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SYLLABUS for ENGL 1302
Dual Credit Silverton High School Spring 2009, 3 semester hours |
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INSTRUCTOR:
Jimidene Murphey
OFFICE: Room 110, Phone:
806-874-4830 (direct line). However,
best bet to catch me is to E-mail me at: jimidene.murphey@clarendoncollege.edu.
I check email and WebCT at least once a day.
OFFICE
HOURS:
MW 1:00-4:00 p.m. and TTh 9:00-9:30, 11:00-12:00, and 2:30-3:00
My office hours are posted on our
Clarendon College Web site under Instructional
Programs. I will also have several hours each week available for on-line
“office hours,” using WebCT.
Office hours include responses to email and assigned discussion postings
throughout the semester.
CALENDAR
OF IMPORTANT DATES:
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Classes Begin
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Tuesday, Jan.
13 |
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Late
Registration Begins |
Tuesday, Jan.
13 |
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Last Day to
Register and/or Add/Drop |
Thursday, Jan. 22 |
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12th Class
Day |
Wednesday,
Jan. 28 |
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Last Day to
Drop with a 'W' |
Thursday,
April 9 |
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Good Friday |
Friday, April
10 |
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Spring Break |
Monday-Saturday,
March 16-21 |
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Pre-Registration
for Summer and Fall 2009 |
Tuesday,
April 14 |
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Commencement |
Friday, May 8 |
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Final Exams |
Saturday-Thursday,
May 9-14 |
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Final grades
due at 10:00 a.m. and dorms close |
Friday, May
15 |
COURSE
DESCRIPTION: A study of principles of
effective writing through analysis of sentence structure, paragraph
organization, and theme development. Includes analysis of model paragraphs and essays, essay writing,
assigned library reading, and individual conferences.
COURSE PURPOSES: English
Composition II partially satisfies the requirements for the Associate degree at
SPECIFIC COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon
successful completion of English Rhetoric and Composition II, you will:
1. demonstrate
skills of research
2. organize
and write the research paper
3. properly
document the research paper
4. recognize
and avoid plagiarism in a research paper
5. write
analytically about literature and essays
6. evaluate
sources of information and determine relative value and credibility
7. distinguish
between gathering information and synthesizing information and design and write
a research paper that is either argumentative or problem-solution.
8. construct and
defend a research thesis.
9. exhibit competence
in the use of research formats.
Students may vary in their competency levels on these abilities. You should
expect to acquire these abilities only if you honor all course policies, attend
classes regularly, complete all assigned work in good faith and on time, and
meet all other course expectations of you as a student.
REQUIRED
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:
·
Madden, Frank. Exploring Literature. 3rd ed.
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Writing
Research Papers: A Complete Guide. 12th ed.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION: Slide show lectures, class discussion of
reading assignments, discussions, group work, individual or group
presentations, electronic discussion postings, and work with students
individually whenever possible.
CLASS POLICIES
Attendance in college courses is your
choice. Because so much of what you will learn in this course is not found in
the textbooks, however, it is very important that you attend all classes if you
want to be successful. You will need to follow your high school’s rules for
attendance.
Even if you are gone on a
school-sponsored activity, it is still your responsibility to turn your work in on time. I WILL NOT TAKE MAJOR WRITING ASSIGNMENTS
OR HOMEWORK LATER THAN THE DAY THEY ARE DUE!!!
All major assignments
are posted in this syllabus for each day, so even if you are to be gone for a
school-sponsored event, they will be posted in plenty of time for you to do
them early. AGAIN, I WILL NOT TAKE
PAPERS LATE! (More
about assignments under the heading “Assignments” below.)
Withdrawing
from the Course
If
you decide that you are unable to complete this course, you must withdraw from
it by the date set in the
Disciplinary
actions for cheating in a course are at the discretion of the individual
instructor. The instructor of that
course will file a report with the Dean of Students when a student is caught
cheating in the course, whether it be a workforce or academic course. The report shall include the course,
instructor, student’s name, and the type of cheating involved. Students who are reported as cheating to the
Dean of Students more than once shall be disciplined by the Dean. The Dean will notify all involved parties
within fourteen days of any action taken.”
PLAGIARISM: Read the following explanations carefully and
be sure that you understand them.
