Syllabus
English Composition II

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English Composition II

ENGL-1302

Credit Spring 2019
01/22/2019 - 05/19/2019

Course Information

Section 135
Distance Learning
ONL DIL
Judy Sanders

Section 053
Lecture
W 12:05 - 13:25
RG30 3310
Judy Sanders

Section 059
Distance Learning
ONL DIL
Judy Sanders

Office Hours

  • T W
    9 - noon
    RGC Attache
  • Th
    9 - 11

Course Requirements

Course:

English 1302
Composition ll online

Online orientation: email your instructor the following statement during the first weekof class: "I have read the Engl 1302online syllabus and understand the assignments and my responsibilities in the course. I will receive the current schedule with due dates and deadlines and current office hours when when I email this statement to my professor."

I do not use Blackboard.

Instructor: Dr. Judy Sanders (jsanders@austincc.edu)


Contact Information:

Office: Rio Grande Campus
Attache 110
 ( current semester office hours will be provided at orientation)

Address: 1212 Rio Grande
Austin, Texas 78701

Telephone: (512) 223-3249
Fax: (512) 223-3049

email:jsanders@austincc.edu


Text:

Fiction 100(Pickering)
Analyzing Short Stories (Lostracco)


Course Description:

Student goals and outcome: Students will master analytical skills pertaining to literature. Students will learn basic elements of the short story and the important aspects of each. Students will learn to analyze a given story based on these elements and their parts. Students will be able to discuss each of these elements in detail.

Description: English Composition II is the study of short stories with an emphasis an literary analysis. Students will write papers on theme (central idea), character, conflict, point of view, setting, language and tone. Each element will relate or support the central idea. See Grades and grading and Course requirements.

Course Outcomes and Goals: Students will be able to read, write and think critically as well as to analyze works of fiction. They will write coherenttly and clearly in all assignments. Additionally, students will identify how structure and style work teogether to convey meaning and ideas to readers.

Prerequisite: Students must have credit in Engl 1301 with a grade of C or better to enroll in Engl 1302. You must provide your instructor proof of prerequiste within 10 days of the first day of class or be withdrawn from the course. Unofficial transcript or grades from ACC online services acceptable as proof.


WARNING!

Your greatest enemies in this course are time (the passing of which you can do nothing about) and procrastination (which you absolutely must avoid or you will surely not succeed). If you are not prepared to work everyday on this course, even though there are no classroom meetings, be advised to withdraw from it.


Orientation:

Students must email orientation statement during first 7 days of class.

Online orientation options. Email your instructor this statement the first week of class: "I have read theEngl 1302 online syllabus and understand the assignments and my responsibilites in the course. I will receive the current schedule with due dates and deadlines as well as curent office hours when I email my instructor this statement."


Incomplete Policy:

Incompletes are given only in cases of extreme and documented emergency and at the discretion of the instructor. Only when the student and the instructor have signed an Incomplete Form can an Incomplete be recorded.


Grades and Grading:

Your final grade will be determined by the grade level you complete, not by the average on your papers. A grade will not be put on individual writing assignments. Each paper will be marked "ACCEPTED", "REVISE", OR "REWRITE" (You may submit only one paper at a time, when one is accepted you may submit the next one.)

  • ACCEPTED means that the paper fulfills the objectives of the assignment and is free of grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors.
  • REVISE means that the paper fulfills the objectives of the assignment but contains errors. You should confer with your instructor, refer to a handbook, or go to Tutoring Labs before correcting your errors and resubmitting the paper.Highlight all revisisn on revised paper. You must avoid similar errors in subsequent papers in order to progress in the course. The revision process is designed to prepare you to meet the final objectives of the course without making serious writing errors.You must go to a Writing Lab and get assistance from a tutor if you have to revise more than once.
  • REWRITE means that the paper does not fulfill the objectives of the assignment or that the paper contains serious writing errors. You should confer with your instructors before writing another paper.

 


Scholastic Dishonesty Statement:

Expectation:

    1. Academic work submitted by students shall be a result of their own thought,analysis or expression. Academic work is defined as exams, projects, papers.
    2. When students borrow ideas, wording or organization from another resource, they shall reference it using MLA documentation.

