ENGLISH 1A: HAT TRICKS, HOME RUNS, AND HEAVYWEIGHTS

Sections 01 & 09, Spring 2012 @ San José State University

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Week 17: Wayne Gretzky, Ice Hockey


















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Class: Course review

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NAVIGATION

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  • SJSU
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COURSE INFORMATION

English 1A: Composition I,
Spring 2012

DH De La O,
The Department of English and Comparative Literature
at San José State University

Section 01: Mo/We 7:30-8:45 AM, Clark 316

Section 09: Mo/We 9:00-11:45 AM, BBC 125

Office: Faculty Offices 111
Office Hours: Th 9:00-11:00 AM

Phone: 408.924.5019
Email: dhdelao@gmail.com

SYLLABUS

  • Spring 2012

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SELECTED POSTS

  • Assignment: Cause and Effect Essay
  • Assignment: Editorial Essay
  • Assignment: Expository Essay
  • Assignment: Persuasive Essay
  • Assignment: PowerPoint Presentations, Sec. 01
  • Assignment: PowerPoint Presentations, Sec. 09
  • Assignment: PowerPoint Presentations, Sec. 09 (FINAL UPDATE)
  • Reflection 01: What's the Hold Up?—Gay Athletes in Pro Sports
  • Reflection 02: Down the Line—Soccer's Popularity in America
  • Reflection 03: The Price to Play?—The Sexualization of Female Sports Stars
  • Reflection 04: Out of the Loop—The Plight of the Non-Sports Fan
  • Reflection 05: Crossing the Line—Athletes Behaving Badly
  • Reflection 06: Team Colors—Race and Professional Sports
  • Reflection 07: C'mon, That's Not a Sport—What Is and Isn't a Sport
  • Week 01: John McEnroe, Tennis
  • Week 02: Landon Donovan, Soccer
  • Week 03: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Track and Field
  • Week 04: Babe Ruth, Baseball
  • Week 05: Kelly Slater, Surfing
  • Week 06: Mia Hamm, Soccer
  • Week 07: Michelle Kwan, Figure Skating
  • Week 08: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Basketball
  • Week 09: Shaun White, Snowboarding
  • Week 10: Julio Cesar Chavez, Boxing
  • Week 11: Walter Payton, Football
  • Week 12: Greg Louganis, Diving
  • Week 13: Mary Lou Retton, Gymnastics
  • Week 14: Michael Phelps, Swimming

eREADER

  • "Can Women Play with the Men?" (espnW)
  • "Has Women's Soccer Gained Any Respect?" (Baltimore Sun)
  • "How Media Affects Our Perception of an Athletes Race and Gender” (The Sports Digest)
  • "NCAA to Consider Sweeping Changes in Athlete Aid and Eligibility Rules" (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  • "Opinion: Why College Athletes Should Not be Paid" (USA Today)
  • "Should College Athletes be Paid? Why, They Already Are" (Sports Illustrated)
  • "Should Student-Athletes Get Paid?" (The Sports Digest)
  • "State of Uncertainty for Women's Sports" (ESPN)
  • "Taking the Dread Out of Phys Ed" (Wall Street Journal)
  • "The Bravery of Iran's Female Athletes" (The Atlantic)
  • "The Problem with Tim Tebow" (Huffington Post)
  • "The Shame of College Sports" (The Atlantic)
  • "Which Football and Basketball Programs Produce the Largest Profits?" (The Business of College Sports)
  • "Why Steroids are No Longer a Concern of Baseball Fans" (Bleacher Report)
  • "Why Student-Athletes are Not Paid to Play" (NCAA)
  • "Why the Biggest Problem with the NCAA Isn't Paying Players" (Bleacher Report)
  • "Why the WNBA Isn't—and Will Never Be—a Popular League” (Sports Illustrated)
  • “Why Women’s Sports Struggle to Gain Popularity” (KPBS)
  • “Women Athletes Have a Reason to Celebrate” (GPhilly)
  • “Women’s Professional Soccer Fights to Keep Its Top Status” (New York Times)

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS

  • An Introduction to MLA Style
  • Citing Sources in MLA: The Basics
  • Sample PowerPoint Presentation (Wine Customs)
  • Steps of the Writing Process (Facebook)
  • The Cause and Effect Essay - A Primer

COURSE DOCUMENTS

  • 1A Final Exam Prompt (Jihad v. McWorld) FL 07
  • 1A Final Exam Prompt FL 09
  • 1A Final Exam Prompt SP 09
  • 1A Final Exam Sample Reponse Essay (Jihad v. McWorld) FL 07
  • 1A-1B Final Exam Rubric
  • Cause & Effect Essay Rubric
  • The Final Exam - Thesis Strategies
  • The Mad Dash - Essay Outlines
  • The Mad Dash - Thesis Statements

WRITING RESOURCES

  • DailyGrammar
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose State University
  • Grammar Bytes!
  • Grammar Girl
  • MLA Block Quotations, Northern Oklahoma College
  • MLA Citation Generator, Palomar College
  • MLA In-text Parathetical Citation, Duke University
  • MLA Style Guide, Purdue University
  • MLA Works Cited Page, Cornell Univeristy
  • Online Writing Lab, Purdue Univeristy
  • Writing Center, San Jose State University

SPORTS RESOURCES

  • Bleacher Report
  • CBS Sports
  • Deadspin
  • ESPN
  • espnW
  • FIFA
  • FOX Sports
  • LiveScore
  • MLS
  • NBA
  • NBC Sports
  • NCAA
  • NFL
  • NHL
  • Outsports
  • PGA
  • Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
  • Sporting News
  • Sports Illustrated
  • UFC
  • WNBA
  • WomenTalk Sports
  • WPS
  • Yahoo! Sports
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