1. Word-for-word plagiarism: The student quotes his or her source without
using quotation marks. Even if the
student cites the source, he or she is still plagiarizing because proper
quotation procedures were not used.
2. Paraphrased plagiarism: The student uses a source and with the
exception of changing a few words or phrases essentially quotes the
original. Even if the source is properly
cited, the writing is still plagiarized because the student has used the author’s
style, vocabulary, and content and claimed it as his or her own.
3. Improper citations: If a student uses someone’s information other
than his or her own, the source of the material must be properly cited. Failure to do so is plagiarism.
4. Improper use of ideas: Ideas are as equally protected as words. If the student uses someone’s ideas, but
expresses them in his or her words, the student plagiarizes if he or she does
not cite the source of the idea.
5. Internet use: Copying and pasting from the Internet is
plagiarism. Purchasing papers from a
paper mill is plagiarism.
6. Student sharing: While students are certainly free to work
together and study together, an assignment that calls for individual work must
reflect the student’s personal effort.
If a student borrows or copies another student’s work, that is
plagiarism. If a student has another
student write a paper, that is plagiarism. If two students collaborate on an individual
assignment and turn in the same work, that is plagiarism.
Plagiarism is a serious academic offense. It involves legal issues about improper use
of materials that do not belong to the student.
Plagiarism is unethical. A
student must do his or her own work; otherwise, the learning process is
compromised. Plagiarism is unfair to
fellow students who take the time and make the effort to do their own
work. Essentially, plagiarism is
cheating and will not be tolerated.
My
Policy: Anyone who is dishonest in any way (including
the following examples) will receive a zero for that category of your grade (not just the particular assignment
or test) with no opportunity to make up the zero. You WILL be dropped from the
course with a grade of F for more than one violation. In addition to the above, I invoke my own
requirements:
You are guilty of cheating on an
assignment by letting someone else complete part or all of your work by
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using unauthorized electronic
devices for in-class assignments or tests
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using someone else’s electronic
files
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letting someone else use your
electronic files**
** It is your responsibility to protect your
electronically saved files. If someone else turns in an assignment as if it
were that student’s work but it is work that you completed, I will have to
assume that you allowed it to happen, and both of you will suffer the same consequences.
Therefore, make sure your saved files are kept in a place where others cannot
copy them. DON’T SHARE DISKS!!!
NEVER LET ANYBODY ELSE USE YOUR COLLEGE
LOGIN OR PASSWORD!!
Class Changes/Notifications
If
any changes are made to the class (assignments, due dates, etc.), I will try to
inform you individually, especially if we don’t have class due to bad
weather.
Due Dates, Assignments, etc.
I handle this class much like it would be handled
on a job in the "real world."
Therefore, I expect you to turn all work in by its due date. Due dates
will be clearly marked in this syllabus and in WebCT. General due dates are
given below under the heading Course
Schedule. Outside assignments must be typewritten or done on a word
processor. The MLA format must be used
for all papers.
Assignments are due at the beginning of class on the appropriate date. If you are not going to be in class the day
of an assignment is due, be sure that you have the assignment brought to me by
class time or e-mail
it to me by class time. NOTE: If you submit an assignment through WebCT,
use only Microsoft Word, NOT
Microsoft Works or WordPerfect. AGAIN,
I WILL NOT ACCEPT LATE PAPERS UNLESS UNDER THE MOST EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES. I will drop the lowest daily grade. The assignments are posted on this syllabus,
and you will have plenty of time to submit assignments EARLY. I do not drop any major writing grades.
The Research Papers
You
will have two major literary analysis papers.
One will be a smaller three-page paper and the other will be a larger,
five-page paper. The larger paper is worth
almost one-third your grade. You will be writing more papers leading up to
this, so you will get lots of practice. The grade for this paper will consist
of several separate grades, including your thesis statement, sources, quotes,
first and second outlines, rough draft, and final draft. All these averaged together will make up 30%
of your total grade. NOT TURNING IN ANY
OF THESE COMPONENTS WILL EARN A ZERO FOR THAT COMPONENT, AND THEY MUST BE
TURNED IN ON THE DAY THEY ARE DUE. For instance, if you don’t turn in thesis
statement, sources, or an outline, you will receive three zeros for those
components of the grade. Even if you make
100 on the rough draft and the final draft, you will get an F (200/7=29). IF YOU
DO NOT TURN IN EITHER OR BOTH THE ROUGH DRAFT OR THE
FINAL LITERARY ANALYSIS PAPER, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN “F” IN THE COURSE, NO MATTER
HOW MUCH YOU TURN IN BEFORE THAT!!
