English 150-06
Writing and Research
Spring
2006
11:00/11:50 MWF Grainger 216; Dr. Lund (Grainger 10; 395-2168; Office
Hours: MW 10:00-11:50; TTR 1:45-2:45; and by appointment). http://web.lwc.edu/staff/mlund/mlund.html
Text: Texts: Great
Writing: A Reader for Writers, editors Wiener and
Eisenberg, Third Edition
(online: grammar guide:
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/%7Ejlynch/Writing/index.html)
January
18:
"Under
the Table."
Great Writing pp. 1-9; nouns and pronouns; subjects and objects
20:
Writing by Momaday, Bronte, Dillard
23:
Description Workshop
25:
Great
Writing pp. 10-17; verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
27:
Description
#1
30:
Great
Writing pp. 58-64;
prepositions and conjunctions; thesis
February
1:
Writing
by Coffer, Poe, Angelou
3:
Narration
#2 (in class)
6:
Conferences:
read
Eric Kraft's "My Mother Takes a Tumble" (from his novel, Little Follies):
online at
http://www.erickraft.com/peterleroy/littlefollies/index.html
8:
Conferences:
Eric Kraft's "Do Clams Bite?" (the second part of Little Follies)
10:
The Dos Passos
Prize for Literature: Tim Gautreaux "Welding with Children."
Locate it on InfoTrac OneFile:
search and specify Atlantic
Monthly, where the story was published in March 1997.
.
13:
Great
Writing pp. 144-151; agreement; topic sentences
15:
Writing
by Kingston, Ehrenreich, Clifton
17:
Exemplification
#3
20:
Great
Writing pp. 196-204; dependent and independent clauses;
transitions
22:
Writing
by Lawrence, Moore, Mehta
24:
Process
#4 (in class)
27
Great
Writing pp. 278-286; run-on sentences
and fragments
March
1:
Writing
by Tan, Hardy, Shakespeare, Walker
3:
Comparison
and Contrast #5
6:
Great
Writing pp. 354-36; dangling participle; titles and introductions
8:
Writing
by Shaw, Whithead, Baker
10:
Classification
#6
(in class)
* * * Spring
Break * * *
20:
Review;
Content, content, content!
22:
Exam:
Principles of Essay Organization
24:
Library Orientation
27:
Great
Writing pp. 404-410
29:
Writing
by Chopin, Robinson, London
31:
Causal
Analysis #7
April
3:
Great
Writing pp. 464-472; conclusions "Scandal in Bohemia" online at
http://sherlockholmes.stanford.edu/)
5:
Writing
by McCullers, Rodriquez Graves
7:
Definition
#8 (in class)
10
Great
Writing pp. 520-528
12:
Writing
by Smiley , Pollitt, Swift
14:
Argumentation
and Persuasion; research
17:
Documentation,
Paper #9 due
19:
Research
21:
Chekhov,
"A Marriage
Proposal"
4:
Review
26:
Research
Paper Due
28:
Choice
#10 (in class)
May
2:
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.