Writing 121:  English Composition

Instructor:  David Bockoven						Summer 2015
(541) 543-3429 or (541) 525-9020					CRN 14365
e-mail: david.bockoven@linnbenton.edu				M/Tu/W 11:00-12:50
Office: IA-222 								T-217
Hours:  M 10-11 or by appointment 	

Essential course information is included in a mandatory course packet.  Please see “A User’s Guide” on pages 3-11.

Tentative Schedule
(Please complete readings and writing assignments before coming to class; unless otherwise noted, page numbers refer to textbook They Say/I Say; "Seagull" refers to The Little Seagull Handbook (2nd ed); “Moodle” in parentheses means reading is available on class Moodle site—please download on your own; “Packet” means Course Packet)

Date	Reading Assignment	Writing Assignment 	
7/27	Week One:  Introductions / Language
Syllabus; Course Packet 3-11; Rogers “How I Learned to Love Football” 529-535; Description of Essay One (Packet 19-20)
		
7/28	Reading Notes Des. (Packet 36-37), Seagull 49-53; “Entering the Conversation” 1-15, 141-155; Graff, "Hidden Intellectualism" 380-87
		
7/29	Seagull 58-61; Pinker, “What the F***?” or Boroditsky “Lost in Translation” (Moodle); Peer Review Instructions and Grading Rubric (Packet 33-35, 14-16) 
	Reading Notes #1	
8/03	Week Two:  Writing Process / Pop Culture
Seagull 2-29, 146-157; “Connecting the Parts”105-118; Seagull 289-298, 306-307, 314-323; “Academic Writing” 121-128; “Is Pop Culture Actually Good for You?” 275-76
	Essay 1.1 (3-4 pages) Due.  Peer Review in class.
	
8/04	Rushkoff “Bart Simpson: Prince of Irreverence” (Moodle); Crystal “2b or Not 2b?” 335-45

Date	Reading Assignment	Writing Assignment 	
8/05	Freeman and Merskin “Having It His Way” 454-473; Essay Two Description (Packet 20-21); "They Say" 19-51, Seagull 95-108
	Essay 1.2 (3-4 pages) Due.	
8/10	Week Three:  Pop Culture
Turkle “Can You Hear Me Now?” (Moodle); "I Say" 55-101; Seagull 43-48; Packet 38-48
	Essay 2.1 (3-4 pages) Due.  Peer Review in Class.	
8/11	Bissell “Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter” 349-62; In-Class Viewing of portion of Digital Nation
		
8/12	Essay Three, Interest Inventory, and “Pitching the Proposal” (Packet 21-23, 27-30); Research/MLA Seagull 80-95, 112-146
 	Reading Notes #2
	
8/17	Week Four:  Higher Education
Library Information Literacy visit  
	Essay 2.2 (3-4 pages) Due.	
8/18	“Is Higher Education Worth the Price?” 177-78, Ungar “The New Liberal Arts” 190-196, Rose “Blue-Collar Brilliance” 243-54
		
8/19	“Metacommentary” 129-138, Foster Wallace “Kenyon Commencement Speech” 198-209	Essay 3.1 (4-6 pages) Due.  Peer Review in Class.  Practice Final Exam (in class).	
8/24	Week Five:  American Dream
Final Exam Rangefinder Essays (Moodle); “What’s Up with the American Dream?” 561-63

8/25	Final Exam (?) Krugman “Confronting Inequality” 586-603
	Reading Notes #3
	
8/26	Final Exam 	Essay 3.2 (4-6 pages) Due.
	
Turn in all final revisions as an e-mail attachment by 5 p.m., Aug. 26th (Wednesday).  
Course documents are available on Moodle Website WR121_DB