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   Summer-II 2016
     English 1301-Composition 1 || room 269 (40219)     M T W Th     08.00 am - 10.10 am
     Syllabus ||     • Instructor reserves the right to make changes to Course Outline with advanced notice.
     Updates <02.11
 
     contact: SmithD@wcjc.edu           • Instructor's Blog          •@davidglensmith
 
      • Access to LaunchPad
      • Supplemental Reading
      • Students' Reading Journals
 

 
 
destruction • construction • reconstruction
 

 
 
All page numbers listed below reference the course textbook: The Bedford Guide for College Writers
 

   
Week 1          
 
07.11 Monday:  
Basic Introduction
    English 1301 AxiomsWriting About Writing<a sample excerpt from Gary Provost, author
   
    Writing Modes Introduced • Purpose Defined
             • demo
   
    Prewriting Techniques Overview:
         1. Freewriting (p. 387-391)—Student Example
         2. Journals (p. 395) and Commonplace books
         3. Mapping (pp.373, 390-391) / Clustering—Student Examples
         4. Brainstorming (p. 386)
   
  •  Reading Journal Philosophy and Rubric
  •  Exit Ticket: Demonstrate Freewrite Skills
  •  Basic Blog Template
  •  Twitter
 

  07.12 Tuesday:   "Responding to Reading" pp. 20-24 • Reading Guidelines—demo with Adler Article
    Mortimer Adler, “How to Mark a Book”—supplemental in class
   
    Narration Mode Overview
             • demo
    E. B. White “Once More to the Lake”—supplemental
   
 
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Reading Journal: White's Narration
    Types of Narration (POV)
             • demo
    E.B. White and Narrative Voice
             • demo-White's strategy
    Freytag's Plot Formula
   
  •  Exit Ticket: Stream of Consciousness
  •  Assignment 1: Narration/Description Mode
 

  07.13 Wednesday:   Tone • Audience • Formality
             • demo
    Chapter 4: “Recalling an Experience,” pp. 58-59, 67, 69-71
    Russell Baker, “The Art of Eating Spaghetti,” pp. 60-63
  •  Reading Journal: Baker's Tone
   
    Description Mode Overview
             • demo
    Chapter 5: “Observing a Scene,” pp. 78-79, 87 “Observing a Scene,” 89
    Eric Liu, “The Chinatown Idea,” pp. 80-83
   
  •  Reading Journal: Liu's Descriptions
 

  07.14 Thursday:   MLA Academic Papers: Using Microsoft Word: page headers, paragraph settings, margins
    Academic Paragraph Construction • Introductions and Body Paragraphs
              • demo-Introduction paragraphs
    MLA Paragraph Formula • Deductive Closure
              • demo
  •  Exit Ticket: Describe Yourself and Goals
   
    Elements of Rhetoric: Ethos, Pathos, Logos, pp. 44-45
              • demo
    Chapter 20: "Strategies for Stating a Thesis and Planning," pp. 398-403
   
    How to Write Music Reviews
              • demo
   
    Assignment 1: Narration/Description Mode due before midnight.
     
     
  Week 2  
  07.18 Monday:   Philip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of balance (1983)
  •  Exit Ticket: Describing Music with Rhetoric: Synesthesia, Onomatopoeia
    Thesis Statements
              • demo
   
    Comparison/Contrast Mode Overview
    Chapter 7: "Comparing and Contrasting" pp. pp. 116-117, 125-130
              • demo
  •  Exit Ticket-part 1: Comparison/Contrast Visual Analysis: Warm-up Exercise
    Reality Television versus Reality
  •  Exit Ticket-part 2: Venn Diagram
   
    Establishing Ethos: Signal Phrases and PDF documents
   
    Library Database Orientation-part 1
    CQ Researcher: Media Violence
    CQ Researcher: Reality Television
    CQ Researcher: Indecency on Television
                            > Works Cited Information
   
  •  Assignment 2: Comparison/Contrast Mode
 

  07.19 Tuesday:  Presentation of Evidence with MLA Guidelines/Academic Paragraphs
    Signal Phrases and In-Text Notations
    Plagiarism Defined–part 1
   
    Sandra Cisneros, “Only Daughter,” pp. 496-499
  •  Reading Journal: Cisnero's Comparisons and Contrasts
   
    Writing Workshop: Bring Articles and Drafts of Paper for Conversations with Instructor
   
    Assignment 2: Comparison/Contrast Mode due before midnight.
    Grammar Pretest should be completed before this date.
 

