Columbus East High School

INDIANA UNIVERSITY ENGLISH W 131 COURSE SYLLABUS

Faith Wilder-Newland, Columbus East High School: wilder-newlandf@bcsc.k12.in.us

TEXTS:

Writing and Reading for ACP Composition. Thomas C. Leahey and Christine R. Farris, ed. Pearson Custom Printing: New York, 2009.

Writing Analytically. Fifth edition. David Rosenwasser and Jill Stephen, ed. Thomson-Wadsworth: Boston, 2009.

MAJOR PAPERS:

Trend Report - (50 points)

Summary – 1 – 1.5 pages (50 points)

Critique- 2.5 – 3 pages (100 points)

Comparative Critique- 3 – 5 pages (150 points)

Comparative Analysis- 4 – 6 pages (200 points)

Research Paper (Trend Analysis)- 5 – 8 pages (250 points)

W131 LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Compose essays relevant for academic and professional writing: summary, critique, comparative critique, comparative analysis, research paper (trend analysis).

2. Demonstrate an awareness of writing as a tool of critical thinking and understand a variety of strategies to use to gather and organize information.

3. Develop strategies for becoming more critical and careful readers of one's own and others' essays.

4. Demonstrate the ability to properly integrate and document sources of information.

5. Understand the different rhetorical situations and the appropriate pre-writing, drafting, editing, and revision strategies for academic writing.

6. Adopt a professional attitude toward writing as demonstrated by focusing on the need for proper format, grammar, and spelling, and for taking responsibility for one's own progress.

CLASSROOM POLICIES:

1. Be fully present. (Absences must be for excused reasons only. Participate in class

activities and discussions. Cell phones should not be seen, used, or heard in class.)

2. Be prompt. (in your seat when the bell rings)
3. Be prepared. (books, writing utensils, paper, homework)
4. Be polite. (the golden rule)

Required Classroom Supplies:

1. the books Writing and Reading for ACP Composition and Writing Analytically.
2. A 3-ring binder with dividers to keep handouts, drafts and research.
3. Notebook paper
4. Pencils and/or pens
5. Highlighter

Grading Policies: (This is a college class, not just a college preparation class.)

1. Homework should be prepared for the day it is due. Late homework will receive NO credit.
2. There are five required papers for the class. Failure to turn in even one of them will result in failure for the class.
3. Missed work for excused absences should be made up promptly. If absent 1 day, you have a day to make up the work. By the 2^nd day back, the work should be completed. If absent 2 days, you have 2 days to make up the work. By the 3^rd day back, the work should be completed.
4. Missed work for unexcused absences or class cuts will receive no credit.
5. If you miss on the day that a paper draft is due, you are expected to email the paper to me at my school address: wilder-newlandf@bcsc.k12.in.us on that date or it will be considered late.

POLICY OF ACADEMIC CONDUCT AND HONESTY:

In college, instructors assume that a piece of writing with your name on it represents YOUR effort on the assignment—not sentences copied from a book, not passages copied from another student's paper, not words that someone else wrote for you, not a joint effort. Of course, there are occasions when students should work together on projects, but the instructor needs to have approved of such collaboration. Otherwise, you are being deceitful. Whenever you submit a paper in college, the assumption is that you are the sole author. If that is not true, then you are lying. That kind of dishonesty is taken very seriously because teaching, learning, and scholarship depend upon the atmosphere of absolute trust—based on a code of academic integrity. Cheating, plagiarism, and dishonesty violate this important code, and the university mandates penalties for the offenders, including automatic failure of the course. If you work hard in this course, you will learn how to write college papers without plagiarizing. All questions of plagiarism will be reviewed and ruled upon by a committee at Indiana University.

