Course Calendar & Presentations

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Calendar Online Presentations Questions for Reading & Writing

Calendar

Using all of this information requires a bit of organization, so follow these general instructions. For each week, begin by reading assigned work from the hard text (Kelly). The stories themselves, listed by title and author, are in Kelly. Find them in the CONTENTS at the front of the book. For those of you with older versions of the text, any work can be found this way as well. There will be rhetoric from englit.org. You are then to download the chosen web site for that week, listed as a link on the syllabus at the site English I-Net Resource List. That means all you have to do is click on the colored (usually blue) link of the name or address of the site. Following that, read the online presentation of the format strategy for the week, (Org & Outline, Quoting Your Sources, How To Take A Test, etc.). You are also required to read the thematic presentation for that week in Online Presentations (Character, Theme, Irony etc.). Finally, read Questions for Reading and Writing, either as a download or a text file. This will allow you to follow the schedule and be topical in the chat room and the class room. Any assignment or topic not linked to a website or associated with the text book is on englit.org. Read the directions. Assignments and due dates for papers and tests are posted on the Discussion Board. Most of this syllabus is self-explanatory.

Tentative Schedule

Week 1

Introduction, Course Description
Internet: T. C. Boyle

Hard Text:

• Preface
• "What are Stories?"
• Boyle, Tooth and Claw

Week 2

Internet: Sherman Alexie

• What I Expect on Out-of-Class Papers
• Organization and Outlines of Essays
• Outline
• Starting the Research Paper;
• Commercial & Literary Fiction
• Elements of Style
• Plot

Hard Text:

• Alexie, What You Pawn, I Will Redeem

Week 3

Internet: Bobbie Ann Mason

• Thesis Statements
• How To Take a Test
• Brainstorming and Idea Gathering;
• Character
• Quoting Your Sources;

Hard Text:

• Mason, Shiloh

Week 4

Internet: Louise Erdrich

• Theme

Hard Text:

• Erdrich, I'm a Mad Dog Biting Myself for Sympathy

Paper One Due

Week 5

Internet: Alice Walker

• Point of View

Hard Text:

• Walker, Everyday Use

Test One
Message Board Discussion Group One Due

Week 6

Internet: Raymond Carver

• Setting

Hard Text:

• Carver, Cathedral

Week 7

Internet: Stephen Crane

• Symbolism and Allegory

Hard Text:

Crane, The Open Boat

Week 8

Internet: Joyce Carol Oates

• Title Pages
• Irony

Hard Text:

• Oates, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been

Paper One Rewrite Due

Week 9

Internet: Edgar Allan Poe;

• Works Cited
• Internet Formats

Hard Text:

• Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

Message Board Discussion Two Due

Week 10

Internet: John Cheever
Hard Text:

• Cheever, The Swimmer

Week 11

Internet: Eudora Welty

• Title Pages
• Conflict

Hard Text:

• Welty, A Worn Path

Week 12

Internet: Jamaica Kincaid

Hard Text:

• Kincaid, Girl

Makeup Test

Week 13

Internet: Ernest Hemingway

Hard Text:

• Hemingway, Hills like White Elephants

Message Board Discussion Group Three Due
Note Cards for Term Paper due

Week 14

Internet: James Baldwin;
Hard Text:

• Baldwin, Sonny's Blues

Exit Exam distributed
Note Cards for Term Paper due

Week 15

• Final Term Paper Due
• Exit Exam

Week 16

Final Exam Week

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