ENG 80 -...

ENG 80

Fall 18, Sect.47156 MWF 12:30-2:35

in Quad 103 & one WRC hour you select

ENG 80

Preparatory Composition

Associate Professor: Kelly Douglass, PhDE-Mail: [email protected]: 951-222-8768 Office: Quad 222 FWebsite: websites.rcc.edu/douglassTwitter: @ProfKDouglass #E80F18Remind: Text 81010 w/message @eng80fOffice Hours in QD222F: Mon. 9-10 amWed. 2:45-3:45 pm; Fri. 10am-12 pmOffice Hours online (by email): Wed: 9-10 pm

Course Description

Accelerated preparation for English Composition (ENG 1A), this course offers intensive instruction in the academic reading, reasoning, and writing expected in transfer and associate-degree courses. Students will read college-level texts and write a minimum of 10,000 words. Classroom instruction is supplemented by writing lab activities. 108 hours lecture and 18 hours laboratory.

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate the following skills:

Employ effective reading strategies for active, critical reading (including pre-reading and post-reading).

Participate in the ongoing conversations and debates of our culture and polity.

Assess their own writing process.

Compose intelligible, multi-paragraph essays that employ rhetorical strategies for situating, developing, and communicating a controlling idea.

Craft sentences for variety and effectiveness.

English 80 Professor & Student Roles:

My job is to provide you with the resources and opportunities you need to succeed in and prepare for English 1A. To this end, I will ask you to do reading and writing assignments not unlike those you will do in 1A, but I will give you many resources to help support you as you learn the skills you need to do well.

Your job is to be fully committed to the class. This is a six-unit class, which means that for every hour spent in class, you should plan on an average of two hours outside of class (thats 12 hours, minus the one hour you spend in the WRC). Those eleven hours a week should be spent reading, re-reading, digesting and questioning, working on writing assignments (revising, drafting, editing, correcting, thinking about), and talking to me about your questions. In class, you must be a fully participating actively involved student there will be no one hiding in corners in this class. Every class day is required (including Fridays!)

Reading Materials

Books and materials you must purchase:

Malcolm Gladwells Outliers

One memoir from the Book Club assignment list

Five blue books

One paper folder with prongs for class reading prinouts.

Selections you must copy from library reserve holdings and have in class:

Skip Downings excerpt from On Course

J. Gottschalls Life Stories from The Storytelling Animal

Ken Bains What the Best College Students Do

Online selections you must have paper copies of in class:

Carol Dwecks Brainology

Excerpt from Thoreaus Walden

Excerpt from Viktor Frankls Mans Search for Meaning

Administrative Dates

Friday, September 7: Last Day to Add

Sunday, September 9: Last Day to Drop without a W

Friday, November 16: Last Day to Drop with a W(After this date you MUST receive a letter grade.)

Assignment Values for Final Grade

3 ungraded papers (required but worth completion credit only)

1st and 2nd, 700 words each: 2%; 3rd, 1000 word draft of CRC#1: 1%

5%

3 Critical Response Compositions

1st: 1000 words, 12%; 2nd: 1100 words, 15%; 3rd: 1200 words, 18%

45%

1 Book Club Critical Response Composition (1100 words)

15%

Final Exam Essay (about 900 words)

10%

5 Reading Units Quizzes (about 300-500 words each; 3% each)

15%

Class Participation (average of daily grades based on your classroom participation and any in-class work or group work based on class activities)

5%

Resource Use (Grades for assignments that demonstrate your use of available resources: each individual WRC hour, 5 track-it packets weighted to be even with your WRC hours, sentence summary assignments, and any additional writing or class prep mini-due dates designed to help you make use of the resources available to you)

5%

*All word counts on assignments are minimums and total the course requirement of 10,000 words; students must meet the minimum word count listed on the assignment sheet for all formal typed assignments. Students may definitely write more as their interpretation of the prompt calls for it.

