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admin-100@lists.services.wisc.edu:
Use this address to email the administrative staff.
comp-100@lists.services.wisc.edu:
Use this address to email all instructors and the administrative staff.
newstaff-100@lists.services.wisc.edu:
Use this address to email all new instructors and the administrative staff.
doneitbefore-100@lists.services.wisc.edu:
Use this address to email returning instructors and the administrative staff.
Based on the recommendations of our textbook selection committee and feedback from experienced English 100 instructors, we have decided to adopt two textbooks for English 100, beginning this Fall. These books will be required of all students in sections taught by new English 100 TAs. Both are meant to be supplementary to the main work of the course - the writing of student essays - and both are very student- and instructor-friendly. We will incorporate both in the model syllabus and calendar and will guide you through them during orientation. It would be a good idea to begin familiarizing yourself with each of these texts over the summer. You can probably get a good sense of the contents of the writer's handbook Easy Access by reading the table of contents, flipping through the text, and reading a few passages here and there. You may want to spend a bit more time with The Craft of Research, however, which provides a much more sophisticated approach to college-level research and composition. While it doesn't connect at all points with the model syllabus, the argument theory and research process described in the book are in close keeping with the aims of English 100. If you have not yet received desk copies of these texts, please e-mail one of the Assistant Directors to arrange for delivery or pick-up of the texts.
For new English 100 TAs, we have already ordered these books for your students; you don't need to do a thing. There will be plenty of copies available for purchase by your students at University Book Store when classes start. We'll have details about all this during Fall orientation.
For returning English 100 TAs, you are NOT required to adopt these books in your sections. As with the model syllabus itself, however, we hope that you will spend some time looking at the changes we have made in the course and consider adopting some or all of the model syllabus, including these textbooks. The publishers will include enough free examination copies of these books for each of you to review as well. If you decide that you'd like to order the books for your section, please let the English 100 administration know, and we'll notify University Book Store.
The two books are:
The Craft of Research by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, 2nd ed. (University of Chicago Press, 2003). ISBN# 0-226-06568-5. www.press.uchicago.edu.
Easy Access by Michael Keene and Katherine H. Adams, 4th ed. (McGraw Hill, 2005). ISBN# 0073203378. www.mcgrawhill.com.
All courses at UW-Madison can have an email course list that allows students
to post and reply to messages to the full class. These lists are set up according
to the students who are registered in your class, so at times (especially
during the first week) you may have students on the list who are not in your
class (because they haven't officially dropped it yet) or students in the
class who are not yet on the list (because they haven't officially added it
yet). The lists are updated frequently and a message is sent to you confirming
the update and telling you how many students are currently registered.
The form for submitting a class listserv is found on your "My UW"
portal. Look on the Academic Tab, under Course Services. To request a
class list, you'll need to know the English Department's three-digit code
(350), the course number (100), and your three-digit section number (001.
014, etc.).
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