I look forward to hearing what you have to say about each of these.  Have a great day.

S. Lavery

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John Jay College Writing Center

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John Jay College Writing Center Resources

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Dictionary

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APA style

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City University of New York

Department of English

619 West 54^th Street, New York, NY 10019

English 101

College Composition I: Exploration & Authorship-An Inquiry-Based Writing Course

Section: 57

Instructor: Shawn Lavery

Course Credits: 3

Meeting Times: Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30 – 1:45

Room: T-212

Contact Information:

• Email: Slavery@jjay.cuny.edu
• Office: 619 W 54^th st. Rm. 761
• Office Hours: Tuesday 2-3pm; other meeting times scheduled by appointment

Prerequisites: Passing ENG 100 or by placement exam

Catalogue Course Description: This composition course introduces students to the skills, habits, and conventions necessary to prepare inquiry-based research for college. While offering students techniques and practices of invention and revision, this theme-based composition course teaches students the expectations of college-level research, academic devices for exploring ideas, and rhetorical strategies for completing investigative writing.

Course Objectives: Through this course you will begin to learn the skills necessary to consistently do the following:

• Practice a generative and recursive writing process that encompasses inquiry, research, drafting, editing and revision;
• Employ multiple strategies for gathering, interpreting and writing about issues relative to a specific audience for a specific purpose;
• Compose well written essays that are well crafted, include a strong thesis, textual support and appropriate analysis concerning a given subject;
• Synthesize information collected from multiple sources;
• Convey clear and cogent ideas derived from close textual analysis and other various research practices.
• Posses a clearly demonstrable understanding of the procedures and protocols of sound scholarship;
• Be a better writer.

Course Requirements: There are three principal learning vehicles for this class, reading, writing and in-class participation.  Quality participation and preparation on your behalf are vital to both the success of the class and your own personal success in the class.  All reading, writing and any other assignments should be completed on time.  Failure to do so will have an adverse effect on your final grade.

Grading:

• Essays……………………………………………………………………………25%
  • Position Paper One                   5%
  • Position Paper Two                  5%
  • Position Paper Three                5%
  • Compare and Contrast             5%
  • Argument Essay                        5%
• Blogging (Pass/Fail)…………………………………………………………….25%
  • Blog Entries                              15%
  • Continued Conversations          10%
• Research Project…………………………………………………………………25%
  • Group Participation                   5%
  • Research Paper                        10%
  • Paper Presentation                    10%
• Vocabulary Quizzes……………………………………………………………..10%
• Class Participation________________________________________________15%
  • Total               100%

Required Reading:

• James Baldwin.  Notes of a Native Son.  (Selections) Handout.
• Dan.  This I Believe.  http://thisibelieve.org/essay/3505
• Sam Dillon.  NYT. “Stimulus Plan Would Provide Flood of Aid to Education.”.
• Albert Einstein.  This I Believe.  “An Ideal of Service to Our Fellow Man.” http://thisibelieve.org/essay/16465/
• Ralph Waldo Emerson.  Nature. (Selections) Handout.
• J-JournalJ.  (Selections).  This book is available through the John Jay English Department Office.
• John Jay College.  Rhetoric, Research and Strategies. Available through the college bookstore.
• John Jay’s Finest – 2008-2009 Selections (Handout)
• Larry Keller.  Intelligence Report.  “The Second Wave: Evidence Grows of Far Right Militia Resurgence.”  http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=1092
• Marc Prensky.  Digital Natives; Digital Immigrants. http://www.marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20-%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf
• Sonia Sotomayor.  NYT.  “A Latina Judge’s Voice.”       http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/us/politics/15judge.text.html
• Henry David Thoreau.  Civil Disobedience. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/71/71-h/71-h.htm
• U.S. Department of Education.  The Condition of Education (Selections) Handout
• US State Department – Citizenship Laws of the World. http://opm.gov/extra/investigate/IS-01.pdf
• US Supreme Court.  FCC V. PACIFICA FOUNDATION http://w2.eff.org/legal/cases/FCC_v_Pacifica/fcc_v_pacifica.decision
• Whattsamatta University.  Your First College Year Survey  http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/PDFs/YFCY_2009_PDF_PROFILE.pdf
  • Further reading assignments from This I Believe will be posted on the class webpage.
  • All other assigned reading will be announced and posted at the time of assignment.

Assignment Guidelines: Instructions and objectives for all assignments will be provided at the time of each assignment.

Blogging:

As a community of scholars it is essential our ideas be shared.  This is the purpose of keeping a blog for this course.  Your blog is a chance to express your views, share discoveries and press for further inquiry into the subjects we engage throughout the semester.  After the third week of the semester you will be writing in your blog three times per week.  Of these entries, Reader Responses will concern what we are reading in class that week, Continued Conversations will be your response to a blog entry composed by all students concerning the issues and topics we discuss in class and, the last, Perspectives and Proclomations will be your response to selections from the essay series This I Believe.  Further instructions will be provided throughout the semester on our class webpage.

