First-Year Composition
Rio Salado College | ENG101 35326 Spring 2015
Instructor: Marion Hickman
Degree: B.A. English, M.Ed. English
Location: Boulder Creek High School
Contact: School (623) 445-8797 - Cell (602) 999-5308
Contact Information: Email bill.hickman@dvusd.org
Website: http://billhickman.webstarts.com/index.html
Office Hours: 7:00 A.M. - 7:30 A.M., Afternoon: by appointment
Credits: 3.0
Official Course Description
Emphasis and writing on rhetoric and composition with a focus on expository writing and understanding
writing as an ongoing process. Establishing effective college-level writing strategies through four or more
writing projects comprising at least 3,000 words in total.
Official Course Prerequisites
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Prerequisites: Appropriate writing placement test score, or a grade of "C" or better in ENG091 or
ESL097.
Official Course Competencies
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Analyze specific rhetorical contexts, including circumstance, purpose, topic, audience, and writer,
as well as the writing's ethical, political, and cultural implications. (I, III)
Organize writing to support a central idea through unity, coherence, and logical development
appropriate to a specific writing context. (II, IV)
Use appropriate conventions in writing, including consistent voice, tone, diction, grammar, and
mechanics. (I, IV)
Summarize, paraphrase and quote from sources to maintain academic integrity and to develop and
support one's own ideas. (III, IV)
Use feedback obtained from peer review, instructor comments and/or other resources to revise
writing. (II)
Assess one's own writing strengths and identify strategies for improvement through instructor
conference, portfolio review, written evaluation, and/or other methods. (II, III)
Generate, format, and edit writing using appropriate technologies. (II, IV)
Required Course Materials
Title
Snow Falling on Cedars
Othello
Writing arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings
The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction
Edition
Author
David Guterson
Shakespeare
7th ed.
John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, June Johnson.
1st Broadway Books trade By Tim O'Brien.
paperback ed.
1st Harper Perennial ed.
Eric Schlosser.
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the AllAmerican Meal
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 6. Ed., 2. Print.
Hamlet
The Crucible: a Play in Four Acts
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 1st pub. Ed.
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Joseph Gibaldi.
William Shakespeare.
Arthur Miller; with an introduction by Christopher
Bigsby.
Ishmael Beah.
A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
The Turn of the Screw
The Grapes of Wrath
The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Macmillan Writer-Rhetoric, Reader,
Handbook
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
In Cold Blood; A True Account of a Multiple
Murder and its Consequences
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
A Separate Peace
Walden or Life in the Woods and & On the
Duty of Civil Disobedient
1st Mariner Books ed.
1st Perennial Classics ed.
3rd
Jonathan Swift
Henry James.
John Steinbeck; Introduction and Notes by Robert
DeMott.
By Tim O'Brien.
Thornton Wilder.
Judith Nadell, Linda McMeniman, and John Langan
Bantam classic ed.
By Mark Twain; afterword by Alfred Kazin.
Random House, Inc., 2002 Truman Capote
ed.
Jonathan Edwards.
1st Scribner trade pub. Ed. By John Knowles.
150th anniversary ed.
Henry David Thoreau; with an introd. By W. S. Merw
and an afterword by Perry Miller.
Optional Course Materials
Title
The Bean Trees
Twelfth Night
Feed
The Book Thief
The Great Gatsby
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Bedford Reader
A writer's reference
The Longman Writer: Rhetoric,
Reader, Handbook
One Hundred Great Essays
Write for College: A Student
Handbook
Rules for Writers: A Brief Handbook
The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo
Gutirrez
Kabul Beauty School: An American
Woman goes Behind the Veil
Building an Enriched Vocabulary
Chomsky on iMseducation
A Writer's reference
Dispatches
Edition
Author
Barbara Kingsolver
1st Knopf trade
pbk. Ed.
Scribner trade pbk.
Ed.
1st ed.
10th ed.
6th ed.
6th ed.