Requirements
for each research paper:
1. Topics will be
derived from assigned readings.
2. The research
paper must be at least FIVE FULL (or up to six) pages, not including Works
Cited page.
3. You will need a
total of three required sources and four more sources of your own choosing
a. 
Use three of
these required sources, found in our CC library:
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Drama for
Students
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Short Stories
for Students found behind
the counter in the CC library – I will provide copies of these for you.
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Poetry for
Students
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Contemporary
Literary Criticism
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Twentieth
Century Authors (especially
useful for the author-based analysis)
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Cyclopedia of
World Authors
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The Explicator
Cyclopedia, Volumes 1 and 2
FOR ANY OF THESE YOU MAY NEED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I CAN GET YOU INFORMATION.
b. The other four
sources must include at least one from a book and one from a database in the
library. You must copy the pages of the
book you’re using (plus the title page) and make a copy of the website you’re
using and turn them in when you turn in your sources. I’ll count off if you don’t.
4. You CANNOT use www.wikipedia.com because it is not an
academically reliable website. Anybody
can post to this site, which makes its integrity questionable. While it may
look academically , it is not.
5. You will need
at least 10 quotes that you are going to use from these sources, with
bibliographic information under each quote and a copy of the page you got the
quote from.
6. Only the MLA
format will be accepted for ANY part of the above.
7. (See last page
for comments about literary criticism)
Daily Grades: You will
have a series of daily grades that will figure into your grade, consisting of
writing assignments.
Discussions: To get students to participate more freely,
we will have online discussions through WebCT, our classroom management
system. You will have a participation
grade on how many of these postings you do; you will have to have at least 10
MEANINGFUL postings during the semester.
You will get 10 points for each posting – if you only have three
postings during the whole semester, your participation grade will be 30, and
you certainly don’t want that. These
“lectures” will supplement in-class lectures and discussions.
Tests: You will have tests consisting of multiple
choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, and essay questions and will cover only
the topics we’ve discussed for that unit, such as the writing process, research
methods, and critical analysis. If you
miss a test, you will get a zero; however, I will drop the lowest test grade at
the end of the semester. If you know you’re going to be gone for a
school-sponsored event, you must take the test early. I don’t give make-up
tests.
Grading
Procedure: The final grade in this course will
be determined by the following:
All components of the major research paper..................................................................................... 30%
(Each component will have its own grade:
topic, sources, quotes, outline, rough draft, and final draft)
Exams
(objective and essay)............................................................................................................ 30%
Writing
assignments other than the research paper (including the “baby” research paper)....................... 20%
Daily
writing assignments ............................................................................................................... 10%
Discussions
in WebCT..................................................................................................................... 10%
The
final semester grades will be figured as set in the current catalog:
90 to 100…A 80 to 89…B 70 to 79…C 60 to 69…D Below 60…F
ACCOMMODATIONS
STATEMENT:
TENTATIVE COURSE
SCHEDULE and CLASS TOPICS
(Subject to change if necessary)
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TOPICS AND ASSIGNMENTS
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Week
1: Intro |
Class
introduction. Go over syllabus. Read the “theory” part of Exploring Literature, Chapters 1-2, pp. 3-51 for next class
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Lecture: Ch. 1-2 in Exploring Literature. Also
check below for written assignment due next week. |
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Week
2: Personal
response, writing about literature, and critical thinking. |
Read
and discuss Appendix “A” in your Exploring
Literature book about literary criticism. Lecture: Appendix “A” PowerPoints. |
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Read and discuss: 1. “I Have A
Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., p. 1081 4. “Ballad of 2. “ 3. “Salvation” by Hughes, p. 32 Dierdre’s Draft of
“Those Winter Sundays” p. 43 and Dierdre’s Revised
Essay, p. 49. (This will be a good
guide to writing your response paper.) Read and
discuss Exploring Literature,
Chapter 3, p. 55-79 ( Read and discuss: 1. “I Have a
Dream” by King, p. 1085 3. “Désirée’s Baby”
by Chopin, p. 951 2. “We Real
Cool” by Brooks, p. 1003 4. “Ain’t I a Woman”
by Truth, p. 917 Respond to discussion in WebCT under “Week
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Daily grade
assignment to be turned in Friday:
Write a full one page
response comparing how you felt after reading the newspaper article
“Birmingham Bomb Kills” and the poem “Ballad of Birmingham.” Also discuss the techniques of writing that
the newspaper article used as opposed to the techniques the poem used. Write a paragraph on why these pieces could
be criticized from a “historical perspective” (p. 1334 in the Exploring Literature book.) Must
be typed in MLA form. |
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Week
3: Poems |
Read and
discuss
Exploring Literature, Chapter 3, p.
