ࡱ> \^[` 2bjbj .R*$6T[,f+++++++$-h)0,---,,-+-+.*h* )-e;-**+,0[,*00 *0* Y8,, [,----D  Welcome to English 1A Professor Tiffany Sprugasci Section 22: MW 12:00-1:30 (HGH 122) Office: FO 114 Phone: 924-4448 Office Hours: MW 3:00-3:30 and by appt. Email:  HYPERLINK "mailto:tsprugas@email.sjsu.edu" tsprugas@email.sjsu.edu (papers not accepted via email) Required Texts Perspectives on Contemporary Issues 4th Ed. Ackley The Bedford Handbook 7th Ed. Hacker Nickel and Dimed Ehrenreich A college-level dictionary (published in the last 3 years), a current email account, and a stapler! Course Description English 1A is the first of two lower-division composition courses required by every university student. 1A is intended to help you become familiar with the expectations of college-level writing and reading. The Workload Formal written work There will be 8 essays (4 out-of-class and 4 in-class) totaling 8,000 words. All out-of-class essay MUST be typed and double-spaced and MUST conform to MLA formatting (we will have an in-class workshop to go over the basics of MLA). Further instruction for each essay will be given well in advance of the due date. Students must complete all eight essays and the final to receive credit for the course. You will also be required to submit your formal work to Turnitin.com (further instruction TBA) Assigned readings Readings and the ensuing class discussions are integral parts of this course. Please give yourself enough time to complete the assigned reading, marking the texts where necessary, and come to class prepared to participate in discussion by adding your thoughts and comments. You will be expected to contribute to a thorough exploration of the ideas and issues examined. Readings are subject to change as needed to meet the needs of the class, but you will be informed of any changes at least one class day in advance. Discussion group leading You will be required to participate in discussion groups, which will be assigned to you at the beginning of the semester. These groups are designed to help facilitate a comfortable environment for discussion one where you all feel good about offering up your ideas to the class. Your group will be required to lead discussion on the selection of readings assigned for a specific day. Further instruction will be announced. Participation: workshops, conferences, quizzes, informal writing, etc. Participation is ACTIVE: coming to class having read the assigned readings, being prepared, and CONTRIBUTING to class discussion is the ONLY way to learn the material. We will have a number of unannounced quizzes, informal writings, etc. in class that CANNOT be made up. If you have to miss a class, let me know in advance so other arrangements can be made. You are required to participate in peer editing workshops (penalty for not participating is one letter grade off your essay). You are also required to attend a conference with me during the semester (further instruction will be given well in advance). Final exam There is a departmental final exam for all English 1A students on Saturday May 12 at 8:00 A.M. Make arrangements now this is a mandatory exam! Grading Essay #1 (3 pages)5%Essay #2 (4 pages)10%Essay #3 (5 pages)10%Essay #4 (6 pages)15%In class essays20% (5% each)Discussion leading10% (5% each)Participation10%Final exam20% Grading Policy The Department of English reaffirms its commitment to the differential grading scale as defined in the official ǶƵ catalog (The Grading System). Grades issued must represent a full range of student performance: A=excellent; B=above average; C=average; D=below average; F=failure. Courses graded according to the A, B, C / No Credit System will follow the same pattern, except that NC (No Credit) will substitute D or F. In A, B, C / No Credit courses, NC shall substitute W (Withdrawal) because neither NC nor W affect the students grade point average. In English Department courses, instructors will comment on and grade the quality of student writing as well as the quality of the ideas being conveyed. All student writing should be distinguished by correct grammar and punctuation, appropriate diction and syntax, and well-organized paragraphs. Note: Individual essays will be graded on an A-F scale. A C- is not a passing grade in the class and therefore, no C- grades will be given. The A essay will be well organized and well developed, demonstrating a clear understanding and fulfillment of the assignment. It will show the students ability to use language effectively and to construct sentences distinguished by syntactic complexity and variety. Such essays will be essentially free from grammatical, mechanical, and usage errors. The B essay will demonstrate competence in the same categories as the A essay. The chief difference is that the B essay will show some slight weaknesses