College Composition II

MWF Academic 114

ENG 102-06 11am-1150am

Spring 2011

Professor William Patrick Wend

http://eng102wwend.pbworks.com

 

Office Hours

Parker 413B 1pm-3pm MWF

I am also available by appointment if these hours don’t work for you (I am normally on campus until around 5pm)

 

Contact Information

professorwend@gmail.com

Voicemail: 609-836-0641

Skype (By appointment...get in touch)

Google Talk: professorwend@gmail.com

Yahoo: professorwend

AIM: professorwend

Twitter: @professorwend

@wpwend42 (personal account)

 

Required Texts

Literature: An Introduction To Poetry, Drama, and Writing Custom Edition For Burlington County College, Pearson, 978-0-558-91688-6

 

Anne Frances Wysocki, Dennis A. Lynch, The DK Handbook, Pearson, 978-0-205-74143-4

 

Goals & Focus Of Course

• Express thoughts logically, clearly, and coherently in a variety of essays.

• Demonstrate mastery of the writing process.

• Critically revise and edit student written compositions.

• Identify mechanical, grammatical, and spelling errors.

• Critically evaluate and respond to selected essays.

• Compose an argumentative research essay using MLA format.

 

Expectations & Policies

Below is a brief description of how I will grade writing in this course:

A: Mastery of essential elements and related concepts, plus demonstrated excellence or originality.

B+: Mastery of essential elements and related concepts, showing higher level understanding.

B: Mastery of essential elements and related concepts.

C+: Above average knowledge of essential elements and related concepts.

C: Acceptable knowledge of essential elements and related concepts.

D: Minimal knowledge of related concepts.

F: Unsatisfactory progress. This grade may also be assigned in cases of academic misconduct, such as cheating or plagiarism, and/or excessive absences.

 

Attendance

Attendance is important. I am allowing four absences. Your grades will be determined by your writing, but attendance and class participation are crucial. If you do not attend class or participate actively, you are unlikely to comprehend the course material well enough to write a skillful term paper.

 

Points will be taken off your final grade for having more absences than four. After four absences, your continued presence in this course will be at my discretion. I reserve the right to fail a student based on excessive absenteeism. In my experience, students who do not attend class rarely achieve their academic goals.

 

I will not tolerate frequent lateness. Students will not be allowed into the classroom once 10 minutes have elapsed. Quizzes will be open for completion during the first 10 minutes of class only.

 

Leaving early, without prior permission, is considered disrespectful and will not be tolerated. If this is a morning class and the student has difficulties staying awake or showing up on time, I would strongly suggest finding another section of 102 to take.

 

Smart Phones, Texting, Laptops, Hats, & Other Issues of Etiquette

Please turn your cell phone off BEFORE entering the classroom. If your cell phone goes off more than once while class is in a session, you will be asked to leave. I will not tolerate texting or other distractions to the learning experience. Likewise, if you are observed texting twice during a class, you will be asked to leave. Laptops are fine as long as they aren’t a distraction. Students who use education apps on their smart phones (please tell me about them!) are fine too. Please remove all earbuds before entering class.

 

In my classes, I have an expectation students will have access to email and computers in general. All of your work will be submitted to me digitally. Given there are public and school libraries, the ILC, coffee shops, etc, students need to budget their time better; I do not see any excuse for having “no access” to email outside of the classroom.

 

Students are expected to check whatever email they correspond with me from on a regular basis. I do not accept the excuse, “I didn't check my email for two weeks” as a valid problem. Digital correspondence should be written using proper grammar and form. I will not reply to emails filled with texting speak (2, u, 4, lol, j/k) or poor grammar and/or misspellings.

 

I will not be carrying handouts around all semester. If you miss class or lose a handout, please check the course wiki within 48 hours of the class to view, download, or print a PDF of the handout in question.

 

Finally, two matters of general respect: I do not tolerate homophobic, misogynistic, ableist, or racist language in the classroom. Also, please remove all hats before entering the classroom.

