SUNY - Farmingdale Department of English and Humanities English 101- Fall 2012 E-mail: candias@farmingdale.edu Prof.

Susan Candia Class Blog: candiaenglish101.blogspot.com

Classroom & meeting times: Tuesday( Gleeson 221) and Thursdays( Lupton 165) 9:30-10:45 am
There are no scheduled office hours .Please see me before class, or contact me at the email address above.

Course Description: This is a course in expository writing with an emphasis on reading, critical thinking and writing that focuses on analysis and argumentation. Assignments are designed to aid students to generate ideas and write fluently by the end of the semester. Students will gain experience in the writing process, including revision. A source project is required with assignments in library research, note taking, outlining, and incorporating sources into a final draft. Texts: Between Worlds: Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook 7th Edition (Pearson) required Harbrace Essentials (Wadsworth Cengage) suggested Writing Research Papers, 2nd ed( Farmingdale State College) Pdf version available online at www.farmingdale.edu suggested COURSE RULES: 1. No assignment may be omitted. 2. Plagiarized work will receive a failing grade. Be advised that it is very obvious to English professors when something is not written in the student's style. 3. Absences or latenesss exceeding three (3) times will require a conference with the professor. Excessive absences/tardiness will directly affect your class participation grade. 4. Late work will be accepted only under special circumstances and only when the student has communicated the reason prior to the class when the assignment is due. A full grade deduction will occur for each day the assignment is not received on the day it is due. 5. There are no make-ups of tests except in the case of documented illness or hardship. Notification must be given prior to or on the date of the test. REQUIRED WORK: 1. 2. Regular attendance to class. Class Participation Successful completion of all assignments: Essays, Class Work, Blog Assignments, Homework, Source Project and all components , Midterm and Final (Source Presentation) Attendance at an on campus event preferably the Visitors Writing Program, with essay /formal review of the event with signature. ( see handout)

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IMPORTANT DATES: These dates are tentative and may sometimes be revised. All readings and assignments are due on the date they are noted. AUG 28 T- INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE; DIAGNOSTIC ESSAY AUG 30 TH- BETWEEN GENERATIONS CH 1- BLOG ASSIGN #1
SEPT 4 T- GETTING STARTED ; PREWRITING TECHNIQUES CH 6 SEPT 6 TH- BETWEEN GENDERS CH 2-; ESSAY

#1 FIRST DRAFT DUE TODAY- BLOG ASSIGN #2

SEPT 11 T- ESSAY#1 FINAL PAPER DUE; LIBRARY LESSON ; HOW TO USE SCHOOL DATABASE FOR RESEARCH ( MEET IN LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB IN GREENLY) SEPT 13 THSOURCE PROJECT TOPIC DUE ORGANIZING AND DRAFTING AN ESSAY CH7- BLOG ASSIGN

#3 SEPT 18 T-NO CLASS

SEPT 20 TH- THESIS STATEMENTS AND OUTLINING CH 7- BETWEEN CULTURES CH 3- BLOG ASSIGN #4

SEPT 25- NO CLASS

SEPT 27TH-HOW TO CONSTRUCT AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY; WORKSHOPPING A DRAFT; BRING ROUGH DRAFT OF ESSAY #2 TO CLASS TODAY- PEER REVISION OCT 2 T- WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS CH 12- MLA CITATIONS; GREENBOOK REVIEW OCT 4 TH- BETWEEN PERCEPTIONS CH 4-BLOG ASSIGN #5

ESSAY #2 FINAL PAPER DUE TODAY-

OCTOBER 9-T- SOURCE PROJECT ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE; WRITING TO PERSUADE CH 9

OCT 11 TH- ESSAY#3 REVISING WORKSHOP TODAY-; REVISING AN ESSAY CH 8-BLOG ASSIGN #6 OCT 16 T- ESSAY #3 FINAL PAPER DUE TODAY; OUTLINING OCT 18 TH- IN CLASS MIDTERM OCT 23 T- SOURCE PROJECT OUTLINE DUE BETWEEN POINTS OF VIEW CH 5- REVERSE OUTLININGTAKING NOTES REVISING YOUR WORK OCT 25 THSOURCE PROJECT

CONFERENCES- BLOG ASSIGNMENT#7

OCT 29 T-SOURCE PROJECT CONFERENCES NOV 1 TH- SOURCE PROJECT CONFERENCES BLOG ASSIGNMENT #8

NOV 6 T-INTRODUCTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS- CH

NOV 8TH- SOURCE PROJECT ROUGH DRAFT DUE; QUOTATIONS, STATISTICS AND EXPERTS; SOURCE PAPER LAB NOV 13 T-SUMMARY, NARRATION, EVALUATIVE RESPONSE CH 10 NOV 15 TH- FINAL SOURCE PAPER DUE, DEFINITION, CAUSE AND EFFECT CH 10 NOV 20 T- THE COMPARISON CONTRAST ESSAY CH10 NOV 22- NO CLASS NOV 27T SOURCE PROJECT PRESENTATION; FINAL SOURCE PAPER RETURNED NOV 29TH- SOURCE PROJECT PRESENTATION; BLOG ASSIGN #9 DEC 4 T- SOURCE PROJECT PRESENTATION; REVISED FINAL SOURCE PAPER DUE DEC 6 TH-SOURCE PROJECT PRESENTATIONS; VISITING WRITERS ASSIGNMENT DUE; STRATEGY FOR INCLASS ESSAY WRITING CH10-BLOG ASSIGN #10 DEC 11 T- ANALYSIS OF A PROCESS, FILM, POEM, CHARACTER CH 10

DEC 13- TH- LAST DAY OF CLASS, HAND BACK WORK AND SOURCE PROJECT DISCUSSION- FINAL BLOG
SUMMATION EXERCISE

GRADING BREAKDOWN: 1) ESSAYS /BLOG POSTS- 25% 2) MIDTERM, VISITORS WRITING ASSIGNMENT, CLASSWORK AND PARTICIPATION 25% 3) SOURCE PROJECT: TOPIC, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, OUTLINE , COMPLETED PAPER, ROUGH DRAFT, REVISED DRAFT , FINAL DRAFT AND FINAL PRESENTATION-50 %
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