Spring 2011 EL 1063-A
English Composition
DING Naifei
Monday 9:00-12:00, A108
Office: A204
dingnf@cc.ncu.edu.tw; subject : EL1063-A
Class schedule:
| UNIT ONE |
| 2.21 |
Introduction
HW: read and reread Representation 1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5; also The Student Writer 146-151 |
| 2.28 |
HOLIDAY
HW: Representation summary draft 1 due online 3/3 midnight (bring 3 copies of first draft to class) |
| 3.7 |
discuss Representation 1, 1.1, 1.2; SW 146-151; summary workshop;
HW: reread Representation 1.3, 1.5, revise summary, draft 2 due 3/10 (bring 3 copies to class) |
| 3.14 |
discuss Representation 1.3, 1.5; summary final draft workshop
HW: review School of Rock vocabulary; final draft due 3/17 |
| UNIT TWO |
| 3.21 |
film screening: School of Rock + film discussion
HW: film essay draft 1 due 3/24 |
| 3.28 |
discuss film + in-class writing
HW: film essay draft 2 due 3/31 (bring 3 copies to class) |
| 4.4 |
HOLIDAY |
| 4.11 |
film essay final draft workshop (SW 88-89)
HW: read SW "Weasel Words" (SW 77-90), Representations 2 (30-33) film essay final draft due 4/14 |
| UNIT THREE |
| 4.18 |
discuss Representations 2, "Weasel Words" (SW 77-90)
HW: read Representations 3, 3.1 (36-41), collect and prepare ads presentation |
| 4.25 |
discuss Representations 3, 3.1
HW: prepare group presentations; presentation ppt due 4/28 |
| 5.2 |
group presentations on product names
HW: Ways of Seeing 129-134, 135-154 |
| 5.9 |
discuss Ways of Seeing; summary workshop
HW: Ways of Seeing 135-154; read SW "The Presence of the Word"; summary draft 1 due 5/12 (bring 3 copies to class)
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| 5.16 |
discuss Ways of Seeing + SW "Presence"
HW: read example in SW 102-105; summary draft 2 due 5/19 |
| 5.23 |
discuss advertisements assignment (exercise on 106)
HW: read first draft guidelines (106-7); ads analysis first draft due 5/26 (bring 3 copies to class) |
| 5.30 |
ads analysis workshop: first draft guidelines (106-7); revision plan
HW: SW "It's the Image that Counts"; evaluation criteria (108); second draft due 6/2 (bring 3 copies to class) |
| 6.6 |
HOLIDAY |
| 6.13 |
final draft workshop: discuss SW "Image" and evaluation criteria (108)
HW: ads analysis final draft |
| 6.20 |
Final Draft due 6/20 |
Evaluation:
Attendance and critical responses (15%)
Group oral presentation (15%)
Summaries (20%)
Film essay (20%)
Ads analysis (30%)
Texts:
1. Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices, edited by Stuart Hall (chapters 1 and 4)
2. The Student Writer, Kathryn R. Fitzgerald and Jamie McBeth Smith
3. Ways of Seeing, John Berger (chapter 1 & 7)
4. English-English dictionary of your choice
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