 

Writing

I expect your work to be error free. You are expected to proofread for spelling, mechanics, and grammar. I will mark down for these errors; please revise and proofread often. All papers are to be typed, titled, double spaced, and given page numbers with your last name. All papers will be submitted digitally to my email by 11:59pm on the due date. I will not be accepting print copies of your papers.

 

If you use Microsoft Works, I would like you to convert your files (.wps) to something more accessible like .doc or .odt before submitting. Also, students writing in the .pages format will need to do the same. Please see me if you need help.

 

Do not consider your paper submitted until, if and only if, you receive a confirmation reply (usually within 24 hours, but don't panic if it is closer to 48-72). If you do not receive one within 48-72 hours, it is the student’s responsibility to get in touch with me about their work. I am not responsible for making sure you hand in your assignments; it is yours. Please make sure you are backing up your work to an external hard drive, flash drive, cloud based source or other backup method. I will not accept excuses involving crashed computers or broken files.

 

Finally, please follow the “24 hour rule” for paper returns. I do not discuss returned student papers until 24 hours have elapsed since I returned them. There will be no discussion in person or via email about them until that time window.

 

Term Paper

Your term paper must conform to the sample research paper that begins on page 331 ofThe DK Handbook. The term paper will have an introductory paragraph with a thesis, body of essay, and conclusion. This paper should be at least 2,000 words NOT including the works cited. Your paper will be written according to current MLA documentation standards. A rough draft will be handed in as part of your assignment grade plus my comments a few weeks before the paper is due as well as an annotated bibliography. The final draft of the term paper will be due the final week of classes.

 

All research must be dated after 2000, unless previous permission is granted, and gathered using research at the college library or via the internet. A minimum of three sources is required for a passing grade. This semester, your final papers will be written about, or a topic which your reading peaked your curiosity, during our discussions of various creation myths.

 

Rough Drafts

I allow students to submit rough drafts of their writing. Rough drafts will be due by the Monday before the paper is due, which gives me time to properly annotate and return them to you. While I can offer guidance and suggestions to improve your writing, the primary responsibility is on the student to allow enough time for revision. I strongly believe in personal ownership and responsibility over your collegiate success.

 

Paper Revision Policy

I strongly believe one of the most important lessons I learned about writing was that quality work almost always entails rewriting. In this class I will accept a rewrite of your papers until the Friday after grades are sent back to the entire class. This means if you are not satisfied with your grade, you may resubmit that paper for a predetermined period of time. This time period will be added to the online version of the syllabus and announced during class. Normally, this will be anywhere from three to five days. After that time period, you may not resubmit.

Obviously, just resubmitting the paper will not count as a rewrite. If you incorporate the feedback I give you on your papers when I send them back, the odds are pretty high you will improve your grade. Only making cosmetic changes will not improve it.

 

Academic Honesty

Plagiarism will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Be aware that plagiarism includes (but is not limited to) copying someone else’s words without crediting the source; paraphrasing someone else’s words without crediting the source; using someone else’s ideas without crediting the source (even if rephrased in your own words); using facts not universally known which are obtained from a source without crediting the source; asking someone else to write your paper, either in whole or in part; or obtaining a paper or portion thereof by any means and submitting it as an original document. The penalty for plagiarism is failure of the assignment and potentially failure of the course (at the instructor’s discretion), and it may result in suspension or expulsion from the College (at the discretion of the Student Affairs Committee). Please refer to the BCC Student Handbook for additional information regarding College regulations and the handling of plagiarism.

 

Email

Email is an excellent way to contact me. Please provide a clear subject line and include your name and class section in the text of the email. I will respond to your email within 48 hours. I do not answer emails with poor grammar or texting speak.

 

Upon receiving a paper, I will reply to confirm it. Grading a set of papers normally takes a week. I will announce in class when the final batch has been returned. If you have not gotten your paper back by then, I did not receive it. It is the student’s job to follow up with me if they do not receive their work by then. I will not accept late papers or excuses which amount to student's disinterest in keeping up with their email. I suggest checking with me if you do not receive a confirmation email within 48 hours of submitting your paper.

