English 150-07
Writing and
Research
Fall 2007
11:00 am-11:50 am MWF Grainger 116; 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
Required Texts:
40 Model Essays: A Portable Anthology
(Paperback)
by Jane E. Aaron Bedford/St. Martin's (January 26, 2005)
ISBN-10: 031243829X
ISBN-13: 978-0312438296
Writing and Revising: A
Portable Guide
X. J. Kennedy; Dorothy M. Kennedy; Marcia F. Muth
ISBN: 0-312-45458-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-45458-6
(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.
August
27:
Introduction: "Wind." Writing
and Revising 1-11;
nouns and pronouns; subjects and objects
29: Writing and Revising 12-40; 40 Model Essays 1-20
31: Description
Workshop (draft due)
September
3:
Labor
Day; no
class
5:
40 Model Essays
21-59; verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
7:
Description #1
10: Writing and Revising 41-82
12: 40 Model Essays 60-92;
prepositions and conjunctions
14: Narration #2 (in-class)
17:
Conferences: Grainger 200
19:
Conferences: Grainger 200
21:
from
Mark
Twain's Life on the Mississippi Chapters
V-X (online at
http://docsouth.unc.edu/twainlife/twain.html#twain70
24:
Writing and Revising 83-100;
agreement
26:
40 Model Essays 176-201
28:
Process
#3
October
1: Writing and Revising 101-121
3:
40 Model Essays
93-121 dependent
and independent
clauses
5:
Illustration #4 (in
class)
8:
Writing and Revising
137-154
10:
40 Model Essays 202-233;
run-on
sentences and
fragments
12:
Comparison and Contrast #5
* * * Fall Break
* *
*
17:
Review Principles of Composition
19: from Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
Chapters I-IV (online at
http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/b/bronte/charlotte/b869j/
; dangling
participle
22:
Writing and Revising 155-189
24: 40 Model Essays 122-145
26: Division #6 (in
class)
29:
Research; Writing and Revising
204-222
31: 40 Model Essays 146-175
November
1:
Classification #6
5:
Library Orientation
147-B Writing and Revising 223-245; Documentation,
7:
40 Model Essays 267-304
9:
Causal Analysis #7
12:
Songs
from O' brother, Where are Thou?
http://www.lyricskeeper.com/o_brother_where_art_thou_soundtrack-lyrics.htm
14:
40 Model Essays 234-266;
conclusions Paper Guide
16:
Definition #8 (in
class)
19:
Exam: Principles of Essay
Organization
26:
Writing and Revising 190-203;
Television
Situation Comedies
28:
40 Model Essays 305-318
Oral Presentation/Writing about literature
30: Argument Paper #9
December
3:
Writing and Revising 155-189
5:
Review; Content, content,
content!
7:
Choice #10 (in
class) Research Paper Due
13
:
Final Exam 8:00-10:30
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.
Inclement Weather: If the college closes for inclement weather,
students should continue work as outlined above.
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