ENGLISH 1BH—HONORS LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION (3 UNITS)
FALL SEMESTER 2015
Instructor: Dr. Mary Ann Leiby Office: H 121-D Phone: 310-660-3593, ext. 3183
Section: 6506
Room: H 103
Day/Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m.
Email: mleiby@elcamino.edu
( Please use your ECC email account and include your section number and specific topic in the subject line .)
Web Site: http://www.elcamino.edu/Faculty/mleiby/index.html
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays: 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.; 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Fridays: 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.; and all week by appointment.
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Prerequisite: English 1A or English 1AH with a minimum grade of C.
Catalog Description: This honors course, intended for students in the Honors Transfer Program, is designed to stimulate an enjoyment of literature and to develop interpretive, critical, and analytical reading skills. Students will also receive extensive instruction on writing critically about short stories, full-length works (such as novellas, novels, plays, or biographies), and poems. This course will include critical analysis and research involving one or more literary genres. This course is enriched through extensive, rigorous reading, writing, and research assignments. Note: Students may take either English 1B or English 1BH. Duplicate credit will not be awarded for English 1B and English 1BH.
Required Texts: (available on reserve at the library and at the campus bookstore: http://www.elcamino.edu/studentservices/bookstore.asp
)
1) A Little Literature: Reading, Writing, Argument, 2009 MLA Update.
Eds. Sylvan Barnet,
William Burto, and William E. Cain. San Francisco: Longman, 2011.
ISBN: 9780205184583.
2) The Bluest Eye.
With a Foreword by the Author. Toni Morrison. New York: Vintage
International, 2007. ISBN: 9780307278449.
3) Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus.
Mary Shelley. Ed. Maurice Hindle. New York:
Penguin Books, 2003.
ISBN: 9780141439471.
4) Grammar Handbook. (Strongly Recommended:
A Writer’s Resource
3 rd
Edition. Elaine P.
Maimon, Janice H. Peritz, and Kathleen Blake Yancey. San Francisco: McGraw Hill,
2010 or later (preferably the ECC custom version
ISBN: 9780077469238.
with 2009 MLA update ).
Materials: Several two-pocket folders for essays and a blank flash drive for the final exam.
Course Objectives:
1. Identify and describe the genres of fiction, drama, and poetry.
2. Analyze the elements of literature (theme, plot, character, point of view, symbol, setting, tone,
imagery, figures of speech, and style).
3. Interpret short stories, plays, poems, and novels with sophistication.
4. Organize and compose essays analyzing literature.
5. Compare and contrast handling of theme and subject between two authors.
6. Synthesize, apply, and evaluate critical studies of literature that approach texts from one or
more of the following literary critical perspectives: New Historicist, Post-colonial,
Poststructuralist, Feminist, Gender Studies, Reader Response, and Psychoanalytic.

*Please note that students in English 1BH are expected to write clear, college-level essays with logical paragraph composition and sentence structure as well as correct grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation. If you feel you cannot be successful in this class due to struggles with grammar or other elements of essay composition, please see the instructor as early as possible to discuss resources and strategies for your improvement.
Student Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the course students will:
1) Write an out-of-class, thesis-driven essay that identifies and analyzes the literary elements of a
primary text (such as plot, theme, setting, point of view, character, style, symbol, poetic
devices, etc.).
2) Demonstrate the ability to effectively incorporate quotes from a primary text.
3) Demonstrate the ability to effectively utilize scholarly sources as secondary support.
4) Present an original literary interpretation of a text based on independent research, evaluating
and synthesizing scholarly sources, that approaches the text from at least one literary critical
perspective.
Students with Disabilities: It is the policy of the El Camino Community College District to encourage full inclusion of people with disabilities in all programs and services. Students with disabilities who believe they may need accommodations in this class should contact the campus
Special Resource Center, (310) 660-3295, http://www.elcamino.edu/academics/src/ , as soon as possible. This will ensure that students are able to fully participate. If you have a documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodations, please let me know. You may speak to me after class, during my office hours, or by phone or email. Your privacy will be protected.