Academic Dishonesty Process:

  1. A faculty member who suspects academic dishonesty reviews the evidence with the student
  2. After conferring with the student, the faculty member will access the penalty.

If you take any information used in your papers from web sites or other students papers, you will be receive a grade of F in the course. All papers in this course must be derived from your own thoughts and analysis of the work being considered. 


Turning papers in:

Your grade will be based on how many papers you complete and are accepted. You may turn paper in:

  • At my Office RGC Campus
  • By fax
  • By US mail or inter-campus mail
  • by attachment as a word doc.

You must contact me by phone,email or by coming to my office to find out if a paper is accepted before turning in the next paper. If a paper needs revision, the revisions must be made; the paper must be re-submitted and accepted before the next paper can be submitted. Only one paper can be turned in at a time. I require 48 hours not including weekends to grade a paper.Indicate the paper # and course section # when you inquire on the status of your paper.

Turn in all papers TYPED AND DOUBLE-SPACED with your name, section number a paper number on a cover sheet. I require 48 hours minimum (not including weekends) to grade a paper.Submit papers as a word doc.

You will write six (6) papers. When six papers have been accepted, you may take Test C in the Testing Center. When Test C is accepted, you may turn in Paper "B". When the "B' paper is accepted, you may turn in paper "A". Paper "A" must be accepted to earn an "A" in the course. All papers are subject to deadlines listed on the schedule. If you turn in papers after the due dates, you may be unable to make and "A" or "B" in the course.

Check your ACC email weekly.

If you have OSD accomodations, submit them to me the first week of class.


Test and Paper Due Dates:  Contact Instructor


Papers and Tests


Paper l: Story "The Lottery" Jackson

Central Idea:

  1. Identify the title and author of the story and remember that the titles of short stories are enclosed in quotation marks. Write a 100 word summary of main events of story in chronological order. Do not go into detail or analyze in the summary; tell the first thing that happened, the second thing that happened, etc.
  2. One or two sentences explaining author's purpose in telling the story--his main point or main idea. This is a general statement about people, society, human nature, relationships that is derived from specific events in the story. It is a generalization from the story and reflects the author's vision of the world.


Incorrect central ideas:

  • The central idea is about love. (not a complete statement)
  • The central idea is that Tessie was treated unfairly. (not a generalization)
  • The central idea is that people should treat others' fairly. (advice; don't use "should" statements in central idea)
  • The central idea is that we are cruel and don't see ourselves as others do. (don't use first person in central idea)
  • The central idea is about how people react to tragedy. (not a statement;how DO people react to tragedy?)
  • The central idea is that you can’t trust people; they will try to deceive you.( don’t use second person;giving advice)
  • The central idea is that the grass is always greener on the other side. (Cliches aren’t central ideas)

Correctly worded central idea:

  • The story reveals that the overwhelming desire of a one-sided infatuation can blindly drive people to seek intimacy in the name of love.
  • The central idea is that people who have difficulty dealing with reality will often create a fantasy life to escape into.

Remember:

  1. Central ideas are based upon the action, or what actually takes place, in the story. Base central idea upon events that occur in the confines of the story.
  2. Central ideas reflect discoveries, emotions and experiences of a story’s main character. They are commentaries about the way the world works, and or how the author views human existence.
  3. Central ideas are supportable. Try to find the interpretation that is most easily supported and covers the greatest percentage of story.

 


Paper 2: Story"The Necklace" deMaupasant

Character:

  1. The main character is the character around which the story revolves and who has the main conflict in the story. Describe and analyze this character by choosing qualities of the character that illustrate or support the main idea. Choose examples of what the character says, does, thinks or what others say or think about the character (see handout) that illustrate the central idea. Choose at least 4 elements from the character handout to discuss about the main character and have a quote from the story to support each point you make about the character. Any comment made about the main character should illustrate or support the central idea.
  2. Supporting characters give information about the main character. Briefly describe (2-3 sentences)one or two supporting character and tell what each represents or symbolizes in the story. What is each supporting character' s function or purpose in the story?
  3. For all quotes and paraphrases, use MLA documentation and include citations. A citation is author's last name ad pg # after quote or parpahrase. Example (Jackson 102)
  4. At end of paper, include a works cited entry for text:  short story author's last name,first name."title of short story." Fiction 100. Ed. James Pickering,Pearson.2013.pg.#

