Thursday August 30, 2012

Good morning!

If I did not have a chance to tell all of you, have a wonderful and safe weekend and holiday.

Keep current with the syllabus and be sure to read ahead.

Arrive to class on Wednesday ready for a quiz on fragments AND having completed reading pages 1-65 in One Amazing Thing.

Always bring your texts to class if there is something due to be read from that text.

See you next week!

Monday, August 27th, 9:30 pm

Hello and welcome to the first day of fall semester.
I enjoyed meeting all of you today.

I want to clear up some confusion you may or may not be experiencing about this "stretch" course.
When you complete both semesters, you will have completed English1A.
The first "half" of the course, the fall semester, is equal to English 1, which is a Pre-College Writing Course.

Some of you have mentioned that you were told that you would be enrolled in English 1A after fall semester, which is basically correct! You will simply be already enrolled...with me!

I hope this makes sense. Please come with any questions on Wednesday.

2nd posting, August 24th

Take a look!

This course is invaluable and if you can "fit" it into your schedule, you will be very happy you did!

English 60 Reading Speed & Efficiency

 

English 60 is now 2 units! Class still meets only once a week. 

 

Read with more confidence and skill!

.   Improve: reading rate, comprehension, and critical reading skills

.   Build vocabulary

.   Refine your study skills

 

• English 60 (2 units) teaches strategies and techniques to promote greater reading efficiency, flexibility, and comprehension through text analysis and reading practice with a variety of texts.
• Students also work in the Reading Lab to increase reading speed and reduce regression and other negative reading habits.
• Students can register through My Sac State during the first two weeks of school, through Sept 7^th. Or the class can be added through Sept 13^th   with the instructor’s permission. For more information, contact the English Department office Calaveras 104 or call 278-5745. 

 

English 60, Section 1  Tuesday,        8:00-8:50              Douglas   214        Class No.81022

English 60, Section 3  Wednesday  12:00-12:50           Lassen    2300     Class No. 81148

English 60, Section 5 Thursday        12:00-12:00          Alpine       231     Class No. 81349

 

We also have 1 section of 60M for Multilingual students: Check schedule for time and place.                          

 

Friday, August 24th, 7 pm

Hello, greetings, and welcome to fall semester!
Below you will find a copy of the course outline that was distributed in class today, Monday, August 27th.

English 10/11—STRETCH COURSE:  FALL 2012—SPRING 2013

Academic Literacies I and II: Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing

Instructor: Catherine Fraga

Office: Calaveras 149

Office Hours: MWF 10:00-10:50 am, or by appointment

Email: sacto1954@gmail.com

Class Blog: www.StretchFraga.blogspot.com

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Because reading, writing and speaking are all part of the language network, they are best developed when integrated and explored together.  Therefore, students will use reading, writing, discussion, and research for discovery, intellectual curiosity, and personal academic growth.  Moreover, students will work in collaborative groups to share, critique, and revise/rethink their reading and writing with one another. At the end of this course, students will compose meaningful expository essays which utilize appropriate structure, development and usage. This year-long course fulfills the GE Area A2 requirement.

Academic Literacies is an intensive one-year, six-unit course designed to help students:

·      Engage in reading and writing as communal and diverse processes.

·      Read and write clearly and effectively in and beyond the university.

·      Develop a meta-cognitive understanding of the reading, writing, and thinking  processes—understand that they develop over time by diligently generating and questioning one’s own ideas; reading questioning and integrating the ideas of others; and revising ideas to more clearly and meaningfully convey meaning to an intended audience.

·      Understand that everyone develops and uses multiple discourses and explore how they can connect or conflict with one another based on different settings, expectations, audiences, and the like.

REQUIRED TEXTS AND SUPPLIES

·      One Amazing Thing BY Chitra Divakaruni

·      Between Worlds, 7^th Edition BY Susan Bachmann and Melinda Barth

·      Three large blue (or green) books for in class writing assignments

·      Stapler

·      Lined notebook paper with a CLEAN edge.

·      A three ring binder for class materials and later, our portfolio.

WRITING ASSIGNMENTS

During our first semester, we will focus heavily on writing summaries and short critical responses as well as writing focused narratives. We will perfect our ability to plan and write well-articulated and well-supported paragraphs that are free from distracting sentence level errors. During the second semester (spring 2013) our essay assignments will be reading and researched based. Each essay will be revised (at least 2-3 drafts) for your portfolio. Each time you turn in a draft of an essay you MUST also give me all previous drafts. I will not accept essays electronically unless we have discussed it prior to your turning in the draft. You are expected to arrive in class with a hard copy of your STAPLED essay when it is due.

***ALL ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED TYPED, DOUBLE SPACED, TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT—unless otherwise instructed.***

NOVEL

One Amazing Thing is required for this course. As you may already know, this novel is the 2012-2013 selection for the CSUS One Book Program.  Familiarize yourself with the One Book website (http://www.csus.edu/onebook/), and I encourage you to take part in a variety of on-campus events throughout the year.  You will begin by reading the novel and will refer to it in one or more of your first semester writing assignments for this class.

GRAMMAR QUIZZES

In class, we will review various grammar and sentence structure points and will have many quizzes on these points. There will be at least 10 Grammar Quizzes. See course outline for exact quiz dates and topics.

If you miss a quiz, you will earn a 0 for that quiz. More than two missed quizzes can jeopardize your standing and grade in the course.