Academic Honesty and Plagiarism: El Camino College places a high value on the integrity of its student scholars. When an instructor determines that there is evidence of dishonesty in any academic work (including, but not limited to cheating, plagiarism, or theft of exam materials), disciplinary action appropriate to the misconduct as defined in BP 5500 may be taken. A failing grade on an assignment in which academic dishonesty has occurred and suspension from class are among the disciplinary actions for academic dishonesty (AP 5520): http://www.elcamino.edu/administration/board/AP5520StudentDisciplineDueProcessProcedures
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. Students with any questions about the Academic Honesty or discipline policies are encouraged to speak with the instructor in advance. PLAGIARISM is a serious offense and will not be tolerated. You must submit your essays to the web-based, college-provided plagiarism software program Turnitin.com
, which helps to determine if any part of your essays is plagiarized. Cite and document all sources accurately to avoid plagiarism; please review the discussion of cheating and plagiarism in ECC’s Student Code of
Conduct: http://www.elcamino.edu/studentservices/activities/codeofconduct.asp
.
Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend their classes regularly. Students who miss the first class meeting or who are not in regular attendance during the add period for the class may be dropped by the instructor. Students whose absences from a class exceed 10% of the scheduled class meeting times may be dropped by the instructor. However, students are responsible for dropping a class within the deadlines published in the class schedule. Students who stop attending but do not drop may receive a failing grade.
Activities:
1) Reading assignments: critical essays, novels, short stories, poems, plays, and biography.
2) Writing: 5-8 essays based on readings. Essays will include a timed, in-class essay
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exam and at least four out-of-class analysis papers; one of which (the term paper) will involve research and synthesis of literary criticism. You will write and rewrite essays, as well as work on in-class collaborative and individual writing exercises.
Classroom Policies:
Essays . You will write four out-of-class essays this semester: three analysis papers on the three genres covered in this course—fiction, drama, and poetry; and a final essay, which will be a term paper that incorporates research , especially literary criticism. The term paper can be a revision and expansion of one of the three analysis papers, incorporating research, or you may conduct research on Frankenstein or any other literary text covered during the semester. See the assignment sheets on the 1B Honors website for the requirements for these essays. With each out-of-class essay you must include at least one rough draft . (When using a computer, print out an early version and show revision/proofreading attempts on this print-out.)
When turning in essays , place the final version, which must be clearly labeled and include a
Works Cited page , in one side of a two-pocket folder (please write your name and the course number on the cover of the folder); in the other side place clearly labeled rough drafts, including any peer reviewed drafts or drafts you have brought to conferences (either with me or Writing
Center or LRC tutors), as well as photocopies or printouts of pages of books and articles from which you quote or paraphrase. (Do not include copies of the literary texts themselves, just any additional sources used to write your essays.) Please highlight or underline on these photocopies or printouts any quoted and/or paraphrased material that you use in your essay, placing the title page or first page of each source on top, with the author and title highlighted, then staple to it the pages of the source from which you quote or paraphrase, and organize these separately stapled source materials alphabetically (in the same order as the Works Cited page).
All essays will receive a letter grade (A, B, C, D, F) and count as a percentage of your overall course grade. Essays that do not fulfill minimum length requirements will earn no higher than a
C- grade and perhaps even a D or F. (The Works Cited page is in addition to the number of pages required.) Failure to include a satisfactory rough draft with out-of-class essays (one that shows proof of revision and/or proofreading) will result in lowering of the essay grade by 25 points . Plagiarism (inadvertent or intentional) will result in a failing grade on the genre analysis papers and the term (research) paper, so it is important to submit your paper to the webbased, college-provided plagiarism software program, Turnitin.com, before it is due so that you have time to address any plagiarism noted by the software program. I will not grade essays that have not been submitted properly: both to me in person in a labeled two-pocket folder as well as to Turnitin.com.
You are welcome to discuss rough drafts with me during my office hours, or you can make an appointment for an alternate time that is mutually agreeable. Please make appointments a few days in advance, and always bring a typed rough draft to conferences. Inclass essays must be typed or written legibly and completed in the time allotted.
REVISIONS: If you’ve lost points for grammar, style, or incorrect MLA documentation on one or more of the three genre essays, you may revise the essay and have most (not all) points reinstated that were taken off for grammar, style, or MLA errors, as long as you do in fact make accurate corrections. Resubmit the original, graded essay with all grammar corrections and minor style and MLA in-text corrections made right on that graded essay using a pen of a different color than the one I used to make comments on the paper. If you received points off for problems with the Works Cited page, you should attach a new Works Cited page to the original graded essay. Revisions are due one week after you received the graded essay (unless you request an extension before the one-week time frame is over).
