English 100 - Freshman Composition
Course Syllabus
Instructor: Tom
Amano-Tompkins Term:
Fall 2014
Section: 25179 – MW
7:00 pm -8:50 pm Location:
LA-213
Office hours: TBA
Email: tomp99@earthlink.net
(best way to communicate with me outside of class!). I can also be reached at
tamanotompkins@cerritos.edu
Prerequisite: Satisfactory
completion of the English Placement Process or English 52 or equivalent with a
grade of “C” or higher.
Course Description:
English
100 stresses the importance of written communication through reading and
writing of expository and research essays. Because this is a course to
improve writing skills, you will not only engage extensively in the writing
process through prewriting, writing, and revision, but also read extensively in
the course textbook. Furthermore, this particular class is set around the
theme of "Identity and the Cultural Experience." As a result,
all readings and writing assignments will be based around this theme.
Upon completion of this course,
you will be able to:
- Employ the writing process in order to
understand and complete the writing task
- Write
an essay that has a specific purpose, in response to specific writing
prompts and course assignments
- Write
a multi-paragraph essay with specific details, examples, and illustrations
to fulfill a purpose
- Demonstrate
critical engagement with outside sources
- Write
in prose style characterized by clarity, complexity, and variety
- Adhere
to the conventions of standard written English in accord with MLA style
Required Texts: (available at the campus bookstore)
Patterns
for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide by Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell
– ISBN #: 0312676840
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini – ISBN #: 1-59448-000-1
The Ethics of What We Eat by Peter Singer & Jim Mason – ISBN #:
1-59486-687-6
You will also need to purchase two blue exam
books for in-class essays.
Bring your books, a notebook (or notebook paper), and a pen to every
class meeting. To complete some assignments, you will need access to the
Internet and to a computer word processor.
Students who succeed in English 100 usually
choose to: **Read carefully!**
- Make a serious commitment to succeeding
in this class.
- Come to class on time and prepared.
- Get the required texts as soon as
possible.
- Do all the assignments, including
readings, and keep up with the class schedule.
- Participate in class discussions and
activities.
- Refrain from using their cell phones
during class.
- Let me know immediately if they
experience a problem with the class or if other areas of their lives
seriously interfere with their ability to do their class work.
- Seek out all legitimate help with their
course work, if they need it, including the Writing Lab, Special Programs
& Services, campus librarians, their textbooks, and me.
·
Maintain academic
integrity by doing their own work. They do not plagiarize; they do not cheat.
(See box on plagiarism on next page.)
- Treat their classmates and instructor
with respect and consideration.
- Recognize that real learning is difficult
– it involves making mistakes and taking risks.
If you are not willing to make these choices, you are not likely to
succeed in this class!
I will be happy to meet with you to discuss your work in this course. I
encourage you to visit me during office hours, but if that is not convenient
for you, we can make an appointment to meet at another time.
Plagiarism can
mean copying, word for word, all or part of something someone else has written
and turning it in with your name on it. Plagiarism also includes using your own
words to express someone else’s ideas without crediting the source of those
ideas.
Plagiarism is a very serious form of academic
misconduct. It’s both lying and stealing, and it’s a waste of time for students
and teachers. College and departmental policy on plagiarism will be strictly
enforced: Any student caught plagiarizing will automatically receive a zero for
that assignment, with no possibility of making it up, and may be subject to a
formal reprimand and/or suspension.
Cite your sources! Please retain all notes and
drafts of your papers until grading for the course is completed.
Attendance/Tardiness
Attendance in class
is mandatory. This is the college policy. If a student is absent during the add
period OR for more than 10% of the total class hours (three classes), the
instructor has sufficient cause to drop that student from the class. Arriving
late or leaving early will count as one half of an absence.
Grading:
Your final grade in
this class will be computed as follows.
Essays (2) 30% 300 points (150 points each)
Prewriting/Outlines & Drafts (4)
2% 20 (5 points
per outline/draft)
Research Paper 20% 200
Workshops (6) 3% 30 (6
workshops, 5 points each)
Reading Analysis
Presentations (5) 20% 200 (40 points each)
Midterm (in-class
essay) 7% 100
Final exam 4% 40
Quizzes 7% 70 (25 quizzes, 2-5 points each)
Participation 4% _40
points
Total 100% 1000 points
A = 90% 900-1000 points
B = 80% 800-899 C = 70%
700-799
D = 60% 600-699 F = 50%
0-599
English 100 is a UC-CSU transferable course, so rigorous academic
standards must be applied to grading your work. All assignments are required.
