English
110 --- Spring 2009 Calendar
Weeks 1 – 19 (January 26th – June
1st)
Explanation of homework layout:
All activities listed next to
the date (not in bold) is what we
will do in class on that day. All assignments which follow the abbreviated
letters signifying homework (HW)
will be due the following class.
WEEK 1: Introduction to the course and readings
January 26th – Mon: Introduction to
class and each other: syllabus,
policies, presentations,
texts,
plagiarism contract, and student introductions.
Writing Guidelines: Top 20 Ways to get an “A” and to Become a Stronger, More Confident
Writer
(pages
4-10 in reader).
HW: Purchase
the course materials: Course reader, Mexican Poetry, The White Tiger,
Chekov: The Essential Plays, and Arab Women
Writers.
In Mexican Poetry, read “Introduction to the History of
Mexican Poetry” (23-44). Then read the
poems of the following poets: Miguel de Guevara (61-64), Luis de Sandoval y
Zapata (72-76), Juana de Asbaje (78-92), Justo Sierra
(112-114), and Manuel Acuna (114-118). Please
note: there is a brief and helpful bio
on each author in the back section under “Notes” pages 199-213.
Prepare for a quiz on Mon
on Writing Guidelines: Top 20 Ways to get
an “A” and to Become a Stronger, More Confident Writer
(pages
4-10 in reader).
WEEK 2: Mexican Poetry
February
2nd – Mon: Quiz on Writing Guidelines: Top 20 Ways to get an “A” and to Become
a Stronger,
More
Confident Writer (pages 4-10 in reader)
Setting up the
three class presentation teams (page 21 in reader)
Writing
Guideline #1: Paper Topics (pages 11-13)
Writing Guideline #2: Reading Strategies
(pages 14-20)
Writing Guideline #3: The Writing
Process (pages 23-44)
Possible quiz on the reading followed by a discussion
Going over the upcoming
homework: "Creating Your Own Thesis Statement" p. 47 and Creating an Outline p. 33-35.
HW: In Mexican
Poetry, read the poems of the following poets:
Salvador Diaz Miron (118-126), Manuel Gutierrez Najera (133-140), Enrique Gonzalez Martinez (160-169),
Ramon Lopez Velarde (172-187), and Alfonso Reyes
(187-196).
Do
the following in preparation for Paper #1—due Mon 2/9:
Complete the “Creating Your
Own Argument (Thesis) on a Topic” sheet: do the brainstorm, create
questions, answer them and “so what?” them (p. 47 in reader and see a model on
p. 46).
Create a formal typed outline for Paper #1 with a thesis statement at the top—due
next class (see pp. 33-35 in reader on outlining).
WEEK 3: Mexican
Poetry & Outlines
Going over Writing Guideline #19: Workshopping,
pages 177-181.
HW: Complete Paper #1 (2-4 pages), due next
class:
(1)
Bring 4 copies of your completed, typed, double-spaced paper to class on
Mon.
(2)
Read and follow Writing Guideline #6: Paper Formatting (pages 59-60).
(3)
Students without papers will be asked to leave.
(4)
Each workshop day counts as 2 absences.
(5)
If you do not turn a paper in on this due date, you cannot turn in the revised.
version, due a
week later, for a grade. You cannot pass
the class if you miss
one
of the papers.
WEEK 4: Holiday
February 16th – Mon: HOLIDAY – NO CLASS
** Reminder: the last day to drop a course
without it appearing on your record is 2/17 **
WEEK 5:
Workshopping
February 23rd – Mon: Paper #1 due (2-4 pages)
In Class:
Workshopping (a double absence day if missed)
Writing Guideline #6: Paper Formatting (pages 59-60)
Writing
Guideline #7: Paper Titles (pages 61-63)
HW: Begin The White Tiger,
read “The First Night” (1-36) and
“The Second Night” (37-78)
Revised
Paper #1 due 3/2.
Please include the following:
(1) Use MLA formatting for your
title—be creative (61-63 in reader) and for the page numbering (66-68 in
reader). If you used outsides sources,
use proper citation and a Works Cited page (84-86 in reader)
(2)
Peer evaluations stapled to back
(3) Must be typed, double-spaced, have 1” margins,
have 12 sized font, and be 2-4 pages in length.
Please note: 10 pts are removed
for each page the paper is under the required
minimum length and 5 pts for half a page under.
Don’t go solely by word count but by actual length. See Paper Formatting (59-60 in reader).
(4) Properly use author names and text titles (64-66 in reader)
(5) Review Writing Guideline
#20: Grading,
page 186.
(6) Complete an “Essay Checklist” (page 41).
Staple this to the back of your revised paper.
**Team presenters on Aravind Adiga and The White Tiger prepare to present next class.
WEEK 6: Presentation & The
White Tiger by
Aravind Adiga
March 2nd – Mon: Revised Paper #1 due (2-4 pages)
Team presenters on Aravind Adiga and The White
Tiger.
