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ENGLISH 102: COMPOSITION II Syllabus, Winter Quarter 2015 11:45-12:50 | Room 1605 Cara N. Stoddard [email protected] | Office # 1618 Office Hours: 1:00-3:00 Mon-Thurs, or by appointment

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is an advanced composition course designed to improve your critical thinking, reading, and written communication skills. Via an immersion into poetry, drama, fiction, and creative nonfiction, this course aims to teach the terminology of literary devices, strategies for close reading, and habits of independent research in order to prepare you to write formal and informal literary analyses. This course will also review the conventions of MLA citation and grammar and usage as time allows.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: By the end of the course, you should be very good at doing the following: 1. Comprehending college-level literature and defining the themes presented using textual, critical, social and/or historical analysis 2. Identifying literary devices in both prose and poetry and analyzing their effect on readers 3. Developing a central claim (thesis) in response to a literary text and ing/illustrating your central claim (thesis) clearly and logically 4. Assessing and interpreting multiple possible solutions to a problem posed by a literary text 5. Gathering and evaluating information using library resources 6. Situating your ideas as related to, but clearly distinguished from, the ideas of others (including the ability to paraphrase, summarize, and correctly cite and document borrowed material) and recognizing your place as a participant in an academic “conversation” about a particular text. 7. Accurately proofreading your own work in order to produce writing that maintains the conventions of published English 8. Giving and receiving constructive during peer review 9. Developing and improving habits of lifetime literacy Of course, I expect that you are able to carry out some of these tasks already.

REQUIRED BOOKS: A Streetcar Named Desire, 2004 By: Tennessee Williams (intro by Arthur Miller)

A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia Revised and Updated, 2012 By: Blaine Harden

ISBN # 978-0811216029

ISBN # 978-0393342567

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DEADLINES FOR MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS: Thursday, January 8 Tuesday, January 27 Monday, February 23 Tuesday, March 3 Thursday, March 5 Thursday, March 19

LAST DAY TO ADD A CLASS Essay 1 Final Draft Due** (at the start of class) Essay 2 (Podcast + Reflection) Final Draft Due** (at the start of class) LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS Essay 3 Final Draft Due** (at the start of class) Essay 4 Final Draft Due (at 11:45AM)

**All writing assignments are to be typed and correctly formatted according to MLA standards (see the Purdue OWL website for details).

Week 1

Mon Jan 5—Intros Tues Jan 6—A Streetcar Named Desire scenes 2 & 3 Wed Jan 7—A Streetcar Named Desire scene 4 (meet in computer lab 1802) Thurs Jan 8—A Streetcar Named Desire scenes 5 & 6

Week 2

Mon Jan 12—A Streetcar Named Desire scenes 7 & 8 Tues Jan 13—A Streetcar Named Desire scenes 9, 10, & 11 Wed Jan 14—“The World I Live In” (meet in 1801) Thurs Jan 15—Blue Jasmine

Week 3

Mon Jan 19—No School, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Tues Jan 20—Blue Jasmine Wed Jan 21—Blue Jasmine Thurs Jan 22—Research Blue Jasmine movie critiques (meet in 1801)

Week 4

Mon Jan 26—Peer Review Tues Jan 27— Essay 1 due, Grand Coulee Dam PBS video Wed Jan 28—A River Lost Ch. 1 “Slackwater” Thurs Jan 29—A River Lost Ch. 2 “Better Off Underwater”

Week 5

Mon Feb 2—A River Lost Ch. 3 “Machine River” Tues Feb 3—A River Lost Ch. 4 “The Biggest Thing on Earth” Wed Feb 4—A River Lost Ch. 5 “The Flood” (meet in 1801) Thurs Feb 5—A River Lost Ch. 6 “Ditches from Heaven” (meet in 1801)

Week 6

Mon Feb 9—A River Lost Ch. 8 “Wild and Scenic Atomic River” & Ch. 9 “Born with No Hips” Tues Feb 10—A River Lost Ch. 10 “Slackwater II” Wed Feb 11—A River Lost Ch. 11 “The River Game” Thurs Feb 12—Intro to Audacity (meet in 1801)

