ENC 1102, Freshman Composition II

Class Meeting 09

What We Did

We have almost finished our viewing of Cast Away.

Homework for Thursday, October 1

To prepare for the upcoming exam, be sure that you understand the seventeen stages of the adventure and can apply those stages to the readings and movie. We will write the first part [readings only] of the exam on Tuesday, October 6.

Bonus Points!

To earn 25 bonus points, write a fifth [optional] academic paragraph. You have two options: 1) select a song of your choice, determine which stage(s) of the hero cycle the song demonstrates, and build a paragraph similar to the one that you wrote for "You Can Sleep While I Drive," or 2) select a movie of your choice and discuss how it meets departure, initiation, and return. If you go with the second option, I am not looking for you to find all seventeen changes; just show me how the hero leaves, learns, and returns home a better person.

Send an e-copy via Atlas email and turn in a hard copy to 5-231 by 5 p.m., Thursday, October 1.

We will not meet as a group on Thursday, October 1.

Class Meeting 08

What We Did

We continued our viewing of Cast Away, getting Chuck through "road of trials."

Homework for Tuesday, September 29

We will continue our viewing of Cast Away. To prepare for the upcoming exam, be sure that you understand the seventeen stages of the adventure and can apply those stages to the readings and movie. We will write the exam on Tuesday, October 6.

Bonus Points!

To earn 25 bonus points, write a fifth [optional] academic paragraph. You have two options: 1) select a song of your choice, determine which stage(s) of the hero cycle the song demonstrates, and build a paragraph similar to the one that you wrote for "You Can Sleep While I Drive," or 2) select a movie of your choice and discuss how it meets departure, initiation, and return. If you go with the second option, I am not looking for you to find all seventeen changes; just show me how the hero leaves, learns, and returns home a better person.

Class Meeting 07

What We Did

We discussed the upcoming hero cycle exam. Then we began our viewing of Cast Away, getting Chuck Noland through most of the stages of departure.

Materials You Need

• Hero Cycle Worksheet

Reading to Do

• "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence
• "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty
• "My Son, My Executioner" by Donald Hall [Scroll down until you see the title.]
• "Diving into the Wreck" by Adrienne Rich
• "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord George Gordon Byron

Homework for Thursday, September 24

Write the fourth academic paragraph. A typed version that I will grade is due on Thursday, September 24. You will need to bring a hard copy to class and send an electronic copy by Atlas email.

Finish the five new readings above. Then take the third 10-minute, 10-item, 100-point quiz on this material in WebCT. The quiz will be available until 8 a.m., Thursday, September 24. Be sure that you have finished ALL of the reading BEFORE you begin the quiz.

To take a quiz in WebCT, follow these directions:

• Log into WebCT: http://online.valenciacc.edu/
• Click on our class—ENC 1102.
• Click on Assessments in the left sidebar.
• Click on Reading Quiz 3. You will have 10 minutes to take the quiz. Keep an eye on the timer at the right. If you let the 10 minutes elapse before you have finished, your choices will not count.
• Click Save and View Next after you have finalized your choice for each question. The check mark that appears at the right means that you have answered the item, not that you have gotten it correct.
• Click Finish at the end of the quiz.
• You have only one attempt at this quiz, so be sure to follow all of these directions.
• You must complete this quiz by 8 a.m., Thursday, September 24. Otherwise, you will earn a zero as your grade.

What We Did

We discussed the upcoming hero cycle exam. Then we began our viewing of Cast Away, getting Chuck Noland through most of the stages of departure.

Materials You Need

• "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence
• "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty
• "My Son, My Executioner" by Donald Hall [Scroll down until you see the title.]
• "Diving into the Wreck" by Adrienne Rich
• "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord George Gordon Byron

Class Meeting 06

What We Did

We continued our discussion of the hero cycle, beginning the return portion of the adventure.

Reading to Do

• "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence
• "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty
• "My Son, My Executioner" by Donald Hall [Scroll down until you see the title.]
• "Diving into the Wreck" by Adrienne Rich
• "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord George Gordon Byron

Homework for Tuesday, September 22

Finish the second and third academic paragraphs. Typed versions that I will grade are due on Tuesday, September 22. You will need to bring  hard copies to class and send electronic copies by Atlas email.

In addition, get started on the five new readings above. Then take the third 10-minute, 10-item, 100-point quiz on this material in WebCT. The quiz will be available from Thursday, September 17, until 8 a.m., Thursday, September 24. Be sure that you have finished ALL of the reading BEFORE you begin the quiz.

