Course: English 102

CCBC, Owings Mills Campus

Academic School: Liberal Arts

Course Description
This second-semester writing course will increase the writing and thinking skills you developed in English 101,
enabling you to relate your own experiences to literature. Specifically, you will learn to apply critical thinking
and writing skills to a variety of academic assignments, including analyzing complex texts, conducting library
and Internet research, developing a research paper, documenting research, and working collaboratively with
your peers.
Basic Course Information
Instructor: Barbara Crawford
Room: HUMN 213 (Catonsville)
Phone: Email: bcrawford@ccbcmd.edu
Department phone number: 410-840-4138
Office Hours: Mondays 3-5pm (Catonsville, HUM 213); T/R 11:30pm 12:30pm, Tuesday 2:30pm
3:30pm (Owings Mill, Rm 309)
Class Meeting day/time: T/R 12:45pm 2:10pm
Class Work Expectation: This is a three-billable hour class. You are expected to complete at least six
hours of work per week of reading, course preparation, homework, studying, etc.
Materials
Booth, Alison and Kelly J. Mays. The Norton Introduction to Literature, shorter 10th ed.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2010.
Instructor may assign additional reading material as needed.
Pre-requisites and/or co-requisite: Successful completion of English 101.
Course Objectives
apply a variety of strategies for planning, writing and revising academic essays
work collaboratively with peers to develop and carryout writing projects
apply the critical thinking skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation to a variety of texts
develop an academic research project from topic identification to final draft
formulate and support a thesis with adequate and pertinent evidence
conduct library and Internet research
evaluate print and electronic research sources
incorporate direct quotation, summary, and paraphrase in their writing
provide documentation for sources on a Works Cited page using parenthetical documentation
analyze a variety of complex texts, including a significant number of works by women and people of
color
demonstrate an awareness of how an author's gender, class, culture, and/or race may shape an
individual work
identify the voice or voices in a complex text
Major Topics:

review of writing as a recursive process

revising

using summary, paraphrase and direct and indirect quotes

documenting print and electronic sources

analyzing major forms and structures in complex texts

analyzing tone and voice in complex texts

writing the research paper

Evaluation/ Course Requirements

Actively engage in class discussions

Write three essays of a minimum of 2000 words (total) that analyze short stories or poems and that
reflect the writing process of prewriting, drafting, and revising and that:
1. have engaging introductions with clear, concise thesis sentences
2. well-developed body paragraphs with explicit or clearly implicit topic sentences, specific
supporting details that develop the thesis and reflect logical thinking and analysis
3. use generally correct grammar and effective style
4. employ a variety of sentence structures that appropriately reflect content

Write a research essay of at least 1500 words that has the qualities just described and that
appropriately synthesizes and correctly documents critical sources, both electronic and print.

Grading Policy: All major assignments must be completed to earn credit for English 102. If your first
submitted essay earns a check mark instead of a grade (V-, V, or V+), you must resubmit a revised paper. If
no revision is turned in of a paper that did not earn a grade on the first submitted draft, that paper earns an F.
The assignments will be graded as follows:
Essay 1
15%
Essay 2
15%
Essay 3
15%
Essay 4
25%
**All essays will include research and working with sources.
Class discussion/quizzes
MLA Exercise/Quiz
Library Activity
Paraphrase Exercise
Peer Reviews

10%
10%
5%
5%
5%

In English 102 as in 101, we will use the Little Brown Handbook criteria for A, B. C level papers.
An A-level essay has the following characteristics:
1. Its subject matter is original and is handled in an original way.
2. All generalizations are supported by specific details, and all of these details are relevant and
logically organized.
3. It is completely free of errors in reasoning.

4. Its form is logical and graceful.

5. It language is both precise and original.
6. All elements of style are appropriate to material and audience.
7. All elements of style are characterized by economy and grace.
8. The structure of individual sentences shows variety and precision.
9. It is lively and interesting.
10. It is completely free of errors in grammar, mechanics and usage.
A B-level essay has the following characteristics:
1. Its subject matter is handled in an original way.
2. All generalizations are supported by specific details.
3. It contains no more than one error in reasoning.
4. Its form is logical.
5. Its language is precise.
6. Most elements of style are appropriate to material and audience.
7. Most elements of style are characterized by economy and grace.
8. The structure of individual sentences shows variety
9. It is interesting.
10. It has no more than one error in grammar, mechanics and usage per 500 words.
A C-level essay has the following characteristics:
1. Its subject matter is complete.
2. Most generalizations are supported by specific details.
3. It contains no more than two errors in reason.
4. Its form is logical.
5. Its language is accurate.
6. Most elements of style are appropriate to your material and audience.
7. The structure of individual sentences is characterized by standard English.
8. It is interesting

