Writing and Research

English 110.1~CRN 10295 Writing and Research

M & W 07:00 ~ 08:23 CB 101 Darlene Stotler 1/7/2013 - 3/20/2013

F 07:00 ~ 08:23 CB 103 Darlene Stotler 1/7/2013 - 3/20/2013

Instructor: Darlene A. Stotler email: [email protected] Office: FT 303D email: [email protected] Office Hours: MW: 08:30~09:15 Office Telephone: 654.3023

Required Texts: Quick Access by Lynn Troyka, ISBN 13: 978-0-205-68734-3 1984 by George Orwell 978-0-451-52493-5 Grammar Cards from Reprographics Any augmented readings as instructed via the Internet/media. When given an augmented reading, you are responsible for printing it, hole-punching it, and inserting it in your binder under the “critical readings” * tab of your binder. *Please see binder organization instructions beneath the “Required Supplies” section listed below.

Recommended Texts: Strunk and White’s Elements of Style

Required Supplies: 3” x 5” Index cards. Highlighter pens-one each in yellow, pink, and blue. Binder with five color-coded tabs marked in the following manner: “lecture” ; “vocabulary”; “critical readings”; “research paper”; and “handouts.”

Required Resources: Flash Drive-at least 1G. Please bring this with you at all class sessions.

Practices: Keep current with handouts, lessons, etc. by accessing my faculty Web site: [email protected] I also will send you emails periodically from the mycsub account with details.

Objectives & Expectations: English 110 is a discussion and writing-intensive course. The course moves swiftly and therefore the student must take an accountable and engaged stance. In order to facilitate interesting classroom discussion, each student needs to come to class with the assignments already studied and read. You will be graded throughout the course on your in-class participation as well as your papers. My goal is to help all students discover their writing talents, and gain an even greater command of the language that also will help you succeed beyond the university experience. I will strive to adhere to the syllabus; however, it is subject to change.

The Policies:

Attendance Policy: Because mastering skills in writing requires regular, sustained effort, students in English composition classes should attend class regularly and punctually. A student who has more than two absences should not expect to receive a passing grade.

Waiting List Policy: On a waiting list, you are eligible for a place in the class: if you come to every class and if you turn in the work while you are there. Being on a waiting list does not mean that you are guaranteed a place in the class. It simply means that you are welcome to wait for an opening in the class if you so desire. If no one drops out of the section you’re attending, no students can add. As a result, you should be aware of the last day to add and have a back-up class chosen if you need another class. This plan is especially important for financial aid recipients and for F-1 and J-1 visa holders, who must carry a full load to receive their financial aid. Being on a waiting list does not count as a class toward your full load.

Instructor-Initiated Drop Policy: Many students are trying to get into composition courses. As a result, this course is subject to the policy on instructor-initiated drops. If the class is full and has a waiting list, I have the right to have you administratively dropped from class by the end of the second week of the term if you have missed three consecutive class sessions and have not contacted me. However, you should not assume that you will be automatically dropped from this course if you have not attended.

Academic Honesty Policy: This course is subject to the academic and disciplinary sanctions established by CSUB for plagiarism as outlined on the university website: www.csub.edu

Plagiarism Any plagiarism found in student work will result in an F in the course and a letter to the Dean of Students. Individual, Drop-in Tutoring: Your instructor may also require individual, drop- in tutoring for certain aspects of your writing, in which case you will receive a tutor-referral form with your graded essay. If you receive a form with any of your papers, you are required within one week to take the form and your paper into one of the main CSUB tutoring centers (OASIS, STAAR, and CAMP) for individual assistance. Your instructor may withhold your essay grade until after you have completed this requirement.

Turnitin.com is a tool to help you avoid plagiarism. Approximately two hours after you submit your paper to this online program, you can access a color-coded report with details about your use of sources in your paper. Because this site does not detect problems with your paraphrasing that is not cited properly, you should use this site only as a guide. To use turnitin.com, you will need to register on the site and set up a password. Once this is done, you will then need to create a “user profile” specifically for this class and any others that may use the site. You will need the following information to set up your user profile:

Class ID: 5908151 Class Enrollment Password: english After your profile is created, you can log onto and use the site. Note: Submitting a paper to turnitin.com does not mean you have submitted your paper to your instructor, you must also submit a hard copy of your paper to your instructor.

