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Yifan Zhang
ENGL 111
Seattle Campus
Study and practice of good writing; topics derived from reading and discussing stories, poems, essays, and plays. Cannot be taken if student has already received a grade of 2.0 or higher in either ENGL 111, ENGL 121, or ENGL 131.
Class description
THE SELF & THE OTHER ENGL 111 is a course consisting of reading, thinking and writing. To make it clear, it is not a course of literature, politics, social sciences or chemistry, etc., but of writing and its process. Since there is many a style of writing waiting for you in college or after graduation, you do need to form a good habit of writing from now on. Nonetheless, reading in all English composion courses has been found as a constructive subject for writing. Therefore, students need to be prepared for a large amount of reading. Throughout this quarter, the reading covers social, literary and historical issues, which will studied as cultural artifacts. To be more specific, the students will read Stanley Fish, Ronald Takaki, John S. W. Park, Frantz Fanon, Richard Wright and Edward Said.
Student learning goals
1. To Demonstrate an Awareness of the Strategies That Writers Use in Different Writing Contexts
2. To Read, Analyze, and Synthesize Complex Texts and Incorporate Multiple Kinds of Evidence Purposefully in Order to Generate and Support Writing
3. To Produce Complex, Analytic, Persuasive Arguments That Matter in Academic Contexts
4. To Develop Flexible Strategies for Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Writing
General method of instruction
Besides writing assignments, the class will involve readings¡ªof course, presentations, film and group activities, etc.
Recommended preparation
It is always a good habit to start reading prior to class. If possible, read Book One of Richard Wright¡¯s Native Son before the due date of this reading assignment.
Class assignments and grading
The writing practice consists of five short papers (2-3 pages each), two major papers (5-7 pages each) and proposals for the two major papers as well.
The grading is broken down into participation¡ª30% of the final grade¡ªand portfolio¡ª70% of the final grade.