*One of the two CRC essays can be revised for a replacement grade. This assignment must have been originally complete and turned in on time to be eligible for a revision.

A Little More About Class Participation:

This class has very high expectations and requirements for student participation. We will use many group working strategies, and active learning strategies in class, all designed to get you very involved in your learning. The more you engage, the better your understanding. Whenever we engage in group activities or short quizzes (not the four blue book quizzes), those will be part of your participation grades. But you will also receive a participation grade for most days based on how well you are prepared for and participating in class or group discussion. As a class, we will design our own rubric for class participation and group participation in the first few weeks of class. Your rubric-guided self-assigned grade and group grade, combined with my observations of your participation will form your daily class participation grade. Principles of class participation to keep in mind: Think critically about the readings before you arrive take notes in the margin of your book, ask questions of the texts and bring those questions and ideas to class for discussion. Participate actively in class discussion, group and partner activities, or other conversations. Always be prepared to take notes. I do a lot of writing on the board; you are welcome to take a picture when the board work is complete (as long as it has no student work and no people are in the picture this is a privacy issue), but only if you have also been taking notes the act of writing it down contributes to your learning, thinking, and remembering. (You also dont really need to take pictures of class work because I will, and I will post them to my RCC twitter account: @ProfKDouglass.) If you are participating well in class you shouldnt be sleeping or talking repeatedly when others are talking or texting during class.

Class Policies and Information

Attendance and your grade: You should not miss class or your lab hour. Everything in class and lab is valuable and if you commit to it, contributes to your academic growth. Work missed in class and hours missed in the lab cannot be made up. I understand that emergencies and illnesses occur. You can miss three class periods without it affecting your grade other than work missed. After those three periods, you will also earn a zero for class participation. (With a doctors note, jury summons, or funeral notice you can make up any of the six posted quizzes for a medical or legal reason or a death in the family. Your quiz will be a makeup version different from the one the class took.) Make absolutely sure that you do not miss class on the final exam day. Lab absences that dont fit these criteria will be marked as zero point resource grades for that week.

Attendance and dropping the class: Students who decide that they do not want to be in the class must drop themselves. Students who drop after September 9 and before November 16 will receive a W for withdrawal. Students still enrolled after the drop deadline must earn a grade. This is the English department policy on attendance:

Attendance in classes and labs is mandatory.English and Media Studies Department policy establishes the equivalent of one week of absence in a full-term semester (lecture and lab), absence on the first day, and/or irregular attendance as sufficient cause for dropping a student from a class, unless prior arrangements have been made with the instructor for valid absence.Students who are absent from class after the final drop date will miss necessary instruction and assignments, which may affect their final course grade. Students who arrive at a class session after the official starting time may be considered absent that particular day.

Again, if you WANT to drop the class, that is your responsibility. These are the situations in which I am likely to drop a student:

Any student who is not present in class on the first day. (ABSOLUTELY WILL BE DROPPED)

Any enrolled student who has not logged into the WRC by the end of the first week and logged at least 50 minutes by the end of week 2 (You should have 50 minutes by the end of week 1). (ALMOST ABSOLUTE: FEW EXCEPTIONS THIS IS A CENSUS ISSUE.)

Any student who misses three class sessions in a row and who has not contacted the instructor to explain or discuss the circumstances of the absence.

Any student who misses more than six classes (thats two weeks of class instruction) and who has not contacted the instructor to explain or discuss the circumstances of the absence ahead of time or during the absence period.

If at any point you are dropped from the course but feel that this was an error or something in conflict with these policies that you want to appeal, contact me immediately so it can be addressed, and, if appropriate, fixed before you miss more class.

Cell Phone Use Policies: You may not use your phone, text, or have your phone out in class.The one exception to phone use is students with children or dependent adults. And even then, you are not to be using the phone its not for checking in. Its for someone to contact YOU in the event of an emergency. Identify yourself as in charge of dependents on your info card on the first day, and I will try and commit that to memory. Otherwise phone use is NOT PERMITTED unless you have been directed to use your phone for a class activity. Also, EVERYONE: please set phones to off or vibrate so your ring tone doesnt disturb the class. Photo taking in class, instagramming, snapchatting, and other camera use except photos of the board when everyone is out of camera range are NOT ALLOWED. This is a serious privacy issue.

