Class and Time:

English 101 Mondays 6:00PM– 10:15PM, Dunlap Hall, Room D-304

Section:

53826

Instructor:

Professor Sara Kelley

Contact Information:

Office- D-405

Office hours- Monday and Wednesday 3:30PM-5:30PM and Tuesday 4:30PM-5:30PM

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

Required Texts:

·        From Critical Thinking to Argument: A Portable Guide 5^th edition by Sylvan Barnet, Hugo Bedau and John O’Hara

·        A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters by Julian Barnes

·        A large Blue Book from the student store or vending machine

Assignments

Point Break Down

Six Response Papers

6 x 25 = 150

Essay w/ Draft

10 + 100 = 110

Thirteen Journal Entries

13 x 5 = 65

Debate/Group Essay

100

Research Project

200

Midterm

50

Final

50

Total

725

1

Mon

8/27

 Introductions, critical thinking,  HOTW – “The Stowaway” (3-30), and in-class writing sample

Textbooks- 5 points extra credit for each text

2

Mon

9/3

Classes Do Not Meet

Purchase textbooks and get ahead on readings!

3

Mon

9/10

Read:

From Critical Thinking -  “Critical Reading: Getting Deeper into Arguments” (88-108)

HOTW – “The Visitors” (33-58)

Response Paper 1– Who are the ‘visitors”? What is/are the visitors’ motives? Why do they order and arrange the passengers by their passports? Use and explain evidence (pg #s!) from the text to support your response.

4

Mon

9/17

 Read:

From Critical Thinking – “Evidence: Experimentation, Examples, Authoritative Testimony, Statistics” (108-133)

Response Paper 2 - For what audiences and in what situations do you think “nonrational appeals” are more persuasive than logical/rational ones? Be specific.

5

Mon

9/24

Read:

HOTW – “The Survivor” (83-111)

Response Paper 3 – Where is the narrator at the end of the chapter? Be specific and defend your position with evidence (pg #s!) and reasoning.

6

Mon

10/1

Read:

From Critical Thinking - “Writing an Analysis of an Argument” (173-192)

Watch:

“The Lonely” – Twilight Zone episode link available on Canvas

Response Paper 4 – What do you think Rod Serling, the writer of “The Lonely” was trying to argue about humans and artificial intelligence? Loneliness? Free will?

7

Mon

10/8

Read:

From Critical Thinking – “Visual Rhetoric: Thinking about Images as Arguments” (135-160)

View:

On Canvas- Image attached to response paper.

Response Paper 5 – What does this famous painting argue about the event it portrays? What does the artist want viewers to think about the event?

8

Mon

10/15

Read:

HOTW- “Shipwreck” (115-139)

Review: Assigned readings in From Critical Thinking to Argument

Midterm

9

Mon

10/22

Read:

From Critical Thinking – “Using Sources” (246-264)

Response Paper 6 - Image for research paper: identify event captured and argument/s made by image (image does not need to be printed).

10

Mon

10/29

Read:

From Critical Thinking -  “A Philosopher’s View: The Toulmin Model” (327-339)

HOTW – “Three Simple Stories” (171-188)

Response Paper 7 (extra credit) – What conclusions do you think Barnes encourages readers to come to through “Three Simple Stories”? Use evidence/analysis to support w/ pg #s.

11

Mon

11/5

Review:

Image analysis notes and previous chapters Read:

From Critical Thinking – “Fallacies” (363-378)

Essay 1

12

Mon

11/12

Classes Do Not Meet

Read:

From Critical Thinking – “Developing an Argument of Your Own” (193-206)

Research:

Pros and Cons of debate topic

Submit the following through Canvas by midnight, 11/12:

Essay 1 Revision/Final Draft

13

Mon

11/19

Practice/Prep:

Debate materials

Completed Debate Packet w/ Works Cited

14

Mon

11/26

Read:

From Critical Thinking - “A Note on Plagiarizing, Paraphrasing and Using Common Knowledge” (264-281)

Sample Research Papers – available on Canvas

Proposal with Outline for Expansion of Essay 1 (5 sources for extra credit)

In-Class:  Annotated Bibliography with Works Cited

15

Mon

11/3

Read/Research/Draft:

Research Paper

Practice/Prep:

Research paper presentation; Between 6-10 minutes and must include visuals

Research paper

Begin Research Paper Presentations

16

Mon

11/10

Practice/Prep:

Research paper presentation- (6-10 minutes)- must include visuals

Finish Research Paper Presentations

Final Research Paper Revision