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Optional Portfolio . You may also submit a portfolio at the end of the semester that includes revisions of ALL previously submitted genre essays (regardless of the grade earned on the essays). You MUST first make the grammar revisions in pen on the original graded essay and make the revisions clear and apparent. Follow the guidelines for revision explained above and include the original, graded essays (#1, #2, and #3). For more substantial revisions (such as several lines or more of content, reorganization of paragraphs or additional paragraphs, a new
Works Cited page, and so forth), in addition to the original graded paper with grammar and minor corrections made directly on it in pen, you will attach a new essay , with the major content revisions highlighted . (Do not highlight grammar corrections on the new version; these
MUST be made in pen on the original graded version.) The portfolio will factor in your overall grade, with points added based on the quality of your revisions. Most (not all) points previously deducted will be reinstated for grammar, style, and MLA corrections, and content changes can also improve the original grades.
Final Examination and Quizzes . We will have a final exam consisting of interpretive responses in brief essay form. Anything mentioned in class may appear on the exam, so take good notes and annotate your texts . While you will be allowed to use your books for the exam, you will not be permitted to use any notes or other materials during the exam; thus, you must bring a BLANK flash drive to use for the essay exam . The final exam cannot be made up unless you can document that your absence was due to a true emergency , such as severe illness or hospitalization, in which case you will be assigned an Incomplete grade in the course.
At any time you may be quizzed on material from the reading assignments or class discussions; therefore, you must attend class regularly and take the time to read assignments carefully before class.
The quizzes are usually closed-book and closed notes; however, you may bring to class a list of questions and answers you have written based on the readings, using these to help you with the quiz and/or to offer as questions for the quiz. Any quiz or exam missed due to tardiness or unexcused absence will receive a "0." No make-ups are permitted for quizzes; however, if you miss class due to an excused absence, the missed quiz grade can be changed from a “0” to a passing grade (70%) if you arrange with me an acceptable make-up assignment
(usually a list of questions and answers totaling double that of the number on the missed quiz).
Students who attend class yet earn a failing grade on a quiz also have this opportunity to improve their grade. If you miss a quiz on one of the novels, be aware that these quizzes are weighted more heavily in your overall grade than the other quizzes. Except in rare circumstances (such as extended, extreme illness), no more than two quiz grades may be changed during the semester, and the make-up assignment must be submitted within two weeks of the date of the original quiz (unless you request an extension before the two-week time frame is over).
Exercises . Throughout the term, you will be assigned out-of-class and in-class exercises. You do not need to write out the exercises in the textbook or respond to the textbook questions in writing; however, we will usually incorporate the questions into class exercises and discussion.
Therefore, you must come to class prepared to do the exercises in class and to respond to the questions in the textbook if I ask you to do so in class. Occasionally, I will assign individual, outof-class written exercises that will either help you in writing your major essays or will be used for in-class group exercises or discussion. Out-of-class and in-class exercises should be typed unless I specify otherwise. For group exercises, each group member should save a copy of the work onto his or her own flash drive ; at least one copy should be printed out and submitted to the instructor. The exercises will constitute part of your overall grade for the course; I will grade them on a simple scale of check minus, check, check plus, roughly equivalent to 60%, 80%, and
100%. Serious efforts which for the most part answer correctly or address thoroughly the assignments will receive a check plus; the grade lessens as the seriousness, correctness, and
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thoroughness of your work lessens. Half-hearted efforts will receive a check minus or perhaps even a failing grade; missed exercises (due to unexcused absences or tardiness) will receive a
“0.” If you miss class due to an excused absence, please see me to arrange make-up work to replace the missed exercise.
Class Participation / Standards of Conduct Policy . You will be expected to participate by contributing to class discussion, taking part in group exercises, and by editing and evaluating other students' essays during peer review sessions.
