M.

Babur Khan Suri

English Grammar & Composition
Fall 2020
English Grammar and Composition
Fall 2020
Course Outline

"Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced."
--Aldous Huxley,  Brave New World

“Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.”

—Larry L. King

Overview

Writing is a weird amalgamation, a mélange of an artist’s defiance with an artisan’s accuracy. When
you attempt at writing well, you tend to balance pangs of creativity with the need of precision. If you
want your writing to interest readers; be honest. In order to leave an impact, you don’t need to write a
treatise. Be precise. If you get acclimatized with writing, it turns out to be a very pleasurable activity,
a reason to have enhanced sense of achievement.
This course, structured around writing projects, is designed to help you make the most of writing
process. Is there any process involved? Yes. Prewrite, Write & Rewrite. This process engages you by
making you conscious of not only what you write but also of how you write. Reading is an integral
part of ECG experience.
The course is structured around writing workshops - with an increasing level of difficulty as the
course progresses.

Assessments
1. Four graded writing assignments: Essay and Critique of Academic and Literary Texts.
2. Two Quizzes
3. Class Participation
4. Final Term

Writing Centre
Ardeshir Cowasjee Centre for Writing (ACCW) is an academic facility available to all IBA students. You are required
to have at least ONE consultation session at the writing centre for each of your graded assignments. Some of the
students would be required to attend weekly sessions at the writing centre.
For all your sessions at ACCW, you should bring one of your academic writing pieces for discussion & consultation.
Writing centre is NOT a proof reading facility.

Grades
You will be graded according to the following criteria.
• mastery of course material
• degree of originality, creativity or both
• performance in analysis, synthesis, and critical expression, both oral and written

Grading Plan

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Fall 2020

1 Assignment 1 10 %
2 Assignment 2 10 %
3 Quizzes (2) 25%
4 Assignment 3 10%
5 Assignment 4 10%
6 Final Exam 25%
7 Class Participation 10%

Plagiarism:
Academic honesty is an absolute imperative. What you present as your work HAS to be your work. Please read the
section on plagiarism in the Academic Policy Manual or consult IBA’s handbook on plagiarism.

You might find the following useful for plagiarism related concerns:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/

Session-wise Course Plan

Session Topic
Session 1 Introduction to the course
Syllabus Negotiation

Session 2 Introduction to Expository Essays

Diagnostic Test

Session 3 Working with Fables: Concretion/Abstraction

Session 4 Introduction to the Elements of Fiction

Understanding Literary Texts
Structure#1: Once/Now Peer Review Workshop
Session 5 In-Class Writing.
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Session 7 Once/Now: Discussion and Writing about
and 8 Literary and Visual texts using the Once/Now
Structure.

Session 9 Structure#2: Opposing Voice

Structure and Organization
Peer Review Workshop

Session 10 Opposing Voice: Discussion and Writing about

Literary and Visual texts using Opposing Voice

Session 11 Opposing Voice: Discussion and Writing about

Literary and Visual texts using Opposing Voice.
Peer Review Workshop

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Session 12
and 13 Summary and Paraphrase
Session Structure#3: Two Voices
14-15 Structure and Organization
Peer Review Workshop

Session 16 Two Voices: Discussion and Writing about

Literary and Visual texts using Two Voices
Session 17 Two Voices: Discussion and Writing about
Literary and Visual texts using Two Voices

Session 18 Structure#4: Hindsight

Structure and Organization
Peer Review Workshop

Session 19 Hindsight: Discussion and Writing about

Literary and Visual texts using Hindsight.

Session 20 Hindsight: Discussion and Writing about

Literary and Visual texts using Hindsight.

Session 21 Hindsight: Discussion and Writing about

Literary and Visual texts using Hindsight.
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Session 22 Structure#5: Insight

Structure and Organization
Discussion on the Novel Lord of the Flies

Sessions Structure#5: Insight

23 and 24 Structure and Organization
Peer Review Workshop
Discussion on the Novel Lord of the Flies

Session 25 Insight: Discussion and Writing about the Novel

& 26 Lord of the Flies

Session 27 Recap, Conclusion, Course Evaluation

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Fall 2020
Required Texts
 Hacker, Diana, and Nancy Sommers. The Bedford Handbook. 8th ed. New York: Bedford/St.
Martins, 2009. BF (Available at the photocopying centre).

 Most of the readings will be made available on the LMS.

Attendance/Class participation
 You must attend every class, and arrive prepared and on time.

 You will be required to come prepared with assigned reading and will be required to read some of your writing
aloud in class.

Acknowledgment: The current document has been adapted from Ms. Maria Hassan’s course outline.