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Suggested English 0802 Syllabus Fall 2009
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Website: http://TUPortal.temple.edu, then click on “Blackboard” Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss the specific situation as soon as possible. Contact Disability Resources and Services at 215- 204-1280 in 100 Ritter Annex to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.
Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The University has a policy on Student and Faculty and Academic Rights and Responsibilities (Policy #03.70.02) which can be accessed through the following link: http://policies.temple.edu/getdoc.asp?policy_no=03.70.02. Required texts (available in the University bookstore): Hacker, Diana. The Pocket Style Guide (4th Edition). New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2003. Johnson, Steven. Everything Bad is Good for You. New York: Riverhead Books, 2005. Maasik, Sonia and J. Fisher Solomon, eds. Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers (6th Edition). New York: Bedford Books, 2009. In this course we will be looking at the ways we read American popular culture from within the United States, and also looking at how other cultures of the world see us. We will be examining areas that are very familiar to us – television, film, advertising, consumerism, sports, cultural icons – and asking what they tell us about American culture. How do they look to other people in the world? Do they admire these aspects of the United States? Are they envious? Angry? Do they even care? To do this effectively, we will be using readings from our textbook to launch our inquiries. From there, we will be drawing on a variety of media to help us explore these questions. Research and the collection of ideas and materials will be very important. You will be given the opportunity to use our texts from the class and follow interests of your own that will help to explain and expand the points that we are making. This is a class concerned with critical reading and writing – we are taking American culture as our theme and as our field of research. There are no right or wrong answers or opinions in most cases; positions will be for you to create, argue, and develop in your papers. We will learn how to use researched sources to advance our thinking and our ideas, cite them correctly, and use them in creative written argumentation, evaluation, and explanation. Writing: You will complete four substantial pieces of writing that involve evaluation, argumentation, synthesis, and development of rhetorical strategies and original ideas. You will also be asked to write in-class or online responses to the readings and a proposal for the final project. Essays will go through a draft seen by me in conference, perhaps a peer review, and then a final version. With each assignment you will hand in a short (around a page) assessment of your own development as a writer. This requirement will help you to articulate and reflect on the critical writing skills you are learning in the course. Everything will be included in a portfolio evaluated holistically at the end of the course.
In-class workshops: We will hold in-class workshops to help you to understand the demands of the assignments, generate ideas, organize your arguments, and discuss each other’s writing in a focused, constructive, and meaningful way. Lack of participation in any workshop will be scored as an absence, so please make sure that you bring the required materials with you to class. Conferences: You will meet with me individually two times this semester. We will arrange dates and times. In our meeting we will discuss your work and you will explain ideas you have and ask questions specific to your work. You must bring a typed paper with you to every conference; either a draft I have returned that you wish to discuss, or a draft that you would like to go over with me. If you miss your appointment, or if you fail to bring work with you to discuss, an absence will be counted. We will also meet multiple times in small group conferences that will take place in the fourth scheduled hour of the class. This conference will rotate through all of the students in the class and we will set up the schedule early in the semester.
Online and classroom participation: I have also set up a page for us on the Blackboard website, and I will assign discussion topics about our readings for you. You will use the discussion board section of Blackboard to respond to the topics and to each other. Attendance and lateness: You are permitted a total of four absences throughout the semester, excused or unexcused. Obviously it is better for you and for me if you attend all the classes. If you have more than four absences, you will not pass the course. Students who are not yet in class when I take attendance will be marked as late. Two latenesses equal one absence. If you miss a class, you are still responsible for catching up with the work from that day. No food, pagers or phones in class, please.
Grading: For the course you must receive a C- or above to pass. If the final portfolio is not of passing standard, you will not be eligible to pass the course. I will indicate to you whether a paper is unsatisfactory, satisfactory, or potentially very good. Much more important will be the comments on the paper, and the areas that are indicated to you for revision and development. Your portfolio of work will contain final, clean versions of all four assignments, a final reflection, and a marked-up draft of one assignment. You should refer to the portfolio goals for the course (included below) as these are the criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. A panel of instructors will review your portfolio to assess the grade. This procedure ensures that all students are fairly scored and that standards are kept consistent in the First-Year Writing Program. Your instructor may raise or lower your portfolio grade one marking level to reflect your performance in classwork, including participation, quiz grades, homework, and peer reviewing. A B- portfolio, therefore, might lead to a final grade of B or C+, depending on the student’s other work. A student with a C- portfolio who has not violated the policy on absences will always pass.
