English 101 (3 cr.) – Section 3 MWF 9:00-9:50 M-107
Section
2 MWF 11:00-11:50 L-102
Dr. Stolpa L-117 735-4332 jstolpa@uwc.edu
Required Texts:
Harbrace College Handbook (Revised Brief Thirteenth Edition/Brief Thirteenth
Edition) [HCH]
The Mercury Reader (2001 Edition – Custom Text) [MR]
Other readings will be
available on the Internet and on reserve in the library.
Students must have access to
a good college-level dictionary and thesaurus.
Course description and
purposes:
English 101 focuses on the
process of writing, from brainstorming through revision, editing, and
proofreading. Working on this process
will help you to write well-organized, mechanically- correct, and effective
essays. The course will also review
grammatical concepts, and focus on improving reading, listening, and discussion
skills. (Paraphrase of UWC English
Department standards)
The essays we will read will
be used for various purposes:
to provide topics and ideas for class discussions;
to stimulate responses in written journal entries;
to furnish models for analysis in more formal written
responses;
to supply examples of various rhetorical structures
and strategies;
in conjunction with HCH, to give opportunities to
examine particular writing techniques;
and to teach critical reading strategies.
Grading:
Individual assignments are
assigned point values. Each writing
assignment’s point value will be broken down into specific categories so that
you know how much a particular aspect of writing is emphasized; these
breakdowns will accompany paper descriptions distributed later.
Journals (25 total entries) 125 pts. A 94-100%
Attendance and Participation (42) 126 pts. A- 92-93%
Summary/Response 60 pts. B+ 90-91%
Analysis Paragraph 60 pts. B 86-89%
Analysis Essay 120
pts. B- 84-85%
Compare/Contrast Essay 180
pts. C+ 82-83%
Educational Autobiography 180 pts. C 78-81%
Revised Journal Entries 120 pts. C- 76-77%
Drafts and Peer Responses 120 pts. D+ 74-75%
(no
credit if late) D 70-73%
Final Exam 60 pts. D- 68-69%
Total
1151 pts. F 67%
and below
Attendance and
Participation:
Attendance is required and is
necessary for your successful completion of this course. Notify me as soon as possible if an emergency
arises that prevents your attendance.
Each day you will receive three points for attendance and
participation. In order to receive all
three points you must be on time, present for the entire class period, and
participate. Discussion and peer
revision are essential components of your successful progress through the
course. To that end, I encourage all of
you to work to participate in class.
Participation includes sharing ideas in large group discussions,
actively listening and responding to other students’ comments, working with
others in peer editing and revision, and sharing ideas from your written
work. Our goal as a class should always
be to create an environment where every student is given an equal opportunity
to participate. Participation can even
take the form of e-mailed comments, individual meetings with me, or discussions
before and after class on course topics.
Format of Writing
Assignments:
All papers (except journal
entries) must be typed, double-spaced, and stapled. Avoid large fonts and extended margins. Your name, course name, due date, and the generic title of the
assignment should appear as a header in the upper right corner of page
one. Your title, centered, must be
below this header. Your last name and
the page number should appear on all following pages in the upper right
corner. Specific guidelines for each
paper will be provided.
Resubmissions:
Writing is a process and this
course is designed with that in mind.
Assignments and deadlines incorporate different stages of the writing
process, including revision, editing, and proofreading, into the course
calendar. A writing assignment will not
be graded until the final draft. When
you turn in the final draft, you must include other drafts that you have worked
on in peer editing or that I have reviewed, so do not throw drafts away
simply because you have typed in the revisions. Reading all of the drafts allows me to see your progress with the
paper.
In many situations, you may
be able to continue working on a paper after you have earned a grade for
it. If you choose to do so, you may
resubmit a paper after substantially reworking it. However, before you continue to work on a given assignment, you
must first meet with me to discuss your plans.
You will not be able to gain back points lost in certain categories
(proofreading, spelling, etc.), but you must make those changes as well
before resubmitting. If surface level
corrections have not been made, I will not reread and regrade a
resubmission. If surface level
corrections are all that have been made, I will also not reread and
regrade a resubmission. Resubmission
deadlines will always be announced in class and/or listed on assignment
descriptions or Blackboard.
Late Papers:
Late papers will be reduced
according to the following scale:
after
class, but the same day it is due 1/3
of a letter grade
next
calendar day 2/3
of a letter grade
next
class day 1
letter grade
This scale will continue in a
similar way if the paper is turned in after the next class day. While late papers may be resubmitted
(if they meet the resubmission deadline), points lost due to lateness cannot be
regained.
If there are emergency
circumstances beyond your control that cause a paper to be late, please discuss
the matter with me before the paper is due or at the earliest time
possible. Computer problems are not
considered circumstances beyond your control; print out your papers before the
day they are due to avoid such problems.
No credit will be given for late drafts, peer responses, or journals except
in the case of an emergency.
If you are turning in a paper
outside of class time and I am not in my office, you may take it to the
main building. Be sure to have one of
the individuals working in the front office sign and date it. That individual will place it in my
mailbox. The signature and date are
required or the paper will be considered late according to the scale above.
You should check the
Blackboard site for this course at least once a week. Blackboard will be used to list required journal entry topics,
assignment descriptions, and author and topic web sites. You will also be able
to access your grades on Blackboard. It is your responsibility to periodically
check the grades listed there; if there is a discrepancy between the grade you
earned and the grade listed online, please bring that to my attention. Blackboard can be found by logging in at http://sif.imt.uwm.edu/ or by following the
links from the UW-Marinette home page at www.marinette.uwc.edu/.