Citations are always first word in works cited entry. Example: (Jackson 42)

Format:

  • Paragraph 1 (100 words)
    • Summary and central idea
  • Paragraph 2 (100-200 words)
    • Character

Character Handout:

  1. Who the character is. Biographical information including age, physical description and occupation can be included.
  2. With what does the character surround him or herself. What possessions or things are important to the character? Details such as how they dress, what they drive, where they live are important in characterizing persons.
  3. What the character says. Look at dialogue and draw inferences about the character from what he/she says. Quote dialogue and interpret what you think the passage reveals about the character.
  4. What the character thinks. Examining the character's thoughts can reveal needs, desires, fears, conflicts, motives and goals. Quote the character's thoughts and draw inferences from them.
  5. What the character does. Action is very revealing. Consider how the character acts towards others, as well as how the character treats him/herself. Quote a passage containing action and interpret what the action tells about the character.
  6. What others say or think about the character. Consider how other characters react to the main character, what they say about or to the main character and what they think of the main character. Quote a passage where another character says something to or about the character or does something to the character and analyze what that passage reveals about the main character.

 


Paper 3 Story "Araby" Joyce

Conflict:

  1. Identify the main conflict. The main conflict is the main problem in the story with which the main character is dealing.
  2. Describe this conflict in terms of two opposing forces within the character or between the character and another character or between the character and some aspect of society. Be very specific in describing the conflict. DO NOT say the conflict if man against man, for example.Example:Tessie's desire to live versus the town's traditions
  3. Discuss how the main conflict if resolved.
  4. Discuss how the conflict relates to/supports/clarifies the central idea.

Format:

  • Paragraph 1 (100 words)
    • Summary
    • Central idea
  • Paragraph 2 (100 words minimum)
    • Characters-main and supporting
    • Include citations for all quotes and paraphrases and works cited at end of paper.
  • Paragraph 3 (100 words)
    • Conflict

 


Paper 4

Point of view is the voice telling the story.

1.Identify point of view. Dramatic, first person or omnicient

2. Give a quoted example of point of view from story.

3. Discuss how point of view affects the story.

Stories for paper 4: Choose one story from lists for your paper for next assignments

  • "The Story of an Hour" Chopin
  • "The Chrysanthemums" Steinbeck
  • "The House on Mango Street"Cisneros

Format:

  • Paragraph 1 (100 word)
    • Summary and central idea
  • Paragraph 2 (100-150 words)
    • Character analysis on main and supporting characters
    • Using MLA documentatoin, include citations for all quotes and parphrases and works cited at end of paper.
  • Paragraph 3 (100 words)
    • Conflict and resolution
  • Paragraph 4 (100 words)
    • Point of view:
      • What is point of view? Dramatic, first person, omniscient?
      • Give a quoted example of point of view from story.
      • Cite example using MLA documentation and include a works cited page at end of paper.
      • How does the point of view affect the story?

 


Paper 5

Stories for Paper 5:

  • "To Build a Fire" Londo
  • "A Rose for Emily" Faulkner
  • “The Yellow Wallpaper" Gilman

Format:

  • Paragraph 1 (100 words)
    • Summary and central idea
  • Paragraph 2 (100 words)
    • Character analysis
    • Cite all quotes and paraphrases and include works cited at end of paper
  • Paragraph 3 (100 words)
    • Conflict and resolution
  • Paragraph 4 (75 words)
    • Point of view
    • Cite all quotes using MLA documentation and include works cited page at  end of paper.
  • Paragraph 5 (100 words)
    • Setting
      • What is setting--time and place? Be specific
      • How does setting affect the story? Does it symbolize, contrast or emphasize some aspect of story, set a tone or mood, or show effects of a historical time period on characters?
      • How does setting support or clarify the central idea?

