Brooklyn College of the City University of New York



Brooklyn College of the City University of New York

English 1 TR11F

Spring 2010 Ryan Everitt

T, Th 11:00-12:15 Office: 2311B

Email: ryaneveritt@ Office Hours: T, 12:15-1:15

Required Texts:

Course packet available at Far Better Copy (Hillel St.)

You will need the packet on most days (unless otherwise instructed). It is also recommended that you purchase a portable dictionary.

Project of the Course:

English 1 is a workshop in expository writing. You will become familiar with the fundamentals of grammar and syntax, practice the strategies used in analytical reading and writing, and apply these skills in frequent writing assignments.

Requirements:

o 4 Formal Expository Essays—70%

• Personal Narrative—10%

• Diversity Essay —20%

• Argument Essay —20%

• Lens Essay—20%

All essays must be typed, double spaced, in Times New Roman, and 12-point font. I will not accept emailed essays. Papers may be revised and resubmitted once. Your new grade will be the average of the grades for your two drafts.

o Key ideas—15%

For every reading assignment, you will identify 3 important passages and provide a short discussion of how each passage relates to the larger goals, themes, or arguments of the reading. I will drop one grade at the end of the semester.

o Attendance/Participation—15%

Absences and Tardies: You are allowed 3 absences throughout the semester (excused or unexcused). More than 3 absences will affect your final grade. More than 6 absences will warrant an automatic failure for the class. Three tardies equal one absence. If you have to be absent, it is your responsibility to contact me, or a fellow classmate, to find out what work you are responsible for.

Plagiarism: Plagiarism is submitting other people’s work as your own as well as using un-cited sources (this includes online sources, books, magazines etc.). An essay guilty of plagiarism, whether intentional or unintentional, will receive a zero with no opportunity for resubmission.

The faculty and administration of Brooklyn College support an environment free from cheating and plagiarism. Each student is responsible for being aware of what constitutes cheating and plagiarism and for avoiding both. The complete text of the CUNY Academic Integrity Policy and the Brooklyn College procedure for implementing that policy can be found at this site:  . If a faculty member suspects a violation of academic integrity and, upon investigation, confirms that violation, or if the student admits the violation, the faculty member MUST report the violation.

Students with disabilities: In order to receive disability-related academic accommodations students must first be registered with the Center for Student Disability Services. Students who have a documented disability or suspect they may have a disability are invited to set up an appointment with the Director of the Center for Student Disability Services, Ms. Valerie Stewart-Lovell at 718-951-5538. If you have already registered with the Center for Student Disability Services please provide your professor with the course accommodation form and discuss your specific accommodation with him/her.

Office hours: I am here to help! Please see me during my office hours for any concerns or questions with anything pertaining to the class. I am more than willing to make time to see any student unable to come by during my office hours.

Course Schedule

(all reading assignments are to be completed before class)

Week 1 1/28 Introductions

Week 2 2/2 Dyer, “Anybody’s Son Will Do” / “Cults”

2/4 Diagnostic Essay

Week 3 2/9 Rose, “I Just Want to Be Average”

2/11 Baldwin, “Notes of a Native Son”

Week 4 2/16 Klosterman, “Billy Sim”

2/18 no class

Week 5 2/23 Lethem, “The Disappointment Artist” / Writing Workshop

2/25 Writing Workshop

Week 6 3/2 Due: Personal Narrative

3/4 Eleanor Sterling Bio-diversity Paper

Week 7 3/9 Eleanor Sterling Lecture

3/11 Delpit, “The Silenced Dialogue”

Week 8 3/16 Kynard “New Life in this Dormant Creature”

3/18 Baldwin, “On Black English” / Writing Workshop (transitions, etc)

Week 9 3/23 Writing Workshop

3/25 Due: Diversity Essay

Week 10 3/30 no class

4/1 no class

Week 11 4/6 no class

4/8 Eighner, “On Dumpster Diving”

Week 12 4/13 Twitchell, “In Praise of Consumerism”

4/15 Thoreau, “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For”

Week 13 4/20 Writing Workshop

4/22 Due: Argument Essay

Week 14 4/27 Strawson, “Hard Determinism”

4/29 Strawson continued

Week 15 5/4 Boyz N the Hood

5/6 Writing Workshop

Week 16 5/11 Engle, “Why is Superman So Darned American?”

5/13 Practice Exit Exam

Week 17 5/18 Due: Lens Essay / Exit Exam review

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