Date |
Class Activities |
Homework Due |
W 9/8 online |
See Bb for instructions: Course + stud. intro.; Plagiarism; how to read critically | Read 3-9, 41-45, 93-109 |
Unit I: Young Adult Literature |
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M 9/13 | Review; Literature of your youth; student ques.; Perrault, "Little R. R. Hood;" Grimm, "Little Red Cap;" A. Carter, "The Company of Wolves"; Journal #1 submission and discussion | Read 305-20; read last week's assignment if you have not already; DISC #1: Post 1 or more discussion questions about any of these texts on Blackboard/Discussion Forum/Unit I, and bring a copy to class. These questions might include ones you would pose as an instructor of the class, things you are confused about in the reading, or a mix between the two. The purpose of discussion questions is to open a dialogue between you and me; to make this a student-centered classroom; and to help students become better writers by becoming critical thinkers, or people who question what they read. Discussion questions are not evaluated, are not mandatory, but are taken into consideration for your Participation Grade. Please feel free to respond to other students' queries if you feel inspired to answer; I will take such responses as extra credit for your Participation Grade (and enjoy reading them, of course). |
W 9/15 online | See Bb for instructions:
Your writing avatar/persona;
Wiki entry: short fiction analysis; test Elluminate |
Read 16-30, 33-39; Write Blog #1: Write a close analysis of the passage you think most significant in any of the fictional texts we have read so far, either from your own perspective or in the voice of your avatar, and post to Bb; your audience is other students in class |
M 9/20 | Literary
Elements; Your Questions; Critical Approaches;
Your
Journals;
Writing Essay #1: Young Adult Literature; Conference signup |
Write Journal #1: Revise your blog entry
for the
instructor and post to Bb; read
47-58,
61-7; 77, 186-90; 931-36; DISC #2: Post 1 or more
discussion
questions about today's reading on Blackboard/Discussion Forum/Unit
I, and bring a
copy to class. |
W 9/22 online | Drafting |
Write 1st draft of Essay 1:
Young Adult Literature -- See Planing and Composing (p. 47 - 58) |
M 9/27 | Instructor-student conferences |
Write Blog #2: Your experiences writing (the good, the bad, tips, and issues), either from your own perspective or that of your avatar; bring draft work to conference in 352 DI |
W 9/29 online | Peer Review of Essay 1: Young Adult Literature | Write
2nd
draft
of
Essay
1:
Young
Adult
Literature
--
See
Revising
(p.
61-7) |
Unit II: Your Favorite Novel |
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M 10/4 |
Intro. to Unit II; Meet in
Sprague Library 203--Library
tutorial: find a scholarly text
about your favorite novel |
Final draft of Essay 1: Young Adult Literature due; bring a stapled, paginated hard copy to class and upload to SafeAssign on Blackboard9 |
W 10/6 online | Journal #2 submission and discussion | Write Journal #2: What you like about your
favorite novel in the voice of your avatar or yourself |
M 10/11 |
Novel; Discussion of drafts; Journals; citing scholarly articles | Write 1st draft of Essay 2: Your
Favorite Novel; Please bring
draftwork to class of Essay
#2, and bring a hard copy of Journal #2 (which should be posted to Bb
as well) |
W 10/13 online | Peer Review | Write 2nd draft of Essay 2: Your
Favorite Novel, including an annotated entry
on the scholarly, peer-reviewed article you found |
Unit III: Poetry about Trauma |
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M 10/18 | Introduction to next unit; W. Blake, "Chimney Sweeper" (10): recording1; "The Chimney Sweeper" from Songs of Experience; def. of irony | Final draft of Essay 2: Your Favorite Novel due; bring a stapled, paginated hard copy to class and upload to SafeAssign on Blackboard9; Read 10-1 |
W 10/20 online | E. Dickinson poems (360-67); For Better or Verse | Read 127-32, 360-6; Write Blog #3: Write a close analysis of the passage you think most significant in Dickinson, either from your own perspective or in the voice of your avatar, and post to Bb; your audience is other students in class |
M 10/25 | J. Donne,
"Death Be Not
Proud" (367); D. Thomas "Do Not Go"
(368); W. C.
Williams, "The Last
Words"
(727) |
367-69, 727-28; DISC #3: Post 1 or more discussion questions about today's reading on Blackboard/Discussion Forum/Unit III, and bring a copy to class. |
W 10/27 online | Review;
See
Bb
for
instructions:
Women
Writers: S. Plath, "Daddy" (710) |
710-13; Write Journal #3: Revise Blog #3 for the
instructor in your own voice or that of your avatar |
M 11/1 | Discussion of drafts | Write 1st draft of Essay 3:
Compare Poetry
about Trauma; bring at least one copy
of draft to class; bring
Journal #3 to class as well |
W 11/3 online | Peer Review | Write 2nd draft of Essay 3:
Compare Poetry about Trauma and post to Bb |
Unit IV: Dramatic Sketch |
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M 11/8 | Def. of drama;
Strindberg; Strindberg and Helium; Save the
date: Sweeney Todd
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Final draft of Essay 3: Compare Poetry about Trauma due |
W 11/10 online | See Bb for instructions: Strindberg, "The Stronger" |
Read 138-42, 156-66;Write Blog #4: Write a close analysis of the passage you think most significant in Strindberg, either from your own perspective or in the voice of your avatar, and post to Bb; your audience is other students in class |
M 11/15 | S. Glaspell, "Trifles" |
Read 143-53; DISC #4: Post 1 or more discussion questions about the reading on Blackboard/Discussion Forum/Unit IV, and bring a copy to class. |
W 11/17 online | See Bb for instructions: Creative
Writing
ex.;
Art
of
the
Theater
Review |
Read at least one theater review at CurtainUp; Journal #4: Revise Blog #4 for the instructor in your own voice or that of your avatar. If you are doing a Theater Review, you need to go to Sweeney Todd Nov. 17-21. |
M 11/22 | Discussion of
drafts and Journal Portfolio |
Write 1st draft of Essay 4:
Dramatic Sketch and bring two copies
to class; Please also
bring copies of your journals that need revising to class. |
W 11/24 online | Reading day |
Continue drafting at home |
M 11/29 | Peer Review and Journal Portfolio | Write 2nd draft of Essay 4: Dramatic Sketch and bring two copies to class; post a draft to Blackboard/Assignments/Unit IV/Draft as well. Please also bring copies of your journals that need revising to class, and a rough draft of your critical introduction. |
W 12/1 online | See Bb for instructions | Final draft of Essay 4: Dramatic Sketch due; Final draft due on Blackboard/Unit IV/Assignment as a pdf, rtf, doc, or docx file ONLY, and on Blackboard/Assignments/Safe Assign; If possible, please drop off a hard copy under my office door (352 DI) as well on this day (if you are not able to come to campus this day, please bring a hard copy on M 12/6). |
M 12/6 | Discussion of Essay Portfolio |
Journal Portfolio due; Optional:
Participation Packet due (print out your Discussion Questions and
responses to discussion questions, and staple). Last day that Extra
Credit is accepted. |
W 12/8 online | See Bb for instructions | Revise Essays 1 - 3 |
M 12/13 |
Last day of class |
Essay Portfolio due |
M 12/20 | Portfolios returned -- |
Pick up your Portfolios between
2-3pm, 4-5pm, or 6-7pm in 352 DI |