WRITING 101: Freshman Composition

MW-1 WRITING 101: Composition 3.0 hrs. Autumn 2009 MW, Section 010, 9:30-10:45 am Owens 208

Instructor: Cathy Stewart, M.A., M.F.A. Office: Bancroft 206; Office Phone: 803- 323-2545

Office hours: MW: 11:00 – 12:00 Noon TR: 11:30 - 1:00 pm and by appointment. http://faculty.winthrop.edu/stewartcl/ [email protected]

WRAC: Behrens, Laurence & Leonard J. Rosen. PH: Harris, Muriel, ed. Prentice Hall Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum. Reference Guide to Grammar and Usage. 7th 10th ed. New York: Pearson-Longman, 2008. ed. rev. Upper Addle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2009.

CALENDAR SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT PROFESSOR'S DISCRETION

Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri 24-Aug-09 8/25 26-Aug-09 8/27 28-Aug-09 Review syllabus, calendar English Goals: Writing as a Multiple Process Grading Rubric for Writing/English Classes What You Say/How You Say It

In-Class Diagnostic

31-Aug-09 9/1 2-Sep-09 9/3 4-Sep-09 Assign Essay 1: English Word: Visual Thesaurus Department Writing Goals  http://www.visualthesaurus.com/

Critical Thinking: Educational Skills ”We need a vocabulary that helps us pinpoint what Critical Thinking Questions it is about [a sentence] that makes us want to say that it seems unclear….We need ways to help us How You Say It: Effective use of both identify sentences…that need revising, and word, sentence, paragraph then help us revise them” (Williams 42).

Word: Specific and General Vocabulary: Sentence MW-2 7-Sep-09 9/8 9-Sep-09 9/10 11-Sep-09 Vocabulary: Paragraph Vocabulary: Essay

Last day to change S/U options

14-Sep-09 9/15 16-Sep-09 9/17 18-Sep-09 Essay 1: DUE at beginning of class. Sleep Articles Assign Essay 2: Explanatory Synthesis--To Sleep Selective Use of Borrowed Information How to Incorporate Borrowed Information Using “I” MLA Documentation

READINGS, WRAC: From Chapter 11: To Sleep  See Essay 2 prompt for readings.

READING, PH: "Understanding Why Plagiarism is Wrong" (Sections 1-4 & Checklist)

21-Sep-09 9/22 23-Sep-09 9/24 25-Sep-09 Sleep Articles Peer Review of Essay 2 Hard Copy to Me

28-Sep-09 9/29 30-Sep-09 10/1 2-Oct-09 Sleep Articles Sleep Articles

5-Oct-09 10/6 7-Oct-09 10/8 9-Oct-09 Assign Midterm prompt: Analysis of Advertising Articles Advertisements: Using Fowles’ Concepts to Analyze the Familiar

READINGS, WRAC: From Chapter 13: New and Improved: Six Decades of Advertising  See Midterm prompt for readings.

12-Oct-09 10/13 14-Oct-09 10/15 16-Oct-09 Essay 2: DUE at beginning of class. Advertising Articles

Advertising Articles MW-3

19-Oct-09 10/20 21-Oct-09 10/22 23-Oct-09 Fall Break Midterm in Class LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM CLASSES 26-Oct-09 10/27 28-Oct-09 10/29 30-Oct-09 Assign Essay 4: Argumentative Library Visit Essay -- Legacy Admissions Articles

Extension/Intension Research/Evidence Locating & Mining Sources Logic 2-Nov-09 11/3 4-Nov-09 11/5 6-Nov-09 Legacy Admissions Articles Legacy Admissions Articles Logic Logic

9-Nov-09 11/10 11-Nov-09 11/12 13-Nov-09 Essay 4 Peer Review 1 on 1 Meetings 1 on 1 1 on 1 Meetings Essay 4 Hard Copy to Me Meetings

16-Nov-09 11/17 18-Nov-09 11/19 20-Nov-09 1 on 1 Meetings 1 on 1 Legacy Admissions Meetings Logic 23-Nov-09 11/24 25-Nov-09 11/26 27-Nov-09 Essay 4 DUE at beginning of class. Thanksgiving Break Assign Final Exam prompt: TBA

READING, WRAC: See Final Exam prompt for readings.

30-Nov-09 12/1 2-Dec-09 12/3 4-Dec-09 TBA TBA

7-Dec-09 12/8 9-Dec-09 12/10 11-Dec-09 Last Day of Classes MW-4