English 105 - Spring 1999
Dr. Deirdre Lashgari

 

Syllabus

Notes

Texts

Writing
1) Your weekly response (to one of the starred core readings) is usually due on Tuesday. Ask the most significant question you can think of about the work, and then answer it, bringing convincing specific evidence from the text. Turn in one copy to me.

2) Be prepared to write in-class focused freewritings in response to any of the other readings assigned for the week. You'll be collecting these informal writings in your writing portfolio to turn in at the end of the quarter.

3) Formal writing assignments are usually due on Thursday. Bring three copies of your first version, one for each member of your writing group; turn a copy of the second version in to me. Keep -- along with each draft -- the written peer responses you receive from your group.

Reading

1) We'll be reading from a chapter per week in Rereading America. Plan to skim the introduction for central ideas; then do around 20 pages a week of close reading (the starred works, on one of which you'll do your written out-of-class response).

2) In addition, skim quickly the assigned sections from Class Packet 2, Woodward, and Dornan. We'll be drawing on key ideas from these texts in class.

3) Also, spend time each week working independently in Dornan's The Brief English Handbook on those issues of style, organization, language, and grammar which will most strengthen your writing. Do at least 2 exercises per week from Dornan. Keep track of this work in your writing log.

 

Week 1 3/30, 4/1

Reading:

Th: Elbow: ch. 4 in Writing Without Teachers (on library reserve). Skim. Note especially the 4-mode technique for direct oral response to a text (written or oral); we'll be using this in class.

Th: Class Packet 1: skim all, and bring questions.

Lecture/discussion:

Introduction: format, issues, and concepts of the course. Concepts of community. Diversities: cultures, experiences, convictions, visions. Ways of defining one's own ethnicity (ethnicities of origin, ethnicities of upbringing, ethnicities of choice). The classroom as microcosm of our world: controversy and creative conflict; acknowledging your worthy opponents. Y2K and the possibility of community.

Reading and writing as tools of transformation: uses and limits of the 5-paragraph essay; writing about what matters to you, for readers who matter. Efficient reading. Why grades? Conceptual blockbusting. The potluck principle. The peer writing group and 4-mode response, plus Writer's Quarry and Writer's Log. Leadership training: involvement in campus culture-based groups (extra credit for this class).

Writing:

T: Response (2 pp) *Rich or *Anzaldúa

Th: Turn in "How I Write" (respond to questions) + Class Information sheet + blank map of the world (use the World Atlas to fill it in)

Th: Activate your campus Internet account; send an e-mail message to me (delashgari@csupomona.edu)

 

Week 2 4/6, 4/8

Reading

T: Introduction to the whole book; Ch.2 Intro + Rose, Malcolm X

Th: (skim and bring ideas you find most useful)

Class Pkt 2: II.(all), III.(all), IV.A-D & G-H, V.A-B, VI.B.1-5, XII

Dornan: 234-260 (diction), 262-292 (paragraphs), 293-320 (essay writing)

Woodward: 253-256 (getting info from national organizations)

Writing:

T: Response: *Rose or *Malcolm X

Th: Essay #1 (3-4 pp): draft (with 3 copies for writing group) + in-class workshop

Th: post a message to the English 105 listserv

Sat 4/10: Field trip: New Japanese American Museum + WLCOC Museum (Los Angeles)

Week 3 4/13, 4/15

Reading

T: Ch. 1 Intro + Soto, Coontz

Th: (skim and bring ideas you find most useful)

Class Pkt 2 : IV.D-E & G-H, VI.A.(all), VI.B.1-4, VII.B.

Dornan: 293-320 (essay writing)

Woodward: 233-252 (revising); 2-34 (research process, topic)

Writing:

T: Response to *Soto or *Coontz

Th: Essay #1: revision to instructor, with draft and all peer responses

 

 

Week 4 4/20, 4/22

Reading

T: Y2K Citizen's Action Guide

Th: (skim and bring ideas you find most useful)

Class Pkt 2 : IV.D-E & G-H, VIII

Dornan: 320-345 (essay writing cont.),

Woodward: 35-50 (research strategy), 51-76 (library tools)

Writing:

T: Response to Y2K Citizen's Action Guide

Th: Essay #2: draft (3 copies to group); in-class workshop

Week 5 4/27, 4/29

Reading

T: Ch.5 Intro + Takaki, Terkel (Ellis)

Th: (skim and bring ideas you find most useful)

Class Pkt 2 : IV.F, V.(all)

