English 1B: Composition, Critical Reading and Thinking Instructor: Dr. Scott Lankford Office Hours: Tues/Thurs@2-3:30 no appointment needed email: lankfordscott@foothill.edu Faculty Website: http://foothill.edu/la/staff.php?s=1&rec_id=460 E1B Blog: http://mindsurfing.typepad.com/english1B/ Foothill College – Winter 2010 Office 6015 Phone/voicemail: 650-949-7540 (for instructor info/handouts) (sample tests/sample essays/info) Book List: (presented in the order assigned) Christopher Phillips, Socrates in Love ISBN 978-0393330670 Doug Dorst, Alive in Necropolis ISBN 9781594482820 Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (Simply Shakespeare Edition) ISBN 978-0764120855 Mark Wiegle, Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novel) ISBN 978-1411498747 DVD Film: Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with Hussey and Whiting ASIN 0792165055 DVD Film: Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with DiCaprio and Danes ASIN B00008G7UJ Mark Eleved, The Spoken Word Revolution Redux ISBN 978-1402208690 Assignments Calendar Week 1 (detailed directions for each assignment will be provided in class): In-Class Activities Tuesday class we’ll preview Love 14-15 Discussion = Five forms of love Before class Thursday read Love 9-78 Discussion = What is Eros? Before Friday review Love 9-78 Graded Assignments Due practice quiz #1 on pages 14-15 = 5 pts quiz #2 on pages 9-78 = 5 pts Email Essay Test #1 = 30 pts on pgs 9-78 Week 2: Before Tuesday read Love 81-138 Discussion = What is Storge? Before Thursday read Love 141-173 Discussion = What is Xenia? Before class Friday review Love 81-173 quiz #3 on pages = 5 pts 81-138 Week 3: Before Tuesday read Love 177-223 Discussion = What is Philia? Before Thursday read Love 227-314 Discussion = What is Agape? Before class Friday review Love 177-314 quiz #5 on pages 177-223 = 5 pts Week 4: Essay #1 DUE in class Tuesday Jan 26 Late penalty = -10 points per business day Discussion = Alive pages 1-5 before Thursday read Alive 9-111 Discussion: characters and conflicts by Friday review Alive 1-111 = 200 pts (20% of final grade) = 1% of your grade per day late quiz 7 on Alive 1-5 quiz #8 on pages 9-111 = 5 pts Week 5: before class Tuesday read Alive 112-167 Discussion = Gothic Horror Fiction before class Thurs read Alive 168-224 Discussion: Film Noir Before Friday review Alive 112-224 quiz #9 on pages 112-167 = 5 pts quiz #4 on pages = 5 pts 141-173 Email Essay Test #2 = 30 pts on 81-173 quiz #6 on pages = 227-314 Email Essay Test #3 = 30 pts on 177-314 Email Essay Test #4 quiz #10 on pages 38-75 = 5 pts Email Test #5 on 112-224 = 30 pts Week 6: before class Tues read Alive 225-275 Discussion = Point of View before class Thurs read Alive 279-342 Discussion = Betrayal Friday Holiday (President’s Day) quiz #11 on pages 225-275 = 5 pts Week 7: before class Tues read Alive 343-395 Discussion = Hungry Ghosts before class Thurs read Alive 396-437 Discussion = Endings Before Friday review Alive 225-437 quiz #13 on pages 343-395 Week 8: Essay 2 DUE on Tuesday Feb 23 in class Late penalty = -10 points per business day before class Tuesday watch Romeo DVD Hussey Discussion = Making Sense of Shakespeare before class Thursday watch Romeo DVD Leo Before Friday review both DVD’s = 200 pts (20% of your final grade) = 1% of your grade per day late quiz #15 on main characters in Romeo Week 9: before Tuesday read Simply Shakespeare Discussion = Shakespeare’s language before Thursday read No Fear edition Discussion = Graphic Novels Before Friday review Simply and No Fear quiz #17 on Simply Shakespeare Week 10: before class Tuesday read Spoken xiii-27 Discussion = Performance Poetry Before class Thursday read Spoken 44-53 Discussion = Performing Poetry Before Friday review Spoken pages TBA quiz #19 on Spoken xiii-27 = 5 pts Week 11: Essay 3 DUE in class on Tuesday March 16 Late penalty = -10 points per day before Tuesday Read Spoken pages TBA Discussion = Student Slams before Thursday read Spoken pages TBA Discussion = Student Slams Friday Make-up Essay Test (replaces low grade) Essay 3= 200 pts (20% of course grade) = 1% of your course grade per day late extra credit quiz #21 Spoken pagesTBA quiz #12 on pages 279-342 = 5 pts no test this week quiz #14 on pages 396-437 = 5 pts Email Test #6 = 30 pts on pages 225-437 quiz #6 on differences in DVDs = 5 pts Email Test #7 on both DVD’s quiz #18 on No Fear Email Test #8 on Simply and No Fear quiz #20 on Spoken 44-53 Email Test #9 on Spoken pages TBA extra credit quiz #22 Spoken pages TBA Email Essay Test 10 on Spoken pages TBA Week 12: Final Week Class Meets only Tues March 23 from 12:30-2:30 in our regular classroom Extra credit quiz #23 (easy class survey—just show up on time to earn extra points!) 2 hour Final exam = 30 points (Question: How do all these books we read fit together?) Essay 1-2 Rewrites Due by Tuesday March 23 in Class Essay 3 Rewrites Due under my office door by Friday March 23 at noon. Course Grading Scale: 1000 points possible ( + up to 75 points extra credit) 930-1000=A; 900-929=A-; 870-899=B+; 830-869=B; 800-829=B-; 770-799=C+; 700-769 = C; 600-699 = D Points Possible: Essays 1-3 =600 pts; Tests 1-9= 270 pts; Quizzes 1-20 = 100 pts; Final = 30 pts Essay Rewrites: Essay rewrites are worth up to 20 points extra credit each (max 60 points total). Attendance Policy: Students who are marked late or absent more than five times may be dropped. Foothill Honor Code: Students convicted of Honor Code violations will be severely penalized.