English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Tuition: Tuition of $138.00 payable to Broad Run High School, is due by September 15, 2014.
Course Description:
The purpose of the class is to introduce students to critical thinking and the fundamentals of academic writing. Through
the writing process, students refine topics; develop and support ideas; investigate, evaluate, and incorporate appropriate
resources; edit for effective style and usage; and determine appropriate approaches for a variety of contexts, audiences,
and purposes.
Major Course Topics:
 Critical thinking
 The writing process
 Selecting / Refining topics
 Developing, organizing, and supporting ideas
 Investigating and evaluating resources
 Incorporating appropriate resources into text
 Considering context, audience, and purpose
Course Objectives:
Goal One: The Process of Writing
ENGL 111 will help students understand that writing is a process that develops through experience and varies among
individuals.
Objectives:
 Students will engage in all phases of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and reflecting.
 Students will incorporate reading and experience into their writing processes.
Goal Two: Critical Thinking for Writing
ENG 111 will develop students’ ability to analyze and investigate ideas and to present them in well-structure d prose
appropriate to the purpose and audience.
Objectives:
 Students will competently read, summarize, and respond to college-level texts.
 Students will create unified, coherent, well-developed texts that demonstrate a self-critical awareness of rhetorical
elements such as purpose, audience, and organization.
 Students will appropriately employ grammatical and mechanical conventions in the preparation of readable
manuscripts.
 Students will learn how to use and evaluate outside sources of information, incorporate and document source
material appropriately, and avoid plagiarism.
 Students will produce 15-20 pages of finished, graded text, including at least one documented essay.
Course Credit: 3 credit hours
Prerequisites: Students must achieve satisfactory scores on placement tests or SATs as established by the VCCS and
adopted by their college, or have satisfactorily completed either ENF 1 or ENF 2, depending on where the student was
placed.
English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Required Textbooks (provided by the school):
Cooley, Thomas. The Norton Sampler. 7th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. 2010. Print.
Kennedy, X.J., Dorothy M. Kennedy, and Jane E. Aaron. The Bedford Reader. 10th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s.
2011. Print.
Required Textbooks (individually purchased):
Ousborne, Jeff. Reading Pop Culture: A Portable Anthology. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s. 2013. Print.
Strunk, William Jr., E.B. White, and Roger Angell. Elements of Style. 4th Edition. New York: Longman. 1999. Print.
Required Resources:
3-ring binder
Spiral notebook
Flash drive
Paper
Pen (2 colors)
Grading:
Grading for ENGL 111 will encompass daily writing, workshop activities, vocabulary study, grammar study, and final
papers. Your grade is calculated based on points earned divided by points possible. Your nine take-home essays will be
worth 200 points each. Each quarter is worth 45% of your semester grade, and your final exam for ENGL 111 is worth
10% of your semester grade. The grade breakdown is as follows:
Essays: 60%
Homework: 30%
Journals/Other: 10%
Daily Writing, Workshop, Vocabulary, and Grammar Assignments:
Students will complete a variety of informal writing assignments (journaling, answering questions regarding reading
assignments, and responding to prompts), both inside and outside of class time. We will spend class time each week
engaging in writing workshops, with related graded activities. Grammar will be integrated through writing assignments as
well as other individual assignments. All assignments will be given a point value at the time of the assignment.
Papers/Essays:
Students are expected to complete 15-20 pages of typed, graded text that includes one documented essay. Ample practice
time is provided to review proper summation, paraphrasing, and MLA documentation techniques. Essays will count more
heavily than other assignments. Point values will be given for each assignment. Some papers will include a rough draft,
English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
peer editing, and a final draft. In order to receive full credit for multi-draft papers, students must submit all required
elements on time.
Papers must be submitted online on turnitin.com by the date assigned. Reading assignment responses are to be typed with
your name, date, and period at the top. These assignments must be turned in on the day that they are due or they will not
be accepted and you will receive zero points for that reading assignment.
Late Work Policy:
Late essays will be penalized 10% for each day that they are late. So, for a 200 point essay, you would be penalized 20
points each day. If you have a legitimate emergency and need to make arrangements for an extension, you must
communicate with me before the due date. Late papers will be accepted up to one week (five days) beyond the due date.
After five days, your grade will forever remain a zero.
Because we utilize our homework in class, daily assignments that are not turned in on the day that they are due will
automatically receive a zero unless turned in by the next class day. Then, you will receive a maximum of a 50% for a
perfect assignment.
Snow Days:
As a college class, you are expected to complete the assignment on each given day. If a snow day occurs, you are
expected to complete the reading assignments for that day and the homework. It would behoove you to take home your
textbooks every day once winter arrives. Any additional news for that day’s assignments will be sent to you via email and
posted on the website.
