I expect students to master narrative, description, and exposition, while making marked progress in argumentative prose and English logic in general without any great sacrifice in their application of English grammar. I will also expect students to use these skills in critical analysis of literature or other arts. I expect students to master narrative, description, and exposition, while making marked progress in argumentative prose and English logic in general without any great sacrifice in their application of English grammar. I will also expect students to use these skills in critical analysis of literature or other arts.
As this the last of the Comp/Oral series, the main aim of this semester is to give a final shape and polish the skills of the students in both writing and in speech.
As this the last of the Comp/Oral series, the main aim of this semester is to give a final shape and poison the skills of the students in both writing and in speech.
Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/
Selected readings
Monday or Tuesday
Virginia Woolf https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29220
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Ambrose Bierce http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/375
Eve's Diary
Mark Twain http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8525/8525-h/8525-h.htm
Assimilation
E. L. Doctorow http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/11/22/assimilation
Ryu Murakami
Whenever I Sit at a Bar Drinking Like This, I Always Think What a Sacred Profession Bartending Is
http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/whenever-i-sit-at-a-bar-drinking-like-this-i-always-think-what-a-sacred-pro
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661
Essays
http://www.openculture.com/2012/11/the_ten_best_american_essays_since_1950.html
Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/
Selected readings
Monday or Tuesday
Virginia Woolf https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29220
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Ambrose Bierce http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/375
Eve's Diary
Mark Twain http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8525/8525-h/8525-h.htm
Assimilation
E. L. Doctorow http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/11/22/assimilation
Ryu Murakami
Whenever I Sit at a Bar Drinking Like This, I Always Think What a Sacred Professor Bartending Is
http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/whenever-i-sit-at-a-bar-drinking-like-this-i-always-think-what-a-sacred-pro
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661
Essays
http://www.openculture.com/2012/11/the_ten_best_american_essays_since_1950.html
| 評分項目 Grading Method | 配分比例 Grading percentage | 說明 Description |
|---|---|---|
| participation and attendanceparticipation and attendance participation and attendance |
20 | |
| writing assignments and/or presentationswriting assignments and/or presentations writing assignments and/or presentations |
20 | |
| midterm papermidterm paper midterm paper |
30 | |
| final paperfinal paper Final paper |
30 |