M.T. Anderson
By Markus Zusak.
F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Malcolm Gladwell.
[Edited by] X. J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, Jane E. Aaron.
Diana Hacker; contributing authors, Nancy Sommers, Tom Jehn, Jane
Rosenzweig; contributing ESL specialist, Marcy Carbajal Van Horn.
Judith Nadell, John Langan, Eliza A. Comodromos.
3rd ed.
Edited by Robert DiYanni.
Patrick Sebranek
4th ed.
1. Ed.
Diana Hacker.
Jimmy Breslin.
Deborah Rodriguez; with Kristin Ohlson.
5th ed.
1st Vintage
International ed.
A World of Ideas: Essential Readings 6th edition.
for College Writers
The Bedford Reader
9th ed.
Macbeth
The Road
Hiroshima
1st Vintage Books
ed.
How to Read Novels Like a Professor 1st ed.
Last Days of Summer
Brave New World
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Joseph R. Orgel.
Noam Chomsky; edited and introduced by Donaldo Macedo.
Diana Hacker.
Michael Herr.
Edited by Lee A. Jacobus.
X.J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy, Jane E. Aaron.
Edited by John Crowther.
Cormac McCarthy.
John Hersey.
Thomas C. Foster.
Kluger, Steve
Huxley, Aldous
Student Purchased Materials:
One good stapler / one box of large paper clips /one box of small binders
Book – student purchased: The Elements of Style 4th ed. – Stunk and White
Required Course Materials:
Making Arguments about Literature: a compact guide and anthology by John Schilb, John Clifford.
ISBN -9780312431471
Official Course Competencies:
Analyze specific rhetorical contexts, including circumstance, purpose, topic, audience,
and writer, as well as the writing's ethical, political, and cultural implications. (I, III)
Organize writing to support a central idea through unity, coherence, and logical
development appropriate to a specific writing context. (II, IV)
Use appropriate conventions in writing, including consistent voice, tone, diction,
grammar, and mechanics. (I, IV)
Summarize, paraphrase and quote from sources to maintain academic integrity and to
develop and support one's own ideas. (III, IV)
Use feedback obtained from peer review, instructor comments and/or other resources to
revise writing. (II)
Assess one's own writing strengths and identify strategies for improvement through
instructor conference, portfolio review, written evaluation, and/or other methods. (II, III)
Generate, format, and edit writing using appropriate technologies. (II, IV)
Standards And Expectations:
This dual enrollment college course is intended for high school students at the junior and
senior level. However, college work will be expected of all students at all times.
Course Requirements:
Emphasis on rhetoric and composition with a focus on expository writing and
understanding writing as a process. All work turned in for this course is expected to be at
a college level without excuse. The "dual" in dual enrollment only indicates that the
student is in class five days a week for an hour and that I will offer students as much help
as possible. It does not diminish the college level expectation of work and behavior at all
times. All papers and assignments, unless specifically indicated, will be typed on a word
processing document and turned in on time, stapled and ready to be graded. All papers
will be turned in to turnitin.com prior to the day the hard copy final draft is due.
Grading Standards:
A=100-90%, B=89-80%, C=79-70%, D=69-60%, F=59-0%
Note: You must earn an average of 60% or better on all major assessments to receive
college credit; and an overall grade of 70% or better to receive college credit.
No late work will be accepted without lowering one grade per day late. NOTE: see late
work handout.
Attendance Standards:
Since full and active participation is essential to success in this course, full attendance is
required. Students are not allowed to miss more than six class periods per semester. Upon
the 7th absence, you will lose college credit. Sweep is counted as an absence.
Late/Missed Work Policy:
No late work will be accepted without lowering one grade per day late. NOTE: see late
work handout. Absent work will be turned in according to Boulder Creek absence
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policies. If the student misses class they must find a partner in class to take appropriate
notes from the lesson missed.
Equipment Use Policies:
Any book or equipment loaned to any student must be turned in by the end of the
semester or the student will pay the Book Store for the lost/missing item.