Plagiarism:
Neither cheating nor plagiarism will be tolerated. Plagiarism is defined as using another person’s work or ideas without
giving proper credit. Any attempt to take credit for work that is not your own will lead to an F on the assignment and
disciplinary action as outlined in the student handbook, including possible notification to NOVA College. According the
NOVA Student Handbook, “Academic dishonesty cannot be condoned. When such misconduct is established as having
occurred, it subjects you to possible disciplinary actions ranging from admonition to dismissal, along with any grade
penalty the instructor might, in appropriate cases, impose.
College-Level Expectations and Considerations:
Because this is a college class, you are expected to behave like college students. This means refraining from all
distracting behavior, including participating in irrelevant discussions, using personal electronic devices, and completing
work for another class. If I see or hear your cell phone, I will take it from you until class ends. If I see it or hear it on a
second occasion, you will be asked to surrender your phone upon entering the classroom from that day on.
Tardiness is a serious distraction, and Broad Run’s tardy policy will strictly be enforced. If your tardy is unexcused and it
causes you to miss a graded assignment, you will not be given an opportunity to make it up.
English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
You may not eat food in the classroom, unless I provide it.
This course follows NOVA’s policy on communication with parents. It is expected that the student will self-advocate if
there are any questions or concerns. The parent will be allowed to communicate with the instructor only with the
permission and attendance of the student at any discussion. I will communicate solely with the student unless he/she
grants permission for a parent to be present.
Office hours: 8:35-9:00 A.M.
Website
The syllabus, complete with the course schedule (subject to change) is posted on Broad Run’s website under my name.
Important announcements pertaining to scheduling changes will be posted on the website as they arise. Please check the
website frequently for announcements. For any last minute changes, I will send an email blast via your turnitin.com
account email.
Writing Center
Broad Run will be offering a Writing Center during both lunch periods. The Writing Center’s trained tutors can help you
revise your essays. You may also visit NOVA’s campus to partake of its Writing Center or visit them
online: http://www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/english/WritingCenter/ Tutoring is free to all NOVA students. I strongly
encourage you to utilize the Writing Center’s resources to improve your college writing.
Students with Disabilities:
To the extent allowable by NOVA, students with IEPs or 504 plans will receive the accommodations specified in those
IEPs or 504 plans. It should be noted that such modifications will NOT include excusing students from completing the
minimum page requirements for the class specified by the university.
Minimum Grade Expectations:
A successful grade in college is an A or a B. Within the first month of school, a student who is receiving a C should
consider the importance of starting a college transcript with good grades and should strongly consider exercising his or
her “drop” or “withdrawal” options. If these options are not exercised by the deadline and a student ends the fall semester
with an F, this grade will stay on the student’s permanent transcript, and the student will not be permitted to continue into
ENGL 112. Instead, the student will be placed in English 12A.
Note: The last day to drop the class without having it appear on your permanent college transcript is October 17, 2014.
The last day to withdraw with a “W” noted on your permanent college transcript but without a negative impact on your
college GPA is December 12, 2014. If you “let it ride” after that, whatever grade you earn will stand and will impact your
college (and high school) GPA.
Final Exam:
January 19-23, 2015
English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Note:
PC=Reading Pop Culture
NS: Norton Sampler
BR: Bedford Reader
ES: Elements of Style
First Quarter Syllabus (“A” Day)
Week
Date
Description
One
Sept 2
Sept 4
Introduction to course
Access course website
Discuss course syllabus, schedule, and assignments
Discussion of technology
Textbook assignments
Assignments:
Buy textbooks. Sign up to turnitin.com
Topic: “You as a Writer”: write about something that you cannot live without
Readings: “Nobody Likes to Write (But Everyone Loves to Have Written) (If You Can Talk)
“If You Don’t Know What to Say, Start Saying It” (If You Can Talk)
Homework standards: typed, etc.
Assignments:
*Sentence Combining with Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions
NS: “from Holy the Firm”-Annie Dillard, 2-5; Q1-5
Online: “The Death of the Moth”-Virginia Woolf, 396-399
Two
Sept 8
Journal: Read NS: “How I Wrote the Moth Essay and Why”-Annie Dillard, 6-13Response to Dillard &
Woolf then compare and contrast your homework assignment.
Readings: “Being a Writer”: E.B. White, “The Essayist and the Essay” (Handout-Essay Connection)
“Why I Write: Making No Become Yes”-Elie Wiesel (Handout-Essay Connection)
Assignment: Create a strong personal voice, Understanding Style (handout), 37, Exercise 8, 1-3
Sept 10
Journal: Write an opinion piece on Obama then compare your voice to the homework’s voice.
