Syllabus, English 100
Instructor: Paul Burkhardt
Section
Time
Classroom
Comp Lab
Telephone: 792-6420; 6-4875 & 6-5104 (office)
19
10 am
Havr 319
CCIT
Email: paulb@one-world.org
35
12 pm
Soc Sci 307
Kaibab
Office: CCIT Room 236  pod G
42
1 pm
Soc Sci 312
Kaibab
Office Hours: M & W, 3:30-5:30 & by request
43
2 pm
Soc Sci 312
Kaibab

During my office hours, I may be found in the computer room in CCIT 236 or in pod G.  Look around.  Similarly, if you are trying to call during my office hours, try both the 626-4875 number which rings in my pod & the 626-5104 in the computer lab.

NOTE:  Information in this syllabus may be subject to change with advance notice.

Table of Contents:

  1.     Course Description and Goals
  2.     Required Texts and Supplies
  3.     Required Writing and Grading
  4.     Additional Course Policies (attendance, conduct, plagiarism, etc.)
  5.     Miscellany (format, tutors, computers, etc.)
  6.     Daily Schedule
  7.     Or jump to the Daily Writing Assignments Page
Course Description and Goals

English 100 is designed to introduce you to college-level reading and writing expectations.  Through its emphasis on analysis, interpretation, and careful consideration of evidence, it seeks to strengthen your critical thinking while asking you to apply that thinking to a variety of texts.  This course encourages you to confront rather than to ignore complexity.  It asks you not only to provide evidence for your claims but also to consider evidence that appears to complicate or contradict your initial ideas about a text, even if doing so confuses and frustrates you at first.  In short, this course asks you to become a more responsible thinker and writer.

When you have completed English 100, you should be able to

  1. distinguish analysis from summary, argument, and personal expression
  2. write an essay with a consistently analytical focus
  3. create an argument (e.g., an interpretation of a text) governed by a strong thesis
  4. select appropriate evidence from a text to serve as evidence in support of your thesis
  5. alter your thesis in response to a fuller consideration of the evidence in a text
  6. explain the thinking that links the evidence to the claims in your essay
  7. organize your material into a coherent whole
  8. better observe the conventions of standard English and of academic prose
English 100 is a workshop course and a collaborative effort.  You will work in small groups to analyze texts and to share your ideas and your writing as they develop.  Peer and self-evaluation are integral parts of the course.   The sections of English 100 that I teach require the use of computers not only to word process assignments, but also to engage in group work, interaction, peer analysis & in class assignments on the OldPueblo Moo, class listservs, etc..  The class will regularly meet “virtually” via the Moo.  These sections do not, however, require any prior experience or special knowledge/skills with computer technologies.  Rather, you will be learning to use & critique these media through these sections of English 100.
 

Required Texts and Supplies
 


Required Writing and Grading

Note:   You must submit all required work including the drafts of your graded essays to qualify for a passing grade in the course.  I will not evaluate an essay unless you have submitted a draft of it on time, and I will not provide feedback to  students who skip or circumvent the peer review and conference process.
 
Assignment
Approx. Due Date
Percentage
Diagnostic Essay (8/27) 
Aug. 27
required
Essay 1:  Analysis of Visual Texts
Sep. 27
25 %
Essay 2:  Analysis of Printed Texts
Nov. 1
25 %
Essay 3:  Analysis of Personal Experience
Nov. 29
20 %
Daily Writings (DW) 
regularly
20 %
Final Exam Essay
Dec. 10
10 %

Essays will be evaluated for content (including development and maturity of thought), organization, expression, and mechanics.  Standards of competence and expected levels of maturity are naturally higher in college than in high school.  An "E" is assigned to essays or drafts that have been submitted but are found to be unacceptable.  This grade earns a certain number of points, depending upon assignment percentage, toward your course total.  A zero is recorded for work not handed in at all.  It earns no points.  Always hand in your work, even if it is so late that it can only earn an "E."  Detailed assignment descriptions will be provided for each essay.

Late essays will be lowered one letter grade for each day late, including weekends.  Exceptions must be arranged prior to the due date.  If you have computer or printer problems on the day a major paper is due, you have until 5 p.m. to hand it in at Modern Languages Room 445 with no penalty.  Put it in the wire basket and sign the ledger as proof that you submitted your work on the day it was due.  This policy applies to major assignments only.   I do not accept late Daily Writing Assignments.

