SCHEDULE of READINGS
Composition I

English 1A, Fall 2007
Dr. Katherine D. Harris
Syllabus subject to change
 

Office Hours: T/Th 3-4pm & by appt.
Office:  FO 220
Phone: 408.924.4475
Email:
kharris@email.sjsu.edu

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Online = Web hyperlink
Page No. = Signs of Life

August    September   October   November   December

Date

Topic Reading Due
Assignment Due
Thur 8/23 Introductions: Me, You, College Writing

Greensheet Policies & Schedule

Handouts:
"Why It�s All About Me" (article)

Student Questionnaire

Letter to Self (In-Class)
Tues 8/28 Diagnostic Writing   Set up Turnitin Account

Diagnostic Essay (In-Class Essay; Bring exam booklet)
Thur 8/30 Writing Center Visit & Workshop Diagnostic Essay Writing Center Services (Online: www.sjsu.edu/writingcenter/services/) Summary of Services offered by Writing Center (150 words) -- done as a journal entry instead
Tues 9/4 Essay 1: Your Consumer Culture In-Class:
Semiotics of Logos: Starbucks, Nike, SJSU

Handouts
:
"The Art of Dancing"
Summary Checklist
Hints for Writing Summaries



Note:
9/5 Last day to drop courses without "W" on record

Plagiarism Tutorial

Writing Exercise 1 (In-Class)
Thur 9/6   "Popular Signs" (1-19)
"Writing About Popular Culture" (31-58)
Writing Exercise 2: Summary 
Tues 9/11   "Blue Jeans" (101-108)

Note: 9/12 Last day to add courses & register late (no exceptions)
Writing Exercise 3: Public Culture
Thur 9/13 Guest Speaker on the Writing Process (1:30-2pm) [Moved from 9/20] "Counterculture Consumerism" (136-139)
"
Hip Hop Sales Pop" (Handout)
Writing Exercise 4: Overconsuming Culture?
Tues 9/18   Hacker, Section A2: Constructing Reasonable Arguments

Note
: Enrollment Census Date 9/20
Writing Exercise 5: Letter to Friend
Thur 9/20

 

Hacker, Section C2: Drafting

 
Tues 9/25 Group Workshop Hacker, Sections S (Sentence Style)

Handouts:
Peer Editing on 1st Draft
Second Draft Instructions
 
First Draft Due

Sentence Fragments & Run-On Sentences Exercises (in-class)
Thur 9/27 Group Workshop Handouts:
Peer Editing on 2nd Draft
Essay 1, Final Draft Instructions
Revising Checklist
Essay 2, Writing Ex. 1 Instructions
 
Second Draft Due
Tues 10/2 Essay 2: Visual Networks "Blue Nude" by Matisse (online; print for class) Writing Exercise 1: Artwork

10/3 & 10/4 Banned Books Week
See here for events: www.sjsu.edu/reading/calendar.htm

Thur 10/4   "Educating by Design" (697-706)
"Reality TV Meets Plastic Surgery" (229-231)
Writing Exercise 2: Images & You
Tues 10/9   "Homosexuality on Television" (287-307) (moved to 10/11) Writing Exercise 3: Television Critiques (moved to 10/11)
Thur 10/11   "Homosexuality on Television" (287-307)
"Class and Virtue" (368)
Writing Exercise 3: Television Critiques

Writing Exercise 4: Class Critiques

10/11, 3-4:30, Rose Castillo Guilbault (King Library, 2nd Flr)
Author of Farmworker's Daughter: Growing Up Mexican in America

Tues 10/16   "Understanding Star Wars" (326-330) JOURNALS &
FINAL DRAFT, ESSAY 1
with Revising Checklist & 2 Peer reviewed drafts (moved from 10/11)

Writing Exercise 5: Letter to Director
Thur 10/18 Group Workshop Handouts
Peer Review Sheet
First Draft

Deadline for Student Essay Contest on ZZ Packer�s Drinking Coffee Elsewhere ($250 Prize)
See here for details: http://www.sjsu.edu/reading/Essay_Contest.htm

Tues 10/23 Group Workshop Hacker Sections S6b, S7, W2 & W4 (bring text to class)

Handouts:
Wordy Sentences & Appropriate Language

Peer Review Sheet
Second Draft
Thur 10/25 Essay 3: In-Class Essay (Mid-Term)  Bring Exam booklets, dictionary & pens  
Tues 10/30 Group Workshop on Essay 3

Handouts:
Grading Rubric: 1-6

 
Thur 11/1 Essay 4: Editorializing Print yourself:
Editorial from The Onion

Editorial from Washington Post
Editorial from New York Times
Editorial from San Jose Mercury News
Editorial from Spartan Daily News
Writing Exercise 1 (In-Class)
Tues 11/6   Bring Editorials from previous class

Print yourself:
Political Cartoon
Writing Exercise 2
Thur 11/8  

Print yourself:
Bloggers Article

Lists of Blogs
http://www.blogwise.com/  http://blogsearch.google.com/ 

Some Current Issues Blogs
http://www.rnc.org/Blog/Default.aspx  (Republican party)
http://www.dnc.org/blog.html  (Democratic party)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions/columnsandblogs/  (Washington Post)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/about?blogid=14  (San Francisco Gate�s Political Blog)
 

Writing Exercise 3

November 8th, 7:30pm Salman Rushdie, Morris Dailey Hall
See Other Authors & Discuss Books at the CLA Events (www.litart.org)

Tues 11/13   Find 3 editorials:
Spartan Daily (online)
San Jose Mercury News (online)
San Francisco Chronicle (online)
New York Times (online)
Washington Post (online)

Sign up for Mandatory Student Meetings
Writing Exercise 4 
Thur 11/15   Print yourself & Read:
Letter to Editor #1 (Spartan Daily)
Letter to Editor #2 (SJ Mercury News)
Letter to Editor #3 (New York Times)
Editorial to go w/Letter #3
Letter to Editor #4 (Washington Post)
Writing Exercise 5

Mechanics & Style (in-class)
 
Tues 11/20 NO CLASS MEETING  Mandatory Student Meetings
SEE SCHEDULE HERE
JOURNALS &
FINAL DRAFT: ESSAY 2
with Revising Checklist & 2 Peer reviewed drafts (moved from 11/9)
Thur 11/22  

Thanksgiving - No Class

 
Tues 11/27 NO CLASS MEETING  Mandatory Student Meetings
SEE SCHEDULE HERE

"Home Alone,"  New York Times Op-Ed (Print yourself & READ)
Hacker Sections W3 & W5
(moved to 11/29)
 
Thur 11/29 Group Workshop Peer Review of Essay 4

"Home Alone,"  New York Times Op-Ed (Print yourself & READ)

Hacker Sections W3 & W5

Prepare for Final Exam: Review graded Essay 3 (Returned exams)
First Draft

Active Verbs and Exact Language (in-class)
 

FINAL EXAM: Saturday, December 1, 8-10am
(Bring yellow exam booklets)
 
Rm. BBC 128

Tues 12/4 Group Workshop Review Progress: Letter to Self Second Draft
Thurs 12/6 NO CLASS MEETING  Holding office hours instead; drop by if you want help with Essay 4  

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ESSAY 4 DUE:
Monday, December 10 by 4pm

(moved from 12/6)