In-class work, such as reading analysis presentations and quizzes, cannot be
made up.
Missing assignments
can significantly impact your grade and prevent you from passing the course.
For example, if you fail to turn in one essay (worth 150 points) and one
Reading Analysis Presentation (40 points), you will need to complete every
other assignment with an average score of more than 87% in order to pass the
class with a C (70%).
No
late assignments will be accepted, unless an extension has been arranged
with the instructor in advance.
Papers may not be submitted by email
except by special permission, and when permitted, it is the student’s
responsibility to make sure that the paper is received and readable.
Quizzes will be given frequently throughout the term
whenever substantial reading is due. Each quiz will consist of two to five
multiple-choice questions that the instructor will read out loud. Quizzes will
always be given at the beginning of the class session; students who are absent
or arrive late may not make up quizzes, even if they have really good excuses.
Reading Analysis
Presentation assignments:
You are required to present your analysis of one of the assigned readings every
few weeks for the duration of the class. There will be a sign-up sheet for each
set of readings; in some cases, you may be assigned to analyze a specific
reading. You must do your analysis on the reading you signed up for (or were
assigned) – you may not switch to another reading without clearing it with your
instructor. Your written analysis is due the day we discuss it in class (see
Schedule), and you will present your findings to the class during our
discussion of the reading. Late reading analyses will not be accepted.
Guidelines for the reading analyses will be distributed separately.
Essays (including Research
Paper) must be typed and
formatted according to MLA (Modern Language Association) guidelines. For guidance, see the MLA Formatting and Style Guide at the Web
site of the Purdue Online Writing Lab
(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ - link available on the
course site). Papers may not be
submitted by email except by special permission, and when permitted, it is the
student’s responsibility to make sure that the paper is received and readable.
Late papers will receive an automatic 10% point deduction and will not be
accepted later than one week after the original due date. The research paper
will not be accepted late!
Turnitin.com: To verify the originality of writing
submitted for this class, all essays must be uploaded to Turnitin.com.
Turnitin.com will generate an originality report for the instructor identifying
any borrowed material in student essays (borrowed material includes correctly
documented quotes, as well as plagiarized material). In order to receive full
credit, students must upload their essays to Turnitin.com before class on the day the assignment is due. No essay will be
graded until it is uploaded to Turnitin.com.
Go
to Turnitin.com to create a student profile. Use the following information to
upload your essay:
Class
ID: Enrollment password:
Schedule
of Topics, Readings, and Written Assignments (subject to change)
Date
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Readings
to be completed before class
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Quizzes, exams, and major assignments
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Week 1
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Mon. 8/18
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Writing diagnostic
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Wed. 8/20
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Handout: “The Myth of
‘Practice Makes Perfect’”
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Quiz 1
(Reading Analysis 1)
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Week 2
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Mon. 8/25
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Patterns for College Writing:
Ch. 1 – Reading to Write: Becoming a Critical
Reader, pp. 11-27
“The Myth of the Latin
Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, pp. 232-237
“Just Walk On By: A Black
Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space” by Brent Staples, pp. 240-243
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Quiz 2
(Reading Analysis 1)
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Wed. 8/27
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Patterns for College Writing:
Ch. 2 – Invention, pp. 29-49
Ch. 8 – Exemplification, pp. 211-227
“Mother Tongue, ” by Amy Tan, pp. 466-71
***
Last day to drop class and get a full refund is Aug. 29
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Quiz 3
(Reading Analysis 1)
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Week 3
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Mon. 9/1
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LABOR DAY HOLIDAY – NO CLASS
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Wed. 9/3
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Patterns for College Writing:
Ch. 12 – Classification and Division, pp. 435-448
“The Ways We Lie” by Stephanie
Ericsson, pp. 474-81
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Quiz 4
(Reading Analysis 1)
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Week 4
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Mon. 9/8
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Patterns for College Writing:
Ch. 3 – Arrangement, pp. 51-64
Debate:
Should American Citizenship be a Birthright? pp. 593-4
“The Case for Birthright Citizenship” by Linda
Chavez, pp. 595-597
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Quiz 5
(Reading Analysis 2)
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Wed. 9/10
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Patterns for College Writing:
“An Argument to Be Made about Immigrant
Babies and Citizenship” by George F. Will, pp. 600-602
Prewriting/Outline 1
Workshop
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Quiz 6
Prewriting for
Essay
1
(Reading Analysis 2)
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Week 5
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Mon. 9/15
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Patterns for College Writing:
Ch. 4 – Drafting and Revising, pp. 65-79
“The ‘Black Table’ Is Still There” by Lawrence Otis
Graham, pp. 349-351
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Quiz 7
(Reading Analysis 2)
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Wed. 9/17
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Patterns for College Writing:
“A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a
Gun” by Linda M. Hasselstrom, pp. 354-359
Draft
1 Workshop
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Quiz 8
Draft of Essay 1
(Reading Analysis 2)
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Week 6
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Mon. 9/22
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Essay 1 due
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Wed. 9/24
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Kite Runner:
Chapters 1-6, pp. 1-58
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Quiz 9
(Reading Analysis 3)
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Week 7
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Mon. 9/29
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Kite Runner:
Chapters
7-10, pp. 59-124
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Quiz 10
(Reading Analysis 3)
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Wed. 10/1
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Kite Runner:
Chapters
11-13, pp. 125-189
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Quiz 11
(Reading Analysis 3)
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Week 8
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Mon. 10/6
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Kite Runner:
Chapters 14-19, pp.