Late Assignments READ CAREFULLY:

Your assignments, IN PAPER FORM WITH THE TURN IT IN RECEIPT ATTACHED, are due AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS on the day listed on the syllabus.

If you absolutely cannot get your paper in by class time, you can use the grace period, but you need to talk to me about this in class on the due date. You may use the grace period of the hours after class to finish papers are absolutely due at turnitin.com by 11:59 p.m. of the due date listed on the syllabus as a formatted attachment (doc, docx, rtf, or pdf) If you have trouble submitting a paper to turnitin.com on time, you can email it to me as a backup, but it has to be by 11:59 or the late penalty will apply user error will not be accepted as a reason for no late penalty. Also, acceptance of this is tentative until you put a paper copy in my hands the next time you are on campus or when class meets with a copy of the turnitin receipt attached.

Extensions with a grade penalty: Students can take extensions without explanation, but every 24 hours that a paper is late, 10 percentage points will be deducted from the grade. So if you earn an 85, but it was one day late, its -10 (75%); if it was two days late its -20 percentage points (65%). The 24 hours starts and stops at midnight each day. So if a paper is due on a Tuesday and the student submits it via email to my inbox and it arrives at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, there is a 10% points deduction; this applies whether the extension was intended, or because of a forgotten submission, an email or technological error or any other reason. Students who submit papers electronically in order to use the extension, need to bring an exact paper copy to campus the next day (under my office door or in my mailbox) with the turnitin receipt attached; email submission is not a substitute for paper submission; in most cases I need a paper copy to grade and cannot print out multiple student papers.

Email/Web Participation READ CAREFULLY: EMAIL: You need to use and check your email regularly for this class. In addition to my office hours I will regularly communicate with you over email about your writing, reading assignments, questions, etc. I also have one office hour a week (Wednesdays 9-10 pm) during which I will be online answering emails. (I answer emails at other times frequently during the week, usually once a day and once over the weekend, but this is the hour I will be on answering all messages that come in during that time.) TURNITIN.COM: All students will submit all essays to turnitin.com for plagiarism checking; I will not grade your paper until it has been posted. WEBSITE: All paper assignments will be posted on the course website once they have been assigned in class so that you always have access to your assignments. Also, some of the reading assignments will be accessible through the webpage. TWITTER: @ProfKDouglass I will post links there that are interesting or helpful or related to campus events. You dont have to follow me even if you are on twitter; my tweets are linked to the campus webpage, so as long as you check the webpage, you wont miss anything. But following makes it easier to see things in real time and DM if you prefer that to email. I wont follow you back its not personal; think about it you dont want me following you on twitter. You can also search the twitter feed to see information only for our class by searching with the class hashtag: #E80F18 REMIND: This is how we can real-time text one another without having to share our personal phone numbers. If you prefer texting to email, you can send your office hour questions this way, and I can reach out to all of you quickly, from anywhere, if I have an announcement that is time sensitive.

Plagiarism Deterrence: Any student plagiarizing in this class will have their actions reported to the college dean. If it is a first offense, the information will remain in a confidential file. If it is a second offense, the student may be expelled. In our class, all cases of plagiarism will earn a 0% F for the assignment, and the paper cannot be revised for a better grade. You may not use any outside sources including ANYTHING from the internet unless you are specifically directed to do research in the assignment. All sources used, whether direct quotations or paraphrases, summaries or even just ideas from another source, must be properly cited. If you do not know how to do this, please come see me so I can help you. All students will submit electronic copies of papers to turnitin.com as part of the effort to reduce plagiarism. You also cannot use any words or phrases or ideas from books, friends, or any other sources all ideas and language must be yours alone.