Always bring your textbooks to class, with scheduled assignments already read and annotated by the dates listed, and always bring a flash drive with all of your written work/assignments, especially group work . You must, of course, attend class to be able to participate; failure to participate due to unexcused absences will significantly lower your overall class participation grade due to the failing grades you will receive on in-class assignments not completed. Students must adhere to a strict Standards of
Conduct Policy : you will be expected to treat your peers and your instructor with respect, listening to others attentively and speaking only when you have something to say that will contribute in a productive manner to the class; violations of the Student Code of Conduct will be dealt with according to campus policy. (See the ECC Code of Conduct, Board Policy 5500: http://www.elcamino.edu/administration/board/boarddocs/5500%20Standards%20of%20Student%20Con duct.pdf
).
You should avoid disciplinary problems that disrupt the class and/or create a hostile environment for your fellow students, including using the classroom computers for social networking, e-mail, chat, or surfing the Web for material unrelated to course work.
Rules:
1) You must attend class regularly . Each unexcused absence will result in a zero if I give a quiz or any other in-class work on that day. I will determine what constitutes an excused absence. Do not expect me to excuse an absence just because you tell me you had to miss class; you must put in writing via ECC email your request to have an absence excused, be prepared to document the reason for the absence, complete all work missed in a timely fashion, and double-check the MyECC online grade book and with me via ECC email to ensure that I have recorded your absence and late work as excused. If you are sick and cannot afford to pay for medical care, remember that the student Health Center is available for you, as you have already paid for it as part of your fees ( http://www.elcamino.edu/studentservices/health/index.asp
).
When emailing me about an absence or other issue, be sure to do so from your MyECC email account and include your section number and the topic (for example, “excused absence”) in the subject line . Students must sign up on the roll sheet each day ; please be sure to do so, even if you arrive late. ONLY A TRUE EMERGENCY (severely ill health, hospitalization, death in the family, etc.) will excuse you from the final exam ; you will then need to arrange a make-up exam. A student who cannot document a VALID reason for missing the exam will not be allowed to do a make-up exam, thus receiving a zero for that portion of his or her overall grade.
When you miss class, it is your responsibility to find out from another student what you missed (notes, reading assignments, due dates, and so forth) and to download from the instructor’s website any handouts submitted to students on the day(s) you missed class; I will not repeat lectures to students who miss class, and I will hold you fully responsible for coming back to class (after an illness, religious holiday, etc.) prepared for quizzes, exercises, discussion, and so forth, even if scheduled assignments have changed during your absence. Never call or email me to ask about material you missed due to an absence; call or email another student in the class first. Then, if you have questions, contact me , and I will be happy to address your concerns. If you decide to stop attending class altogether, you are responsible for dropping the class and notifying me . (
The last day to drop classes at ECC and receive a “W” is Nov. 13
.)
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However, if you have an emergency, serious illness, or other circumstance beyond your control, please notify me as soon as possible before dropping the course; I am willing to work with students in such situations, providing additional assignments to make up for missed class time and/or arranging for an Incomplete grade to be assigned so that you can complete the course.
Arrangements for an Incomplete grade must be in writing via ECC email.
2) You must attend class on time . If you arrive late to class and miss a quiz or other in-class assignment, you will receive a zero on the missed assignment; if you only partially complete an assignment because you arrived late to class, your grade will be lowered accordingly. Frequent late arrivals will lower your class participation grade due to missed work; such behavior is also disruptive to the class and violates the ECC Student Code of Conduct.
3) You must submit work according to the assigned format . Essays (both analysis papers and the Final Term Paper) must be on standard-sized, white, smooth-edged paper, one side only, with
1" margins, and typed double-spaced in good print, using proper (updated, 2009) MLA documentation style (both in-text and a Works Cited page ). Please do not use odd point sizes and unusual fonts to make your paper seem longer; such practices simply make you appear foolish and manipulative. Rough drafts may be written in pen, if legible, but I prefer them to be typed.
4) You must edit carefully . All essays will be subject to a strict grammar rule: each grammatical or typographical error will count one point off the overall grade for the paper.
Do not rely solely on computer software for editing your work; refer to the required handbook, to the notes you take at the beginning of the term, and to a good college dictionary.
5) You must include your name, my name, the course title, the day and period the class meets, a brief description of the assignment ("Group Exercise"; “Analysis Paper #2);
"Quiz #3"), and the date submitted on each assignment (and folder) you turn in to me . I will not grade work that does not include this information in the top left-hand corner of the first page and on the folder cover .
