EN 102 Writing
2 (sections 05 & 08) Prof. Ann M. Brunjes
Spring
2004
Tillinghast 308, phone 531-2435
MWF Boyden 213 (9:00) and & 220 (10:00) http://webhost.bridgew.edu/abrunjes/
O.H. MWF 1-2 and by appointment abrunjes@bridgew.edu
Required Texts
Bartholomae and Petrosky, eds. Ways of Reading. 6th Edition. Boston: Bedford, 2001.
Faigley, Lester. The Brief Penguin Handbook. New York: Pearson Longman. 2003.
You should also own a reputable college dictionary, such as Webster's or American Heritage. Inexpensive paperback dictionaries can be purchased in our bookstore.
Description
The primary objective of EN102 is improving your existing skills in
written argumentation and your critical reading and writing skills.
There is significant reading in this class as well, some of it fairly
challenging both for its content and style. These readings will serve
both as examples of argumentative and research essays and as sources for
ideas, both for discussion and for use in our own essays. We will also
spend several weeks learning the processes of writing a coherent,
clearly constructed and supported research essay. Finally, we will work
to improve your skills in the less glamorous but extremely important
aspects of writing and reading: vocabulary, grammar, and style.
Please note that this syllabus contains the class plan for the entire semester, as well as policies on grading, attendance, etc. It is also available on-line at my web page http://webhost.bridgew.edu/abrunjes. You are expected to complete assignments as they are listed on the syllabus regardless of absences.
Objectives
Requirements and Grading Policies
Three 5 page essays (15% each); one 8-10 page research essay (25%);
in-class writing and homework assignments (20%); participation and
attendance (10%). Attendance and participation are expected, but please
don't notify me unless you have extreme circumstances (a family death or
serious illness) that will cause extended absence. More than 4
absences will adversely affect your grade (1/3 of a grade reduction for
each absence). 3 late days are equivalent to one absence. Illness is
excused only with a doctor's note, but I will not excuse more than 5
absences due to illness, with or without a doctor's note. (Students
facing this situation must consider a medical withdrawal). A missed
conference is equivalent to a missed class. Notify me as far in advance
as possible if you are unable to keep a conference appointment.
Save both the graded copy of everything you write this semester as well as a backup copy. Don’t rely on your hard drive to preserve your work; always, always print hard copies of your writing and save them until semester’s end.
Late papers, including homework assignments, submitted without my prior approval will drop one full grade for every day that elapses from the due date to the time of submission (including weekends). Failure to complete any of these assignments will result in a failing grade for the class. There are no exceptions to this policy.
Format
All work (including homework and short responses) written out of class
must be typed, double-spaced, in 12 pt. font, with 1" margins (left,
right, top and bottom). Number all pages. At the top left-hand
corner of each essay's first page, include:
Your name
EN102-05 or 08 (depending on which section you are in)
Prof. Ann Brunjes
Essay Number and Draft Number (e.g., Essay 2, Draft 2 or Essay 2, Final
Draft)
Date
When you quote or refer to a text from Ways of Reading or any other source, you must cite the page number within the body of your text (do not use footnotes). Web texts do not have page numbers, so you do not provide a page, but use quotation marks to show where you are quoting the text or indicate that you are using another’s ideas.
Example:
In “The Banking Concept of Education,” Paolo Freire writes that “No one can be authentically human while he prevents others from being so” (269).
Your bibliographical citation for any quotations from the Ways of Reading, which you can include on the bottom of the last page of your essay to save paper, should look like this (my example cites Freire; yours will differ depending on whom you quote):
Freire, Paolo. “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education.” Bartholomae and Petrosky, eds.
Ways of Reading. 6th Edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2002. 259-275.
Electronic texts and other printed texts have different bibliographical formats. If you quote, paraphrase, or in any way use ideas from any text, you need to cite it and provide bibliographical information using MLA (Modern Language Association) format. General MLA guidelines can be accessed through the BSC Maxwell Library Web page: http://www.bridgew.edu/depts/maxwell/mla.htm and in your Brief Penguin Handbook.
