ENGLISH 13O2: Composition and Rhetoric II
English 1302: Composition and Rhetoric II1
Instructor contact information
Instructor: / David Glen Smith, M.A., M.F.A / Day/Time available outside of class: / 10:00 am – 11:00 amDivision Office: / Division One, CASA 114
832.482.1053 / LSCS E-mail: /
Course information
Course Number: / English 1302 / Semester and Year: / Fall2013Section Number: / 5009 / Class Days & Times: / M W F 11:20am-12:15pm
Credit Hours: / 3 / Class Room Location: / CASA 328
English 1302: Composition and Rhetoric II1
English 1302 overview
Course Description:
Intensive study of and practice in the strategies and techniques for developing research-based expository and persuasive texts. Emphasis on effective and ethical rhetorical inquiry, including primary and secondary research methods; critical reading of verbal, visual, and multimedia texts; systematic evaluation, synthesis, and documentation of information sources; and critical thinking about evidence and conclusions.
Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative research processes.
- Develop ideas and synthesize primary and secondary sources within focused academic arguments, including one or more research-based essays.
- Analyze, interpret, and evaluate a variety of texts for the ethical and logical uses of evidence.
- Write in a style that clearly communicates meaning, builds credibility, and inspires belief or action.
- Apply the conventions of style manuals for specific academic disciplines (e.g., APA, CMS, MLA, etc.)
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Course requirements
Prerequisites:passing grade in ENGL 1301
Co-requisites:none
Required Textbooks: Portable Legacies, 2ndSchmidt/Crockett
A Writer’s Reference, 7th (with “Writing About Literature”), Hacker/Sommers
Other Materials : Blue Books for MT and Final; Note-taking equipment
Instructor policies
Attendance Requirements: Due to the nature of the course and the in-class exercises, after more than 5 absences, negative consequences will result to student’s grade. Communication with instructor is paramount.
Nine (9) absences result in a failing grade (F) in the course. No exceptions.
Emergency situations do happen, but keep in mind: an absence is an absence regardless if the situation is medical or legal emergency. Budget your time accordingly.
A student arriving 20-minutes after class starting time will be considered absent.
• Students are responsible for filling out paperwork to drop course in order to avoid failing grade.
• Students are responsible for signing the daily roll sheet at the beginning of each class.
• If you forget to sign the form you are considered absent.
• Physician appointments, court dates, and job interviews should not be set during class time.
• If you make an appointment within the time-frame of a course period, do not come to class for that day.
• If you leave early, for any reason, you will be marked absent for that day.
Late Paper/Missed Assignment Policy: • Since the progress of this class depends on essays turned in on time, late essays will be penalized ten points for each course day that they are late. If you miss class when an essay is due, your grade will show accordingly. After a week (3 class days) late papers will not be accepted.
• There are pop quizzes as well. Completing these earn you points. No late work will be accepted for this category.
• All assignments are required to be submitted into the Turnitin.com system. Any paper not in the database will earn a grade of zero points (0).
Phone Policy: Phones must be silent in class. If an important call arrives, take it into the hall quickly. On the other hand, no texting or surfing the net or social media is permitted in the classroom. You will be asked to leave the class and will be marked as absent. No technology should be in use during class time unless under instructor’s guidance.
The only material on your desktop should be paper and writing instruments. Avoid creating a fort around you with backpack, books, and purses in order to hide a phone.
Laptop/TabletPolicy: If properly utilized these tools can be an asset to your studies. If however, the student persists in using the technology to avoid class interaction or class participation, you will be asked to leave the class and will be marked as absent.
Academic Integrity Policy: All student work for this course must be original to the student and original to the course. If clear evidence of academic dishonesty is found for any assignment, a 0 (0 points) for the assignment will be recorded. If a second incident of academic dishonesty occurs, an F for the course grade will be recorded.
Assignment information
Assignments: All finalized papers and formal homework projects will be posted by student in Turnitin.com through the school Angel system. Aside from the two paper assignments, the students should expect four pop quizzes throughout the full term, two tests covering aspects of specific lectures, and a variety of group activities.
Inclusive of these will be a Midterm test and a Final test. Please note: the date of the final cannot be changed for any circumstances. If a student has conflict with the assigned day, he/she must discuss the matter with the Head of the English Department and/or the Dean. Instructors cannot change the date of the Final Exam for any student.
