SYLLABUS: ENGLISH 82B Written Communication II (3)
Fall 2008 -- Tuesdays 12:30 -3:15
Prerequisite/Co-requisite Courses: None
Instructor: Dr. Sylvia Y. R. Schoemaker
Phone: 510.628.8036
Office Hours: T-Th 11:45-12:30 and by arrangement
E-mail: mailto:profs4e@gmail.com
Blog: http://e82bwcom.blogspot.com/
Wiki: http://e82bwcom.wetpaint.com
COURSE DESCRIPTION
ENG 82B - WRITTEN COMMUNICATION II
The course includes critical reading and evaluation of selected texts and writings; composition of well-organized expository papers; a careful consideration of methods of research, organization in a clear, logical manner and other elements involved in writing research papers. (3 units)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Students will develop their writing skills for academic, professional, and socio-cultural purposes, in context-centered essay writing. Students will learn editing, documentation skills, and use of online and other resources.
University learner goals 1 -6, and specifically in English:: To develop basic academic and professional skills(1); To develop the ability to communicate effective in English, orally and in writing, and to read with understanding (1.1) and institutional goals , especially 1,(1.1-1.4), 2.4
Through assigned essays and exercises, students will demonstrate with progressive skill in mechanics and style according to established rubrics
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND REFERENCES
REQUIRED TEXT
VanderMey et al. The College Writer. Second Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007.
Course text site: http://college.cengage.com/english/vandermey/college_writer/2e/resources.html
ISBN: 0-618-74253-0
TOPICAL OUTLINE
English 82B covers the aspects of composing well-organized written communications in functional contexts. The core of the course will emphasize practice in organizing ideas in a clear, logical manner and other elements involved in writing papers in various applied contexts.
Topics include: writing development based on critical reading and evaluation of both student and professional writing. Review of the foundation for writing in academic and professional contexts.
SCHEDULE
| Wk1 | 2-Sep | Unit 1 Introduction |
| Wk2 | 9-Sep | Introductory Essay: Consider each of the following contexts: Personal (family), Social (culture, home country), Professional (economic now/future), Universal (philosophical, goals, definition of success) |
| Where do you stand? (feet, stomach, heart, ears, eyes, hands, brain) | ||
| Media: On Essay Writing | ||
| Wk3 | 16-Sep | Peer Evaluation |
| Unit 1 Introductory Essay Due | ||
| Wk4 | 23-Sep | Unit 2: Language, Literature, Art, Music, Humanities Focus |
| Media: Story of English; Do You Speak American? | ||
| Wk5 | 30-Sep | The College Writer (TCW), C24, Writing about Literature and the Arts |
| MLA Format | ||
| Wk6 | 7-Oct | Literary Analysis (TCW, 357), oral presentations (TCW, 319), web writing (TCW, 399) http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ReadingPoetry.html |
| Wk7 | 14-Oct | TCW, C25, Academic Essays |
| Unit 2 Paper Due | ||
| Wk8 | 21-Oct | Review; Presentations |
| Wk9 | 28-Oct | Midterm |
| Wk10 | 4-Nov | Unit 3 Social Sciences Focus |
| TCW, C26, Writing for the Workplace | ||
| Wk11 | 11-Nov | C27 Writing and Designing in the Web Business, Economics America at Work APA Format, C34 Abstracts/summaries(538,540,550) Research C29-32, |
| Wk12 | 18-Nov | Experiment report (TCW, 341), observation report (TCW, 319), research paper(TCW, 423) Unit 3 Paper Due |
| Wk13 | 25-Nov | Unit 4 Cosmos Physical Sciences |
| Wk14 | 2-Dec | Nature/ Ecology Microcosmos Field Report (TCW, 341), research paper (TCW, 423) |
| Review; Presentations Conclusion | ||
| Unit 4 Paper Due | ||
| Wk15 | 9-Dec | Final |
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