P EARL R IVER C OMMUNITY C OLLEGE
English Composition I, ENG1113-HN1, CRN 22274
Stan G. Proctor, MEd.
Office Phone: 228-467-2761
Email: sproctor@prcc.edu
Class website: webcentraledu.net
Catalog Description: Students prepare two bibliographies, take a test on a novel, and write five expository essays. Clarity of thought, unit of content, and coherence of ideas are stressed. Model essays are analyzed. Three lecture hours per week.
Three semester hours credit.
Course Description: The course provides students with the opportunity to engage some of history's most influential ideas to discover their relevance for today's issues.
Students read and respond to ideas essential to a civilized world and integrate the reading with their own perspectives through thinking, discussing, and writing.
Course Objectives: 1) Develop college-level reading, organizational, and study skills;
2) compose sentences, paragraphs, and essays exhibiting Educated American
English (EAE) and college level content by writing five essays and thirty-seven journals; 3) employ editing and proofreading skills to incorporate Modem Language
Association (MLA) and EAE formats and improve writing; 4) Prepare two Works
Cited Assignments, employing PRCC and Magnolia/EBSCO resources; and 5)
Expand reading comprehension and enjoyment of literature by reading one novel and completing a comprehensive test on the novel.
Pre-requisites: A minimum score of 16 on the English portion of the Enhanced ACT or successful completion of required developmental English courses. Textbooks and materials:
Textbook and materials: o The Hodges Harbrace Handbook . 17 th Edition ( HHH ) o A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers, Eight Edition (WI) o Loose-leaf college-ruled paper in three-ring binder, a spiral bound notebook (min
50 page) for journal entries, twenty 3”x5” index cards for bibliographies, pen and pencil, a small thumb drive, and access to Microsoft Word word processor.
Summary of Assignments: o Read thirty-seven essays o Write thirty-seven journal entries from assigned readings o Write six essays o Compile ten bibliography cards o Create Works Cited page o Various impromptu writings and/or quizzes
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Summary of Grades:
Assignment % of Grade o Reading and Journal entries 15% o Five Essays o Bibliographies & WC page
55%
5% o Novel critical analysis essay 10% o Final Exam o Misc writings and/or quizzes
10%
5%
Grading Scale: A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
Final Exam: The final examination will consist of a timed, written composition.
Technology in the classroom: The possession of a cellular or wireless telephone, pager, or any other communication device is prohibited in any setting in which testing of any sort is taking place, whether the device is on or off. The use of a cellular or wireless telephone, pager, or other communication device is prohibited in all College instructional settings, including classrooms, laboratories, shops, libraries, auditoriums, or any other location where instruction, recitation, performance or any other activity with the goal of student learning is taking place. A person violating this policy and procedure is subject to disciplinary action, which may include confiscation of the device, dismissal from the instructional setting, dismissal from a class in which the violation occurs, or dismissal from the college.
Policies: All students will be expected to follow the policies dealing with attendance, grading, makeup, withdrawal from class and withdrawal from school as stated in the current Cat Country Guide, the student handbook. Plagiarism is a serious offense and will not be tolerated in any written work in English 1113. Periodic quizzes will be given on assigned material and may be unannounced. They may be made up within one calendar week at the student's initiative during office hours.
American Disabilities Act (ADA): If a student has a disability that qualifies under the
Americans with Disabilities Act and requires accommodations he/she should contact
The Hancock Center ADA Representative, Mr. Raymunda Barnes at 228-467-2761 or the ADA/504 Coordinator, Tonya Moody (Academic Program) at 601-403-1060, for information on appropriate policies and procedures.
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Course Date Schedule
Rev: 0
ENG1113-HN1; Spring 2012; Tue Nights; 6:00
–9:00 p.m.
The instructor reserves the right to modify the assignments and or schedule to meet the needs of the class or college scheduling demands.
Miscellaneous assignments or quizzes may be incorporated to enhance student learning.
 I MPORTANT : Journals that are up to date when checked receive an additional point toward final Journal grade; those more than one week behind are deducted one point from the final Journal grade.
DATE
WK DUE ASSIGNED IN CLASS
Tue
1/10
1

WI: "Writing About Ideas," 903-924
 “Evaluating Ideas”, 1-11

Introduction to
“
Government
”
, 13-19

Thomas Jefferson, "The Declaration of
Independence" 76-85

Essay 1 (Government)

Bibliography cards

Novel analysis selection (novel list)

Orientation and explanation of syllabus and schedule

Introduction to grade book & course website

6 Steps to Essay Writing

Explanation of Bibliography assignment Library orientation

Work on bibliography cards
Tue
1/17
2

Outline E1

Bibliography
Cards

Works Cited page

Niccolo Machiavelli, "The Qualities of the Prince", 37

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, "The Origin of Civil
Society," 55

