• Enhance your ability to interpret college - level reading in the disciplines, including multicultural texts.

• Demystify the reading/writing process and build upon the skills you have already developed.

• Improve your ability to organize information and ideas through reading, writing, and discussion.

• Help you to produce writing which demonstrates appropriate grammar, sentence structure, and usage, reflecting the mature thinking of a college student.

• Help you to understand the impact of language use in a multi-cultural society and to recognize the effects of biased language on readers and writers.

• Introduce you to online learning communites: discussions and practice in online "netiquette," the use of email, discussion lists and research data bases.

This course focuses on the close relationship of the reading/writing process: pre-writing, and pre-reading, drafting, revising. Much of class time will be spent discussing, writing, and working in small groups, both offline and online. Students are encouraged to use the resources of the Learning Resource Center.

• Four in-class, timed essays:
  • Timed Writing (SAMPLE)
  • Timed Writing (RESPONSE TO A TEXT)
  • Timed Writing (ANALYSIS OF A TEXT)
  • Timed Writing (REFLECTION)

• Portfolio requirements.

  • Cover Letter
  • One in-class timed writing (unrevised)
  • One summary and response (revised, edited)
  • One Annotated text
  • One text based paper

• Online Journal: consists of posting initial summaries and responses to all readings to a publicly readable electronic list. You will also be asked to read and respond to other students.

  Paper Journal: consists of writing assignments, reading logs, homework and in class work. Collected randomly.

• Divakaruni, Chitra. We, Too, Sing America. Boston: McGraw Hill, 1998.

• New Voices. 15th ed. Jackson, Sandra and Pamela Bourgeois eds. 2005.

• Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Game.

• Silverman, Hughes and Wienbroer.Rules of Thumb. 6th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004.

Required Materials:

• Composition Notebook (paper journal)
• Pocket Folder(s)
• Computer Disk (drafts will require word processing)
• College dictionary

Conferencing and Office Hours: One office conference (TBA) is required, and all students are strongly urged to come by my office as confusion, problems, questions arise. The sharing of positive writing experience is also permitted. My office (JR253) is located in the Jerome Richfield building on the second floor, right next to the food court. BYOF&D. Hours are T/Th 11:00 - 12:30 or by appt.

Fall 2005 Index 097 098 Fall 2004

Policies Internet Resources New Voices Learning Resource Center

Janet Cross Jai

Schedule Readings Moo *Lists Office Hours