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 MESA COLLEGE: ENGLISH 056: COLLEGE READING & STUDY SKILLS II summer 2009: 6/22/2009-8/1/2009 COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Leon Lanzbom Class Location: K 205 CRN #: 40586 Class Time: M-Th 10:00-11:40 AM Office Hours: To Be Announced in Class _______________________________________ E-mail: lanzbom@yahoo.com Class website: lanzbom.org _______________________________________ Required Text:  The Art of Critical Reading: Brushing Up on Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills. 2cnd ed. Eds. Peter Mather and Rita McCarthy. McGraw Hill, 2005. Print. Short story handouts: Lanzbom (free) Why the Caged Bird Sings by MAYA ANGELOU Publisher: Bantam; Reissue edition (May 1, 1983) Other Required Materials: notebook for writing exercises and journal writing access to a computer (available at the Computer Lab) dictionary Click HERE to download your official syllabus  Click the pic to Download your Puppet Strings _______________________________________________________________________ Grade Breakdown: Unannounced quizzes: 20% 100 points Journals/ Vocabulary Log: 20% 100 points  Midterm: 20% 100 points Final: 20% 100 points Paper or project: 20% 100 points __________________ 100% 500 points Final Grades: English 056 students will receive a letter grade (A, B, C, D, F), based on the following grading scale. A = 500 - 450 B = 449 - 400 C = 399 - 350 D = 349 - 300 F = 300 and below ___________________________________________________________________ It is ultimately the student's responsibility to drop all classes in which he/she is no longer attending. DO NOT EXPECT ME TO DROP YOU IF YOU STOP SHOWING UP TO CLASS. I will, but I may not get to it in time for you to reap the benefits of an early drop. Students who remain enrolled in a class beyond the published withdrawal deadline, as stated in the class schedule, will receive an evaluative letter grade in this class. Campus Resources: Here is a list of some useful support services that are available. If you need assistance with your reading, writing, and grammar, plan on spending at least one hour a week in The Bridging Lab, working with a tutor. There are many other resources (Financial Aid, Counseling, and Health Services, etc.) Consult your class schedule booklet for further information. Bridging Lab: H-218, Phone # (619) 388-2869 Disabled Student Programs & Services (DSPS): H-202, Phone # (619) 388-2780 STAR Tutoring: I3-101, Phone # (619) 388-2706 Tutoring Center: K-211, Phone # (619) 388-2898 Writing Center: C-108, Phone # (619) 388-2570 Menu English 56: Lanzbom. summer 2009, 6/22/09-8/1/09 Disclaimer: You may find the language, or the sexual or violent content of some of the material submitted or assigned in this class offensive. I generally do not censor class reading material. Please see me if you feel offended. I will offer alternatives for any assignment. Add: 06-26-2009 Drop with Refund: 06-29-2009 Drop without "W": 06-26-2009 Withdrawal: 07-16-2009 Credit/No Credit: 07-02-2009  Week one: 6/22analyzing and evaluating arguments -logical fallacies -identifying arguments introduction to Engl. 56; discussion of requirements and expectations; vocab, journals, and exams. Read and Know: p 32: "Underligning, Highlighting, Annotating" Read and Know p 55: SQ3 Method ACR, read: 1-30, Introduction, do exercises in your journals ACR: CH 11: pp475-527 and exercises Know Vocab in ACR. 524-26 Caged Bird: ch 1-10 ___________________________________________ Word Journals: 10 new words Disparage- to speak of or treat slightingly Despotism- absolute power; tyranny Paradox- contradictory or absurd statement that may be true. If someone says, "I am lying," and we assume that his statement is true, it must be false. The paradox is that the statement "I am lying" is false if it is true. Homonym-a word the same as another in sound Ubiquitous- existing or being everywhere Redundant- unnecessary repetition Poignant-distressing to the feelings Ardent-passionate; expressing warm feelings. from French ardere- to burn Emphatic- with emphasis Deductive- general to specific Inductive- specific to general Week two: 6/29  discussion: evaluating the evidenceevaluating persuasive writing -emotionally loaded language; tear-jerking stories; figurative analogies; manipulation of tone; propaganda techniques; psychological appeals; moral appeals; appeals to authority -deductive and inductive reasoning read: ACR, CH12: pp. 531-569 & exercises Class: discussion: topics, main ideas, and details read: ACR CH.2: pp. 72-117and excercises Caged Bird: 11-21 ____________________________________ 20 words in your journals by this week reactance- the opposition of inductance and capacitance to alternating current enigmatic- mysterious dogma- specific tenet or doctrine indigenous- originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country solace- warmth (feelings) tedious- long and tiresome conspicuous- easily seen vivacious- lively palliative- serving to palliate reticent- silent; reserved _______________________ Final paper: Go to our book and choose any one of the paintings or illustrations. Find one work that has meaning to you. Consider this quote by the great