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Instructor: Jeff Rice Section: 1983 Fall 01 Hours: MWF 6 R E1-E3 Place: ROL 105 Office: ROLF 503 |
Office hours: W 5th period Phone: 392 0664 E-mail: jrice@nwe.ufl.edu Home page:http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~jrice Mailbox: Tur 4012, on right, J.Rice. |
Course Overview and Goals: ENC 1131 is a Gordon Rule course designed to give you the necessary background to be able to write for the university, for the work place, and for your peers. Because this is a Gordon Rule course, you will be required to write a minimum of 6,000 words. Your work in this course will receive feedback from me and your peers, it will be revised at least once, and it will eventually be graded. Throughout the semester, we will identify the differences between speaking and writing, we will work extensively on grammar, we will examine several ways to write, and we will relate writing back to the environment we live in and the images that surround us in the media and popular culture.
Required Texts and Materials:
You will need to purchase the following texts at Goerings Book Store which is located next to Bageland at 1717 NW 1st Ave.
Camera Lucida by Roland Barthes
Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan
Dead Elvis by Greil Marcus
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Escape Velocity by Mark Dery
A Writer's Reference. Diana Hacker. Bedford Books.
A college dictionary.
Rules and Requirements:
1. Attendance is mandatory. Class discussion depends on the entire class being present. You are allowed three unexcused absences throughout the course. After that, your final grade will drop by half a grade for each additional absence. Prolonged absences due to illness or absences due to having to attend a university sponsored event (athletics, theater, music, field trip) will be excused if you provide me with proper documentation from an appropriate authority. You are responsible for all work due for any missed class as well as for the homework for the following class. You are also responsible for any work done during the class you missed (quizzes, in class writing etc. ), and you need to arrange with me a time for any such work to be made up. You should get the phone numbers of a couple of your classmates in case you miss a class. You can also contact me by e-mail.
2. Don't be late to class. The class depends on your presence in order to conduct peer review and other in class activities. Three tardies will count as one unexcused absence.
3. Assignments are due on the class day they have been assigned for. Late work will not be accepted.
4. All assignments (unless otherwise noted) must be typed on white 8 1/2 X 11" paper, be double spaced, have 1" margins, and be according to MLA style.
5. All students are expected to honor the University's Honor Code. All work must be your own. Copying work without giving credit is considered plagiarism. Evidence of plagiarism will be dealt with according to the university's regulations.
6. Many different opinions will be expressed in this class. Students are expected to respect the views of other students. Sexist and racial hate speech will not be tolerated. A difference of opinion will naturally result and is expected and encouraged. But students must still respect the view points of the other students in the class.
7. Complaints about separate assignments should be discussed with me. Complaints about the final grade should be discussed with me in at least one conference soon after the next term begins. If the conference on the final grade does not resolve the problem in a valid, college-level manner, the complaint can be expressed on a form in the English Office, 4008 TUR; the form must be accompanied with copies of every assignment and the my directions. The form and accompanying course material will be given to the Director of Freshman English for further action. Please note that the Department does not review a complaint about a separate assignment nor will it review a complaint about final grades unless all assignments are submitted along with the instructor's directions for the assignments. The review committee may decide that the grade should remain as is, be raised, or lowered; its decision is final.
Grades:
Grades are calculated as follows:
1. Essays (100 points each): There will be two class essays assigned throughout the course.
Each essay will be approximately 3,000 words long.
The first essay will explore Barthes' understandings of the punctum as
a contemporary "whatever." Students will compose a hypertext version of the "whatever."
"Whatever," in its filmic and cyber appearances, has become a digital means of expression. Students
will explore their own "whatevers" in hypertext.
The second essay will be a synthesis of Barthes' "whatever" with the collagist principles outlined
in McLuhan, Marcus, and Gibson. Students will produce a final hypertext-collage project based on the previous readings.
Along with the essays that will be handed in for a final grade,
you will be required to write at least one draft for each out of
class essay. Drafts will be work shopped in peer review sessions and will be looked over by me as well. Because of this, you will be responsible for bringing four copies of your draft to class on the day it is due. Essays are graded on content, originality, and grammar.