Academic Dishonesty: Plagiarism and Violating the Rules of an Assignment [Excerpted from the Temple University Statement on Academic Honesty for Students in Undergraduate Courses] Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of another person's labor: another person's ideas, words, or assistance. In general, all sources must be identified as clearly, accurately, and thoroughly as possible. Academic cheating is, in general terms, the thwarting or breaking of the general rules of academic work and/or the specific rules of individual courses. It includes falsifying data; submitting, without the instructor's approval, work in one course that was done for another; helping others to plagiarize or cheat from one's own or someone else's work; or actually doing the work of another person. Penalties for Academic Dishonesty The penalty for dishonesty can vary from a reprimand and receiving a failing grade for a particular assignment, to failure for the course, to suspension or expulsion from the University. NOTE: If you plagiarize in my class you will fail the course. This is not negotiable. If you are uncertain about anything, ask BEFORE you hand in the work. It will be too late afterwards. Of course we do not want to discourage you from using other people’s ideas or data. Our aim is exactly the opposite. But you must always make clear your sources. The following rules will help you to avoid plagiarism. If you are in any way uncertain about what constitutes plagiarism just consult with me. Course Schedule This schedule may be revised as necessary throughout the semester. Changes to the schedule will be announced in class and via the course Blackboard website. When readings are due, I expect you to come to class prepared for a reading response quiz and ready to participate in our discussions. Monday/Wednesday Schedule, English 802
Unit One: Social Media Week 1 Monday, Aug. 31 Introductions: syllabus, policies, and expectations; Introduction of Unit I on social media. Group A: Writing Workshop—active reading/mark-up assignment Wed., Sept.2 Reading due: Henry Jenkins, “Convergence Culture,” 432-46. Writing: In-class essay (summary of Jenkins). Group B: Writing Workshop—active reading/mark-up assignment
Week 2 Monday, Sept.7 Labor Day Wed., Sept.9 Introduction to Semiotics—Reading due: Maasik and Solomon, “Popular Signs,” 1-19, “Writing about Popular Culture,” 33-43; “You-Topian Dreams: MySpace, YourSpace, and the Semiotics of Web2.0,” 423-31. Homework Due: Topic option and examples. Group C: Writing Workshop—active reading/mark-up assignment Note: Library Research Workshop #1 will be scheduled automatically by section number for a 50 min. period sometime in Weeks 3-5.
Week 3 Monday, Sept. 14 Reading Due: Steven Johnson, “It’s All About Us,” 446-51. Writing due: Outside source article and first draft of Paper 1 due; Writing Workshop: Peer review; MLA documentation. Group D: Writing Workshop—active reading/mark-up assignment Wed., Sept. 16 Writing due: Revised draft of Paper 1 due for instructor review; Writing Workshop: In-class reflection; Introduction of Unit 2 on commodities and advertising Units Two and Three: Commodities and Advertising
Week 4 Monday, Sept. 21 Reading due: Maasik and Solomon, “Consuming Passions,” 75-85; Anne Norton, “The Signs of Shopping,” 101-7 Wed., Sept. 23 No class; individual conferences by appointment to discuss Paper 1 draft
Week 5 Monday, Sept. 28 Reading due: Thomas Hine, “What’s in a Package?,” 109-18; Thomas Friedman, “Revolution is U.S.,” 157-62. Wed. Sept. 30 Reading due: Emily Prager, “Our Barbies, Ourselves,” 613-15. Group A: TBA
Week 6 Monday, Oct. 5 Writing Workshop: Outside source articles due Wed., Oct. 7 Writing due: Draft of Paper 2; Writing Workshop: Peer review; Group B: TBA Note: Library Research Workshop #2 will be scheduled automatically by section number for a 50 min. period sometime in Weeks 7-9.
