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Your Instructor:                                   Dr.
Julie Barak

Office
Phone:                                        248-1072

Office:                                                     LHH
452

Office
Hours:                                        MW
8:00-8:50, 2:00-2:50

T 11:00-11:50

F
8:00-8:50

E-mail:                                                    [email-masked]

My
Home Page:                                    http://www.mesastate.edu/~jbarak

TurnITin
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Syllabus subject
to change.  Changes will be
announced in class.  If you miss
class, you are responsible for finding out what has changed and for completing
the appropriate assignment.

Course
Goals:  To examine,
discuss, and practice composing various styles and modes of writing in order to
develop the confidence, independence, and skills necessary to tackle virtually
any writing task assigned in any college class. In particular, this will
include learning to read, think and write critically about literature and other
types of texts; discovering the steps in the research process and applying
those steps in our own writing; analyzing, summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting
and citing source material without plagiarizing; eliminating distracting
mechanical errors; and developing an awareness of various citation styles,
including, but not limited to, MLA.

State-wide
General Education Requirements:  This course has been accepted by the CCHE as a General Education Transfer course. To
meet this requirement, the course must meet minimum reading and writing
requirements, as well as address the following critical thinking skills:  a) Identifying and differentiating
questions, problems and arguments, b) Evaluating the appropriateness of various
methods of reasoning and verification, c) Identifying and assessing stated and
unstated assumptions, d) Critically comparing different points of view, e)
Formulating questions and problems, f) Constructing and developing cogent
arguments, g) Discussing alternative points of view, h) Evaluating the quality
of evidence and reasoning.

MESA STATE GENERAL
EDUCATION OBJECTIVES ADDRESSED IN THIS COURSE:

The
following have been chosen from the list of General Education Objectives shown
in its entirety in the Mesa State College Catalog:

OBJECTIVE
1—Students will be able to think critically and recognize issues across a
broad spectrum of subjects.

OBJECTIVE
2—Students will be able to communicate effectively in the English Language.

Course
Methods:  The course is
designed as a writing workshop. That means that we’ll spend most of our
class time writing, reading, and talking about writing and/or reading.  We’ll write about others’
writing, write about our own writing process, write about various subjects,
read our own writing out loud in large and small groups, read others’
writing, and discuss everything!

Required Texts:

Harris,
Joseph

Rewriting:  How to Do Things with Texts

Utah
State UP

Atwood,
Margaret

Wilderness Tips

Anchor

Anderson,
Sherwood

Winesburg,
Ohio

W.
W. Norton and Co.

Other Expenses:

Occasional
copies of your own writing for large and small group discussion.

Course Requirements:

1.
Almost daily journal entries from January
18th -March 01st practicing a technique from Harris or
some other technique related to research writing. (250 points).  I’ll pick these up every day.  Grades will be assigned, and at the end
of the semester the average grade will be multiplied by 2.50.

2.
Two Papers:  One essay on Anderson (100 points), one
on Atwood (150 points).

3.
One Outline of a
Research Paper.  (100 points).

4.
Various Assignments
Connected to Research Paper:

a.
Thesis statement (10 points);

b.
Annotated Bibliography (25 points);

c.
Prospectus (45 points);

d.
Research journaling. 15 entries.  Details explained in class. (70  points).

5.
Research Paper Journal
Assignments:  Define the project, Note keywords or
passages, Assess the uses and limits, Illustrate, Authorize, Borrow, Extend,
Argue the other side, Uncover Values, Dissent, Acknowledge Influences, Practice
Reflexivity (250 points). I’ll pick these up as they are due and assign a
grade.  At the end of the semester,
the average grade will be multiplied by 2.50.

6.
Attendance,
Participation, and Late Work: In a workshop setting, your
contributions to discussion are very important.  If you’re not here, you not only
can’t learn from what goes on, you also can’t share what you know.  So, show up and speak up. Attendance is
required and points are lost when you don’t come to class.
After three absences, every
hour of class you miss, costs you 4 points.