82-85 ( Handout
and lecture:
Intro to Poetic Terminology, found in WebCT under “Handouts and Study Guides”
then “Handouts to Know.” You will use
this to write this week’s assignment. |
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Lecture:
Chapter 3 readings: 1. “Those Winter
Sundays” p. 13 5. “The Word 2. “Advice
to My Son” by Meinke, p. 7 6. “The Fog” by
Sandburg, p. 77 3. “The Wind” by
Stephens, p. 78 7. “When I Heard the Learn’d
Astronomer” p. 83 4.
“Mirror,”
by Plath, p. 795 Daily
grade assignment to be turned in Friday: Write a “text-based” criticism of three of
the above poems, 1/2-page each. You
will need to analyze tone, irony, symbolism, metaphors, similes, or imagery.
You will need to provide quotes from the poems to prove your assertion. Remember, a text-based analysis uses only
the text, nothing else. Peer-editing: Take a few minutes to peer-edit each
other’s papers, and you will turn in the final
paper. You need to turn in coherent, grammatically-correct perfect papers
with no misspelled words (since these are peer-edited, I will count off quite
a bit for errors). Respond to
discussion in WebCT under “Week 3.” |
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Read Chap. 11-12, Writing
Research Papers Daily grade due Friday: Complete the
Chapter 11 and 12 handouts to turn in today. |
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Week
4 Research
Test
#1 |
Will read in
class: “Los Vendidos,” by |
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Read and
discuss
the following: 1. “War is Kind”
by Crane, p. 73 (pay particular attention to the irony in the poem) 2. “A Man Said
to the Universe” by Crane, p. 1225 3. “The Man He
Killed” by Hardy, p. 1240 4. “Grass” by
Sandburg, p. 1224 5. “Dulce et Decorum Est”
by Owen, p. 1223 Major Writing Assignment #1 due Friday: Personal
response to war. Write a one-page
paper on ONE of the following: 1. Write a paper
about the effects of war and your own personal experience of yourself, family
members, or friends. If you don’t have any experience, interview a couple of
people who have served in the military and get their perspectives. Then link
that theme to the poem “A Man Said to the Universe.” In other words, in your
opinion is war worth the pain and heartache? Why or why not? Does the
universe care? Be sure to defend your stance by citing passages in the poems
in a Works Cited page. Be sure to cite anybody you interviewed also. Refer to Chapters 11 and 12 in the Writing Research Papers book. 2. Look at
“Making an Argument” on p. 1226 – your topic could be the theme of “doubt” as
exemplified by the poems in the section: doubt about war itself, doubt about
the usefulness of war, self-doubt, etc. 3. Be sure to
cite examples and quotes to argue (or “prove”) your thesis or point. Peer-editing: Take a few minutes to peer-edit these papers, and you will turn in the final paper Friday. |
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TEST #1 Friday: Chapters 1-3 Exploring Literature “theory” part, Introduction to Poetic
Terminology, and readings up until now. Read Chapters
1-2, pp. 1-31, in Writing Research Papers. We won’t talk about these chapters, but you
WILL be responsible for them for test purposes later. Daily
grade:
Complete Chapter 2 handouts from Writing
Research Papers book to turn in Monday. Respond to
discussion in WebCT under “Week 4.” |
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Week
5: Research Family
and Friends |
Read and
lecture: Chapters 3-4 in Writing Research Papers.
Daily
grade:
Complete Chapters 3 and 4 handouts from Writing
Research Papers to turn in today, due Friday. Distribute and go over Elements of Fiction Handout. Read and
discuss
the following: 1.
“Marriage
is a Private Affair” by Achebe, p. 206 4.
“The Youngest Daughter,” by Song, p. 265 2.