 

Make Up Work

Work should be handed in on the date it is due. I will accept late work with one full grade taken off the top for each class it is late. If an emergency has come up, I expect an email before the class you will be missing letting me know. Your work will be due at our next meeting, but it would be great if you could email it to me in the meantime as well.

 

Any quizzes missed will be made up in the testing center in the Parker Center. If you are going to be absent for the grammar exam, barring emergency, I need to know before the exam. Failure to do this will result in a zero for the exam.

 

Evaluation

Course Contribution 10%

Journals 10%

Citation Practice 5%

Two papers 15% each (30% total)

Annotated Bibliography 5% 

Quizzes 10%

Class Leadership Day 5%

Poetry Exam 10%

Final Paper 15%

=100%

 

There is no extra credit or final exam.

 

A 100-92

B+ 91-88

B 87-80

C+ 79-75

C 74-70

D 69-65

F 64-0

 

Notification For Students With Disabilities

Burlington County College offers reasonable accommodations and/or services to persons with disabilities. The Special Populations Department offers comprehensive services to all students with any form of disability (with appropriate documentation) which hinders their academic success. Contact Barbara Ericson ex Extension 1208 at (609) 894-9311 or (856) 222-9311 or visit the website at: http://www.bcc.edu/pages/182.asp

 

Additional Support/Labs

Burlington County College provides confidential advising and counseling services free to all students through the Department of Academic Advisement & Transfer. For more information about advising and counselling services, visit the Parker Center or call Extension 7337 at (609) 894-9311 or visit the websites:

 

Advising: http://staff.bcc.edu/advising/

 

Counseling: http://staff.bcc.edu/counseling/

 

Free tutoring is also available for all currently enrolled students. For more information regarding The Tutoring Center call Extension 1495 at (609) 894-9311 or visit the website

Tutoring Center: http://staff.bcc.edu/tutoring/

 

 

Week One

Friday January 21^st

• Pass out syllabus

• Pass out citation practice assignment

• Pass out journal guidelines

 

For Next Time: Read John Updike's A&P (16-21)

 

Remember: If you have not yet purchased the required texts for this class, please acquire them as soon as possible.

 

Week Two

Monday January 24^th

• View gender wiki

• Discussion of Updike's A&P

 

For Next Time: Read Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper (325-336)

Remember:

 

Wednesday January 26^th

• Discussion of Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper

 

For Next Time: Read Chopin's The Storm (108-112)

 

Remember: EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday January 28^th

• Quiz on gender

• Discussion of Chopin's The Storm

 

For Next Time: Read Poe's Cask of Amontillado (A212)

 

Remember: Your citation practice assignment is due to my email (professorwend@gmail.com) by 11:59pm this evening.

 

Week Three

Monday January 31^st

• View point of view wiki

• Discussion of Poe's Cask of Amontillado

 

For Next Time: Read Faulkner's A Rose For Emily (29-36)

 

Remember:

 

Wednesday February 2^nd

• Discussion of Faulkner's A Rose For Emily

• Pass out Borges' Garden of Forking Paths

 

For Next Time: Read Borges' Garden of Forking Paths (Handout)

 

Remember: EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday February 4^th

• Quiz on point of view

• Discussion of Borges' Garden of Forking Paths

 

For Next Time: Read The Prodigal Son (180-181)

 

Remember:

 

Week Four

Monday February 7^th

• Pass out requirements for first paper

• View theme wiki

• Discussion of The Prodigal Son

 

For Next Time: Read Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron (181-186)

 

Remember: Start thinking about what you'd like to write your first paper about.

