Syllabus
Give at least three course goals. Name all seven, get triple the points.
1. Demonstrate increased proficiency in all of the objectives from ENC 1101.
2. Analyze prose to determine its subject, audience, style, tone and purpose.
3. Compose nonfictional prose with a degree of formality appropriate to its subject, audience, and purpose.
4. Compose essays that make arguments appropriate to the subject, audience and purpose.
5. Compose essays that demonstrate understanding of the subject and employ rhetorical techniques appropriately.
6. Complete a research project that deals with a subject suitable for library research, uses written materials of others as its primary sources of information, and documents all information gleaned from research using MLA style.
7. Demonstrate effective formal and academic writing skills for a specific audience.
How much is the attendance grade worth?
10%
What was the first paper you wrote in this class about, and how much was it worth?
1. Klosterman villains
2. 10%
Of the authors we have read this semester, who said this: "“You might not like where we’re going, and tomorrow might be worse than yesterday. But it’s still going to happen, whether you like it or not. It’s inevitable.”
Klosterman
Name 2 ways to get extra credit
Name 4 ways= for double points
Name 6 ways=for triple points
1. WOTDS
2. Poetry Slams
3. Writing Center
4. Debates
5. Jeopardy
6. Music
What is the minimum percent you need to pass this class.
70%
If you have 2 absences or less, what will your attendance grade be?
Your first two absences leave your attendance grade in the A territory, but every absence after that is a letter grade lower.
For the proposal, what chapter from the textbook were you supposed to use, and what guide?
Ch.12 on Proposals (pgs.272-87)
Guide to Writing a Proposal (pgs.288-93)
Name the four globalization articles that we have not read together in class yet.
This question is worth double points if all four articles are named correctly with author names.
1. Lan Xue on “China’s Progress” (406)
2. Kirk Semple on “Immigrants Who Speak Indigenous Languages” (568)
3. Scott Montgomery on “Issues for a Global Language in Science” (577)
4. Nicholas Ostler on “Globalization Endangering Languages” (589)
Name 3 acceptable academic sources.
Name 6 for double points.
1. academic articles
2. documentaries
3. other textbooks
4. accredited podcasts
5. YouTube channels (academic/research only)
6. TED Talks, etc...
One specific animal is mentioned somewhere in the syllabus. What is that animal?
Pig (2019=year of the pig)
How many tardies qualify as an absence?
And what other policy qualifies towards absences as well?
3 tardies=1 absence
3 cell phone warnings=1 absence
What three chapters were you supposed to use to guide not only your proposal, but all essays thereafter?
Name the three chapters numbers and titles.
Chapter 23: How Does Popular Culture Stereotype?
Chapter 24: What's Globalization Doing to Language?
Chapter 27: How Has the Internet Changed the Meaning of Privacy?
What author is a Florida-based bilingual multimedia consultant and producer, who writes from both an LGBTQ perspective and from a Chickahominy perspective?
Amy Stretten
Name three movies/clips we have watched thus far this semester.
Double the names, double the points.
1. Black Panther
2. BrainGames
3. Coca-Cola Super Bowl Ad
4. Why Pop Culture? Alexandr Philippe
5. World's Best
6. Rockwell's "Someone's Watching Me"
What course policy emphasizes the date: March 27, 2019, and what does that policy entail?
You must answer both parts to get this question's credit.
Last day for student withdrawal (“W” grade assignment) and with no refund is on March 27th, 2019.
"That is the nature of this class: participation is essential.___, ___, and ____ cannot be made up either."
Fill in the three blanks: what cannot be made up?
Class discussions, group-work, and debates
For your final paper, how many sources will you need and what 3 categories must they fulfill?
* 2 primary sources
* 4 academic outside sources
* 1 secondary source
7 Total
"A seemingly innocent man is put on trial by a group of retired lawyers for a mock trial game, the man inquires what his crime shall be. 'An altogether minor matter, the prosecutor replied...'A crime can always be found.'"
1. What novella is this?
2. And in what article is this example referenced?
1. Friedrich Durrenmatt's novella, Traps
2. Daniel J. Solove's "The Nothing to Hide Argument"
pg.736
Name the eight different languages that sang "America the Beautiful" in Coca-Cola's article.
1. English
2. Tagalog (Philippines)
3. Senegalese-French
4. Hebrew
5. Mandarin
6. Keres Pueblo (New Mexico indigenous language)
7. Arabic
8. Spanish
Name each of the five essays you have written or will write this semester, and how much they are all worth.
1. How many absences result in a failing attendance grade?
2. How many absences result in a failing class grade?
3. What exceptions can be made for absences?
1. 4
2. 5
3. none
When is your final paper due?
What and when is your final exam due?
1. April 29th (Monday)
2. Same as final paper
Of our three chapters full of authored articles, one chapter has an article with no one author, an article we haven not read in class.
Which article is it, and in what chapter can you find it?
Chapter 27
Supreme Court of the United States Ruling in
Riley vs. California
pgs. 771-85
Name the two WOTDS that have been our longest.
1. Pronounce them correctly
2. Give their origins
3. And their definitions
1. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- British/when you have nothing to say
2. Honorificabilitudinitatibus
-Latin/ability to achieve honor