Time Requirement
You will need to dedicate significant time to this college course. For each credit hour, plan to spend at least
two hours a week on homework in addition to class presentation time.
Extra Credit Policy:
Extra Credit is not available for this class. It is the belief of Rio Salado College that all work done for a
class should receive regular credit and is more than sufficient to assess the understanding of material
presented in the course.
Plagiarism Warning:
Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, the use of paraphrase or direct quotation of the published or
unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment. It also includes the
unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling or sharing of
term papers or other academic materials. Information gathered from the Internet and not properly identified
is also considered plagiarism. We expect every student to produce his/her original, independent work. Any
student whose work indicates a violation of the MCCCD Academic Misconduct Policy (including cheating
and plagiarism) can expect sanctions as specified in the college catalog (2.3.11), or online at the following
site:http://www.maricopa.edu/publicstewardship/governance/adminregs/students/2_3.php
Rio Salado College uses software that uncovers plagiarism from student to student and other data sources
on the Internet. If a student is found to have plagiarized content, grade consequences will be applied in
accordance with departmental policies.
Civility Policy:
The faculty of Rio Salado places a high value on the importance of general ethical standards of academic
behavior and expects that communication between students and instructors or among students shall
maintain the level of formality and mutual respect appropriate to any college teaching/learning situation.
Language or behavior that is rude, abusive, profane, disruptive, or threatening will not be tolerated.
Activity of this type is Academic Misconduct as defined in MCCCD Policy AR 2.3.11. Students engaging
in such behavior will be removed from the course with a failing grade. Additional sanctions may be applied
pursuant to AR 2.3.11.
Refund Policy:
Refunds are not automatic. Students who drop courses within the refund period are eligible for a
reimbursement of appropriate tuition and fees. Please see the refund policy online for deadlines and
details.
Disability Statement:
Rio Salado College will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. Notify
Disability Services and Resources and your instructor of any special needs. Contact Disability Services and
Resources at (480) 517-8562.
Tuition Assistance is available to students enrolled in a Rio Salado College dual enrollment course who
demonstrate financial need. Please refer to: http://www.riosalado.edu/dual/
The student is responsible for the information outlined in the syllabus. The student is also responsible for
knowing the Rio Salado College policies in the college catalog and the student handbook. Please refer
to: http://www.riosalado.edu/dual/
Course content and syllabus may vary from the course calendar listed above in order to meet the needs of
the particular group in this course section.
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Please, review the syllabus and sign the attached form of acknowledgement. This will be handed into your
instructor on or before January 12, 2014.
(Print) Parent
Name:
(Signature)
Parent:
(Print) Student
Name:
(Signature)
Student:
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Calendar of Events:
01/05/2015 – Week 1: Introduction
 Chapter 1: What is Literature? What is Argument? (P.3)
 Reading Assignments as assigned – (discuss Tuesday and Wednesday)
 Log into and setup Turnitin.com account- (see handout)
 Discussion of Literary Analysis in writing.
01/12/2015 – Week 2: Beginning Argumentative Discussion
 Chapter 2: Developing Arguments about Literature (p.10)
 Four poems about work: William Blake, “The Chimney Sweeper:” (p.10)
 Stephen Dunn, “Hard Work” (p.12); [Close read each poem class/homework]
 Dorianne Laux, “What I Wouldn’t Do” (p.13) [Wed. Read/Analyze Poems]
 Maura Stanton, “Shoplifters” (p.15)
 The Elements of Argument (p.16-19) Issues, Claims. Evidence, Warrants
 [Begin second Monday – (p. 16)
01/19/2015 – Week 3: Chapter # 3 Continued (January 19th. Off)
 Discussion of William Words worth, “The Solitary Reaper” (p. 40)
 Free write like Amy’s student example using (p.363)
 “I heard a fly buzz,” (p. 368)
 “Do Not Go Gentle into the Night”, [Use internal citations and add a Works
Cited page.