Week 7

Mon Feb 16—No School, Presidents’ Day Tues Feb 17—Podcasting (meet in 1801) Wed Feb 18—Podcasting (meet in 1801) Thurs Feb 19—Podcast Peer Review (meet in 1801)

Week 8

COURSE TRAJECTORY:

Mon Feb 23—Podcast + Reflection due, review for Midterm Exam Tues Feb 24—Intro Poetry Vocab, Free Verse Poems (Todd Boss, T.R. Hummer) Wed Feb 25—Free Verse Poems (Elizabeth Austen, Brian Turner, Kathleen Flenniken) Thurs Feb 26—Free Verse Poems (Robert Wrigley, Bruce A. Jacobs, Sharon Olds, Mark Doty, Anthony Walton)

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Week 9

Mon March 2—Formal Poems (Alexandra Teague, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, David Lehman, Matthew Hittinger) Tues March 3—Textual Analysis Workshop (meet in 1801) Wed March 4—Peer Review Thurs March 5—Essay 3 due, “Hills Like White Elephants” (read in class)

Week 10

Mon March 9—Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Mrs. Sens” Tues March 10—Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Mrs. Sens” Wed March 11—George Saunders “Victory Lap” Thurs March 12—George Saunders “Victory Lap”

Week 11

Mon March 16—Research Day (meet in 1801) Tues March 17—Research Day (meet in 1801) Wed March 18—Peer Review Thurs March 19—No class, Essay 4 due (by 11:45AM)

ATTENDANCE: Attendance in English 102 is mandatory. More than eight absences (two weeks) from class is grounds for failing the course. After 5 absences, your grade will be negatively affected. Anywhere from 6-8 absences will result in a 10% deduction from your overall score in the class. 9 or more absences equals an F (0.0) in the course. Thus, plan for unforeseen illnesses or travel plans later in the quarter. Only absences for bereavement, hospitalization, or previously scheduled college “Sponsored Events or Activities” (see Student Handbook for definition) are considered “excused absences.” Whenever possible, please notify me before the excused absence to be sure to get any handouts you might miss in class. Every other kind of absence including car trouble, illnesses and doctor’s appointments, and being called into cover a co-workers shift at work is considered “unexcused” and counts toward your eight allowed absences.

In the case of bad roads, we will still have class unless the college is closed (you will receive a notification through BBCC Campus Alerts if campus is closed). However, I recognize that many of you commute long distances to school and that icy roads around Grant County can be very dangerous. If you plan to miss class, you must send me an email through Canvas before 11:45AM on the day you are going to miss in order for your absence to be excused. More importantly, you are responsible for working from home to stay caught up with the class. You should follow along on Canvas with the day’s lesson and assignments and return the following day with all the work assigned on the day you missed completed—be in touch via email or phone if you have questions. In the case of a personal or family emergency, please be in with me via email about the situation, and I will do my best to accommodate you. In the case of bereavement leave or a mental/physical health emergency for you or one of your dependents requiring you miss more than one day in a row, you will be expected to keep up with your coursework via Canvas. Arrangements will be made on a case-by-case basis. 3

Being in attendance means being physically present, awake, coherent, and fully prepared for class with the readings completed. If you do not meet all of these conditions you will be marked absent for the day and, in some cases, will be asked to leave. Coming in more than 10 minutes late, leaving early, and inappropriate use of cell phones, laptops, or tablets in class will result in an unexcused absence. You are responsible for making up all of the work that you missed during an absence. Please see me during office hours or schedule an appointment before the next scheduled class.

LATE WORK: Homework and essays are due at the beginning of class. I do not accept late homework. You will receive a zero on the assignment if you do not have it with you or submitted on Canvas by the time class starts on the day it is due. The one exception to this no late work policy is when using your “Stuff Happens” coupon distributed on the first day of class. You may only use this coupon once per quarter, and it is only applicable on homework assignments (not on essay drafts or in-class quizzes). This coupon allows you to turn in the assignment one class period late; however, you still must complete the assignment in order to get the points. For the four major essays in this course, I strongly discourage you from submitting them late.