 

Wednesday February 9^th

• Discussion of Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron

 

For Next Time: Read Borges' The Gospel According To Mark (312-316)

 

Remember: EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday February 11^th

• Quiz on theme

• Discussion of Borges' The Gospel According To Mark

 

For Next Time: Read Jackson's The Lottery (213-219)

 

Remember:

 

Week Five

Monday February 14^th

• View symbolism wiki

• Discussion of Jackson's The Lottery

 

For Next Time: Read Hawthorne's Young Goodman Browne (262-272)

 

Remember:

 

Wednesday February 16^th

• Discussion of Hawthorne's Young Goodman Browne

• Hand out Nabokov's Natasha

 

For Next Time: Read Nabokov's Natasha (Handout)

 

Remember: EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday February 18^th

• Quiz on symbolism

• Discussion of Nabokov's Natasha

 

For Next Time: Read Atwood's Happy Ending (303-305)

 

Remember: Your first paper is due in three weeks.

 

Week Six

Monday February 21^st

• View plot wiki

• Discussion of Atwood's Happy Ending

• Pass out Borges' The Library of BabelPass out  

 

For Next Time: Read Borges' The Library of Babel (Handout)

 

Remember:

 

Wednesday February 23^rd

• Discussion of Borges' The Library of Babel

• Pass out Robert Coover's The Phantom of the Movie Palace

 

For Next Time: Read Robert Coover's The Phantom of the Movie Palace (Handout)

 

Remember: EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday February 25^th

• Quiz on plot

• Discussion of Coover's The Phantom of the Movie Palace

 

For Next Time: Read Millay's Second Fig (439)

 

Remember: Excessive absenteeism warnings will be sent out this weekend and next week. Today is the last day to resubmit your citation practice for credit.

 

Week Seven

Monday February 28th

• View irony wiki

• Discussion of Millay's Second Fig

 

For Next Time: Read Plath's The Mirror (A-67)

 

Remember:

 

Wednesday March 2^nd

• Discussion of Plath's The Mirror

 

For Next Time: Read Chopin's Story of an Hour (316-318)

 

Remember: EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday March 4^th

• Quiz on irony

• New Quiz Policy 

• Discussion of Chopin's Story of an Hour

 

For Next Time: Read act one of Miller's Death of a Salesman (1238-1268)

 

Remember: Your first paper is due in one week.

 

Week Eight

Monday March 7^th

• View tragedy wiki

• Pass out second paper handout

• Begin discussing act one of Miller's Death of a Salesman

 

For Next Time: If you haven't read act one of Miller's Death of a Salesman, please do.

 

Remember: If you are submitting a rough draft for the first paper, it is due to my email (professorwend@gmail.com) by Monday evening.

 

Wednesday March 9^th

• Discussion of act one of Miller's Death of a Salesman

 

For Next Time: Read act two of Miller's Death of a Salesman (1268-1302)

 

Remember: Your first paper is due on Friday. EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday March 11^th

• Quiz on tragedy

• Discussion of act two of Miller's Death of a Salesman

 

For Next Time: Read act one of Ibsen's A Doll House (1032-1053)

 

Remember: Your first paper is due to my email (professorwend@gmail.com) by 11:59pm tonight.

 

Week Nine

Monday March 14th

• Discussion of act one of Ibsen's A Doll House

 

For Next Time: Read act two of Ibsen's A Doll House (1053-1068)

 

Remember:

 

Wednesday March 16^th

• Discussion of act two of Ibsen's A Doll House

 

For Next Time: Read act three of Ibsen's A Doll House (1068-1084)

 

Remember: EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday March 18^th

• Discussion of act three of Ibsen's A Doll House

• Pass out creation myths + final paper handout

 

For Next Time: Read the excerpts from Genesis (Handout)

 

Remember: In danger of failure notices will be sent out during spring break.

 

***Spring Break***

 

Week Ten

During spring break, here are a few things you should be concerned with:

• In danger of failure notices will be sent out.

• Mid Term grade reports will be emailed to you.  

• Work on your second paper. Spend some time in the library looking at secondary sources. It is due the week we return from spring break.