To take a quiz in WebCT, follow these directions:

• Log into WebCT: http://online.valenciacc.edu/
• Click on our class—ENC 1102.
• Click on Assessments in the left sidebar.
• Click on Reading Quiz 3. You will have 10 minutes to take the quiz. Keep an eye on the timer at the right. If you let the 10 minutes elapse before you have finished, your choices will not count.
• Click Save and View Next after you have finalized your choice for each question. The check mark that appears at the right means that you have answered the item, not that you have gotten it correct.
• Click Finish at the end of the quiz.
• You have only one attempt at this quiz, so be sure to follow all of these directions.
• You must complete this quiz by 8 a.m., Thursday, September 24. Otherwise, you will earn a zero as your grade.

Class Meeting 05

What We Did

We finished the initiation section of the hero cycle.

Materials You Need

• Critical Thinking Worksheet 1
• Critical Thinking Worksheet 2

Reading to Do

• "Eveline" by James Joyce
• "For Bronx School's Dancers, the Moves Are Irish" by Elissa Gootman
• "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins
• "Sadie and Maude" and "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
• "A Dip in the Cold" by Lynne Cox

Homework for Thursday, September 17

Complete your two Critical Thinking Worksheets.

In addition, finish the six new readings above and, if you haven't already, take the second 10-minute, 10-item, 100-point quiz in WebCT. The quiz will be available until 8 a.m., Thursday, September 17. Be sure that you have finished ALL of the reading BEFORE you begin the quiz.

To take a quiz in WebCT, follow these directions:

• Log into WebCT: http://online.valenciacc.edu/
• Click on our class—ENC 1102.
• Click on Assessments in the left sidebar.
• Click on Reading Quiz 2. You will have 10 minutes to take the quiz. Keep an eye on the timer at the right. If you let the 10 minutes elapse before you have finished, your choices will not count.
• Click Save and View Next after you have finalized your choice for each question. The check mark that appears at the right means that you have answered the item, not that you have gotten it correct.
• Click Finish at the end of the quiz.
• You have only one attempt at this quiz, so be sure to follow all of these directions.
• You must complete this quiz by 8 a.m., Thursday, September 17. Otherwise, you will earn a zero as your grade.

Class Meeting 04

What We Did

We began the initiation section of the hero cycle.

Reading to Do

• "Eveline" by James Joyce
• "For Bronx School's Dancers, the Moves Are Irish" by Elissa Gootman
• "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins
• "Sadie and Maude" and "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
• "A Dip in the Cold" by Lynne Cox

Homework for Tuesday, September 15

Finish the first academic paragraph. A typed version that I will grade is due on Tuesday, September 15. You will need to bring a hard copy to class and send an electronic copy by Atlas email.

In addition, get started on the six new readings above. Then take the next 10-minute, 10-item, 100-point quiz on this material in WebCT. The quiz will be available from Thursday, September 10, until 8 a.m., Thursday, September 17. Be sure that you have finished ALL of the reading BEFORE you begin the quiz.

To take a quiz in WebCT, follow these directions:

• Log into WebCT: http://online.valenciacc.edu/
• Click on our class—ENC 1102.
• Click on Assessments in the left sidebar.
• Click on Reading Quiz 2. You will have 10 minutes to take the quiz. Keep an eye on the timer at the right. If you let the 10 minutes elapse before you have finished, your choices will not count.
• Click Save and View Next after you have finalized your choice for each question. The check mark that appears at the right means that you have answered the item, not that you have gotten it correct.
• Click Finish at the end of the quiz.
• You have only one attempt at this quiz, so be sure to follow all of these directions.
• You must complete this quiz by 8 a.m., Thursday, September 17. Otherwise, you will earn a zero as your grade.

Class Meeting 03

What We Did

We continued our discussion of the hero cycle, covering the stages of departure. We also discussed how to compose an academic paragraph.

