English 1010 Course Schedule, Fall 2014

Instructor: Jamie McBeth-Smith Email: Jamie.McBeth-Smith@slcc.edu

Office: AAB 166 Phone: 957-4989 (but email is better)
Office Hours: M/W 11:00-12:30 in the Writing Center, IAB 129, by appointment
T/R 2:30-3:30 in IAB 166 by appointment
Course Website: http://slcctsis1010.weebly.com
MLA Citation and Grammar Website: www.owl.english.purdue.edu.
Course Textbook: They say I Say with Readings, 2
nd
edition, 2012, by Gerald Graff,
Cathy Birkenstein, Russel Durst. Copies of our textbook, which looks like this, are on
reserve at our campus library (Markosian Library):

If the schedule changes based upon our needs as a class, I will remind you of those changes via your
college email account, so you should make sure to check your school mail regularly. Please type, MLA
style, all assignments. All numbers in parentheses refer to the first page of the textbook readings; you
should read the full chapter or reading. For further course information, please refer to
http://slcctsis1010.weebly.com. Here you will find our course syllabus and schedule, major assignment
descriptions, grading policies, and more.
Week 1 (21 Aug) Introductions
R Introductions
Week 2 (26 & 28 Aug) Summary: They Say
T Read for today:
Preface (xix), Intro (p.1) and Chapter 1 (p.19) from our textbook, They Say I
Say with Readings, 2
nd
edition,
The Syllabus and Grading Contract from our class website at
http://slcctsis1010.weebly.com.
R Read for today:
Chapter 2 (30),
2b or Not 2b by David Crystal (p.335)
Week 3 (2 & 4 Sept) Summary and Response: They Say, I Say
T Read for today:
Dont Blame the Eater by David Zinczenko (p.391)
Summary Writing under the heading Writing Assignments at
http://slcctsis1010.weebly.com.
R Read for today:
Chapter 4 (p. 55)
Write for today:
Draft a summary of Dont Blame the Eater (p.391) and bring a typed copy
to class
Week 4 (9 & 11 Sept)
T Read for today:
Cheating and CHEATING by Joe Posnanski (p. 553),
Reforming Egypt in 140 Characters? by Denis Baron (p.329)
Escape from the Western Diet, by Michael Pollan (p.580)
Response Paper assignment under the heading Writing Assignments at
http://slcctsis1010.weeby.com.
R Read for today:
Chapter 3 (p.42)
Week 5 (16 & 18 Sept)
T Read for today:
Chapter 5 (p.68)
Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating. by Mary Maxfield
(p.442)
R Write for today:
Draft your Response Paper and bring 2 copies of your typed draft to class
today
Week 6 (23 & 25 Sept)
T Read for today:
Chapter 6 (p.78)
Chapter 7 (p.92)
R Response Paper is Due Today:
Turn in your final typed and revised Response Paper to my office, AAB 166.
Week 7 (29 Sept & 2 Oct) Rhetorical Analysis: How Do They Say It, and Are They
Persuasive?
T Read for today, under the heading Writing Assignments at
http://slcctsis1010.weebly.com:
Rhetorical Analysis Paper Assignment,
Rhetorical Appeals document
Rhetorical Analysis Questions. Print these questions and bring them to class.
Watching TV Makes you Smarter by Steven Johnson (p.277).
H Read for today:
Thinking Outside the Idiot Box, by Dana Stevens (p.295).
Write for today:
Answers to the Rhetorical Analysis Questions for Steven Johnsons
Watching TV Makes You Smarter (277)
Week 8 (7 & 9 Oct)
T Read for today:
Family Guy and Freud by Antonia Peacocke (299)
Write for today:
Answers to the Rhetorical Analysis Questions for Dana Stevens Thinking
Outside the Idiot Box (p.295).
Answer the Rhetorical Analysis Questions for Antonia Peacockes Family
Guy and Freud (p.299).
R Rhetorical Analysis Questions for Johnson, Stevens, and Peacocke are due today
Read for today:
Sample Rhetorical Analysis with Process under Writing Assignments,
Rhetorical Analysis at http://slcctsis1010.weebly.com.
Write for today:
Finish revising and typing Rhetorical Analysis Questions for Johnson (277),
Stevens (295), and Peacocke (299) and turn them in.
Week 9 (14 Oct) FALL BREAK
T No formal class today. Come to class if you have questions about writing the Rhetorical
Analysis paper, a draft of which is due next Tuesday, 21 Oct.
R FALL BREAK, no classes
Week 10 (21 & 23 Oct) Annotated Bibliography: Researching and Evaluating What They
Say
T Read for today:
Annotated Bibliography assignment and
Position Synthesis assignment under Writing Assignments at
http://slcctsis1010.weebly.com.
Write for today: Draft your Rhetorical Analysis and bring two typed copies to class.
R Read for today:
Review the issues being debated at
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate
Write for today:
Write answers to the following questions about the website:
1) What questions are being debated on this website?
2) What are people saying about these issues?
3) Are any of these questions you might like to research further?
4) If not list some issues and questions you that you might like to
research
Week 11 (28 & 30 Oct)
T The Rhetorical Analysis is due today; we will meet at Markosian Library.
Write for today:
Type and turn in answers to the following questions:
What issue would you like to research further for your final project?
What is the key question you would like to pursue and answer for yourself?
What makes this a problematic question? In other words, show that you are
not already decided about the issue, that it is a genuine question that does not
have an easy answer most people would agree on. Your purpose in
researching is to find a range of positions on your question/issue.
R Read for today:
Find and read 5 sources that provide a definite position on your issue.
Reread the Annotated Bibliography assignment under Writing Assignments
at http://slcctsis1010.weebly.com.
Week 12 (4 & 6 Nov)
T No formal class today. Come to class if you have questions about writing your Annotated
Bibliography.
R Write for today:
Type a draft of your annotated bibliography for peer review and bring 2
copies; one is for me.
Week 13 (11 & 13 Nov) Position Synthesis: They All Say; As a Result I Say
T Read for today:
Position Synthesis under Writing Assignments at
http://slcctsis1010.weebly.com.
Chapter 8 (p.105) and Chapter 10 (p.129).
R No formal class today. Come to class if you have questions about writing your Position
Synthesis.
Week 14 (18 & 20 Nov)
T Write for today:
Type a draft your Position Synthesis and bring 2 copies for peer review; one
is for me.
R No formal class today. Come to my office if you have questions about your Annotated
Bibliography or Position Synthesis drafts.
Week 15 (25 Nov) THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
T In class we will discuss revision of and writing a reflection on your final project, meaning
your Annotated Bibliography and Position Synthesis.
R Thanksgiving Holiday, no classes
Week 16 (2 & 4 Dec)
T No formal class today. Come to class if you have questions about revision and reflection.
R Due Today: Your final project, meaning the Annotated Bibliography and Position
Synthesis, are due at the start of class; please put your project in a folder.
Please Post your final project and reflection in your ePortfolio by Tuesday, 9 Dec.