In the case of a late 1st Draft:  If you are absent or do not have a complete essay (a “completed essay” has an intro, body paragraphs, and a conclusion and meets the minimum word count) with you in class on the day of Peer Review, you will receive a 0/10 on Peer Review A late final draft will be graded as follows:  Within 24 hours = 10% point reduction  2 days late = 20% reduction  3 or more days late = 30% reduction Note: Because of the extensive and time-consuming nature of the comments I make on each student essay I read, I usually take 2 weeks (8 class periods) to grade and return essays. So thank you in advance for your patience. If you have questions on a draft while you wait for formal , don’t hesitate to come by my office during office hours (or email me a time) and we can look through your essay together. Due to grade deadlines, I cannot accept your Essay 4 Final Draft after Thursday, March 19 at midnight. Anything submitted after Thursday, March 19 at midnight will receive a zero.

COURSE ETIQUETTE: 4

Classroom citizenship. The classroom is a learning community. Any behavior that disrupts this community will not be tolerated. This includes speaking to other students while I am talking, sleeping in class, ing notes, being rude or belligerent to me or other students, etc. This is a discussion-based course, and I expect you to treat each other with dignity and respect. We may be discussing sensitive topics and reading each other’s’ personal writing in this course. Please be considerate of others’ ideas and beliefs and do not discuss the content of others’ papers with students outside of this class. In accordance with Big Bend’s Discrimination Policy, disrespect or discrimination towards students based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, citizen status, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or chosen gender, veteran status, age, or religion will not be tolerated. If you feel your well-being is being jeopardized or you have observed someone else being treated disrespectfully, please come speak to me about it privately after class or during my office hours. Readings. In accordance with Big Bend’s mission statement to encourage multiculturalism, this class has been intentionally designed to include contemporary literature that represents a diverse set of cultures and peoples. In this class we may discuss, read, write about, or view texts that you disagree with or find offensive. Such texts are not necessarily condoned, but rather used to prompt discussion and explore ideas that may be outside of our individual preferences and comfort levels. In this college classroom you are required to engage maturely and academically with all texts, regardless of their content or rating. Please email or see me privately during office hours if you have any questions about this policy.

Technology. In order to promote habits and skill-sets unique to scholars of the 21st century, this course has a heavy emphasis on the use of technology. You will be expected to check our Canvas page every day for a detailed description of the homework, and you will be submitting your homework and essays on Canvas and receiving important margin notes and on your writing from your instructor on Canvas. It is my expectation that you purchase and use Microsoft Word for all typed assignments in this class. If you cannot get Word on your personal or home computer, you will need to schedule at least an hour per day and several hours over the weekends to spend on campus using the computers in the library. For the Unit 2 podcast project in response to Blaine Harden’s A River Lost, you will each be interviewing a member of your community and writing and recording a podcast (audio recording) using Audacity. There will be some direct instruction on using this open-source program during class time, but if you find you are struggling with the technology component of the coursework, please do not hesitate to seek help. I am available during office hours or by appointment to help with tech , or you can be in with the e-learning librarians Zach Wellhouse ([email protected]) in the library for additional . Having said that, more often than not, during class time, technological devices serve as distractions to you and the people around you, so please silence and put away your phones at the start of class. There will certainly be exceptions to this rule, when I will allow you, even encourage you, to use your smart phone or device in class, but I will notify you 5

when it is appropriate to take out your phone. Texting, taking calls, and checking the time on your cell phone is not permitted in class. Unless you have been given explicit permission to use your laptop in class, all laptops should be shut and stowed away. Any use of technology in class, including receiving audible texts or calls, will result in an unexcused absence for that day.