INTRODUCTION: 1.5 Weeks

Introduction to class syllabus and policies: grading, attendance, expectations, Senior Projects, paper formats and submissions: MLA, in-text citations, citations, works cited

Fill out registration forms

Overview of Senior Project processes and products

Readings:

“The Transition to College Reading” pp. 1 – 6 (R & W)

“The Difference Between High School and College” pp. 8 – 18 (R & W)

Chapter 4 “Works Cited List” pp. 105 – 160 (R & W)

UNIT ONE: SUMMARY PAPER- 2 weeks

Topic: Chapter 5 Cyperspace pp. 163 – 209

Chapter 1- Summary, Paraphrase and Quotation pp. 21 – 62 (R & W)

Readings from Chapter 5 Cyberspace pp. 163 – 209 (R & W)

Other Media: You've Got Mail, feature film; Dateline on cyber-predators; Discussions of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Internet dating services, etc.

Practice summary on one article before writing summary for a grade.

Summary Paper: Write a summary that develops from a close reading of the text. Make notes to elicit key ideas, concepts, and arguments made. The written summary must be independent of the author's exact words and report what he or she said. Do not evaluate or offer an opinion. Just help the reader learn the essential information and line of argument. Your summary should be no more than 25% the length of the original. (50 points)

UNIT TWO: CRITIQUE PAPER – 3 weeks

Topic: Chapter 7 The Weight Debate pp. 279 - 336 and Chapter 8- Consumer Culture pp. 340 – 432 Chapter 1- Analysis: What it Is and What it Does pp. 1 – 16 (WA)

Chapter 2- Counterproductive Habits of Mind pp. 17 – 30 (WA)

Chapter 2- Critical Reading and Critique pp. 63 – 84 (R & W)

Readings from Chapter 7 The Weight Debate pp. 279 - 336 and Chapter 8- Consumer Culture pp. 340 – 432. (R & W)

Other Media: Video: The Merchants of Cool; Fat. PBS. org

Critique Paper: Write a 2.5 – 3 page critique of one article from the chapter listed above. Focus on logic, evidence, underlying assumptions, and reasons given for the position advanced in the article. The paper incorporates a summary of the source article that serves to further the analysis. As an option, you may draw on one other source during your analysis (either from the reading list or an approved Internet article). However, any use of another source must be only to further your analysis and must be secondary to the discussion of the chosen article. The purpose of the critique paper is to increase the reader's understanding of the author's position on the issue and what is at stake in the argument. It is not to persuade the reader to any particular belief or action, nor does it purposefully set out the paper writer's agreement or disagreement with the author's claim. Also, it is imperative to have a thesis that presents the claim(s) of the author and your claim in response to the author's position. The reading response activity will be most helpful to you in discovering the author's claim (implicit and explicit), evidence, thinking, and posture on the issue. (100 points)

UNIT THREE: COMPARATIVE CRITIQUE PAPER – 3 weeks

Topic: Chapter 9- The Cinderella Myth pp. 433 - 480

Chapter 3- Analysis pp. 85 – 104 (R & W)

Chapter 3- A Toolkit of Analytical Methods pp. 31 – 48 (WA)

Chapter 5- Analyzing Arguments pp. 73 – 92 (WA)

Chapter 6- Topics and Modes of Analysis pp. 93 – 105 (WA)

Readings from Chapter 9 The Cinderella Myth pp. 433 – 480. (R & W)

Comparative Critique Paper: Select two – three articles in The Cinderella Myth unit and write a 3 – 5 page comparative critique using at least two of the source articles listed for that unit's readings. You must first read an understanding of the topic. Next you will determine the claims (implicit and explicit) of the authors and establish what your position is in relationship to those claims. This paper will identify important common position(s) addressed by both authors as well as significant differences. Your dialogue with the source articles must go beyond merely pointing out similarities or differences in order to analyze the texts in terms of the writers' arguments, evidence, posture, logic, reasons, and underlying assumptions as well as how and why each author establishes his/ her position on the issue. Importantly, the paper considers what is at stake in the source texts' discussion of the issue. As an option, you may draw on other sources during your analysis (either from the reading list or an approved article from research). However, any use of another source must be only to enhance your analysis of the two selected source articles, which must be the basis of the analysis. (150 points)

UNIT FOUR: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS PAPER - 3 weeks

Topic: Chapter 6- Obedience pp. 210 - 278

Chapter 4- Interpretation: What it Is, What it Isn't, and How to Do It pp. 49 – 72 (WA)

Readings from Chapter 6 Obedience pp. 210 - 278 (R & W)

