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Assignments DUE this
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Week One 8/24
Theme: Getting to know you!
Orientation 8/29 10 am - 12 noon
Rm B268
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On campus student orientation: Room B268
Discuss Course Requirements & receive materials Click here to go
to Orientation Page
Student information page and orientation assignment - due by 8/30
@ 11:55 pm PST
There are 4 specific activities you must complete correctly to get
your 20 points for the orientation assignment:
Journal #0 = 5 points / Discussion Questions #0 = 5 points / Responding
to group #0 = 5 points / Quiz #0 = 5 points
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Week Two 8/31
Theme: Parents and children
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Jounal #1readings due Monday [Textbook Reading: Reading
Drama 1221-1230]
Watch Video: Much Ado About Nothing [video is available in library or at your local video rental shop - best version is 1993 with Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, & Denzel Washington]
**note: currently the video is available on you tube : http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=mystiktrueno&search_query=much%20ado%20about%20nothing
View On-line lectures: Drama & Shakespeare [this will help you answer your discussion questions]
Answers to discussion questions #1 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: Shakespeare, Responding to Literature, & Essays pgs 13-15 & Play Synopsis Sheet pg 67
Responses to group answers #1 due Friday
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Week Three 9/7
Theme: Sisters and brothers
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Jounal #2 readings due Monday [Textbook Reading: 1193-1206
Read Analyzing Fiction, Read Icarus pg 12, Through the tunnel page 43-49
/ Read Analyzing Poetry 1207-1220 & poetry selections 97-98, 102,
103-105, 114]
View on-line lectures Fiction
and Poetry [this will help you answer your discussion questions]
Answers to discussion questions #2 due Wednesday includes all the above
Responses to group answers #2 due Friday
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Week Four 9/14
Theme: Brothers and sisters
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Jounal #3 readings due Monday [Textbook reading: Cinderella
– Fairy Tale : 202-207, Essay 213-218; poem 279-281 – Hansel
& Gretel 196-201, Poems 274-278 also Cain & Abel 194-195; poem
272; Rich Brother233-245]
Answers to discussion questions #3 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook Reading: Cinderella by Broumas & Cinderella by Grimm
Responses to group answers #3 due Friday
**Don't forget - you must see a play and complete your play
attendance report by week Eight! Go get those play tickets!
Want some extra credit? Post a rough draft of your play attendance report paper
by 10 am Friday of week 7 and get 10 bonus points! Your instructor will give you feedback to help you get a better grade! |
Week Five 9/21
Theme: People in love
Quiz #1 Due Mon-Fri 10 am PST - quiz does not include week 5 readings
You can take this quiz two times in this period - scores will be averaged.
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Jounal #4 readings due Monday [Textbook reading: Glass
Menagerie 286-338]
Answers to discussion questions #4 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: Sugar & Spice, Snips & Snails, Men &
Women
Responses to group answers #4 due Friday
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Week Six 9/28
Theme: People in love
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Jounal #5 readings due Monday [Textbook reading: Faithful
in Death 354-356, Beauty and the Beast 357-365, Robert Solomon 378-384,
Lady of Shallott 366-368, poem 451-455, Horse Dealer’s Daughter
388-400 and Love Poems / How do I love thee 434, A red red rose 436,
My mistresses Eyes 437, Shall I compare thee 438, To his coy mistress
446, Icarus 448, La Belle Dame 449, Porphyria’s Lover 456, Lovesong
of Prufrock 459-462]
Answers to discussion questions #5 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: The Flea, Glossing & Annotating, Imagery &
Symbolism
Responses to group answers #5 due Friday
**** Start thinking about what you might like to do for your literary
analysis paper
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Week Seven 10/5
Theme: Wives and husbands
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Jounal #6 readings due Monday [Textbook reading: A View
from the Bridge 464-511]
Answers to discussion questions #6 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook readings: Story of an Hour, 100 and a half
Responses to group answers #6 due Friday
Extra credit Due: Post a rough draft of your play attendance report paper
by 10 am Friday of week 7 and get 10 bonus points! Your instructor will give you feedback to help you get a better grade!
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Week Eight 10/12
Theme: Husbands and wives
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Jounal #7 readings due Monday [Textbook readings: Coyote
& Shadow People 524-527, Marrying Absurd 537-539, The Wedding 540-542,
Wife Wooing 547-551; The Legacy 581-585, The Necklace 551-557 / Odysseus
528-532, Penelope 600, Ulysses 602-603, My Last Duchess 607-608, My
Last Duke 609]
Answers to discussion questions #7 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: I want a wife, Literary Analysis Paper
Responses to group answers #7 due Friday
Play attendance report
due next week! You can pre-submit your paper to the WebCT discussion
page, and I'll take a look and give you feedback to ensure you get all
the points.
Study for your mid-term! NOTE: You will NOT be able to use notes or
your textbook during the midterm exam!
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Week Nine 10/19
Take Midterm exam available Mon 10 am until Fri 10 am.
YOU CAN ONLY TAKE THIS EXAM ONCE!
