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Coursework
Week 1 - UNIT 1 (Critical Reading)
Tue, Jan 15:
Course orientation & website introduction
Syllabus & Calendar walk-through
Thur, Jan 17:
QUIZ: Syllabus
SUBMIT: Signed syllabus signature sheet (last page of course syllabus)
READ:
DOWNLOAD:
LESSON: Plagiarism review; WebAccess introduction; Dillard introduction
Week 2 - Unit 1 cont.
Tue, Jan 22:
QUIZ: (WebAccess Quiz) *Note: if you're looking for the plagiarism materials posted in Week 1 in order to review them before taking this quiz, you will find those four document links at the top of the Plagiarism section about halfway down the middle column of the Resources page accessible via the tabs along the top of this page.
POST: WebAccess: 1st post Week 2 Forum by 11:59 pm Monday
REVIEW:
LESSON: Dillard analysis
Thur, Jan 24:
POST: WebAccess: 2nd post Week 2 Forum by 11:59 pm Wednesday
READ:
***Transfer Center presentations (9:15 & 9:35 am)
LESSON: Dillard analysis, continued
Week 3 - Unit 1 cont.
SUBMIT: Dillard draft thesis paragraph via WebAccess by 11:59 pm Mon, Jan 28
Tue, Jan 29:
READ: T&C pp 3-12
VIEW:
VIEW:
LESSON: Thesis workshop; Critical theory, textual analysis & Dillard
Thur, Jan 31:
*** CLASS IS CANCELLED TODAY ***
SUBMIT: Dillard essay draft (2 full pp minimum) via WebAccess by 11:59 pm
QUIZ: Dillard/TC
READ:
T&C Chap 2, pp 15-35
LESSON: Critical theory, textual analysis & Dillard (continued)
Week 4 - UNIT 2 (New Criticism)
Tue, Feb 5:
QUIZ: T&C Chapter 3
READ:
REVIEW:
VIEW (optional):
- Bedford's New Criticism Summary
LESSON: New Criticism introduction
DUE: Dillard essay final (4 pp minimum) via WebAccess by 11:59 pm Tue, Feb 5
Thurs, Feb 7:
QUIZ:
- New Criticism vocab (speaker, tone, point of view, irony)
READ:
- Carver "Cathedral" pp 209-228
DOWNLOAD:
LESSON: New Criticism continued & Carver introduction
Week 5 - Unit 2 cont.
Tue, Feb 12:
QUIZ:
Carver reading quiz
- New Criticism vocab (speaker, tone, point of view, irony)
READ:
LESSON: Carver/New Crit analysis, cont.
Thurs, Feb 14:
QUIZ: Carver reading quiz (ALL ASSIGNED STORIES ORIGINALLY DUE ON FEB 12) 50 pt quiz (Students who passed Tuesday's Carver reading quiz are exempt from this one)
SUBMIT: New Criticism theory summary OR Carver story summary via WebAccess by 11:59 pm Thursday (if both are submitted, one will be given extra credit - please submit extra credit summaries via email attachment to me)
REVIEW: Carver & New Criticism materials
LESSON: Carver/New Crit analysis, cont.
Week 6 (Unit 2 cont.)
Tue, Feb 19:
REVIEW:
Carver & New Criticism materials
- Sample New Criticism essay 2
VIEW & LISTEN:
LESSON: Carver/New Crit analysis, cont.
SUBMIT: Carver/New Crit Essay draft thesis paragraph via WebAccess by 11:59 pm Wednesday, Feb 20
Thurs, Feb 21:
REVIEW: All Carver stories & New Criticism lesson materials
LESSON: Carver/New Criticism unit summation; Thesis workshop, cont.
SUBMIT: Carver/New Crit Essay DRAFT (3 full pp minimum) via WebAccess by 11:59 pm Saturday, Feb 23
Week 7 - UNIT 3
Yonnondio & Reader Response
Tue, Feb 26:
QUIZ: T&C Chapter 4
(WebAccess Discussion Forum post homework has been cancelled for this week)
READ:
VIEW:
LESSON: Reader Response introduction
Thurs, Feb 28:
(WebAccess Discussion Forum post homework has been cancelled for this week)
QUIZ:
- Reader Response vocab (affect, effect, implied reader, expectation OR anticipation, subjective response)
READ:
Yonnondio Introduction, pp V-XVI & Chap 1, pp 1-22
- Tillie Olsen Obituary
VIEW & LISTEN:
REVIEW:
LESSON: Reader Response continued & Olsen introduction
DUE: Carver/New Crit Essay FINAL (5 full pp minimum) via WebAccess by 11:59 pm Saturday, Mar 2
Week 8 (Unit 3, cont.)
