English 150-02
Writing and Research
Fall 2006
Corrected
at 10:45 Monday, August 28, and proofread at 11:50, so this should be
correct.
Texts:
Strategies for
Successful Writing: A Rhetoric, Research Guide, and Reader,
Seventh Edition
ed. James A. Reinking and Robert
von der Osten; Pearson/Prentence Hall
(online) grammar guide:
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Writing/index.html
works of
fiction, poetry, and drama in print and video formats, t.b.a.
9:00/9:50 MWF Grainger 18; Dr. Lund (Grainger 200; 395-2168; Office
Hours: MW 10:00-10:50; TTR 1:45-2:45; and by appointment). http://www.longwood.edu/staff/lundmc/mlund.html
August
28: "Who will
change you?" Strategies for
Successful Writing pp. 1-12; nouns and pronouns; subjects and
objects
30: Planning, Drafting,
Editing, Revising; Strategies
pp. 13-69
September
1:
Description
Workshop (draft due)
4: Labor Day;
no class
6: Strategies for Writing pp. 84-96;
440-454; verbs, adjectives, and
adverbs
8: Description #1
11: Strategies for Writing pp.
70-83; prepositions and conjunctions;
thesis
13: Strategies for Writing pp. 428-39
(topics due)
15: Narration #2 (in class)
18:
Conferences: Grainger 200
20:
Conferences: Grainger 200
22:
Chapters 1-11 from Eric Kraft's Where
Do You Stop? (online at
http://www.erickraft.com/peterleroy/wdys/index.html
)
25:
Strategies for Writing pp.
97-108; agreement; topic
sentences
27: Strategies pp. 455-469
29: Process
#3
October
2:
Strategies for Writing pp.
109-118; 470-483 dependent and independent clauses;
transitions
4:
from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi Chapters V-X (online at
http://docsouth.unc.edu/twainlife/twain.html#twain70
6 : Illustration #4 (in
class)
9:
Strategies for Writing
pp. 129-140; run-on sentences and fragments
11: Strategies for Writing pp. 501-517
13:
Comparison and Contrast
#5
* * * Fall Break
* *
*
18: Review
Principles of Composition (class will not
meet on this day)
20: Strategies for Writing pp. 119-128;
484-500;
dangling participle; titles and
introductions
23: Strategies for Writing pp.
207-263
25:
from Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
Chapters I-IV (online at
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/b/bronte/charlotte/b869j/
27: Classification
#6 (in
class)
30:
Strategies for Writing
Research 317-373
November
1:
Strategies for Writing
381-406 Documentation,
3:
Library
Orientation 147-B
6:
Strategies for Writing
pp. 141-153-518-531
8: Songs from O' brother, Where are Thou?
http://www.lyricskeeper.com/o_brother_where_art_thou_soundtrack-lyrics.htm
10:
Causal Analysis
#7 Paper Guide
13:
Strategies for Writing pp.
154-167; 532-548;
conclusions [Dr. Heady, guest instructor]
15: "My Name is Earl"
[class does not meet on this day; topics due by e-mail at 5:00
p.m.]
17:
Definition #8 (in
class)
20: Exam:
Principles of Essay
Organization
*
* * Thanksgiving *
* *
27: Strategies for Writing 168-198; 549-587
29:
Oral Presentation/Writing about literature Strategies for Writing 271-298
December
1:
Argument Paper #9
4:
Review;
Content, content,
content!
6:
Conferences
8:
Research Paper
Due Choice #10
(in class;
optional)
13:
Final Exam 11:30-2:00
Course Requirements: read--before
the dates shown--the material
specifically assigned for discussion (100 points); take short quizzes
(average=100 points); write ten one-page papers (50 points each); take
one exam on the technique of essay writing (100 points); complete a
research project (100 points); write an essay final exam (100 points).
Grading: You should save all written work from the course for one
semester. Grading scale: 90%=A; 80%=B; 70%=C; 60%=D; less
than 60%=F. If the college is open (even in inclement
weather), class will be held. If the college is closed for any
reason, keep reading according to the schedule outlined here..
Attendance Policy: The attendance policy for this course is
the same as the college policy in the College Catalog and the Student
Handbook. Unexcused absences for more than 10% of classes
may lower a final grade one letter. Absence, excused and/or
unexcused, from more than 25% of classes may be an automatic F in the
course.