ENGLISH 105-04/06—college Writing
Spring 2001
Dr. Bellamy Office Hours: MW 1:00-3:00
Office: Clarke 204; Phone: 455-3409 TTH after 3:00
Email: cbellamy@vwc.edu Other times by appt.
If I’m not in my office, leave a message and a number, and I’ll call you back.
Expectations:
That you will attend all classes. If you must miss class because of illness, athletics, or emergency, call me to find out what you missed and how you can catch up. If you miss more than 20% of scheduled classes (6 classes), you will not pass the course.
Read all assignments by the assigned date. Come to class prepared to discuss, answer questions, or write about the readings. You’ll find this easier if you make note of the ideas, observations, objections, or questions you had when you were reading. Expect a short quiz on the assigned readings.
Write, edit, proofread, and print out all writing assignments by the assigned date. If you get behind, let me know how I can help you catch up. If you do not keep up with the class, you may not pass the course.
Make timely conference appointments and keep them. Not being prepared or not showing up for a scheduled conference counts as three absences. See first point above.
Take responsibility for your learning.
tentative SCHEDULE
Jan. 16 Creative nonfiction.
18 First creative nonfiction (1-2 pages) due in class.
23 Second creative nonfiction (1-2 pages) due in class; Cooper & Patton pp. 205-210.
25 Third creative nonfiction (1-2 pages) due in class; Cooper & Patton pp. 210-215.
30 Peer review (typed) paper #1 due in class; Cooper & Patton pp. 215-225; bring Hacker.
Feb. 1 Paper 1 due in class; make appointments for conferences; intro to paper # 2 (text-based analysis)
6 C & P: Chapter 1, pp. 1-9; do exercises 1A, 1B, and 1C.
8 C & P: Chapter 1, pp. 9-23; do writing exercise 1 on page 10.
13 C & P: Chapter 2, pp. 24-33; do exercises 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D.
C & P: Chapter 6, pp. 159-167; choose text to analyze for paper #2.
C & P: Chapter 6, pp. 139-157; work on text-based analysis (paper #2).
C & P: Chapter 3, pp. 53-66; do exercise 3A.
Mar. 1 Paper #2 (text-based analysis) due in class; make appointments. (Mid-semester). C & P: Chapter 2, pp. 33-41; do writing exercise 4 on page 40. Intro to literary essay (paper #3).
6 C & P: Chapter 2, pp. 42-52; reading and discussing fiction.
8 C & P: Chapter 4, pp. 84-93; idea and argument for literary essay (#3)due.
SPRING BREAK
20 C & P: Chapter 4, pp. 94-100; peer review of literary essay (#3) in class. Bring Hacker.
22 C & P: Chapter 4, pp. 100-103; literary paper (#3) due in class. Bring Hacker. Make conferences. Intro to research paper (#4).
27 C & P, Chapter 6, pp. 139-159. C & P: Chapter 5, pp. 120-124, 127-129, 136-137.
29 C & P: Chapter 4, pp. 104- 119; idea and evidence for research paper (#5) due.
Apr. 3 C & P, Chapter 7, pp. 193-197; developing topic for research paper.
5 C & P, Chapter 9; developing topic for research paper.
10 Peer review of research paper (#5). Bring Hacker to class.
12 Research paper (#5) due in class. Sign up for conferences.
17 Conferences. Work on portfolio. If you are up to date on portfolio: no class.
19 Conferences. Work on portfolio. If you are up to date on portfolio: no class.
24 portfolio Preview due. Bring Hacker to class.
26 portfolio due.
Final exam:
ENG 105-04 Tuesday, May 8, 2:00 P.M. Open book: bring dictionary, handbook, etc.
ENG 105-06 Thursday, May 3, 2:00 p.m. Open book: bring dictionary, handbook, etc.
Texts:
Cooper, Sheila and Rosemary Patton. Writing Logically, Thinking Critically. Third edition. New York: Longman’s, 2001.
Hacker, Diana. A Writer’s Reference (or equivalent).