ENGL-1302 English Composition II


Carrza Dubose

Credit Summer 2024


Section(s)

ENGL-1302-007 (80186)
LEC DIL ONL DIL

ENGL-1302-025 (80203)
LEC DIL ONL DIL

ENGL-1302-032 (80205)
LEC DIL ONL DIL

Course Requirements

Course Rationale

The goals of English Composition 1302 are to promote the following:

 

  • critical thinking, reading, and writing.
  • clear, coherent, confident, and effective communication.
  • collaborative writing and learning; and
  • literary analysis

Course material will be delivered via in-class lectures, assigned reading, small group activities, and use of electronic media, writing assignments, and in-class writing workshops.

 

 


Readings

 

Required Text and Supplemental Materials (these texts are not optional)

 

Bausch, Richard. Norton Anthology of Short Fiction (8th Short). W.W. Norton & Co. 2015. Print.

ISBN-13: 9780393637763.

 

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 9th Edition. Print.


Course Subjects

Calendar

 

 

Module# 1: See Blackboard for Due Date

 

 

 

Read

Watch

Do

Begin the Course by Clicking on the START HERE hyperlink (Blackboard)

 

 

Read: Lecture I and II notes (see Blackboard)

 

Read: Paper# 1 guidelines

 

 

Read: “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

 

 

Read: “The Censors” by Luisa Valenzuela

 

 

 

“No Name Woman” by Maxine Hong Kingston

 

Read: "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin pp. 41-63

 

 

 

Video: “Conflict in Literature”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video: “Literary Elements (Parts of a Story)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video: "What is Setting”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video: "Story Elements: Theme”

 

 

Complete Discussion Board: Self Introduction Post (Blackboard)

 

 

 

Complete MLA Homework Assignment

 

 

Complete Discussion Board Questions

 

 

Choose a topic for Paper# 1; Create a thesis statement and paper outline; Visit an ACC English Tutor at the Learning Lab (in person or virtually)

 

 

Submit Paper 1 and Paper Outline (Submit Together) (1000 words)

 

 

 

 

Module# 2: See Blackboard for Due Date

 

 

 

Read

Watch

Do

Read: Lecture II and III notes (see Blackboard)

 

 

Read: “C” paper guidelines

 

Read: "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner pp. 269-281

 

Read: “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor pp. 622-636

 

Read: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins-Gilman pp. 327-338

 

 

Read: "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid pp.437-438

 

 

 

 

 

Video: "Tone vs. Mood”

 

 

 

 

 

Video: "What is Character?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video: "What is Point of View?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video: "The Price of Shame" by Monica Lewinsky

 

 

Complete Discussion Board Questions

 

 

 Choose a topic for “C” Paper.

 

 

 Choose Three Articles

 

 

 

 Create a thesis statement and paper outline; Visit an ACC English Tutor at the Learning Lab (in person or virtually)

 

 

Submit “C” Paper and Paper Outline (Submit Together) (1000 words)

 

 

Module# 3: See Blackboard for Due Date

 

 

 

Read

Do

 

Read: Lecture IV and V notes (see Blackboard)

 

 

 

Read: “B” paper guidelines

 

Read: "The Chrysanthemums" by John Steinbeck pp. 749-756

 

 

Read: "Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan pp. 757-764

 

 

Read: "And of Clay We are Created" by Isabel Allende (see Blackboard for Link)

 

Read: "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin pp. 147-149. 

 

 

Complete Discussion Board Questions

 

 

 

 

 

 Choose a topic for “B” paper.

 

 

 Choose Three Articles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Create a thesis statement and paper outline; Visit an ACC English Tutor at the Learning Lab (in person or virtually)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Submit “B” Paper and Paper Outline (Submit Together) (1000 words)

 

 

 

 

Module# 4: See Blackboard for Due Date

 

 

 

Read

Do

Read: “A” paper guidelines

 

 Choose a topic for “A” paper.

 

 

 

 

 

 Choose Three Articles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Create a thesis statement and paper outline; Visit an ACC English Tutor at the Learning Lab (in person or virtually)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Submit “A” Paper and Paper Outline (Submit Together) (1500 words)

 

 

 

 


Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of English 1302, students should be able to

  1. Analyze and discuss parts of a short story and show the ways in which they relate to the story.
  2. Write objectively, concisely, and analytically about short stories.
  3. Discuss central idea, character, conflict, setting, point of view, language, and tone in a short story.
  4. Relate elements of fiction to the short story as a whole

 

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of English 1302, students should be able to

  1. Think, read, and write critically.
  2. Effectively use referential (interpretive/analytical) writing.
  3. Critically analyze fiction.
  4. Appreciate and understand how the elements of fiction work together.

 

 

Discipline/Program Student Learning Outcomes

The following outcomes are developed in all English Composition students:

    • Expanded critical reading ability.
    • Mastery of the subject, using compelling, relevant content
    • Ability to analyze a piece of fiction to identify the elements in the writing assignment.
    • Present information in a unified and coherent manner, with a thesis clearly stated and supported.
    • effectively employ a wide variety of relevant and credible materials with correct citations (when required)
    • Demonstrate use of standard American English writing conventions (grammar, spelling, usage, punctuation, and formatting) and the ability to communicate to readers with clarity and fluency.

 

General Education Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the general education component of an associate degree, students will demonstrate competence in:

  1. Critical Thinking - Gathering, analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating, and applying information.
  2. Cultural Awareness - Comparing, contrasting, and interpreting differences and commonalities among peoples, ideas, aesthetic traditions, and cultural practices.
  3. Ethical Reasoning - Identifying and applying ethical principles and practices.
  4. Interpersonal Skills - Interacting collaboratively to achieve common goals.
  5. Life/Personal Skills - Demonstrating effective learning, creative thinking, and personal responsibility.
  6. Technology Skills - Using appropriate technology to retrieve, manage, analyze, and present information.
  7. Written, Oral and Visual Communication - Communicating effectively, and adapting to purpose, structure, audience, and medium.

 

 


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Published: 05/27/2024 11:51:31