PLAGIARISM: I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt and assume that you will do honest work and that you will work with me on improving writing that is your own. But plagiarism is a serious matter, and incidents of it have been on the rise both at Big Bend and nationally. So I feel that it is important to explain what the consequences are. The two basic kinds of plagiarism: 1. Malicious or intentional. This is the most serious kind of academic theft. It involves using someone else’s work as your own, directly copying from a source without using quotation marks or citations, rephrasing and summarizing without citations, submitting someone else’s paper as your own, or re-submitting your own work from a different quarter or different course. 2. “Plagia-phrasing” or mosaic plagiarism. This is when you use quotation marks around large chunks of text from a source that you wanted to quote or when you use a paraphrase that has too many of the same words as the original text. Even if you cite these texts as a general sources at the end of the essay in a Works Cited, this is still considered plagiarism because, in the act of trying to use a quote sandwich or re-word the age into your own words, you ended up relying too heavily on someone else’s ideas and wording. This kind of plagiarism also involves integrating source material (as a quote or paraphrase) without citing your source in the sentences / paragraphs themselves (in other words you are missing the in-text citation). Even if several different sources were copied or combined, it is still plagiarism. The consequences of plagiarism: If an essay involves plagiarism of the first kind (malicious or intentional) you will receive a 0 on the assignment and will be required to come to my office hours to discuss the matter and practice proper in-text citations. You will not be able to re-submit essays that involve malicious or intentional plagiarism for partial credit, even on a first offense. If an essay involves plagiarism of the first kind (malicious or intentional), even on a 1st offense, you will receive a zero on the assignment and will not have an opportunity to re-write that assignment. I am empowered by the Student Code of Conduct to assign a grade of F for the course, a penalty that may be imposed in particularly serious cases and I will also make a complaint to the Vice President of Student Services, who is responsible for enforcing the regulations in the Student Code of Conduct. If an essay involves plagiarism of the second kind (mosaic plagiarism with missing in-text citations) you will be required to come to my office hours to work on accurately summarizing and using in-text citations. Then you will have 24 hours from this meeting to rewrite and re-submit the paper using correct forms of documentation in order to receive credit. (1st offense only) If a problem with plagiarism of the second type persists (if I have to talk to you about plagiarism more than once), you will receive a 0 on the assignment (2nd offense), and I will not accept a re-write for partial credit. In addition to the academic penalty of receiving an F in the course, you may also be subject to other disciplinary penalties, which can include suspension or expulsion. Although such severe penalties are rarely imposed for first-time offenders, the Vice President of Student Services Office maintains disciplinary records as part of a student’s overall academic record. A final word on plagiarism: I understand the occasional temptation to use copy-paste—but I am surprisingly good at recognizing plagiarism. My basic message is Do Not Do It. When you need to take something from another person’s work—an idea, a powerful statement, a set of facts, or an explanation—cite your source. 6

GRADING: The majority of the points for this course come from daily assignments, in class reading quizzes, and participation, so be sure to keep up with the daily readings and homeworks. Simply turning in final papers will not result in a ing grade in this class. Your percentage in the class is based out of 535 points (subject to change). You must turn in all 4 final essays and receive at least 319 points to this class. In order to receive a 2.0 (the grade required for this course to count at most 4-year colleges), you will have to receive a minimum of 388 points. The points are distributed as follows: Unit 1—Drama (130)

Unit 2—Nonfiction (205)

Unit 3—Poetry (100)

Unit 4—Fiction (100)

Quizzes (20) Reading Habits Handout (10) Author Bio (5) Summary Practice (5) Blue Jasmine NC (5) Discussion Boards (15) Vanity Fair Annotations (5) Peer Review (10) Blue Books (5) Final Draft (50)

PBS Notecatcher (5) Quizzes (30) Quote Sandwich Practice (10) Reading Habits Handout (20) Recorded Bio mp3 (5) Podcast Conventions Handout (5) Discussion Board (5) Uncut Interview Audio mp3 (5) Podcast Outline (5) Peer Review (10) Blue Books (5) Final Podcast + Reflection (50) Midterm Exam (50)

Vocab Quiz (10) Discussion Board (5) Poem Read Aloud mp3 (5) Reading Habits Handouts (10) Formal Analysis Handout (5) Peer Review (10) Blue Books (5) Final Draft (50)

Quizzes (20) Discussion Boards (10) Author Bio (5) Peer Review (10) Blue Books (5) Final Draft (50)