Turn in both, stapled to your homework.
Choose to read one of the stories and answer the questions:
BR: “Arm Wrestling with My Father”-Brad Manning, 144-150
BR: “Shooting Dad”—Sarah Vowell, 152-159
Assignment: Bring in your favorite object from home—can’t be a picture
Sept 12
Journal: Notes on Modes of Exposition, Persuasive Rhetorical techniques; in your spiral, analyze Manning
or Vowel’s story based on the persuasive elements.
Analyze one of the four essays that we have read re: modes of exposition
Writing Strategy: Descriptive Narration—write a story utilizing the description of your favorite object to a
larger purpose/meaning. Discuss how to Peer Review for gold nuggets then T-P-S.
Handout: Proofreading symbols
Assignment: redo homework
English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Three
Sept 16
[LAPTOPS]
Journal: Describe your favorite toy OR BR 135
Strategy: Description: Concrete v. Abstract—Analyze Manning/Vowell+creating tension
Play with introductions.
Begin drafting your Descriptive Essay. Due 9/24 on turnitin.com
Assignment: *Do not begin any sentence with the subject. PC: “Toys”-Roland Barthes, 25-29; Q2, 4
Sept 18
[LAPTOPS]—Descriptive Writing Assignment
Handout: MLA Citation: Practice—start citing your homework
Turn in Spiral.
Assignment: Elements of Style: “An Approach to Style” 66-69 (complete assignment)
Paper 1—Descriptive Essay (due 9/24 on turnitin.com)
Sept 22
Bellringer: Video: Weird Al Yankovic, “Word Crimes” YouTube-discuss
Journal: BR 75
Strategy: Narrative Writing; 1st Drafts reminder
PowerPoint: Writing a Narrative (BR 76); BR: 80-83; NS: 84-86—we’ve been reading narratives:
choose one to analyze through the elements that I gave you.
Elements of Style homework discussion
Assignment: Elements of Style: finish pages 70-85 (complete handout)
“Deadwood” Understanding Style (handout), 45;
If your college has a personal essay, bring in the prompt.
Sept 24
[LAPTOPS]-Narrative essay: will need to be seen by the Writing Lab and a receipt given to me before you
turn it in to turnitin.com. Utilize their advice to revise.
Journal: Writing 1st Drafts-“Polaroids”-Anne Lamott (Handout Essay Connection)
Brainstorming for narrative essay—or use a college application personal essay prompt
Assignment: *Specific details + sentence combining
Read (BR): “The Chase”-Annie Diillard, 99-103, QM: 1, 4; QWS: 1-4; QL: 1-4—as a model for a
personal/narrative essay
Sept 26
[LAPTOPS]-Narrative essay—due 10/5
Journal Warm-up: Obituary
Strategy: Narrative Writing, Cont’d; Active Verbs
Assignments:
*Diction improvement + syntax
BR: “The Lottery”-Shirley Jackson, 122-132, QWS: 1-3; QL: 1-4
Sept 30
[LAPTOPS]
Journal: Writing Self-Reflection: BR: 132-133, Shirley Jackson
Strategy: Narrative Writing, Diction, Developing Paragraphs (Sundance, 90-98 PowerPoint)
You have to give your draft to the writing center for 5 points—you will receive a receipt.
Then, turn it in by 10/5
Assignment: Paper 2—Final Narrative Essay due 10/7 on turnitin.com
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Five
English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Oct 2
Journal: Illustrate why a certain food is the best food with specific examples.
Strategy: Illustration through Example
Readings: Powerpoint (BR: 188); 192-194 Sundance, 234-235 (handout)—reflect on your journal entry
Elements of Style:15-18—play with style
Assignments:
*Diction improvement + syntax
BR: “On Compassion”-Barbara L. Ascher, 19t-199, QM: 1-4; QWS: 2, 3, 4; QL: 2
BR: “Homeless”-Anna Quindlen, 200-203, QM: 1,2; QWS: 14
Oct 6
[LAPTOPS]—Illustrative Essay (due 10/18)
Journal: Compare and Contrast the two homework essays
Strategy: Illustration through Example, cont’d
Turn in spiral.
Assignment: Illustrative Essay
Oct 8
[LAPTOPS]
Journal: “Freedom”
Drafting your Illustrative Essay.
Assignment: Illustrative Essay
Oct 10
[LAPTOPS]
Play with style: Elements of Style: 19-24
Draft essay.
