Freshman Composition II Syllabus for 2011-2012
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dmoutos@actx.edu

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Course

ENGL-1302-026 Freshman Composition II

Prerequisites

ENGL 1301

Course Description

Extends and refines the writing skills developed in ENGL 1301. Readings in fiction, poetry and drama. Focus on rhetorical patterns, literary analysis, research methods and documentation.

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Department Expectations

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec, 1 lab)

Class Type

Dual Credit Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

\ Students will be furnished copies of texts for the purpose of annotating. The scope of the course will cover elements of prose

\ and poetry, as well as the genres of the novel, the short story, and the drama.

Supplies

\ Students are expected to bring supplies to enable them to take notes, as well as the lists of allusions that will be the focus of

\ of vocabulary study. Students should purchase a 3-ring binder for handouts.

Student Performance

\ 1. Demonstrate an understanding of literary genres through reading a variety of literature representing different authors and time

\ periods.

\ 2. Reinforce and enhance writing skills learned in Engliish 1301 by writing rhetorical and interpretive essays over works written

\ verse and prose.

\ 3. Know the basic vocabulary of literary and rhetorical analysis.

\ 4. Use the library, the computer resources in the English Writing Laboratory, or other resources in researching a topic.

\ 5. Evaluate sources, selecting appropriate evidence for a literary analysis research paper or several shorter researched essays

\ on works of literature.

\ 6. Document primary and secondary sources in standard MLA form for citations and works cited; know the penalities of

\ plagiarism.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

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Expected Student Behavior

\ Student Rights and Responsibilities

\ English Department Plagiarism Policy (Revised January, 2009):

\ Plagiarism:

\ According to the Amarillo College Student Code of Conduct, plagiarism is the "appropriating, buying, receiving as a gift, or

\ obtaining by any means another's work and the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of it into one's own written work."

\ Misdocumented Plagiarism:

\ 1. Using someone else's exact words that are quoted but not cited or cited but not quoted.

\ 2. Using a citation at the end of a block of prose without clarifying which material is borrowed.

\ 3. Missing or incomplete works cited entries.

\ Misdocumented plagiarism will receive a maximum 50 percent deduction for the first offense, and the student will be required

\ to meet with the instructor.

\ Undocumented Plagiarism:

\ 1. Using someone else's exact words that are neither quoted nor cited.

\ 2. Paraphrasing someone else's words without citing them.

\ 3. Using someone else's research without citing it.

\ Undocumented plagiarism will receive a minimum penalty of 50 percent for the first time and 100 percent off for all subsequent

\ infractions. The student will be required to meet with the instructor and the English Department Chair.

Grading Criteria

\ 10% Homework

\ 15% Quizzes

\ 5% Classroom Activities

\ 35% Essays

\ 25% Research Paper

\ 10% Final Exam

\ 90-100=A, 80-89=B, 70-79=C, 60-60=D, Below 59=F

Attendance

This dual-credit course will follow the attendance policies of Randall High School. Regular attendance is necessary for

satisfactory achievement. Therefore, it is the responsibilityi of the student to attend class.

IF DURING THE SEMESTER, YOU CONSIDER DROPPING, PLEASE CHECK WITH ME FIRST FOR AN ALTERNATE PLAN, ONE

THAT PROTECTS YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE COURSE AND GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE IT.

REMEMBER THAT THE DEADLINE FOR DROPS THIS SEMESTER IS APRIL 22, 2012

Calendar

Disclaimer: Mrs. Moutos reserves the right to modify this calendar.

Second Semester: 4th 6 weeks:

Vocabulary - Allusions - every day except when a major test occurs or an in-class timed writing. Jan. 24 test over allusions and original sentences with a context clue. Students are also required to compose sentences with a certain grammatical structure. From January 3 until this date, students have also

reviewed polysyndeton and asyndeton, cumulative and loose sentences, and active and pssive voice. January 25 will feature a test over these stylistic concepts.

Literature - January 3-10: review the elements of prose, culminating in a test on January 10.

January 9-13: Elements of prose applied to Frank O'Connor's short story, "My Oedipus

Complex." January 14: journal analysis over prose concepts, along with a test over the

short story.

January 16-20: background to Greek tragedy: handout and test on over class discussion and film. Begin in-class discussion of Oedipus Rex during this week.

January 23-27: Journal assignment (individual analyses) of Oedipus Rex from Ode 3 through the Exodos. Begin working on a literary analysis of this play, using 5 seconday sources

from academic sites, following the MLA format. Feb. 1-2: Major unit will conclude this unit.

Feb. 1-11: Background lecture over William Shakespeare and Hamlet. Students will address the problems of early modern English, as well as the blank verse and rhymed poetry of his

sonnets. A unit test over acts 1 and 2 of Hamlet will occur on Feb. 11.

Students will review the elements of poetry as a homework assignment. This review, as well as an outside essay will be due on Feb. 4

From January 23-Feb. 10, students will discuss, record, and write original sentences as above over allusions. A test occurs on Feb. 10.

Second Semester: 5th Six Weeks: Feb. 14 discussion of acts 3 and 4 of Hamlet, as well as tests

over significant lines, character development and themes. (Feb. 14-20) Feb. 21-254discussion of act 5 of Hamlet. During this time period of discussion over Hamlet, the class will be engaged in providing drafts and an final copy of the required literary essay over Oedipus Rex. The final copy, using MLA format, will be due on Feb. 28.

After studying the Greek tragic hero and Shakespeare's classical hero, students will examine the marginal hero of the twentieth century in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. From March 1-4, students will hear a lecture and study a packet on the cultural background of the period, ending in a major test. From March 7-11, the class will discuss this novel, after testing over the reading of each chapter. A journal assignment will be due on March 11.

After spring break, the class will study the modern poet, T.S. Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, "The Hollow Men," and "Gift of the Magi." During the class interaction with these works, students will be assigned independent analyses of Auden, Yeats, Thomas et al to complete this unit on modern poetry

This unit will occur from March 19-23. Annotation and explications of assigned poems will be stressed. Also, earlier dramatic monologues by Victorian poets, Tennyson, Browning, and Arnold are scheduled for review, from March 26-April 6.

Students will continue to discuss and record allusions, 15 at a time, ending with original sentences and

stylistic devices concerning the objective complement, nominative absolutes, and parallelism.

Second Semester: 6th Six weeks: April 9-13 - Students will produce a precis over Gordon Bigelow's "A

Primer to Existentialism." This study will provide insight into Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis and Albert Camus' The Stranger. Besides an independent journal and testing over Kafka's novella (April 14-21), students will also produce a personal metamorphosis. From April 23-27 while the class is discussing and testing over The Stranger, students will produce an independent analysis over Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. From May 2-May14, students will read and discuss Aldous

Huxley's Brave New World. We will have a major in-class writing test over the three dystopian novels of this last 6 weeks on May 21-22..

One last group of 15 allusions will close the semester.

Additional Information

\ No late work will be accepted for daily homework assignments. The penalty for late essays/projects will be 20 points by the

\ end of the school day and 30 points on the day following. NO essays/projects will be accepted after 1 day late!

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