Texts: Great Writing: A Reader for Writers,
editors Wiener and Eisenberg, Third Edition
Maureen Howard, Big
as Life: Three Tales for Spring (Penguin)
(online:
grammar
guide: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Writing/index.html)
January 17:
"Big Pants." Great
Writing pp. 1-9;
nouns and pronouns; subjects and objects
19:
Writing by Momaday,
Dillard,
Woolf
21:
Description
Draft
24:
Great Writing pp. 10-17;
verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
26:
Writing by Bronte, Kazin, Cane
28:
Description #1
31:
Great Writing pp. 58-64; prepositions and conjunctions;
thesis
February 2:
Writing by Cather, Poe, Angelou
4:
Narration #2
7:
Conferences
9:
Conferences
11:
Dos Passos Prize
Winner; Maureen Howard, Big as Life
First Tale
14:
Great Writing
pp. 144-151; agreement; topic sentences
16:
Writing by Thurber, Ehrenreich,
Clifton
18:
Exemplification #3
21:
Great Writing
pp. 196-204; dependent and independent clauses;
transitions
23:
Writing by
Didion, Ovid,
Mehta
25:
Process #4
28
Great Writing pp.
278-286; run-on sentences and fragments;
March 2:
Writing by
Tan, Hardy,
Shakespeare, Morrison
4:
Comparison and Contrast #5
7:
Great Writing
pp. 354-36; dangling participle; titles and introductions
9:
Writing by Viorst, Reed, Baker
11:
Classification #6
* *
* Spring Break *
* *
21:
Review; Content, content,
content!
23:
Exam
25:
Big as Life Second
Tale
28:
Great Writing pp. 404-410
30:
Writing by Chopin, Robinson, Williams
April
1:
Causal Analysis #7
4:
Great Writing
pp. 464-472; conclusions
6:
Writing by Emerson,
Brady, Graves
8:
Definition #8
11
Great Writing pp. 520-528
13:
Writing by Smiley, Pollitt, Kafka
15:
Argumentation and Persuasion; research
18:
Documentation, Paper #9 due
20:
Chekhov, "A Marriage Proposal"
22:
Research
25:
Review
27:
Research Paper Due
29:
Choice #10
May
2:
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.
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. 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.