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Tuesday, January 17
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- If
you got a letter from financial aid that suggests your classes may not
be paid for, go to eServices and talk to the applicability counselors.
They understand all the ins-and-outs of how this works and they are
finding errors and discrepancies in the letters that were sent out.
Don't give up; do double-check your financial aid status with these
counselors in eServices.
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2.
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Thursday, January 19
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- Sit
where you want to see permanently today as we'll make a seating chart.
- Read and annotate the syllabus
for this class. Decide what the three most important concepts are for
you and come to class prepared to interact with your peers about them.
- Read
the handout from class on Tues: Texts & Annotation, Invitation to the Writer, and Subtotals.
- Write
10 or more Subtotals of your own--using subject matter from your own
life--and come prepared to read aloud to your peers.
- Post
your 10 or more Subtotals to the discussion board to earn 20 points (by the end of the
day Friday).
- Explore
the D2L classroom and get familiar with the layout and resources there.
Work through M0: Syllabus and Orientation.
- The
Worst Haircut story we listened to in class.
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3.
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Tuesday, January 24
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- In
M2.1 READING LITERATURE, read and annotate the following:
- Notes
on Story and Plot
- What
is Literature? & Interpreting Fiction by Kelley Griffith (This
is
long. If you don't want to print, that's fine, but this document is
foundational and we'll need this information for the entire semester.)
- In
M4: SHORT STORIES, read and annotate Sherman Alexie's "Every Little
Hurricane." We'll apply the concepts you read above to this story.
- Read
the Reading Response Directions, which
are linked here and located in M0.
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4.
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Thursday, January 26
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- In
M4: SHORT STORIES, read
and annotate Tim O'Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story." We'll apply
the
concepts you read above to this story. I will demonstrate close reading
and analysis during the class period.
- First
Reading Response (RR) is due Sunday, by noon posted to the discussion
board. Please start these before today so you can ask questions.
Normally these will be due on a class day, but since we're just
starting, I wanted to give you time to ask questions and process. RR #1
is about the readings we've done this week. You should address both
Alexie and O'Brien's stories AND you should attempt to use some of the
langauge and concepts you read in the other readings from this week.
Specifics are on the d2l discussion board.
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Friday, January 27
is last day to apply for refund.
Sunday, January 29
is last day to enroll or drop class without a “W.”
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5.
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Tuesday, January 31
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- Read
and annotate the entire short story packet in M4:
SHORT STORIES. We'll be discussing the all the stories this week except
Adam and Eve + Third Continent, which we'll get to Next Tuesday.
- I
will try to catch up on grading this week.
- Don't
forget about the Hamilton Journal...
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New Discussion Post Schedule
For
any assignment posted to the discussion board, it will be due by 11:59
PM the day it appears on the calendar. Peer responses to those
discussion board posts, if required, are due three days later by 11:59
PM.
Reading Responses and discussion posts due on Tuesday will have peer
responses due on Friday; Reading Responses and
discussion posts due on Thursday will have peer responses due on
Sunday. By 11:59 PM, of course.
Remember,
the best practice for you is to complete all the work due BEFORE the
day we meet and discuss it in class. I'm trusting you to do this and to
make sure your RRs are not simply a restatement or summary of themes we
discussed in class. That being said, connecting to the ideas we discuss
in class is A-Okay.
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6.
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Thursday, February 2
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- Read
and annotate the entire short story packet in M4:
SHORT STORIES. Today we'll continue to analyze the stories from the
packet. We'll be using the Questions for Analyzing Stories
that I handed out on Tuesday.
- If
we have time, we'll also discuss the Adam and Eve Poems I gave you in
class on Tuesday and the Adam and Eve story from Genesis in the bible.
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7.
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Tuesday, February 7
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- Experiential definitions
due
today. Post to
discussion board AND
bring to class. You class copy can be digital or
paper as the main purpose is to have a copy so you can read two to your
peers.
- Practicing
analysis of stories in class, so bring all your stories back with you
today.
- Today
we'll be looking at Adam and Eve + Third
Continent. We're paying attention to characterization and how it works.
You may want to refer back to the readings from the last weeks as you
think
about these stories and complete RR #2, due tonight by 11:59
pm. Response due Friday by 11:59 pm.
- You'll
want to start reading Parable of the Sower as we'll be discussing it
starting next week.