writer Elie Wiesel: "Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more like a sculpture where you remove, you eliminate in order to make the work visible. Even those pages you remove somehow remain." You will need to do research on the both the picture that you�ve chosen and the artist. At least three works cited will be required. Look at the who, what, why, and where of each medium. What is art? Why is a picture different? Compare to similar paintings of the time? What aesthetic do you find within this work? This paper is all about reading. You must use at least three books. No Wikipedia. No Encyclopedias. When you find your three books, you may then use other sources such as internet sites. Side Note: You will use MLA style to cite your work. Please see the links section on my website for a list of MLA formatting--try Hacker. Also, the Writing Center could prove a great help here. Remember, I'll be an email away to help you walk you through this thing if you feel stuck. _______________________ Week Three: 7.6 discussion: author's purpose and the rhetorical modes discussion: Transition Words and Patterns of Organization  read: ACR, CH3: pp.119-157 read ACR: pp. 159-203 with exercises Caged Bird: 22-31 word journals: 30 words this week. Litany- a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer Contemptuous- showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful Pandemic- epidemic over a large area Condone- to disregard or overlook Vicarious- performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another
Winsome- engaging Paradigm- serving as a model; pattern Homeostasis- steady state Affiliation- to bring into close association Condescend- to stoop down to an inferior level ______________________ Week four: 7.13 discussion: Transition Words and Patterns of Organization discussion: Inference discussion: Figurative Language discussion: Tone and Voice read: CH5 pp.206-261, Drawing Inferences; with exercises read: 263-301 with exercises Caged Bird: 31-end Vocab words: 40 by Wed this week temerity- reckless boldness ebullient- overflowing with enthusiasm surreptitiously- obtained, done, made by stealth baleful- full of menacing or malign influence austerely- severe in manner or appearance
inviolate- free from violation preternaturally- out of the ordinary; supernatural copious- large in quantity deign- to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity somnolent- sleepy; drowsy midterm TH. 7/16 ____________________________  Week five 7/20 discussion: Tone and Voice discussion: Facts and Opinions read: pp.303-39 Ch 8: 342-383 Ilya Kaminsky: Dancing in Odessa Click pic to right Click the essays to download "Once More to the Lake" by EB White "The Storm" by Kate Chopin vocab words: 50 by end of week  Incredulous- not credulous; skeptical Patronize- to behave in an offensive manner Supercilious- haughtily disdainful or contemptuous Obsequious- characterized by or showing servile complaisance or defence Furtive- sly; shifty Ambivalent- uncertainty or fluctuation Befuddle- to confuse Querulous- full of complaints Rueful- causing sorrow or pity Cynical- characteristic of a cynic _____________________________ Week six: 7/27 Final Essay due Monday 6/27. Papers must be on my desk at the beginning of class. Download your next two essays here: "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" Flannery O'Connor "Cathedral," Raymond Carver Individual meetings Review for final  7/30: Final: Bring in journals |
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instructor: Leon Lanzbom (Nostalgic tonight for Lakewood) email: lanzbom@yahoo.com  Mesa College: English 56 Class time: 6:35-9:40 F212 Required Text:  The Art of Critical Reading: Brushing up on Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills. 2cnd ed. Eds. Peter Mather and Rita McCarthy. McGraw Hill, Boston, Massachusetts 2005. Night , Elie Wiesel The House on Mango Street , Sandra Cisneros Short story handout: Lanzbom (free) Other Required Materials: notebook for writing exercises and journal writing access to a computer (available at the Computer Lab) dictionary Weekly menu: spring 2009 To get the most out of this class, we depend on social dynamics and preparation. That means you must do all readings and review exercises that are listed ON THE DAY OF THE CLASS. In other words, when on 2/12 you see read 370-392 you will read these pages by 2/12 and be prepared to discuss all readings, answer questions, and do the exercises in class. You must also bring your journals of five new vocabulary words with you to each class.  Disclaimer: You may find the language, or the sexual or violent content of some of the material submitted or assigned in this class offensive. I generally do not censor class reading material. Please see me if you feel offended. I will offer alternatives for any assignment. ______________________________ Week one: Th 1/29 introduction to Engl. 56; discussion of requirements and expectations; vocab, journals, and exams. Read and Know: p 32: "Underligning, Highlighting, Annotating." Read and Know p 55: SQ3 Method In class: read: 1-30, Introduction, do exercises in your journals Begin word journals: five new words  Download your Journal helper here: Puppet Strings This will help your reader's response Week two: Th 2/5 analyzing and evaluating arguments -logical fallacies -identifying arguments read: CH 11: pp475-527 and exercises Vocab. 524-26