Other Media: The Milgrim Experiment, Killing us Softly, PBS and other selected film clips; pictures from the Abu Ghraib prison; The Shawshank Redemption or A Few Good Men, feature films; Fahrenheit 9/11, documentary by Michael Moore

Comparative Analysis Paper: Using a related movie as the central test object, write a 4 – 6 page comparative analysis of the film using the ideas and/ or approaches provided by 2 – 5 source texts listed in the topic's list of reading. Your paper will focus on the test object, the film, not Milgrim's experiment nor the sources you use. In planning this paper, decide which ideas or approaches in the sources can help in understanding the film. You must engage the authors of those sources in a dialogue with one another about the test piece (the film). Your paper is the lens for you and your reader to see deeper into the test object and come away with a sense of discovery. (200 points)

UNIT FIVE: RESEARCH PAPER (TREND ANALYSIS)- 7 weeks

Topic: Senior Project research topic/ trend that student chose to follow

Trend Report (Current Issues): You are to select an article relating to topics discussed in class or related to senior project research subjects. You need to submit a photocopy or printed copy of the original article and a one page summary and response on the day your report is due. The in-class report is a 2 – 4 minute explanation of the trend, speculation about possible causes, and a brief discussion of the significance of the trend. What does the trend indicate about society? (50 points)

Writing Plan/ Review of Sources for Research Paper (2 pages): The writing plan has two parts: 1) a review of the sources you have examined thus far in preparation for writing the research paper and 2) a discussion section explaining the connections you are making between your discoveries and your thinking about the issue and what you are finding in sources. (25 points)

Research Paper Assignment (Trend Analysis): (5 – 10 pages) The research paper or trend analysis paper is an investigation into your chosen senior project paper topic. The paper analyzes the topic, contextualizes an issue, demonstrates through evidence that it exists, discusses one or more of its possible causes through specific evidence and careful analysis, and discusses the significance of the issue and possible solutions. The paper must be a minimum of 5 full pages size 12, Times New Roman font, using at least 5 sources, including an interview, and at least 5 or more citations. (250 points)

INDIANA UNIVERSITY ENGLISH W 131 COURSE SYLLABUS

Faith Wilder-Newland, Columbus East High School: wilder-newlandf@bcsc.k12.in.us

TEXTS:

Writing and Reading for ACP Composition. Thomas C. Leahey and Christine R. Farris, ed. Pearson Custom Printing: New York, 2009.

Writing Analytically. Fifth edition. David Rosenwasser and Jill Stephen, ed. Thomson-Wadsworth: Boston, 2009.

MAJOR PAPERS:

Trend Report - (50 points)

Summary – 1 – 1.5 pages (50 points)

Critique- 2.5 – 3 pages (100 points)

Comparative Critique- 3 – 5 pages (150 points)

Comparative Analysis- 4 – 6 pages (200 points)

Research Paper (Trend Analysis)- 5 – 8 pages (250 points)

W131 LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Compose essays relevant for academic and professional writing: summary, critique, comparative critique, comparative analysis, research paper (trend analysis).

2. Demonstrate an awareness of writing as a tool of critical thinking and understand a variety of strategies to use to gather and organize information.

3. Develop strategies for becoming more critical and careful readers of one's own and others' essays.

4. Demonstrate the ability to properly integrate and document sources of information.

5. Understand the different rhetorical situations and the appropriate pre-writing, drafting, editing, and revision strategies for academic writing.

6. Adopt a professional attitude toward writing as demonstrated by focusing on the need for proper format, grammar, and spelling, and for taking responsibility for one's own progress.

CLASSROOM POLICIES:

1. Be fully present. (Absences must be for excused reasons only. Participate in class

activities and discussions. Cell phones should not be seen, used, or heard in class.)

2. Be prompt. (in your seat when the bell rings)
3. Be prepared. (books, writing utensils, paper, homework)
4. Be polite. (the golden rule)

Required Classroom Supplies:

1. the books Writing and Reading for ACP Composition and Writing Analytically.
2. A 3-ring binder with dividers to keep handouts, drafts and research.
3. Notebook paper
4. Pencils and/or pens
5. Highlighter

Grading Policies: (This is a college class, not just a college preparation class.)

