COMPOSITION II FALL 2002
MWF ROOM 402
Professor
Office: 445 and by appointment
Office Phone: 389-6514 E-mail: jtharp@uwc.edu
Course Goals: In addition to giving you more opportunities to practice your reading, writing and editing skills, I want to introduce you to some of the complexities of research and to the pleasure of working within a community of writers.
Course Proficiencies:
* Analyze, synthesize, evaluate and interpret information and ideas.
* Construct and support hypotheses and arguments.
* Integrate knowledge and experience to arrive at creative solutions.
* Read and listen with comprehension and critical perception.
* Write clearly, precisely, and in a well organized manner.
* Gather information from printed sources, electronic sources, and observation.
Textbook:
Writing in the Disciplines, Kennedy, Kennedy and Smith
Recommended text: Working It Out
Course Requirements:
1) Class Participation--I encourage you to participate as much as possible in class discussions. The best way to increase your participation is to prepare for the next class by reading assignments thoroughly and preparing your writing assignments. In order to participate, you must, of course, attend class.
2) Conference Group Participation--In order to pass this class you have to attend the conference group meetings and participate actively within them. That includes submitting copies of your rough drafts to the other group members, reading other members’ drafts thoughtfully and providing detailed feedback. I will evaluate your written feedback on others’ work.
3) Short writing assignments--I will frequently ask you to write short, casual, handwritten responses to something we have read, observed, etc. Some are done in class, some out.
4) 5 essays--We will be doing a variety of essays this term. They are all ostensibly analytical and intrinsically persuasive. All of your essays will involve some form of research and/or reader response. All final drafts must be typed and double-spaced.
Classroom Policies:
Attendance: If you miss more than 10% of the classes due to unexcused absences, your final grade will be lowered.
Assignment:
I will accept any final draft one class period late. There is no penalty for this, but after that class period I will not accept that paper at all unless you have a terribly good excuse. This does not apply to work done for conference groups. That work must be ON TIME.
Scholastic Dishonesty:
I have no sense of humor about plagiarism or cheating in any form. I assume we all enter the course in good faith. Do nothing to break with it.
Grading:
A--Exceptional work
B--Very good work, clearly above average
C--Average work, satisfies the requirements
D--Below average work, fails to satisfy some basic requirements
Rewrite--Unsatisfactory work--please revise and resubmit within 2 weeks
If you do not revise Rewrites, they become F’s at the end of the term. I strongly advise that you seek out my help on Rewrites. They usually indicate that the student is lost or confused about the assignment.
COURSE OUTLINE
Date Reading Assignment Writing Assignment
Sep. 4 Introduction
6 Chapter 1 in Writing in the Disciplines Assignment p. 15
9 “Keeping the Faith” Paraphrase 5 sents.
11 “ ” Revised Paraphrases
13 “Psychiatry Spirituality and Religion” Paragraph
16 “Fundamentalism” Summary #1
18 Group Organization by Disciplinary Area Summary #2
20 Introduction to research techniques
23 Source Evaluation
25 Group Conferences/Work Day
27 Group Conferences/Work Day Written Progress Report
30 Group Conferences/Work Day
Oct. 2 Group Presentations Presentation Outline
4 Chapter 2 in Writing in the Disciplines and Documentation
7 Rough Draft Conferences Rough Draft of Essay
9 Chapter 3 in Writing in the Disciplines Final Draft of Research Essay
Introduce Pro/Con essay Self/Group Assessment
11 “Privacy and Technology” p. 324 Summary/Response
14 “Invasion of Privacy” p. 334 Summary/Response
16 “Issues Regarding DNA Testing” p. 346 Summary/Response 18 Organizing Our Responses to Reproductive Technology
21 Reading/Research Day
23 Reading/Research Day Thorough Outline
25 Rough Draft Conferences Rough Draft w/copies
28 Introduce Argument Essay Final Draft of Pro/Con Essay
29 “Rebels with a Cause” p. 446 quest. 1-7
Nov. 1 NO CLASS
4 “The War Against the Poor. . .” p. 470 quests. 1-7
6 Organizing our response
8 NO CLASS
11 Conference Group Work Rough Draft w/copies
13 Chapter 4--Literary Analysis Essay Final Draft of Argument Essay
15 “Morality as a Community Affair” p. 514
18 “Life” p. 552 Summary
20 Discuss practice drafts--analysis of “Life” Response
22 “Toward an Aesthetic. . .” p. 566 Summary
25 “ “
27 Rock Lyrics Summary
28-29 Thanksgiving Vacation
Dec. 2 Outlined analysis of rock lyrics
4 Rough Draft Conferences Rough Draft w/copies
6 Draft Polishing
9 Last Essay discussed Final Draft of Analysis Essay
11 “TBA” Summary/Response
13 Rough Draft Meetings Rough Drafts
Final Draft of Evaluation Essay Due Monday, December 16