EWRT 1B Advanced Reading, Writing, and Research
Instructor: Julie Pesano
Voice Mail: (408) 864-8653
E-mail Address: pesanojulie@fhda.edu or jpesano@gmail.com
Web Page:
www.faculty.deanza.edu/pesanojulie/
Office location: F61L
Office Hours: Mondays/Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 (Please let me know when you plan to stop by!)
Or by appointment (I’m on campus Monday-Thursday)
Class Time/ Place: Section 20 and H1 Tuesday/Thursday 1:30-3:45 L82
Section 16 Tuesday/Thursday 4:00-6:15 S49
Required Texts: :
1. Literature: Reading and Writing the Human Experience Shorter 9th ed.
Abcarian and Klotz
2. Frankenstein Mary Shelley (Penguin Classics Edition ISBN 0-14-043362-7)
3. The Brief McGraw-Hill Handbook 2010 ed. Maimon, Peritz, andYancey
(Make sure to get the newest edition of this text for the 2009 MLA updates
ISBN 798077389208)
Helpful Resources: Research Online Sources
- How to make an annotated bibliography
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/
- De Anza Library
- http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/library/
- Easy Works Cited "machine"
http://easybib.com or citationmachine.net
- Color-coded, EXCELLENT quick guide to MLA parenthetical citation:
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm
Writing and Online Tutoring Websites
- http://faculty.deanza.fhda.edu/writingcenter
- http://owl.english.purdue.edu
ESL Websites
- http://www.eslcafe.com
- http://www.englishclub.net/grammar
On Campus:
- Tutorial Center and Writing and Reading Center ATC 309 ext. 5860
http://www.deanza.edu/studentsuccess/writing-reading-center/
Objectives: English Writing 1B is a 5 unit lecture in which students will apply critical thinking and
research to reading and writing. The academic (interpretive, analytical, argumentative) writing will be
based largely on reading of literary/imaginative texts linked by a common theme or issue. Specifically,
students will:
1. Apply writing skills learned in 1A, such as planning, drafting, revising, and editing.
2. Develop analytical and comparative skills in the reading of literary texts.
3. Formulate interpretations and arguments based on reading and research.
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Use multiple research facilities (library, Internet etc.)
Employ MLA Style documentation and avoid plagiarism.
Carefully edit and give constructive feedback to other student’s essays.
Participate in group and individual workshop style exercises in and out of class.
Grading: You are required to complete all assignments. Formal Essays are due at the beginning of the
class period on the due date. Late papers will be penalized 5 points for half a week late, 10 points for a
week and every week after (in other words, turn in your papers on time!) Absence, sickness, computer
issues, etc. are not an excuse. Late papers will be graded and returned late. In addition there will be no
make ups for quizzes.
A final grade for the course will be assigned on the basis of performance in the following areas:
Formal Essays: Essay #1=10%,
Essay #2=20%,
Rough Draft of Research Paper=10%
Final Draft=20%
Biographical Presentation: 10%
Quizzes: 10% (no make-ups)
Attendance and Class Participation: 10%
Final Exam: 10%
Scale: 97-100%=A+, 93-96%=A, 90-92%=A-, 87-89%=B+, 83-86%=B, 80-82%=B-, 77-79%=C+, 7076%=C, 67-69%=D+, 63-66%=D, 60-62%=D-, 59% and below=F
*** Extra credit: (Optional) – Get creative! Write a poem, essay, or brief short story in the style of one of
our authors. For example, write a satire in the style of Jonathan Swift’s “Modest Proposal” in which you
create a solution to a modern problem. Or write a short story from the perspective of one of the other
characters. Maximum 1-2 pages, typed, double space, on 8.5x11 white paper. This is worth 1% of your
total grade (or the equivalent to 5 points in your quiz section). You may do a maximum of 1 and turn it in
any time before the end of the quarter.
*Please respect the evaluation process and do not ask me to give you a higher grade if your work does not
merit it. (Thanks!)
Attendance: Students must attend the first week of class to secure their enrollment. Regular class
attendance is necessary for successful completion of this course. Each student will be allowed 2 absences
with no penalty. For each absence thereafter, the attendance grade will be reduced by one letter grade. An
excess of 4 absences may result in a withdrawal from the course. 3 lates will result in 1 absence. Students
who are absent are responsible for all announcements made, assignments given, and material covered.
Participation: Collaborative learning requires your participation in group and class discussion; your class
“presence” will be public and is graded regularly. Plan on being prepared and involved in class. This is a
no cell phone classroom. Please avoid texting, sleeping, gaming or any activity not related to our class
work.