6 Steps to Essay Writing ( cont'd)

Writing the X,1,2,3

Writing The Outline.ppt

Writing an Outline

Creating the Works Cited page

Using online bibliography creators

Library orientation
Tue
1/24
Tue
1/31
Tue
2/7
Tue
2/14
3
4
5
6

Draft E1

Works Cited

Journal Check 

ESSAY 1
(Government)

Outline E2

Draft E2

In Class Quiz

Journal Check 
 Carl Becker, “Ideal Democracy”, 101

WI: Introduction to " Justice ", 135-141
 Marcus Tullius Cicero, “The Defense of Injustice”, 143

Essay 2 (Justice)

Henry David Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience," 173
 Elizabeth Cady Stanton; “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions,” 201
 Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail,”
211
 John Rawls, “A Theory of Justice,” 233

WI: Introduction to "The Individual", 245-252

Ralph Waldo Emerson, "On Education," 255
 W.E.B. Du Bois, “Of Our Spiritual strivings”, 287
 Ruth Benedict, “The Individual and the Pattern of
Culture”, 301

The Writing Process (cont'd)

Writing the Introduction

In class writing: Introduction

Discussion and in class writing:
"Declaration of Sentiments and
Resolutions"

Writing the Conclusion

In class writing: Conclusion

Works Cited: creating and using sources in the essay

MLA 7 Guidelines

Online MLA quiz in class
Tue
2/21
MARDIS GRAS ; No Class on Monday or Tuesday
Tue
2/28
Tue
3/6
7
8

ESSAY 2
(Justice)

In Class Quiz

Outline E3

Essay 3 (Wealth & Poverty)

WI: Introduction to
“
Wealth & Poverty
”,
340-345

Adam Smith, "Of the Natural Progress of Opulence,"
347

Karl Marx, "The Communist Manifesto," 359

John Kenneth Galbraith, "The Position of Poverty,"
405

Robert Reich, "Why the Rich are Getting Richer, and the Poor, Poorer," 419

WI: Introduction to “ Nature ” 571-577 (6)

Howard Gardner, "A Rounded Version, The Theory of
Multiple Intelligences," 503
 Steven Pinker, “Thinking Machines”, 525

Francis Bacon, "The Four Idols," 579

Book analysis: addressing the elements of fiction and writing about fiction

Online Essay structure quiz in class

Essay elements: building sentences, paragraphs, and transitional links
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DATE
Tue
3/13
WK
9
DUE

Draft E3

Outline Book
Analysis

Journal Check 
ASSIGNED

Charles Darwin, "Natural Selection," 597

Rachel Carson, "The Sunless Sea," 615

Stephen Jay Gould, "Non-Moral Nature," 635

Michio KaKu, "The Mystery of Dark Matter," 651
 Francis Fukuyama, “Genetic Engineering”, 667
Tue
3/20
SPRING BREAK
Tue
3/27
Tue
4/3
Tue
4/10
Tue
4/17
Tue
4/24
Tue
5/1
Tue
5/8
IN CLASS

The Process of Writing (cont'd)

Development of sentences and paragraphs
10
11
12

Draft E4

Journal Check 
13

ESSAY 3
(Wealth/Poverty)

Outline E4

Draft for Novel
Analysis

ESSAY 4
(The Mind)
14

Novel Analysis
Essay

Outline E5
15

Journal
Notebook

Draft E5

Journal Check
16

ESSAY 5
(Ethics/Moral)

FINAL EXAM

Essay 4 (The Mind)

WI: Introduction to "Mind" , 438-440

Plato, "The Allegory of the Cave," 447

Sigmund Freud, "from The Oedipus Complex, " 475

Carl Jung, "The Personal and Collective
Unconscious," 487

WI: Introduction to
“Gender & Culture"
, 791-798
 Mary Wallstonecraft, “Pernicious Effects Which Arise from Unnatural Distinctions Established in
Society,”
799
 Jon Stuart Mill, “The Subjection of Women”, 815
 Virginia Woolf, “Shakespeare’s Sister,” 837
 Margaret Mead, “Sex and Temperament”, 855

Claude Levi-
Strauss, “Men, Women, and Chiefs”, 873
 Germaine Greer, “Masculinity”, 889

Essay 5 (Ethics & Morality)

WI: Introduction to “ Ethics & Morality ” 683-689
 Aristotle, “The Aim of Man”, 691

Iris Murdoch, "Morality and Religion," 729
 Aldo Leopold, “The Land Ethic”, 745
 Peter Singer & Jim Jason, “The Ethics of Eating Meat”,
767

Thesis vs. Claim

Effective argument

Cultivating writing techniques

Scholarly sources: what is creditable for academic research

Researching effectively

Letting research help develop a thesis

Bring it all together for coherent communication

Review for Final Exam

Work on Essay 5

Work on Journals

FINAL EXAM
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