Grading Scale: %

A = GPA

95-100 94 92-93 91

= 4.0 = 3.8 = 3.7 = 3.6

B % 89-90 87-88 86 85 84 83 82 81 80

= GPA = 3.5 = 3.4 = 3.3 = 3.2 = 3.1 = 3.0 = 2.9 = 2.8 = 2.7

C % = GPA 79 = 2.6 78 = 2.5 77 = 2.4 76 = 2.3 75 = 2.2 74 = 2.1 73 = 2.0 ----------transfer cut-off----------72 = 1.9 71 = 1.8 70 = 1.7

% 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 <60

D = GPA = 1.6 = 1.5 = 1.4 = 1.3 = 1.2 = 1.1 = 1.0 = 0.9 = 0.8 = 0.7 = 0.0 (F)

Represents achievement that is outstanding or superior relative to the level necessary to meet the requirements of the course. B Represents achievement that is significantly above the level necessary to meet the requirements of the course. Grades of A or B are honors grades. You must do something above and beyond the min. requirements in order to earn an A or B. Represents achievement that meets the basic requirements in every respect. It signifies that the work is average, but C nothing more. Represents achievement that meets some but not all of the basic requirements. It signifies that a significant amount of D coursework is either missing or received not-ing grades. If you receive less than 500 points in the course or fail to hand in one of the 4 major writing assignments, you will automatically earn an F. If your average grade is a D but you did not complete one of the major components of the F course (one of the 3 major papers or the Midterm exam), you will automatically earn an F in the course. Accumulating more than eight absences also will result in an F. There is no reason for receiving an F in this course unless you simply fail to submit the required work. I Stands for Incomplete. Under very unusual circumstances you could be assigned an Incomplete in the course if A

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something happened to you within the last two weeks of the quarter that made it impossible to complete the course (a serious accident or illness that left you hospitalized and very significant personal tragedy, etc.)

Re-doing Final Drafts. I will allow you to re-submit Essays 1, 2(Podcast), or 3 (chose only one) again for the chance to earn 10 points of Extra Credit added on to the grade you received in your first submission. Revisions must be significant and must address the comments I make in the margins in order to be considered. Any re-writes must be submitted by Thursday, March 12 at midnight in order to be considered. A Note on Transferring. While any grade above a .7 (60%) is considered “ing” at Big Bend, many programs and colleges require a 2.0 or higher in order to transfer credits earned in a class. In addition, students who fall below a 2.0 are particularly likely to struggle in other classes that require academic writing. Speak to your advisor or transfer colleges for details about this issue.

RESOURCES: English Skills Lab: If you would like another reader for any of your essays or if you would like help on an essay in between your first and final drafts, you may schedule an appointment with a tutor at the English Lab. The English Skills Lab is Located the 1800 Building, Room 1832. Winter Quarter Hours: Monday - Wednesday....8:00am - 8:00pm Thursday........................8:00am - 4:00pm Friday.............................9:00am - 4:00pm The English Skills Lab can help with all stages of the writing process and all levels of writers, so it is not always necessary to have a completed draft prepared for your appointment. You can also receive e-tutoring and online on your writing. Visit http://academics.bigbend.edu/library/Pages/lab-hours.aspx for more info. Student Success Center: If you need to use a computer, to check out a laptop, or if you are struggling in any of your classes, you can sign up for peer mentoring or supplemental instruction, Diana Villafana at 509.793.2369. The Student Success Center is located in the 1400 Building and is open Mon-Thurs 8am-5pm and Fri 8am-2:30pm. Accessibility & Disability Services: Big Bend Community College is committed to providing accommodations in academic programs to ensure maximum participation by all students with disabilities and to minimize the functional limitations their disabling condition has on their education. Proper procedures are in place to obtain equal access wherein the student and college staff work together to facilitate reasonable accommodations. The Disabled Student Services Office is located in the 1400 Building. Loralyn Allen is the disabled students liaison. Her office, located inside the Counseling Center, is open Monday - Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. To schedule an appointment her at 509.793.2027. For the hearing impaired TDD is available in the Registration/issions Office for incoming and outgoing calls at telephone number 509.762.6335.

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