Assignment: Paper 3—Illustration through Example (due 10/18 on turnitin.com)
Six
Seven
October 13: Columbus Holiday
Oct 15
Journal: BR: 229
Strategy: Comparison/Contrast; Thesis Development
Readings: BR: 230-35; Handout: “Develop a Thesis” (Sundance)
“Supporting a Thesis”; “Developing a Paragraph”(Handout: Sundance)
Assignment: BR: “Neat People v. Sloppy People”-Suzanne Britt, 238-241; QM 2; QWS: 1, 2, 4; QL: 1
Oct 17
[LAPTOPS]—Compare/Contrast Essay
Journal: Choose to compare men v. women or a character trait to a different character trait
Assignment: *Diction improvement + syntax
BR: “Batting Clean-up and Striking Out”—Dave Barry, 245-47, QM 1-3; QWS: 1-5; QL: 1
Oct 21
[LAPTOPS]—Compare/Contrast Essay
Journal: PC: 288, Q4
Must have a Writing Center receipt for your “final draft” for 5 points of your grade.
Assignment: Paper 4—Compare/Contrast Assignment (due 10/29 on turnitin.com) with Writing Lab
receipt given to me on 10/31.
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Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Oct 23
Journal: BR: 285
Play with style: Elements of Style: 25-28
Strategy: Process Analysis; BR: 286-293; PowerPoint-notes
Read & discuss: “How to Operate a Shower Curtain”-Ian Frazier, (BR 10th 302-307) (Xerox)
Turn in spiral.
Assignments:
*Diction improvement + syntax
NS: “How Boys Become Men”-Jon Katz, 220-224, Discussion Q1-5
Oct 27
[LAPTOPS]—Process Analysis Essay—due 11/6
Journal: Play with style: 29-33
Strategy: Process Analysis, cont’d
Assignments:
Read “How to Operate a Shower Curtain”—Ian Frazier, (handout—BR 10th 302-307)
Oct 29
[LAPTOPS]-Process Analysis Essay
Journal: Process of how your parents raised you to be who you are today
Assignments:
Paper 5—Process Analysis (due 11/6 on turnitin.com)
Bring in lowest graded essay.
Oct 31
Writing Workshop of your lowest graded essay
Writing chart. Learning how to color code elements.
Assignments:
Paper 5—Process Analysis (due 11/6 on turnitin.com)
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English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Note:
PC=Reading Pop Culture
NS: Norton Sampler
BR: Bedford Reader
ES: Elements of Style
Second Quarter Syllabus (“A” Day)
Week
Date
Description
One
Nov 6
Journal: BR: 429
Strategy: Cause and Effect; Commas & Semicolons
Readings: BR: 430-433; PowerPoint-notes
PC: “Can Video Games Teach Us How to Succeed in the Real World?”-Lane Wallace, 390-395
Assignment: PC: “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”-Steven Johnson, 275-288,
Cause & Effect analysis
Nov 10
Journal: NS6: 282
Strategy: Cause and Effect, cont’d; Proofreading
Readings: NS6 Handout: “The Wound that Can’t Be Stitched Up”-Ruth Russell, 309-313
BR: “Videotape”-Don DeLillo, 466-471
Assignment: Handout, Sundance 452-459
Nov 12
Journal: Homework response
Strategy: Cause and Effect, cont’d; Clauses
Debate: BR: “Live Free and Starve”-Chitra Divakaruni, 448-453
Paper 6—Cause & Effect Essay Assignment Options (due 11/20)
Nov 14
Journal: BR 515
Writing: Handout: “Two Annotated Student Essays” (America)
Strategy: Persuasion; Proofreading
Readings: BR: 516-531; PowerPoint-notes; ethos, pathos, and logos (Sundance, 462, PP)
Assignments:
*Diction improvement + syntax
Handout: “But Enough About You…”-Brian Williams, (BR 10th 539-542);
QM: 1-4; QWS: 1-5; QL: 4
Nov 18
Journal: BR 545
Strategy: Persuasion, cont’d; Proofreading
Reading: NS6 Handout: “Safe-Sex Lies”-Meghan Daum, 345-351
Debate: BR: “Too Much Pressure”-Colleen Wenke, 532-537
Turn in spiral.
Assignments:
*Diction improvement + syntax
NS6 Handout: “Being Prepared in Suburbia”-Roger Verhulst, 340-344; FD: 5;
S&S 5-6; Words 4
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Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
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Nov 20
Journal: Response to Cause & Effect essay—bring in a copy or your laptop
Strategy: Persuasion, cont’d; Proofreading
Debate: NS: “The Island of Plenty”-Johnson C. Montgomery, 399-403
PC: “Is Facebook a Fad”-Farhad Manjoo, 222-226
Nov 24
Journal: Sundance, 465
Strategy: Persuasion, cont’d; Proofreading
Writing Activity: Sundance, 470
Handout: “Wont You Be My Friendster?”-Andie Wurster, (BR 10th 543-547)
Assignment: Paper 7: Persuasive Essay (due 12/6)
Nov 26-28
Thanksgiving Break
Dec 1
Strategy: Research, Notetaking-PP, Sundance 535 (handout: 536); Brainstorming
Readings: PowerPoint-notes; Handouts re: Research
Sundance, 526-527, 533 (handout); Bibliographies
Working Outline: Sundance, 545-46 (handout)
Blue Books in Library—take a peek. MLA website.
