Spring 2013 English 1302 Syllabus
Professor : Pat Green
Email Address: patricia.green@hccs.edu
or pgreen@houstonisd.org
Office Hours: Lunch, 6 th and 7 th periods, or after school
English 1302; CRN: 1 st : 35251 2 nd : 35252
Meeting Days: Mon-Wed-Fri. Times: 1 st and 2 nd periods
Location: 352
English 1302 Course Syllabus 1

**If you do not withdraw before the deadline or ask your professor to
withdraw you from this course, you will receive the grade that you are making as the final grade. This grade will probably be an “F.”
Scholastic Dishonesty: Plagiarism results in a grade of zero on that project. Cheating or
collusion results in a grade of zero on that project. Plagiarism or
collusion on a second major assignment results in a zero in the course.
1] “Plagiarism”--the appropriation of another person’s work and the
unacknowledged incorporation of that work in one’s own written work for
credit.
2] “Collusion”--the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work for credit.
Copying information from a website without appropriate citations is plagiarism and also results in a 0. You may be asked to submit your paper via the internet to turnitin.com a plagiarism detection program.
Important Dates:
January 14
April 1
May 3
May 6
May 10
May 17
Registration Ends. Last Day for Drop/Add/Swap
Classes begin
Last Day for Administrative /Student Withdrawals
Instruction Ends
Final Exam
Semester Ends
Grades available to students:
Late Paper Policy: Ten points will be deducted from late papers per day. Arrange a conference with me regarding late work for special exceptions. Please keep a copy of your papers for your own file; should a paper be lost, it is your responsibility to provide another.
Recording Devices: Use of recording devices, including camera phones and tape recorders, is prohibited in classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, and other locations where instruction, tutoring, or testing occurs.
Mission Statement of the English Department:
The purpose of the English Department is to provide courses that transfer to four-year colleges; introduce students to literature from diverse traditions; prepare students to write clear, communicative, well-organized, and detailed prose; and develop students’ reading, writing, and analytical skills.
College Classroom Policies:
Show respect and courtesy to the professor and one another at all times.
Use appropriate academic language in all discussions and class activities.
Type all major essays.
Use a standard 12 point font for all assignments with one inch margins,
complete heading, and original title.
Limit talking unless during group assignments.
English 1302 Course Syllabus 2

Focus on class activities: do not bring any cell phones or other recording
devices into the classroom.
Course Description
Arrive on time and prepared to participate in class.
English 1302 is a more extensive study of the skills introduced in English
1301 with an emphasis on critical thinking, research and documentation techniques, and literary and rhetorical analysis. English 1302 is a core curriculum course. English 1301 is a prerequisite for this course. You will not be allowed to remain in the class if you have not successfully completed English 1301. You may not take sophomore literature courses until you have completed English 1302. This class fully prepares students for sophomore level core curriculum literature courses English 2327-2374.
English literature courses fulfill the core curriculum humanities requirement (3 semester hours) as well as the multicultural requirement (3 semester hours).
I. BASIC INTELLECTUAL COMPETENCIES IN HCCS CORE
· READING: Reading material at the college level means having the ability to analyze and interpret a variety of materials -- books, articles, and documents.
· WRITING: Writing at the college level means having the ability to produce clear, correct, and coherent prose adapted to purpose, occasion, and audience. In addition to knowing correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation, students should also become familiar with the writing process, including how to discover a topic, how to develop and organize it, and how to phrase it effectively for their audience. These abilities are acquired through practice and reflection.
· SPEAKING: Effective speaking is the ability to communicate orally in clear, coherent, and persuasive language appropriate to purpose, occasion, and audience.
· LISTENING: Listening at the college level means the ability to analyze and interpret various forms of spoken communication.
· CRITICAL THINKING: Critical thinking embraces methods of applying both qualitative and quantitative skills analytically and creatively to subject matter in order to evaluate arguments and to construct alternative strategies. Problem solving is one of the applications of critical thinking used to address an identified task.
· COMPUTER LITERACY: Computer literacy at the college level means having the ability to use computer-based technology in communicating, solving problems, and acquiring information. Coreeducated students should have an understanding of the limits, problems, and possibilities associated with the use of technology and should have the tools necessary to evaluate and learn new technologies as they become available.
English 1302 Course Syllabus 3