Plagiarism: Plagiarism is the use of ideas, facts, opinions, illustrative material, data, direct or indirect
wording of another scholar and/or writer – professional or student – without giving proper credit. If a
student is found guilty of plagiarism, he/she will receive a zero for the assignment.
Conduct: This is a college level class; therefore, you are not required by law to be here nor is the college
required to allow you to remain in class if your behavior disrupts or impedes the educational process. A
disruptive student will be asked to leave class. Administrative follow-up may result. De Anza College will
enforce all policies in the Standards of Student Conduct (see Course Schedule). Cell phones (turn off
ringer) and lateness are also considered disruptive.
Please respect your classmate's opinions, participation, and opportunity for success and please respect the
work necessary to complete this course.
Need Money?
De Anza’s Financial Aid Office (in Baldwin Winery) gives out many scholarships and often has textbook
grants of up to $100!The website is http:www.deanza.fhda.edu/financialaid or contact Cindy Castillo
(408)864-8403 or castillocindy@fhda.edu.
Need Special Accommodations?
Bring the appropriate forms ahead of time, and allow a few minutes to discuss this me, and your needs
will be met.
Important Dates: (see http://www.deanza.edu/calendar/)
Last day to add Winter Quarter classes (Add date is enforced)
Saturday, April 16
Last day to drop a class with no record of grade and full refund (Drop date is enforced) Sunday, April 17
Last day to drop with a "W" (Withdraw date is enforced) Friday, May 27
Memorial Day Holiday (no class) Monday, May 30
EWRT 1B Tentative Schedule –Spring 2016
**Please have the reading finished before the week it is due in order to be ready for a quiz on the
reading at the beginning of the week.
*** All readings are from Literature: The Human Experience unless otherwise noted.
Week 1 4/5-4/7 Introduction to the course
Reading Assignment: “Innocence and Experience” 77-79
“The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros 127-128
Interpretive Analyses and Writing about Literature 94-100 (Maimon Handbook)
Sample Quiz on Reading
Week 2 4/12-4/14
Reading Assignment: “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne 80-90
“Araby” by James Joyce 91-95
Essay #1 Handout
Quotations, Paraphrasing, Summarizing 200-207 (Maimon Handbook)
Quiz on Reading
Week 3 4/19-4/21 Reading Assignment: “A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway 96-99
Essay #1 Outline due 4/19
MLA Documentation 213-250 (Maimon Handbook) Just skim this
Quiz on Reading
Week 4 4/26-4/28 Reading Assignment: “Culture and Identity” 523-525
“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner 526-533
Essay #1 due 4/26 (peer review- bring 2 copies!)
Quiz on Reading
Week 5 5/3-5/5 Reading Assignment: “ Everyday Use” by Alice Walker 559-565
Finding and Managing Print and Online sources 158-172 (Maimon Handbook)
Essay #2 discussion
Quiz on Reading
Library Orientation (tentatively 5/5)
Week 6 5/10-5/12 Reading Assignment: “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona”
Sherman Alexie 584-593
Essay #2 Outline due 5/10
Quiz on Reading
Week 7 5/17-5/19 Reading Assignment: “Conformity and Rebellion” 310-313
“Trifles” by Susan Glaspell 916-929
Understanding Research and Working with Sources 153-157,194-199 (Maimon)
Essay #2 Due 5/17 (peer review- bring 2 copies!)
Research Paper Discussion
Quiz on Reading
Week 8 5/24-5/26 No Class 5/24
Reading Assignment: “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien 1036-1049
Discuss Bibliography and Notecards
Quiz on Reading
Week 9 5/31-6/2 Reading Assignment: “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift 482-489
“Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. 490-503
Quiz on Reading
Outline and 3 Bibliography Cards and 4 Note cards due 5/31 (Please bind with elastic band or large paper clip)
Week 10 6/7-6/9 Reading Assignment Frankenstein Letters - Volume 1 Chapter 5 13-61
Discuss Questions 1- 4 from Handout on 6/9
Rough Draft of Research Paper due 6/7 (peer review – bring 2 copies!)
Quiz on Reading
Week 11 6/14-6/16 Reading Assignment Frankenstein
6/14 Volume 1 Chapter 6 – Volume 2 Chapter 2 (pp. 62-168)
Discuss Questions 5-12
6/16 Volume 3 Chapter 4 – End (169-215)
Discuss Questions 13-16
Quiz on Reading (possibly one Tuesday and one Thursday – be ready!)
Week 12
Final Draft of Research Paper due on day of final (No time to peer edit. Please
use WRC or get together with a classmate outside of class if you’d like peer editing)
Final Written Exam on Frankenstein
1:30 Section Tuesday 6/21 1:45-3:45
4:00 Section Thursday 6/23 4:00-6:00