Assignment: Research proposal: 100 word synopsis (due 12/5)
Dec 3
Journal: Proofreading
Strategy: Research—INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARY RESOURCES
Handout: “Previewing” (The Informed Argument, 155)
[LIBRARY]: begin research if ready; peruse possibilities for synopsis
Blue Books in Library—take a peek.
Dec 5
Journal: Proofreading
Turn in spiral.
Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]
Blue Books in Library—take a peek.
Assignment: Research notes and Typed Bibliography due 12/19
Dec 9
Journal: Persuasive Essay Work, if nec. Bring in copy or your laptop.
Strategy: Research, [LIBRARY]
Blue Books in Library—take a peek.
Assignment: Research notes and Typed Bibliography due 12/19
Dec 11
Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]
Blue Books in Library—take a peek.
Assignment: Research notes and Typed Bibliography due 12/19
Dec 15
Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]
Blue Books in Library—take a peek.
Assignment: Research notes and Typed Bibliography due 12/19
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Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Dec 17
Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]
Utilizing direct quotes (Sundance, 549-551) + Blue Book
Assignment: Research notes and Typed Bibliography due 12/19
Dec 19
Check notes and bibliography
Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]: Begin typing your research paper
Assignment Paper 8: Research Essay due 1/11
Winter Break: December 22-January 2
Eight
Jan 6
Journal: BR: 475
Strategy: Definition
Readings: BR: 478-485; PowerPoint-notes
Activity: Sundance, 266
Assignments: Paper 8: Research Essay due 1/11
Jan 8
Journal: What does it mean to be an American? Male? Female?
Strategy: Definition, cont’d; Elements of Style work
Readings: Handout: Sundance, 273; NS: “Guys vs. Men”-Dave Barry, 309-316
Assignment Paper 8: Research Essay due 1/11
Jan 12
Journal: BR: 375
Strategy: Classification & Division
Readings: BR: 376-377; PowerPoint-notes; BR: 381-383
Activity: Sundance, 384, 388
Assignment:
*Diction improvement + syntax
NS: “The Color of Success”-Eric A. Watts, 185-190; D: 1-4; Words 1-4
Jan 14
Journal: Lying v. Doublespeak
Turn in spiral.
Strategy: Classification & Division
Readings: BR: “The Ways We Lie”-Stephanie Ericcson, 407-416
BR: “The World of Doublespeak”-William Lutz, 417-425
Assignment: Midterm
Jan 16
Midterm Prep: MLA Citation. Self-Reflection.
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Midterm Week: January 19-23
English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Note:
PC=Reading Pop Culture
NS: Norton Sampler
BR: Bedford Reader
ES: Elements of Style
First Quarter Syllabus (“B” Day)
Week
Date
Description
One
Sept 3
Introduction to course
Access course website
Discuss course syllabus, schedule, and assignments
Discussion of technology
Textbook Assignments
Assignments: Buy textbooks. Sign up to turnitin.com
Journal: Topic“Write about something or someone that you cannot live without”
Readings: “Nobody Likes to Write (But Everyone Loves to Have Written) (If You Can Talk)
“If You Don’t Know What to Say, Start Saying It” (If You Can Talk)
Homework standards: typed, etc.
Assignments:
*Sentence Combining with Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions
NS: “from Holy the Firm”-Annie Dillard, 2-5; Q1-5
Online: “The Death of the Moth”-Virginia Woolf, 396-399
Sept 5
Two
Sept 9
Journal: response to Woolf or Dillard
Ethos, Pathos, Logos/Audience, Subject, Reader
Reading: QWSR: “Why I Write: Making No Become Yes”-Elie Wiesel (Handout-Essay Connection)
Assignment: Bring in your favorite object.
Sept 11
Write about your favorite object (25m)
How to Peer Review a draft.
Peer Review.
Assignment: Choose one:
BR: “Arm Wrestling with My Father”-Brad Manning, 146-150, QWS: 1-3; QL: 1-4
BR: “Shooting with Dad”—Sarah Vowell, 152-159; QM: 4, 5; QWS: 1-3; QL: 1, 3, 5
Sept 15
Journal: Analyze the ethos, logos, and pathos of Manning or Vowell and weave in textual support.