• Try to read all of the creation myths I gave during class on Friday before we return from break.

• Start thinking about a topic for your third paper.

 

Week Eleven

Monday March 28^th

• Discussion of Genesis excerpts

 

For Next Time: Read From The Great Above To Great Below (Descent of Innana)

 

Remember: If you are submitting a rough draft for the second paper, it is due to my email (professorwend@gmail.com) by Monday evening.

 

Wednesday March 30^th

• Discussion of From The Great Above To Great Below (Descent of Innana)

 

For Next Time: Read Book I of Metamorphoses

 

Remember: EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday April 1^st

• Discussion of Book I of Metamorphoses

 

For Next Time: Read Homer's To Demeter (Handout)

 

Remember: Your second paper is due to my email (professorwend@gmail.com) by 11:59pm tonight. Class is cancelled on Monday. I will be attending and coordinating a conference in Atlantic City. Revisions for your first paper are due by Sunday evening. 

 

Week Twelve

Wednesday April 6^th

• Pass out annotated bibliography handout 

• Discussion of Homer's To Demeter

 

For Next Time: Read The Rig Veda (Handout)

 

Remember: EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday April 8^th

• Discussion of The Rig Veda

 

For Next Time: Read Arnold's Dover Beach (727)

 

Remember:

 

Week Thirteen

Monday April 11^th

• Discussion of Arnold's Dover Beach

 

For Next Time: Read Atwood's Siren Song (728)

 

Remember:

 

Wednesday April 13^th

• Discussion of Atwood's Siren Song

• Hand out Borges' Legend

 

For Next Time: Read Borges' Legend (Handout)

 

Remember: EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday April 15^th

• Discussion of Borges' Legend

 

For Next Time: Read Dickinson's The Soul Selects Her Own Society (685)

 

Remember:

 

Week Fourteen

Monday April 18^th

• Discussion of Dickinson's The Soul Selects Her Own Society

 

For Next Time: Read Millay's I, being born a woman & distressed (A-210)

 

Remember: Your final paper topic proposal is due to my email by tonight. 

 

Wednesday April 20^th

• Discussion of Millay's I, being born a woman & distressed

 

For Next Time: Read Millay's What lips, my lips have kissed, and where, and why (575-576)

 

Remember: Excessive absenteeism warnings will be sent out this over break. Your annotated bibliography is due to my email (professorwend@gmail.com) by 11:59pm tonight. EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday April 22^nd

• No class

 

Week Fifteen

Monday April 25^th

• Discussion of Millay's What lips, my lips have kissed, and where, and why

• JSTOR Search Day!!!  

 

For Next Time: Read Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 (501)

 

Remember:

 

Wednesday April 27^th

• Discussion of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

 

For Next Time: Read Browning's How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways (737)

 

Remember: EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday April 29^th

• Discussion of Browning's How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways

 

For Next Time: Be prepared for our open class discussion day. We can review for Wednesday's exam and discuss your final papers.

 

Remember: Your mandatory rough draft submission for the final paper is due to my email (professorwend@gmail.com) by this evening. If you are already done with your journal, feel free to submit it along with your rough draft in a separate attachment.

 

Week Sixteen

Monday May 2^nd

• Open discussion day

 

For Next Time: Poetry exam!

 

Remember: Your final journal submission is due to my email (professorwend@gmail.com) by this evening.

 

Wednesday May 4^th

• Poetry exam

 

For Next Time: Bring two copies of your paper for our peer review session.

 

Remember: EOffice hours tonight from 8pm-10pm

 

Friday May 6^th

• Peer review session

 

For Next Time: You're done!

 

Remember: Your final paper is due to my email (professorwend@gmail.com) by 11:59pm on Sunday the 8^th.

 

Week Seventeen

*****Our final session during finals week is Wednesday May 11^th from 10am-11:50am. I will pass out your final grade spreadsheet and give you your final ebook of notes. We will discuss the course in general and I will get feedback from you*****