Email
policy
I am happy to respond to questions and ideas via email, and I will do my
best to return your message the next business day. You may submit
written assignments to me via email, under the following non-negotiable
conditions: your document must be sent as an attachment, not as part of
the email message, in Microsoft Word; it must be correctly formatted; it
must be submitted on the date due, neither earlier nor later. You may
not submit assignments as the contents an email message; these will be
returned to you unread and marked late as appropriate. My email address
is
abrunjes@bridgew.edu. Unless
I email you to say I’ve received and opened your email, I don’t have
it. Always double check with me on electronically submitted texts.
Accessibility Statement
In accordance with BSC policy, I am available to discuss appropriate
accommodations that you may require as a student with a disability.
Requests for accommodations should be made during the drop/add period so
that proper arrangements can be made. Students should register with the
Disability Resources/ADA Compliance Office in the Maxwell Library
Academic Achievement Center (x1214) for disability verification and
determination of reasonable academic accommodations.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a very serious academic offense; it is equivalent to
theft. Because you do a great deal of writing in this class, I will
become familiar with your style and your capabilities and can spot
plagiarism easily. If you plagiarize, at the very least I will fail the
essay in question. Depending on the seriousness of the offense, you may
fail the course and/or face disciplinary action before the college
academic review panel. See pp. 48-49 of the 2003-2004 BSC Catalog
for a detailed discussion of college policies concerning academic
integrity.
Simply put, plagiarism is “the false assumption of authorship: the wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind, and presenting it as one’s own” (Alexander Lindey, qtd. in MLA Handbook 66). According to the MLA Handbook, there are two kinds of plagiarism. The first is intellectual theft, which is achieved by “using another person’s ideas, information, or expressions without acknowledging that person’s work.” The second is fraud, achieved by “passing off another person’s ideas information, or expressions as your own to get a better grade or gain some other advantage” (66).
This is the general rule of thumb regarding plagiarism: any time you refer to, quote, or in any way use another person’s publicly presented ideas in your own oral or written work, you must give credit to that person in writing in the body of your essay and in a “Works Cited” page. There are absolutely no exceptions to this rule. It includes material taken from the Web, from printed texts, from video, DVD, CD, CD-rom, etc.—the whole world of information that surrounds you. If you are concerned that you are plagiarizing or if you are having difficulty understanding the rules of citation and documentation, ask me for help.
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Schedule of Assignments
Please note: On workshop days, unless otherwise instructed, bring 3 copies of your essays. Always attach all drafts to final essay. Keep all your work until semester's end.
Week 1 Section I: What/Who is the classroom for?
W January 21 Introduction; in-class writing.
F January 23 "Introduction” to Ways of Reading, pp. 1-10. The Brief Penguin Handbook, Chapter 1, “The Rhetorical Situation,” pp. 5-12). Mechanics of the essay: format, basic style rules, different kinds of essays and their organization. Homework 1 due.
Week
2
M January 26 How do we
read? Sample experiences: The Sopranos, Joe College,
Frederick Douglass. Discuss Emerson, "The American Scholar,"
(handout).
Homework 2 due.
W January 28 Emerson continued.
Homework 3 due.
Discussion of logical fallacies: Brief Handbook, Chapter 6c (p.
69) and 6e (72-74).
F January 30 Discuss the thesis statement. Discuss writing
process. Brief Handbook, Chapter 3, pp. 25-37. Assign Essay
1.
Week
3
M February 2
Practice workshop. Brief Handbook,
Chapter 5, pp. 55-64.
W February 4 Essay 1 draft 1 due. Workshop. Bring
three copies of your essay to class.
F February 6 The revision process: Anne LaMott, "Sh--y First Drafts," (handout). In-class writing on the writing process. Review of essay "arrangement." In-class paragraph workshop.
Week
4
M February 9
Essay 1 draft 2 due. Workshop. Bring three copies of your
essay to class.
