English 30 Honors Freshman Composition
Syllabus
Week 1 (Aug. 30, Sept. 1)
Tuesday Overview of the course
Reading: Understanding Style (Chapter 1)
Writing: Writing
sample
Thursday Due: Writing sample
Sample review
Writing: Personal experience essay
Reading Culture
No. 1: Terrorism
“The Politics of Rage: Why Do They Hate Us?”
“The Roots of Terrorism”
“Study: 3,500 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan by U.S. Bombs”
Writing: Position statement
Week 2 (September 6, 8)
Tuesday Due: Position statement
Discussion: Reading
Culture No. 1
Discussion: Understanding Style (Chapter 1)
Reading: Understanding Style (Chapter 2)
Thursday Due: First draft
Peer reviewing
Peer response
guide
Discussion: Understanding Style (Chapter 2)
Friday
Due: Second
draft
Week 3 (September 13, 15)
Tuesday
Conference
Thursday Conference
Writing:
Reflection paper
Week 4 (September 20, 22)
Tuesday Due: Final draft & Reflection paper
Sample review
Interview
strategies
Writing:
Interview report essay
Reading: Reading Culture No.
2: Computer technology
“The Promise and Perils
of E-Learning”
“Technology vs. Human
Development: Brazil, 1996”
Writing: Position Paper
Thursday Due: Position paper
Discussion: Reading Culture No.
2
Peer-reviewing interview questions
Reading: Understanding Style
(Chapter 3)
Week 5 (September 27, 29)
Tuesday Due: First draft
Peer-reviewing
Discussion: Understanding Style
(Chapter 3)
Reading: Understanding Style (Chapter 4)
Thursday Peer draft reviewing
Discussion:
Understanding Style (Chapter 4)
Friday
Due: Second Draft
Week 6 (October 4, 6)
Tuesday Conference
Thursday Conference
Writing: Reflection Paper
Reading: Understanding Style
(Chapter 5)
Week 7 (October 11, 13)
Tuesday Due: Interview Report Essay & Reflection Paper
Discussion:
Understanding Style (Chapter 5)
Sample review
APA documentation style
APA documentation style exercise
Writing: Literature review essay
Reading:
Understanding Style (Chapter 6)
Thursday Searching for your sources
Discussion:
Understanding Style (Chapter 6)
Reading Culture No. 2: Individual and society
“Confessions of an eBay Addict”
“A Pie in the Fetish"
"Red Sauce”
Writing: Position paper
Reading:
Understanding Style (Chapter 7)
Week 8 (October 18, 20)
Tuesday Due: Position paper
Discussion: Reading Culture No. 2
Discussion: Understanding Style (Chapter 7)
Thursday Due: First draft
Peer reviewing
Week 9 (October 25, 27)
Tuesday Peer drafts reviewing
Peer reviewing
Writing: Argumentation
essay
Reading: Understanding Style (Chapter 8)
Thursday Due: Second draft
Sample reviewing (Professionals,
Students)
Discussion:
Understanding Style (Chapter 8)
Week 10 (November 1, 3)
Tuesday Conference
Thursday Conference
Reading: Understanding Style (Chapter 9)
Writing: Reflection paper
Week 11 (November 8, 10)
Tuesday Due: Literature Review Essay & Reflection Paper
Argumentation:
Rhetoric concerns
Argumentation:
Documenting sources
Discussion: Understanding
Style (Chapter 9)
Reading Culture No.
4
"Campus Reacts to Assembly's Vote about TAs"
“Complaints Concerning International TAs Persist”
“Letters to the Editor”
“International Student Policy Workshop to be Held Toda”
“International TA’s Language Exams Put Online, Revised”
“Crossing Pedagogical Oceans: International Teaching Assistants in U.S. Undergraduate Education"
Writing: Position Paper
Thursday Due: Position paper
Discussion: Reading Culture No. 4
Reading:
Understanding Style (Chapter 10)
Week 12 (November 15, 17)
Tuesday Due: Argumentation (first draft)
Peer Review
Discussion: Understanding Style (Chapter 10)
Thursday Peer drafts reviewing
Week 13
Thanksgiving
Week 14 (Nov. 29, Dec. 1)
Tuesday Due: Argumentation (second draft)
Thursday Conference
Week 15 (December 6, 8)
Tuesday Conference
Thursday Due: Final draft & reflection paper
Course evaluation
Permission
form