These are the directions for using turnitin.com for your major essays, and essays will not be graded UNTIL you have submitted them. This means that those of you who forget to do this will run into some serious problems knowing what your grade is and being able to move forward on future assignments and learn from my corrections. Submit to turnitin.com immediately after submitting your papers to me.

You need to create a (free) account at the website and then submit completed papers there electronically this is not a substitute for otherwise submitting your paper to me.

1. Go to turnitin.com. At the top of the screen just below the login box it says Create account in a small font. Click there.

2. If youve used this before then you can login with the same email and password. If not, go to the New Students Start Here section and click on #2 Create a user profile.

3. Under Create a New Account on the next page, click student.

4. You will then have a series of information boxes that you need to fill in. Most of this is the personal information for you, but the first two items are the class ID and password. Write down the info for our class here so it stays with your syllabus at all times. If you lose your syllabus, you will have to get this info from me, in person, again.

Class ID#: 18406943

Password: Elephant

5. You should then see the name of our class and all of the assignments for which you will need to submit essays. Click here whenever you are submitting an assignment. Do not submit your assignment until you are completely done. You should submit only your final draft identical to the paper copy you will turn in. THIS IS NOT A COPY FOR GRADING (however, I am not going to grade your essay until you submit it at turnitin.com, so submit it on time on the same day you turn in your essay; PLUS, if you are using the late policy and submitting your essay via email, this can be a backup that also shows you sent it on time). If you have to send me your paper via email because you are going to be absent the day it is due and dont want to get a zero for unapproved late work, send another copy to my regular email: [email protected]

If you have any concerns or reservations about using turnitin.com, see me so we can discuss the nature of your concerns and either resolve them or come up with an alternative set of guidelines for you.

See the following page for my complete plagiarism policy and a definition of plagiarism.

Plagiarism and Academic DishonestyLast updated January 16, 2013

The basic definition of Plagiarism in the RCC English Department Policy explains that it is "a form of cheating. Any student who uses the published or unpublished writing, ideas, and/or words of another person without crediting the original author will receive an F." Plagiarism is academic dishonesty, and further, an effort to obtain a grade for work that you did not do, ideas not your own, or words and language not your own. Any source (websites, books, articles, friends, other papers) that you use without giving credit is plagiarism and the amount of plagiarism is not what makes it an act of academic dishonesty it is the representation of others work as your ideas, words, phrasing, and/or organization that is plagiarism.

In my course, a student who plagiarizes, at the very least, will receive a 0% F on the assignment. The RCC policy for cheating authorizes that students caught cheating in my class, regardless of the penalty in the classroom, may have their names and evidence of plagiarism forwarded to the department chair and Vice President of Academic Affairs (or designee). This administrator will keep a confidential file of these materials. If the student does not commit another act of academic honesty, the file will be discarded after graduation. For a second offense, a student may be expelled from the institution.

In the effort to address the problem of plagiarism in the class, students will submit all study guides, papers, and essays to turnitin.com to be checked against a database of other submitted papers (your paper becomes part of their database) and against other material available on the web. There will be more information on that process later.

You may not use or consult in any way sparknotes, Cliffs notes, sentences to frame the rest of your essay around, or any other plot summary or analytical aid in your writing or study of the course materials.

DRC Statement: If you have a physical or learning disability that may deter your learning in this course, please let me know so that I may make whatever accommodations I can to help you excel in this course. You may also visit Disability Resource Center or call 222-8060. If you are struggling and do not know why, DRC could provide you with resources to help you succeed.

Other Campus Programs: I have been involved in both the Honors and the LGBT Allies Programs and can answer information regarding both of these; I also have colleagues involved in other campus organizations and services like the Creative Writing club, Puente, CAP, Ujima, Guardian Scholars (a program for current and former foster youth), the Veterans Center, and the free counseling services that the RCC Health office provides. If you have any questions about any campus clubs or programs, please ask! If I dont know, I will try to direct you to someone who does. Check out the list of student clubs on our college website there are all kinds of opportunities for connecting with others.