Week 7 Monday, Oct. 12 Writing due: Revised draft of Paper 2 due for instructor review; Writing Workshop: In-class reflection; Writing Workshop: Introduction to Unit 3; Wed., Oct. 14 Reading due: Maasik and Solomon, Roland Marchand, “The Parable of the Democracy of Goods,” 182-92; Laurence Shames, “The More Factor,” 86-92. Read also the Preface to Dennis Hall and Susan Grove Hall, eds., The Encyclopedia of American Icons (Westport: Greenwood eBooks, 2006), available on the English 802 subject page of the library website. Group C: TBA
Week 8 Monday, Oct. 19 Reading due: Thomas Frank, “Commodify Your Dissent,” 163-170; Joan Kron, “The Semiotics of Home Décor,” 119-29. Group D: TBA Wed., Oct. 21 Reading due: David Brooks, “One Nation, Slightly Divisible,” 487-95.
Week 9 Monday, Oct. 26 Research & writing due: sources and annotated bibliography for Paper 3; Wed., Oct. 28 Writing due: Draft of Paper 3; Writing Workshop: Peer review Group A: TBA Unit Four: Everything Bad Is Good For You
Week 10 Monday, Nov. 2 Writing due: Revised draft of Paper 3 for instructor review; Writing Workshop: In-class reflection; Introduction to Unit 4; Wed., Nov. 4 Reading due: Johnson, Everything Bad Is Good For You, xiii-14 (Sleeper Curve); Group B: TBA Week 11 Monday, Nov. 9 Reading due: Johnson, Everything Bad Is Good For You, 15-62, 212-13 (Games) Wed., Nov. 11 Reading due: Johnson, Everything Bad Is Good For You, 62-136 (Television, Internet, and Film); Group C: TBA Week 12 Monday, Nov.16 Reading due: Johnson, Everything Bad Is Good For You, 137-211 (Part Two: Economy, Technology and Cognition, Afterword); Writing due: Topic proposal; Writing Workshop: Review of Paper 4 proposals Wed., Nov. 18 Writing due: Draft of Paper 4 for instructor review; Writing Workshop: In-class reflection; Group D: TBA
Week 13 Monday, Nov. 23 No class—individual conferences by appointment Wed., Nov. 25 No class—Thanksgiving calendar adjustment
Week 14 Monday, Nov. 30 Reading due: Reread Maasik and Solomon, “Popular Signs,” 9-19; Lubrano, “The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts,” 420-26; Writing Workshop: Self-reflection and plan for revision Wed, Dec.2 Writing due: Revised draft of Paper 4; Writing Workshop: In-class reflection; Peer review; Portfolio selection—bring the latest versions of Paper 1, Paper 2, and Paper 3
Week 15 Monday, Dec. 7 Writing Workshop: Portfolio review—Bring complete folder including drafts, sources, reflection and provisional final versions with no markings. Date final portfolios due TBA. Tuesday/Thursday Schedule, English 802
Unit One: Social Media Week 1 Tuesday, Sept 1 Introductions: syllabus, policies, and expectations; Introduction of Unit I on social media. Group A: Writing Workshop—active reading/mark-up assignment Thursday, Sept. 3Reading due: Henry Jenkins, “Convergence Culture,” 432-46. Writing: In-class essay (summary of Jenkins). Group B: Writing Workshop—active reading/mark-up assignment
Week 2 Tuesday, Sept. 8 Introduction to Semiotics—Reading due: Maasik and Solomon, “Popular Signs,” 1-19, “Writing about Popular Culture,” 33-43; “You-Topian Dreams: MySpace, YourSpace, and the Semiotics of Web2.0,” 423-31. Group C: Writing Workshop—active reading/mark-up assignment Thursday, Sept. 10 Reading due: Steven Johnson, “It’s All About Us,” 446-51; Homework Due: Topic option and examples. Writing Workshop: Topic review and brainstorming; Group D: Writing Workshop—active reading/mark-up assignment Note: Library Research Workshop #1 will be scheduled automatically by section number for a 50 min. period sometime in Weeks 3-5.