Materials You Need

• Academic Paragraphs
• Evaluation of Academic Paragraphs

Ear Enjoyment

• "Give Me One Reason" [Call to Adventure/Refusal of the Call]
• "You Can Sleep While I Drive" [Call/Refusal/Supernatural Aid/Crossing/Belly of the Whale]
• "Welcome to the Jungle" [Crossing of the First Threshold/Belly of the Whale]

Reading to Do

• "Flunking Out, Then Flying" by Christopher Gilson
• "A & P" by John Updike
• "A Private Dance? Four Million Web Fans Say No" by Charles McGrath
• "Where the Hell Is Matt? (2008)" [video of Matt dancing]
• "The Unknown Citizen" by W. H. Auden
• "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick

Homework for Thursday, September 10

Finish the five pieces above and watch the video. Then take the 10-minute, 10-item, 100-point quiz on this material in WebCT. The quiz will be available until 8 a.m., Thursday, September 10. Be sure that you have finished ALL of the reading BEFORE you begin the quiz.

To take a quiz in WebCT, follow these directions:

• Log into WebCT: http://online.valenciacc.edu/
• Click on our class—ENC 1102.
• Click on Assessments in the left sidebar.
• Click on Reading Quiz 1. You will have 10 minutes to take the quiz. Keep an eye on the timer at the right. If you let the 10 minutes elapse before you have finished, your choices will not count.
• Click Save and View Next after you have finalized your choice for each question. The check mark that appears at the right means that you have answered the item, not that you have gotten it correct.
• Click Finish at the end of the quiz.
• You have only one attempt at this quiz, so be sure to follow all of these directions.
• You must complete this quiz by 8 a.m., Thursday, September 10. Otherwise, you will earn a zero as your first grade.

In addition, you can begin the first academic paragraph. I will review a draft if you have it at the beginning of class on Thursday. The typed version that I will grade is due on Tuesday, September 15. You will need to bring a hard copy to class and send an electronic copy by Atlas email.

Class Meeting 02

What We Did

We began our discussion of the hero cycle, covering the stages of departure.

Reading to Do

• "Flunking Out, Then Flying" by Christopher Gilson
• "A & P" by John Updike
• "A Private Dance? Four Million Web Fans Say No" by Charles McGrath
• "Where the Hell Is Matt? (2008)" [video of Matt dancing]
• "The Unknown Citizen" by W. H. Auden
• "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick

Homework for Tuesday, September 8

Read the five pieces above and watch the video. Then take the 10-minute, 10-item, 100-point quiz on this material in WebCT. The quiz will be available from Thursday, September 3, until 8 a.m., Thursday, September 10. Be sure that you have finished ALL of the reading BEFORE you begin the quiz.

To take a quiz in WebCT, follow these directions:

• Log into WebCT: http://online.valenciacc.edu/
• Click on our class—ENC 1102.
• Click on Assessments in the left sidebar.
• Click on Reading Quiz 1. You will have 10 minutes to take the quiz. Keep an eye on the timer at the right. If you let the 10 minutes elapse before you have finished, your choices will not count.
• Click Save and View Next after you have finalized your choice for each question. The check mark that appears at the right means that you have answered the item, not that you have gotten it correct.
• Click Finish at the end of the quiz.
• You have only one attempt at this quiz, so be sure to follow all of these directions.
• You must complete this quiz by 8 a.m., Thursday, September 10. Otherwise, you will earn a zero as your first grade.

Class Meeting 01

What We Did

We discussed the policies and procedures on the course syllabus. Students received the guidelines for the portfolio, a notebook that they create and submit as their last grade before the final exam.

Materials You Need

• Syllabus for ENC 1102
• Portfolio Guidelines

Homework for Thursday, September 3

To ensure your success in this class, buy your materials. Begin to assemble your portfolio. We will start the first lecture, so be prepared to take good notes.

Bonus Points!

To confirm that you can navigate WebCT successfully, try the 5-point syllabus quiz. This quiz will be available from Tuesday, September 1, until 8 a.m., Thursday, September 3. Follow the directions below. If you have any problems with this bonus point quiz, be sure to ask questions BEFORE taking Reading Quiz 1, which will be a full grade.

To take a quiz in WebCT, follow these directions:

• Log into WebCT: http://online.valenciacc.edu
• Click on our class—ENC 1102.
• Click on Assessments in the left sidebar.
• Click on Syllabus Quiz. You will have 10 minutes to take the quiz. Keep an eye on the timer at the right. If you let the 10 minutes elapse before you have finished, your choices will not count.
• Click Save and View Next after you have finalized your choice for each question. The check mark that appears at the right means that you have answered the item, not that you have gotten it correct.
• Click Finish at the end of the quiz.
• You have only one attempt at this quiz, so be sure to follow all of these directions.
• You must complete this quiz by 8 a.m., Thursday, September 3. Otherwise, you will earn no points.