in one of those categories. It may slight one of the assigned tasks, show less facility of expression, or contain some minor grammatical, mechanical, or usage flaws. The C essay will complete all tasks set by the assignment, but show weaknesses in fundamentals, usually development, with barely enough specific information to illustrate the experience or support generalizations. The sentence construction may be less mature, and the use of language less effective and correct than the B essay. The D essay will neglect one of the assigned tasks and be noticeably superficial in its treatment of the assignmentthat is, too simplistic or too short. The essay may reveal some problems in development, with insufficient specific information to illustrate the experience or support generalizations. It will contain grammatical, mechanical, and/or usage errors that are serious and/or frequent enough to interfere substantially with the writers ability to communicate. The F essay will demonstrate a striking underdevelopment of ideas and insufficient or unfocused organization. It will contain serious grammatical, mechanical, and usage errors that render some sentences incomprehensible. Late policies, make-ups, and revisions Out-of-class essays will be graded down one full letter grade for each day late and will not be accepted after 5 calendar days. Late essays must be time-stamped by the English dept. and placed in my box: please do not leave them in my office or slip them under the door as they get misplaced In-class essays can be made up ONLY if arrangements are made with me well in advance of the scheduled date and ONLY for extenuating circumstances. Missing an in-class essay WILL result in a no credit no exceptions! Because this class is A, B, C / No credit, out-of-class essays receiving a failing grade (D or F) can be significantly revised to receive a maximum grade of C. This means they must be clear and coherent and without a single spelling or grammatical error. Revisions must be turned in no later than one week after the paper was returned: papers WILL NOT be accepted for revision after one week. Essays receiving a D or F due to a late penalty or any other penalty are NOT ELIGIBLE for revision. Essays submitted for revision which show little to no effort, which in essence waste my time, will receive two grades lower than the original grade. In-class essays are not eligible. Plagiarism Plagiarism is the misrepresentation of anothers work as ones own whether the original work is published or not and is a SERIOUS offense. When borrowing either the direct words or the ideas of another, the source must be cited and the author given full credit. Neglecting to do so WILL result in a failing grade and WILL be reported to the proper university authorities. Schedule: Spring 2007 Readings and assignments are due the day they are listed Week One: January 24, W: First day matters; HOMEWORK Email me! Week Two: January 29, M: Sacred Rite or Civil Right Moody (Perspectives 412); Deconstructing Gender Mitchell (Perspectives 417); Visual Portfolio (Perspectives 422-423) January 31, W: Essay #1 assigned; The Smurfette Principle Pollitt (handout); You Can Never Have Too Many Smiley (Perspectives 409); Chapter 19 & 58 (BH 238-248, 654-655) Week Three: February 5, M: IN-CLASS ESSAY February 7, W: ESSAY #1 DUE; Chap. 2/3 (Perspectives pgs 11-middle of 16, bottom of 29-35); Chapter 20 (BH 248-258) Week Four: February 12, M: Essay #2 assigned; Chapter 3 (Perspectives pgs 36-53); Chapter 32 & 33 (BH 372-398) February 14, W: The Real Generation Gap Jennings (Perspectives 325); Idiot Nation Moore (handout); Discussion Group #1 Week Five: February 19, M: No Time to Read? McCullough (Perspectives 333); The Closing of the American Book Solomon (Perspectives 335); Discussion Group #2 February 21, W: Peer editing workshop; rough draft due (Bring two copies); Chapter 14 (BH 185-200) Week Six: February 26, M: ESSAY #2 DUE; Essay #3 assigned; Chapter 4 (Perspectives pgs 54-66, 79-90) February 28, W: Brain Candy Gladwell (available at www.gladwell.com); Art Form for the Digital Age Jenkins (Perspectives 203); Discussion Group #3 Week Seven: March 5, M: Thoughts on the Digital Future Valenti (Perspectives 513); The Day I Got Napsterized Levy (Perspectives 518); My Website, My Self Daum (Perspectives 524); Discussion Group #4 March 7, W: Peer editing workshop; rough draft due (Bring two copies); Chapter 15 (BH 200-205) Week Eight: March 12, M: Student Conferences March 14, W: Student Conferences Week Nine: March 19, M: ESSAY #3 DUE; Essay #4 assigned; Alice Walker The Flowers (handout); Kate Chopin Ripe Figs (handout); Chapter 16 (BH 206-211) March 21, W: John Keats When I Have Fears (handout); Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for death (handout); John Donne Holy Sonnet #10 (handout); Chapter 8 & 9 (BH 146-158) Week Ten: March 26-30 SPRING BREAK! Week Eleven: April 2, M: Shopping and Other Spiritual Adventures Rose (Perspectives 672); You Are What You Buy Wolkomir (Perspectives 659) April 4, W: Offshoring Without Guilt Venkatraman; The Wal-Mart You Dont Know Friedman; SweatX Closes Up Shop Appelbaum (Perspectives pgs 698-715) Week Twelve: April 9, M: Nickel and Dimed (Intro and Serving in Florida) Discussion Group #1 April 11, W: Nickel and Dimed (Scrubbing in Maine) Discussion Group #2 Week Thirteen: April 16, M: Nickel and Dimed (Selling in Minnesota) Discussion Group #3 April 18, W: Nickel and Dimed (Evaluation); Excerpt from Fast Food Nation Schlosser Discussion Group #4 Week Fourteen: April 23, M: ESSAY #4 DUE; IN CLASS ESSAY April 25, W: In-class workshop; Preparing for the final Week Fifteen: April 30, M: IN CLASS ESSAY May 2, W: In-class workshop; Preparing for the final Week Sixteen: May 7, M: IN CLASS ESSAY May 9, W: In-class workshop; Preparing for the final May 12, SAT: FINAL EXAM 8:00 AM Bring a YELLOW book, a dictionary, and pens  Week Seventeen: May 14, M: Last day matters   B D F U i k m {   k C  -."/ # 1 2 3 ; ! !V!Z!!!##k$v$% hyK56 hyKCJ hyK:>* hyK5 hyKH* hyK6 hyK: hyK0JjhyKUjhyKUhyKIWg    U { }xxxx & F]kd$$Ifl$@%064 la c$If^c c$If^c $$Ifa$ 2    ."$%&(0CF$If & FFGZ^_rveIkd$$Ifl0 f!j\ 64 la $IfIkdk$$Ifl0 f!j\ 64 la vweIkd$$Ifl0 f!j\ 64 la $IfIkdC$$Ifl0 f!j\ 64 la eIkd$$Ifl0 f!j\ 64 la $IfIkd$$Ifl0 f!j\ 64 la Oecac\\\ & FIkd_$$Ifl0 f!j\ 64 la $IfIkd$$Ifl0 f!j\ 64 la   !j$k$v$%%&=&>&H&&&&4''''((( p^p`$a$ & F & F%&&<&>&F&H&O&k&s&t&&&&&&&&&&''*'3';'''''''(((($(0(=(I(Q(Z(_(h((((((((()1)=)|))))))))*!*)*1*j**********a+ hyKCJ hyK6hyK5:>* hyK5; hyK5 hyK:>*hyK hyK:hyK:>*CJ hyK>*CJL((({)|))!*****+++^,,,,,----d.e.o.... p^p`a+m++++++++,,7,C,^,c,k,,,,,,,,----'-(-4---d.e.m.o.z.|........ ///'//////////0*0,0<0f0g0t0v0~00000000/1<1>1C1L1h1i1n1111hyKB*phhyKB* ph hyK5 hyK:hyK5:>*hyK hyK6T.////0f0g0v00.1/1>1i111112 2212g2h2i22$If[ $If^[ ` p^p`111111112 222 2"2021292h2u2y2222222222hyK5:>* hyK5: hyK5 hyK:hyK2222222]kd$$Ifl u$$064 laQ$If,/ =!"#$% DyK tsprugas@email.sjsu.eduyK >mailto:tsprugas@email.sjsu.edu$$If !vh5@%#v@%:V l065@%4a j$$If !vh5j5\ #vj#v\ :V l65j5\ 4a j$$If !vh5j5\ #vj#v\ :V l65j5\ 4a j$$If !vh5j5\ #vj#v\ :V l65j5\ 4a j$$If !vh5j5\ #vj#v\ :V l65j5\ 4a j$$If !vh5j5\ #vj#v\ :V l65j5\ 4a j$$If !vh5j5\ #vj#v\ :V l65j5\ 4a j$$If !vh5j5\ #vj#v\ :V l65j5\ 4a j$$If !vh5j5\ #vj#v\ :V l65j5\ 4a $$IfQ!vh5$#v$:V l 065$/ 4aQ<@< NormalCJ_HmH sH tH 8@8 Heading 1$@&58@8 Heading 2$@&>*@@@ Heading 3$$@&a$5:DA@D Default Paragraph FontVi@V  Table Normal :V 44 la (k@(No List 0U@0 Hyperlink>*B*2B@2 Body TextCJ*RWgU{." $ % & ( 0 C F G Z ^ _ r v w  Ojkv=>H4 {!|!!!"""""###^$$$$$%%%%d&e&o&&&&''''(f(g(v((.)/)>)i)))))* **1*g*h*i********0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي0ي000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0 0 0 0 000 0 0 00000(00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0 0000%a+12#%' Fv(.22 !"$&(2*X8@0(  B S  ?u@Dt@Du@t@t@s@ s@!t@"ԏE#u@$Ds@%r@&Dq@'q@(q@)p@*p@+Dp@,p@YY'!U!U!((K(K(((*     ``    /!Z!Z!((P(P(((* 9*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsState8*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsCity9*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsplace `g &6n~ t }  / |  BPv12%A|H%%j&m&o&&&&8'?'l(t())***3333333333333333333333333333333333*"mm6=]`h6t/w1I$ c~_h ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh pp^p`OJQJo(h @ @ ^@ `OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh PP^P`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh pp^p`OJQJo(h @ @ ^@ `OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh PP^P`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh pp^p`OJQJo(h @ @ ^@ `OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh PP^P`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh pp^p`OJQJo(h @ @ ^@ `OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh PP^P`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh pp^p`OJQJo(h @ @ ^@ `OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(h ^`OJQJo(oh PP^P`OJQJo(]`h6w1Imm$ cs4WyK0 C F G Z ^ _ r v w h****@$I*P@UnknownGz Times New Roman5Symbol3& z Arial3z Times;Wingdings?5 z Courier New qhh$Mh$M24**L2qHX)?s4W2#Welcome to English 1A  Compositiontiffany Sprugasci Gabby Rabanal      Oh+'0 $ D P \hpx$Welcome to English 1A Compositiontiffany SprugasciNormalGabby Rabanal2Microsoft Office Word@G@rz\;@rz\;h$՜.+,D՜.+,T hp  ǶƵM* $Welcome to English 1A Composition Title 8@ _PID_HLINKSAx}mailto:tsprugas@email.sjsu.edu  !"#$%&'()+,-./013456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJLMNOPQRTUVWXYZ]Root Entry F;@e;_Data *1Table20WordDocument.RSummaryInformation(KDocumentSummaryInformation8SCompObjq  FMicrosoft Office Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89q