English 101/102

	first-year composition at Texas A&M-Commerce

			Placement Criteria for English 100, 101, 102, and 110 *English 102 Curriculum, Spring 2008-Fall 2008* Course theme: Literacies in Context pdf version of English 102 syllabus (sample) at http://faculty.tamuc.edu/scarter/archive/102sample_syllabus.pdf doc version (for easy modification) available at http://faculty.tamuc.edu/scarter/archive/102sample_syllabus.doc Resources: http://faculty.tamuc.edu/scarter/archive/102_resources.htm Required texts: Literacies in Context, 2nd Edition (Fountainhead P, 2008) and Fieldworking (2006). Theoretical Framework: http://faculty.tamuc.edu/scarter/archive/102_GUIDE.htm Additional Resources: http://faculty.tamuc.edu/scarter/archive/fyc_resources.htm *English 102 Curriculum, Spring 2007 to Fall 2007* Course theme: Literacies in Context Sample Syllabus (with links to assignments) available online at http://faculty.tamuc.edu/scarter/archive/102_sample_syllabus.htm Required texts: Literacies in Context (Fountainhead P, 2007) and Fieldworking (2006). Theoretical Framework: http://faculty.tamuc.edu/scarter/archive/102_GUIDE.htm. Detailed MWF calendar (you may adapt a TR schedule from this): available online at http://faculty.tamuc.edu/scarter/archive/MWF_calendar_sample.htm English 101 Curriculum, 2007-2008 Course theme: Defining Place, Defined by Place pdf version of English 101 syllabus (sample) at http://faculty.tamuc.edu/scarter/archive/101sample_syllabus.pdf Photo Essay (excerpts from Fall 2007 student projects) English 101 Curriculum, 2006-2007 Course theme: Religion and Faith on Campus Required Texts: Transitions (Fountainhead Press, 2006) and My Fundamentalist Education (PublicAffairs, 2005) Sample Syllabus (This sample is just that--a sample. You are welcome to use it as is or change whatever you need to make it work for you. The choices here merely reflect my own preferences, which include a preference for portfolios over grading individual papers.) Course Sequence (detailed) Sequence Overview (in brief) Concerns about "religion" as course theme? Please don't let that theme scare you. We won't treat this as a course in religion, nor as an anti-religion class. The readings included in the collection look at the ways in which religious faith may challenge (and be challenged by) both college life and academic ways of knowing. We will also be concerned with how these incoming college students experience religious faith (even if they aren't religious themselves) on a campus like ours where a number of religious students from a variety of faiths may be coming together for the first time. Curriculum, 2006-2007 *(English 102)* Fall 2006, please use course materials from Spring 2006. We have ordered Trimbur's Call to Write again. We have developed a new course sequence to be used throughout 2007 *Resources* Teaching assistants for English 101/102 are invited to visit eCollege, where I have set up an online communication point where we can discuss our experiences, share materials, and offer support to one another. You are already enrolled. Just go to webtrax and log into eCollege from there. I am collecting resources, which I will continue to add to (see http://faculty.tamuc.edu/scarter/archive/fyc_rft.htm). Right now, it's pretty rough. Please return for more as I have it. Curriculum, 2006-2007 *(English 100)* Visit "Basic Writing at Texas A&M-Commerce" for more information on English 100. English 100 tutors may find assistance at http://faculty.tamuc.edu/scarter/archive/writinggroups.htm Additional materials: English 100 Lab Syllabus English 100 Lab Welcome Letter Syllabus Quiz Field Research Project Participation/Attendance Grades Rubric for First Review of Critical Reflections Curriculum, 2006-present *(English 110)* "Basic Writing at Texas A&M-Commerce" should offer relevant information to those teaching English 110, as well--though English 110 tutors might also visit http://faculty.tamuc.edu/scarter/archive/writinggroups.htm). English 110 syllabus (last updated January 2008)