II. EXEMPLARY EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: ENGLISH 1302
By the time they have completed English 1302, students will
• demonstrate the ability to use consistently and effectively the writing process for both in-class and out-of-class essays (thus reinforcing
English 1301 instruction);
• understand and apply the basic principles of critical thinking— evaluation, analysis, and synthesis— as they write essays that persuade or argue;
• be able to analyze, in writing, readings by professional and student writers (for such elements as purpose, audience tone, style, writing strategy, and for much deeper meanings);
• be able to develop a critical and creative essay in response to an issue related to reading(s) or other class projects;
• demonstrate the ability to resist simplistic formulations, whether in their own or others’ texts;
• understand the characteristics of imaginative texts and write effective analyses of various genres;
• be able to acknowledge, as appropriate, their own history, interests, and biases as they discuss a topic, thus placing themselves credibly in the discussion;
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• develop the ability to research and write a documented paper; make effective stylistic choices (diction, tone, sentence structure) in all writing assignments, depending upon the audience and purpose of a piece of writing;
• apply suggestions, as appropriate, from evaluated compositions to other writing tasks; and
• fulfill the writing requirements of the course, writing at least 6000 words
Student Learning Outcomes for English 1302:
1.
Apply basic principles of rhetorical analysis.
2.
Write essays that classify, explain, and evaluate rhetorical and literary strategies employed in argument, persuasion, and various forms of literature.
3.
Identify, differentiate, integrate, and synthesize research materials into argumentative and/or analytical essays.
4.
Employ appropriate documentation style and format across the spectrum of in-class and out-of-class written discourse.
5.
Demonstrate library literacy.
English 1302 Course Syllabus 4

English 1302 Dual Credit
Mon/Wed/Fri classes
MLM – Making Literature Matter
Schedule of Assignments Green
HE – Harbrace Essentials
WEEK ONE:
1/14 Preliminary assignment MLM p. 12
Introduction to the course, review syllabus
Journal #1: personal narrative
1/16
Read by next week: LBH Chapters 1and 2: What is literature and
Why Does It Matter? How to read closely
MLM p.59 – the Writing Process
Watch “I Have a Dream” video.
Argument
Journal 1
1/18
WEEK TWO:
Continue discussion of course requirements. Find rhetorical devices in “I Have a Dream.”
Homework: Read “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”
1/23
1/25
Go over syllabus and schedule of assignments.
Read Introduction in MLM, chapters one and two. Discuss.
Review Argumentation
Essay # 1: argumentation. Discuss Elements of Argument MLM p.
26. Discuss “Everyday Use”
Introduction to poetry. Read Robert Burns poems (his birthday).
Read Chopin MLM pp. 683-694
Journal 2 Argumentation Quiz # 1
WEEK THREE:
1/28
Read “a Modest Proposal.” Discuss satire.
Discuss poetry . Assign Essay # 2 Poetry Analysis. MLM p. 87
Writing a poetry analysis, Chap. 5 Writing About Poems p. 131
Discuss Chopin; LBH chap. 4; MLM pp.1459: “The Swimmer”
1/30 Poetry essay topics
MLM Chap. 6: How to Write About Poems pp. 125
Discuss the writing process
Poems: MLM Levine p. 134; Erdrich p. 139; Piercy p. 202-208; ;
Chin p. 276; Pratt p. 603, Komunyakaa p. 136 and Baca p. 137
Niemoller p.1047.
2/1 Quiz # 2: Chopin short stories. Journal 3 is due: Kate Chopin.
English 1302 Course Syllabus 5