6) You must photocopy (or print out an extra copy of ) each out-of-class assignment and print out an extra copy (if in the computer lab) of each in-class assignment . Keep the copy in case for some reason the original does not get to me or I misplace it. I also suggest that you copy work, including group assignments, onto a flash drive as well as email a copy to yourself.
7) You must submit out-of-class essays to the college-provided, web-based plagiarism software program Turnitin.com by the due dates for the essays listed on the syllabus .
Essays submitted to the instructor but not submitted to Turnitin.com by the end of the semester will most likely revert to earning an “F” grade.
8) Revisions of Analysis Papers #1, #2, and #3 (genre essays) are due one week after you receive your graded essay. Only grammar, style, and MLA issues (not content) may be revised at this point for a new grade ; on the last day of the semester, however, you may also submit a portfolio with all previously written essays revised to increase your overall grade in the course. Revised essays must be completed according to the guidelines for revision explained on pages 2-3 of the syllabus, which includes correcting grammar errors in pen on the originally graded essay.
9) You must complete all work to ensure a passing grade in the course . A student who has received good grades but has not submitted all assignments may not pass the class. Even one missed paper can lower the grade significantly.
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10) You must keep copies of all returned, graded material until at least the last day of the semester (preferably longer, in case you feel you did not receive a correct overall course grade).
11) You must use the computerized classroom only for academic work assigned for the class . At any time, the instructor will be able to view your computer screen via software installed in the computerized classroom/lab. If you choose to break the lab rules and view nonacademic material on the Internet or write personal emails, and so forth, please be aware that you have no privacy rights in the lab/classroom; the instructor has the option at all times to view your computer screen and freeze it, thus gathering evidence needed to report you to the Director of
Student Development for Student Code of Conduct violations.
Grading Policies:
Paper Criteria: A--concrete, well-detailed, well-organized, grammatically
sound, stylistically admirable paper.
B--reasonably concrete, well-organized--perhaps
some minor grammatical flaws, perhaps some
minor problems with style.
C--paper lacks somewhat in concreteness, detail and development, has
some organization problems and some minor problems of grammar and
style.
D--paper poorly written, little detail or development,
poor organization, many minor and major grammar errors.
F--unacceptable manuscript, a laughable paper
without serious effort, many basic grammar errors.
**In addition, please see the English 1B Rubric on the 1B Honors website.**
Grading Scale: A=90-100; B=80-89; C=70-79; D=60-69; F=below 60.
A minimum of C level work is required to pass the course. Grading will be based on the following: Essays; Research Component, Final Exam; Quizzes; Exercises and Class
Participation.
Final Grade Determination :
-Essays (Analysis Papers: 30% and Term Paper: 20%): Total: 50%.
-Research Component (Term Paper): 5%
-Final Exam (in-class essay): 15%.
-Quizzes: 7% on novels, 8% on all other readings: Total: 15%
-Exercises and Class Participation: 15%.
Late Assignment Policy: Late papers will receive 5 percentage points off for each day late. All late exercises will receive a "check minus." See me about late work due to excused absences; I seldom take points off in these circumstances. I also grant extensions when necessary, but you must request these before assignments are due .
Extra Credit: A portfolio with all previously written analysis papers revised according to the guidelines for revision explained on pages 3-4 of the syllabus will factor in as extra credit; depending on the quality of the revision, the portfolio will improve your overall course grade.
***If you ever have any questions about your assignments, grades, or writing please feel free to come to my office to talk with me.***
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Understanding Your Grade:
When I return your graded essay, it will have important comments on it meant to help you improve your writing. I usually write comments throughout your essay to help you identify both strong and weak aspects of your writing. I also write a brief summary of my evaluation of the essay on the last page (or the back of the essay if no space is available on the last page) and clearly indicate the grade you’ve earned.
Please refer to the following list for explanations of my most commonly used abbreviations and symbols: a check mark in the margin : there is a grammar error or typo in that line a final grade slashed through followed by “xx pts. for gr.” or “xx pts. for
MLA”
: the essay grade was lowered due to grammatical/mechanical or
MLA citation problems; these points can be reinstated with revision. (See
#1 above.) ag : there are problems with agreement of number, person, pronoun/antecedent, or parallel structure
AGT : agentless prose ap : apostrophe usage is incorrect awk : an awkward sentence or phrase; needs to be reworded for clarity of expression c.s.
