ENGLISH 104C USM Fall 2008

Enriched College Writing University of Southern Maine

English 104C
38494 Payson Smith Hall 41
Fall 2008 Tue/Thur 11:45-12:55 p.m.
Fri 11:45-12:45
Instrctor: Nancy A. Henry
Office Hours TBA
Phone 415-6105
Email: nahenry61@yahoo.com
nancy.henry@maine.edu

Purpose:
This class is designed to help students improve skills necessary for writing
and reading critically at the college level. In other words, the goal of this class
is to help you become a better writer, and to prepare you for the writing you
will be called upon to do throughout your college career and beyond. It is a
particularly useful class for students who require a more in-depth instruction
in the basic building blocks of academic discourse. In this class, students will
practice expository writing and argumentation, with an emphasis on the struc-
turing and development of academic prose. Class sessions will include discus-
sion of assigned reading, in-class writing, discussion and exercises on matters
of grammar and style, peer review, and discussion of samples of student writ-
ing. There will also be occasional (or frequent, if need be) unannounced quiz-
zes on the reading.

Objectives:
At the end of this semester, students will:
¬ be able to successfully structure an essay of four to six pages.
¬ be able to utilize the steps of the academic composition model, pre-
writing, drafting, workshopping, revising, and proofreading/editing.
¬ be able to clearly and coherently express a complex idea.
¬ be able to effectively use complex sentence structures and the punctua-
tion necessary to make complex ideas comprehensible.

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¬ be able to successfully develop an idea in both a paragraph and a full-

length paper, utilizing concepts and providing specific examples from
textual sources.
¬ be able to demonstrate the skills of academic argument, including
proper acknowledgment of the ideas of others.
¬ be able to demonstrate the skills of critical reading, including appro-
priate note-taking and argumentation.
¬ be more comfortable and confident with his/her writing skills.

Texts, Required:
Hacker, Diana. A Writer’s Reference. 6th edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Mar-
tin’s, 1999.
David Bartholomae & Anthony Petrosky. Ways of Reading: An Anthology for
Writers. 7th edition. Bedford/St. Martin’s.

All other readings will be available on-line—links will be provided on the

English 104 Blackboard site for this class.

Texts, Recommended:
A standard dictionary and thesaurus.

Students can also find many helpful materials on the English Department's
website: http://www.usm.maine.edu/eng/100expect.htm

Supplies:

¬ An USB drive for transporting your writings between class and home.

¬ A full-sized notebook for writing assignments in class.

¬ A disk or drive on which you save all your writing (including multiple
drafts).

Note: Save all the writing you do during the semester. You never know what
may prove to be useful during a revision. If you compose and revise on a
computer, periodically save on disk versions of your draft so that you have a
record of its process. Keep a copy for yourself (either on disk or a hard copy)

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of all major assignments handed in to me. In addition, keep all drafts on

which you have received comments.

Student responsibilities:
¬ Be on time for class and remain for the entire class period.
¬ Turn off your cell phones; laptops and other electronic devices must
remain closed and put away unless I specifically instruct you to use
them.
¬ Be prepared. Read the assigned essays prior to class, do your home-
work on time, and back up all work.
¬ Attend regularly. Excessive absences will alter your final grade. You
get three cuts no questions asked. More than three absences and your
grade may reflect your lack of dedication to the course.
¬ Competently use Internet resources. Portions of this course will be
held in the “virtual” classroom space on our Blackboard space,
and students may be referenced to online text, audio, or video files.
The Blackboard component of the course is NOT optional and will
count for contact time just like regular classroom time. In the
event of closure of the campus due to weather issues, please check for
assignments in the virtual space.
¬ Obtain a USM email account and check it, and Blackboard, daily.
¬ Use the resources available in the Learning Centers on either campus.
Portland Learning Center: 780-4228 in 253 Luther Bonney Hall Gor-
ham Learning Center: 228-8224 in the Costello Sports Complex Ap-
pointments are confidential, although the tutor will send a session
summary note to the instructor upon student request. Writing tutors
will help students at any point during the writing process but will not
assist with proofreading without providing appropriate instruction.
¬ If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a dis-
ability, please contact the Office of Academic Support for Students
with Disabilities, 237 Luther Bonney Hall, 780-4706.
¬ Students will do their own work. Passing off the words or ideas of an-
other as your own is grounds for failing the assignment and perhaps
the course, depending on the degree of deceit involved in the offense.
We will review standards for academic honesty and definitions of pla-
giarism in class. Plagiarism may be grounds for expulsion from the

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University. Please see me if you have any questions at all about proper
citations or appropriate use of sources.
¬ If you are having difficulty in this class, you instructor will notify both
you and your advisor early in the semester, so that you will have an
opportunity to improve.

