Department of English, York College/CUNY

Course: ENG 126 (Section HISK)

Semester: SPRING 2022

Meeting Times: Wed. & Fri., 10 am-11:50 am

Meeting Room: 2C05

Instructor: Raquel Coy

Office: Zoom- Make an appointment

Office Hours: Mondays 12pm - 2pm

Email: [email protected]

SYLLABUS | ENGLISH 126

COMPOSITION II: WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE

Course Description:

ENG126 (Liberal Arts) Composition II: Writing About Literature 1 conference hr + 3 hrs. 3 crs. A composition course which takes literature as its subject matter, ENG 126 builds on the competencies developed in ENG 125, in close reading, argumentation, and writing from sources, and applies them in a new context. Students read a variety of short literary works including poetry, fiction, and/or drama, and practice responding to them in class, and writing about them both informally and formally. Students also produce a research paper related to themes or questions evoked by the literature. Students will spend one hour per week in conferences, collaborative learning activities, or peer review. Preq: ENG 125. [Required Core: English Composition]

Learning Objectives

• Read and listen critically and analytically, including identifying an argument’s major assumptions and assertions and evaluating its supporting evidence.
• Write clearly and coherently in varied, academic formats (such as formal essays, research papers, and reports) using standard English and appropriate technology to critique and improve one’s own and others’ texts.
• Demonstrate research skills using appropriate technology, including gathering, evaluating, and synthesizing primary and secondary sources.
• Support a thesis with well-reasoned arguments, and communicate persuasively across a variety of contexts, purposes, audiences, and media.
• Formulate original ideas and relate them to the ideas of others by employing the conventions of ethical attribution and citation.

Textbook:

There is no textbook you need to buy for this course. The syllabus, course description, requirements, readings, assignments, and links to resources are available on our course Blackboard site.

COURSE POLICIES

GRADING

Final grades ranging from A to F will be based upon completion of all course requirements (writing and reading assignments, class participation and attendance) and the Final Examination. The three formal papers will make up the majority of your grade, as outlined below:

Assignment Percentage of final grade