion. All work must be completed on time. It is your responsibility to keep copies of all of your planning work, assignments, and quizzes. Some assignments may be submitted via email, and email communication will be required throughout the semester. Peer review: Peer review days are very important because you will receive specific, targeted feedback about your essays and, in turn, provide feedback for a writing partner. This process will help you become a more effective writer. Peer review days are mandatory. If you miss them, you will lose all peer review points. If you do not have all of the required documents, properly prepared, you will lose all points for peer review and your essay grade may be lowered too. For any special circumstances, please contact me ahead of time. It may not be possible to make up some quizzes or assignments. Regular attendance is your responsibility and is essential for success in the course. As stated in the online UWSP Course Catalog (UWSP Course Catalog pgs 25-26), you cannot "cut" classes. There are no excused or unexcused absences. You have personal days to use and manage as needed. During class meetings, we will discuss and debate issues about writing and literature. It is fine to express your views passionately and debate others in class, but do so in a civil, constructive manner. Please do not use phones and mobile devices during class, even if you believe you are doing so quietly. Not only is this rude, but also it distracts other students as well as your ablity to focus on and follow class instruction and discussion. It is English Department policy that students cannot and should not record class lectures and discussion without permission from the intstructor. Also, please get drinks of water or use the washroom before or after class, not during class, so that our classroom does not become a bus station. Please see me if you need special accomodations. You will be expected to do your own work throughout the course. Intentionally or unintentionally passing off the ideas, words, or sentences of others (e.g., published authors, website authors, other students) as your own is plagiarism, which will result in failing the plagiarized assignment and possibly the course. Please review the University policy regarding plagiarism. Anyone caught cheating during quizzes or exams (e.g., looking at someone else's paper or using a cell phone) will fail the quiz or exam and be reported to the Dean of Students Office.
**You will use this handbook for English 202 and throughout your university education.
See the
syllabus.
Course Grade
%
Weekly Writing/Quizzes**
15%
Peer Review
10%
Essay 1 - Personal Narrative
15%
Essay 2 - Evaluation (Macbeth)
25%
Essay 3 - Literary Analysis
25%
Assign 1
10%
** Will be determined by point values: A=10; A- =9; B=8; C=7; D=6; F=5-0
Late Assignment Policy: Assignments due on a given day must be submitted at the beginning of the class period. An assignment that is finished but not printed out and ready to hand in is late. Late assignments will be accepted one day after the original due date, but will lose one letter grade or the point equivalent. After that, they will not be accepted. (Assignments due on Friday that are late must be turned in by 5pm.) Assignments due electronically must be received by the day and time specified. Late email assignments will be accepted 24hrs from the original due date. For any special circumstances, please contact me ahead of time. No incompletes will given in the course.
Essays submitted late will lose 1/3 of a letter grade each day they are late, including weekends (e.g., original grade B. Two days late, C+). For any special circumstances, please contact me ahead of time. It may not be possible to make up some quizzes or assignments.
If you miss a total of two weeks of class (six days for classes meeting three
times a week; four days for classes meeting twice a week), you may fail the course. You can make up missed assignments/quizzes with my approval; therefore, it is your responsibility to determine work that needs to be completed and to follow up with all logistical requirements. It may not be possible, however, to make up some assignments or quizzes.
If you are absent, you do not need to email me to explain your absence. If you would like to find out about missed information/assignments, it is best to stop by during office hours or make an appointment to see me. You can email me about missed information/assignments, but I may not be able to respond before our next class meeting.