English 1B Fall 2011
Time: sec 9, MW 9-10:15, sec 18, MW 10:30-11:45, sec 29, TTh 10:30-11:45
Location: sec 9, BBC 120, sec 18, SH 444, sec 29, DMH 354
Description
English 1B is the second course in SJSU’s two-semester lower-division composition sequence. Beyond providing repeated practice in planning and executing essays, and broadening and deepening students’ understanding of the genres, audiences, and purposes of college writing, English 1B differs from English 1A in its emphasis on persuasive and critical writing (with less attention paid to the personal essay), its requirement for fewer but longer essays, and its introduction to writing informed by research. Students will develop sophistication in writing analytical, argumentative, and critical essays; a mature writing style appropriate to university discourse; reading abilities that will provide an adequate foundation for upper-division work; proficiency in basic library research skills and in writing papers informed by research; and mastery of the mechanics of writing.
Syllabus and Schedule
Documents
- Home Stretch Schedule sections 9 and 18 [DOC]
- Full greensheet MW updated 27 Oct [DOC]
- Full greensheet TTh updated 27 Oct [DOC]
- Final Sprint Syllabus section 29 posted 15 Nov [DOC]
Assignments
Documents
- Diagnostic Revision [DOC]
- Research Project and Topics [DOC]
- Research Project Field Research & Working Bibliography [DOCX]
- Fall 2011 Diagnostic Prompts [DOCX]
- Library Online Assignment [DOCX]
- Rhetorical Analysis of a Company Web site [DOCX]
- OPTIONAL Revision Assignment [DOC]
Peer Review Sheets
Documents
Course Documents
This section will hold handouts with basic concepts about writing and analyzing arguments. Handouts on grammar might also appear.
Documents
- Rhetorical Basics: The Appeals and the Modes [DOCX]
- Analyzing Arguments, Basic Concepts [DOC]
- Evaluation Criteria Defined [DOC]
- Evaluation Criteria Example [DOC]
- Grading Rubric [DOC]
- Turnitin.com: How to Get Set Up [DOCX]
- How to Access Material Posted on the Library Website [DOCX]
- Research Project from Topic to Topic Proposal [DOCX]
- Sample Outline for Website Rhetorical Analysis [DOCX]
- Sample Research Paper Paragraph With Citing [DOCX]
- Sample Final Exam Prompts for Practice [PDF]
Course Readings
Most of the essays you will read for this class as models of argumentation will be found here. You will be responsible for printing them out, reading them, and bringing them to class on the day we will discuss them. If you plan to bring a laptop every day, you won't have to bring the hard copy. This might seem like a hassle, but it saves you the money you would have spent on another textbook. It was a student who suggested I try this, actually.
Documents
- The Homesick Restaurant [DOCX]
- Why You Can't Sit Down to Eat Without Making a Statement [DOCX]
- It Ain't Easy Being Green: Memoirs of a Veggie Cowgirl [DOCX]
- Epitaph for a Peach [DOCX]
- Cultivating Failure [DOCX]
- In Defense of Alice Waters [DOCX]
- You Are What You Grow [DOCX]
- The Carnivore's Dilemma [DOCX]
- Pregnant Teen Farmworker Dies of Heatstroke [DOC]
- Martin Curiel: A Farmworker Graduates from Harvard [DOCX]
Reading Questions
Documents
- Reading Questions #1 [DOCX]
- Reading Questions for "Epitaph for a Peach" [DOCX]
- Questions for "Cultivating Failure" [DOCX]
- Reading Questions for "You Are What You Grow" [DOCX]
- Homework Questions for a Cafecito Story [DOC]
- Homework Questions for Javatrekker plus missing pages [DOCX]
- Reading Questions for "Carnivore's Dilemma" [DOCX]
Supplementary Readings
Documents
- The Issues: Family Farms [DOCX]
- "In Defense of Farming" by David Masumoto [DOCX]
- In Defense of Conventional Ag: Letter to Mrs. Obama [DOCX]
- Support the White House Garden [DOCX]
- You Tube Clip and article: Michelle Obama's Garden Project [DOCX]
- The Jobs Program Speech, plus questions [DOCX]
- School Gardeners Strike Back [DOCX]
- Blog Responses to School Gardeners Strike Back [DOCX]
- Letter in Defense of Edible Schoolyard [DOCX]
- Last-Minute Sources for Research Papers 9 Nov [DOCX]
Extra Credit Options
These assignments should give you more information and more practice writing and analyzing arguments. They might even be fun. You can do as many as it takes to get you to thirty points maximum. Points per project vary by the kind of project it is and by how well you do it. See the instructions for each option for further details. The ABSOLUTE final deadline for Extra Credit is the day of the final.
Documents
- Extra Credit with Kids' Books [DOCX]
- Extra Credit With Movies About Food [DOCX]
- Extra Credit with Field Research [DOCX]
- Student Sample Extra Credit With Movies [DOCX]