Syllabus

Policies for all sections

schedules only

• TTh Class section 16 (updated 14 April)
• MW Classes sections 5 & 9 (updated 6 May)

Readings

Required Readings

• • How to Travel as a Political Act & Travel Can Change the World?
  • “50 Shades of Green”
  • An Eco-City in the Desert (evaluation & analysis)
  • The Micro-credit revolution: “Starting With a Handshake”
  • Water, Clean and Dirty: Two Arguments
  • sample film reviews--Avatar
  • Sample Proposal: Alternative Spring Breaks
  • For Assessment writing assignment: "Who's Irish?" by Gish Jen
  • “The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got That Way”
  • My Freshman Year: Worldliness and Worldview
  • “Leading for Global Competency”

Optional Readings

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  • The Muslim Prom
  • Finding My Daughter's Roots
  • Desert Eco-City: More Commentary and Visuals
  • Context articles for Avatar film
  • Syrian Refugee Crisis--Two Opposing Viewpoints
  • Alternative Spring Break--student reflection (CSU, San Diego)
  • Gish Jen Interview
  • CFA Strike Op-ed from San Diego State U.
  • Lessons from an Oklahoma Preschool--Kristoff
  • CA Students Don't Have a Right to a "Quality" Education
  • American Kids, Dumber than Dirt

Assignments

Major Assignments

• • Rhetorical Analysis of a Website
  • Critical Analysis Essay and Film List
  • Research Unit

-Working Bibliography assignment

-Annotated Bibliography/ Research Proposal assignment

-Researched Argument

Small Assignments

Writing Partners Letters

A Cafecito Story response questions

Responding to Films Exercise

Analyzing Your Audience worksheet

Refining Your Research worksheet

Extra Credit Opportunities: general

• • • Extra Credit with a newspaper editorial
    • Extra Credit with CFA emails
    • Extra Credit with Declining by Degrees film
• Proposals and Public Writing exercise: Alternative Spring Break
• • Alternative Spring Break Samples
  • Alternative Spring Break Lesson Plan
  • Essay: Why Alternative Spring Breaks Are a Great Idea

Samples of Assignments

• Sample Web site analysis ("bad guy" company)
• Sample Web site analysis ("good guy" company)
• Website Analysis Sample Paragraphs
• Website Analysis Sample Outline
• Critical Analysis of a Film--Avatar
• Critical Analysis of a Film--Juno
• Research Proposal + Annotated Bibliography
• Sample Outline for Critical Analysis: Gattaca & Discrimination

Basics of Rhetoric, Critical Thinking, and Analysis

• Analyzing Arguments Basic Questions [DOC]
• The Appeals and the Modes [DOCX]
• Evaluation Criteria [DOC]
• Considering Kairos [DOCX]
• Advice on Transitions [DOCX]
• Revision Strategies [DOCX]
• Some Principles for Writing Personal Essays [DOCX]
• Strategies for Researching Movies
• Elements of a Film Review
• Thesis Statements, Faux and Real
• Achieving Concision: Pruning Your Prose, principles and samples
• Pruning Your Prose: Practice Sentences
• Strategies for Introductions and Conclusions

Peer Reviews

• • Rhetorical Analysis of a Website Peer Review
  • Critical Analysis Essay Peer Review
  • Research Proposal + Annotated Bibliography Peer Review
  • Researched Argument Peer Review

     

 Grading and other tedious matters

• Full Rubric for English 1B
• Turnitin.com: How to Get Set Up [DOCX]