2/9-Last day to drop and be eligible for refund of enrollment fee and/or non-resident fee. ________________________ Week three: Th 2/12 discussion: evaluating the evidence evaluating persuasive writing -emotionally loaded language; tear-jerking stories; figurative analogies; manipulation of tone; propaganda techniques; psychological appeals; moral appeals; appeals to authority -deductive and inductive reasoning read: CH12: pp. 531-569 & exercises 15 words in your journals: see word list above  Final ProjectYou will choose any three books from a list of books which I will offer, and you will offer reader responses on every chapter of those books, using the Puppet Strings handout. Your reader responses can be on paper or 3x5 cards. You may type or handwrite. These must be handed in 2 weeks before our final. Remember, I'll be an email away to help you walk you through this thing if you feel stuck. Week four: Th 2/19 Class: discussion: topics, main ideas, and details read: CH.2: pp. 72-117and excercises Night: first 3 sections (to page 45) word journals: 20 words by this week  Week five: Th 2.26discussion: purpose and the rhetorical modes read: CH3: pp.119-157 (skip 150 "The Art of Writing" and"Internet Activities.") Night: Next two sections to 81 word journals: 20 words by this week. 3.2 Last day to file petition for credit/no credit Week six: Th 3.5 discussion: Transition Words and Patterns of Organization read: pp. 159-203 with exercises Night: Finish word journals: 25 words by this week. Week seven: Th 3.12 discussion: Transition Words and Patterns of Organization  discussion: Inferenceread: CH5 pp.206-261, Drawing Inferences; with exercises Sandra Cisneros: Read up to "The First Job." word journals: 30 words by this week. Week eight: Th 3/19 Midterm Review Catch up on all loose ends Week nine: Th 3/26: Midterm  Week ten: Th 4/2 discussion: Figurative Language discussion: Tone and Voice read: 263-301 with exercises Cisneros: Up to Rafaela Who Drinks. . . Vocab words: 40 by this class Week eleven: Th 4/9 Spring Break! Week twelve: /16 discussion: Tone and Voice discussion: Facts and Opinions read: pp.303-39 vocab words:45 by this class Cisneros: to the end Week 13 4/23 discussion: Facts and Opinions; Point of View DOWNLOAD AND READ THE FOLLOWING:  "Once More to the Lake" in .doc format by EB White (good if you have Word) "Once More to the Lake" in .pdf format (this is good if you do not have Word) Ch 8: 342-383 final workshop for papers vocab words: 50 by this class Week fourteen 4/30 DOWNLOAD AND READ THE FOLLOWING: "The Storm" .doc format, by Kate Chopin "The Storm" .pdf format, by Chopin (good if you do not have Word or cannot download .doc format) Ch 9: 385-433 Week fifteen: Th 5/7  Download this weeks readings here: "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" .doc "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" .pdf Ch 10: Bias 435-76 Word journals: 55 by this class Week sixteen: Th 5/14  CH 13: 572-591 "Cathedral".doc Raymond Carver "Cathedral" .pdf For more on Raymond Carver, Click Below: Two Interviews with Raymond Carver
Final REVIEW Week Seventeen 5/21 Run fellow students, RUN! Final TRAUMATIC, third-degree exam: THE CHICKENS SOON LEAVE THE ROOST  Vocabulary: sp 09  Divergent- to extend in different directions from a common point. Convergent- tending to or moving towards a common point or result. Elaborate- intricate and rich in detail, or to execute with attention to detail. Paradox: a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true. Subjective- proceeding from or taking place within a persons mind such as to be unaffected by the external world. Objective: something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish. Encroachment: to enter gradually or stealthily upon another's property or rights. Ornate: elaborately decorated. Chronic: marked by long duration of frequent recurrence. Precarious: dependent on uncertain conditions: dangerously insecure. Ambiguous: doubtful or uncertain esp. prom obscurity or indistinctness; inexplicable; capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways. Ardent: Intensity of feelings; extreme vigor or energy. Allusion: the act of alluding or hinting; an implied or indirect reference especially when used in literature. Resounding: characterized by resonant sound; impressively sonorous.  Referendum: the practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative.Homeostasis: (noun) the ability and tendency of certain systems to maintain a relatively constant internal state in spite of changes in external conditions. Frugal: (adjective) not wasteful; not spending freely or unnecessarily; thrifty; economical Contemptuous: (adjective) full of contempt; scornful; disdainful Tortuous: (adjective) full ;f twists, turns, curves, or windings; winding; crooked; not straightforward; devious; specif., deceitful or tricky Pandemic: (adjective) epidemic over a large region: said of a disease Epitome = a person or thing that is a perfect example of a
particular quality or type.