• You are required to open a user account at WordPress.com.
• Follow the instructions provided at the following link: http://en.wordpress.com/signup/
• After you have opened an account, subscribe to the class webpage: http://english101057.wordpress.com
• Due dates are listed on the course schedule.
• Writing guidelines and instructions for all blog entries will be posted on our class webpage

Late Paper Policy: All assignments not turned in on time will loose 10% of any assessed grade for each                                day the assignment is not turned in.

Attendance, Promptness & Participation:

• More than four absences will have an adverse effect on your final grade.
• Every two late marks count as one absence.
• You are expected to come to class prepared with all assigned work completed.  Coming to class unprepared will result in a recorded absence.

Plagiarism: Any act of plagiarism will automatically result in a failing grade and disciplinary action by the Office of Academic Integrity.

Tentative Schedule:

September 1: Introduction to College Writing

September 3: Introduction to College Writing

• Assignments:
  • Read: Product research information …….Due: 9-8
  • Write: Product research findings…………Due: 9-8

September 8: Introduction to College Writing

• Assignments:
  • Write: Revise research findings essay…..Due: 9-10

September 10: Voicing Exercise

• Assignments
  • Task: Group Work – Finding Resources…..Due: 9-15

September 15: Exploring the foundations of participatory scholarship

• Assignments:
  • Read: Marc Prensky.  Digital Natives; Digital Immigrants. Due: 9-17
  • Write:   Blog: Reader Responses……Due: 9-17

September 17: Scholarship Discussion

• Assignments:
  • Read: a) US State Department – Citizenship Laws of the World… Due: 9-22
  • b)This I Believe (See Class Website for a link to this week’s essay) Due: 9-21
  • Write: a) Blog: Continued Conversations……Due: 9-22
  • b) Blog: Perspectives & Proclamations…….Due: 9-21

September 22: Boundaries, Boarders and Belonging; Vocab. Quiz

• Assignments:
  • Read: R.W. Emerson.  Nature (Selections) Handout…..Due: 9-24
  • Write: Blog: Reader Responses…..Due:9-24

September 24: Emerson Discussion; Writing Workshop: Maps & Outlines

• Assignments:
  • Read: Henry David Thoreau.  Civil Disobedience…..Due: 9-29
  • Write: a) Blog.  Continued Conversations…..Due: 9-29
  • b) Blog.  Perspectives and Proclamations…..Due: 9-28
  • c) Position Paper One…..Due: 9-29

September 29: Voicing Exercise; Vocab. Quiz.

Due Today: Position Paper One – First Draft

• Assignments
  • Read: Dan. This I Believe: Essay 64780…..Due: 10-1
  • Write: a) Blog.  Reader Responses…..Due: 10-1
  • b) Revise Position Paper One……Due: 10-1

October 1: George Carlin and The Words We Use, the things we say and the ways we tell.

Due Today: Position Paper One – Second Draft

• Assignments
  • Read: US Supreme Court.  FCC V. PACIFICA FOUNDATION…..Due: 10-6
  • Write: a) Position Paper Two – Censorship…..Due: 10-6
  • b) Blog. Continued Conversations……Due: 10-6
  • c) Blog. Perspectives and Proclamations……Due: 10-5

October 6: Voicing Exercise; Vocab. Quiz

Due Today: Position Paper Two

• Assignments:
  • Read: Larry Keller.  Intelligence Report. “The Second Wave: Evidence Grows of Far Right Militia Resurgence”…… Due10-8
  • Write: a) Position Paper Three…..Due: 10-8
  • b) Blog: Reader Responses…..Due: 10-8

October 8: Voicing Exercise

Due Today: Position Paper Three

• Assignments:
  • Read: a) Ruthann Robinson.  Any Reason.  J- Journal.
  • b) Sonia Sotomayor.  NYT.  “A Latina Judge’s Voice.”…..Due: 10-20
  • Write: a)  Compare and Contrast Essay…..Due: 10-13
  • b) Blog. Continued Conversations……Due: 10-13
  • c) Blog. Perspectives and Proclamations……Due: 10-12

October 13: The Influence of Perspective; Vocab. Quiz

• Assignments:
  • Read: a) Ruthann Robinson.  Any Reason.  J- Journal.
  • b) Sonia Sotomayor.  NYT.  “A Latina Judge’s Voice.”…..Due: 10-20
  • Write: a) Revise Compare and Contrast Essay……Due: 10-15
  • b) Blog: Reader Responses……Due: 10-15

October 15: Compare and Contrast Conferences (See website for schedule and sign-up sheet)

Due Today: Compare and Contrast Essay – Second Draft

• Assignments:
  • Write: a) Blog: Continued Conversations……Due: 10-20
  • b) Perspectives and Proclamations…..Due: 10-19
  • c) Revise Compare and Contrast Essay…..Due: 10-20

October 20: Measuring Influence; Vocab. Quiz

• Assignments:
  • Read: TBA…..Due: 10-22
  • Write: a) Blog: Reader Responses……Due: 10-22