Grade Determination:
English 1302: Composition and Rhetoric II1
Your grade will be determined by the following / Details / PercentageWeekly Activities / In Class Exercises • HW • Group Work •
4 Pop Quizzes • 2 Tests (Antigone / Modernism) / 15
Midterm / Critical Analysis & Terms / 15
Analytical Paper / Comparison / Contrast of two selected characters / 20
Final Research Paper / Academic Analysis of Character Development / 25
Final Exam / 25
Total: / 100
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Final Course Grade:
Letter Grade
/ Final Average in Points or PercentA
/ 100 - 90B
/ 89 – 80C
/ 79 – 70D
/ 69 – 60F
/ 59 – 0English 1302: Composition and Rhetoric II1
Reading List09.09 / M: Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, “The Goose Girl”—supplemental
09.11 / W: Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, “GodFather Death” —supplemental
09.16 / M: Nadine Gordimer, “Once Upon a Time” p 110-114
Aesop, “The Man,the Boy, and the Donkey” —supplemental
09.23 / M:Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart" —supplemental
09.30 / M:Charlotte Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” p 544-555
10.04 / F:James Joyce, “Eveline” p 529-532
10.09 / W:Ernest Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants” p 525-528
10.21 / M: Sophocles Antigone p 803-830
10.30 / W:Ray Bradbury, “The October Game” —supplemental
11.01 / F:William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” p 302-307
11.15 / F:e. e. cummings, “l(a” “13”—supplemental
William Carlos Williams “Danse Russe”—supplemental, “The Red Wheelbarrow” p 916
11.18 / M:T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” p 591-595
11.25 / M:Sylvia Plath, “Lady Lazarus”—supplemental
11.27 / W: SylviaPlath, “Daddy” p 311-313
12.02 / M:Emily Dickinson, “I Heard a Fly Buzz”—supplemental
12.04 / W:Lynda Hull “Ornithology” —supplemental
Susan Mitchell “Havana Birth” —supplemental
MWF Course schedule
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Week Number /Activities and Lectures
1Mon-Aug 26 / Basic introduction to course
Wed-Aug 28 / Guidelines for Reading-Intertextuality, Literary Devices
Fri-Aug 30 / Types of Conflict; Classification of Literature and Literary Modes
2
Mon-Sept 2 / Labor Day Holiday-no class
Wed-Sept 4 / Definitions of: Myth • Fable • Parable • Folk Tales
Fri-Sept 6 / Figurative Language • Archetypes and Symbol • Elements of Fairy Tales
Exercise 1: Summarize Literary Work, due 09/09
3
Mon-Sept 9 / Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, “The Goose Girl”—supplemental
Wed-Sept 11 / Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, “GodFather Death” —supplemental
Assignment 1: Comparison/Contrast Analysis
• Thesis and Introduction paragraph due 10/04 • Full paper due 10/11
Fri-Sept 13 / Literary Criticism - part 1 • Thesis Statements • Guidelines for Declaring a Thesis
4
Mon-Sept 16 / Nadine Gordimer, “Once Upon a Time” p 110-114
Aesop, “The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey” —supplemental
Wed-Sept 18 / Literary Criticism - part 2
Fri-Sept 20 / Basic Construction of a Literary Paper • MLA Guidelines - Review of English 1301
5
Mon- Sept 23 / Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart" —supplemental
Wed-Sept 25 / Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart" —supplemental
Fri- Sept 27 / Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart" —supplemental
6
Mon-Sept 30 / Charlotte Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” p 544-555
Wed-Oct 2 / Charlotte Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” p 544-555
Fri-Oct 4 / James Joyce, “Eveline” p 529-532
Assignment 1: Comparison Analysis Thesis/Introduction Paragraph due
7
Mon-Oct 7 / James Joyce, “Eveline” p 529-532
Wed-Oct 9 / Ernest Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants” p 525-528
Fri-Oct 11 / Assignment 1: Full Comparison/Contrast Analysis due in Angel
Final Project Overview • Article Synopsis Guidelines
8
Mon-Oct 14 / Midterm-bring Blue Book to class
Wed-Oct 16 / Library Orientation: Literary Databases
Fri-Oct 18 / Library Orientation: Literary Databases
9 / Mon-Oct 21 / Wed-Oct 23 / Fri-Oct 25
Sophocles Antigone p 803-830
10
Mon-Oct 28 / Antigone test • Assignment 2- Article Synopsis due
Wed-Oct 30 / Ray Bradbury, “The October Game” —supplemental
Fri-Nov 1 / William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” p 302-307
11
Mon-Nov 4 / William Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” p 302-307
Wed-Nov 6 / How to Read Poetry • Poetic Devices, part 1
Fri-Nov 8 / Poetical Devices and Terminologies-part 2 • Introductory page for Final Project due
12
Mon-Nov 11 / Last day to withdraw
English-Irish Ballads
Wed-Nov 13 / Haiku
Fri-Nov 15 / Modernism in Poetry
e. e. cummings, “l(a” “13”—supplemental
William Carlos Williams “Danse Russe”—supplemental, “The Red Wheelbarrow” p 916
13 / Mon-Nov 18 / Wed-Nov 20 / Fri-Nov 22
T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” p 591-595
14
Mon-Nov 25 / Sylvia Plath, “Lady Lazarus”—supplemental
Wed-Nov 27 / Sylvia Plath, “Daddy” p 311-313
Fri-Nov 29 / Thanksgiving-No class
15
Mon-Dec 2 / Emily Dickinson, “I Heard a Fly Buzz”—supplemental
Wed-Dec 4 / Contemporary Poetry
Lynda Hull “Ornithology” —supplemental Susan Mitchell “Havana Birth” —supplemental
Fri-Dec 6 / Review for Final
Final Exams
Final Exam 7.00 am - 08:50 am • Bring Blue Book to class
English 1302: Composition and Rhetoric II1
English 1302: Composition and Rhetoric II1
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