: comma splice c.u
.: comma usage is incorrect; comma rules are not followed diction : improper word choice; consult a dictionary or thesaurus expl : expletive; avoid and replace with agent prose frag : sentence fragment fused : fused sentence pass : unnecessary passive voice paragraph symbol : problems with paragraphing / start a new paragraph question mark : your writing is unclear, confusing, or illegible rep : unnecessary repetition ref : the referent is unclear r.o
.: run-on sentence slash through a letter : lowercase the letter sp : spelling error s.u.
: semicolon usage is incorrect s/v : subject/verb agreement problems tense : verb tense is incorrect underlined or circled word or phrase : signals a problem area (unless accompanied by a positive remark) word or line marked through : should be cut from the essay wordy : unnecessary words
In addition, see the list of revision symbols on the last page of
A Writer’s Resource
. If you EVER have difficulty understanding the comments I’ve written on your essays or if you disagree with the grade, please speak to me either before or after class, during office hours, or in a scheduled conference.
Important Dates:
Last day to add a class: Friday, 9/4/2015
Last day to drop with no notation: Friday, 9/4/2015
Labor Day Holiday (Campus Closed): Monday, 9/7/2015
Veterans Day Holiday (Campus Closed): Wednesday, 11/11/2015
Last day to drop with a “W”: Friday, 11/13/2015
Thanksgiving Holiday (Campus Closed): 11/26/2015 - 11/29/2015
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Student Resources:

Reading Success Center (East Library Basement E-36): Software and tutors are available for vocabulary development and reading comprehension.

Library Media Technology Center - LMTC ( East Library Basement): Computers are available for free use. Bring your student ID # and a flash drive. There is a charge for printing.

Writing Center (H122): Computers are available for free use. Free tutoring is available for writing assignments, grammar, and vocabulary. Bring your student ID and a flash drive to save
 work. Printing is NOT available.
Learning Resource Center - LRC (West Wing of the Library, 2 nd floor):The LRC Tutorial
Program offers free drop-in tutoring. For the tutoring schedule, go to www.elcamino.edu/library/lrc/tutoring . The LRC also offers individualized computer adaptive programs to help build your reading comprehension skills.

Student Health Center (Next to the Pool): The Health Center offers free medical and psychological services as well as free workshops on topics like “test anxiety.” Low cost medical testing is also available.

Special Resource Center – SRC (Southwest Wing of Student Services Building):
The SRC provides free disability services, including interpreters, testing accommodations, counseling, and adaptive computer technology.
Detailed Weekly Schedule:
Please note: the instructor reserves the right to make changes in the schedule if necessary.
Week
Aug. 25
Assignment
T: Introduction, syllabus; TH: Guidelines for Interpreting Literature handout (on
1B website); A Little Literature (all subsequent page numbers are for this textbook unless otherwise noted), Chapter 1, 1-32.
Sept. 1
Sept. 8
T, TH: Chapter 2, 33-73; Please Note: Sept. 4 is the last day to add courses and the last day to drop and be eligible for a full refund; it is also the last day to drop without receiving a “W” on your transcript.
T, TH : Chapter 3, 75-89; Chapter 4, 90-111; “Narrative Point of View” from
Chapter 5, 112-117; “American Voices” from Chapter 9 and “The Man to Send
Rain Clouds,” 219-224, and “Two Kinds,” 362-371.
Sept. 15 T, TH : Analysis papers assigned (all essay assignments are available on the 1B website); Appendix A, 1112-1117, and “How to Document,” 1132-1145; MLA handout (on 1B website); “Allegory and Symbolism” from Chapter 6, 132-136;
Chapter 7, 164-180; “A Collection of Short Fiction” from Chapter 10, 260-263;
“The Yellow Wallpaper,” 271-284; and “A Rose for Emily,” 289-301.
Sept. 22
Sept. 29
Oct. 6
T, TH: Short stories continued; The Bluest Eye (begin reading).
T, TH: The Bluest Eye (complete the novel by Sept. 29); Analysis Paper #1
(Option A) due Oct. 1 .
