Syllabus: ENG 110 College Writing II: Fall 2011

The links on this syllabus will take you on divergent paths. I don't expect any of you to read -- or to need -- all of it. However, if you're going to progress towards the course objectives, I do expect all of you to read -- and to need -- much of it. It's up to you to balance your learning style against these resources.

Schedule at a Glance

MWF 9:10 - 10:10

	in class	assignments due via email before class on ...
January
18, 20	intro to the course and the course web learning community cultural sensitivity
23, 25, 27	rhetorical situation audience and purpose rhetorical modes inferences from data
30	intercultural sensitivity your writing process	diagnostic essay
February
1, 3	unit of discourse introductory paragraphs cultural features of our countries
6	workshop on culture paragraphs	paragraph 1 - culture
8	workshop on culture paragraphs
10	music in our countries
13	workshop on music paragraphs	paragraph 2 - traditional music
15	workshop on music paragraphs
17	cultural heritage in our countries
20, 22, 24,	TBA	paragraph 3 - heritage site
27, 29 Mar 2		paragraph 4 - systems 1 educational, political, economic, or refugee system
March
12, 14, 16		paragraph 5 - systems 2
19, 21, 23		paragraph 6 - religious beliefs
26, 28, 30		paragraph 7 - religious practices
April
4, 11, 13		paragraph 8 - data summary
16, 18, 20		oral presentation and discussion on why they had to leave
23, 25, 27, 30		essay 1 explaining why the refugees had to leave
May
2, 4, 7
9	no class	essay 2 characterizing your country

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Day-by-Day

Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
-- Winston Churchill

January 18, 20

introduction

course web at toLearn.net/eng110/ - welcome < index.html >, course < course.htm >, case < case.htm >, essay < essay.htm >, syllabus (this page) < syllabus.htm >, and reports < reports.htm >

one other GEN 110 / ENG 110 - stock a house
one GEN 230 photography - photo exhibition
one GEN 220 U.S. history - food for house
one GEN 411 capstone - ??
our GEN 110 / ENG 110 - country backgrounds

Dates -

January 25, 12:30 - 1:30 - Home Through Their Eyes kick-off

March 14 - Film screening/panel disc

Thurs April 26, 4:30 - Home Through Their Eyes exhibition

to do

January 23

Your first written assignment is partly diagnostic, to find out how well you write at the beginning of the semester. I can better plan if I know what you need most to learn.

You will write better in college if you can put yourself into a plausible situation where you would need to do the kind of thinking and writing that is required for this course.

By plausible situation, I mean a role for you, the writer, and an audience with a problem to solve or a decision to make.

For this diagnostic essay, I would like you to pretend that you are a successful musician. You are noted for your lyrics about war and social justice. You and your manager want you to give something back to the community and, if possible, get some good PR at the same time.

Your manager has contacted an NGO, a non-governmental organization, in this case, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency. They have agreed to let you bring your music and a camera crew to a refugee camp in one of six countries.

You and your manager want to go to the "worst" country. Using the information about those countries on the countries page, find several ways to compare the countries. Those ways are labeled criterion 1, etc. on the chart below. According to those criteria, which is the "worst" country? What do you mean by "worst"?

	country 1	country 2
criterion 1	evidence	evidence
criterion 2	evidence	evidence
criterion 3	evidence	evidence

This essay should have an introductory paragraph. The body should be organized either country by country or criterion by criterion. The essay should total about 750 words, minimum. The other standards are on the rubric on the reports page.

Singh - Afghanistan
Taylor - Afghanistan

Kara - Somalia
Brittney - Somalia

Somoina - Ethopia
Starrline - Ethiopia
Toya - Ethiopia

Human rights hero whose photos showed Burma's brutal military regime now works here 'as a fervent advocate of those who have no advocate'

January 25

January 27

Why is the Afghan government letting people get away with bombing thier own country?

January 30

February 1

February 3

modified: January 2012
by Douglas Anderson
http://toLearn.net/eng110/syllabus.htm

The Syllabus

ENG 110 - College Writing II - Spring 2012