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Dr. Kim Hochmeister
Office: GH 224A
Office Hours: Mondays (through Oct, 16th) MLC 7th
floor at the Instructional
Innovation Center;
TR 9-11; W 10-12; F By appointment
Tel. 210.733.2535
Engl. Dept. 210.733.2505
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Calendar
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Schedule
for English 1301 Fall 2008
PAPER 1: Revisiting the Classroom:
Paulo Freire and Richard Rodriguez (Due 9/28,
midnight)
PAPER 2: Exploring the Palestinian Conflict (Due
10/21, midnight)
PAPER 3: Retrospective Essay
(Due
11/24, 8 a.m.)
PAPER 4: Optional:
Rewrite a paper of your choice (Due 12/9). Instructions will be sent Nov. 25.
Final Exam: Due 12/9, 8 a.m.
Ways of Reading
abbreviated to WOR; Scott Foresman Handbook
abbreviated to SFH
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Dates
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Virtual
Fieldtrip (complimentary online sites that may assist in weekly homework
submissions and upcoming formal assignments)
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Read (assigned
readings designed as instructional companions to weekly listserv
assignments)
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Weekly
Class Message Board Requirement
Submission. Send through PALS “my courses”
(Counts as your attendance and weighs in as a grade).
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Homework
1
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Online Gradesheet
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1.Introduction to Ways of Reading
2.Scott Foresman
Handbook (abbreviated SFH):
Chapter 7
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Submit
this homework and all following homework to your PALS message board.
Assignment: Review Introduction in WOR. Copy and paste the
most memorable quotation and then paraphrase
the quotation. For paraphrase definition and examples, see p. in SFH. Due
8/29
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Paper One
Rhetorical Imitation:
Rodriguez and Freire
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Dates
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Virtual
Fieldtrip
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Read
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Weekly
Class Message Board Post
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Homework
2
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Collect
one site based on the author of your choice. Publish to the message
board.
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1.Ways
of Reading:
essay by either Freire or Rodriguez (choose
one)
2.
SFH: Ch.
15. “What Makes Paragraphs Work” (230-243) Ways, 1-50
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"Questions
for Second Reading" for either readings
(found behind each essay). Choose one question and then post your
answer to the class email.
Length:150 words. Please use this week’s reading in
SFH (specifically p. 231) to help you construct your paragraph.
Bold/Capitalize both topic sentence and internal transitions.
Due 9/2,
midnight.
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Homework
3
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TBA
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Scott Foresman Handbook (SFH): Review "How Do
You Construct A Thesis" (pp. 30-35) & Ch. 16 “How Do You
Manage Opening and Closing Paragraphs” (pp.246-250).
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Publish
your introductory paragraph underlining your thesis. Evaluate it using the
SFH Checklist 3.1 found on pp. 31. Also identify the type of
opening you are using from models found in SFH, pp. 246-250).
Due:
9/9, 8 a.m.
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Homework
4
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Purdue
University’s E-handout on integrating sources in body paragraphs
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1.
SFH: Ch.
15 “What Makes Paragraphs Work”( pp.230-231, 240-243)
2.
SFH:Ch. 53. “How Do You Use
MLA Documentation? ( pp. 780-821)
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Publish
one of your body paragraphs and underline the topic sentence. See SFH
(pp. 230-231) for an explanation of topic sentences anchoring body
paragraphs.
Due
9/16, 8 a.m.
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Homework
6
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Editing:
Online
Gradesheet
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MLA
Citations Online Guide
SFH:Ch.
49 “How Do You Use Sources Responsibly”
SFH
Model Student Paper: pp. 822-831
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Submit
final, polished essay by Mon. A.M. to instructor.
Review Syllabus
for submission format. For typing model, see SFH Model Student
Paper :pp. 822-831
Due:
9/28, midnight
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Paper Two
Description: Edward Said.
Exploring the Palestinian Conflict
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Dates
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Virtual
Fieldtrip
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Read
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Weekly
Class Message Board Post
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Homework
7
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Locate
and publish any interesting web sites that illustrate,
both with words and images the Palestinian conflict.
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1.
WOR: Edward Said’s
“States”
2.
SFH: p. 752. Quotation frames (50a)
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Review Said’s essay. Type/paste one of his quotations
and then compare it to your understanding of the Palestinian conflict.
Length requirement: 200 words
Due:
9/30, 8 a.m.
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Homework
8
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SFH:
Chapter 5: How Do You Revise, Edit, and Proofread? pp. 62-97.
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Publish
your introductory paragraph underlining your thesis along with your
closing paragraph.
Due: 10/7,
8 a.m.
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Homework
9
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3.
SFH: Review Ch. 15 “What Makes Paragraphs Work”(
pp.230-231, 240-243)
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Part
1: Publish one of your body paragraphs and underline the topic
sentence. See SFH, p. 231 (15a-2) for an explanation of topic sentences
anchoring body paragraphs.SFH:
Part
2: Publish your rough draft version of your Works Cited page.
SFH Model: 882
Due: 10/14, 8 a.m.
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Homework
10
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Editing:
Online
Gradesheet
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Review
SFH Model Student Paper starting on SFH, 882
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Submit
final, polished essay to instructor
by 10/21, 8 a.m.
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Paper Three
Description: Retrospective
Essay
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Dates
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Virtual
Fieldtrip
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Read
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Weekly
Class Message Board Post
Post
your answers to the message board
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Homework
11
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TBA.
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Review
Ways: Introduction (pp.
1- 18).
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Share three
quotations from Ways of Reading “In with a brief explanation.
Due 11/5, midnight.
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Homework
12
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SFH, Ch. 17,
pp. 255-264
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1.
Publish your introductory paragraph underlining your thesis 11/12, 8 a.m.
2.
Publish one body paragraph of your current draft for the retrospective
essay. Mark the internal
transitions by or capitalizing.
Due 11/19,
8 a.m.
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Homework
13
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SFH
Model Student Paper: p. 882
Editing:
See
Grade.htm in files.
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Submit
final essay to instructor.
Due 11/24, 8 a.m.
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Revised 10/31/08
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