Strategy: Description: Concrete v. Abstract; Audience and purpose
Highlight the concrete details of your essay.
Rewrite your intro.
Assignments: laptops; redo your homework
Sept 17
[LAPTOPS]—Descriptive Essay—due 9/24 on turnitin.com
Journal warm-up: “My Face”
MLA Citation: Handout—begin citing your homework.
Assignment: *Do not begin any sentence with the subject. PC: “Toys”-Roland Barthes, 25-29; Q2, 4
Sept 19
[LAPTOPS]—Descriptive Essay
Journal warm-up: “An Approach to Style” 66-69 (practice activity)
Turn in spiral.
Assignment: Paper 1—Descriptive Essay (due 9/24 on turnitin.com)
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Four
Sept 23
[LAPTOPS]—Narrative Essay: must be reviewed by Writing Lab before turning in –
utilize their comments to revise. Give me the receipt. Due 10/7
Journal: BR 75
Strategy: Narrative Writing; 1st Drafts + tension
Writing a Narrative (BR 76). Strategy: Narrative Writing BR: 80-83; PowerPoint-notes; NS: 84-86
Choose one of the narratives that we have read and analyze based on narrative elements.
Assignment: “Deadwood” Understanding Style (handout), 45
Sept 25
[LAPTOPS]—Narrative Essay— must be reviewed by Writing Lab before turning in –
utilize their comments to revise. Give me the receipt. Due 10/7
Journal: Writing 1st Drafts-“Polaroids”-Anne Lamott (Handout Essay Connection)
Assignment: BR: Elements of Style: pages 70-85 (complete handout)
Sept 29
[LAPTOPS]—Narrative Essay: must be reviewed by Writing Lab before turning in –
utilize their comments to revise. Give me the receipt. Due 10/7
Journal warm-up: Obituary
Strategy: Narrative Writing, Cont’d; Active Verbs: revision look
Assignments:
*Diction improvement + syntax
BR: “The Lottery”-Shirley Jackson, 122-132, QWS: 1-3; QL: 1-4
Oct 1
Journal: Writing Self-Reflection: BR: 132-133, Shirley Jackson
Strategy: Narrative Writing, Diction (better word chart with partner)
Readings: Pre-Debate: “Rules for Discussion”-notes
Debate: BR: “Grade A: The Market for a Yale Women’s Eggs”-Jessica Cohen, 114-119
Assignments: Narrative Essay Final due 10/7 with Writing Center receipt in class.
Oct 3
Journal: Illustrate why a certain food is the best food with specific examples.
Strategy: Illustration through Example: Powerpoint (BR: 188); 192-194
Activity: “Support the Statements” (Sundance 232) & Elements of Style:15-18
Assignments:
*Diction improvement + syntax
BR: “On Compassion”-Barbara L. Ascher, 195-199, QM: 1-4; QWS: 2, 3, 4; QL: 2
BR: “Homeless”-Anna Quindlen, 200-203, QM: 1,2; QWS: 14
Oct 7
[LAPTOPS]—Illustration Essay due 10/18
Journal: Compare and Contrast the two homework essays; discuss
Asssignment: Illustration Essay due 10/18 on turnitin.com
Oct 9
[LAPTOPS]—Illustration Essay due 10/18
Journal: NS: “All Seven Deadly Sins Committed at Church Bake Sale”-The Onion, 101-105
Turn in spiral.
Assignment: Illustration through Example Assignment Handout (due 10/18)
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October 13: Columbus Holiday
Oct 14
Journal: Choose to compare men v. women or a character trait
Strategy: Comparison/Contrast; Thesis Development
Readings: BR: 224-231; Handout: “Develop a Thesis” (Sundance)
“Supporting a Thesis”; “Developing a Paragraph”(Handout: Sundance)
Assignment: Elements of Style: 19-24
Oct 16
[LAPTOPS]—Compare/Contrast Essay: Writing Lab check w/receipt due 10/29 on turnitin.com
Journal: NS6 Handout: “Grammy Rewards”-Deborah Dalfonso, 206-208
Assignment: BR: “Neat People v. Sloppy People”-Suzanne Britt, 238-241; QM 2; QWS: 1, 2, 4; QL: 1
Oct 20
[LAPTOPS]—Compare/Contrast Essay: Writing lab check w/receipt; due on turnitin.com by 10/29
Journal: Homework response
Assignment:
*Diction improvement + syntax
BR: “Batting Clean-up and Striking Out”-Dave Barry, 245-247; QM: 1-3;
QWS: 1-5; QL: 1
[LAPTOPS]- Compare/Contrast Essay: Writing lab check w/receipt; due on turnitin.com by 10/29
Journal: PC: 288, Q4
Strategy: Comparison/Contrast/cont’d
Assignment: Paper 4—Compare/Contrast Assignment (due 10/29);
Elements of Style: 25-28—complete handout
Eight
Oct 22
Oct 24
Journal: BR: 285
Strategy: Process Analysis;
Readings: BR: 286-293; PowerPoint-notes
Handout: “How to Operate a Shower Curtain”-Ian Frazier, (BR 10th 302-307)
Assignments:
*Diction improvement + syntax
NS: “How Boys Become Men”-Jon Katz, 220-224, Discussion Q1-5
Oct 28
[LAPTOPS]—Process Analysis Essay—due 11/6 on turnitin.com
Journal: How your parents raised you to be who you are today
Writing: Relative Clauses; Elements of Style; 29-33
Strategy: Process Analysis
Assignments: Bring in your lowest grade essay for peer review.