WEEK FOUR:
2/4 Introduce Hamlet. Assign parts.
MLM chap. 4: Welty pp.99-102 and Brown pp. 103-106
Read Hamlet
2/6 LBH chap.56 and 751-754; review MLM stories for the research paper
MLM pp. 96-130 -Chap.4 Writing about Stories. W.C. Williams p..
97
2/8 Discuss Welty and Brown
Read Hamlet
. Introduce Research Writing LBH p .557
WEEK FIVE:
Journal is due: poetry
2/11
2/15
Poetry Presentations
2/13 LBH Chap. 56 and pp.751-754. Poetry presentations
Read Hamlet
Review Research Writing LBH Part 9 p.557 MLA Format
Poetry presentations: Look through MLM at the poetry collection
Father poems p. 313. Discuss and Compare poems
Journal # 5 is due
WEEK SIX:
2/18 LBH Chaps. 44 and 45. Introduce the research paper.
Research Paper prospectus and annotated bibliography
2/20
MLA format LBH p. 557
Read Hamlet . Discuss.
2/22 MLM: Clifton pp.314-315; Hayden pp. 315-316; Roethke pp. 316-
317; Lim pp. 318-319; Plath pp.318-319; Giovanni p. 462; Hogan pp.463-464; Soto pp. 465-466; Rios pp. 467-468
Poetry Essay # 2 is due
WEEK SEVEN:
2/25 Essay # 4 – Research Paper
LBH Chaps.7 and 8
MLM Choose one: Faulkner “A Rose for Emily” p.696-702; O’Brien,
“The Things They Carried” p. 1414, J.C. Oates “I, the Juror”
p. 1144. Be prepared to discuss the reasons for your choice and present an argument
2/27 Research paper topic selections; MLA format; annotated bibliography. Work on the research paper
3/1 Mid-Term
English 1302 Course Syllabus 6

WEEK EIGHT:
3/4 Read MLM Staples pp 285-291; Walker pp. 355-362; Bambara p.1107
3/6 Discuss the readings. Respond to one of the MLM readings: What makes one of the characters an outsider. 300 typed words
3/8
Share topic, insights about
The research paper process, etc. with the class.
Library Computer Lab
Essay # 4: Research Paper is due.
Spring Break: 3/11 – 3/15
WEEK NINE:
3/18 Romantic Poets: Blake p. 273, 1372; Wordsworth p. 57; Keats p. 1403, Shelley p. 1409
Assign the Romantic Poetry Project.
3/20 LBH Chap 9, 10, 47 and 48
MLM p 157 – Writing About Plays
Assign Essay # 5 Argumentative Essay based on a play
3/22 Assign parts to the play, a Doll House, MLM p.943, Glass
Menagerie p. 401 or “ For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls p. 448
Present Drama skits
WEEK TEN:
Journal is due.
3/25 Review Argumentation; LBH MLM p. 26, LBH Chap. 10 Writing and
Argument p. 199
3/27 Read aloud: a Doll House p. 943
Discuss the play. Finish drama presentations
Quiz: Drama
WEEK ELEVEN:
4/1 Read “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. Class discussion.
4/3 Discuss argumentation. Review MLM p 47-56 and LBH Chap. 10
4/5 Journal is due: Drama. Work on rough draft of Essay # 5.
English 1302 Course Syllabus 7

WEEK TWELVE:
4/8 Read MLM pp. 995-1006 –Glaspell. Create a T-Chart for Essay # 5
4/10 Continue reading Glaspell. Discussion
4/12
Read “Thou Art the Man” by E.A. Poe, MLM p. 1236 Discuss the
detective story and review the Elements of Short Fiction p. 110
Journal is due
WEEK THIRTEEN:
4/15 Work on Essay #5. Review chaps. 9 and 10. Teacher-student review of the rough draft
4/17
Organize the Reading Notebook. Make a table of contents.
Essay # 5 is due 4/19
WEEK FOURTEEN:
4/22 Emily Dickinson p. 1450
4/24 Using the Dickinson poems, present arguments, make warrants and find comparisons to other poems
4/26
WEEK FIFTEEN:
4/29
5/1
Review MLM poems and stories about it for the last Journal
Class discussion. Choose your favorite selection from MLM: write
5/3
5/6
Review LBH writing skills. Review for final retrospective Essay
Exam.
WEEK SIXTEEN:
Final Exam in the computer Lab.
English 1302 Course Syllabus 8