University at Buffalo
Sections D9
MWF 11-11:50 Alumni 88
E3 MWF
12-12:50 Alumni 88
G3 MWF
2-2:50 Clemens 106
H2 MWF 3-3:50
Baldy 113
Credit hours: 3 Prerequisite: Appropriate
test score
Instructor: Ms. Jane Adam Office: 644 Clemens
Office hours: M W F 1-1:50 pm email:
adam_jane@hotmail.com
adam@acsu.buffalo.edu
Required texts: (available at University Bookstore)
McQuade & Atwan, The Writer’s Presence: A Pool of Readings 3rd
ed.
Harris, Prentice Hall Guide to Grammar and Usage 5th ed.
Also Required:
--Pocket folder
--Access to computer, word
processor, or typewriter --all essays
must be typed double spaced
Course Objectives: English 101 gives you the
opportunity to develop critical, organizational, and language skills which you
will build upon in English 201 and use throughout your college years and your
life. You will become familiar with
standard modes of thinking and writing, such as narrative, description,
exemplification, definition, and analysis--for both explanatory and persuasive
purposes. You will learn effective
habits of reading and observation. You
will learn to build and develop an essay around a well-chosen central
idea. You will become familiar with the
writing and revising process. You will
work toward University-level control of English usage.
The class will work toward these objectives through
reading and discussion, informal in-class writing, and planning, drafting, and
revising of formal essays--with input at every stage from instructor and
peers. To demonstrate your progress as
a writer and to motivate yourself to think critically about your education, you
will keep all your written work throughout the semester, and you will revise
some of your essays for your midterm and final portfolios.
Formal Essays
(five total, length & topic choices TBA)--for each essay you will write one
draft and at least one revision. Essays
must be typed double spaced.
Informal
Writings and Grammar Exercises--to be done in or out of class, individually
, or in small groups as announced;
completeness will count toward final grade. you will also analyze and
reflect on some of these in your midterm and final portfolios.
Group
Activities will include discussions and presentations from assigned
reading, plus draft workshops for formal essays. Participation will count toward final grade.
Assigned
Reading--The basis for class discussion and both formal and informal
writing assignments. Quizzes on reading
will count toward final grade.
Midterm and
Final Portfolios--include a further revision of one of your graded formal
essays and a written analysis of the steps you took to revise it.
Conferences: Each student will meet with the instructor
at least once before each portfolio is due.
Each formal essay will receive a letter grade. With each essay you will also submit your
planning notes, drafts, and printouts
or photocopies of any materials you use as references.
Your midterm portfolio will contain a further
revision of Essay #1 or #2, and your
final portfolio will contain further
revisions of Essays #3, #4 and #5 Both
portfolios will also include all notes
Grades cont.
and drafts and copies of any
reference materials for the essays you revise, along with a written analysis
(1-2 pages) of your revision process.
You must turn in all five essays, a minimum number of informal writings and
quizzes, and both portfolios in order to pass the course. Your coursework will then be weighted as
follows to determine your final grade:
25% -- Formal Essays #1 and #2, Midterm Portfolio
60% -- Formal Essays #3, #4,and #5, Final Portfolio
15% -- Group Activities, In-class (informal)
writing activities, conference attendance, quizzes
Final Portfolios are due
Monday, December 9, 2002. No late
portfolios will be accepted.
Attendance--You
are allowed five absences without penalty. For each additional absence, your
final grade will be lowered. If you use
all five of your absences before October 18 (last day to drop), you will be
asked to resign from the course.
Late or Missed Assignments--You will be allowed one late formal essay without
penalty. If you turn in a second late
essay, the grade will be lowered.
If you miss an in-class group activity or are
unprepared for it, you are still responsible for completing the work.
Plagiarism
is the unacknowledged use of someone else’s words, ideas, or information. One plagiarized essay will earn you an F for
that assignment. A second plagiarized
essay will earn you an F for the course.
If you are unsure whether you are using someone else’s words or ideas appropriately in your
writing, ask for advice early in the writing process!
Incompletes--Only
those students who have fulfilled the attendance requirements for this course
and completed all but one of the written assignments are eligible for an
Incomplete grade.
PH=Prentice Hall Reference
Guide WP=The Writer’s Presence
8/26 introduction
8/28 introduction cont. . Letter of introduction due (a 1-2 page typed
double spaced letter introducing yourself as a person, student &
writer. Include quick description of
your last English course and your strengths & weaknesses as a writer).
8/30 Read pp 1-15 in Prentice Hall Guide: discuss writing process & collaboration
9/2 Labor Day—no class
9/4 Read
in Writer’s Presence: Mamet
173-178, Kincaid 130-137. Discuss
assignment for Essay #1.
9/6 Read in WP Carver 69-76, Cofer 76-84.; in PH
pp 16-17 on paragraphs. Essay #1 cont.
9/9 Read in WP Cooper 85-93, Gates 114-122. Essay #1 cont.
9/11 Draft of Essay #1 due—Peer review—see pp
9-11 & 13-14 in PH for guidelines
9/13 Essay #1 due
WP= Writer’s Presence PH= Prentice Hall Reference Guide
9/16 NO CLASS
9/18 in WP read Cunningham 342-348, Tisdale 561-572
9/20 Hollander 432-437, Mairs 147-159—Discuss Essay #2
9/23 Discuss essay #2 cont.—prewriting due
9/25 Grammar Review—assignment in PH TBA
9/27 Draft of #2 due—peer review
9/30 Essay #2 due
10/2 conferences
10/4 conferences
10/7 conferences
10/9 Workshop—assignment TBA
10/11 Midterm Portfolio due
10/14 Workshop—assignment TBA
10/16 in WP read Carter 328-334, Dillard 655-663, Orwell 200-207
10/18 Eighner 348-359, Ehrenreich 680-687—Discuss essay #3
10/21 Discuss #3 cont.—prewriting due
10/23 Draft of #3 due—peer review
10/25 Essay #3 due—grammar review
10/28 in WP read Grisham 691-700, Rapping 517-523—Discuss Essay #4
10/30 Winn 607-609, Early 663-680—Discuss #4 cont.
11/1 Williams 837-844--#4 cont.
11/4 Grammar Review—assignment in PH TBA
11/6 Draft of #4 due—peer review
11/8 Essay #4 due
11/11 Discuss #5—reading in WP TBA
11/13 #5 cont.—reading TBA
11/15 #5 cont.—reading TBA
11/18 Grammar Review—assignment in PH TBA
11/20 Draft of #5 due—peer review
11/22 Essay #5 due
11/25 NO CLASS
11/27 & 11/29 Fall (Thanksgiving) Break—NO CLASS
12/2 conferences
12/4 conferences
12/6 conferences
12/9 Final Portfolio due