Class and Time:

Mondays and Wednesdays 12:30PM - 2:35PM, Dunlap Hall, Room D-214

Section:

53679

Instructor:

Professor Sara Kelley

Contact Information:

Office- D-405

Office hours- Monday and Wednesday 3:30PM-5:30PM, Tuesday 4:30PM-5:30PM & by appointment

Email/Phone- Kelley_Sara@sac.edu, 714-564-6523

Required Texts:

·        Graff, Gerald. They Say/I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing with Readings. 4th edition.  (TSIS)

·        Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. (ELIC)

·        A Blue Book from the student store

Assignments

Point Break Down

Four Outlines

10 x 4 = 40

Four Drafts

20 x 4 = 60

Four 3-4 page essays

100 x 4 = 400

Ten Annotation Checks

10 x 10 = 100

25 Journal Entries

25 x 4 = 100

Debate

100

Research Project

200

Total

1000

1

Mon 8/27

Syllabus review and Diagnostic

Wed 8/29

“Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott, handout  

Annotations (on handout)

Essay 1 assigned

2

Mon 9/3

Labor Day Holiday - Classes do not meet

TS- “They Say” (19-29) and “No Need to Call” (505-521)

Wed 9/5

Peer Review – bring 3 copies of your rough draft; 3 pgs or more= full points. 

Annotations

(on “No Need to Call”)

Essay 1 Rough Draft

3

Mon 9/10

TS- “Two Years are Better than Four” (365-368)

Annotations

Essay 1 Due

Essay 2 assigned

Wed 9/12

TS- “As He Himself Puts It” (43-51) and “Should Everyone Go to College?” (318-333)

Annotations

(on “Should Everyone…”)

4

Mon 9/17

TS-  “Yes/No/Okay, but” (53-66) and “Shut Up about Harvard” (390-396)

Annotations

(on “Shut Up about…”)

Wed 9/19

Peer Review – bring 3 copies of your rough draft; 3 pgs or more= full points. 

3 copies of Essay 2 RD

(minimum 3 pages)

5

Mon 9/24

EL- Begin novel (1-34)

Essay 2 Due

Essay 3 and 4 assigned

Wed 9/26

EL- (35-74)

Annotations

6

Mon 10/1

EL-(75-107)

Annotations

Wed 10/3

EL-(108-141)

Annotations

7

Mon 10/8

EL-(142-173)

Annotations

Wed 10/10

EL- (174-216)

Essay 3 Due

8

Mon 10/15

EL- (217-261)

Annotations

Wed 10/17

EL- (262-305)

Annotations

9

Mon 10/22

EL- Finish novel (305-326)

Begin watching ELIC in class

Organize notes/annotations for viewing.

Wed 10/24

Finish watching ELIC

Debrief/discussion

Organize notes/annotations for viewing.

10

Mon 10/29

TS- “So What? Who Cares?” (91-100)

Peer Review – bring 3 copies of your rough draft; 3 pgs or more= full points. 

Essay 4 Rough Draft

Wed 10/31

Essay 4 Due

11

Mon 11/5

TS- “Don’t Blame the Eater” and “What You Eat is Your Business” (647-655).

Annotations

Wed 11/7

LS- “Doing Research” (80-92) and “Evaluating Sources” (92-108)

Debate assigned

Essay 5 assigned

12

Mon 11/12

Veteran’s Day Holiday - Classes do not meet

Wed 11/14

Debates

13

Mon 11/19

LS- “Abstracts” (71-74)

Debate Packet

Research Paper Proposal

Wed 11/21

LS- “Annotated Bibliographies” (66-70)

Begin reviewing and selecting sources; bring 5 to class.

5 Sources to Evaluate

14

Mon

11/26

TS- “As a Result” (105-120)

Conferences/Writing Workshop

Annotated Bibliography

Wed 11/28

Conferences/Writing Workshop

Outline

15

Mon 12/3

Sample Research Papers (available on Canvas)

Wed 12/5

Peer Review

3 Copies of Essay 4 due (4 pages min)

16

Mon 12/10

Begin Research Paper Presentations

Research Paper Presentation

Wed 12/12

Finish Research Paper Presentations

Final Research Paper uploaded to TurnItIn by Midnight.