Week 3 Tuesday, Sept. 15 Writing due: Outside source article and first draft of Paper 1 due; Writing Workshop: Peer review; MLA documentation Thursday, Sept. 17 Writing due: Revised draft of Paper 1 due for instructor review; Writing Workshop: In-class reflection; Introduction of Unit 2 on commodities and advertising
Units Two and Three: Commodities and Advertising Week 4 Tuesday, Sept. 22 Reading due: Maasik and Solomon, “Consuming Passions,” 75-85; Anne Norton, “The Signs of Shopping,” 101-7 Thursday, Sept. 24 No class; individual conferences by appointment to discuss Paper 1 draft
Week 5 Tuesday, Sept. 29 Reading due: Thomas Hine, “What’s in a Package?,” 109-18; Thomas Friedman, “Revolution is U.S.,” 157-62. Thursday, Oct. 1 Reading due: Emily Prager, “Our Barbies, Ourselves,” 613-15. Group A: TBA
Week 6 Tuesday, Oct. 6 Writing Workshop: Outside source articles due Thursday, Oct. 8 Writing due: Draft of Paper 2; Writing Workshop: Peer review; Group B: TBA Note: Library Research Workshop #2 will be scheduled automatically by section number for a 50 min. period sometime in Weeks 7-9.
Week 7 Tuesday, Oct. 13 Writing due: Revised draft of Paper 2 due for instructor review; Writing Workshop: In-class reflection; Writing Workshop: Introduction to Unit 3; Thursday, Oct. 15 Reading due: Maasik and Solomon, Roland Marchand, “The Parable of the Democracy of Goods,” 182-92; Laurence Shames, “The More Factor,” 86-92. Read also the Preface to Dennis Hall and Susan Grove Hall, eds., The Encyclopedia of American Icons (Westport: Greenwood eBooks, 2006), available on the English 802 subject page of the library website. Group C: TBA
Week 8 Tuesday, Oct. 20 Reading due: Thomas Frank, “Commodify Your Dissent,” 163-170; Joan Kron, “The Semiotics of Home Décor,” 119-29. Group D: TBA Thursday, Oct. 22 Reading due: David Brooks, “One Nation, Slightly Divisible,” 487-95.
Week 9 Tuesday, Oct. 27 Research & writing due: sources and annotated bibliography for Paper 3; Thursday, Oct. 29 Writing due: Draft of Paper 3; Writing Workshop: Peer review Group A: TBA
Unit Four: Everything Bad Is Good For You Week 10 Tuesday, Nov. 3 Writing due: Revised draft of Paper 3 for instructor review; Writing Workshop: In-class reflection; Introduction to Unit 4; Thursday, Nov. 5 Reading due: Johnson, Everything Bad Is Good For You, xiii-14 (Sleeper Curve); Group B: TBA
Week 11 Tuesday, Nov. 10 Reading due: Johnson, Everything Bad Is Good For You, 15-62, 212-13 (Games) Thursday, Nov. 12 Reading due: Johnson, Everything Bad Is Good For You, 62-136 (Television, Internet, and Film); Group C: TBA
Week 12 Tuesday, Nov. 17 Reading due: Johnson, Everything Bad Is Good For You, 137-211 (Part Two: Economy, Technology and Cognition, Afterword); Writing due: Topic proposal; Writing Workshop: Review of Paper 4 proposals Thursday, Nov. 19 Writing due: Draft of Paper 4 for instructor review; Writing Workshop: In-class reflection; Group D: TBA
Week 13 Tuesday, Nov. 24 No class—individual conferences by appointment Thursday, Nov. 26 No class—Thanksgiving
Week 14 Tuesday, Dec.1 Reading due: Reread Maasik and Solomon, “Popular Signs,” 9-19; Lubrano, “The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts,” 420-26; Writing Workshop: Self-reflection and plan for revision Thursday, Dec.3 Writing due: Revised draft of Paper 4; Writing Workshop: In-class reflection; Peer review; Portfolio selection—bring the latest versions of Paper 1, Paper 2, and Paper 3
Week 15 Tuesday, Dec. 8 Writing Workshop: Portfolio review—Bring complete folder including drafts, sources, reflection and provisional final versions with no markings. Date final portfolios due TBA. |
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