Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Tentative Assignment Schedule 2013-2014


English 1010 - Tentative Assignment Schedule 2013-2014

 

Review: Course introduction, texts, and syllabus

Discuss: Why write? What are various types of writing?

Read chapters 1 and 2 in Allyn and Bacon

Discuss: The difference between a “problem poser” and an “answer giver”

Discuss: How is Shakespeare a “problem poser”?

 

Paper #1 (Posing a Problem Essay – 2 pages long)                        Due: Sept. 19

 

Introduce: Classroom staging, participation in classroom productions, the world of Shakespeare, the Globe Theater and the production of Shakespeare’s plays in today’s theater and film.

 

Shakespeare’s Comedies: Posing Problems and Finding Resolution

 

Review: Shakespeare’s use of comedy, basic themes, and the use of love as a comedic device

Read and Discuss:  As You Like It

Five Quotation Discussions from As You Like It                            Due:  Sept. 24

Essay Quiz on As You Like It                                                              Due: Sept. 26                                   

Read and Discuss: Twelfth Night

Five Quotation Discussions from Twelfth Night                             Due:  Oct. 17

Essay Quiz on Twelfth Night                                                                        Due: Oct. 17

Read chapters 3, 4,  and 5 in Allyn and Bacon

Discuss: Skills of critical inquiry and introduce multiple organizational strategies

 

Shakespeare’s Histories: Critical Inquiry and Rhetorical Analysis

 

Review: Basic tenants of Shakespeare’s history plays and their historical background

Read and Discuss: Henry V

Five Quotation Discussions from Henry V                                      Due:  Nov. 5

Essay Quiz on Henry V                                                                     Due: Nov. 6

Paper #2 (Problem-Solution Essay – 4 -6 pages long)                    Due:  Nov. 14

 

Read chapters 12, 14, 15 and 16 in Allyn and Bacon

Discuss: Rhetorical analysis strategies and introduction to analyzing and synthesizing ideas.

 

Read and Discuss: Richard III

Five Quotation Discussions from Richard III                                 Due: Nov. 26

Essay Quiz on Richard III                                                                  Due: Dec. 9

Paper #3 (Strong Response Essay – 4 – 6 pages long)                   Due:  Dec. 11

Screen Review #1                                                                              Due:  Dec. 16

Mid-term Portfolio (chapter 24 in Allyn and Bacon)                        Due:  Dec. 17

Mid-Term Exams                                                                              Dec. 18, 19, 20

 

*Meet with writing critique groups: Every other Friday (8/30, 9/13, 9/27, 10/25, 11/8, 11/22, 12/13)

Second Semester

Read chapters 7 and 8 in Allyn and Bacon

Discuss: The use of research texts and citing sources using MLA style.

 

Paper #4 (Annotated Bibliography – 3 – 4 pages long)     Due:  Feb. 6

 

Shakespeare’s The Tempest: “Brave new world”

 

Review: Basic themes in The Tempest

Read and Discuss: The Tempest

Five Quotation Discussions from The Tempest                                           Due: Feb. 13

Essay Quiz on The Tempest                                                                           Due: Feb. 13

Read chapters 19, 20, 21 and 22 in Allyn and Bacon

Discuss: Forming a paper which integrates summary, evaluation, and argument and has a strong thesis based on evidence while still demonstrating the complexity of the research question

 

Shakespeare’s Poetry

 

Review: The Shakespearian sonnet, poetic structures, symbolism and narrative poetry

Read and Discuss: Selected sonnets and narrative poems

Five Quotation Discussions from sonnets/narrative poems                       Due: March 6

Essay Quiz on sonnets and narrative poems                                                  Due: March 10

 

Shakespeare’s Tragedies: Interpreting Individual Experiences

 

Review: The basic principles of tragedy, the tragic hero, and themes

Read and Discuss: Othello

Five Quotation Discussions from Othello                                                    Due: March 27

Essay Quiz on Othello                                                                                   Due: March 27

Paper #5 (Exploratory Research Paper – 8 – 10 pages long)                    Due:  April 17

 

Read chapter 6 in Allyn and Bacon

Discuss: How to write an autobiographical narrative which interprets an experience or a learning event

 

Read and Discuss: Macbeth

Five Quotation Discussions from Macbeth                                                  Due: May 8

Essay Quiz on Macbeth                                                                                  Due: May 12

Paper #6 (Personal Narrative – 2 – 3 pages long)                                      Due:  May 15

Screen Review #2                                                                                          Due: May 20

Final Portfolio                                                                                               Due: May 22

Final Exam                                                                                                    Due: May 27, 28, 29

 

*Meet with writing critique groups: Every other Friday (1/31, 2/14, 2/28, 3/14, 4/4, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23)

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