Syllabus, Fall 1997


This section of ENC 1101 meets in the English Department's computer classroom, CPR-202. The object of this section is to familiarize the student with various new approaches to instruction and communication, emphasizing pragmatic and theoretical concerns in the process. The computers will assist the instructor, but in no way attempt to replace him; they are tools that will help with efficiency, variety, and practicality in the instruction and learning of Freshmen Composition. It should also be noted that this class is not a computer class, but an English class; writing is still our primary concern. The computer instruction will be limited to the applications utilized by the class.



Week 1: August 25-29
Week 2: September 1-5
Week 3: September 8-12
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Writing from Imagination (Bedford 5)
    • What Does Writing Involve? (Handbook 1)
  • Class Activities:
    • Thesis Construction
    • Picture Writing
    • Borodin "Nocturne for Strings in C"
    • Tchaikovsky "Serenade for Strings in D"
  • Readings:
    • Dennis Holt "Some Characteristics of Good Writing"
    • Brent Staples "Black Men and Public Spaces" (Cultures 321)
    • Michael T. Kaufman "Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles' Heel" (Cultures 326)
  • Homework:
    • Essay #1 (due 9/19/97)
Week 4: September 15-19
  • Essay #1 Due 9/19/97 (post to homepage and email to instructor)
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Writing from Recall (Bedford 1)
    • Writing from Reading (Bedford 3)
    • Writing from Conversation (Bedford 4)
  • Class Activities:
    • Peer Editing
  • Readings:
    • Chinese Folk Tale "Women" (Cultures 95)
    • Scott Russell Sanders "The Men We Carry in Our Minds" (Bedford 499)
  • Homework:
    • Essay #1 rewrites (due 9/26/97)
Week 5: September 22-26
  • Essay #1 Rewrites Due 9/26/97
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Analyzing (Bedford 6)
    • Strategies for Generating Ideas (Bedford 15)
    • How Do You Prepare and Plan to Write? (Handbook 2)
  • Class Activities:
    • TBA
  • Readings:
    • John King Fairbank "Footbinding" (Cultures 25)
  • Homework:
    • Essay #1 rewrites (2) (due 10/3/97)
    • Essay #2 (due10/10/97)
Week 6: September 29-October 3
  • Essay #1 Rewrites (2) Due 10/3/97
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Taking a Stand (Bedford 9)
    • Strategies for Planning (Bedford 16)
  • Class Activities:
    • TBA
  • Readings:
    • Richard Wright "Discovering Books" (Cultures 201)
    • Toni Cade Bambara "The Lesson" (Cultures 210)
  • Homework:
    • Essay #2 (due 10/10/97)
Week 7: October 6-10
  • Essay #2 Due 10/10/97.
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Explaining Causes and Effects (Bedford 8)
    • Strategies for Drafting (Bedford 17)
    • How Do You Write Critically in College? (Handbook 5)
  • Class Activities:
    • TBA
  • Readings:
    • Gabriel García-Márquez "Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon" (Cultures 486)
  • Homework:
Week 8: October 13-17
  • Essay #2 Rewrites due 10/17/97
  • Conferences, no class 10/13 through 10/17
  • Mid-term Self Assessment due 10/13/97 before scheduled conference
  • Homework:
    • Essay #3 (due 10/24/97)
Week 9: October 20-24
  • Essay #3 Due 10/24
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Strategies for Developing (Bedford 18)
    • Strategies for Revising and Editing (Bedford 19)
  • Class Activities:
  • Readings:
    • Anton Chekhov "Lady with a Lapdog" (handout)
  • Last day to drop with a grade of "W": 10/24/97
Week 10: October 27-31
  • Essay #3 Rewrites Due 10/31/97
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Evaluating (Bedford 11)
  • Class Activities:
  • Readings:
    • Steve Olson "Year of the Blue-Collar Guy" (Bedford 542)
    • Tomoyuki Iwashita "Why I Quit the Company" (Cultures 255)
Week 11: November 3-7
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Conducting Library Research (Bedford 28, Handbook 32)
  • Class Activities:
    • TBA
  • Readings:
  • Homework:
Week 12: November 10-14
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Discuss movie
  • Class Activities:
    • Movie: Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
  • Readings:
    • J. G. Ballard "The Enormous Space" (handout)
  • Homework:
    • Essay #4 (due 11/21/97)
    • Choose a poem for discussion next week
Week 13: November 17-21
  • Essay #4 Due 11/21/97
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • Writing in Class (Bedford 13)
    • Writing About Literature (Art) (Bedford 12)
  • Class Activities:
    • Poetry
  • Readings:
    • Kafka "The Hunger Artist" (Handout)
  • Homework:
    • Final HTML Portfolio (due 12/5/97)
Week 14: November 24-28
  • Lecture/Discussion:
    • (cont.) Writing About Literature (Art) (Bedford 12)
  • Class Activities:
    • Poetry
  • No class Friday, 11/28: Thanksgiving
  • Readings:
    • TBA
  • Homework:
    • Final HTML Portfolio (due 12/5/97)
    • Essay #4 re-writes (due 12/1/97)
Week 15: December 1-5
  • Essay #4 Re-writes Due 12/1/97
  • Final HTML Portfolio Due 12/5/97
  • Conclude Course
  • Class Activities:
    • Peer-assessment of HTML Portfolios
Exam Week: December 8-12


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