English 1101-10 (CRN # 24680)
Spring 2004
Place: M-124
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. TR
Instructor: Dr. Robert A. Kelly
Phone: (478)471-5793
Fax: (478)7573624
Office: M-121
E-Mail: rkelly@mail.maconstate.edu
This is a composition course focusing on skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts, with emphasis on exposition, analysis, and argumentation, and also including introductory use of a variety of research skills. Three hours per week.
NOTE: YOU MUST EARN A GRADE OF "C" OR HIGHER IN ENGLISH 1101 IN ORDER TO ADVANCE TO ENGLISH 1102.
Interactive English Writing II. San Diego: Academic Systems, 1997-2001
Pathways, 4th ed. Boston, Ma.: Pearson, 2003.
In addition to the lengthy discussion of the Content and Purpose of English 1101 included in the General Information Sheet, I want to note briefly here that English 1101 aims to help you develop as a writer. As the course explores the nature and practice of writing, you will be called upon to demonstrate your own development as a writer in numerous paragraphs, essays, and themes that you will compose during the course. While all your writing activities and assignments during the semester provide one very visible goal of English 1101, you should take with you from English 1101 a surer confidence about the value of writing. Ultimately, I hope that you discover how becoming a better writer helps to make you a better person.
By the conclusion of this course you will have attained the following:
- familiarity with the writing process (you will employ various pre-writing, writing, revising, and editing techniques in the composition of essays)
- skill in using various rhetorical modes to compose essays (you will employ traditional rhetorical methods of organization in the composition of essays)
- experience in writing essays based on research (at least one essay will reflect research, contain a bibliography, and correct citation)
ESSAYS 60%
DEPARTMENTAL OBJECTIVE EXAMINATION (DOE) 10%
DAILY WORK 10%
FINAL EXAMINATION 20%ESSAYS:
You will compose five (6) papers for a grade. Five of the papers will count for 10% of your grade; one will count for 20% of your grade. You may designate the paper that you wish to count for 20% of your grade. The topics, format, length, and organization of each paper will be developed in conjunction with reading assignments and class discussion.
DEPARTMENTAL OBJECTIVE EXAMINATION (DOE):
The DOE is a grammar test. You must pass this examination (60% is a passing grade on this test) in order to be eligible to advance to English 1102. As the DOE is administered three times during the term, you may take the test more than once.
DAILY WORK:
In conjunction with reading and class discussion, I will assign you homework, projects, and impromptu writing assignments. Each of these activities will carry a designated point value. At the end of the term I will determine your DAILY WORK grade by dividing the number of points you have earned by the maximum number possible for you to earn. DAILY WORK missing or turned in late receives a 0.
FINAL EXAMINATION:
The final examination is a two hour essay written in response to specific, assigned readings.
Week 1 Jan. 8
Introduction
Grammar ReviewWeek 2 Jan. 13, 15
Departmental Objective Examination (DOE) #1
Introduction to Writing on the Computer
Pathways (1-7)MLK, Jr. Holiday-Jan. 19th
Week 3 Jan. 20, 22
Essay#1-Narration/Description (in-class)
Week 4 Jan. 27, 29
Interactive English, p.1-37
Week 5 Feb. 3, 5
Pathways (20-29)
Essay #2-Causal Analysis
DOE #2Week 6 Feb. 10, 12
Interactive English, p. 39-90
Week 7 Feb. 17, 19
DOE #3
Essay #3-Causal Analysis/Process AnalysisWeek 8 Feb. 24, 26
Practice Regents Test Essay
MARCH 1st IS THE LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM CLASS WITH A "W" GRADE.
Week 9 Mar. 2, 4
Interactive English, p. 91-112
Pathways, p. 11-19Week 10 Mar. 9, 11
Essay #4-Comparison and Contrast
Mar. 16 Spring Break
Week 11 Mar. 17-19
Interactive English, p. 113-158
Week 12 March 23, 25
Essay #5--Opinion Practice Regents Essay
Week 13 March 30, April 1
Interactive English, p, 159-202
Week 14 April 6, 8
Essay #5 Argument
Week 15 April 13, 15
Interactive English, p. 203-255
Week 16 April 20, 22
Essay #6 Research and Evaluation
Week 17 Apr. 29
Final Examination: 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
A= 90-100
B= 80-89
C= 70-79
D= 60-69
F= 59 and below
Anything more than four absences, for whatever the reason, usually results in an "F" for the course. In order to be credited with class attendance, you must be present for the entire class period.
***NOTE: Students with special needs are invited to meet with me.