2. E-Mail (100 points): We will have an e-mail list for this class. You will be required to participate in e-mail discussion about class readings and assignments. Each week, you will have to post at least three e-mail responses/replies. You will also be in a band that
will control the e-mail for a specific week in which each member will post
five e-mails.. E-mail will help facilitate discussion and assist you in your readings.
E-mail posts that don't
contribute to discussion, that are frivolous (i.e. "class was good today" or "the readings were interesting") don't
count for credit.
3. Quizzes (100 points): Quizzes will periodically be given to make sure that you are doing the readings.
4. Panel Presentation (100 points): You will be placed in a band that will give two panel presentations on the projects
you are working on. Each presentation = 50 pts.
5. Participation (100): Participation is essential in this class. Be prepared to discuss the readings as well as to ask questions. Without participation, the class will be boring, and you will find yourself not progressing in your work. Through participation, we (you and I) will learn more about the writing process and how to express ourselves in a clear and coherent manner that is convincing and persuasive.
6. Home page (20): To get you started on hypertext, you will make a home page early in the semester.
The maximum amount of points you can receive is 620. The grading scale is as follows:
570-620 points A
520-570 points B+
470-520 points B
420-470 points C+
370-420 points C
320-370 points D
< 320 points E
Schedule
Week 1: Aug 22 - 24 Introduction
W: Introduction: Why do we write? Why write in the NWE? What makes good writing?
Read: http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/writing/help/intro/
http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/writing/help/intro/account/
http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/writing/help/web/
http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/writing/help/remote/ (important for how to read e-mail at home)
F: Learning about the NWE
Week 2: Aug 27 - 31 The Whatever
M: Learning about the NWE
W: Camera Lucida
F:Camera Lucida
Coordination and Subordination: WR: 78-83.
Fragments: WR 156-161
Prewriting: WR: 3-11, 15-17
Screening: Wings of Desire
Week 3 Sept 3 - 7
M: No Class Labor Day
W: Camera Lucida
F:Camera Lucida
SV agreement: WR: 121-134, 141
Screening: Citizen Kane
Week 4 Sept 10 - 14
M: Camera Lucida
W: Camera Lucida
F:Camera Lucida
Run Ons: WR 161-166.
Some writing tips: http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~jrice/write2.html
Commas: WR: 193-196.
Commas: WR: 193-196.
Screening: Apocalypse Now
Week 5 Sept 17 -21
M: Camera Lucida
W: Camera Lucida
F:Camera Lucida
Commas: WR: 203- 207.
Commas: WR: 193-196.
HTML Help on Screening Day
Week 6 Sept 24 - 28
M: Bands 1 & 2 present
W: Bands 3 & 4 present
F: Bands 5 & 6 present
Week 7: Oct 1 - 5
M: Peer Review
W: Peer Review
F: Peer Review
Week 8 Oct 8 - 12 Collage
M: Project 1 due
McLuhan
Apostrophes: WR 212-214
W: McLuhan
F: McLuhan
Screening: Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Week 9: Oct 15 - 19
M: Dead Elvis
W:Dead Elvis
F:Dead Elvis
Parallelism: WR 63-65
Screening: Run Lola Run
Week 10 Oct 22 -26
M: Dead Elvis
W:Dead Elvis
F:Dead Elvis
Shifts: WR 72-75
Mixed constructions: WR 75-78
Screening: Pillow Book
Week 11 Oct 29 - Nov 2 Cyber Culture
MLA: WR 272-276
M: Escape Velocity
W: Escape Velocity
F: Escape Velocity
MLA: WR 276-282
MLA: 282-289
Screening: The Matrix
Week 12 Nov 5 - 9
M: Escape Velocity
W: Neuromancer
F: Neuromancer
Screening: eXisTenZe
Week 13 Nov 12 - 16
M: No class Veteran's Day
W: Neuromancer
F: Bands 3 & 4 present
Screening: Brazil
Week 14 Nov 19 - 23
M: Bands 5 & 6 present
W: Bands 1 & 2 present WE HAVE CLASS - DO NOT FLY ON THIS DAY
F: No class Thanksgiving
Week 15: Nov 26 - 30
M: Peer Review
W: Peer Review
F: Peer Review
Week 16: Dec 3 - 7
Project 2 due