ENG 312 SYLLABUS (ENGLISH IN ITS SOCIAL SETTING); SPRING, 2011; Line Number 15843; INSTRUCTOR: Don L. F. Nilsen; MWF: 10:45-11:35 inLL 2; OFFICE HOURS: MWF 9:30-10:30 and TTh 10:30-11:30 AM in the Language and Literature Building Room 208.INSTRUCTOR and TAs AND TENTATIVE LINE NUMBERS:Don L. F. Nilsen: Line Number 15843, Mondays & Wednesdays in LL 2James Berry: Line Number 23458, Fridays in LL 150Victor Parra-Guinaldo: Line Number 23457, Fridays in LL 148Cynthia Simmons: Line Number 23459, Fridays in LL 014 TEXTBOOKSEschholz, Paul, Alfred Rosa, and Virginia Clark. Language Awareness: Readings forCollege Writers, Tenth Edition. New York, NY: Bedford/St Martin’s Press, 2009.Nilsen, Alleen Pace, and Don L. F. Nilsen. Vocabulary Plus: High School and Up: A Source-Based Approach. Boston, MA: Pearson, Allyn and Bacon, 2004.NOTE: The course PowerPoints are available in my web site: the PowerPoints that are available from my web site: http://www.public.asu.edu/~dnilsen GRADES:GRADE # 1: Midsemester Exam, covering Nilsen and Nilsen’s Vocabulary Plus: High School and Up: A Source-Based Approach, plus ENG 312 PowerPoints and discussionsGRADE # 2: Research Paper on Some Aspect of humor or language play. Please see more detailed information below.GRADE # 3: Final Exam, covering Language Awareness, ENG 312 PowerPoints, and In-Class DiscussionsNOTE: All student work must be presented in hard-copy form. I will not accept anything from students in the form of e-mail attachments.PRINTING PowerPoints: PowerPoint wallpaper has been deleted to conserve ink and paper. If you print PowerPoints it’s best to print six slides per page to conserve ink and paper.RESEARCH PAPERS: RESEARCH PAPERS ARE DUE THE MONDAY AFTER SPRING BREAKIn ENG 312, you will need to write a research paper on some aspect of humor or language play. Appropriate topics include Caricature, Double Entendre, Humor, Irony, Intertextuality, Jokes, Language Play, Metaphor, Paradox, Parody, Practical Jokes, Satire, Sarcasm, Wit, etc. When you have chosen your topic, please e-mail it to me so that I can send you a PowerPoint and references related to your topic.Your research paper should contain at least 7 pages of content. All pages should be numbered and should have one-inch margins. All paragraphs of your research paper should contain proper development, and all but the first and last of your paragraphs should contain in-text citations with page numbers. You must use MLA format for your documentation. In class I will go over 1the “Research Paper Check List” so you will know what I look for in research papers (including documentation details). Please double space everything, use only one side of the paper, and indent long quotes (quotes of five lines or more).Your Works Cited page must contain at least three critical sources not counting web sites, newspapers, magazines, interviews, etc. Your Works Cited should include only works you have paraphrased, quoted, or alluded to in the body of your paper. Since I will be evaluating your ability to synthesize and integrate other people’s opinions, you must cite at least three experts. Be sure to indent or put quotation marks around all quoted materials, and be sure to indicate sources and page numbers. Professional journals, anthologies, and books are good sources. Audiotapes, CDs, magazines, movies, newspapers, newsletters, videotapes, and snippets (as opposed to extended discussions by a single author) can be used, but must be supported by the good sources. Because web sites are constantly changing, and usually don’t have peer review they are very uneven, so be very critical of web sites.EVALUATION OF RESEARCH PAPERS:1. Have you selected an appropriate topic (from the list of topics above)? It your topic focused and unified?2. Do you have at least three scholarly references in your Works Cited?3. Did you read these references carefully and totally understand them?4. Did you select significant and insightful parts of these references to quote and/or to paraphrase?5. Did you cite the page numbers after all of your quotations and paraphrases?6. Was your argument systematic, and sustained?7. Was there good paragraph development and overall development of your argument?8. Was your paper well organized, and were the transitions smooth? What would a three-level outline of your paper look like?9. Did you make significant generalizations?10. Did you support these generalizations with significant and insightful details?11. Were your sources well integrated into the body of your paper? NOTE: Thisis a research paper, so it should not be about what you think. It should be about what the experts think.REWRITES OF RESEARCH PAPERS: Rewrites of research papers can increase your research-paper grade by as much as one full grade, if substantial as wellas corrective revisions are made. Rewrites must be accompanied by the original marked copy, and the revisions in your rewrites must be highlighted with a highlighter pen. Revisions will not be accepted after the last day of regular class. If rewrites are turned in early enough, they will be returned to you. Honors Students must write longer and better research papers and are required to do revisions. Don Nilsen will evaluate all of the rewrites.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTE THAT DATE INDICATES WHEN ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE!2Wed, Jan 19 Introduction and Overview of the Class; ENG 312 PowerPoint: Overview of ENG 312Fri, Jan 21 Vocabulary Plus, Chapter 1: “The Theory Behind a Source’Based Approach to Metaphor and Vocabulary Enhancement” (1-25)Mon, Jan 24 “Metaphor Theory”Wed, Jan 26 Vocabulary Plus, Chapter 2: “Animal Metaphors” (26-51)Fri, Jan 28 “Animal Metaphors ContinuedMon, Jan 31 “Animal Metaphors” Continued + PowerPoint: Research Paper Checklist”Wed, Feb 2 Vocabulary Plus, Chapter 3: “Human Body Metaphors” (52-75)Fri, Feb 4 “Human Body Metaphors” ContinuedMon, Feb 7 Vocabulary Plus, Chapter 4: “Communication Metaphors” (76-103)Wed, Feb 9 “Communication Metaphors” ContinuedFri, Feb 11 Vocabulary Plus, Chapter 5: “Plant and Food Metaphors” (104-128)Mon, Feb 14 “Plant and Food Metaphors” ContinuedWed, Feb 16 Vocabulary Plus, Chapter 6: “Clothing Metaphors” (129-158)Fri, Feb 18 “Clothing Metaphors” ContinuedMon, Feb 21 Vocabulary Plus, Chapter 7: “Living and Dying Metaphors”