1. Homework should be prepared for the day it is due. Late homework will receive NO credit.
2. There are five required papers for the class. Failure to turn in even one of them will result in failure for the class.
3. Missed work for excused absences should be made up promptly. If absent 1 day, you have a day to make up the work. By the 2^nd day back, the work should be completed. If absent 2 days, you have 2 days to make up the work. By the 3^rd day back, the work should be completed.
4. Missed work for unexcused absences or class cuts will receive no credit.
5. If you miss on the day that a paper draft is due, you are expected to email the paper to me at my school address: wilder-newlandf@bcsc.k12.in.us on that date or it will be considered late.

POLICY OF ACADEMIC CONDUCT AND HONESTY:

In college, instructors assume that a piece of writing with your name on it represents YOUR effort on the assignment—not sentences copied from a book, not passages copied from another student's paper, not words that someone else wrote for you, not a joint effort. Of course, there are occasions when students should work together on projects, but the instructor needs to have approved of such collaboration. Otherwise, you are being deceitful. Whenever you submit a paper in college, the assumption is that you are the sole author. If that is not true, then you are lying. That kind of dishonesty is taken very seriously because teaching, learning, and scholarship depend upon the atmosphere of absolute trust—based on a code of academic integrity. Cheating, plagiarism, and dishonesty violate this important code, and the university mandates penalties for the offenders, including automatic failure of the course. If you work hard in this course, you will learn how to write college papers without plagiarizing. All questions of plagiarism will be reviewed and ruled upon by a committee at Indiana University.

INTRODUCTION: 1.5 Weeks

Introduction to class syllabus and policies: grading, attendance, expectations, Senior Projects, paper formats and submissions: MLA, in-text citations, citations, works cited

Fill out registration forms

Overview of Senior Project processes and products

Readings:

“The Transition to College Reading” pp. 1 – 6 (R & W)

“The Difference Between High School and College” pp. 8 – 18 (R & W)

Chapter 4 “Works Cited List” pp. 105 – 160 (R & W)

UNIT ONE: SUMMARY PAPER- 2 weeks

Topic: Chapter 5 Cyperspace pp. 163 – 209

Chapter 1- Summary, Paraphrase and Quotation pp. 21 – 62 (R & W)

Readings from Chapter 5 Cyberspace pp. 163 – 209 (R & W)

Other Media: You've Got Mail, feature film; Dateline on cyber-predators; Discussions of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Internet dating services, etc.

Practice summary on one article before writing summary for a grade.

Summary Paper: Write a summary that develops from a close reading of the text. Make notes to elicit key ideas, concepts, and arguments made. The written summary must be independent of the author's exact words and report what he or she said. Do not evaluate or offer an opinion. Just help the reader learn the essential information and line of argument. Your summary should be no more than 25% the length of the original. (50 points)

UNIT TWO: CRITIQUE PAPER – 3 weeks

Topic: Chapter 7 The Weight Debate pp. 279 - 336 and Chapter 8- Consumer Culture pp. 340 – 432 Chapter 1- Analysis: What it Is and What it Does pp. 1 – 16 (WA)

Chapter 2- Counterproductive Habits of Mind pp. 17 – 30 (WA)

Chapter 2- Critical Reading and Critique pp. 63 – 84 (R & W)

Readings from Chapter 7 The Weight Debate pp. 279 - 336 and Chapter 8- Consumer Culture pp. 340 – 432. (R & W)

Other Media: Video: The Merchants of Cool; Fat. PBS. org

Critique Paper: Write a 2.5 – 3 page critique of one article from the chapter listed above. Focus on logic, evidence, underlying assumptions, and reasons given for the position advanced in the article. The paper incorporates a summary of the source article that serves to further the analysis. As an option, you may draw on one other source during your analysis (either from the reading list or an approved Internet article). However, any use of another source must be only to further your analysis and must be secondary to the discussion of the chosen article. The purpose of the critique paper is to increase the reader's understanding of the author's position on the issue and what is at stake in the argument. It is not to persuade the reader to any particular belief or action, nor does it purposefully set out the paper writer's agreement or disagreement with the author's claim. Also, it is imperative to have a thesis that presents the claim(s) of the author and your claim in response to the author's position. The reading response activity will be most helpful to you in discovering the author's claim (implicit and explicit), evidence, thinking, and posture on the issue. (100 points)