October 22: Sources and Support; Writing Workshop: Citing Citations

• Assignments:
  • Read: a) Kenneth E. Hartman.  The Absent Voice of Prisoners.
  • b) Jane Marston. Visitor’s Day at the State Juvenile Facility.
  • c) Malaika King Albrecht.  Without Parole.
  • d) Brad Johnson.  Texas Justice (These are each from J-Journal)…Due: 10-27
  • Write: a) Blog: Continued Conversations……Due: 10-27
  • b) Perspectives and Proclamations……Due: 10-26
  • c) Argument Essay…..Due: 10-29

October 27: Point- Counter Point;Vocab. Quiz

• Assignments:
  • Read: An Ideal of Service to Our Fellow Man……Due: 10-29
  • Write: a) Blog: Reader Responses……Due: 10-29
  • b) Argument Essay Revisions…..Due: 10-29

October 29: Research Paper Introduction; Writing Workshop: Research, References and Writing.

Due Today: Argument Essay

• Assignments:
  • Read: The Craft of Research (Selections)……Due: 11-3
  • Write: a) Blog: Continued Conversations……Due: 11-3
  • b) Perspectives and Proclamations…..Due: 11-2

November 3: Research, Function and Knowledge

• Assignments:
  • Read: Reading and Writing in the Social Sciences (Selections)……Due: 11-5
  • Write: a) Blog: Reader Responses…..Due: 11-5

November 5: Video and Discussion

• Assignments:
  • Read: The Condition of Education (Selections)……Due: 11-10
  • Write: a) Blog: Continued Conversations……Due: 11-10
  • b) Perspectives and Proclamations…..Due: 11-9

November 10: Video and Discussion

• Assignments:
  • Read: Your First College Year Survey……Due: 11-12
  • Write: a) Blog: Reader Responses…..Due: 11-12

November 12: Finding Solutions-Finding Sources; Writing Workshop: Content, Context and Connections

• Assignments:
  • Read: S. Dillon. “Stimulus Plan Would Provide Flood of Aid to Education.” ……Due: 11-24
  • Write: a) Blog: Continued Conversations……Due: 11-17
  • b) Perspectives and Proclamations…..Due: 11-16
  • Research: TBA…..Due: 11-17

November 17: Solutions Found; Vocab. Quiz

• Assignments:
  • Read: TBA
  • Write: a) Blog: Reader Responses…..Due: 11-19

November 19: Vetting Your Sources and Good Citations

• Assignments:
  • Read: TBA
  • Write: a) Blog: Continued Conversations……Due: 11-24
  • b) Perspectives and Proclamations…..Due: 11-23
  • c) Course Conference Paper – First Draft…..Due: 12-1

November 24: Video and Discussion; Vocab. Quiz.

• Assignments:
  • Write: a) Blog. Reader Responses…..Due: 11-28
  • b) Blog. Continued Conversations……Due: 12-1
  • c) Blog.  Perspectives and Proclamations……Due: 11-30

November 26:  No Classes Scheduled – Enjoy the Thanksgiving Break

• Assignments:
  • Listen: Arlo Guthrie. Alice’s Restaurant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8DtpdXZi0M

December 1: Course Conference Prep

Due Today: Conference Paper – First Draft

• Assignments:
  • Read: John Jay’s Finest (Selections)…..Due: 12-3
  • Write: a) Blog: Reader Responses…..Due: 12-3

December 3: Course Conference Conferencing (See website for sign-up sheet & schedule).

• Assignments:
  • Write: a) Blog: Continued Conversations……Due: 12-8
  • b) Perspectives and Proclamations…..Due: 12-7
  • c) Conference Paper – Presentation Draft…..Due: 12-8

December 8: Course Conference

Due Today: Conference Papers – Presentation Drafts

• Assignments:
  • Write: a) Blog: Reader Responses…..Due: 12-10

December 10: Course Conference

• Assignments:
  • Read: TBA…..Due: 12-17
  • Write: a) Perspectives and Proclamations…..Due: 12-17
  • b) Conference Paper Revisions…..Due: 12-17

December 17: Course Conclusion

Final Exam Scheduled – 12:30-2:30 PM

We Will Be Meeting for Our Final Class Today.

Research Paper Final Drafts Due Today!!!

http://web.jjay.edu/~writing/contact.htm

this is the contact information for the writing center.

http://jjay.cuny.edu/~writing/onlinetutoring.htm
online tutoring for the Writing Center.

thesaurus.reference..com/
The Thesaurus- to find other words for the same meaning.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

to find common errors in the english language

http://www.britannica.com/

Online Encyclopedia

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm
MLA citation style

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm
APA citation style

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One stop – located in the lobby of the north hall building. Allows students to conduct multiple department functions in one central location.

Library – Resource to support research needs.

Student Email – Students can access their John Jay email accounts.

Academic advisement - John Jay offers advisement and program planning services to undergraduates and graduates.

Counseling – Service available to all students. Services include crisis intervention, psychological services, and specialized counseling at the women’s center.

Newsroom – Students can find out daily information about events, activities, etc.

Blackboard – Program available for students that allows them to do homework assignments etc. assigned by their professor online.