Daily Writing / Journal (DW) Assignments consist of written responses to readings, invention assignments, planning work, drafts, peer responses, and in-class writing.   The descriptions of the Daily Writing assignments are posted on the web.

When you submit an essay for a grade, the daily writing associated with that essay will also be tallied and reported to you.  You will begin the semester with a perfect score of 20 points.  Thereafter, you will lose one point for each missing assignment and .5 point for each incomplete or unsatisfactory assignment.

Daily Writing assignments will be collected regularly & sometimes via the MOO, listserv or other electronic media.  You will be taught how to use these communication media which are available to all students free on campus.

If you turn in DW assignments later than the very beginning of class, I reserve the right not to accept them.

Formal peer reviews are a special part of the DW requirement and count as a two-point deduction if you do not complete them.  Incomplete or hastily completed peer reviews will result in a one-point deduction.

Participation in all class activities – both online & IRL –  is required.  If you have difficulty with spontaneous participation, I recommend that you take notes on the readings and bring several written comments to offer verbally in class.

The Final Exam Essay is a two-hour in-class essay based on a common reading or readings.  It is an open-note, open-book test for which we will spend some class time preparing. Criteria for evaluation will be announced ahead of time.

You should keep hard copies & disk backups of all your work this semester in case you want to file a grade appeal or in case I misplace one of your assignments.
 

Additional Course Policies

Attendance is required.  You may miss three classes without penalty.  With your fourth absence you may be dropped from the course with a failing grade.  Failure to attend a required conference or virtual class session counts as an absence.   The only excused absence is one for which you have a written Dean's excuse.

If you miss class, or any portion of a class, regardless of the reason, you are responsible for getting notes and changes in assignments from another student, not from me.  If you consistently arrive late or leave early to the degree that you miss a significant portion of the class, I will discuss your situation with the Director of Composition and request permission to consider you absent.

Conferences, either individual or group, may be scheduled outside of regular class time. When a class meeting is canceled to accommodate conferences, you will be considered absent if you fail to attend your conference.  During conferences, your classmates and I will discuss our responses to your work and ways to help you better realize your intentions.  When class or conferences are held on-line, attendance is still required.

Class Conduct is governed by the UA’s Student Code of Conduct.  Read carefully the summary of the Code of Conduct in your Student's Guide p. 121.

Plagiarism is governed by the Code of Academic Integrity.  All UA students are responsible for  knowing and upholding this code which is available through the Office of the Dean of Students.  Read carefully the synopsis of the code published in your Student's Guide pp. 118-120.  Plagiarism is the act of using another person's work or ideas without proper acknowledgment.  It is a serious offense punishable by loss of credit for the work or the course, or even by expulsion from the University. Please ask for clarification if you do not understand what constitutes plagiarism.
 

Miscellany

Format Requirements:  Assignments submitted IRL must be typed, double spaced with one to one-and-a-half inch margins.  Use a ribbon or cartridge that produces print dark enough to be read easily. Sheets from a dot matrix printer must be separated at the perforations before you submit them. In addition, observe the following:


Tutors are available through several programs on campus.  See your Student's Guide, Appendix A.

Computers are available for your use at several locations around campus.  See your Student’s Guide, Appendix B.

Bring your books & writing materials to class every day.   Bring your 3.5” disks to computer sessions.

Daily Schedule:   EP = Entry Points    SG = Student's Guide  DW = Daily Writing
                          PSM = Pocket Style Manual

  Note:  Additional reading assignments will be given in EP (or elsewhere) pending availability

Introduction

M      8/23
         Introductions; in-class writing; syllabus

W 8/25         CLASS MEETS IN KAIBAB COMPUTER CENTER (sect 19, CCIT)
    Due:

  1. DW 1,  Cyber Adventure culminating in joining the class listserv (englstuds).
     Class:


F 8/27
     Due:

  1. DW 2 (Diagnostic Essay).
  2. Read SG  Chapter 6 ("The First Year Composition Program")
  3. Bring an advertisement of your choice to class
     Class:


Essay One:  Analysis of a Visual Text

M 8/3
    Due:

  1. Read SG Chapter 9 ("Introduction to English 100")
  2. DW 3
     Class:


W 9/1         CLASS MEETS IN KAIBAB COMPUTER CENTER (sect 19, CCIT)
    Due:

  1. DW 4
     Class:


F 9/3
     Due:

  1. Read SG  Chapter 10 (“Analysis of a Visual Text”).  Study assignment sheet and model student essays (Gordon & Mulembo in SG; Borquez in EP?).  Come to class prepared to ask questions about the assignment and the essays to help you clarify requirements.
  2. DW 5
     Class:


M 9/6     NO CLASS -- LABOR DAY

W 9/8         CLASS MEETS IN KAIBAB COMPUTER CENTER (sect 19, CCIT)
     Due:

  1. Read SG Chapter 2 ("Writing and Rewriting Your Essay")
  2. Select an advertisement about which you will write in Essay 1
  3. You must bring this advertisement to class!
  4. DW 6
     Class:


F 9/10:
     Due:

  1. Read & study posted excerpt "Five Kinds of Weak Theses and How to Fix Them"
  2. Bring your advertisement to class!
  3. DW 7
     Class:


M 9/13
     Due:

  1. Read SG Chapter 1, pp. 10-18.
  2. Read posted excerpt "Analyzing Your Evidence"
  3. DW 8
     Class:


W 9/15         CLASS MEETS IN KAIBAB COMPUTER CENTER (sect 19, CCIT)
     Due:

  1. Read the posted excerpt "Introductions & Conclusions" before doing DW 9.
  2. DW 9
     Class:


F 9/17
     Due:

  1. Read posted excerpt "Revising for Style" and PSM (Pocket Style Manual) pp. 87-95 before doing DW 10
  2. DW 10
     NOTE:  You must bring a seperate hard copy of each peer review to distribute to each author.

Class:


M 9/20
    Due:

  1. Read SG Chapter 4 pp. 61-67 (section on interpreting written comments)
  2. Review "Revising for Style" and read PSM, pp. 2-16. before doing DW 11.
  3. DW 11
  4. Familiarize yourself with the rest of PSM; identify useful sections.
     Class:


W 9/22         CLASS MEETS IN KAIBAB COMPUTER CENTER (sect 19, CCIT)
    Due:

  1. Read posted writing "Revising for Correctness"
  2. DW 12
    Class:


F 9/24
     Due:

  1. Scan the grammar section in PSM, pp. 17-50.  If you have identified a pattern of basic writing errors, find the relevant section and use it to help with you correct these errors.
  2. DW 13
    Class:


M 9/27
     Due:

  1. Essay 1 for a grade
  2. note:  please briefly scan the puncuation & mechanics sections in PSM, pp. 51-85.  If you are unsure about your puncuation or mechanics, consult the PSM !
     Class:


Essay Two:  Analyzing Print Texts

W 9/29       CLASS MEETS IN KAIBAB COMPUTER CENTER (except sect 19 in regular classroom)
    Due:

  1. Read S.G. 169-172 and the posted writing by Solomon (also in E.P. 10-17).
  2. NO Daily Writing due:  a well-deserved vacation!
    Class:


F 10/1
    Due:

  1. Read section on rhetorical analysis, S.G. 249-261
  2. Read the posted writing by Steven Manning "Students for Sale".  Print out this reading in a computer lab (paper is free in computer labs!) and bring it with you to class.  Hold on to it -- you may want to use it later!
  3. Write & print out DW14 -- bring it to class.
    Class:


M  10/4
    Due:

  1. Read the Corporate Watch report on Nike; explore all the links off the main page, pick pages that interest you & study them.
  2. Read "Nike does it to Vietnam" -- remember that you may want to print out any of these readings that you might write about later.
  3. Read the introduction and scan the Vietnam Labor Watch's Report on Nike Labor Practices.
  4. Read "An Open Letter to SAS"
  5. Find your new password for the OldPuebloMOO (it was emailed to you on Thursday)
  6. Connect to the OldPuebloMoo from your home or from a computer lab using the cool new Encore Express interface.  Click here for instructions!
  7. Go to the Mount Lemmon Classroom
  8. Read the assignment for DW15 (type 'look blackboard' (w/ no quotes) in the main Mount Lemmon Classroom) and complete it on the MOO.
  9. Print out DW15 and bring it to class on Monday.
    Class:


W  10/6
    Due:

  1. Briefly familiarize yourself with the history of the UA SAS protest as reported by the Wildcat:  The Rally, Day1, Day2 (the article & the editorial), Day5 article 1, Day5 article 2,  Day6, particularly interesting editorial on Day7, Day8, the strong editorial on Day9, & finally the end: Day10 part1, and Day10 part2, and another effect.
  2. Study Nike's own web-site about its labor practices.  Really explore these pages -- especially the "labor" pages -- there are many texts that may be productive for analysis!
  3. Read through the "Dialogue between SAS & President Likins"
  4. Read carefully the "Sweatwash Award"
  5. DW16 -- bring print out to class.
    Class:


F  10/8        CLASS MEETS VIRTUALLY on the OldPuebloMOO in the Mount Lemmon Classroom -- ATTENDANCE REQUIRED!
    Due:

  1. Read SG 307-308 on Analyzing Websites
  2. Browse the following websites, make notes on similarites and differences, bookmark pages of interest, print out texts you might write about:  "Feminists against Sweatshops",  "Sweatshop.org", "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops 1820 - Present", "Corporate Watch:  High Tech Sweatshops".
  3. DW17 -- to be written collaboratively on the OldPuebloMOO and posted by end of class for credit.


    Class:


M  10/11
    Due:

  1. Read through the sample essays by Faghih, "Not Too Young to Learn", & Van Vactor, "Will You Be Polite Please?",  SG 174-186.
  2. Look at the UA SAS action page -- look through the FAQ, the SAS report to Likins, the SAS resolution & especially the final results!
  3. Review links & explore other links from the SAS materials page -- try to find materials to write about!
  4. DW18  --  print out and bring to class


    Class:

W  10/13
    Due:
  1. Read SG 187-192,  Wallace's "How is Your Diction?"  and SG 277-286,  Browne's "The University and the Dollar"
  2. Look at the letters to Big Sports Stars from the SAS, consider the appeals & rhetoric, consider sending one....
  3. DW19  --  print out and bring to class
    Class:


F  10/15        CLASS MEETS VIRTUALLY on the OldPuebloMOO in the Mount Lemmon Classroom -- Special Extra Credit Assign.
    Due:

  1. Read & make notes on the logic & appeals of Nike's new labor pages, the Sweatwash Awards page, SweatshopWatch's garment shop page. the Nike advertisement from last weeks wildcat & the SAS response letter to that ad.
  2. DW20 -- Read the instructions before you come to class.  DW20 to be written collaboritively in class & posted by the end of the class period.


    Class:


M  10/18
    Due:

  1. Read posted writing on binaries & comparisons
  2. Read  SG 261-265 on logical fallacies.
  3. DW21  --  SPECIAL TWO POINT DW! -- print out 3 copies and bring to class


    Class:


W  10/20
    Due:

  1. Read each of your peer's drafts once all the way through.
  2. Read the posted "Glossary of Logical Fallacies"
  3. Read PSM 87-90 carefully -- use to help evaluate your peers' essays
  4. Read one peer's draft slowly & carefully, marking & commenting on both weaknesses/error, as well as strengths.  Be sure to use a pen with a different color than any existing marks on the draft.   Answer the questions for the peer response.  Then move on to the second draft.
  5. DW22  --  SPECIAL TWO POINT DW!  print out and bring to class w/ corrected drafts of peers


    Class:

F  10/22        CLASS MEETS VIRTUALLY on the OldPuebloMOO in the Mount Lemmon Classroom -- ATTENDANCE REQUIRED!
    Due:
  1. Once again, read Revising for Style carefully & use to help revise your essay.
  2. DW23    --  print out and bring to class on 3.5" disk & printed out


    Class:

M  10/25
    Due:
  1. Read SG 583-596 -- "A Writer's First-Aid Kit" -- use these ideas to help revise your essay.
  2. Read PSM 91-101.  Make sure your essay deals with citations & documentations correctly & smoothly.
  3. Refer to PSM 103-121 to help you with MLA documentation style and your list of works cited.
  4. Sometime during this week, you must visit the Writing Center with your essay -- either IRL (in real life) or on the MOO!
  5. DW24  --  print out and bring to class


    Class:


W  10/27
    Due:

  1. Once again, read Revising for Correctness (really re-read it carefully and use it to correct the sentences in your essay!)
  2. Carefully read PSM 2-16 and look for patterns in your own writing that you can improve.
  3. Now that you have your draft back with my marks & comments -- find all BWE's and other problems with grammar and punctuation.  Find the types of errors that you have made in PSM 3-72 & "Revising for Correctness" and learn how to correct them!
  4. DW25  --  print out and bring to class


    Class:


F  10/29        CLASS MEETS VIRTUALLY on the OldPuebloMOO in the Mount Lemmon Classroom -- ATTENDANCE REQUIRED!
    Due:

  1. No reading assignment -- work on your revision!
  2. DW26  --  in class collaborative assignment; bring your latest draft on 3.5" disk (saved as .txt file is safest!)