190-242
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Quiz 12
(Reading Analysis 3)
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Wed. 10/8
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Kite Runner:
Chapters 20-23, pp.
243-310
Prewriting/Outline
2 Workshop
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Quiz 13
Prewriting
for
Essay 2
(Reading Analysis 3)
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Week 9
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Mon. 10/13
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Kite Runner:
Chapters 24-25, pp. 311-372
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Quiz 14
(Reading Analysis 3)
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Wed. 10/15
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Midterm Exam
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Week 10
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Mon. 10/20
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The Ethics of What We Eat: Preface, pp. v-viii & Introduction, pp.
3-12
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Quiz 15
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Wed. 10/22
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Draft
2 Workshop
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Draft of Essay
2
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Week 11
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Mon. 10/27
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The Ethics of What We Eat:
Ch. 1-3, pp. 15-41
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Quiz 16
(Reading Analysis 4)
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Wed. 10/29
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Patterns for College Writing:
Ch. 16 – Finding and Evaluating Sources, pp. 705-710
LIBRARY
ORIENTATION
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Quiz 17
Draft of essay 2 due |
Week 12
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Mon. 11/3
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Patterns for College Writing:
Ch. 14 – Argumentation, pp. 525-533
The Ethics of What We Eat:
Ch. 4-5, pp. 42-80
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Quiz 18
Essay 2 is due
(Reading Analysis 4)
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Wed. 11/5
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The Ethics of What We Eat:
Ch. 6-8, pp. 83-110
Research Paper Workshop
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Quiz 19
(Reading Analysis 4)
Research proposal due
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Week 13
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Mon. 11/10
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The Ethics of What We Eat:
Ch. 9-10, pp. 111-150
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Quiz 20
(Reading Analysis 4)
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Wed. 11/12
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Patterns for College Writing:
Ch. 14 – Argumentation, pp. 533-550
Research Paper Workshop
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Quiz 21
Research paper Works Cited due
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Week 14
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Mon. 11/17
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The Ethics of What We Eat:
Ch. 11-12, pp. 151-183
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Research paper works cited due
Quiz 22
(Reading Analysis 5)
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Wed.
11/19
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Patterns for College Writing:
Ch. 17 – Integrating Sources and Avoiding
Plagiarism, pp. 711-721
Research Paper Workshop
*** Last day to drop classes with a “W” is Nov. 21
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Quiz 23
Outline of research due
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Week 15
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Mon. 11/24
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The Ethics of What We Eat:
Ch. 13-15, pp. 187-230
Library Visit |
Outline of research paper due
Quiz 24
(Reading Analysis 5)
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Wed. 11/26
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Research
Paper Workshop
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Outline of research paper due
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Week 16
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Mon. 12/1
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The Ethics of What We Eat:
Ch. 16-17, pp. 231-269
Ch. 18. pp. 270-284
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Quiz 25
(Reading Analysis 5)
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Wed. 12/3
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Research
Paper Workshop
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First draft of research paper due
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Week 17
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Mon. 12/8
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Individual
conferences on research paper progress
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Wed. 12/10
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Research
Paper Workshop
Review
for final exam
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Second draft of research paper due
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Finals Week
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Mon. 12/15
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Final
Exam 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Research paper
due
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