“Two
Kinds” by Tan, p. 250 5.
“Dusting” by Alvarez, p. 267 3.
“A
Worn Path,” by Welty, p. 259 |
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Daily
grade assignment due Friday:
Using ONE of this week’s pieces above, write a literary analysis paper,
using either “psychoanalytical-based” or “gender-based” criticism (Appendix A
in Exploring Literature book),
relating the parent/sibling relationship the writers explore. Needs to be at least two full pages, and of
course, in MLA format with a Works Cited page citing the textbook. Three possible ways to treat the paper: 1. In some
pieces, the parent/guardian has made sacrifices for the child. In others, the
child is the one who has sacrificed. Explore what has been the effect of the
sacrifice for each. Give specific examples and quotes from the readings. 2. If you go the
gender-based route, explore how the father/son relationship in “Marriage is a
Private Affair” affects the son’s fiancée. How do mothers handle family
situations or children differently than fathers? What role does gender played
in the piece and how or why men and women read the piece differently? Would that story be different if the
setting were in a more liberally-minded society? 3. If you go the
psychoanalytic route, you’ll want to address what psychological issues people
have with their parents, maybe even dig into how repressed feelings affect
how an author may write. In “Dusting,” does the daughter lose her identity
because of her mother? Does she keep
it? How could this affect the author later in life? Requirements: ·
Find
TWO outside sources substantiating your position and cite it in the Works
Cited page along with your Exploring Literature book cite. This could include
some research about parent/child relationships or some information about the
author that would be pertinent to the paper. Your Works Cited page would have
three entries: two outside sources and the pieces from the Exploring
Literature book. ·
Write
a good, concise, explanatory thesis statement, one that will present your
argument for the paper. ·
Congratulations! You're on the road to literary analysis! Respond to
discussion in WebCT under “Week 5.” |
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Week
6: Start
“Baby” Research Paper Family
and Friends |
Prepare for
first “baby” research paper. Daily grade
writing assignment due Friday: From a “historical-based” criticism
viewpoint, pick a topic and gather at least three sources to write a full three-page
paper from the selections we’ve already read.
Suggestions may include the historical context that includes something
about the racial tension in the 1960s, the historical treatment of women in a
particular culture or time, any kind of “mixed” relationships (such as
“Marriage is a Private Affair”), the psychological aspects of war on soldiers
(especially World War I’s infamous
“trench warfare”) and/or family, or similar topics. I MUST APPROVE YOUR TOPIC AND SOURCES
BEFORE YOU CONTINUE THE PAPER! I will
look at them and hand them back to you by Monday. REQUIREMENTS: §
Prepare
the paper in MLA format, with the topic and sources (properly formatted) on
one sheet of paper. § This is not a reader-based response, so don’t include your own initial reactions to a particular piece. Instead, synthesize readings and sources to form your own opinions and conclusions. § You MUST turn in each component of the paper – you CAN’T just turn in the final copy. For instance, I won’t accept the outline portion UNTIL you have turned in the topic portion. Since I don’t accept late papers, that means that YOU HAVE TO TURN IN EACH COMPONENT TO RECEIVE A FINAL GRADE. § You
have to research what was going on at the time of the writing in order to do
a “historical-based” criticism. You can use specific time periods or general
time periods, depending upon your topic and piece. |
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Study for
your test #2, which will be next week.
Respond to
discussion in WebCT under “Week 6.” You should have at least five postings by
now. Start
gathering sources for your research paper. |
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Week 7 Continue Baby Research Paper Test #2 |
Read Chap. 6-8 in Writing Research Papers (omit Chapter 5) Daily
grade and discussion: Complete the Chapters 6-8 handouts to turn
in today from Writing Research Papers
book. Continue with “baby” research paper. I will hand back topics/sources, and you need to prepare a complete outline, to be turned in by Friday. |
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Daily
grade writing assignment due Friday: Turn in outline, beginning with
thesis sentence. I will hand these
back to you by the next class time to complete your final paper, including
in-text citations and Works Cited page. |
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Friday TEST #2: |
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Week
8 Baby
Research Paper Due Faith
and Doubt |
Read Chap. 9-10,
Writing Research Papers Daily
grade:
Complete Chapters 9 and 10 handouts to turn by Friday. Read and
discuss
the following essays: 1. “Learning to
Fall” by Simmons, p. 1285 2. “The Myth of
Sisyphus” by Camus, p. 1277 3. “A Blizzard
Under a Blue Sky” by |
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Read and
discuss
the following essays: 1.