 Discussion of developing and argument: Exploring
01/26/2015 – Week 4: Continue Chapter Three
 Developing an Argument continued, Composing (p. 41-56) and Revising (p.
61-64) [Over the weekend, #3-#4 Milton (p.30) [10 issues, 10 claims, 10,
evidence –cited, 10 warrants]
 Recognizing and avoiding Fallacies (p. 64-47)
 Critical Schools of Thought (p.919) [PPT NOTES]
 Examination of sample student paper on Wordsworth. “The Solitary Reaper”
(p. 67)
 “Counterparts” – 2 – schools of Criticism – Ideas/Claims for each
 Thesis for “Counterparts”
02/02/2015 – Week 5: Writing Assignment #1 Begins (See Handout)
 Documenting Sources – Works Cited Page (p. 206-207)
 In-text Citations (p. 204)
 Chapter Five: Making Arguments about Poems
 Rosanna Warren, “In Creve Coeur, Missouri” (p.117)
 Charles Fort, “We Did Not Fear the Father” (p. 117)
 Philip Levine, “What Work Is” (p. 118)
 Mary Oliver, “Singapore” (p. 119)
 Yusef Komunyakaa, “Blackberries” (p. 120)
 Edward Arlington Robison, “The Mill” (p. 121)
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The Elements of Poetry (p. 127-132)
Examination of sample student paper “Negotiating Boundaries” (p. 133)
02/09/2015 – Week 6: Rough Draft of Assignment # 1 Due
 Response groups (Also: Continue to read the literature started last week.)
 Revision of Assignment # 1 Due
 Student Conferences
 Staff Development, Friday 13th.
02/16/2015 – Week 7: Final Copy of Assignment # 1 Due – (February 16th. Off)
(Turnitin.com by 11:59)
 Writing Assignment # 2 Begins (see handout)
 Read Making Arguments about essays – (p.171-172)
 Read Elements of Essays – (p.186-190)
 Read “Aria” (p.512)
 Read Three critical commentaries following “Aria”
 Read Chapter 7: - making Arguments About Essays
 Parent Teacher Conferences 19th. And 20th.
02/23/2015 – Week 8: Rough Draft of Assignment # 2 Due Rio Librarian visit.
 Response Groups
 Revision of Assignment 2: Due
 Response Groups
03/02/2015 – Week 9: Final Copy of Assignment # 2 Due
 Writing Assignment # 3 Begins (handout)
 Read “Trifles” (p. 143)
 Read “The Yellow Wallpaper” (p. 588)
 Chapter 8: Writing a Research Paper (p. 195)
 Identifying an issue and a Tentative Claim (p. 195)
 Finding and Using Secondary Sources (p. 200)
 Taking NOTES (p. 200)
03/09/2015 – Week 10: Find # 3 Sources on Each – Glaspell and Gilman
 Write short annotation for each of the (6) entries and cite them
 Writing the Paper: Integrating Sources (p. 201)
 Documenting Sources: MLA Format (Online Writing Lab)
03/16/2015 – Week 11: Rough Draft of Assignment # 3 Due
 Response Groups
 Revision due for second conference
03/23/2015 – Week 12: Writing Assignment # 4 Begins (handout)
 Begin Reading: A Drama Cluster:
 Lorraine Hansberry, “A Raisin in the Sun” (p. 374)
 Note: Continue to read at home each night
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03/30/2015 – Spring Break
04/06/2015 – Week 13: Final Copy of Assignment # 3 Due
 Read for Cultural Contexts (p. 449-460) essays on “A Raisin in the Sun”
 Read: “Hamlet” (p. 771) Note: Continue reading at home each night.
04/13/2015 – Week 14: Continue Assignment # 4
 Examination of sample student paper “Effectively Managing Grief” (p. 221)
 Check outside sources for Assignment # 4
 Peer Groups
 Staff Development, April 17th.