Other Miscellaneous policies:

There is NO extra credit ever.

The instructor reserves the right to make changes to this syllabus providing they're communicated to the class.

DONT DISAPPEAR! If you have concerns about anything your written work, class activities, absences, plagiarism, or anything else related to this class, please come to my office hours, call me, email me never assume anything until youve heard it for sure from me.

Assignment Schedule: English 80; Fall 2018All readings and assignments are DUE on the date for which they are listed.

Topics, Readings, Assignments, and Deadlines for

English 80: Preparatory Composition

Understanding Success / Successful Understanding

Reading Unit 1: Stories that Dont Make Sense

(Part A: Im not Really a [Math, English, School, Book] Person)

Week 1

This week in the WRC:

You will complete an orientation activity that covers the basics of the WRC and offers some specifics for Eng 80.

Keep your orientation worksheets to turn in stapled to Track-it Packet #1 on September 17.

MondayAugust 27

In class activities:

Intro to the class; theory of class; info card, syllabus review; schedule diagrams; in-class writing; TP1 for WRC and WRC syllabus

**First day homework**: Email me by tonight AUGUST 27 from the email address you want me to use this semester. In the email, please address the following points:

1. Read through the course syllabus carefully.2. Tell me something about the class you are excited about;3. Tell me something about the class you are NOT excited about or maybe even dreading;4. Explain in your own words one class policy from the syllabus (my top favorites that I want to make sure you know are about plagiarism, attendance, and late essays, but you can choose any policy). 5. Optional item to include: any questions you have about information on the syllabus.

WednesdayAugust 29

Readings to complete before class:

Thorough read of the entire syllabus prep for quiz!


Practice using Rachel Billmeyers Reading Habit Strategies w/Fear Factor article; go over reading guide for The Student Fear Factor

New assignments provided in class:

Educational Autobiography writing assignment

FridayAugust 31

Due in class:

Student reading survey


Read and PRINT OUT for class from WEBSITE LINK: Rebecca Coxs The College Fear Factor The Student Fear Factor

Resources provided in class:

Prep for Dwecks Brainology

Week 2


Monday is a holiday; students with a WRC hour on Monday still need to do the DLA on their own time.

You must meet your minimum of one full hour of attendance (50 minutes or .84 on your WebAdvisor report) by the end of this week.

Please refer to your track-it packet #1 handout for more details.

MondaySeptember 3

HOLIDAY no class; campus closed; no WRC

Wednesday September 5


Read and PRINT OUT for class from WEBSITE LINK: Carol Dweck, Brainology


Introduction to our Embedded Tutor, Bradley Tumbleson and class participation rubric and group participation rubric design activity

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

Next weeks readings are on reserve in the Library you must check out Downing and Gottschall & make copies in time to read and have in class.

Friday September 7

Writing Assignment Prep DUE:

Bring paper draft of Educational Autobiography to workshop


Continued discussion of Dwecks Brainology

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

Last day to add.

Sunday 9/9

Last to drop without a W

Week 3


You will do some reading and writing to learn about plagiarism and plagiarism prevention.


TP #2 assigned this week; all TP1 activities must be complete by the end of this week;

TP1 with all supporting papers are due in class on Monday, September 17.

Monday

September 10

WRITING ASSIGNMENTS DUE:

1. Educational Autobiography

2. Write responses to journal entry 1, #1 and #2 on pages 21-22 of the Downing reading assignment.


Read and PRINT OUT for class from LIBRARY reserves: Skip Downing, pages 14-28 from On Course


Critical Response essay and Summary Sentence packet assigned

Reading Unit 1: Stories that Dont Make Sense (Part B: The Self-Made Man)

Wednesday September 12


Read and PRINT OUT for class from LIBRARY reserves: Jonathan Gottschalls The Storytelling Animal Life Stories to p.162


More practice using Rachel Billmeyers Reading Habit Strategies using the Gottschall article and more talk about Critical Response essay.

