SUNY - Farmingdale Department of English and Humanities English 101-Fall 2011 Prof.

Susan Candia

90523 Sec 029 E-mail: candias@farmingdale.edu Classroom and meeting times: Gleeson 333: T&TH 12:30-1:45 pm
There are no scheduled office hours .Please see me before class, or contact me at the email address above.

Course Description: This is a course in expository writing with an emphasis on reading, critical thinking and writing that focuses on analysis and argumentation. Assignments are designed to aid students to generate ideas and write fluently by the end of the semester. Students will gain experience in the writing process, including revision. A source project is required with assignments in library research, note taking, outlining, and incorporating sources into a final draft. Required Texts: Writing True (Houghton Mifflin) Harbrace Essentials (Wadsworth Cengage) Writing Research Papers, 2nd ed( Farmingdale State College) Pdf version available online at www.farmingdale.edu ;Hard copies will be given out on the first day of class. COURSE RULES: 1. No assignment may be omitted. 2. Plagiarized work will receive a failing grade. Be advised that it is very obvious to English professors when something is not written in the student's style. 3. Absences or latenesss exceeding three (3) times will require a conference with the professor. Excessive absences/tardiness will directly affect your class participation grade. 4. Late work will be accepted only under special circumstances and only when the student has communicated the reason prior to the class when the assignment is due. A full grade deduction will occur for each day the assignment is not received on the day it is due. 5. There are no make-ups of tests except in the case of documented illness or hardship. Notification must be given prior to or on the date of the test. REQUIRED WORK: 1. Regular attendance to class. Class Participation 2. Successful completion of all assignments: Essays, Class Work, Homework, Source Project and all components , Midterm and Final (Source Presentation)

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Attendance at an on campus event preferably the Visitors Writing Program, with essay /formal review of the event with signature. ( see handout)

IMPORTANT DATES: These dates are tentative and may sometimes be revised. All readings and assignments are due on the date they are noted.

AUG 30- INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE; DIAGNOSTIC ESSAY SEPT 1- WHY CREATIVE NONFICTION? CH 1, READING BY DOYLE SEPT 6- GATHERING NEW INFORMATION CH 2, READING BY WHITEHEAD; ESSAY #1 FIRST DRAFT DUE TODAY SEPT 8- FINDING VOICE-CH 5, READINGS BY
SANDERS, LEGLER, KIDDER

SEPT 13- TEN WAYS TO DRAFT CH 3; ESSAY#1 FINAL PAPER DUE SEPT 15SOURCE PROJECT TOPIC DUE; LIBRARY LESSON ; HOW TO USE SCHOOL DATABASE FOR RESEARCH ( MEET IN LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB IN GREENLY) SEPT 20- TAKING SHAPE: THE STRUCTURE OF AN ESSAY; READINGS BY FADIMAN,STEINBACH AND WHITE SEPT 22-HOW TO CONSTRUCT AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY; WORKSHOPPING A DRAFT CH 6; BRING ROUGH DRAFT OF ESSAY #2 TO CLASS TODAY- PEER REVISION SEPT 27- WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS- MLA CITATIONS; ESSAY #2 FINAL PAPER
DUE TODAY

OCT 4- SOURCE PROJECT ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE; THE CRAFT OF REVISION CH 7; READING BY MILLER OCT 6- THE ROLE OF RESEARCH CH 9 OCT 11- THE ETHICS OF WRITING NONFICTION CH8 ;
WORKSHOP TODAY READINGS BY STAFFORD AND HAMPL; ESSAY#3 REVISING

OCT 13- ESSAY #3 FINAL PAPER DUE TODAY; THE PERSUASIVE ARGUMENT OCT 18- IN CLASS MIDTERM OCT 20- OUTLINING / REVIEW OF SOURCE PROJECT REQUIREMENTS (BRING GREENBOOK TO CLASS) OCT 25SOURCE PROJECT OUTLINE DUE; REVERSE OUTLINING IN CLASS ESSAY #4; TAKING NOTES AND
REVISING WORK

OCT 27-SOURCE PROJECT CONFERENCES NOV 1-INTRODUCTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS- COMPUTER LAB MEET IN WHITMAN 217-ESSAY #4 FINAL PAPER
DUE TODAY

NOV 3 - SOURCE PROJECT CONFERENCES NOV 10- SOURCE PROJECT ROUGH DRAFT DUE; QUOTATIONS, STATISTICS AND EXPERTS; SOURCE PAPER LAB NOV17- AVOIDING PLAGIARISM; SOURCE PAPER LAB NOV22- FINAL SOURCE PAPER DUE NOV 29- THE COMPARISON CONTRAST ESSAY DEC1 SOURCE PROJECT PRESENTATION; FINAL SOURCE PAPER RETURNED DEC 6- SOURCE PROJECT PRESENTATION DEC 8- SOURCE PROJECT PRESENTATION; REVISED FINAL SOURCE PAPER DUE DEC 13- VISITING WRITERS ASSIGNMENT DUE; ANSWERING THE ESSAY QUESTION DEC 15- LAST DAY OF CLASS, HAND BACK WORK, DISCUSS FINAL AND SOURCE PROJECT DISCUSSION GRADING BREAKDOWN:
1) 2)
ESSAYS

- 25% 25%

MIDTERM, VISITORS WRITING ASSIGNMENT, CLASSWORK AND PARTICIPATION

3) SOURCE PROJECT: TOPIC, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, OUTLINE , COMPLETED PAPER, ROUGH DRAFT,
REVISED DRAFT

, FINAL DRAFT AND FINAL PRESENTATION-50 %

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