ENGL 1B-70 Critical Thinking Literature and Composition
This course focuses on critical thinking and composition through reading of essays, poetry and fiction; introduces critical evaluation; develops techniques of analytical, critical and argumentative writing; explores inference, evidence, inductive and deductive reasoning, identification of assumptions underlying conclusions and other terms of logical thinking; continues expository writing (8000 word minimum).
- Prerequisite: English 1A
- Instructor: Lene Moody
- E-mail: lmoody@taft.org
- Telephone: (661) 763-7812 or toll free 866 464-922 (help desk)
- Office Hours: by appointment
- Mailing
Address:
Lene Moody
Taft College
29 Emmons Park Drive
Taft CA 93268
- Units: 3
- Class Meets: January 28 – May 29, 2008
- Textbook &
Estimated Costs:
- Rental Textbook: Literature, 7th Edition, by Roberts (contact book store for latest price 661-763-7731)
- Purchase Textbook: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (contact book store for latest price 661-763-7731)
- Estimated Time per Week: Students can expect to devote on average at least nine hours a week to the class given the reading and writing assignments.
- Special Requirements: This course is not delivered through the Etudes program. Directions for the course are included in the course syllabus. Students can submit their work via U.S. postal mail, through the TC aides at TCI, or in person at the Learning Resource Center on campus. There is a file in the LRC where graded work can be picked up as well. If you choose the mail method, you must send me 5 large (8 x 10) and 5 small letter sized envelopes, all self-addressed and stamped, during the first week of class so I can get syllabus and handouts to you and later on mail your graded work back to you. All work is to be type written. Students are welcome to contact me for help; all communication is encouraged.
- Assignments: Students will learn about literary terms such as character, plot, setting, point of view, and various forms of interpretation; additionally, the students will learn about the authors and historical contexts of our major texts so that they will be able to make sophisticated, intelligent and original responses – in essay form – to the poems and essays as well as the novel and play we will be reading.
- Proctored Exams: Two proctored two hour exams where students will answer questions about the texts.
- Additional Comments: This is a class where, in addition to the literary terms mentioned above, each student is encouraged to use his or her own unique point of view, background, and experiences to interpret and understand the texts we will be reading. Students will also research some of the texts to find out how others – mainly professional literary critics – understand the texts, and the students are invited to compare their own approach with that of the critics.
- Course Syllabus: (In PDF format, opens in a new window)
Syllabus in PDF format, opens in a new window
Disclaimer: The book prices are an approximation only and are subject to change.