Welcome to your class page! Here is the link to your Class Syllabus and the Class Schedule - on which the Exploring Language chapters, essay due dates, class activities and the assigned homework articles are indicated.
Required Materials:
1. Exploring Language, 14th edition by Gary Goshgarian. The book is available in the campus bookstore; you can also click on the title for a link to Amazon.
2. Composition book for your daily Writing Journal
English 100 is comprised of six components:
- Weekly Writing Assignments
- Critical Thinking Reading Questions
- Three Multi-Draft Essays
- Two Presentations
- Writing Journal
- Final Timed Essay
1. Weekly Writing Assignments:
The weekly homework assignments are to read the assigned articles and write a three paragraph response and summary for each article. These are available as hyperlinked articles listed below, on the Schedule, and in Canvas. Click control/enter to open the link and access the articles.
- Paragraph one summarizes the article, identifying the main points and discussing what the article is about.
- Paragraph two analyzes the rhetorical differences in the materials in terms of audience/purpose and effectiveness.
- Paragraph three is your response, framed in terms of how the ideas relate to you and your academic writing experience.
Assignments are always due to Canvas by 5 pm Thursday. Emailed work is NOT accepted.
Work is accepted late for only partial credit. Full credit = 5 points if submitted the week they are due; next week = 3 points; next week: 1 point, after which the assignment expires and work cannot be submitted. Do the work in a timely manner to get the most points!
Week Two: Plagiarism and Anne Lamott's essay "Shitty First Drafts"– answer the questions following Lamott's article.
Week Three: Essay Structure & Overview of the Academic Essay
Week Four: Writing Topic Sentences & P.I.E. Paragraphs
Week Five: How to Write a Thesis & Transitions
Week Six: Revision & Editing and Proofreading
Week Seven: Quoting Sources & Why Use Sources?
Week Eight: Paraphrasing
Week Nine: What is Argument? & Toulmin Argumentation
Week Ten: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
Week Eleven: Logical Fallacies
Week Twelve: Evaluating Web Pages
Week Thirteen: Writing Concisely
Week Fourteen: Style in Writing
Recognizing your own writing patterns and challenges are the only way to improve and polish your writing. To do this, you will learn how to proofread effectively and practice those writing challenges.
Click on this link to access these proofreading pages.
2. Essays:
You will write three multi-draft essays in the class that will include required multiple drafts and peer reviews, and one final in-class essay. Should you choose to revise and resubmit an essay, please download these Essay Revision Guidelines. All essays will be submitted to Canvas. Grading is based on overall writing quality and improvement. To better understand what a good essay is, read the Essay Grading Rubric.
The essay submission policy is strictly enforced:
- NO late essays can be accepted - they must be submitted by the deadline to Canvas.
- ALL essays must be submitted to continue in the course or receive course credit. NO exceptions.
- If the essay is not submitted by the deadline, you will become ineligible to continue in the course.
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Essay One: Language Perspectives - Chapter 6
Essay Two: Language and Technology - Chapter 8
Essay Three: Language and Thought - Chapter 14
(Here is a good Project Timeline Creation Template that you might find useful.)
Grading is based on overall writing quality and improvement. To better understand what a good essay is, read the Essay Grading Rubric.
The essays in the class will include required multiple drafts and peer reviews. All essays will be submitted to Canvas through Turnitin.com.
Here is a good Project Timeline Creation Template and a video that you might find useful: How to Write a Good Essay
Here is a template for correct MLA formatting of papers. In addition, try this free grammar/spell check website to get suggestions for improvement: PaperRater.com
Recognizing your own writing patterns and challenges are the only way to improve and polish your writing. To do this, you will learn how to proofread effectively and practice those writing challenges. Click on this link to access these proofreading pages.
3. Presentations:
a. Group Grammar/Writing Presentations: (click for description) will be assigned to groups of 3 or 4. Once the sign up sheet is complete, here is the list of topics and presenters, which is also available on Canvas. Please be prepared to present on the date you have been assigned for full credit.
b. Group Critical Rhetorical Essay Analysis: (click for informational page)
In this course, you’ll write arguments. One way to develop your skill at making arguments is to develop the skill of analyzing the arguments of others. For this assignment, you will analyze an article’s argument, trying to understand the elements of its rhetoric.
During the last week of the class, in small groups of no more than 4 or 5 students, you will select an article from the textbook and create a class presentation analyzing the essay from a rhetorical standpoint. In addition, each group will submit a collaborative Group Portfolio.
Download this Rhetorical Analysis Group Presentation document for reference.
4. Exploring Language Readings Discussion Questions: Each week, we will be reading the articles in the textbook, Exploring Language, that you will use as references in your essay. In order to thoroughly cover each article, you will need to read them prior to class. To prepare yourself for the classroom discussion, you may download this Exploring Language Discussion Questions that each small group of students will respond to during the class.
5. Final Timed Essay:
Timed In-Class Essay - available the last day so there are NO makeups. You will be responding to an argument writing prompt, and will have two hours in which to write and submit the essay to Canvas.
Sample Writing Prompts
Prompt 2
Instructor Contact: Email - georgie.ziff@csueastbay.edu
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Day One Slides
How to Be a Successful Student
End of Class PPT
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