    Class:


M  11/1
    Due:

  1. Final version of Essay #2 -- for a grade!


    Class:


Essay Three:  Analysis of Personal Experience

NOTE:  Throughout Unit 3, we will be working closely with the texts in both EP & SG.
         You are required to bring these texts to class so that we can discuss them!

W  11/3
    Due:

  1. Read SG 193-194 and SG 343-351.
  2. Read "Class and Comfort", EP 171-178
  3. After finishing the readings, write DW27 -- education & class
    Class:


F  11/5        CLASS MEETS VIRTUALLY on the OldPuebloMOO in the Mount Lemmon Classroom -- ATTENDANCE REQUIRED!
    Due:

  1. Read Read Sizer's "What High School Is", EP 161-167.
  2. Read "Lear's Compromise" in SG 196-201.
  3. DW28 -- MOO writing.


    Class:


M  11/8
    Due:

  1. Read "Mother Tongue" in EP 75-78 and "In English, Please" in EP 168-170.
  2. Read "They Taught Me Different is Wrong" in SG 204-207.
  3. DW29   --  print out and bring to class


    Class:


W  11/10
    Due:

  1. Read "Fear of Writing" in EP 83-85 and "Language is Grey, Not Black or White" in EP 68-70.
  2. Read "English Class:  Is it Necessary?" in SG 208-209.
  3. Read the posted excerpt on "Personal Response Topics"
  4. DW30   --  print out and bring to class


    Class:


F  11/12        CLASS MEETS VIRTUALLY on the OldPuebloMOO in the Mount Lemmon Classroom -- Special Xtra Credit Assign.
    Due:

  1. Read "Girl" in EP 64 and "Coming into Language" in EP 53-56
  2. Read "One Big Classroom" in SG 359-366.
  3. DW31   --  MOO writing.


    Class:


M  11/15
    Due:

  1. Read "Gray Boys, Funky Aztecs, and Honorary Homegirls" in EP 114-121.
  2. DW32  --  print out and bring three copies to class (special 2 point assignment).


    Class:


W  11/17
    Due:

  1. Read "Aria:  A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood" in EP 141-147.
  2. Read "Career Decision" in SG 368-369.
  3. DW33   --  print out and bring to class


    Class:


F  11/19        CLASS MEETS VIRTUALLY on the OldPuebloMOO in the Mount Lemmon Classroom -- ATTENDANCE REQUIRED!
    Due:

  1. Read "I Just Wanna Be Average" in EP 148-160.
  2. DW34   --  MOO writing.


    Class:


M  11/22
    Due:

  1. Read "Pass" in EP 138-140
  2. Read excerpts in "Reflection & Critique" in SG 371-374
  3. DW35   --  print out and bring to class


    Class:


W  11/24        CLASS MEETS VIRTUALLY on the OldPuebloMOO in the Mount Lemmon Classroom -- ATTENDANCE REQUIRED!
    Due:

  1. Reread "Revising for Style" and "Revising for Correctness" -- revise your draft!
  2. DW36   --  MOO writing.


    Class:


F  11/26        NO CLASS --- THANKSGIVING!
    Due:

  1. Eat plenty and kick back -- enjoy & appreciate your family & friends!
  2. Finish revisions of Essay 3.


M  11/29
    Due:

  1. Essay #3 due in class!


    Class:


Essay 4:  Writing the Final Exam

W  12/1
    Due:

  1. Buy the English 100 Final Exam Packet at the ASUA Bookstore, read it, and bring it to class!
  2. Read SG 221-229 and SG 59-70.
  3. NO DW due!  Take a much deserved break!


    Class:


F  12/3        CLASS MEETS VIRTUALLY on the OldPuebloMOO in the Mount Lemmon Classroom -- ATTENDANCE REQUIRED!
    Due:

  1. Re-read the final exam selections, & make notes on them.
  2. DW 37   --  MOO writing.


    Class:


M  12/6
    Due:

  1. Continue reviewing the readings for the final exam.
  2. DW38  --  print out and bring to class


    Class:


W  12/8        Last Day of Class!
    Due:

  1. Look at those darned reading one last time.
  2. DW39  --  print out and bring to class


    Class:


F  12/10        FINAL EXAM  8:00 am - 10:00 am  ---  ATTENDANCE ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED!
                            Location:  Chemical & Biological Sciences Bldg (CBS), Room 216.
                            Bring all notes, texts, a dictionary, a bluebook and pens!