Baleful = threatening harm; menacing.
Temerity = excessive confidence or boldness; audacity.
Fervor = intense and passionate feeling.
Tenacious = not readily letting go of, giving up, or
separated from an object that one holds, a position, or a principle.
Malice: the intention or desire to cause harm or pain to somebody.
Nemesis: a bitter enemy, especially one who seems unbeatable.
Virulent: very poisonous: extremely poisonous, infectious, or damaging to organisms.
Ascribe: give something as cause: to believe or say that something was caused by a particular thing. Enigmatic:resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious:ambiguus
Churlish: rude and boorish, having a bad disposition
Querulous: full of complaints; complaining, charaterized by or uttered in complaint; peevish
Obsequious: full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning; flattering
Supercilious: haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression;arrogant, scornful
Patronizing: (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
Placating: intended to calm by giving to demands or granting concessions
Inter_: between
Ex: interlude: an interval in the course of action
Intra_: within
Ex: intrapersonal: self-knowledge
Pedagogy: the function or work of a teacher; teaching
 Pedentic: ostentatious of learning; showing off learning in a boring way
Constellations: An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure or design.
Amorous: Strongly disposed to love, esp. sexual love, showing or expressing love
Ubiquitous: being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent
Innocuous: harmless, not likely to provoke strong emotion; insipid
Ineptitude: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Affect: To have an influence on or effect a change in....
Effect: something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence Foreshadow: to present an indication or hint or beforehand Ominious: menacing; threatening. of or being an evil omen
Capricious: impulsive and unpredictable; lacking a rational basis, likely to change suddenly Edict: A proclamation issued by an authority, a formal pronouncement or command Prognosis: A prediction, esp. of the probable course and outcome of a disease, the likelihood of recovery from a disease. Circumvent: To entrap or overcome by ingenuity, to avoid or go around, to surround an enemy Petulant: unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
Premonitory: warning of future misfortune, giving warning premonitory symptom
Languid: lacking ability, lacking energy or vitality; weak
Semified: semi =half, fy=to make:
Fervent: greatly emotional or zealous; ardent, extremely hot
Ardor: firey intensity of felling; fervor
Moiety: a half, a portion or share
 Class Word Journals: Do not use these. They are from fall 08 Emigration -noun. to leave one country or region to settle in another. Despotism noun. a ruler with absolute power; tyrant Acquiesces intr.v. To consent or comply passively or without protest. Rambunctious adj. difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous Adept adj. very skilled; expert Inundated verb. To cover or overwhelm Disparaged verb. To speak of in a slighting way; belittle Partisan noun. A strong supporter of a party, cause, faction, person or idea. Ubiquitous adj. Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent. Demean verb. To debase in dignity or social standing. Bellicose: adj. warlike in a manner; pugnacious; belligerent Vivacious: adj. full of animation and spirit; lively Maleficence: n. the doing of evil or harm; mischief. 2. harmful or evil nature or quality Avocation: n. an activity taken up in addition to one's regular work, for enjoyment; hobby Concurrent: adj. to agree; to act together; to occur at the same time Allocate: v. to set apart; designate 2. to distribute; allot
Allusion: n. a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication Conspicuous: adj. obvious to the eye or mind; attracting attention; marked by a noticeable violation of good taste Penury: n. extreme want or poverty; destitution Congenial: adj. having the same nature, disposition, or tastes; existing or associated together harmoniously unicameral: adj. of or having a single legislative chamber Monosyllabic: Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables; as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language. Quintessence: The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. decimate: to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague. to select by lot and kill every tenth person of. Dichotomy: Division into two parts; subdivision into halves or pairs. Premonitory: serving to warn beforehand
Languidly: lacking in spirit or
interest; listless; indifferent.
Indelible: that cannot be eliminated, forgotten, changed, or the
like.
Transposition: to change the relative position, order, or sequence
of; cause to change places; interchange
Jollity: jolly or merry mood, condition, or activity;
gaiety INCREDULOUS: unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true RUEFUL: exciting pity or sympathy SOLICITOUS: manifesting or expressing ASTRINGENT: causing contraction of soft organic tissues EVASIVE: tending or intended to evade Resolute:firm or determined Euphemism: the substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered blunt or offensive Equitable: just and fair Salient: projecting or jutting beyond a line or surface carnal: relating to the physical and esp. sexual appetites paradox: a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true foreshadow: to present an indication or hint or beforehand |
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