ENG 106 H – Freshman English Honors – section 01 Fall 2008 T- TH: 11:00 - 12:15 – MH 106

Professor Perry Glasser Office Hours Office: MH 228 Mondays: 10:00 – 11:00, 1:30 – 2:30 [email protected] T & Th: 1:30 – 3:00 X 7032 and by appointment – always best www.salemstate.edu/~pglasser

Catalog Description

ENG 106H Freshman English Honors (Fall) 3 credits Major emphasis will be placed on a significant issue, problem, or theme throughout the history of ideas. Students will engage in a variety of readings, write two papers of moderate length, present a class report, and do a research project or paper. Three lecture hours per week. Open only to students in the Honors Program.

Time Commitment: Expect to devote 8 – 10 hours/week to this class. Please bring your laptop computer to class for notes and research.

Goals and Objectives

Goals Objectives

Socialize first year students to Salem State Students will keep an online writer’s journal. College. Students will attend and report on several Salem Augment critical thinking skills. State College activities including but not limited to the Creative Writing Series.  identifying assumptions  construction of persuasive arguments Students will write and revise  one analytical paper Augment writing skills  one argumentative paper  one research paper  research and documentation  style Comment on our readings  voice Comment on classmates’ work. Revise to incorporate peer editing into revision. Create a final portfolio of revised work for assessment. Confer with me at least once in Sep, Oct, and Nov. Post-class lunch appointments are encouraged.

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This syllabus/plan is subject to change with the needs of the instructor and the students. College policies supersede any implied or direct conditions of this syllabus.

Special Provisions: Salem State College is committed to providing equal access to the educational experience for all students in compliance with Section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act and The Americans with Disabilities Act. Any student who has a documented disability requiring an accommodation, aid or adjustment should speak with me privately. Students with Disabilities who have not previously done so should provide documentation to, and schedule an appointment with, the Office for Students with Disabilities and obtain appropriate services.

Attendance: Absent students miss significant work that cannot be made up. Make every effort to inform me of an unavoidable absence in advance.  Three or more cuts will trigger a letter grade reduction of your final grade.  Lateness by more than 15 minutes constitutes a full absence.  Four absences mandate failure .  Extensions of due dates cannot be granted retroactively.  If your cell phone rings, you will be charged with a full absence and dismissed from class. Appeals of these objective criteria will require documented reasons for absence. By the end of the 3rd class meeting, every student will have a "buddy" to contact in the event of absence. Also use WebCT in the event you have missed class.

Plagiarism and Dishonest Scholarship: Students who present work not their own will be dismissed from class with a grade of F and may be dismissed from the College. Texts, Readings & Materials A laptop computer equipped with wifi capability A WebCT account – Salem State’s online teaching/learning interface The Dumbest Generation : How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30) by Mark Bauerlein (Tarcher) Mill, John Stuart, On Liberty (any edition). — OR online at http://books.google.com/books? as_brr=1&id=DO6OEMg8kwwC&vid=OCLC00982498&dq=On+Liberty&jtp=1 Strunk & White. The Elements of Style 1918 edition (online at http://www.bartleby.com/141/ ) viewing of Fahrenheit 451 (possible) various reprints and online readings ad hoc.

Freshman English Honors 106-01 Page 2 of 5 Perry Glasser, Fall 2008 Assessment – the attached Essay Evaluation chart is part of the syllabus 150 points monthly drop-in conference 200 points analysis paper – 1,000 – 1,200 words 250 points argumentative paper – 1,000 – 1,200 words 250 points writer’s journal – 3 entries/week – 300 – 500 words @ 150 points documented research paper – 1,500 – 2,000 words 1,000 points TOTAL

Monthly drop-in conferences. Students are REQUIRED to meet with me in my office, MH 241, at least once in September, October, and November. Come prepared with coursework questions. Bring your journal. Lunch together after class is always a welcome appointment. Attendance at a Red Skies Open Meeting can serve in lieu of ne monthly meeting.

The electronic journal is maintained at WebCT/Blackboard.  each entry is between 300 – 500 words  until OCT 15, ALL ENTRIES MUST BE IN 3 RD PERSON  the first 3 topics will be assigned

Important Dates . Students are required to attend and report in their journals on at least 3 Arts/Sports performances at SSC. Students should study the Arts and Sports sections of Salem State’s online Calendars for complete listings.