Dornan: 346-373 (argumentative essay & critical thinking)

Woodward: 35-76 (using the library), 127-145 (evaluating sources)

Writing:

Th: Self-evaluation and course evaluation (1 pg each)

Week 6 5/4, 5/6

Reading

T: Ch. 3: Intro + Chang, Chan

Th: (skim and bring ideas you find most useful)

Class Pkt 2 : IV.G, V.D-F, VII.(all)

Dornan: 381-412 (researching a paper: topic, resources, thesis)

Woodward: 97-126 (Internet resources)

Writing:

T: Response to *Chang or *Chan

Week 7 5/11, 5/13

Reading

T: Ch. 4: Intro + hooks, Allen

Th: (skim and bring ideas you find most useful)

Class Pkt 2 : IV.D-E & G-H, V.(all), VI.B(all), VII.B, VIII

Dornan: 413-424 (research essay: thesis, outline, documentation)

Woodward: 145-170 (writing a draft)

Writing:

T: Response to *hooks or *Allen

Th: Essay #3: annotated bibliography + sketch of argument (sentence outline)

Week 8 5/18, 5/20

Reading

T: Ch 6: Intro + Jordan, McKibben

Th: (skim and bring ideas you find most useful)

Class Pkt 2 : VI.B.2-4, IX.

Dornan: 424-464 (sample research essay)

Woodward: 192-204 (sample research essay)

Writing:

T: Response to *Jordan or *McKibben

Th: *Portfolio check (preliminary)

Th: Essay #3: copies of draft to group + in-class workshop

Week 9 5/25, 5/27

Reading

T: *Cose, *Anzaldua

Th: (skim and bring ideas you find most useful)

Class Pkt 2 : IV.D-E & G-H, V.A-F

Dornan: 464-476 (MLA documentation guide)

Woodward: 171-191 (MLA documentation guide)

Writing:

Week 10 6/1, 6/3

Reading

T: Class Pkt 2 : XI

Writing:

Th: Course evaluation, narrative & computerized (department forms)

Presentations

T: Colloquium I

Th: Colloquium II

11 Finals Week Thursday 6/10 11:30-1:30 9-217

Presentations

Colloquium III

Town-hall meeting: "Community: Barriers and Solutions"

[Bring issues and ideas to contribute, with supporting (or contrary) quotes from works we've read this quarter.]

Multi-ethnic celebration: food, dance, music, poetry, etc.

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Activating VAX account (for e-mail and Internet)

First-quarter students:

Your VAX password is on your class list. Once you’re in the system, the ISM menu will direct you in changing to a password you choose.

Late-registering students:

To get your password, you may need to see Janet Rice on the first floor of the CLA Bldg (98-B1-208), M-F 8:30-4:30 (or phone her at x3128 to make other arrangements). Be sure to bring photo i.d. + a copy of your add slip showing fees paid.

 

 

Note from ITAC Staff

(for returning students who’ve forgotten your password):

 

COMPUTER E-MAIL PASSWORD CHANGE INSTRUCTIONS

Currently provided on the Network and Enterprise Servers’ home page is a form that allows you to change your forgotten password to your Student computer/E-Mail account. To utilize this feature, perform the following:

1. Go to one of the following computer laboratories:

(98-C5-12/13/14; 97-121; or any other lab on campus that has Netscape, Version 3.0, or higher.) The Password Change Form may also be accessed from home if using Netscape, Version 3.0, or higher.

2. Access the Password change Form directly at the following web address:

http://www.csupomona.edu/nes/mainmenu/userserv/pw_acc.html

-- OR --

 

3. Access the web site for Network and Enterprise Servers at the following web address:

http://www.csupomona.edu/nes/

. Click on USER SERVICES

. Click on COMPUTER ACCOUNTS

. Click on STUDENT ACCOUNTS

. Click on LOST/FORGOTTEN PASSWORD

. Click on online form

Once the form is submitted with the correct information the temporary password to your Computer/E-Mail account will take affect in two hours. When logging into your Computer/E-Mail account using the temporary password, you will be prompted to enter a new password.

REQUIRED STUDENT INFORMATION:

. Your Student ID: This is your 9 digit student ID number.

. Your Student PIN (PAC). This is your 6 digit PIN/PAC used for Touch-Tone

Registration. If you do not know your PIN/PAC

number, you may obtain this information from the

Records Office located in the CLA Building

(98-R2-20).

. Your Student Username: This is your instructional Computer/E-Mail Account name.

 

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