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.