Policies and
Procedures:

1.
Academic Honesty:  Refer to the
Student Handbook for college policies on Academic Honesty. You are cautioned a)
against using, word for word, without acknowledgment, phrases, sentences,
paragraphs, etc. from the printed or manuscript material of others; b) against
using with only slight changes the materials of others; and c) against using
the general plan, the main headings, or a rewritten form of someone
else’s material. These cautions apply to the work of other students as
well as to the published work of professional writers.  (Department of English, Purdue
University)  Violations will be
handled according to the guidelines suggested in the Student Handbook.

2.
Students w/ Disabilities:  In coordination
with Educational Access Services, reasonable accommodations will be provided
for qualified students with disabilities.
Please meet with the instructor the first week of class to make
arrangements.  Educational Access
Services can be contacted at 248-1856, or in person in Houston Hall, Room 100.

3.
Tutorial Learning Center = TLC:  The TLC is a FREE academic service for all MSC students.
Tutors are available on a walk-in basis for many courses. Needing to ask a
quick question? Seeking homework clarification? Looking for feedback on a
paper? Reviewing for a test? Come to Houston Hall 110 on Mondays through
Thursdays from 8AM-7PM and Fridays from 8AM-5PM to meet with one of our peer
tutors.  Please call 970-248-1392
with any questions.

Points and
Grades:

Journal
Entries
250 points

Anderson
Essay
100 points

Atwood
Essay
150 points

Research
Paper Outline
100 points

Research
Pieces
150 points

Research
Paper Journal Assignments
250 points

Total                                                                        1000
points

A = 900-1000
points, B = 800-899 points, C = 700-799 points, D = 600-699 points F = below
600

Calendar – English 112 –
Spring 2010

Date

Reading Assignment

Activity

Project Due

Week 1 – Unit 1 – Summary
and Response

Jan
18

Read
Syllabus in class

Introductions

Questions

20

Lesson
1 – Defining the Project

Harris
13-19

Anderson
– The Book of the Grotesque, Hands, Paper Pills, Mother, The
Philosopher, Nobody Knows (5-29)

Review Harris

Discuss
Anderson’s Project

Assignment

Introduction/Review
MLA Style

22

Lesson
2 – Note Key Words and Phrases

Harris
– 19-24

Anderson
--  A Man of Ideas, Adventure,
Respectability, The Thinker, Tandy, The Strength of God (53-86)

Review Harris

Discuss Key
Words and Phrases in Anderson

Assignment

250 word essay
on the Project of Your Life – MLA Style.

Week 2 – Unit 1 – Summary and Response

25

Lesson
3 – Uses and Limits

Harris
– 24-28

Anderson
– The Teacher, Loneliness, An Awakening, “Queer”, The
Untold Lie, Drink (86-122)

Review Harris

Discuss the
Uses and Limits of Anderson’s Stories

Assignment

250 word essay
on the key people, books, influences in your life –MLA Style.

27

Lesson
4 –  Thematic
Elements/Thesis Statements

Anderson
– Death, Sophistication, Departure (122-138)

PowerPoint/Lecture

Practice
Responding

Assignment

250 word
summary of one of Anderson’s stories. Define the project, define key
words and phrases, and discuss uses and limits. MLA Style

29

Lesson
5 – MLA Style w/ in-text citations

Harris
– 29-32

PowerPoint/Lecture

K:
Drive— handout/review

Assignment

250 word
response to one of Anderson’s stories.

n
Thematic Element

n
Thesis Statement

n
List of supporting evidence

MLA Style

Week 3 – Unit 1 Summary and Response

Feb
01

Lesson
6 – Responding to Texts or Ways of Reading –

Anderson
– 169-177, 178-188

PowerPoint/Lecture

Discussion of
Anderson’s Critics

Assignment

Response to one
of Anderson’s critics – 250 words. Define the project; discuss
key terms; note uses and limits. MLA Style.

03

Lesson
7 – Yes, No, Okay but . . .

