ENG 102: English Composition II

Email:  tchung@sccd.ctc.edu
Voicemail: (206) 528-4570

English 102 Online Nuts and Bolts

COURSE SOFTWARE:  FirstClass accessible at http://fc.northseattle.edu

COURSE TEXTS:
Exploring Language (11^th ed) by Gary Goshgarian
Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide (12^th ed) by James Lester
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The main objective of this class is to build on the critical reading and writing skills you have acquired in English 101.  We will fine-tune our writing processes while also learning to analyze, evaluate, and incorporate materials from sources into our own writing. 

Key Themes/Questions to Explore:
The theme for our class is “Language Matters: Politics, Media, and Identity.”  Here is a sampling of topics and questions we will explore:

• How does language affect and/or reflect one’s personal or cultural identity? 

• How does language shape and/or reflect thought?

• Cross-cultural or multicultural communication

• Language of advertising & the media

• Language and politics

• Language in the Wired World

• Slang, profanity, free speech, and Politically-Correct (PC) movement

• Standard English debate

• Language and society; evolution of language as a reflection of culture?

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1) Three Formal Essay Assignments (60%):  You will write 3 formal essays of varying lengths and type.

2) Seminar Papers and Informal Writing Assignments (20%):  You will write 4 Seminar Papers, which are shorter, informal writing assignments designed to help you engage in critical analysis of course readings and hone skills for the formal essay assignments.  The Annotated Bibliography will be an important tool to help you find, evaluate, and synthesize materials for your Research Paper.  

3) Ongoing Participation (20%) in the course has two main parts:  Café Society and Writing Group.

A. Participate in Café Society, our online discussion forum, at least four days a week.   Ongoing posting requirements will include posting your Weekly Reading Responses on course readings by Noon on Tuesday and responding to at least two classmates’ postings by Friday. 

B.  Participate in Writing Group feedback for every essay assignment:  For every paper, you will exchange rough drafts of essays for feedback to and from your writing group through the Writing Workshop page.

Also included in your course participation grade would be completion of informal writing assignments such as Weekly Reading Responses (posted to Café Society), Writer’s Questionnaire, and Research Paper Topic Proposal.