W February 11 Paolo Freire, "The 'Banking' Concept of Education"
(259).
F February 13
Homework 4 due: Freire
response. Freire discussion continued.
Week
5 Section II: Considering Perspective
M February 16 NO CLASS;
Presidents’ Day
Tuesday
February 17 Monday Schedule
Jane Tompkins, "'Indians':
Textualism, Morality, and the Problem of History" (718). Essay 1
due.
W February 18 Patricia Nelson Limerick, "Haunted America" (471).
F February 20 Tompkins and Limerick discussion continued.
Assign Essay 2.
Week 6
conference week. Bring Essay 2 draft 1 to conference. All conferences
are held in Tillinghast 308
M February 23
No class: conferences.
W February 25 No class:
conferences.
F February 27 No class: conferences
Week 7
Section III: The Research Essay/The Family Research Project
M March 1
Research essay assigned. Essay 2
draft 2 due. Workshop.
W March 3
Preparing to research; choosing a research topic. Brief Handbook,
Chapter 16, pp. 179-187.
F March 5 Finding and evaluating sources. Brief
Handbook, Chapter 17, pp. 187-207. Discuss sample research essay #1.
Essay 2 final draft due.
SPRING BREAK
Week 8
M March 22 Research
proposal and preliminary bibliography due. Workshop (bring 3 copies).
W March 25 Sample research essay #2. Discuss. Evaluating
on-line and print sources. Brief Handbook, Chapter 18, pp.
207-214.
F March 26
Homework 5 due: Sample web
sites.
Avoiding plagiarism; effective note-taking: Brief Handbook, Chapter 19, pp. 215-223.
Week 9
M March 29
Using sources, developing ideas, making your case:
writing the
research essay. Brief Handbook, Chapter 20, pp. 223-230.
W March 31 Homework
6 due: plagiarism.
F April 2 Research Essay draft 1 due.
Week 10
Conference week. Research Essay draft 2 and second (revised)
bibliography due. Bring to conference.
M April 5
no class: conferences
W April 7 no class: conferences
F April 9 no class: conferences
Week 11
M April 12
Draft 3 Research Essay due. Proofreading/editing workshop.
W April 14 Final Draft Research Essay due.
Section IV: Gaining "Sovereignty"
F April 16 Walker Percy, "The Loss of the Creature," 587.
Week 12
M April 19 NO CLASS: Patriot’s Day
W April 21 (Monday Schedule) Percy continued. Homework 7
due.
F April 23 In-class video viewing: Killing Us Softly.
Week
13
M April 26
Discussion: Killing Us Softly and Susan Bordo, "Hunger as
Ideology," 138. Homework 8 due.
W April 28 Continue Bordo and Kilbourne discussion.
F April 30 John Berger, “Ways of Seeing,” 104.
Week 14
M May 3 Essay 4 draft 1
due. Workshop.
W May 5 In-class writing: bring first and most recent writing to
class.
F May 7 Essay 4 due. Last Day of Classes
EN102 Syllabus Revision
Prof. Brunjes
Week
11
M April 12
Draft 3 Research Essay due. Proofreading/editing workshop.
Section IV: Gaining "Sovereignty"
W April 14 Final Draft Research Essay due. In-class film: Bowling for Columbine.
F April 16 Columbine continued.
Week 12
M April 19 NO CLASS: Patriot’s Day
W April 21 (Monday Schedule)
Homework 7
due. Columbine discussion.
F April 23 John Berger, “Ways of Seeing,” 104.
Week 13
M April 26
Homework 8 due. Continue Berger discussion.
W April 28 Walker Percy, "The Loss of the Creature," 587.
F April 30 Essay 4 draft 1 due. Workshop.
Week
14
M May 3 Essay 4 draft 2
due. Workshop.
Evaluations.
W May 5 In-class writing: bring first and most recent writing to
class.
F May 7 Essay 4 due. Last Day of Classes