Anderson
– 189-194, 203-210, 211-229

PowerPoint/Templates

In-class essay
response employing templates

Discuss
Anderson’s Critics

Assignment

Response to one
of Anderson’s critics – Explain, Evaluate, Problem Solve, Argue
– 500 words.

05

Lesson
8 – Putting it all together -- Title, Thesis, Intro, Summary, Response,
Conclusion, Works Cited Page.

PowerPoint/Lecture

Share
Essays/Discuss

Assignment

Sign-up for
Conferences

Hand out
rubric.

250-500 word
response to one of Anderson’s critics employing template.

Week 4 – Unit 1 – Summary and Response

08

Post Draft to
k: drive

Draft Due
– 3-4 page double-spaced essay on one of Anderson’s stories:  Summarize (define

the project,
discuss key terms, note uses and limits).  Respond by evaluating, explaining,
problem solving or arguing.  MLA
Style.  See rubric for more
specific instructions.

10

Post Draft to
k: drive

12

Post Draft to
k: drive

Week 5 – Unit 2 – Taking up a Position

15

Lesson
1 – Illustrating

Harris
– 34-44

Atwood
– True Trash – 1-30

PowerPoint/lecture

Discuss Atwood

Practice Illustrating

Essay #1 Due.
Post to Turnitin.

17

Lesson
2 – Authorizing and Borrowing

Harris
– 44-46

Atwood
– Hairball – 31-47, The Bog Man, 75-95

PowerPoint/lecture

Discuss Atwood

Practice
Borrowing

Short Response
(no more than 500 words) to one of Atwood’s stories in which you point
to a repeated symbol and illustrate how it works in the novel.  Include at least three illustrations
as you work with your symbol.

Include works
cited page.

19

Lesson
3 – Extending

Harris
– 46-52

Atwood
– Death by Landscape—97-228, The Age of Lead – 147-162

PowerPoint/lecture

Practice
Extending

Discuss Atwood

Short
response, (no more than 500 words, to one of Atwood’s stories in which
you borrow a concept from some other field and apply it to the story’s
characters or situations.  Use at
least one authority to support or define your concept.

Include works
cited page.

Week 6 – Unit 2 – Taking up a Position

22

Lesson
4 – Argue the Other side

Harris
– 54-60

Atwood
– Wilderness Tips – 179-204, Hack Wednesday – 205-228

PowerPoint/Lecture

Practice
Arguing the other side

Discuss Atwood

Short response
(no more than 500 words) to one of Atwood’s stories in which you extend
a concept or term from some other field and apply it to your reading of the
novel. Use at least one authority to support or define your concept.

Include works
cited page.

24

26

Lesson
5 – Uncovering Values

Goldman
– PDF on H:Drive

PowerPoint/Lecture

Practice
Uncovering Values

Discuss Atwood

Week 7– Unit 2 – Taking up a Position

Mar
01

Lesson
6 – Dissenting

Harris
– 64-71

Beran
– PDF on H:drive

PowerPoint/Lecture

Practice
Dissenting civilly.

Planting a
Naysayer

Discuss Atwood

Short response
(no more than 500 words) in which you argue against Goldman.

Include a
works cited page.

03

PowerPoint/Lecture
– Taking up a position.
Share Rubric.

In-class
brainstorming.

In-class
writing.

Short response
(no more than 500 words) in which you uncover the values of Beran.

Include a
works cited page.

05

Harris
98-113

Post draft to
k:drive

Draft Due.

Week 8– Unit 2 – Taking up a Position

08-12

Spring
Break

Week 9 – Unit 2 – Taking up a Position

15

Harris
113-116

Post draft to
k:drive

Draft Due.

Revision Plan
Due.

17

Harris
116-122

Post draft to
k:drive

Draft Due.

Revision Plan
Due.

19

Celebrate the
midterm

Review
what’s coming up next.

Determine a
subject.

Break it into
parts.

Assign
researchers.

Essay #2 Due.
Post to Turnitin.

