2009 Spring EL 2307C
英文作文
English Composition IB
DING Naifei
Wednesday 2-5pm, C2-109
Office: A204
「Each new reading continues to work in that way still, affirming that you never do understand something once and for all, even though you may write the understandings down. In fact, each act of reading and writing shows you that the moment of insight, the sudden, shocking comprehension, must be worked for again and again: that nothing ever is known, once and for all.」 (Carolyn Steedman, Past Tenses, 3)
Texts:
- Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices, edited by Stuart Hall (chapters 1 and 4)
- The Student Writer, Kathryn R. Fitzgerald and Jamie McBeth Smith
- Ways of Seeing, John Berger (chapter 7)
- English-English dictionary of your choice
Class Schedule
| W1 |
2.25 |
introduction
HW: Representation 1, 1.1, 1.2; The Student Writer 146-151
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| W2 |
3.04 |
Representation 1, 1.1, 1.2; SW 146-151; summary workshop
HW: Representation 1.3, 1.5; paired summary due 3/8 5pm: bring 3 copies of first draft to next class
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| W3 |
3.11 |
discussion and in-class writing: summary revision
HW: School of Rock vocabulary; summary final draft |
| W4 |
3.18 |
film screening, School of Rock
DUE: final draft of summary |
| W5 |
3.25 |
film discussion and in-class writing
HW: first draft film essay due 3/29 5pm; bring copies to next class |
| W6 |
4.01 |
discussion and in-class revision
HW: second draft of film essay; bring copies to next class |
| W7 |
4.08 |
NO CLASS; second draft of film essay due |
| W8 |
4.15 |
writing workshop: final draft of film essay
HW: SW 「Weasel Words」 (SW 77-90); read Representations 2 (30-33); final draft
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| W9 |
4.22 |
analyzing and classifying; discuss reading, ads (88-89); hand in final draft of film essay
HW: prepare ads, read Representations 3, 3.1 (36-41)
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| W10 |
4.29 |
in-class writing; assign presentations; individual meetings
HW: hand in one typed copy of outline for presentation per group |
| W11 |
5.06 |
presentations on product names; hand in presentations outline
HW: read Ways of Seeing 129-134; reading journal |
| W12 |
5.13 |
presentations on product names; hand in presentations outline
HW: Ways of Seeing 135-154; reading journal |
| W13 |
5.20 |
discuss Ways of Seeing; in-class writing: summary
HW: SW 「The Presence of the Word」
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| W14 |
5.27 |
structural analysis of ads; discuss SW 「Presence」;
example on 102-105; analyzing; hand in Ways of Seeing summary; advertisements assignment (exercise on 106)
HW: first draft guidelines (106-7); first draft - bring copies to class
workshop: first draft guidelines (106-7); revision plan
HW: SW 「It』s the Image that Counts」; evaluation criteria (108); second draft and copies
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| W15 |
6.03 |
workshop: first draft guidelines (106-7); revision plan
HW: SW 「It』s the Image that Counts」; evaluation criteria (108); second draft and copies
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| W16 |
6.10 |
workshop: discuss SW 「Image」 and evaluation criteria (108)
HW: final draft
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| W17 |
6.17 |
wrap-up; hand in final draft |
Requirements:
Attendance and participation (15%)
Oral presentation (15%)
Writing Assignments: summaries (20%)
film essay (20%)
structural analysis of ads (30%)
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