“Cathedral”
by Carver, p. 1156 2.
“A
Good Man is Hard to Find” by O’Connor, p. 1185 3.
“Chrysanthemums”
by Steinbeck, p. 1196 4.
“Some
Keep the Sabbath Going to Church” by |
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Major
writing assignment to turn in Friday: Turn in revised copy of “baby”
research paper. This is the one you’ll
get the grade on. Respond to discussion in WebCT under
“Week 8.” You should have at least
seven postings in WebCT now. |
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Week 9 Start Larger Research Paper Women and Men Test #3 |
Read
and discuss the following
pieces: 1. “Cinderella”
by Grimm Brothers, p. 800 2. “Cinderella”
by Sexton, p. 804 3. “Cinderella”
by Bettleheim, p. 807 Daily grade writing assignment due Friday: Write a
one-page paper answering the “Making an Argument” question on p. 808 about
the Cinderellas.
MLA format, of course, with quotes from the pieces, in-text citations,
and Works Cited page. Share with others
your thoughts in WebCT discussion under “Week 9.” |
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Start thinking about what you want to write your final research paper on. Read
and discuss the following
pieces: 1. “Trifles” by
Glaspell, p. 825 2. “If
Shakespeare Had a Sister” by Woolf, p. 852 3.
“Sweat” by Hurston, p. 1132 4.
“Hills Like White Elephants” by Hemingway,
p. 732 5. “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” by 6. “You Fit Into Me” by Atwood, p. 776 |
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TEST #3: Over readings from Weeks 7,
8, and 9 (does not include Writing for Research book) |
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Week 10 Innocence and Experience |
Read
and discuss the following pieces: 1.
“Snow”
by Alvarez, p. 439 2.
“Richard
Cory” by Robinson, p. 511 3. “How to Watch
Your Brother Die,” by Lassell, p. 785 4. “Tell All the
Truth but Tell it Slant” by 5.
“I
Heard a Fly Buzz – When I Died –” by 6. “The
Wayfarer” by Crane, p. 1224 Major
writing assignment due Friday: Several of these pieces deal with death. Prepare a 1½ to 2-page paper on ONE of the
following choices, using author-based literary criticism (you will have to do
a little research on the author’s life in order to do this). Be sure to use
quotes and cites, along with a Works Cited pg. 1.
On p. 788 of the textbook under “Making an
Argument,” answer the questions and write the paper on the effectiveness of
the narration for “How to Watch Your Brother Die.” 2.
Regardless of your beliefs about homosexuality,
does the poem “How to Watch Your Brother Die” move you? Would it have moved you the same way if the
lover had been a woman and the brother have died from something besides AIDS?
How? Why? 3.
Discuss the personification in “Mirror.” How
effective is the voice of the mirror? Are mirrors always honest? Are they
emotional? What in Plath’s life may
have prompted her to write such a poem? (research a little on her background) |
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Major writing assignment due Friday:
From
all our readings, pick a topic for your research paper. (See Assignment Sheet
for requirements.) Email me, and I will respond within a day or two. You can take your baby research paper and
add to it. Increase your scope some,
add sources, add one or more readings, and compose a bit broader thesis
statement (but not too much broader; you will only be adding two to three
pages). After I approve your topic, get your three required sources. Remember
to format your sources in proper MLA form, and make it the Works Cited page.
This will be the second component grade of your paper. See if you can make connections
between the readings from the first of the semester up until now. Making
those connections would help with adding to your baby research paper. |
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Week
11 Research
Paper |
Read and
discuss
Exploring Literature, Chap. 4-5,
pp. 148-170 (Argumentation and Writing a Critical Essay; Research.) |
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Read Chap. 13-14, Writing
Research Papers Major writing assignment to turn in
today: Bring
in four more sources, making a total of seven sources for your paper. Must be
in proper MLA form, and you might as well make it your Works Cited page. This will be the third component of your
paper grade and should be your final Works Cited page. |
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TEST #4: Chapters 9-14 in Writing Research Papers. |
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Week
12 Research |
Major
writing assignment to turn in Friday: Work up 10 quotes
from these seven sources in MLA format. (See Assignment Sheet for further
instructions). Keep working on your
paper as I may not have these back to you graded by the next class period.