Week 10
– Unit 3 – The Research Project

22

Library
Day

Find two
articles from Academic Search Premier. about our topic.

24

Meet
in computer lab

Note taking –
PPT

Review
Homework for next three days.

Post a journal
to K: before you leave on the two articles you found and read from Academic
Search Premier.

26

No
class, but . . .

Reading/Research

Post a journal
to K: on two articles from LexisNexis

Week 11 – Unit 3  -- The Research Project

29

Harris
73-79 – Transforming

Reading/Research

Practice
Transforming.

Post a journal
to K: on two articles from two other databases – See list from library
handout.

31

Harris
79-82 – Acknowledging Influences.

Read
Graff Handout.

Reading/Research

Practice
Acknowledging Influences.

Share some
Transforming journals.

Post a journal
to K: on two books you’ve found in our library or requested from
Prospector.

Journal due
– 250 words or less – in which you practice transforming someone
else’s text to make a point of your own regarding our topic.  Include works cited page.

Post to K:
Drive.

Apr
2

Harris
85-96 – Reflexivity

Bring
Graff Handout to class.

Reading/Research

Practice
Reflexivity.

Share some AI
journals.

Journal due
– 250 words or less – in which you acknowledging influences,
discussing someone who has influenced your thinking on the topic of our
research.  Include works cited
page.

Continue to
read and add to your reading journal.

Week 12 – Unit 3  -- The Research Project

5

Reading/Research

PPT –
Modes -- Handout.

Review Thesis
Statement and map.

Practice thesis
statements.

Journal due
– 250 words or less – in which you practice reflexivity.

Include a
works cited page.

Continue to
read and add to your reading journal.

7

Reading/Research

PPT – Annotated
Bibliography.

Thesis
Statements Due. Post to Turnitin. Continue to read and add to your reading
journal.

9

Reading/Research

PPT  Prospectus – epigraph.

Continue to
read and add to your reading journal.

Week 13 – Unit 3 – The Research
Project

12

Reading/Research

Annotated
Bibliography Due. Post to Tunitin. Continue to read and add to your reading
journal.

14

Reading/Research

Prospectus Due.
Post toTurnitin.

Continue to
read and add to your reading journal.

16

No
class, but . . .

Reading/Research

Continue to
read and add to your reading journal.

Week 14 – Unit 3 – The Research
Project

19

Review.

In-class
Writing – summarize one article – Defining the project, noting
key terms and passages and discussing uses and limits

Continue to
read and add to your reading journal.

21

Review.

In-class
Writing – Illustrate and authorize

Journal due in
which you summarize one article by defining the key project, noting key words
and passages and discuss uses and limits. Works cited page, please.

Continue to
read and add to your reading journal.

23

Review.

In-class
writing –

Borrowing

Journal due in
which you make a point about our topic by illustrating and authorizing. Works

cited page, please.

Continue to
read and add to your reading journal.

Week 15 – Unit 3  -- The Research Project

26

Review.

In-class
writing – Extending

Journal due in
which you make a point about our topic by borrowing. Works cited page,
please.

Continue to
read and add to your reading journal.

28

Review.

In-class
writing – Transforming

Journal due in
which you make a point about our topic by extending. Works cited page,
please.

Continue to
read and add to your reading journal.

31

Review

In-class
writing – Acknowledging Influences.

Journal due in
which you make a point about our topic by transforming another person’s
idea or thought pattern.  Must be
a different transformation than the earlier journal. Works cited page,
please.

Research
Journals Due.

Week 16 – Unit 3 – The Research
Project

May
3

Review.

In-class
writing -- Reflexivity

Journal due in
which you acknowledge another influence on your thinking about our topic.
Works cited page, please.

5

Modes/Outline PPT.

Journal due in
which you practice making another reflexive move about our topic. Works cited
page, please.

7

Conferences

Week 17 – Finals Week

10

Research Paper
Outline Due.

017 – 10:00 and 033 – 1:00

12

Research Paper
Outline Due

032 –
1:00