Engl
1028 Honors Composition II Special Topic: Global Warming
O'Donnell,
ETSU, Fall 2016
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last update: August 15, 2016
Course Description
Alright, the topic of
this section of Honors Composition II -- global warming, or, more precisely,
anthropogenic global warming, sometimes known by the acronymn AGW, often simply
called climate change -- might not sound like a ladleful of laughs. But
this is one of the great issues of our time. And it turns out
that a lot of recent great writing has been done on the subject, in a variety
of genres. We'll read a novel by Barbara Kingsolver, an award-winning
nonfiction book by Elizabeth Kolbert, and a selection of interesting, thought
provoking articles. Students will write from sources in a variety of modes.
You'll learn how to do academic writing on serious topics, in a way that can be
engaging and, yes, even fun for your readers.
Course
and Instructor
English 1028 Honors Composition II Special Topic: Global Warming, TR
12:45-2:05pm, Burleson 301
Instructor:
Dr. Kevin O'Donnell, http://faculty.etsu.edu/odonnell/
odonnell@etsu.edu
423 439-6679
Office: Burleson Hall 313
Fall
2016 Office Hours: TR 11:30am-12:30pm; W 3:15-5:15
Texts
- Elizabeth
Kolbert. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. Picador, 2015.
$16.00
- Barbara Kingsolver. Flight
Behavior: A Novel. Harper Perennial 2013 (2012). $16.99
- Bill McKibben, editor.
The Global Warming Reader: A Century of Writing About Climate Change.
Penguin Books, 2012. $18.00
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A selection of readings posted on the web.
Assignments
/ Final Grade Breakdown
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5 mini
review essays, 600-900 words each, which you'll write about articles or
other works that you read for class: -- 40% (10% each; lowest grade, excluding
Fs, dropped)
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Annotated
bibliography, with at least 10 good
sources -- 15%
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Research
project, 8-10 pages -- 30%
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Other, ungraded assignments, including occasional in-class writing -- 5%
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Participation -- 5%
Attendance,
Due Dates
Attendance: I will strive to make the class
meetings worthwhile. So you should strive to be there. The English Department
official policy: more than 6 absences and you fail the course. In addition, my
individual policy is that, if you miss anywhere between 3 and 5 classes, I
reserve the option to lower your final grade up to one full letter grade.
Due Dates: All due dates are posted on
the calendar.
I do not accept late work. If you must miss class on a day when a paper is due,
email your work as an attachment to odonnell@etsu.edu.
Then also bring a hard copy to the following class period.