English 105.10, Spring 2001 Prof. Michelle Tokarczyk (Two-car-chick)

Office: Van Meter G48, ext. 6165 Office Hours: Wed 2:30-3:30, Thu 11:30-12:30, by appt.

Theme: American Dreaming—Class and Upward Mobility

Texts—Printed

Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street. E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime. Diana Hacker, A Writer’s Reference. 4^th Ed.  bell hooks, Where We Stand: Class Matters  Richard Sennett and Jonathan Cobb, The Hidden Injuries of Class. Handouts, student papers.

Films  Dirty Dancing  Wall Street  Films have been placed on reserve so students may view them at any time. There will also be a general showing of each film.

Requirements  Paper 1, class source essay (20%); paper 2, outside source essay (20%); paper 3, annotated bibliography (20%); paper 4, research paper (30%) class participation (10%), readings, good attendance. Students may choose to do an additional revision to one paper to raise its grade. This revision will be due on May 1.

Attendance  Is extremely important. More than four absences will lower a student’s grade. A students who is absent is still responsible for work covered and should contact a classmate to review what he/she missed.

Class Participation  Students should come to class prepared to discuss assigned work. At any time I may call on you.

Paper Policies  Rough drafts and final drafts must be handed in on time. Rough drafts handed in after the due dates may not be read. Late final copies will be penalized one grade (ex: B- to C+) for each day of lateness.   Students should save all notes on secondary sources. I will review them during conferences and may request them when evaluating papers.

 Peer Revision Groups  These groups, along with myself, give feedback on first drafts. STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR E-MAILING OR IN SOME OTHER RELIABLE FASHION GETTING PAPERS TO GROUP MEMBERS BY 7PM OF THE EVENING BEFORE GROUPS MEET.

Conferences During the weeks of February 27 and April 24 classes will be canceled so that I can hold a twenty-minute conference with each student. These conferences are a class requirement and should be rescheduled only in an emergency.

Schedule

Thu, Jan 18 Introduction. In-class writing. Paper 1 assigned.

Thu, Feb 8 Paper 1 due. Paper 2 assigned. Discuss student papers and plagiarism.

Tues, Feb 13 Doctorow 26-35.

Thu , Feb 15 Draft of paper 2 due. Peer revision work. Hacker assigned.

Tues, Mar 6 Cisneros to "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired" (56). Discuss annotated bibliography.

Thu, Mar 8 Draft of paper 3 due. Peer revision work.

Tues, Mar 13 Cisneros to end. hooks "Making the Personal Political." Hacker assigned.

Thu, Mar 15 Library Orientation—AV Room, Library.

MIDTERM BREAK, March 19 through March 23

Week 10

Wall Street shown Monday, Mar 26 4:30 PM AV Room, Library

Tues, Mar 27 Wall Street. hooks "The Politics of Greed" "The Me-Me Class"

Thu, Mar 29 Paper 3 due. Paper 4 assigned.