Writing
Guideline #11: Quoting and Paraphrasing (pages 74-83)
Possible quiz on the reading followed
by a discussion
Writing
Guideline #5: Timed Writing Checklist (pages 58)
HW: In The White Tiger, read from
“The Fourth Morning” to the “The Sixth Morning (79-189).
WEEK 7: The White Tiger by
Aravind Adiga
March 9th – Mon: Quiz on the reading followed by a discussion
Brainstorming
possible paper topics for Paper 2 on The White Tiger
Writing Guideline #2: Questioning Circles
(pages 51-52)
Writing
Guideline #13: Thesis Statements (pages 87-92)
Do the following in preparation for
Paper #2—due Mon 3/16:
Complete the “Creating Your
Own Argument (Thesis) on a Topic” sheet: do the brainstorm, create
questions, answer them and
“so what?” them (p. 48 in reader and see a model on p. 46).
Create a formal typed outline for Paper #2 with a thesis statement at the
top—due next class (see pp. 33-35 in reader on outlining).
** Getting Prepared: Paper #2 (3-5 pages) is due Monday, March 23rd
WEEK 8: The White Tiger &
Outlines
HW: Complete Paper #2 (3-5 pages), due next
class:
(1)
Bring 4 copies of your completed, typed, double-spaced paper to class on
Mon.
(2)
Read and follow Writing Guideline #6: Paper Formatting (pages 59-60).
(3)
Students without papers will be asked to leave.
(4)
Each workshop day counts as 2 absences.
(5)
If you do not turn a paper in on this due date, you cannot turn in the revised.
version, due a
week later, for a grade. You cannot pass
the class if you miss
one of the papers.
WEEK 9: Workshopping
March 23rd – Mon: Paper
#2 due (3-5 pages)
In
Class: Workshopping (a double absence
day if missed)
Writing Guideline #14: Introductions
(93-96)
Writing Guideline #17: Conclusions
(112-115)
HW: In Chekhov: The Essential Plays, read
“Introduction” (pp. xii-
xviii)
and The Seagull, Acts 1-4 (1-58).
Revised Paper #2 due 3/30. Please include the following:
(1) Use MLA formatting for your
title—be creative (61-63 in reader) and for the page
numbering (66-68 in reader). If you used outsides sources, use proper
citation
and a Works Cited page (84-86 in
reader)
(2)
Peer evaluations stapled to back
(3) Must be typed, double-spaced, have 1” margins,
have 12 sized font, and be 2-4
pages in length. Please note:
10 pts are removed for each page the paper is
under
the required minimum length and 5 pts for half a page
under. Don’t go
solely by word count but by actual
length. See Paper Formatting (59-60 in
reader).
(4) Properly use author names and text titles (64-66 in reader)
(5) Review Writing Guideline
#20: Grading,
page 186.
(6) Complete an “Essay Checklist” (page 42).
Staple this to the back of your revised
paper.
** Also, start thinking about a partner for Paper #4: you can choose someone,
we can compare schedules to
find matches that way, or you can have me pair
you. We’ll assign partners on Mon, April 13th **
**Team presenters on
Anton Chekov prepare to present next class.
WEEK 10: The Seagull by Anton Chekov
March 30th – Mon:
Revised
Paper #2 due (3-5 pages)
Team presenters on
Anton Chekhov and his plays
Writing Guideline #15: Topic Sentences (97-103)
Discussion
of The Seagull
HW:
Read Uncle
Vanya, Acts 1-4,
pages 59-144 and The Cherry Orchard,
Acts 1-4, pages 191-251.
Next class, we’ll be signing up the collaborative writing partners for Paper 4.
The second revision
of Paper 1 is due next class on
4/13. If you received a grade for Paper 1 you are
not required to revise the paper. However, I highly recommend that you do as
this will be the only paper with the option to revise and get a higher
grade; your old grade will not be averaged with your new grade on a revision.
You cannot get a lower paper score on a revision so there is no risk in
revising if you received a grade. If you received “Revise” on your essay,
revising is not optional. If you do not turn a revision of Paper 1 on the due
date, your score will change from “Revise” to 65% D. You must turn in the graded original with
my typed comments along with the revision.
Prepare
for open-book, closed note essay exam on Monday, April 20th
on
the 3 assigned plays in Chekhov: The Essential Plays.
If you
handwrite
the exam, bring lined paper, and if you type it, bring a disk.
WEEK 11: Spring Break
April 6th – Mon: No Class – Spring Break
WEEK 12:
Uncle Vanya & The Cherry Orchard and Preparing for Midterm
April 13th - Mon: Second revision of
Paper 1 due
Sign-up
partners for Paper #4: exchange phone #’s, schedules etc. (p. 183-185)
Quiz on the reading
followed by a discussion
Discussion of Uncle Vanya and
The Cherry Orchard
Workshop: Timed Writing (pp. 53-58 in reader)
Review
the 3 assigned plays in Chekhov: The Essential Plays
in
preparation
for the Midterm next class. I highly
recommend you take
at
least one practice 75 minute exam before the midterm—the
more
practice
the better you will do. Meet in the
Computer Lab (bottom
floor
of building 2--one floor below Student Services). If you
handwrite
the exam, bring lined paper, and if you type it, bring a disk.
