UW--
Fall 2002
Professor of English
ENG 101: Composition I OFF Rm 433
Sec. 1: MWF 9-9:50 Rm. 402 E-mail: jalexand@uwc.edu
REVISED
Catalog Description: A writing course that
focuses on the basic techniques of composition,
on the
composing process with attention to drafts and revisions, and on coherence and
organization of
student essays. Prereq: a grade of C or
better in in Basics of Composition or
exemption
through a sufficiently high placement test score. 3 credits.
TEXTBOOKS:
Thomas Cooley, The
Norton Sampler 5th Ed. 1997. Paperb.
Hodges, Harbrace
CollegeHandbook. 13th
Ed. Harcourt.
Week 1 W-Impromptu
-6 F-Problems in Writing
Week 2 M-Sampler,
Sept. 9
-13 The hardest part of writing is
finding something to say
W-Sampler,
Grice, “Caught in the Widow’s Web” (433)
Handbook,
310-11
Week 3 M-Revising in class (of Assignment 1)
-20 Sampler, Soto, “Like Mexicans” (218)
Sampler,
McDonald, “A View from the Bridge” (272) [questions]
Week 4 M-In-class: Assignment 2: Description
Sept. 23 W- Paraphrases and summaries
-27 F-Revising in class (of Assignment
2)
Week 5 M-In class: Assignment 3: Paraphrasing
and summarizing
-Oct. 4
Revising in
class (of Assignment 3)
Week 6 CONFERENCES (at instructor's office--Rm
433)
Oct. 7 NO CLASSES SCHEDULED IN THIS COURSE
FOR THE WEEK
-11
Week 7 M-
Oct. 14 Sampler,
-18
W-Use of Examples
Abbey, from Desert
Solitaire (electronic reserve: bring copy)
Handbook,
Ch.27, c
Week 8
M-Introductions and Conclusions
Oct. 21
-25 W-Revising in class (of Assignment 4)
F-Slang
Oct. 28 W-Abbey, from Desert
Solitaire (electronic reserve: bring copy)
-Nov. 1
F-In class:
Assignment 5: Parallel passages
Nov. 4 Handbook Ch. 20, Quotation
Marks
-8 W-Revising in class (of Assignment
5)
Sampler, Catton,
"Grant and Lee..." (206)
Handbook,
314-316
Week 11 M-Sampler, Raver,
“Pulling Up Roots” (234)
[questions]
-15 W-In class: Assignment 6: Comparison
and contrast
F-Sentence
combining
Week 12 M-Assignment 6 returned—peer
editing
Nov. 18 Out of class: Revising of
Assignment 6
-22 W-Sampler, Ackerman, “Anosmia” (183)
Week 13 M- Methods of Defining
THANKSGIVING
RECESS NOV. 28-29
Week 14 M-
Dec. 2 Sampler, Talbot, “The Potato: How It Shaped the
World” (144) [questions]
-6 W-Assignment 7 returned
Out of class:
Revising of Assignment 7 (due Mon. 12/11)
Sentence
combining exercises
F-In class: Assignment 8: Writing
about fiction
Week 15 M-Revising in class (of Assignment 8)
Dec. 9 Revision of Assignment 7 due
-13
Critical reading: data and judgments
Sampler,
Quindlen, “The War on Drinks”
(362) [questions]
F-Review of course
competencies
Final Examination: Tuesday,
Dec. 17,
The final examination will be
comprehensive of the course: it will cover all the writing
techniques and
principles of usage taught during the semester.
Students are required to write the
opening impromptu, the answers to the Understanding
bank of
questions at the end of at least one essay per week from the Norton Sampler
when
essays are
assigned, all eight writing assignments with revisions, and the final
examination,
and to attend a
conference with the instructor--all as a minimal requirement for passing the
course.
Students will be graded only on the
eight numbered assignments (each revised) and on the
final
examination. Each assignment will be
worth 10% and the final exam will be worth
20% of the course
grade. Responses of minus, check,
or plus will be given to the written
Understanding answers; the total of these
will influence the course grade by a
fraction.
The Colleges English Department identifies the following proficiencies
as the aims of ENG
101:
a) to analyze, synthesize, evaluate and interpret information and ideas,
b) to integrate
knowledge and
experience to arrive at creative solutions; c) to read and listen with
comprehension
and critical perception; d) to write clearly, precisely, and in a well
organized
manner.
English 101 prepares students for entry
into the standard college composition course,
English 102. In 101, students are expected to learn the
usefulness of the separate stages of
writing and
revision, to gain facility with a number of basic rhetorical techniques, and to
gain
an awareness of
the principles of usage and mechanics.
Academic integrity is central to the mission of this university. UWS 14 identifies academic
misconduct as, among other things, using unauthorized
materials in an assignment,
claiming credit for the written work of another, tampering
with another student’s evaluation,
or aiding in these acts.
Remember that all writing must be done independently before it is
handed in. Those students who engage in academic misconduct
will be treated
according to the procedures of UWS 14, which are outlined in
the Student Rights and
Regulations handbook available to all who attend this campus.
Class attendance will not ordinarily be
recorded. Assignments are to be done or
handed in
on the day they
are scheduled. If students are absent
from class when an assignment is to be
done they will
be penalized for lateness, unless they notify the instructor with a
plausible
explanation on or before that day. Any students who cannot be present for
required in-
class writing
due to a religious observance will be given an alternative way of fulfilling
that
particular
requirement, provided they give the
instructor notification within the first
ten days of the
course.
If an ENG 101 class is canceled for some
reason, students are responsible for that day’s
material on the
very next class day.
"Eighty percent of life is just
showing up." --Woody Allen
JDA