HCC- Central campus Spr 2010
English composition 1301
F 9-12 1301.80257 CE Bus Career Ctr 201
Instructor: S.Worley , Ph.D.
Contact: English Dept and (home tel: 281-360-7196 use email first, please:
Sharon.worley@hccs.edu
)
Office hours: 12-1pm
Catalogue description: A course devoted to improving the student’s writing and critical reading. Writing essays for a variety of purposes from personal to academic, including an introduction to argumentations, critical analysis, and the use of sources. Prerequisite:
A satisfactory assessment score, completion of Engl 0310, or for non-native speakers)
ENGL 0349. Credit: 3 semester hours (3 lecture hours.)
ADA Statement: HCC adheres to federal, state and local rules and guidelines concerning accommodations for students with disabilities. If you have a disability, contact student services and notify the instructor.
Required textbooks: Maimon et al. The New McGraw-Hill Handbook, 2009; Peterson and
Brereton. The Norton Reader. 12 th
ed., 2008.
Reference: Thesaurus; Standard American English Dictionary; MLA Handbook www.PurdueOWL.edu
online MLA reference and formatting guide
Course requirements:
Attendance: 05% Students are required to attend class regularly and participate in group activities and class discussion. Your grade is based upon the completion of weekly inclass writing assignments which must be collected in a folder and turned in on the last day of class. Assignments are dated, distributed in class, and cannot be made up if you are absent.
Midterm and Final exam. Two exams will be given which include multiple choices questions and one essay. 30% Bring scantrons 882E and Bluebooks.
Four expository essays 10% each (40%)
One research paper (25%)
Paper Assignments:
All papers must be typed doubled-spaced with one inch margins. See MH . Use
MLA source citation (author, page) and attach a Works Cited page. Include a formal outline with the first essay and research paper. See MH. Bring two copies of rough drafts of assignments to class one week prior to due date for peer review and editing. Save all graded assignments in a folder for teacher-student conference during the last day of class.

ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS:
Late papers will be penalized 5 points per week.
1) Summary and analysis: Write a 3-5 page summary of Barbara Tuchman’s “This is the end of the world: The Black Death.” Norton p.779. See Part 2 ch 7 McGraw-Hill for instructions. Include a formal outline. Due Feb 18 (rough draft due Feb 11)
2) Informative report: .Choose a current events topic on science, medicine, or the environment. Use internet news and information sources. See Part 2 ch 8 McGraw-Hill for instructions. Due Mar 4 (rough draft due Feb 25)
3) Interpretive analysis: Write a 3-5 page interpretive analysis of Virginia Woolf’s “In
Search of Room of One’s Own.” Norton p.1074 or E.B.White “Once More to the Lake.”
Norton p.93. See Part 2 ch 9 MH p. 183 for instructions. Due Apr 1 (rough draft due
Mar 25)
4) Argument: Write an argument essay using the Toulmin model about animal rights.
See ch 10 McGraw-Hill. Read Tom Regan’s “The Case for Animal Rights” Norton p.691 and Carl Cohen’s “The Case for the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research.” NR
718. See Part 2 ch 10 MH p. 210 for instructions.
Due Apr 15 (rough draft due Apr 8)
5) Research: Write a 7-10 pp. research paper based on a contemporary newsworthy topic, i.e. environment, politics, criminal justice, medicine. Develop a strong thesis and point of view. See Part 3 MH for instructions. Include a bibliography of at least 5 additional sources. Use MLA source citation and attach a Works Cited page. Include a formal outline. Thesis topic due Mar 11 , ROUGH DRAFT and annotated bibliography due Apr 15.
Final draft due Apr 29.

Proposed calendar
Jan 21 Class Begins McGraw-Hill Part 1
In-class assignment 1: interview
Jan 28 Continued MH Part 1
In-class assignment 2: choosing and narrowing a thesis topic
Feb 4 MH ch 24 Research paper assignment and Library Orientation Tour
Feb 11 MH Part 2 Essay 1 rough draft Summary due
In-class assignment 3 descriptive essay NR (Norton Reader): John Muir “ A Windstorm in the Forest”
(NR) Angelou p.34 and Hurston p. 43
In-class assignment 4 first person narration
Feb 18 MH Part 3 Essay 1 Summary due
In-class assignment 5 comparison and contrast (NR, Angelou and Hurston)
Feb 25 Nov 3 Midterm Exam
Mar 4 MH Part 4 NR Mitford “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain”
In-class assignment 6 process analysis rough draft Essay 2 Informative Report due
Mar 11 NR Nussbaum “The Idea of World Citizenship”NR 1174; Becker “Democracy
In-class assignment 7 definition essay
Thesis topic, Essay 2 Informative Report paper due
Mar 18 NO CLASS SPRING BREAK
Mar 25 rough draft Essay 3 Interpretive Analysis due NR Machiavelli “Morals of the
Prince”865; Jefferson “Declaration of Independence” 876
In class assignment 8 comparison-contrast
Apr 1 Essay 3 Interpretive Analysis due
MH Part 8-9 Steingraber “Pesticides, Animals and Humans” handout

In-class assignment 9 cause and effect
Apr 8 MH Part 7 rough draft Essay 4 Argument essay due
Apr 15 rough draft Research paper due/
Essay 4 Argument essay due
Apr 22 No Class Spring Holiday
Apr 29 Research paper due
May 6 folders due
May 13 Final exam