Schedule of Assignments Readings are due on the date indicated. BEGIN READING WELL IN ADVANCE OF DUE DATES. Graded assignments are in bold as are the dates those assignments are due. This is a plan, not a contract, and may be varied to suit student and teaching necessities.

Sep 9 - Add-Drop Ends Nov 20 – Last day to withdraw with a W Dec 12 – Reading Day Dec 15 – Final Examinations begin

Thursday, Sep 4 Orientation: WebCT, journals; the overall plan online research Sleep deprivation and college studens. Find at least 3 sources, in addition to http://sleepdisorders.about.com/cs/sleepdeprivation/a/depstudents.htm research Glasser assignment Sep 9 Orientation continued and sleep deprivation. Mandatory journal topics—due Sep 16: What’s Worth Knowing Why Attend College How Does College differ from High School? distribute Chapter from “A Nation of Wimps” by Marano

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Sep 18 View Fahrenheit 451 and arrange for weekend viewing. HW: Memorize Hamlet’s To Be or Not.. soliloquy, OR Dover Beach, OR To His Coy Mistress. All readings are online in public domain. Sep 23 What is worth knowing? Memorization test. Sep 25 Dumbest Generation – readings TBA Analysis paper topics discussion Analysis paper guideline distributed Sep 30 Class canceled for religious observance Thursday, Oct 2 analytical paper: the writing process: groups or individual? Oct 7 Dumbest Generation – readings TBA analytical paper: the writing process Oct 9 Dumbest Generation – readings TBA analytical paper: the writing process Oct 14 analytical paper due 1200-1500 words Oct 16 John Stuart Mill: chapters 1 & 2 Oct 21 John Stuart Mill: chapters 1 & 2 Oct 23 John Stuart Mill: chapters 3, 4, & 5 distribute Mill Exercise and organize groups Oct 30 John Stuart Mill: chapters 3, 4, & 5 argumentative paper: process distribute “The Argumentative Edge” argument topics Tuesday November 4 Mill and writing process Nov 6 group reports on Mill Nov 11 Veteran’s Day – no classes Nov 13 Argument paper draft due revisions accepted until Nov 20 Nov 18 conferences re research paper topic Nov 20 conferences re research paper topic Nov 25 Beginning college research – Class meets at the new library, ground floor, with Cathy Fahey Nov 27 Thanksgiving – no classes Tuesday, December 2 open date Dec 4 conferences Dec 9 conferences Dec 11 Last scheduled class Research Paper due

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Content Organization Mechanics Expression

clear thesis statement; a strong, frequently mss. is cleanly evocative, lean and ideas appropriate to an referred to controlling typed and exhibits fresh language; adult, educated audience; idea; paragraph general control of sentences vary in key terms defined; ideas sequencing that creates language structure and length; A adequately supported; clarity, focus and leads to engaging transitions; facts and judgments are a strong conclusion effective subordination, unconfused; appropriate coordination, and tone for the audience; parallelism; integration effective documentation of quotes

clear thesis statement; a strong, frequently mss. exhibits few evocative, lean ideas appropriate to an referred to controlling typographical language; sentences adult, educated audience; idea; inconsistent errors, strong usage vary in structure and most terms defined; most paragraph sequencing and spelling, length; engaging B ideas adequately that frequently but not insignificant transitions; some supported; facts, opinions always is effective; sentence structure effective subordination, and assertions are presentation of a errors, no important coordination, and seldom confused; conclusion errors in syntax or parallelism; integration effective documentation grammar of quotes

clear thesis statement; a weak, seldom referred mss. exhibits many arch and derivative ideas too often are to controlling idea; typographical language; wordiness; obvious; many ideas paragraph sequencing in errors; weak frequent use of passive presented at a single no special order; spelling; some voice; weak level of generalization; presentation of a weakly sentence structure transitions; little C facts, opinions and prepared conclusion errors; occasional effective subordination, assertions presented as errors in syntax or coordination, and equivalents; inconsistent grammar parallelism; “scissors tone; inconsistent and paste” documentation documentation

vague thesis statement; no discernible controlling mss. exhibits poor verbose, familiar cliché- obvious ideas; many idea; paragraph spelling, gross ridden prose, plodding ideas presented at a sequencing in no special sentence errors and sentence with little single level of order; the essay “stops” frequent grammar variation, vague D generalization; facts, without a conclusion and syntax errors. internal references; opinions and assertions irrelevant quotations presented as equivalents; inappropriate tone; poor documentation F non-performance

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