Composition I 

Fall, 2005 / Tuesday & Thursday: 5:00 – 6:15 p.m. / (Room 304, Congress building) 

Instructor: Kristin Scott, MFA, A.M. 

Department of English, Columbia College Chicago

   Course Description    Required Text/Resources    Contact Instructor

September 6th:	Introductions and review of syllabus and course requirements.  Go over Personalized Editing Checklist and Guidelines for Peer Editing.  Sign up for Oral Presentation date.  In class writing exercise.
September 8th:	Reading Due:  Pgs. 26 – 31, "Looking For Work"  Pgs. 433-443, "The Story of My Body" Pgs. 91-108, "Talking Freaks"  Writing Due: 2 page response to the readings/visuals, answering one question of your choice from one of the assigned readings.  Essay #1 Assignment: Writing to Express Dimensions of the Self / Discussion and Brainstorming.
September 13th:	Reading Due:  Pgs. 109-118, "An Indian Story"  Pgs. 118-131, "Envy"  Pgs.153-172, "Idiot Nation" Writing Due: 2 page response to the readings/visuals, answering one question of your choice from one of the assigned readings.  Oral Presentations on Draft Process
September 15th:	Writing Due: Essay #1, First Draft / Bring 4 copies!!!
September 20th:	Reading Due:  Pgs. 227-230, "Para Teresa"  Pgs. 214-227, "The Achievement of Desire"  Pgs. 404-411, "The Lesson"  Pgs. 421-423, "Girl"  Writing Due: 2 page response to the readings/visuals, answering one question of your choice from one of the assigned readings.  Oral Presentations on Draft Process.
September 22nd:	Writing Due: Essay #1, Second Draft / Writing Center Workshop
September 27th:	Reading Due:  Pgs. 231-243, Thin Ice: “Stereotype Threat” and "Black College Students"  Pgs. 417-420, "How the Americans Understand the Equality of the Sexes" Pgs. 424-433, "Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender"    Writing Due: 2 page response to the readings/visuals, answering one question of your choice from one of the assigned readings.    Oral Presentations on Draft Process.
September 29th:	Essay #2 Assignment: Writing to Explain and Support an Opinion or Belief
October 4th:	Reading Due:  Pgs. 508-524, "Girls Have All the Power: What's Troubling Troubled Boys"  Pgs. 524-539, "Save the Males"
October 6th:	Writing Due: Essay #2 Assignment, First Draft / Bring 4 copies!!!    Assignment: Peer Review Form (due Thursday)    Oral Presentations on Draft Process.
October 11th:	Reading Due:  Bartholome, Lynn and Philip Snyder. “Is it Philosophy or Pornography? Graffiti at the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que,” The Journal of American Culture, Vol. 27, Issue 1, March 2004 (handout).    Writing Due: (see handout)    Oral Presentations on Draft Process.
October 13th:	Reading Due:  Pgs. 364-374, "The High Price of Materialism" Pgs. 375-380, "Visual Portfolio: Reading Images of Individual Opportunity" Pgs. 381-382, "From Seven Floors Up"    Writing Due: 2 page response to the readings/visuals, answering one question of your choice from one of the assigned readings.    Oral Presentations on Draft Process.
October 18th:	Writing Due: Essay #2, Second Draft / Bring 4 copies!!!    Essay #3 Assignment: Writing to Understand and Respond to a Text
October 20th:	Reading Due:  Croce, Arlene. "Discussing the Undiscussable" New Yorker, Dec. 1995. (handout).    Writing Due: 2 page response to reading (see handout).
October 25th	INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES  (you must make an appt with me during this week)   Writing Due: Essay #2 Assignment, FINAL PAPER, including all drafts & peer reviews/comments to be handed in to me when you meet with me individually.
November 1st	Writing Due: Essay #3, First Draft / Bring 4 copies!!!    In-Class peer workshop
November 3rd:	In class workshop on writing/grammar/style & composition    No reading due
November 8th:	Reading Due:  "Too Much Information?" Newsweek International, August 25, 2003    Writing Due: 2 page response to reading (see handout).
November 10th:	Writing Due: Essay #3, Second Draft / Bring 4 copies!!!    In class peer editing workshop
November 15th:	Reading Due:  Wolton, Dominique. "Virtual Illusion," Queen's Quarterly, Fall 2002.  Gray, John. "Faith in political action is dead; it is technology that expresses the dream of a transformed world," New Statesman (1996), June 23, 2003    Writing Due: 2 page response to reading. In journal entry style, describe the way that each author talks about technology and its influence/impact of the internet on society. Does each author see the internet as a positive or negative influence? Compare and contrast the two articles; would the authors agree or disagree on the internet's impact; why or why not? Make sure you back up your thoughts with examples, quotes, and/or explanations.
November 17th:	Reading Due:  "How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)" April 6, 2005.  Rybicky, Dan. "Professional Screenwriting: Rewrites, Log-Lines, Los Angeles." Oct 6, 2005.    Essay #4 Assignment: Writing to Provide Information and Insight (see handout).    Using MLA Format w/ Sample MLA paper (see Works Cited page)
November 22nd:	Writing Due:  Essay #3 Assignment, FINAL PAPER, including all drafts  Proposal for Essay #4    Workshop on proposals
November 24th:	THANKSGIVING BREAK
November 29th:	Reading Due:  Hollingsworth, Chauncey. "If You Run Out of Miller Lite" (from 2005 Hair Trigger / student published work) -- handout.  Sturdevant, Wes. "An Irrational Fear of Bendy Straws" (from 2005 Hair Trigger / student published work) -- handout.
December 1st:	Writing Due: Essay #4 Assignment, First Draft / Bring 4 copies!!!    In class peer-editing workshop
December 6th:	Reading & Response Assignment: due December 8th   Using MLA Format w/ Sample MLA paper (see Works Cited page)
December 8th:	In peer workshops on Essay #4 drafts
December 13th:	Reading Assignment TBA; chance for final questions
December 15th:	Writing Due: Essay #4, FINAL PAPER, including all drafts