Tue, Mar 5:
SUBMIT: Double-entry Reading Journal (full page minimum, handwritten) (You will find the instructional support materials for double-entry journaling in the Reading & Study Skills section on the Resources page)
QUIZ: Yonnondio, Chapters 1-5 (25 pts)
READ:
- Yonnondio Chapters 2-5, pp 23-113
DOWNLOAD:
LESSON: Olsen & Reader Response, continued
Thurs, Mar 7:
QUIZ: Yonnondio, Chapters 6-8 (25 pts)
READ:
- Yonnondio Chapters 6-8, pp 115-196
LESSON: Olsen & Reader Response, continued
Week 9 (Unit 3, cont.)
Tues, Mar 12:
REVIEW:
LESSON: Olsen & Reader Response, continued; In-class thesis workshop; Midterm prep
Thurs, Mar 14:
*** CLASS CANCELLED ***
DUE: Dillard Essay Revisions via email by 11:59 pm Sat, Mar 16
Week 10 (Unit 3, cont.)
Midterm Break
*** (Please bring a large format blue book AND your Texts and Contexts and Yonnondio course texts with you to class on both days.)
Tue, Mar 19:
SUBMIT: Midterm essay (draft)
Thurs, Mar 21:
SUBMIT: Midterm essay (Final)
Week 11 - UNIT 4
Luminous Things & Deconstruction
Tue, Mar 26
*** Please bring your book of poems (A Book of Luminous Things) with you to class today
POST: WebAccess: 1st post Week 11 Forum by 11:59 pm Monday
READ: T&C Chap 5 reading list
VIEW:
LESSON: Deconstruction intro
Thur, Mar 28
POST: WebAccess: 2nd post Week 11 Forum by 11:59 pm Wednesday
QUIZ (25 points): Rilke web links (see below)
SUBMIT: Poem nomination last (minimum 11 poems for suggested study, 1 poem per section)
VIEW:
READ:
T&C Chap 5, p 108 para #1
DOWNLOAD:
LESSON: Deconstruction intro, cont.
Week 12 - Spring Break
Mon, Apr 1 - Fri, Apt 5
*** No class this week ***
Week 13 (Unit 4, cont.)
Tue, Apr 9:
QUIZ: Reading Quiz (from Poem Reading List)
READ:
LESSON: Carver Essay passback & review; Deconstruction review; Poem analysis & deconstruction
Thurs, Apr 11:
QUIZ: Deconstruction vocabulary (arbitrariness, binary opposition, difference, dispersal, privilege)
SUBMIT: Class Assessment Questionnaire
REVIEW:
LESSON: Poem analysis & deconstruction, cont.
Week 14 - (Unit 4, cont.)
Tue, Apr 16:
QUIZ: Poem Vocabulary (20 pts) (from Rilke notes)
SUBMIT: Class Assessment Questionnaire (if not completed last week)
REVIEW:
LESSON: Group work: Poem analysis & deconstruction
Thurs, Apr 18:
POST: Poem summary via WebAccess by 11:59 pm Wednesday
SUBMIT: Group Poem diagram
LESSON: Group poem presentations: Poem analysis & deconstruction
Week 15 - (Unit 4, cont.)
Tue, Apr 23:
- CLASS CANCELED -
SUBMIT: Poem Deconstruction draft THESIS PARAGRAPH (8 sentences minimum) via WebAccess by Mon, Apr 21
Thurs, Apr 25: *Withdraw deadline
SUBMIT: Group Poem diagram
LESSON: Group poem presentations: Poem analysis & deconstruction, continued; Thesis workshop
Week 16 - UNIT 5
Shakespeare & Feminist Critique
Tue, Apr 30:
READ:
- King Lear, "Introduction" pp 1-24
DOWNLOAD:
VIEW: King Lear, part 1
CONFERENCES: By appointment sign-up
SUBMIT: Poem Deconstruction Essay draft (4 full pp minimum) via WebAccess by 11:59 pm
Thurs, May 2:
VIEW: King Lear, part 2
(Finish the play at home: King Lear video link)
CONFERENCES: By appointment sign-up
DUE: Poem/Deconstruction Essay final (6 full pp minimum) via WebAccess by 11:59 pm Sat, May 4 **Please note: The rewrite option will not be available for this essay assignment
Week 17 (Unit 5, cont.)
Tue, May 7:
GRADED GROUP WORK:
- Germaine Greer interview
READ:
VIEW:
LISTEN: Germaine Greer interview
REVIEW:
LESSON: Feminist Criticism introduction
Thurs, May 9:
REVIEW:
READ:
King Lear selections:
- Act I, i-v, pp 22-66
- Act II, iv, pp 91-99
Act III, vi, pp 122-126
LESSON: Lear scene study & Feminist Criticism, continued
DUE: Carver Essay Revisions via email by 11:59 pm Sat, May 11
Week 18 (Unit 5, cont.)