Plagiarism and Academic
Dishonesty:
Any student who is guilty of
plagiarism or academic dishonesty will be subject to UWC policies and
punishments. See HCH, pages 250-256,
for definitions and explanations of plagiarism.
Schedule
Readings listed for a
particular date must be read before class time on that date. Additional reading assignments may be added
and will be announced in class.
September 5 Introduction;
English 101 as a Gateway Course
September 7 Syllabus
Quiz; Discussion of levels of writing
September 10 “How
to Mark a Book” — Mortimer Adler (MR) p. 1-5
Journaling
(HCH) 175-178 (top)
Grammar Topic: Parts of Speech (HCH) p. 6-13
September 12 “Writing”
— William
Stafford (MR) p. 32-34
Discussion of how peer review works
Grammar Topic: Pronoun-antecedent agreement (HCH) p.
32-34
September 14 “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own
Manuscripts” (MR) p. 35-39
Discussion of how peer review works
Grammar Topic: Apostrophes (HCH) p. 109-111
September 17 Summary/Response Draft due (bring
enough copies for each group member)
Peer review practice/evaluation
Grammar Topic: Clauses: independent and subordinate (HCH) p. 13-15
September 19 “The
Declaration of Independence” — Thomas Jefferson (MR) p. 40-43
Drafting
and revising (HCH) p. 187-188 (top), 192 (bottom)-199
Editing/proofreading
(HCH) 199-207, 151-152
Grammar Topic: Clauses and punctuation (HCH) p. 98-100, 107-108
September 21 “Declaration
of Sentiments” — Elizabeth Cady Stanton (MR) p. 44-47
Allusions (HCH) p. G-1, G-13, 340
Grammar topic: Sentence fragments (HCH) p. 17-19
Italics and titles (HCH) p. 139-141
Capitalization (HCH) p. 135-138
Spelling:
what your computer cannot catch (HCH) p. 126-130
September 24 Summary/Response due
Convocation
preparation (Listening, responding, taking notes)
Grammar Topic: Comma splices (HCH) p. 20-22
September 26 9:00
class will meet at usual time – attendance at Fall Convocation also
required
11:00
class – attend Fall Convocation in place of class
September 28 Discussion
of Fall Convocation
“A
Homemade Education” — Malcolm X (MR) p. 6-15
Perspective;
generating ideas (audience/purpose) (HCH) p. 178-180 (top)
October 1 “The Library Card” — Richard Wright (MR)
p. 88-96
Conciseness (HCH) p. 89-96
October 3 “Graduation”
— Maya Angelou (MR) p. 97-108
Analysis
Paragraph Draft due
October 5 Readings to be announced (see Blackboard)
Precise word choice (HCH) p. 83-88
Analysis Paragraph
due
October 8 “Know
Your HCH” Contest; Review contents and organization of HCH
Adjectives/description (HCH) p. 8-9, 24-26
October 12 “Three
Days to See” — Helen Keller (MR) p. 16-25
Purpose, audience, occasion (HCH) p. 172-175
(top)
Types of paragraph development (HCH)
p. 163-171
October 15 “Women’s Right to Vote” — Susan B. Anthony
(MR) p. 48-55
Use of questions/sentence variety (HCH) p.
16, 71-75, 118
Analysis Essay Draft due
October 17 “Letter
from Birmingham Jail” — Martin Luther King, Jr. (MR) p. 56-75
Parallel structure and transitions (HCH) p.
64-66, 160-163
October 19 Analysis
Essay due
Compare/Contrast Essay introduced
October 22 “Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective” — Leslie Marmon Silko (MR) p. 76-87
Sentence variety/consistency/shifts (HCH) p. 56-63
Placement of modifying words (HCH) p. 28-30
Quotations (HCH) p. 112-116
October 24 “Thinking
Outside Ourselves?” – required reserve reading listed on Blackboard
October 26 Compare/Contrast
Essay Draft #1 due
October 29 Compare/Contrast
Essay Draft #2 due
October 31 No
class — Conferences
November 2 Compare/Contrast
Essay Draft #3 due (Point breakdown review with peer reviewer)
November 5 Compare/Contrast
Essay due
“Public and Private Language” — Richard Rodriguez (MR)
p. 109-120
Thesis (HCH) p. 181-184 (middle)
Paragraph structure (HCH) p. 154-156, 158 (bottom)-160
(top), 171
November 7 “Silence”
— Maxine Hong Kingston (MR) p. 121-125
Emphasis (HCH) p. 67-70
Educational
Autobiography introduced
November 9 Educational
Autobiography pre-writing workshop
November 12 “Black
Men and Public Space” — Brent Staples (MR) p. 126-129
Introductions,
conclusions, and titles (HCH) p. 188-192
November 14 Educational
Autobiography Draft #1 due
November 16 TBA
November 19 Educational
Autobiography Draft #2 due
November 21 Educational
Autobiography Draft #3 due (Point
breakdown review)
November 23 No
class — Thanksgiving Break
November 26 Educational
Autobiography due
Revised
journal entries introduced
November 28 Sharing
Educational Autobiographies
November 30 Peer
review groups — Choosing journal entries
December 3 Revised
Journal Entries Draft #1 due
December 5 TBA
December 7 Revised Journal Entries Draft #2 due
December 12 Discussion of how to take essay exams
In-class essays/tests (HCH) p. 208-211
Final Exam TBA:
Final Exam schedule will be confirmed by Student Services in late November