WEEK 13: Midterm Exam
April 20th – Mon: Midterm Examination (75 minutes—7-8:15pm)—open
book, closed note
**
Meet in the Computer Lab of Building
2 (bottom floor) in room 2117B
HW: Begin Arab
Women Writers, read “Introduction” (1-28), “Let’s Play Doctor” (38-40), “The
Slave” (55-58), “The Picture”—3 stories with the same title (60-78), and “My
Mother’s Friend” (81-82).
**Team presenters on Arab Women Writers prepare
to present next class.
WEEK 14: Arab Women Writers by Dalya Cohen-Mor
HW: Continue Arab
Women Writers, read “The Cat” (92-96), “A Virgin Continent” (101-105), “An
Old Couple” (106-110), “My Wedding Day” (120-126), “Sun, I Am the Moon”
(133-140), “The Dreadful Sea” (141-146), “Half a Woman” (181-185), “Heir
Apparent” (186-188), and “The Newcomer” (189-191).
WEEK 15:
Checking off research & Preparing
for Paper 4
May 4th – Mon: Checking off
research and discussion of outside research
Discussion of the reading and possible paper topics
HW: Finish
the assigned readings in Arab Women Writers, read
“International
Women’s Day” (194-198), “The Filly Became a Mouse”
(199-204),
“I Will Never Forfeit My Right” (210-213), “Misfortune in the
Alley”
(227-231), “Questioning” (232-234), “The Future” (248-253),
“The
Breeze of Youth” (258-264), “In Need of Reassurance” (270-274),
and
“The Beginning” (280-284).
Do the
following in preparation for Paper #4—due Mon 5/11:
Complete the “Creating Your
Own Argument (Thesis) on a Topic” sheet: do the brainstorm, create
questions, answer them and
“so what?” them (p. 49 in reader and see a model on p. 46).
Create a formal typed outline
for Paper #4 with a thesis statement at
the
top—due next class (see pp. 33-35 in reader on outlining).
Also, prepare for the Make-up Quiz next class on Mon 5/11
(this quiz score will replace your lowest quiz score).
** Looking Ahead:
Paper #4 (4-6 pages) is due Monday, June 1st.
HW: If you haven't already, visit the library and
secure your research to support your arguments for Paper #4 (two outside
sources are required and you must include a Works Cited page at the end of your
paper—see pages 84-86 in reader). The
librarians are very friendly and knowledgeable so take advantage of their
assistance!
Complete
Paper #4 (4-6 pages), due next class:
(1) Bring 7 copies of your
completed, typed, double-spaced paper to class on
Tuesday.
(2) Students without papers will be asked to
leave and workshop days are
two (2) absences.
(3) If you don’t turn a paper in on this due
date, you can’t turn in the revised
version, due a week later, for a
grade. You can’t pass the course if you
miss
turning in a paper.
(4) You will need to include a minimum of two outside
sources in your paper. To
review quoting advice to integrate
these sources smoothly, see pp. 74-83.
You must also include a complete
Works Cited page (see pages 84-86 for a
model) and you need to properly
format each entry according to MLA formatting
(see pp. 66-68 in reader).
*Bring a
self-addressed stamped envelope, to get a full printout of your grade *
HW:
Fill out “Evaluating the Members of the Team” in the Course Packet, pp. 184-185. Papers cannot be graded without having
both evaluations turned in. You and
your partner must both complete an evaluation of yourself and your
partner to be turned in Mon 6/1 (to be turned in separately--do not staple to
Paper #4).
Revised Paper #4 due 6/1. Please include the
following:
(1) Use MLA formatting for your
title—be creative (62-63 in reader) and for the page
numbering (68 in reader).
(2) You must use a minimum of two
outside sources and include a Works Cited page
(85-86 in reader).
(3)
Peer evaluations stapled to back
(4) Must be typed, double-spaced, have 1” margins,
have 12 sized font, and be 4-6
pages in length. Please note:
10 pts are removed for each page the paper is
under
the required minimum length and 5 pts for half a page
under. Don’t go
solely by word count but by actual
length. See Paper Formatting (59-60 in
reader).
(5) Properly use author names and text titles (64-66 in reader)
(6) Review Writing Guideline #20:
Grading,
page 186.
(7) Complete an “Essay Checklist” (page 43).
Staple this to the back of your revised
paper.
Review all the texts we have read for this course in preparation for the 2 1/2
hour final essay exam. Recommended: create possible final exam questions for yourself
which connect the works we have read through a common theme (look again at the
course theme: “Crossing Countries, Crossing Cultures”) and take at least one
practice essay exam before the actual final exam. Review the advice on "Timed
Writing" (pp. 53-58 in reader).
** Meet in the Computer Lab of Building 2 for exam **
If you handwrite the exam,
bring lined paper, and if you type it, bring a disk.
* If you haven’t already, bring a
self-addressed stamped envelope to get
your course grade
English 110
Final Exam: 7pm-9:30pm
in
Computer Lab: bottom floor bldg
2, room 2117B
Closed note, open book, 2 ½ hour essay exam