Tue, May 14:
QUIZ: Feminist theory vocabulary (constructed, canon, exclusion, gender, patriarchy, sexist)
REVIEW:
And these acts & scenes from King Lear:
- Act III, vii, pp 127-132
- Act IV, ii, pp 142-146
- Act IV, vii, pp 168-172
- Act V, i, pp 177-181
LESSON: Lear scene study & Feminist Criticism, continued
Thurs, May 16:
REVIEW:
REVIEW:
Scene Selection:
LESSON: Lear scene study & final exam prep
- Act I, i, pp 22-
- Act II, iv, pp 91-99
- Act III, vi, pp 122-126
- Act III, vii, pp 127-132
- Act IV, ii, pp 142-146
- Act IV, vii, pp 168-172
- Act V, i, pp 177-181
Week 19 (Finals Week)
Tue, May 21 - FINAL EXAM:
Class: 110 AU (9:35-10:50)
Meet: 8:10-10:40 am
*** Reminder: Bring your course texts, any relevant resources, and a large format "blue book" to class with you
Thurs, May 23 - FINAL EXAM:
Class: 110 AD (8:10-9:25)
Meet: 8:10-10:40 am
*** Reminder: Bring your course texts, any relevant resources, and a large format "blue book" to class with you
* * *
SUBMIT:
In-class essay (Final exam)
DOWNLOAD:
VIEW:
- "How to Write a Great Essay Quickly" (web video link)
Scene Selection:
- Act I, i, pp 22-
- Act II, iv, pp 91-99
- Act III, vi, pp 122-126
- Act III, vii, pp 127-132
- Act IV, ii, pp 142-146
- Act IV, vii, pp 168-172
- Act V, i, pp 177-181
ALTERNATE Week 19 (Finals Week)
Tue, May 21 - FINAL EXAM:
Class: 110 AU (9:35-10:50)
Exam Meeting Time: 8:10-10:40 am
*** Reminder: Bring your course texts, any relevant resources, and a large format "blue book" to class with you
Thurs, May 23 - FINAL EXAM:
Class: 110 AD (8:10-9:25)
Exam Meeting Time: 8:10-10:40 am
*** Reminder: Bring your course texts, any relevant resources, and a large format "blue book" to class with you
* * *
SUBMIT:
In-class essay (Final exam)
DOWNLOAD:
VIEW:
- "How to Write a Great Essay Quickly" (web video link)
110 Alternate Weeks 15-18 with group work below:
Week 15
Tue, Nov 22:
QUIZ: Germaine Greet interview
SUBMIT: Decon/Rilke essay second draft (4 pp minimum) via email by 11:59 pm
READ:
LISTEN: Germaine Greer interview
LESSON: Feminist Criticism introduction & Groups selection
Thurs, Nov 24:
Thanksgiving Holiday - No class
DUE: Decon/Rilke essay final (5 pp minimum) via Turnitin.com by 11:59 pm Saturday, Nov 26
Week 16
Tue, Nov 29:
QUIZ: Feminist theory vocabulary (constructed, exclusion, gender, patriarchy, sexist)
SUBMIT:
READ:
King Lear, Acts 1-V pp 27-199
LESSON: Shakespeare intro & Feminist Criticism, continued
Thurs, Dec 1:
QUIZ: Feminist Criticism question prompts
READ:
LESSON: Shakespeare & Feminist Criticism, continued
Week 17
Tue, Dec 6:
SUBMIT: Group packet (Lear scene summary, transcription, Feminist critique, participation report)
ACTIVITY: Lear group presentations
Thurs, Dec 8:
SUBMIT:
- SUBMIT: Group packet (Lear scene summary, transcription, Feminist critique, participation report)
ACTIVITY: Lear group presentations, continued
Week 17 - Last Week of Instruction (Yay!)
Tue, Dec 6:
READ:
LESSON: Shakespeare & Feminist Criticism, continued: Group scene work
Thurs, Dec 8:
REVIEW:
ACTIVITY: Thesis workshop & final exam prep
LESSON: Shakespeare & Feminist Criticism, continued: Group scene work
Week 18 - Finals Week
Tue, Dec 13, 8:10-10:40 am:
SUBMIT: Final Exam (TBA) Reminder: Bring your course texts, any relevant resources, and a large format "blue book" to class with you
DEADLINE: Revisions of the Rilke/Deconstruction essay due 11:59 pm Friday, Dec 16