T, TH: Chapter 24 and “Trifles,” 615-643; Chapter 25, 700-718; American
Voices” from Chapter 26, 719-720; “Andre’s Mother,” 880-883;
Analysis
Paper #1 (Option B) due Oct. 8.
Oct. 13
Oct. 20
T, TH: Chapter 27, 884-946 (
A Doll’s House
).
T, TH: Chapter 28, 998-1111 ( Othello, the Moor of Venice ; complete the play by
Oct. 21); Analysis Paper #2 (Option A) Due Oct. 22 .
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Oct. 27 T: Chapter 11, 385-398; “Lyric Poetry” from Chapter 13, 407-409; Chapter 14, 422-
440; Chapter 15, 441-455; “Imagery and Symbolism” from Chapter 16, 456-457;
“London,” 575;
TH: “Narrative Poetry” from Chapter 12, 399; “Irony” from Chapter
17, 469-478; “Sonnet 116,” 569-570; Chapter 18, 479-508; Chapter 19, 509-521;
“Dover Beach,” 578-579;
Analysis Paper #2 (Option B) Due Oct. 29.
Nov. 3
Nov. 10
Nov. 17
T, TH:
“Because I could not stop for Death,” 405-406; “Papa above!”; “Wild
Nights—Wild Nights!” and “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died,” 579-580; Term
Paper and 250-word abstract assigned
; “Writing a Research Paper,” 1118-1145.
T, TH: “Barbie Doll” 439-440; “To the Lady,” 523-525; “Facing It,” 525-526;
“Bully,” 528-529; “So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans,” 529-530; “A
Supermarket in California,” 596-597; “Illegal Alien” and “Legal Alien,” 604-605;
“Rites of Passage,” 605-606; “Three Thousand Dollar Death Song,” 609-610;
“Daystar,” 611-612; Please Note: THE LAST DAY TO DROP CLASSES AT
ECC is Nov. 13.
T: Poetry continued ; TH: Workshop on research and MLA; begin reading
Frankenstein , including Chronology, Introduction, and Note on the Text.
Nov. 24 T: Analysis Paper #3 Due; Workshop on research and MLA continued; 250-word abstract of term paper due ; TH: NO CLASS—Thanksgiving Day Holiday.
T, TH: Frankenstein continued (complete the entire novel by Dec. 1).
Dec. 1
Dec. 8 T: “Peer Review Instructions” (handout on 1B website); Peer Review for Term Paper:
Rough draft due (includes the research component; bring flash drive and paper copies of the draft to class, including the Works Cited page); “Writing Essay Examinations,” 1146-
1150; TH: Final Exam; Term Paper (Essay #4) due: must include a Works Cited page, all peer review drafts, the graded copy of any Analysis Paper utilized, printed search lists (minimum of seven: at least five different databases, the Millennium
Catalog, and a scholarly internet search) of all research materials you discovered during your search (not just the sources used in the paper), as well as copies/printouts of research materials , in alphabetical order, stapled separately, with the title, author’s name, and all paraphrased and quoted material highlighted on each source; submit the term paper toTurnitin.com
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Honors Course Explanation:
English 1BH, “Honors Literature and Composition,” is an Honors Transfer Program course. This designation means that the course will count as one of the five required Honors courses students must take to complete the HTP program; it will also count retroactively if any non-Honors student in the class decides to join the Honors Program in the future. Because the goals of an honors class are to offer students enriched critical thinking, writing, and research opportunities, students in this section of English
1BH will read longer and more complex literary texts (for example, multi-act plays such as A Doll’s
House and Othello versus one-act plays assigned in a non-honors 1B section), and they will write several longer literary analysis papers (at least 5 pages instead of 4 pages) and a longer term paper with a more extensive research component than students in a typical non-honors section of English 1B (6-8 pages instead of 5-7 pages); the term paper will require more sources than those required in a non-honors
English 1B term paper, including several scholarly sources from literary databases. Students also will be asked to do additional outside research and writing throughout the semester to enrich our discussions of course readings and to use in their essays—these will be added throughout the semester based on the needs and interests of the class. Honors classes typically require a higher quantity and quality of written work, group work, and discussion. I sincerely hope this requirement does not worry you, but instead inspires you to excel and contribute your very best to this class. In return for your commitment and effort,
I promise you an educational experience that is of the highest quality available from El Camino College’s
English Department.
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