Janis T. Patterson

Language Division

COURSE DESCRIPTION

OBJECTIVES:

1. The student will complete three to four writing units: persuasion and/or argumentation; proposal; and literary analysis.
   
2. As part of each unit, the student will actively participate in prewriting, drafting, peer responding, revising, and editing activities.
   
3. Each student will research a topic thoroughly, sharpening his skills in interviewing, locating sources, preparing a bibliography, reading and selecting material, final drafting, revising, and editing a properly documented research paper.
   
4. Each student will be involved in journal writing at least two to three times a week.
   
5. Each student will write a final essay during the examination period to demonstrate he can write at a level acceptable in the mainstream and academic communities.

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

The Composition of Everyday Life textbok
three ring notebook (for journals and hand-outs)
two letter size file folders
loose leaf paper
blue/black ink pens

paper clips

Dictionary/Thesaurus

liquid paper

RESOURCES:

EBSCOHost

SIRS (original source)

SIRS (ONLINE)

CQ RESEARCHER

CQ RESEARCHER (ONLINE)

CD-ROM (NEW YORK TIMES)

CD-ROM (NEWSBANK)

NEMCC WEBCAT

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS (original source)

OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS (online)

MELO

CLASS ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION

ENG 1123 is a writing workshop class. Routinely, you will work with your classmates writing, reading, discussing, and rewriting your papers in class; therefore, you have a responsibility to your class members, as well as yourself, to be at all class meetings and to be punctual and prepared for class. You are required to stay the full length of class; so do not gather your belongings or terminate your work before class ends and do not leave until you are dismissed. If circumstances compel you to enter class late or leave early, please enter or exit as inconspicuously as possible. If circumstances compel you to miss class, remember you are responsible for any material covered and any assignments made during your absence. If your work is submitted late, it should be submitted upon your return to class, along with a written, attached note explaining the reason, as well as date(s) of your absence. If you do not submit a plausible, written explanation, I shall deduct five points for each class day the assignment is late Also, if you have not been absent but your work is late, I shall deduct five points per class day. For medical emergencies or extenuating circumstances, students are allowed six absences for a MWF class and four for TR classes. Two absences are allowed for emergencies during summer and evening classes. Excessive tardiness will not be tolerated.

Always confer with me should an emergency arise. If I can assist you with any course related problems, please come by my office, Anderson 213, during my conference periods. If these times are inconvenient, call me at extension #7350 or 662- 720-7350 or e-mail me at jtpatterson@nemcc.edu

DISCIPLINE PROCEDURE:

The use of profanity, physical violence, or blatant disrespect for the instructor or fellow classmates will not be tolerated and will result in immediate dismissal from class. Class disruptions such as talking or even nonverbal behavior such as sleeping will not be condoned. Cell phones must be concealed within a purse, book bag, or back pack and silenced .  Also, students are not allowed to bring food and drinks within the classroom; however, water in a clear, covered container is allowed. For any infraction, the student will be given a verbal warning the first time, but if the behavior continues, he/she will receive a written warning and reprimand which will explain that another occurrence will result in a referral to the chairperson of the department and/or the dean.

SUGGESTED READING LIST FOR LITERARY ANALYSIS PAPER:

Angelou, Maya                                   I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Faulkner, William                             "A Rose for Emily"; The Sound and the Fury

Fitzgerald, F. Scott                            The Great Gatsby

Howell, William Dean                      "Editha"

Hurston, Zora Neale                        Their Eyes Were Watching God ; "The Gilded Six Bits"

McCullers, Carson                           A Member of the Wedding

Miller, Arthur                                       Death of a Salesman; The Crucible

Morrison, Toni                                  The Bluest Eye; Sula  

O'Connor, Flannery                         "A Good Man Is Hard to Find";  "Good Country People"

O'Neill, Eugene                                Desire Under the Elm

Steinbeck, John                               Of Mice and Men

Walker, Alice                                     "To Hell with Dying"; The Color Purple

Welty, Eudora                                    The Optimist's Daughter;   "A Worn Path"

Williams, Tennessee                      The Glass Menagerie; A Streetcar Named Desire

Wright, Richard                                Black Boy; Native Son

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