Grading:
50% five formal essays
25% class participation, including editing responses and in-class writing.
25% reading response journal (including writing assignments other than for-
mal essays)

Week 1
Tues Sept 2—Introduction to the course
Thur Sept 4— HW: Bordo, “Beauty (Re)discovers the Male Body” 129-139
(to “Thanks Calvin!”)
Fri Sept 5--HW: Text 782-783 (to “Assignment One”); Discussion of Re-
sponse Journal

Week 2
Tues Sept 9— HW: Bordo, 139-145 (to “Rocks and Learners”)
Thur Sept 11—HW: Bordo, 145-155.
Fri Sept 12--HW: In-class discussion of Bordo. Discussion of writing assign-
ment for Tuesday.

Week 3
Tue Sept 16—HW: Bordo, 155-168 (to “My world”). Read Exercise 4, p. 178.
Select and clip or copy a print ad that raises some of the issues in the Bordo
piece. Write a 1-2 page reflection on your analysis of the ad in light of Bordo.
Thur Sept 18—HW: Bordo, 168-176. Discussion of first formal essay.
Fri Sept 19-- HW: Text, 16-23. Writing about reading.

Week 4:
FIRST ESSAY ASSIGNMENT: Assignment #3, p. 784
Tue Sept 23— Bring 3 copies of first draft, essay one. Peer review.
Thur Sept 25—Discussion of revision; individual “check-in”

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Fri Sept 26--HW: Berger, “Ways of Seeing” 95-105

Week 5
Tue Sept 30—HW: Essay One due. Berger, “Ways of Seeing”, 106-114
Thus Oct 2—Berger, 114-123
Fri Oct 3--Discussion of “Ways of Seeing”; discuss HW for Tuesday.

Week 6
Tues Oct 7—HW: Assignment 1, p. 783
Thurs Oct 9—HW: read text p. 1-12 (to “Working With Difficulty”); in-class
discussion of Berger assignment.
Fri Oct 10--HW: read text p. 12-16

Week 7
Tues Oct 14—HOLIDAY
FIRST ESSAY ASSIGNMENT: Assignment #2, p. 784
Thurs Oct 16—Essay Two first draft due. Bring three copies. Peer review.
Fri Oct 17--Individual appointments.

Week 8
Tues Oct 21—HW: Nochlin, “Renoir’s Great Bathers” 447-454. In class: In-
dividual appointments.
Thurs Oct 23—HW: Essay Two final draft due; Nochlin, 455-461
Fri Oct 24--HW: Nochlin 462-468 (to “challenge”)

Week 9
Tues Oct 28—HW: complete Nochlin; discuss Assignment #1, 477
Thurs Oct 30—HW: Assignment #1, 477
Fri Oct 31--Discuss Nochlin, Bordo, and Essay 3.

Week 10
Tue Nov 4— THIRD ESSAY ASSIGNMENT: Assignment #4, p. 785
Essay Three first draft due. Bring three copies. Peer review.
Thur Nov 6—Individual appointments; revision.
Fri Nov 7--Essay Three final draft due.
HW: Foucault, “Panopticism”, 207-213 (to “derive”)

Week 11

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Tue Nov 11— HW: Foucault, 213-227

Thur Nov 13— HW: Foucault, 227-237
Fri Nov 14--In class--discuss Essay Assignment Four.

Week 12
Tue Nov 18— HW: FOURTH ESSAY ASSIGNMENT: Assignment #5, p.
786
Essay Four first draft due. Bring three copies. Peer review.
Thus Nov 20—TBA
Fri Nov 21-- Individual appointments, revision.

Week 13
Tue Nov 25— HW: Final draft Essay Four due.
Thur Nov 27—HOLIDAY
Fri Nov 28--HOLIDAY

Week 14
Tue Dec 2—HW: Review “Berger” and “Foucault” in preparation for Essay
Five. Discussion of Essay Five requirements in class.
Thur Dec 4—HW: TBA
Fri Dec 5--HW: FIFTH ESSAY ASSIGNMENT: “Making Connections”
Assignment #1, p. 239
Essay Five first draft due. Bring three copies. Peer review.

Week 15
Tue Dec 9—Individual appointments
Thur Dec 11—TBA
Fri Dec 12--Final draft essay 5 due.

FINALS WEEK: No final exam.

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