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, 7th 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.
STUDENT
ACCOMODATIONS AVAILABLE: Become informed about accommodations for test
taking and other learning disabilities on this campus. The following excerpt is from
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. 3RD-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 12TH—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 3rd 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.
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