Grading Policy: Homework 10 Quizzes/Participation 15 Essays 35 Final Exam 40 Total: 100 percent

Please Remember: The following Course Calendar is subject to change~but never to a student’s disadvantage!

1.07 Week One: Discovery: Navigating and Tapping into the Writer Within Introduction/Schedule/Objectives/Goals/Responsibilities/Texts The Texts: Quick Access by Lynn Quitman Troyka. Discussion: Totalitarianism. Group activity. HW: Read 1984 Section I to II inclusive. Answer Study Guide Questions. (Access and print all Study Guide Questions on my website at: [email protected]). Finish 1984 Handout 1. 1.09 Grammar review. Troyka. Run-ons. Discuss exposition of 1984. Totalitarianism. Utopia vs. dystopia. HW: Read III to V inclusive. HW: Finish 1984 handout #2. Rewrite the five sentences at the end of the Troyka section entitled “run-on sentences.” Pop quiz on 1.11 if discussion on Friday isn’t interesting.

1. 11 Discovering the Rhetorical Mode of Narration . Discovering the Major Modes of Discourse or the Rhetorical Modes. The Narrative Essay. Introducing & Discovering the elements of the Narrative Essay. Narrative Writing Strategy: RENNS~From Troyka pg. 52 and apply to the in-class reading selection. Reasons/Examples/Names/Numbers/Senses. Group discussion for 1984/Orwell. Utopia vs. Totalitarianism. Writing Goal: Sentence combining. HW: DIRTS Journal for Orwell for any excerpt from Section One Chapters IV~V. (The I/Imagery will prove helpful.) Answer any accompanying website questions. 1.14 Week Two: Discovering the Writer within You: Narrative Essay Draft I due: 1.18. Discovering Professional Writers: Rhetorical Mode: The Narrative. In- class reading of a professional narrative essay. Noting the elements of nonfiction/narrative writing (thesis statement especially) and working on your narrative essay. HW: Drafting your own narrative essay and read 1984 One Chapters VI~VIII. Complete 1984 Handout #10. 1.16 Discovering the Comparison & Contrast Essay~due 1.28. Grammar: Pronoun antecedent agreement. Discuss 1984. HW: Read the selected essay from lecture. Answer any accompanying website questions. Read 1984 Section Two Chapters I~III. Answer any accompanying website questions. Do the Troyka sentence corrections after the pronoun-antecedent agreement section. 1.18 Discussing 1984. Draft I Narrative Essays due. Remember turnitin.com. Conferencing of Draft I Narrative Essays. HW: Read 1984 Section Two Chapters IV~VI inclusive. Answer any accompanying website questions. 1.21 MLK Holiday. No school. Remember King for his dedication to civil rights.

1.23 Week Three: The Art of Revising. Revising the Narrative Essay. Draft II of Narrative Essay due 1.28. 1.25 1984 discussion/Socratic Circle of 1.18 assigned readings . Followed by discussion of Revision. Draft IIs of Narratives due 1.28. Remember turnitin.com. HW: 1984 Section Two Chapters VII~VIII. Answer any accompanying website questions. 1.28 Week Four: Rhetorical Mode of Compare & Contrast. Draft II Narrative Essays due. Library orientation. HW: Section Two Chapter VIII. 1984 Handout #15 and vocabulary. 1.30 Crafting Draft I of Compare/Contrast Essay. Draft I of Compare/Contrast Essay due 2.1. Remember turnitin.com. 2.1 Draft I Compare/Contrast Essay due. Discuss 1984 Section Two Chapter VIII. HW: Finish Section Two Chapter VIII& IX and Handout #15. Vocabulary. Thesis statement handout due 2.4. 2.4 Week Five: The Rhetorical Mode of Persuasion. The Rhetoric of Propaganda. Library orientation. Begin Propaganda assignment that will be due on 2.13. HW: Finish Section Two of 1984.