  07.20 Wednesday:  Cause/Effect Mode (pp. 136-7, 145-8, 455)
              • demo-Cause/Effect Mode
    Chapter 8: "Explaining Cause and Effects," pp. 136-7, 145-8, 455
    Chapter 3: "Critical Thinking Process," pp. 40-44
    Plagiarism Defined-part 2
              • demo
              • Academic Paragraph with Evidence
    Joan Didion, "On Keeping a Notebook"supplemental
  •  Reading Journal: Didion's Cause & Effects Strategy
    Library Database Orientation-part 2
    Assignment 3: Collaborative Cause/Effect Paper
 

 
07.21 Thursday: 
Cause/Effect Mode  • Group Project—In Class Work • Group Exit Ticket
    Presentation Template
    Individual Presentation Rubric
    Signposting
     
     
  Week 3  
  07.25 Monday:   Cause/Effect Mode  • Group Project—In Class Work • Group Exit Ticket
              • Group Paper Template
              • Individual Contribution Template
 

 
07.26 Tuesday: 
Cause/Effect Mode  • Group Project- wrap-up of Assignment 3 • Group Exit Ticket
 

  07.27 Wednesday:  Group Fifteen Minute Presentations
    Assignment 3: Collaborative Cause/Effect Paper due before midnight.
    Assignment 4: Argumentative Paper Overview
 

  07.28 Thursday:  Aristotelian Argument Model • Building a Formal Outline
             • demo
    Chapter 9: "Taking a Stand," pp. 156-157
    Syllogisms and Construction of Arguments
             • demo
    Suzan Shown Harjo, “Last Rites for Indian Dead,” pp. 158-161
  •  Reading Journal: Harjo's Argument Style
    Writing Workshop: Bring article covers for approval to class.
     
  Week 4  
  08.01 Monday:  Toulmin Argument Model Overview
             • demo
    Writing Workshop: Bring articles and drafts to class.
    Formal Outline of Argumentative Paper due in class for discussion with instructor.
   
  •  Exit Ticket: Construct a Basic Syllogism for your Introduction Paragraph
 

 
08.02 Tuesday:  
Writing Workshop: Formal draft of Argumentative paper due for discussion with instructor.
    Last Day for Dropping Courses with Grade of “W”
 

  08.03 Wednesday:   Writing Workshop: Bring articles and drafts to class for discussions with instructor.
 

 
08.04 Thursday:  
Definition Mode Overview, pp. 441-442
              •demo
              •demo-definition of love
   
    Lauren Slater, “On Love”supplemental
  •  In-class Reading Journal: Slater's Strategies
    Performance Artist Marina Abramovic
   
  •  Exit Ticket: Who is your Ideal Partner?
   
     
     
  Week 5  
  08.08 Monday:  Successful Communication in the Work Environment
    Chapter 17: "Writing in the Workplace," pp. 352-355, 364-366
   
    Assignment 4: Argumentative Paper due before midnight.
   
    Social Media and Modes of Writing
    Social Memes
              • demo
  •  Exit Ticket: Construct a Social Protest Meme / Post
 

 
08.09 Tuesday:  
Combining Modes
    Virginia Woolf, "The Death of the Moth," supplemental
  •  In-Class Reading Journal: Woolf's Combination of Modes
 

  08.10 Wednesday:  Final Exam
 

  08.11 Thursday:  Conferences with Instructor