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All texts for English Composition are contained in your Coursepak:
you may purchase the Coursepak in NEKO, the print shop located in the basement
of the B building. You should
bring this Coursepak to our second day of class.
Mondays and Thursdays: 1:00-3:15: English Composition
Wednesdays: 10:30-11:30 Team Taught Hour: English and
Philosophy
Wednesdays: 11:45-2:00: Research and Writing in Computer Lab
Essays and Due Dates for
English Composition:
Essay #1: Antigone—due
Thursday September 26
Essay #2: on Trifles—due
Thursday October 17
Essay #3: on Short Story—due Thursday October 31
Essay #4: on Laramie
Project—due Thursday November 14
Essay #5: on Disgrace—due
Thursday December 12 (FINAL)
Assignments and Due
Dates for The Research Paper:
(Wednesdays:
11:45-2:00)
Your research essay for this course will focus on the
Trayvon Martin Case. It will be a
staged essay consisting of the following parts, each receiving partial credit:
1.
gathering of information to be shared on our
blog
2.
group work focusing on key aspects of the case
and oral presentations
3.
policy paper thesis and summary of main
arguments (including critique of opposition)—due October 10
4.
annotated bibliography of 4-6 sources—due
October 24
5.
policy paper draft 1 for peer critique in class—due
November 7
6.
policy paper revised with correct MLA
documentation: due November 22
On Wednesdays there will be readings and film screenings
related to the Race and Prejudice in America including the film: Rosewood (about white woman who falsely
accuses black man of rape); excerpts from Eyes
on the Prize, including story of Emmet Till and acquittal of KKK; film, Mississippi Burning, about murder of
civil rights workers in the 1960’s.
Team Taught Hour:
Wednesdays 10:30-11:30
In this hour your English and Philosophy professors will
connect readings, themes and issues related to the course theme; your theatre
professor will also participate in this hour when available. The purpose of this hour is to enhance
your critical thinking and by extension your essays in all your courses. The focus or theme for each week is
listed at the beginning of each week in the English course syllabus. Topics will include definitions of
reason, passion, justice and revenge; ideas about evil and its origins; how we
justify our positions; different perceptions of virtue and vice; how we arrive
at forgiveness and love.
