Bulletin Description: Workshop in expository writing: strategies of, and practice in, analytical reading and writing about texts. Fundamentals of grammar and syntax. Frequent assignments in writing summaries, analyses, comparisons of texts, and such other expository forms as narration, description, and argumentation. Emphasis on writing as a process: invention, revision, editing. Satisfies Pathways Required Core English composition requirement. (Not open to students who have completed English 1.7.)
Discussion: This class is set up to help students meet their reading, writing, and critical thinking proficiencies. These are skills students will need for the rest of their college careers, regardless of major. Through in-class and out-of-class writing assignments, reading assignments, class discussions, and other in-class activities, this course will prepare students to write expository essays and to become better analytical and critical thinkers by examining and analyzing different kinds of texts. In particular, students will focus on the following: reading critically and writing analytically; developing and supporting theses and arguments; summarizing, paraphrasing, and synthesizing information from a variety of sources; structuring persuasive and cohesive essays; incorporating and integrating evidence into their writing using MLA documentation; editing and revising; using appropriate conventions of language, including correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Course Objectives
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
Course Requirements & Policies
Materials
Attendance: Students are permitted two absences. After two absences, the final attendance and class participation grade will be reduced by 5% for each day of class that the student misses. Students with more than four absences, either excused or unexcused, will receive no credit for attendance and participation.
Lateness Policy: The door to the classroom will close at exactly 11:00AM, and if a student must open the door to get into class, the student will be marked late. two latenesses count as one absence, and arriving more than 10 minutes late counts as an absence.
Participation: Participation includes completing and commenting on the assigned reading, contributing to class discussion through listening and responding to classmates or the instructor, bringing required materials to class, and engaging in peer review and group activities.
Technology Policy: Students may take notes on laptops during class lecture and discussion, although they are strongly encouraged to take notes by hand. However, cellphones should be silenced and put away for the duration of class. If a student uses any technology (laptop, phones, ipads, etc.) when it is not permitted, the student will be marked absent for the day.
Reading: Students are expected to keep up with the required readings assigned on the syllabus to ensure their ability to participate in class and to keep up with in-class and out-of-class assignments. Students should come to class with the assigned reading in hand with questions and comments prepared to be discussed.
Quizzes: Quizzes may be given at any time without warning at the instructor’s discretion. However, there will be enough quizzes throughout the semester so that one rough day will not significantly hurt the student’s grade overall. If the student did the readings, the student will do well on the quizzes. Quizzes cannot be made up if the student is absent or late.
Assignments:
Essays & Other Writing: Students will write the following: a personal narrative (750-1000 words), two summaries (250-500 words each), an argumentative essay (1000-1250 words), a compare and contrast essay (1000-1250 words). Students will revise each of these essays. These essays must be typed, double-spaced, in 12-point font, and formatted with one-inch margins. In addition, students will have an in-class essay exam. Students will be asked to complete other assignments, such as journal entries, in-class writing, and reading responses.
NOTE: Essays are due at the beginning of class. The instructor will not accept essays submitted via email.
Final Exam: English 1010 students must take a final exam. The exam is based on responses to two pieces of writing: one 5-7 page essay, distributed one week before the end of the term, and a second 1-2 page piece, distributed along with the question on the day of the exam. The exam will count for 20% of the final grade for the class. The instructor will discuss the test format in class.
LOOP workshop: The Brooklyn College Bulletin states the following:
All students in English 1010 will complete the required Brooklyn College library orientation, which will introduce them to the services and resources of the library, including access to and ethical use of its print and electronic resources.
Grading: The Brooklyn College policy on grading for English 1010 is as follows:
Grades for English 1010 are: A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, NC or F. Note that the minimum passing grade is C-. Students who have completed all the course work but are not yet writing at the college level will receive a grade of NC; students who have not completed the course work will receive a grade of F.