This will be the fourth component of your paper grade. |
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Major
writing assignment to turn in Friday: Turn in final outline. This outline needs to
have all the points you’re going to put in your paper. This is just the skeleton of your paper;
from now on you will be filling out the outline to complete your paper. This
will be the fifth component of your paper grade. We’ll
peer-edit these outlines in class, then the revised final outline is due
Friday. |
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Week
13 Final
Paper Due |
Major writing assignment to turn in Friday:
Turn in rough draft of final paper. This will be the sixth grade component of
your paper. I
will have these back to you as quickly as I can so you can revise and turn
back in. |
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Major writing assignment to turn in
today: Revised rough draft of final paper. IF YOU DO NOT TURN THIS IN, YOU CANNOT PASS
THE CLASS! The final copy of the paper will be due Monday. This
will be the seventh grade component of your paper. |
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Major writing assignment to
turn in today: FINAL
PAPER DUE!! IF YOU DO NOT
TURN THIS IN, YOU CANNOT PASS THE CLASS! Respond to
discussion in WebCT under “Week 13.” |
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Week
14 Responding
to Painting and Poetry |
Print out handouts and read “The Veldt” and “There
Will Come Soft Rains” by Bradbury.
In-class
writing: Write a personal response to the short
story. Did you like it? Why or why not? Respond to this prompt with
quotes from the story to support your thesis:
Do you think children have too much freedom now? How has technology
permeated our society? Do you think
this story could happen? Remember, the
story was written over 50 years ago! Respond to discussion in WebCT under “Week 14.”
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Read
and discuss Exploring
Literature (Responding to Painting and Poetry) Pay particular attention to the painting “Starry Night” and the accompanying poem by Anne Sexton. Read handout to song lyrics “Vincent” by Don McLean. Also pay close attention to the painting
“The Old Guitarist” and the poem “The Man With the Blue Guitar.” In-class
writing for daily grade: In a
one-page paper, what response to either “Starry Night” or “The Old
Guitarist.” What emotions, if any,
does the painting evoke? Do you agree
with the point of view of the accompanying poem of your painting? Why or why not? Respond to discussion in WebCT under “Week 14.” |
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Week
15 Literature and Art Wrap-up
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In-class
daily grade assignment to turn in today: Write an evaluation of what you’ve learned
in this class. What have you learned
about various genres of literature? What have you learned about literary
criticism and academic research? |
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Review for
final. It will basically cover the
“theory” portion of Exploring
Literature and Writing Research Papers. Make sure you have at least 10 postings in
WebCT up by now. I will not count any postings later than Friday of this
week. |
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Week 16 |
Final (comprehensive only over
readings in Exploring Literature
book, not research book). You cannot drop this grade, no matter what. |
Example
of how to do “theory” outlines of textbook:
Prepare an outline of the “theory”
portion of what you read. It must be in
MLA format such as the heading, etc., but an outline may be SINGLE-SPACED IF it
is from the textbook material. For the
research paper, it must be DOUBLE-SPACED.
An example of, say, pages 3-9 would look something like:
I. Personal
Dimension of Reading Literature
A.
Most literature does not intend
to convey a moral or lesson; it reveals as life reveals.
B. Literature
does evoke emotion.
II. Personal
Response and Critical Thinking
A. When
we think critically about literature, we build on what we know personally.
B. Does
not mean we’re searching for one right answer.
III. Writing
to Learn
A. First
Response
B. Keeping
Journal or reading log – most important thing your writing will not be your
position, but how you support that position.
C. (then you have to read but not outline stuff like the log on
pp. 6-7.)
D. Double-entry
journals and logs
E. Collaboration
1.
Interpretive communities
2. Personal,
not private
IV. Ourselves
as readers
A. Different
kinds of reading
1.
Read differently for different
kinds of situations
2. Some
is pleasure, some is not.
B.
(then you read but not outline
the poems on p. 9-10)
Hope this gives you some idea of what
to expect. Make sure your outlining
feature of your word processor corresponds to the numbering system above. It may seem picky, but that’s the way a
formal outline looks like, and you need to get used to preparing formal,
correctly-formatted outline. You’ll need
this skill later on in your college career.