Oct 30
[LAPTOP]—Process Analysis Essay—due 11/6 on turnitin.com
Graphing writing—another method for revision. Best & worst paragraph.
Turn in spiral.
Assignment: Process Analysis Essay due on turnitin.com on 11/6
Nine
End of the Quarter
English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Note:
PC=Reading Pop Culture
NS: Norton Sampler
BR: Bedford Reader
ES: Elements of Style
Second Quarter Syllabus (“B” Day)
Week
Date
Description
One
Nov 5
Journal: BR: 429
Strategy: Cause and Effect; Commas & Semicolons
Readings: BR: 430-433; PowerPoint-notes
PC: “Can Video Games Teach Us How to Succeed in the Real World?”-Lane Wallace, 390-395
Assignment: PC: “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”-Steven Johnson, 275-288,
Cause & Effect analysis
Nov 7
Journal: NS6: 282
Strategy: Cause and Effect, cont’d; Proofreading
Readings: NS6 Handout: “The Wound that Can’t Be Stitched Up”-Ruth Russell, 309-313
BR: “Videotape”-Don DeLillo, 466-471
Assignment: Handout, Sundance 452-459
Nov 11
Journal: Homework response
Strategy: Cause and Effect, cont’d; Clauses
Debate: BR: “Live Free and Starve”-Chitra Divakaruni, 448-453
Paper 6—Cause & Effect Essay Assignment Options (due 11/21)
Nov 13
Journal: BR 515
Writing: Handout: “Two Annotated Student Essays” (America)
Strategy: Persuasion; Proofreading
Readings: BR: 516-531; PowerPoint-notes; ethos, pathos, and logos (Sundance, 462, PP)
Assignments:
*Diction improvement + syntax
Handout: “But Enough About You…”-Brian Williams, (BR 10th 539-542);
QM: 1-4; QWS: 1-5; QL: 4
Nov 17
Journal: BR 545
Strategy: Persuasion, cont’d; Proofreading
Reading: NS6 Handout: “Safe-Sex Lies”-Meghan Daum, 345-351
Debate: BR: “Too Much Pressure”-Colleen Wenke, 532-537
Assignments:
*Diction improvement + syntax
NS6 Handout: “Being Prepared in Suburbia”-Roger Verhulst, 340-344; FD: 5;
S&S 5-6; Words 4
Two
Three
English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Nov 19
Journal: Response to Cause & Effect essay
Strategy: Persuasion, cont’d; Proofreading
Debate: NS: “The Island of Plenty”-Johnson C. Montgomery, 399-403
PC: “Is Facebook a Fad”-Farhad Manjoo, 222-226
Nov 21
Journal: Sundance, 465
Turn in spiral.
Strategy: Persuasion, cont’d; Proofreading
Writing Activity: Sundance, 470
Handout: “Wont You Be My Friendster?”-Andie Wurster, (BR 10th 543-547)
Assignment: Paper 7: Persuasive Essay (due 12/5)
Nov 25
Journal: Gratefulness
Writing Strategies Assessment
Research options—consider over break
Nov 26-28
Thanksgiving Break
Dec 2
Strategy: Research, Notetaking; Brainstorming
Readings: PowerPoint-notes; Handouts
Assignment: Research proposal: 100 word synopsis (due 12/8)
Dec 4
Journal: Proofreading
Strategy: Research; Bibliographies
[LIBRARY}: Learn about research sources and search engines
Handout: “Previewing” (The Informed Argument, 155)
Assignment: Research proposal: 100 word synopsis (due 12/8)
Dec 8
Journal: Proofreading
Persuasive Essay Work, if needed
Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]
Assignment: Research notes and Typed Bibliography due 12/18
Dec 10
Strategy: Research, [LIBRARY]
Assignment: Continue research and notetaking
Dec 12
Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]
Assignment: Continue research and notetaking
Dec 16
Strategy: Research [LIBRARY]
Assignment: : Research notes and Typed Bibliography due
Dec 18
Strategy: Research [LIBRARY}
Begin typing your research paper.