Students who do not pass English 1010 must repeat it the following semester. The course may not be taken more than three times; students who receive three grades of F, NC and/or WU may be dismissed from the college.
Late Paper Policy: All essays are expected to be complete drafts (meeting all paper requirements with proper formatting) and turned in electronically on Blackboard by the due date. Essays submitted through any other method (such as via email) will not be accepted and technology problems will not be a valid excuse. Incomplete drafts will not be accepted. Any late paper will be penalized one-third of a letter grade (A to A-, A- to B+, etc.) for each day that it is late. No exceptions.
Possible grades are as follows:
A 93-100
A- 90-92
B+ 88-89
B 83-87
B- 80-82
C+ 78-79
C 73-77
C- 70-72
D+ 68-69
D 63-67
D- 60-62
F Below 60
Grading Breakdown:
Essays: (including all drafts) 60%
Personal Narrative: 10 %
Summaries: 10%
Argumentative Essay: 20%
Compare and Contrast: 20%
Final Exam: 20%
Other Assignments: 10%
This includes take-home assignments, in-class writing, and quizzes.
Attendance & Participation: 10%
This includes attendance, promptness, participation in class discussions and group work, etc.
Plagiarism: Brooklyn College's statement on plagiarism is as follows:
The faculty and administration of Brooklyn College support an environment free from cheating and plagiarism. Each student is responsible for being aware of what constitutes cheating and plagiarism and for avoiding both. The complete text of the CUNY Academic Integrity Policy and the Brooklyn College procedure for implementing that policy can be found at this site: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/policies.
Non-attendance Because of Religious Beliefs: Brooklyn College’s statement on non-attendance because of religious belief is located on page 66 of the Brooklyn College Undergraduate Bulletin: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/off_registrar/2017-2018_Undergraduate_Bulletin.pdf
Student Bereavement Policy: Brooklyn College’s statement on non-attendance because of religious belief is located here: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/about/initiatives/policies/bereavement.php
Important Dates
The full academic calendar, including many other important dates, is available on the Office of the Registrar’s website.
NOTE: English 1010 is an Academic Foundations course. Brooklyn College’s policy on withdrawing from English 1010 is as follows:
Students are not permitted at any time to delete, drop, or withdraw from an assigned Academic Foundations course without obtaining permission of the academic department involved and consulting the Center for Academic Advisement and Student Success.
The full academic calendar, including many other important dates, and the undergraduate final exam “grid” are available on the Office of the Registrar’s website.
Brooklyn College
The City University of New York
English 1010 MEAF
Fall 2019, MW 11-12:15
3 hours and conference; 3 credits
Professor Kim 3153 Boylan
Office Hours: MW, 12:30-1:30
Course Schedule
Week 1: Introductions
W 8/28
M 9/2 – NO CLASS
Week 2: First-Year Common Reading: Becoming
W 9/4
M 9/9
Week 3: Close reading, annotation, and personal narrative
M 9/16
W 9/18
Week 4: Summary
M 9/23
W 9/25
Week 5: Summary continued
M 9/30 – NO CLASS
W 10/2
Week 6: Summary continued
M 10/7
W 10/9 – NO CLASS
Week 7: Analysis and Response
M 10/14 – NO CLASS
W 10/16
Week 8: Analysis and response Continued (focused on Politics and Power)
M 10/21
W 10/23
Week 9: Analysis and Response continued
M 10/28
W 10/30
Week 10: Analysis Continued (focused on…
M 11/4
W 11/6
Week 11: Compare and Contrast
M 11/11
W 11/13
Week 12: Compare and Contrast continued
M 11/18
W 11/20
Week 13: Compare and Contrast continued
M 11/25
W 11/27
Week 14: Compare and Contrast continued
M 12/2
W 12/4
Week 15: Final Exam Prep
M 12/9
W 12/11
NOTE: The professor reserves the right to make changes to the syllabus during the semester and will notify students of such changes in advance.
