Both sections of the class meet in BC 18 from January 28 to March 6 (Final portfolio due March 21).

Section 002: TTh 10:25-11:40

Section 009: TTh 11:50-1:05

Office: Sitterley 306

Office hours: Mondays & Wednesdays, 12:00-3:00; Tuesdays, 2:00-4:00; and by appt

email: sjamieso@drew.edu

office phone: 973.408.3499

IM screen name: profJamieson

English 2 is a 2-credit academic research writing course designed to engage students in the intellectual strategies at the heart of academic work. Students will select a research question, develop a research project (with a research proposal and annotated bibliography), assess and compare potential sources, and arrive at a thesis that can be supported by an extended research paper. In addition to writing and revising tyhat paper, they will also take their research and present it to a non-academic audience in a different format (such as a brochure, a poster, a website, a powerpoint, or even a poem).

Read the full course description, intellectual outcomes, grade breakdown, and classroom contract.

There is an assignment due in class pretty much every class. If you stay up to date and actually complete each task the final paper will be almost written by the time you sit down to create a draft. If you get behind it will be hard to catch up. More important, if you get behind you will not learn very much about academic research writing.

Read the assignments and due dates--you should probably creat a calendar of due dates for yourself!

The class meets twice a week for six weeks, two sections with a reference librarian and the remainder with Professor Jamieson. You are expected to be in class every day, prepared and ready to learn and share both what you have found and whatever problems you have encountered. Please check the schedule every day to make sure you are ready for class.

Read the full daily schedule (classroom activities and homework due for the next class)

The ePortfolio is your opportunity to share your work and your reflection on your work with others. The ePortfolio allows your research to be of value to people beyond the class (your final paper could be the result of a google search on the topic, for example. It also aloows you to show off how much work you have done to people at Drew, to former teachers, and to family and friends.

ePortfolio main page.

You will need to buy a handbook: Anson, Chris, Robert Schwegler, and Marcia Muth. The Longman Writer’s Companion, Drew edition. Longman, 2006

You will also find valuable resources at: Drew University Resources for Writers

And don't forget the Drew University Writing Center, where you can schedule appointments with trained writing consultants--for free! Click gere to schedule an appointment.