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8.
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Thursday, February 9
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- Read
"What is Literary Theory?" from Mary Klages, Lit Theory for Perplexed. This text is also in
the theory module.
- Read
the chapter on Psychoanalysis in your Critical Theory Today textbook If
you have the 2nd/3rd edition of the book, that's pages
11-50. This
reading will take awhile. I have a slide show and lecture on the
subject
and we'll practice applying it to the stories we've read.
- Don't
forget to be listening to Hamilton
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Be
forewarned that the next four weeks of the semester will required a lot
of reading. After we finish Parable of the Sower and the theory we're
reading with it, we will have completed about 75% of the reading we're
doing for the whole semester, so when if feels like it's too much, just
know the semester will end on a lighter note than it began.
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9.
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Tuesday, February 14
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- Parable
of the Sower begins today so hopefully you've been reading.
- For
class today, please have read pp. 1-99, ch. 1-9.
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10.
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Thursday, February 16
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- Parable
of the Sower
- RR#3
initial post due tonight by 11:59 pm. Response due Sunday by 11:59 pm.
Apply psychoanalysis to the book so far. More information on the
Discussion Board.
- For
class, everyone should find two concepts/ideas/theories from
psychoanalysis to apply to Sower AND then find 2-4 examples from the
text that will support your reading of that concept/idea/theory. So,
for instance, if we want to argue that Lauren has the Electra complex,
according to Freud, we'd need to not only understand what the Electra
complex is but also find multiple textual examples that support this
assertion from Sower. (Since you're already bringing this to class you
can absolutely use this as your RR 3 too.)
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11.
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Tuesday, February 21
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- Parable
of the Sower
- For
class today, please have read pp. 103-213, ch. 10-17.
- Read
the chapter on
Feminism in your Critical Theory Today textbook. This will take awhile.
I have a slide show and lecture on Feminism and we'll practice applying
it.
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12.
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Thursday, February 23
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13.
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Tuesday, February 28
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- For
class today, finish Parable
of the Sower.
pp 214-end, ch. 18-end.
- Read
the theory for this week, which is linked here AND located in the
theory module.
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14.
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Thursday, March 2
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- RR#4
initial post due
tonight by 11:59 pm. Response due Sunday by 11:59 pm. Apply Feminism
or
Marxist Theory or Post-Modern Theory to the book so far.
More information on the Discussion
Board.
- Today
we'll come back to some of those ideas we listed we wanted to discuss
last week and we'll talk American Literature.
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15.
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Tuesday, March 7
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- Peer
workshop of Literary Analysis Essay
#1 today. Bring Two printed copies of your essay in MLA format for peer
workshop (50 points total. 30 for essay/20 for peer workshop.
Incomplete or late drafts will not earn full credit.)
- Post
thesis statements to thesis discussion board (10 points) THURSDAY at 4 pm.
- Post
anything you want to the "optional feedback" posts to d2l by Wednesday
at 11:59pm for me to address it in class on Thursday, but the board
will still be open until Sunday.
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16.
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Thursday, March 9
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- In
class workshop of thesis statements; post thesis statements to the
discussion board by 4 pm today.
- Quote
integration.
- Read
the Example Literary Analysis Essays in M2.2 Writing About Literature.
Bring questions.
- Conferences
and open lab with Cherri in D212 7:30-8:50 or Noon-1:20.
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17.
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Tuesday, March 14
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- 2nd
Peer workshop of Literary Analysis Essay today.
- More
on integration/citation, etc. as needed
- Conferences
this week with Cherri, optional
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18.
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Thursday, March 16
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- Wrapping
up Parable with plot arc
- Hamilton:
intro to epic literature, videos
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Final
Draft of Essay One due to
uploaded to d2l dropbox no later than Sunday, March 19 at 11:59 PM.
Must be in Doc, Docx, or pdf formats.
- You're welcome to turn it in
earlier if you want.
- I encourage you to upload a draft
first to the TURNITIN Test Folder to explore the features
of turnitin and check your quoting and
citations. Turnitin
CAN check for plagiarism, but
it is also a tool you can use to see how well you integrated and
paraphrased your sources.
- Upload it in DOC, DOCX or PDF
formats. (If you don't use one of those formats, I will not read it and
you will earn a zero.) I will always read the newest draft you post to
the dropbox.
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