UNIT THREE: COMPARATIVE CRITIQUE PAPER – 3 weeks

Topic: Chapter 9- The Cinderella Myth pp. 433 - 480

Chapter 3- Analysis pp. 85 – 104 (R & W)

Chapter 3- A Toolkit of Analytical Methods pp. 31 – 48 (WA)

Chapter 5- Analyzing Arguments pp. 73 – 92 (WA)

Chapter 6- Topics and Modes of Analysis pp. 93 – 105 (WA)

Readings from Chapter 9 The Cinderella Myth pp. 433 – 480. (R & W)

Comparative Critique Paper: Select two – three articles in The Cinderella Myth unit and write a 3 – 5 page comparative critique using at least two of the source articles listed for that unit's readings. You must first read an understanding of the topic. Next you will determine the claims (implicit and explicit) of the authors and establish what your position is in relationship to those claims. This paper will identify important common position(s) addressed by both authors as well as significant differences. Your dialogue with the source articles must go beyond merely pointing out similarities or differences in order to analyze the texts in terms of the writers' arguments, evidence, posture, logic, reasons, and underlying assumptions as well as how and why each author establishes his/ her position on the issue. Importantly, the paper considers what is at stake in the source texts' discussion of the issue. As an option, you may draw on other sources during your analysis (either from the reading list or an approved article from research). However, any use of another source must be only to enhance your analysis of the two selected source articles, which must be the basis of the analysis. (150 points)

UNIT FOUR: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS PAPER - 3 weeks

Topic: Chapter 6- Obedience pp. 210 - 278

Chapter 4- Interpretation: What it Is, What it Isn't, and How to Do It pp. 49 – 72 (WA)

Readings from Chapter 6 Obedience pp. 210 - 278 (R & W)

Other Media: The Milgrim Experiment, Killing us Softly, PBS and other selected film clips; pictures from the Abu Ghraib prison; The Shawshank Redemption or A Few Good Men, feature films; Fahrenheit 9/11, documentary by Michael Moore

Comparative Analysis Paper: Using a related movie as the central test object, write a 4 – 6 page comparative analysis of the film using the ideas and/ or approaches provided by 2 – 5 source texts listed in the topic's list of reading. Your paper will focus on the test object, the film, not Milgrim's experiment nor the sources you use. In planning this paper, decide which ideas or approaches in the sources can help in understanding the film. You must engage the authors of those sources in a dialogue with one another about the test piece (the film). Your paper is the lens for you and your reader to see deeper into the test object and come away with a sense of discovery. (200 points)

UNIT FIVE: RESEARCH PAPER (TREND ANALYSIS)- 7 weeks

Topic: Senior Project research topic/ trend that student chose to follow

Trend Report (Current Issues): You are to select an article relating to topics discussed in class or related to senior project research subjects. You need to submit a photocopy or printed copy of the original article and a one page summary and response on the day your report is due. The in-class report is a 2 – 4 minute explanation of the trend, speculation about possible causes, and a brief discussion of the significance of the trend. What does the trend indicate about society? (50 points)

Writing Plan/ Review of Sources for Research Paper (2 pages): The writing plan has two parts: 1) a review of the sources you have examined thus far in preparation for writing the research paper and 2) a discussion section explaining the connections you are making between your discoveries and your thinking about the issue and what you are finding in sources. (25 points)

Research Paper Assignment (Trend Analysis): (5 – 10 pages) The research paper or trend analysis paper is an investigation into your chosen senior project paper topic. The paper analyzes the topic, contextualizes an issue, demonstrates through evidence that it exists, discusses one or more of its possible causes through specific evidence and careful analysis, and discusses the significance of the issue and possible solutions. The paper must be a minimum of 5 full pages size 12, Times New Roman font, using at least 5 sources, including an interview, and at least 5 or more citations. (250 points)