2.6 Crafting the Propaganda assignment that is due 2.13. Remember turnitin.com. Bring 3” x 5” notecards! HW: 1984 Section Three Chapters I ~ II inclusive. Answer any accompanying website questions. 2.8 Discuss 1984 Section Two Chapter VIII & IX. HW: Finish 1984 Section Three Chapters III~V inclusive. Answer any accompanying website questions. 2.11 Week Six: Discovering the Researcher within you. Beginning the Research Paper process. Bring 3 x 5 notecards. Re- examining your topics and revising your thesis . statements using Purdue OWL. HW: 1984 Section Three~finish 1984. 2.13 Introduction to discovering and distinguishing sources. Bring note cards! 2.15 Discuss 1984 and wrap up. Then upcoming Research Paper assignments. . 2.18 Week Seven: Note card writing/research in class. YOU MUST RESEARCH IN CLASS AND BRING YOUR CARDS TO ENSURE YOU ARE PERFORMING THIS VITAL PART OF THE RESEARCH WITH ALACRITY AND PRECISION. I ‘LL BE CHECKING YOUR CARDS FOR SOME POINTS THIS SESSION. HW: Finishing your 10 source and 50 note cards and writing your research paper. 2.20 10 SOURCE AND 50 NOTE CARDS ARE DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS SESSION. While I check your cards, you will take AN IN-CLASS ESSAY EXAM. DO BRING IN ALL 10 OF YOUR SOURCE AND 50 NOTE CARDS DUE ON THIS DAY—2.20. IN ORDER TO PASS ENGLISH 110, YOU MUST PASS THIS EXAM. 2.22 Continuing checking on the 10 Source and 50 Note cards. Discovering the art of connecting your thesis and your evidence in your argumentation. Discovering the importance of citing your sources using MLA documentation. Setting up your research, swirling your research in with your analysis. What Critical Analysis Is. Writing Goal: Classical Tools of Rhetoric and drafting the first three pages of your research paper. HW: Rhetoric handout and crafting pages 1~2 of your research paper. 2.25 Week Eight: Research Writing: Conferencing of Research Paper Draft I of pages 1-3 is due. Remember turnitin.com. Put all source and note cards, all original research in manila envelope. In class: Highlighting thesis statement, facts, and opinions. Conferencing of your first two pages of the Research Paper. How to do MLA citations & Annotated Bib how- tos. 2.27 Discovering the difference between persuasion and argumentation. Writing Goal: Revising your Research Paper & Annotated Bibliography. Annotated Bibliography is due 3.1 HW: Revising pages 1-3 of your paper. Due: 3.1. 3.1 Draft II Pages 1-3 and Annotated Bibliographies are due. HW: Continue the craft of research writing by drafting pages 4~6. Remember turnitin.com. 3.4 Week Nine: Continuing the Research Paper. Conferencing of your Draft I of pages 4-6 of your research paper. HW: Draft an Outline of your Research Paper. 3.6 Re-emphasizing Turnitin.com. Revising pages 4~6. Second chance of In-class Essay for those who need this extra try. Draft II of pages 4~6 due on 3.8. Don’t forget~turnitin.com 3.8 Conferencing of Draft II of pages 4~6. HW: Pages 7~8 and is due 3.11. Remember turnitin.com. 3.11 Week Ten: Polishing and Refining the Research Paper . How to conclude and the Works Cited Page. Draft I of pages 7~8 due. 3.13 Revising pages 7~8. Polishing the conclusion. The Works Cited Page. 3.15 Conferencing of pages 7~8. HW: Remember turnitin.com. 3.18 Week Eleven: Call for Papers! Bring in your papers along with the manila envelope with the following materials: Intros drafts I and II; Pages 4~6 I and II; Pages 7~8 I and II; Entire Final Draft of your Research Paper; Annotated Bib; Outline; Works Cited; Cards~Just the Source and Note cards that you used; the Original Printed Research that you also highlighted and catalogued. This is your final. This is the last day of class! Oral Presentations (possible 10 pts.) added to your papers. Thank you so much for all of your hard work!