Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
English 1 TR11F
Spring 2010
T, Th 11:00-12:15
Email: ryaneveritt@gmail.com
Ryan Everitt
Office: 2311B
Office Hours: T, 12:15-1:15
Required Texts:
Course packet available at Far Better Copy (Hillel St.)
You will need the packet on most days (unless otherwise instructed). It is also recommended that
you purchase a portable dictionary.
Project of the Course:
English 1 is a workshop in expository writing. You will become familiar with the fundamentals of
grammar and syntax, practice the strategies used in analytical reading and writing, and apply these
skills in frequent writing assignments.
Requirements:
o 4 Formal Expository Essays—70%
 Personal Narrative—10%
 Diversity Essay —20%
 Argument Essay —20%
 Lens Essay—20%
All essays must be typed, double spaced, in Times New Roman, and 12-point font. I will not
accept emailed essays. Papers may be revised and resubmitted once. Your new grade will be
the average of the grades for your two drafts.
o Key ideas—15%
For every reading assignment, you will identify 3 important passages and provide a short
discussion of how each passage relates to the larger goals, themes, or arguments of the reading.
I will drop one grade at the end of the semester.
o Attendance/Participation—15%
Absences and Tardies: You are allowed 3 absences throughout the semester (excused or unexcused). More
than 3 absences will affect your final grade. More than 6 absences will warrant an automatic failure for the
class. Three tardies equal one absence. If you have to be absent, it is your responsibility to contact me, or a
fellow classmate, to find out what work you are responsible for.
Plagiarism: Plagiarism is submitting other people’s work as your own as well as using un-cited sources
(this includes online sources, books, magazines etc.). An essay guilty of plagiarism, whether intentional or
unintentional, will receive a zero with no opportunity for resubmission.
The faculty and administration of Brooklyn College support an environment free from cheating and
plagiarism. Each student is responsible for being aware of what constitutes cheating and plagiarism and for
avoiding both. The complete text of the CUNY Academic Integrity Policy and the Brooklyn College
procedure for implementing that policy can be found at this site: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/policies.
If a faculty member suspects a violation of academic integrity and, upon investigation, confirms that
violation, or if the student admits the violation, the faculty member MUST report the violation.
Students with disabilities: In order to receive disability-related academic accommodations students must
first be registered with the Center for Student Disability Services. Students who have a documented
disability or suspect they may have a disability are invited to set up an appointment with the Director of the
Center for Student Disability Services, Ms. Valerie Stewart-Lovell at 718-951-5538. If you have already
registered with the Center for Student Disability Services please provide your professor with the course
accommodation form and discuss your specific accommodation with him/her.
Office hours: I am here to help! Please see me during my office hours for any concerns or
questions with anything pertaining to the class. I am more than willing to make time to see any
student unable to come by during my office hours.
Course Schedule
(all reading assignments are to be completed before class)
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
1/28
2/2
2/4
2/9
2/11
2/16
2/18
2/23
2/25
3/2
3/4
3/9
3/11
3/16
3/18
3/23
3/25
3/30
4/1
4/6
4/8
4/13
4/15
4/20
4/22
4/27
4/29
5/4
5/6
5/11
5/13
5/18
Introductions
Dyer, “Anybody’s Son Will Do” / “Cults”
Diagnostic Essay
Rose, “I Just Want to Be Average”
Baldwin, “Notes of a Native Son”
Klosterman, “Billy Sim”
no class
Lethem, “The Disappointment Artist” / Writing Workshop
Writing Workshop
Due: Personal Narrative
Eleanor Sterling Bio-diversity Paper
Eleanor Sterling Lecture
Delpit, “The Silenced Dialogue”
Kynard “New Life in this Dormant Creature”
Baldwin, “On Black English” / Writing Workshop (transitions, etc)
Writing Workshop
Due: Diversity Essay
no class
no class
no class
Eighner, “On Dumpster Diving”
Twitchell, “In Praise of Consumerism”
Thoreau, “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For”
Writing Workshop
Due: Argument Essay
Strawson, “Hard Determinism”
Strawson continued
Boyz N the Hood
Writing Workshop
Engle, “Why is Superman So Darned American?”
Practice Exit Exam
Due: Lens Essay / Exit Exam review