English 101: Composition

Mondays | Aug 24 – Dec 9 | 15-Week Course Schedule
Week 1 Mon, Aug 24
Class Activities
Course introduction and syllabus review. Concrete and concise language.
Required Reading
IN CLASS: Syllabus; Excerpt from "Grunt" by Mary Roach; sample essay "Home Recording".
Homework Due
Complete the Microexpertise Essay.
Instructor Notes
Please bring your computer, a notebook, and your textbook to class every session.
Week 2 Mon, Aug 31
Class Activities
Phonoaesthetics/Word Choice.
Required Reading

IN CLASS: excerpts from Mary Oliver's "A Poetry Handbook"; "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop; sample essays "Trick-or-Treating" and "Jacques Cousteau"


UNDERSTANDING RHETORIC: rhetorical sitations, pgs 32-33; writing identities, pgs 120-149


OPTIONAL: 'The Hills of Zion' by HL Mencken

Homework Due
Vignettes/Chewy Details
Week 3 Mon, Sep 7
Class Activities
Labor Day! No class
Week 4 Mon, Sep 14
Class Activities
Social/Symbolic Meanings and Connotations of a Particular Object
Required Reading

IN CLASS: "The I in the Internet" by Jia Tolentino; sample essays "Coffee" and "Pizza"

Homework Due
Object Essay
Week 5 Mon, Sep 21
Class Activities
Classification/Distinction, Non-Human Animals
Required Reading

IN CLASS: "Media as Epistemology" by Neil Postman; sample essay "Acting"


UNDERSTANDING RHETORIC: 72-114

Homework Due
Classification & Distinction Essay
Week 6 Mon, Sep 28
Class Activities
Braided Essays
Required Reading

IN CLASS: "Ecstasy" by Jia Tolentino; sample essay "Smoke"

Homework Due
Classification & Distinction Essay
Week 7 Mon, Oct 5
Class Activities
Genre, Soviet Montage
Required Reading

IN CLASS: "Genre" by John Frowe; sample essay "Cult Films"

Homework Due
Film Language Description
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