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Midterm&
Play Analysis Paper Due
The midterm is available MON 10 am until Fri 10 am. The Play analysis paper must also be turned in during this time. LATE PAPERS ARE NOT ACCEPTED!
Want some extra credit? Post an outline of your literary analysis paper
by 10 am Friday of week 12 and get 5 bonus points! Your instructor will give you feedback to help you get a better grade!
**NOTE: Don't wait to start reading your novel Jane Eyre. It will be easier for you if you get started early.
You can download the audio book of Jane Eyre as mp3 files at this website: http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/title/j/je.html |
Week Ten 10/26
Theme: Enemies and Friends
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Jounal #8 readings due Monday [Textbook reading: A Doll’s
House pgs 624-675]
Answers to discussion questions #8 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook readings: Chili Cook-off , Critical Approaches to Lit, Maligned Wolf, Historical
& Biographical Perspectives
Responses to group answers #8 due Friday
On-line Lecture: Getting
the most points for your Literary Analysis Paper
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Week Eleven 11/2
Theme: Friends and Enemies
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Jounal #9 readings due Monday [Textbook readings: Fox and
Little Prince 687-689, Realization of Shadow 691-697, William Wilson
710-723, The Tunnel 802 / Secret Sharer 724-751]
Answers to discussion questions #9 due Wednesday includes all the above +Handbook readings: Psychological criticism, 50/50 Cat in Hat
Responses to group answers #9 due Friday |
Week Twelve 11/9
Theme: Friends and enemies
*NOTE: last day to drop!
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Jounal #10 readings due Monday [Textbook Readings: Roman
Fever 752-761, The wall 762-774, Mending Wall 799, Auld Lang Syne 811
/ Necessary Knocking 775-779, Poison Tree 805, Shady Friend 796, Althlete
Dying Young 796-797]
Answers to discussion questions #10 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook readings: Gender Criticism
Responses to group answers #10 due Friday
Extra credit due by 10 am Friday: Post outline of Literary Analysis paper for 5 bonus points
[Must include title, thesis statement, topic sentence for each body paragraph, bulleted main points, and bulleted conclusion]. Your instructor will give you feedback to help you get a better grade!
Want some more extra credit? Post a rough draft of your literary analysis
paper by 10 am Friday of week 14 and get 5 points. Your instructor will give you feedback to help you get a better grade! Get an extra five points if you review
someone else's rough draft and post suggestions on how they can improve
their paper by Friday of week 16! |
Week Thirteen 11/16
Theme: Teachers and Students
Quiz #2 Due Mon-Fri 10 am PST -
quiz does not include week 13 readings
You can take this quiz two times in this period - scores will be averaged.
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Jounal #11 readings due Monday [Textbook reading: The
Children’s Hour 814-861]
Answers to discussion questions #11 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: Mythological Criticism, Mythic Archetypes
Responses to group answers #11 due Friday
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Week Fourteen 11/23
Theme: Teachers and Students
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Jounal #12 readings due Monday [Theme: Teachers and
Students / Emperor’s New Clothes 877-879, Teacher Wei 895-901,
Cathedral 921-930, Road Not Taken 1144 & Theme for English B 932,
Ballad of Orange & Grape 933, Musee de Beaux Arts 939, Snake 940,
Fish 942]
Answers to discussion questions #12 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: Deconstruction Criticism, The Death of the Author
Responses to group answers #12 due Friday
Extra credit due by 10 am Friday: Post Rough draft for 5 pts. Your instructor will give you feedback to help you get a better grade! If you posted
a rough draft, you can also review a fellow student's rough draft of
Literary Analysis paper and make suggestions for improvement by 10 am Friday of week 16 for an
additional 5 pts ! |
Week Fifteen 11/30
Theme: Teachers and Students
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Jounal #13 readings due Monday [NOVEL: Read 1st half
of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre]
**note: You can download the audio book of Jane Eyre as mp3 files at this website: http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/title/j/je.html
On-line Lecture: Reading
and Analyzing Novels
Answers to discussion questions #13 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: How to read a novel, Meet Charlotte Bronte, 1st half
Jane Eyre Study Guide
Responses to group answers #13 due Friday
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Week Sixteen 12/7
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Jounal #14 readings due Monday [NOVEL: Finish Charlotte
Bronte’s Jane Eyre]
Answers to discussion questions #14 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: Nannies and Governesses, On Children etc., 2nd half
Jane Eyre study guide
Responses to group answers #14 due Friday
Finish your literary analysis paper and study for final exam.
Extra credit due by 10 am Friday: If you posted
a rough draft, you can also review a fellow student's rough draft of
Literary Analysis paper and make suggestions for improvement for an
additional 5 pts ! |
Week Seventeen
Final Exam: Available SAT 12/12 10 am until TUE 12/15 10 am.
You can only take the final exam once! |
You must take the final exam and turn in your literary analysis paper this week between SAT 10 am until TUE 10 am. LATE
PAPERS ARE NOT ACCEPTED!
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