FINAL PORTFOLIO

You will create a final portfolio which will comprise the majority of your grade for the class. The portfolio will be submitted at the end of spring semester. We will discuss this in great detail throughout the year, but the contents are as follows:

--Evaluative Essay: you will compose a 4-5 page formal essay which discusses your work and progress in terms of course goals.

--You will select a minimum of two short response papers from the first semester to include within the portfolio which illustrate your strongest, polished writing.

--You will select a minimum of two essays from the second semester that illustrate your strongest, polished writing.

--Additional course work:  you will select any additional class materials that illustrate your meeting the course goals.

DO NOT DISCARD ANY RETURNED WORK.

GRADING

While this is a year-long course, you will receive course grades at the end of each semester. For fall semester, you will receive either Credit (CR) or No Credit (NC).

Your work in the fall semester will be graded with a check (   ), a check plus (   ), or a check minus (   ). Any work that receives a check minus (   ) MUST be  re-done and submitted in order to earn a CREDIT for the semester’s earned grade.

Letter grades will be assigned at the completion of English 11 in the spring and will be based on a scale and point system to be distributed and explained at the beginning of spring 2013 semester.

ABOUT PLAGIARISM

Familiarize yourself with this website—everything you need to know about what constitutes plagiarism and the repercussions.

http://www.csus.edu/umanual/AcademicHonestyPolicyandProcedures.htm

STUDENT ACCOMODATIONS AVAILABLE: Become informed about accommodations for test taking and other learning disabilities on this campus.  The following excerpt is from

http://www.csus.edu/SSWD/services/testing.html

GET TO KNOW YOUR UNIVERSITY LIBRARY! Sacramento State has a VERY impressive library full of very current, applicable resources for all of your research needs. Do not wait until you have research to conduct to learn the ins and outs of the library. As soon as you enter the library, right near the escalators at the beginning of fall semester, you will see a schedule of free one-hour tours available. Grab a friend and take a tour. Learn how to access the libraries resources from your home or dorm room.

COURSE OUTLINE

(Changes and additions to this schedule may occur throughout the semester.)

Week One (Aug 27-31)

Introduction to the course (Mon.)

In class Writing Assessment (Wed.)

Read pages 1-6 in Between Worlds (Wed.)

Week Two (Sept. 3-7)

MONDAY, SEPT. 3^RD-LABOR DAY HOLIDAY—NO CLASSES HELD

Read One Amazing Thing, pages 1-65 (Wed.)

Grammar Quiz #1—(Chapter 14:  Fragments) (Wed.)

Week Three (Sept. 10-14)

Grammar Quiz #2—(Chapter 14: Run-on or Fused Sentences) (Mon.)

Read One Amazing Thing, pages 66-108 (Wed.)

Week Four (Sept. 17-21)

View documentary, Daughter from Danang (Mon.)

Prepare for in class writing #1 on Monday on film Daughter from Danang (Wed.)

Week Five (Sept. 24-28)

In class essay on documentary viewed last week. Remember to bring a blue/green book to class (Mon.)

Read One Amazing Thing, pages 109-160 (Wed.)

Grammar Quiz #3—(Chapter 14: Pronoun Reference Agreement) (Wed.)

Week Six (Oct. 1-5)

Read “The Good Daughter” pages 8-10 and “A Cabdriver’s Daughter” pages 11-13 (Mon.)

Grammar Quiz #4—(Chapter 14:  Pronoun Case) (Wed)

Week Seven (Oct. 8-12)

Read One Amazing Thing, pages 161 to the end of the book. (Mon.)

Grammar Quiz #5—(Chapter 14: Subject/Verb Agreement) (Wed.)

Week Eight (Oct. 15-19)

Read “On Teenagers and Tattoos” pages 28-31 & “The Only Child” pages 33-35 (Mon)

Grammar Quiz #6—(Chapter 14: Shifts) (Wed.)

In Class Writing #2 (Wed.)

Week Nine:  (Oct. 22-26)

Read “Johnny Depp: A Pirate’s Life” pgs. 36-42 & “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination” pgs. 154-160 (Mon)

Grammar Quiz #7—(Chapter 14: Mixed Sentences) (Wed.)

Week Ten: (Oct. 29-Nov. 2)

Read “Who’s Cheap?” pgs. 45-47 (Mon.)

Grammar Quiz #8—(Chapter 14: Faulty Verb Choice) (Wed.)

Week Eleven:  (Nov. 5-9)

Read “Watching my Back” pgs. 57-59

Grammar Quiz #9—(Chapter 14: Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers)

Week Twelve:  (Nov. 12-16)

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12^TH—VETERAN’S DAY HOLIDAY—NO CLASSES

Read “When a Woman says No” pgs. 67-69 & “Where are you Going, Where have you Been?” pgs. 70-84 (Wed.)

Week Thirteen:  (Nov. 19-23)

View film and 3^rd in-class writing (Mon. and Wed.)

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 & 23—

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY—NO CLASSES

Week Fourteen (Nov. 26-30)

Critical Thinking Exercise (Mon.)

Grammar Quiz #10—(Chapter 14: Faulty Parallelism) (Wed.)

Week Fifteen (Dec. 3-7) LAST WEEK OF CLASSES

Semester Review of all 10 Grammar Quizzes (Mon.)

Looking Back, Looking Forward Discussion (Wed.)

Week Sixteen (Dec. 10--14) FINALS WEEK

THERE IS NO FINAL EXAM SCHEDULED FOR THIS CLASS.