Chabot College
FALL 2012
English 7
Mr. Cain
ENGLISH 7 SYLLABUS
This course is designed to develop your ability to analyze, evaluate, and form a critical response to a contemporary issue,
using academic sources from across the curriculum to further your research skills. You will be expected to apply these
critical methods of evaluation to what you read and to use them in writing argumentative research papers of your own.
REQUIRED TEXTS
(All books are paperback editions)
Lies My Teacher Told Me
nd
America’s Revolutionary Heritage (2 ed)
Moral Politics
nd
Media Control
(2 ed)
The Secret History of the American Empire
The Case Against the Global Economy
ISBN NUMBERS
Loewen, James
Novak, George
Lakoff, George
Chomsky, Noam
Perkins, John
Mander and Goldsmith
RECOMMENDED RESEARCH TEXTS
A People’s History of the United States
Race and Class in the Southwest
The Elusive Quest for Equality
Chomsky for Beginners
Don’t Think of an Elephant
Thinking Points
Confessions of an Economic Hitman
10 Theories of Human Nature
Not For Sale: In Defense of Public Goods
Chomsky and Globalization
978-0-7432-9628-1
0-87348-465-7
0-226-46771-6
1-58322-536-6
978-0-452-28957-4
0-87156-865-9
Zinn, Howard
Barrera, Mario
Moreno, Jose F.
Cogswell, David
Lakoff, George
Lakoff, George
Perkins, John
Stevenson, Leslie
Anton, Fisk, and Holmstrom
Fox, Jeremy
1
84046 237 X
GRADING CRITERIA
1) Argumentative essays and all work leading up to their successful completion. All parts of the writing process,
including any writing exercises, the writing plan, rough draft peersharing, and the final draft will be considered
when assigning the student’s final grade of record.
2) Homework reading assignments and the critical evaluations stemming from them, including homework
evaluations and research, Blackboard posts, workshop assignments, group work and in-class quizzes.
3) Attendance and Participation: Students who are well-prepared for class activities and whose participation in class
discussions effectively enhances the class will earn credit for their involvement. Students who are unprepared for
class activities or do not effectively participate and those who are excessively absent, habitually late, or inattentive
will be graded accordingly. We all make this class work effectively when working together.
Your overall final grade of record may be raised as much as 1/2 grade up or lowered as much as 1 full grade by
your overall performance on all homework assignments and by your in-class contributions. (See Items 2 & 3)
CLASS POLICIES
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Students absent more than 3 class meetings will be downgraded.
Students absent more than 5 class meetings will be dropped.
Students who fail to turn in homework assignments may have their grade in the class lowered as much as
1 full grade (see above).
Late homework or Blackboard assignments, if accepted, will be downgraded. No more than 3 late
homeworks will be accepted. If you are absent, homework is due upon your return to class.
4)
All of the essays assigned must be turned in in order to pass the class.
Late papers will not receive a passing grade if more than 3 calendar days late.
5)
Plagiarism will result in an F paper and may result in dismissal or further disciplinary action.
OFFICE & E-MAIL
OFC 452B
HOURS: MW 10:20 – 12 or by appt.
E-MAIL
lcain@chabotcollege.edu
PHONE: (510) 723 – 7419.
SENDING EMAIL ATTACHMENTS
Work sent via email must be sent in
.doc .docx or .rtf
file formats only.
You must do two things to send work via email:
1) Copy and Paste the entire document inside a regular email in the message area.
2) Attach your essay file to the email as a .doc or .rtf file attachment only!
Do not send MS Works, or other formats ! Files I cannot open will not stop the “late” clock.
COLLEGE POLICIES
You must follow all of the policies, procedures and regulations set forth in the Chabot College Student
Handbook, including those related to classroom conduct, regular attendance, on – time arrival, and grading.