SYLLABUS
Eng 102-001
Spring 2004
Instructor: Maria Elisa
Paredes (Lisa)
E-mail: walls69@purplee.net
Description: ENG 102 is designed to improve students' ability to
produce papers appropriate for an academic audience. Students will learn
practical strategies for handling sources in their writing, while continuing to
practice other pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing strategies.
Students will evaluate sources, read them critically, and respond in a variety
of ways (summarizing, paraphrasing, analyzing, and synthesizing). By the end of
the semester, they will complete at least one substantial research paper which
follows established documentation guidelines.
Prerequisite: ENG 101.
Required texts and
Materials:
George, Diana and John
Trimbur. Reading Culture.
Anson, Chris M. et al. Longmans
Writer's Companion.
Any handbook that shows how to
do the MLA format.
Two floppy disks (3.5"
IBM format) and a case in which to put them.
Recommended Materials:
A collegiate paperback
dictionary (i.e. Merriam-Webster)
A Thesaurus (i.e. Roget's
Thesaurus)
A folder to store handouts and
other class materials
Course Objectives:
By the end of the semester,
students will be able to:
¥produce source-supported
papers appropriate for different academic audiences,
¥demonstrate more distinct
voices as writer, and vary their voices to fit different writing situation,
¥interact with written test in order to find and narrow an effective thesis or controlling idea for their own writing projects,
¥ produce papers free of
errors in standard edited English,
¥ cite sources using
established documentation guidelines.
Requirements and Grading:
Students
will do a great deal of reading and writing in this course. Students are
expected to come to class fully prepared for discussion. This means reading
assigned material beforehand for any given day. All written assignments must be
typed and double-spaced.
Attendance and Tardiness: Attendance
is required. Absences will detract from your grade. According to the 2002-2003
SWIC catalog. "If you are absent more times during the semester than the
number of times class meets per week, you may be dropped from the course at the
discretion of the instructor." Tardiness also disrupts class proceedings.
Two instances of lateness count as one unexcused absence. So be on time!
Furthermore, leaving early also disrupts class. Two instances of leaving early
from class will count as one unexcused absence.
Class Behavior and
Participation: Good listening skills and good classroom behavior are
required. You are also expected to actively and productively participate in
class discussions and activities.
Late Work: Your work is due at the beginning of the class
period in which it is due. Late work will get one penalty. Late work not turned
in within a week of the original due date will receive a 0.
In order to pass the class,
you must complete all essay assignments. The final course grade will be
determined by four components:
¥Project #1 15%
¥Project #2 25%
¥Project #3 40%
¥ Participation, attendance,
in-class work, quizzes 20%
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism
is defined in the student conduct code as "copying, paraphrasing, or
otherwise using written or oral work of another without proper acknowledgement
of he source or presenting oral or written work prepared by another as one's
own." Students who are found guilty of this academic misconduct are
subject to disciplinary sanctions, which may include failure on the assignment
in the course, suspension, or expulsion.
Special Services:
The
special service center provides outreach, personal appointment, community
agency referrals and support services for vocational students and all students
with special needs. Belleville Campus- 235-2700, ext. 5268.
Course Schedule:
January 17 Introduction
Lecture-Academic
Writing
Writing
activities
January 24 Lecture-Academic
Essay
Writing
activities
Readings:
Coming after Oprah-p. 25. Bring in the Noise-p.34
Pick
topic for project #1
January 31 Lecture-
The Writing
Process
Reading:
In Praise of Roseanne-p345 TV Families-p351
Rough
draft project #1 Due
Peer
Review
February 7 Lecture-General
Research
Reading:
Nickel-and Dimed-p378 Reading: What Teachers Need: copy provided
Web
research activities
Readings:
Language
Mavens-copy provided
Linguistic Facts-copy
provided
Pick
topic for project #2
February 21 Lecture-
Standard English
Grammar/linguistic
activities
Reading:
How to Tame-p.500. Nobody Mean
More-p151.
February 28 Lecture-
MLA Format
MLA
format activities
Rough
draft project #2
due. Peer Review
March 6 Midterm
Exam
Project
#2 Due
Schedule conference date
For
Conference set #1
Pick
topic for project #3.
Preliminary
research for
project
#3. Preliminary
writing
for project #3.
March 13 Conference
Set 1
March 20 Spring
Break
March 27 Conference
Set 1 Cont.
April 3 Lecture:
Successful
Students
In
class writing activity
Rough draft #1 of project
#3
due. Peer Review
Schedule
conference date for
Conference
set #2.
April 10 No
class
April 17 Conference
set #2
April 24 Conference
set #2 cont.
May 1 Conference
set #2 cont.
May 8 Lecture:
Life Goals
In
class writing activity
Rough
draft #2 of project #3
due. Peer
Review
May 15 Final
Exam
Project
#3 Due.
Conferences:
You are required to sign up for 1 period(15 minutes) during conference set # 1 and 2 periods (30 minutes) for conference set #2. You may come to class and work on your paper during the entire session but you are only required to attend your scheduled periods. You may also sign up for extra periods to receive more one-on-one attention if you wish.