FridaySeptember 14

ASSIGNMENTS DUE:

Summary Sentence #1: Gottschalls Life Stories


Jonathan Gottschalls The Storytelling Animal Life Stories (complete)


Prep for Gladwell

(Bring Outliers to class even though there is no reading from it for today.)

Week 4


You will work on a journal from On Course or, if it is an option, you can attend a workshop during your hour.


MondaySeptember 17

ASSIGNMENT DUE:

WRC TP #1

(Also, no new readings but see class activity box for readings to bring to class.)


Bring draft of Critical Response paper for in-class workshop w/ Prof. KD and ET Bradley.

In class activity:

Bring Cox, Gottschall, Dweck, & Downing for a practice quiz activity.

Reading Unit 2: YOU What is the Role of the Individual in Defining and Finding Success?

WednesdaySeptember 19

WRITING ASSIGNMENT DUE:

Critical Response to Gottschall Paper

READ before class:

Malcolm Gladwells Outliers: Introduction

New assignments & resources:

CRC #1 assigned

MLA 8th edition citation worksheet provided

Friday

September 21

READ before class:

Malcolm Gladwells Outliers: Chapter 1


Practice thesis for CRC #1 for workshopping

Week 5


You will work on making grammar corrections to your Educational Autobiography.


MondaySeptember 24

READ before class:

Gladwell Chapter 2 (p. 35-50)

(We will also continue any discussion from Chapter 1 we didnt finish.)


Introduction with a thesis sentence & 1st body paragraph of CRC#1

In class activity:

Workshop with Bradley and KD thesis statement to 1st body paragraph transitions and organization

WednesdaySeptember 26


DUE for A/F completion grade: CRC #1 draft (two copies one for in class workshop; one for professor review and A/F grade)

In class activity:

Bradley will join us for our Writing Workshop on writing concerns as needed

Friday

September 28

ASSIGNMENT DUE:

Summary Sentence #2: Gladwell, Chapter 2

READ before class: Gladwell Chapter 2 (p. 50-68)

Week 6


You can work on a reading skills DLA or attend a workshop during your hour.


Reminder: all TP2 activities must be complete by the end of this week; TP#3 assigned this week.

TP2 with all supporting papers are due in class on Monday, October 8.

Monday

October 1

ASSIGNMENT DUE:

Summary Sentence #3: On Gladwell, Chapter 3

READ before class:

Gladwell Chapter 3


Complete essay draft for workshop in class w/ ET Bradley and Prof. KD.

In class activity:

Writing Workshop / Instruction

Wednesday October 3


1. Critical Response Composition #1

2. Summary Sentence #4: On Gladwell, Chapter 4

READ before class:Gladwell Chapter 4

New assignment:

Critical Response Composition #2 assigned

Friday

October 5

ASSIGNMENT DUE:

Summary Sentence #5: Gladwell, Chap. 5

READ before class:Gladwell Chapter 5

In class activity:

Discuss how to prepare a quiz question

Week 7


You will work on a DLA about organizing an essay and use your CRC#2 draft as the basis for the activity.


Monday

October 8

ASSIGNMENTS DUE:

1. WRC TP #2

2. Your quiz question for Quiz #1 on Part One of Outliers


Thesis for CRC#2 for in class workshop


Review all of Gladwell Part One (Intro to Chapter 5)

Bradley will join us for workshop on practice thesis for CRC #2

Wednesday October 10


Introduction paragraph with thesis sentence & first body paragraph (minimum) of CRC#2 for Prof. review during quiz

READING:

No new readings for today, but bring Outliers for Quiz 1.


