Fall Term August 18, 2009- October 31, 2009
Tuesday (Main Campus 104)
Instructor Information: Maia Adamina,
MA
Instructor
E-mail: maia.adamina-guzman@wayland.wbu.edu
Course Number and Title: ENGL
1302 SA01 Composition and Reading
Catalog Course Description:
and
interpretive essays.
Prerequisite: English 1301
Required Textbooks: The Norton Introduction to Literature (Shorter
9th ed.) and the handbook at
http://www.dianahacker.com/writersref/pdf/WritingAboutLit-REF.pdf
Course outcome competencies:
Upon the conclusion of this course, students actively engaged in learning will
be able to:
1. Comprehend the importance of imaginative
literature as it relates to other disciplines, the University’s liberal arts
mission, and the world at large.
2. Discuss
three major literary genres: short
fiction, poetry, and drama.
3. Identify and analyze basic elements of
literature.
4. Use and refine reading, research, and writing
skills to support a clear point of view in regard to a
piece of literature.
5. Demonstrate the ability to read critically
and communicate persuasively.
Course Requirements
and Means of Assessment:
Essay 1:
(3-4 pages, double spaced, primary source only) 25%
Essay 2: (4-5 pages, double spaced, researched)
25%
In Class Writings 25%
Final Exam: 25%
The more the
student puts into the course, the higher his or her outcome competencies will
be. Also, please make use of the tutoring sessions available here at Wayland
for additional help with your work. The tutor is here Saturdays from 10am
-2pm. I’m not a mind reader so if you have any questions or requests,
please ask.
Attendance: As stated in
the Wayland Catalog, students enrolled at one of the University’s external
campuses should make every effort to attend all class meetings. All
absences must be explained to the instructor, who will then determine whether
the omitted work may be made up. When a student reaches that number of absences
considered by the instructor to be excessive, the instructor will so advise the
student and file an unsatisfactory progress report with the campus dean.
Any student who misses 25 percent or more of the regularly scheduled class
meetings will receive a grade of F in the course. Additional attendance
policies for each course, as defined by the instructor in the course syllabus,
are considered a part of the University’s attendance policy.
Additional attendance policies: If you are absent the day an assignment is due, you
are still expected to turn it in by the deadline. Please do not e-mail essays
to me; turn them in at the front office. Late papers will not be accepted.
In-class writing assignments also may not
be made up.
Instructor's Policy on Academic Dishonesty: First
incident will result in an F for the assignment; second instance will result in
an F for the course. This includes collusion as well as plagiarism.
Statement: It is
University policy that no otherwise qualified disabled person be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination
under any educational program or activity in the University. Students should inform the instructor of
existing disabilities at the first class meeting. (Documentation of disability may be
required.)
Tentative Class Schedule –Please try the links for certain texts well in
advance. In other words, don’t show up the day of class complaining that you
couldn’t get the link to open and haven’t read as these texts can easily be
found by googling the title and author. Please check
Blackboard weekly for handouts and/or changes.
Week 1 August 18 Orientation: discuss syllabus. Discuss in-text citations and
Works Cited. Discuss conventions of writing about literature (1690-97).
Week 2 August 25 Have read the sample student essay http://www.dianahacker.com/rules/pdf/RULE5-Peel.pdf.
Discuss elements of fiction. Have read “Young Good Man Brown” by Nathaniel
Hawthorne (232), “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (513), and
“Every Day Use” by Alice Walker (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug97/quilt/walker.html)
Week 3 September 1 Have read A Raisin
in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (1621)
Week 4 September 8 Have read “We Real Cool” by
Gwendolyn Brooks (655), “America” by Walt Whitman (1014), “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost
(988), “Harlem” by Langston Hughes
(820), “Ballad of Birmingham” by Dudley Randall (824), and “Because I Could Not
Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson” (980). See Blackboard handout for “
Week 5 September 15 Peer Review of essay.
Week 6 September 22 *Essay 1 Due Have read The Importance of
Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (http://www.hoboes.com/html/FireBlade/Wilde/earnest)
and watch film. Have read the sample student research essay (1739-48)
Week 7 September 29
Have read “The Cask of
Amontillado” (123), “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia
Marquez (451), “Araby” by James Joyce (432), and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson (http://www.americanliterature.com/SS/SS16.HTML) Discuss Tragedy.
Week 8 October 6 Have read Hamlet
by William Shakespeare (1325)
Week 9 October 13 Peer Review of Essay
Week 10 October 20 *Essay 2 Due Watch Film for the Final
Week 11 October 27 Final Exam
Create correct entries for
the following –
An (A) essay shows original thought, has a clear and well supported thesis, is well organized and free of mechanical errors. A (B) essay may either be clear and mostly free of errors but the thesis is unoriginal, or the thesis may be original but the essay is lacking development and/or has mechanical errors. A (C) essay is average –the thesis is clear but is unoriginal and there are substantial mechanical errors. A (D) essay may lack a clear thesis and/or development and have substantial mechanical and developmental errors. An (F) essay is incoherent, underdeveloped, and filled with mechanical errors.