 


Paper 6

Language is the words an author uses to emphasize or draw attention to an important part of a literary work. Language can point to the central idea of a story. Authors use a number of literary devices to emphasize or give force to the central idea:

  • Imagery—mental pictures and impression given by a descriptive passage; these impressions influence the reader’s attitude toward the subject. Imagery does not create a picture for reader.
  • Similes—comparisons of dissimilar things using like or as
  • Metaphors—direct comparisons of two dissimilar things
  • Allusions—comparisons to Biblical, historical, mythological or literary persons, places or things
  • Pattern—repeated references
  • Symbols—persons, places, things or actions that stand for something else
  • Irony—contrast between reality and perception; not getting what the story leads you to believe
  • Dialogue—conversation between characters
  • Dialect—speech patterns reflecting a geographic area

Format:

      MLA 8 documentation rquired.  Paragraph 1-Using 2 sources, which may be from internet,include biographical information on author-birth, family background,work history,publications,interests, marriage ,death. Relate biographical info to the story you are analyzing. How is author's life reflected in story or story's theme? Cite all quotes or paraphrases.Include source along with text in a works cited page at end of  paper.

Works cited page will have 3 entries. If you use online sources format is:author's last name,first name if given,title of article in quotes, title of source (encycolpedia, for example)  in italics, date of publication,web address(,net    .com    .edu are examples)

Citations from any source are always first word of works cited. entry.Example: (Ambrose) or (Katherine)

You can also go to ACC library website for more informtion on MLA: http://library.austincc.edu/help/ask/htm *

You can also go to this same website, Comp 1 syllabus, assignment 5 for examples of MLA 8 documentation.

  • Paragraph 2 - summary and central idea
  • Paragraph 3-character analysis-citations required for quotes and paraphrases
  • Paragraph 4 - conflict
  • Paragraph 5 - point of view
  • Paragraph 6 - setting
  • Paragraph 7 - Identify two different elements of language (list above). Give a quote for an example of the element. Cite quotes and paraphrases using MLA.Include works cited page at end of paper. Explain how the element of language affects the story or relates to the central idea. 100 words minimum

"Barn Burning" Faulkner

"Shiloh" Mason

"An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge" Bierce

* Examples of online works cited and citations from online sources:

"Parent" Encyclopedia Britannica Online,2008. web address.

"Katherine Anne Porter." Author Bio. 2010.authors.com.

"Katherine Anne Porter."Poetry/ Prose.2008.Americanauthors.com.               

(Parent) 

(Katherine-Author)

(Katherine-Poetry)


'C' Test

When you have 6 papers accepted, you may take the C (Department)Test in the Testing Center. Get a permission slip from your instructor. Review your handouts for the elements of fiction you have studied in the course. In the Testing Center you will be given a short story that you will analyze, using 4 elements of fiction-central idea, character, conflict and point of view... Your finished paper will be similar to paper 4. You will receive an Accepted or a Rewrite. A rewrite requires that you go in the Testing Center and retake part or all of the test on a different short story. You are allowed only one retest. If you retest, you may only work for a C in the course.


'B' Paper

You will analyze an assigned short story using the 6 elements of fiction discussed in class. Your analysis will be thorough and your writing polished. Using MLA documenation, you will cite all quotes and paraphrases and include a works cited page. You can receive an Accepted or Unaccepted on the B paper. Stories: "Cathedral" (Carver), "A Worn Path" (Welty) , "The Things They Carried” (O'Brien) You will receive an accepted or an unaccepted on your paper. You may turn in a paper on a different story if you receive an unaccepted.Paper must be submitted by deadline date on syllabus.


'A' Paper

You will analyze and compare and contrast two assigned paired short stories. You will analyze each short story separately using the 6 elements of fiction studied in class. Then you will compare and contrast the stories on central idea, character, conflict and setting. Your paper will have 16 paragraphs.You will cite all quotes and paraphrases using MLA documentation.Include a works cited page. Stories: "Hills Like White Elephants" (Hemingway) and "Separating" (Updike), OR "The Lesson" (Bambara) and "The Man who was Almost a Man" (Wright).You will receive an accepted or an unaccepted on your paper. You may turn in a paper on different stories if you receive an unaccepted.A paper must be submitted by deadline date on syllabus.