04/20/2015 – Week 15: Continue Assignment # 4
 Copies for critique in peer groups
 Revision strategies
04/27/2015 - Week 16: Rough Draft of Assignment # 4 Due
 Peer Revision and Editing Sessions All Week
05/04/2015 – Week 17: Final Draft of Assignment # 4 Due
 Peer Revision and Editing Sessions All Week
 Staff Development, May 8th.
05/11/2015 – Week 18: Final Draft of Assignment # 4 Due
 Read the short story as assigned
 Seniors review for finals.
05/18/2015 – Week 19: Final Exam Review and Study – Final Exam
 Seniors Finals, May 21st. and May 22nd.
05/25/2015 – Week 20: Last Week of School – No Seniors
 Memorial Day May 25th.
 Finals for High School May 27th. And May 28th.
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Mr. Hickman
Helpful Links for Home Use
William Wordsworth - The Solitary Reaper
*Emily Dickinson - I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died
*Dylan Thomas - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
James Joyce - Counterparts (this is a chapter in Dubliners)
For Paper 1: (some years we do different readings – (this year will be the Poetry section)
The following links are for the different opening papers - differing years - select the proper reading
genre for your year.
For Short Stories Paper: (not for this year)
Eudora Welty - Everyday Use
James Joyce - Araby
John Updike - A & P
Nathaniel Hawthorne - Young Goodman Brown
Flannery O'Connor - A Good Man is Hard to Find
William Faulkner - A Rose for Emily
For Poetry Paper: For Poetry Paper: (for 2014-2015)
William Blake - The Chimney Sweeper
Stephen Dunn - Hard Work
Dorianne Laux - What I Wouldn't Do
Maura Stanton - Shoplifters (this is not the entire poem, but most of it)
John Milton - How my Light was Spent
Linda Hull - Night Waitress
Rosanna Warren - In Creve Coeur, Missouri (cannot find online - must use book in class)
Charles Fort - We Did Not Fear the Father
Philip Levine - What Work Is
Mary Oliver - Singapore
Yusef Komunyakaa - Blackberries
Edwin Arlington Robinson - The Mill
For Paper 2:
Richard Rodriquez - "Aria" - Find on Rio Salado Library Databases
Use Saldivar, Rivera and Villanueva from the textbook in class.
(If you have trouble getting into the Rio Library databases, where else might you look? With just a
little work, you should be able to find it easily.)
For Paper 3:
Susan Glaspell - Trifles
Charlotte Perkins Gilman - The Yellow Wallpaper
Find articles about both Glaspell and Gilman on the Rio Salado Databases
For Paper 4:
Lorraine Hansberry - A Raisin In the Sun - check out from bookstore - NOTE - the .pdf you can
find online is a plagiarized copy - do not use or cite from it.
William Shakespeare - This one has Act / Scene / line - Hamlet
Topics of Literary Criticism:
Gender
Politics & Ideology Universal and Culturally Specific
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Ethnicity
Public v Private
Social Class
Social v. Personal
Sexual Orientation
High v. Low Culture
Divisions, conflict, forces within self
Performance in everyday life - responsibilities
Memory and Experience
Desire / Pleasure
Boundaries
Religious Values Body
Helpful Links for Home Use
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Rio Library Visit
http://ow.ly/BNa4z
http://ow.ly/BNa4z
Bedford/St. Martin's Research and Documentation Online
This is another excellent citation site. This used to be Diana Hacker's site for those who may
have heard of it.
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/res5e_ch08_s1-0011.html
Turnitin.com
http://www.turnitin.com/
Rio Salado College Library
http://www.riosalado.edu/library
Rio Salado MEID Login
http://my.maricopa.edu/
PowerSchool Access
http://ps.dvusd.org/public/
The Elements of Style – Online
http://www.bartelby.com/141
OWL - Online Writing Lab - MLA Documentation
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Bedford / St. Martin's MLA Site
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/RES5e_ch08_s1-0011.html#RES5e_ch08_p0513
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