Quiz #1 - Gladwell Part One (Intro Chapter 5)

Prep for Thoreau

FridayOctober 12

READ before class:

Read and PRINT OUT for class from WEBSITE LINK: Thoreau (complete all the pre-reading activities on your prep sheet and read the first third of the essay, stopping when you get to the paragraph that begins It is a ridiculous demand which England and America make; also complete the post-reading activity for todays reading)


Complete length draft of CRC#2 due for an organizing workshop

In class activity:

Writing Workshop/Instruction (will carry over to Monday if necessary)

Week 8


You will work on grammar corrections from your graded Gottschall essay.


Monday October 15

READ before class:

Thoreau (complete all the pre-reading activities on your prep sheet and read the second third of the essay, stopping when you get to the paragraph that begins I live in the angle of a leaden wall; also complete the post-reading activity for todays reading)


Complete length draft of CRC#2 for sentence craft workshop w/Bradley & KD

Wednesday

October 17

READ before class:

Thoreau (complete the reading and your prep sheet for today)

Friday

October 19



2. Summary Sentence #6: Thoreau

READ before class:

You should be already done with the Thoreau selection, but we will finish our discussion and review it further for the quiz.


CRC #1 returned

Guidelines for optional revision provided

Book club reading assignment provided

Writers workshop for issues from CRC #1; reminder: optional revision is due NEXT FRIDAY

SAT. 10/20, 5pm

Email me your Book Club selection by Saturday at 5pm (or earlier).

Week 9


You will either do the DLA for revising your own work using the CRC 1 essay, or, if you arent doing the optional revision, you will work on your grammar corrections for CRC 1.


Reminder: all TP3 activities must be complete by the end of this week; TP3 with all supporting papers are due in class on Monday, October 29.

Monday October 22


Quiz #2 - Thoreau

Book club groups formed; organizational meeting

Wednesday

October 24

ASSIGNMENTS DUE:


READ before class:

Gladwell Chapter 6

Reading Unit 3: INFLUENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

What is the Role of Your Family, Background, Educational Experience and Access, Strangers on the Bus and other Community Influences and Inputs in Defining and Finding Success?

FridayOctober 26


1. Optional revision of CRC #1(no grace period due in class with graded original; papers that were originally not turned in cannot be revised.)

2. Summary Sentence #8: Gladwell, Chapter 7

3. Key statements notes on chapter

READ before class:

1. Book club meeting #1 assignment

2. Gladwell Chapter 7

New assignments & resources:

Critical Response Composition #3 assigned

Prep for Frankl

TP #4 assigned

Week 10


You can work on integrating quotations or attend a workshop if there is one during your WRC hour.


MondayOctober 29

ASSIGNMENTS DUE:

WRC TP #3

READ before class:

Read and PRINT OUT for class from WEBSITE LINK: Viktor Frankl excerpt from Mans Search for Meaning (Start at beginning of Logotherapy in a Nutshell chapter; stop before No-Dynamics)

In class activities & resources:

CRC#3 prompt & thesis prep questions (thesis due WED.) w/ Bradley & KD

Prep for Frankl

Wednesday

October 31

READ before class:

Read and PRINT OUT for class from WEBSITE LINK: Viktor Frankl excerpt from Mans Search for Meaning (Start at No-Dynamics; stop before The Essence of Existence)


Practice thesis for feedback from Prof. KD & Bradley

In class activities & resources:

Thesis workshop for CRC#3

Prep for Frankl

Friday

November 2

ASSIGNMENT DUE:

Summary Sentence #9 Frankl

READ before class:

1. Book Club Meeting #2 reading

2. Read and PRINT OUT for class from WEBSITE LINK: Viktor Frankl excerpt from Mans Search for Meaning (Start at The Essence of Existence; stop before Meta-Clinical Problems)


Introduction with thesis and first body paragraph

In class activity: Open questions review for Frankl quiz

Week 11


You will be working on your CRC#3 with an instructor in the WRC.


MondayNovember 5


Nearly complete CRC #3 draft for organizing workshop w/ Bradley and ProfKD.