9. It has no more than two errors in grammar, mechanics and usage per 500 words
Course Procedure
Attendance Policy
Students are expected to attend class regularly and on time. Students enrolled in a class that meets once per
week are permitted two absences. Students who exceed these numbers of absences jeopardize their success
in the course because they miss instruction and practice. Two or more absences in this course, whether
excused or unexcused, may cause a student to fail the course.
The Writing Center
The Writing Center provides free assistance with any stage of the writing process, including generating ideas,
organizing, editing etc. A writing center is located on all three CCBC main campuses. Writing assistance is
also available online through OWL.
CCBCs Writing Policy, CCBC Code of Conduct related to Academic Integrity
Plagiarism is using another person's ideas or words without giving them credit. This could be done
unintentionally with forgetting to site a few quotes to deliberately using someone else's paper. Having someone
else write your paper and turning it in as your own is also plagiarism. When you borrow someone elses ideas,
you must carefully document so that the reader or listener knows the original source. Plagiarism is grounds for
failure of the course and you could be dismissed from the college for academic dishonesty.
Contact Information for course related concerns: Students should first attempt to take concerns to the
faculty member. If students are unable to resolve course-related concerns with the instructor they should
contact Evan Balkan, English Coordinator for Catonsville campus, 443-840-4976 or email,
ebalkan@ccbcmd.edu.
Services for Student with Disabilities
CCBC is committed to providing equal access to educational opportunities for all students by arranging support
services and reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities. A student with a disability may contact
the appropriate campus office for an appointment to discuss reasonable accommodations. An appointment
must be scheduled within a time period which allows staff adequate time to respond to the special needs of the
student. The student must provide the appropriate office with proper documentation supporting the need for
reasonable accommodations.
For more information, contact:
CCBC Catonsville
410-455-6946 or
410-455-4163 (TTY)

CCBC Dundalk
410-285-9808 or
410-285-9529 (TTY)

CCBC Essex
410-780-6741 or
410-238-4601 (TTY)

CCBC Counseling Services

CCBC provides students with personal, social and emotional support in order to assist students in overcoming
barriers to their academic success. Counseling is confidential and separate from your academic record. To
make an appointment, call 443-840-4087.
Course outline
Following are the content areas we will cover. Instructor may change dates and assignments as needed.
Week 1 Aug 28

Introductions/Course overview/

Week 2 Sept. 2, 4

Diagnostic writing sample

Writing about Literature (Ch 25)
Writing Process (Ch 27)
Elements of the essay (Ch 26)

Week 3 Sept. 9, 11
Plot, Narration & Character (Chap 1, 2, 3)
The Jewelry (58), Hills like White Elephants(106) Barn Burning (126), Recitatif (139), In Broad
Daylight (153)
Overview of authors/background
Assign essay 1
Week 4 Sept. 16, 18
Quotations, Citation, Documentation (Ch 29)
Paraphrase, summary, description
Essay 1 due for peer review
Week 5 Sept. 23, 25
Final Essay 1 due to instructor / Assign Essay 2/
Image, Symbol and figurative language (Ch 5) The Thing in the Forest (224); Janus 453; A Wall of Fire
Rising (239); Girl pg 116;
Week 6 Sept. 30, Oct. 2
Library / Library exercise due
Essay 2 due for peer review
Week 7 Oct. 7, 8
Poem Discussion/ Paraphrase Exercise due
Voice, tone, speaker (Ch 10, 11)
Readings: Black Hair (handout); Barbie doll, pg 652; In Time of Plague pg 653; Green Chile pg
666; Alzheimers pg 667; We Real Cool pg 684; Leaving the Motel (653), Hard Rock Returns
(654), London (658), Aunt Jennifers Tigers (660), After Making Love, (664), Those Winter Sundays
(666), Alzheimers (667) and in Chapt 11: The Ruined Maid (672) and In a Prominent Bar in Secaucus
One Day (674).
Week 8 Oct. 14, 16
Analysis/Evaluation
Assign Essay 3/ Final Essay 2 due to instructor
Week 9 Oct. 21, 23
Cultural/historical contexts (Ch 7-pg299; Ch 19 pg956)
Readings: Handout
Research essay (Ch 28)
Essay 3 due for peer review/ Final of Essay 3 due
Week 10 Oct. 28, 30
Cultural/historical contexts (Ch 7-pg299; Ch 19 pg956)
Readings: Writing from the Caribbean (handout)/ Assign Essay 4
Week 11 Nov. 4, 6 (Nov. 5 is last day to Withdraw with a W) Conferences
Week 12 Nov. 11, 13

Conferences

Week 13 Nov. 18, 20

Essay 4 due for peer review/ APA and MLA styles

Week 14 Nov. 25 (Thanksgiving break, Nov. 27 28)

Essay 4 due to instructor

Week 15 Dec. 2, 4 (Last day of classes is Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014)

Class wrap up

Week 16 Dec. 10-16

FINAL EXAM WEEK/ Conferences