Check notes and bibliography
Assignment Paper 8: Research Essay due 1/11
Four
Five
Six
Seven
English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Winter Break: December 22-January 2
Eight
Jan 5
Journal: BR: 475
Strategy: Definition
Readings: BR: 478-485; PowerPoint-notes
Activity: Sundance, 266
Assignments:
*Diction improvement + syntax
Research Paper due 1/11
Jan 7
Journal: What does it mean to be an American? Male? Female?
Strategy: Definition, cont’d; Elements of Style work
Readings: NS: “Guys vs. Men”-Dave Barry, 309-316
Research paper due 1/11
Jan 9
Journal: BR: 375
Strategy: Classification & Division
Readings: BR: 376-377; PowerPoint-notes; BR: 381-383
Activity: Sundance, 384, 388
Assignment:
*Diction improvement + syntax
NS: “The Color of Success”-Eric A. Watts, 185-190; D: 1-4; Words 1-4
Research paper due 1/11
Jan 13
Journal: Lying v. Doublespeak
Turn in spiral.
Strategy: Classification & Division
Readings: BR: “The Ways We Lie”-Stephanie Ericcson, 407-416
BR: “The World of Doublespeak”-William Lutz, 417-425
Assignment: Midterm
Jan 15
Midterm Prep: MLA Citation; Timed Essay
Nine
Midterm Week: January 20-23
English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Characteristics of an "A" Essay
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has a clear, effective thesis statement supported by logical, unified, well-developed paragraphs
uses specific, vivid, detailed language to create interesting examples and express generalizations strongly
binds thoughts together coherently with effective transitions
shows excellent judgment and control in choosing and creating patterns of organization appropriate to the
assignment and the thesis
demonstrates effective word choice, sophisticated and varied sentence structures, and mature and thoughtful ideas
is practically error free; uses Standard American English grammar and mechanics
is properly documented (when applicable)
when taken as a whole, is a far above average essay that demonstrates an understanding of the requirements of the
assignment and an excellent response to those requirements
Characteristics of a "B" Essay
 has a generally clear, effective thesis statement supported by unified, well-developed paragraphs
 uses fairly specific, vivid, detailed language to create examples and express generalizations
 binds thoughts together coherently with effective transitions
 shows good judgment and control in choosing and creating patterns of organization appropriate to the assignment
and the thesis
 demonstrates generally effective word choice, with some variation in sentence structures, and good ideas that are
clearly expressed
 has few mechanical or grammatical errors; uses Standard American English grammar and mechanics in almost all
sentences
 is properly documented (when applicable)
 when taken as a whole, is an above average essay that demonstrates an understanding of the requirements of the
assignment and conforms to those requirements
Characteristics of a "C" Essay
 has a thesis statement supported by fairly well-unified paragraphs
 includes some examples to support generalizations in each body paragraph
 maintains some coherence by the use of transitions
 shows at least limited control in choosing and creating patterns of organization appropriate to the assignment and
the thesis
 demonstrates some conscious word choice, limited variation in sentence structures, and average ideas
 may have some, but not many, mechanical or grammatical errors; uses Standard American English grammar and
mechanics for a clear majority of sentences
 may have some weaknesses in documentation (when applicable)
 conforms at least to the main requirements of the assignment but taken as a whole, is only average
English 111: College Composition I
Adjunct Professor: Amy L. Buckley
Contact Information: amy.buckley@lcps.org
Comments about Essay Grading
Even though your essay may be excellent in some or even most areas (ideas, or organization and coherence, or English
grammar and mechanics, for example), do not expect a grade of "A" or "B" if the essay has one or more areas of great
weakness. The "A" or "B" essay will demonstrate the writer's control of virtually every aspect of the assignment.
The following are considered MAJOR OR SERIOUS ERRORS, and even one or two instances of such errors will lower an
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Sentence Fragments
Fused or Run-On Sentences
Comma Splices
Badly Garbled Syntax or Sentence Sense
Errors in Subject-Verb Agreement
Wrong Tense or Tense Shift
Pronoun Agreement or Reference Error
Faulty Parallelism
Relatively minor errors, such as misspellings, errors in capitalization, an omitted or an unnecessary comma, or a misplaced
quotation mark, will lower your grade; an essay with many errors will not receive a high grade, no matter how strong it may
be otherwise.