Your quiz question for Quiz 3

Quiz #3 - Frankl

Wednesday

November 7

ASSIGNMENT DUE:


READ before class:

Book club Meeting #3 reading

Gladwell Chapter 8


Complete draft for CRC #3 for sentence craft & final org. workshop w/ Bradley and ProfKD.

In class activity: Writing Workshop / Instruction

Friday November 9

ASSIGNMENT DUE:


READ before class:

Gladwell Chapter 9


Complete length & nearly final draft for final edit workshop on CRC#3

Week 12


You will work on your grammar corrections for CRC#2 (even if your WRC hour is on the Monday holiday).

Please refer to your track-it packet #4 handout for more details. (MONDAY HOLIDAY)

Reminder: all TP4 activities must be complete by the end of this week;

TP4 with all supporting papers due in class on Mon, November 19; TP #5 assigned.

Monday 11/12


WednesdayNovember 14



2. Quiz question for Quiz 4

READ before class:

1. Book Club Meeting #4 reading

2. Gladwell Epilogue

Friday

November 16


Quiz #4 - Gladwell Part 2 (Chapters 6 Epilogue)

Book Club Critical Response Composition discussed (you were given this assignment when we formed book clubs, but now it is due in two weeks and our future meetings can include some continued book club time, but they will mostly be spent talking about your papers).

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

Today is the last day to drop; all students still enrolled after today must receive a grade.

Reading Unit 4: Stories that Make Sense: Understanding Success as Successful Understanding

Week 13


You will be talking to an instructor or tutor about your CRC#3 essay, or attending a WRC workshop if there is one during your hour.


MondayNovember 19

ASSIGNMENT DUE:

WRC TP #4

READ before class:

Book Club Meeting #5 reading Last Reading Meeting

Writing Assignment Prep DUE: Thesis statement due in class for Book Club CRC Meeting and workshop with KD and Bradley


ASSIGNMENT DUE:

Questions for Book Club Quiz game

Writing Assignment Prep DUE: Introduction paragraph with thesis and first body for Book Club CRC Meetings and review with KD and Bradley

Friday 11/23


Week 14


You are going to be creating your own DLA.


MondayNovember 26

Writing Assignment Prep DUE: Draft of Book Club CRC for Book Club meetings and organization and editing workshop

In class activity:

Writing Workshop/Instruction with Bradley and Prof KD


Writing Assignment Prep DUE: Complete draft of Book Club CRC due for Book Club CRC meetings and final edit and review workshop w/ Prof KD and Bradley

In class activity and new assignments:

Revision assignment for CRC 2 or 3 provided

Writing Workshop/Instruction

FridayNovember 30


1. Book club CRC

2. Book Club Group Work Prep Packet

In class activity:

Quiz #5 -- Book Club Quiz

IMPORTANT REMINDER: The Bain article is on reserve in the Library you must check it out & make copies in time to read and have in class on Monday.

Week 15


You will be working on your grammar corrections from CRC#3.


WRC TP #5 is due at the final with all work completed by the end of this week (December 3-7).

Monday

December 3

ASSIGNMENT DUE:

DUE: Summary Sentence #12: Bain essay

READ before class: Read and PRINT OUT for class from LIBRARY reserves: Ken Bain, Making the Hard Choices from What the Best College Students Do

WednesdayDecember 5

WRITING ASSIGNMENT DUE: Optional Revision Essay for Replacement Grade (Choose 1 from CRC 2 or 3; no grace period due in class with graded original; papers that were originally not turned in cannot be revised.)

In class activity:

Finish any remaining discussion on Ken Bain, Making the Hard Choices from What the Best College Students Do

Writing Workshop

FridayDecember 7

READ before class: Read and PRINT OUT for class from WEBSITE link: Maria Popovas review of Gutsy Girl

In class activity:

Final Exam discussion and preparation

Finals week: Saturday, December 8 Friday, December 14

Final Exam

Monday, December 10

11:00 a.m. 1:30 p.m.

Final Exam: In-class essay response to Bain or Popova

Preparatory Composition

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