English 1B Fall 2006 Course Calendar
Amy Hundley
*This Course Calendar is Subject to Change
Allow time to submit work to turnitin.com as well as submitting a hard copy of essay (including Extra Credit) by the date due

Week: 1
Tuesday
Date:  8/15/07

Class work:  
Introduction to Class u Syllabus u Texts u Preview thematic ideas: Innocence and Experience, Conformity and Rebellion, The American Dream, and Culture and Identity u Introductory Survey


Ballad (LTHE pg. 1199) “Ballad of Birmingham ” by Dudley Randall (LTHE pgs. 391-392) ‚Carpe Diem (LTHE pg. 1200) “To The Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick (LTHE pgs. 805) ƒ Elegy (LTHE pg. 1203) “Elegy for Jane” by Theodore Roethke (LTHE pgs. 1074-1075)„Pastoral (LTHE pg. 1206) (These three are connected) “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh, “Song” by C. Day Lewis (LTHE pgs. 800-802) …Sonnet (LTHE pg. 1208) “Sonnet 130” by William Shakespeare (LTHE pg. 812) †Villanelle (LTHE pg. 1210) “After a Time” by Catherine Davis (LTHE pgs. 1078)

Homework:  
BE SURE TO PURCHASE ALL COURSE TEXTS AND SUPPLIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE u BY  8/22: Read and annotate part of the Introduction section in your text (LTHE pgs. 11-19) and be sure to know the basics of the poetry genre u Look up the definitions of the following types of poetry in the “Glossary of Literary Terms” in the back of your LTHE text, read the corresponding  poems, and answer the Introductory Poetry Genre Response Questions 

Week: 1
Thursday
Date: 8/17/06

Class work:    
Responding to Literature: Why and How We Read Literature (LTHE Introduction pgs. 3-6)uPreview Poetry Elements and Types u Read the poem handout “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon and answer the 9 “Exploring Poetry” questions (LTHE pgs. 17-19) u Using Lyon’s poem as a model, generate your own lists of details about items found around your house, yard, neighborhood, names of relatives, sayings, names of foods, names of places to keep childhood memories, etc.

Homework:  

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Week: 2
Tuesday
Date: 8/22/06		 Class work:  
Review/Discuss Poetry Genre Elements and Types u Discuss “Where I’m From” and generate your own  “Where I’m From” poems u Reading Response Journal Guidelines 		Homework:  
Read and annotate part of the Introduction section in your text (LTHE pgs. 6-11) and be sure to know the basics of the fiction genre u Read “The House on Mango Street ” by Sandra Cisneros (LTHE pgs. 123-124) and complete a Reading Response Journal (#1) following guidelines discussed in class (see packet) u Continue/Finish your own “Where I’m From” poem from last week
Week: 2
Thursday
Date: 8/24/06		 Class work:  
Review/Discuss Cisneros story u Fiction Elements u Thematic Connection #1: Innocence and Experience u Group work 		Homework:  
 Read “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (LTHE pgs. 80-90) and complete a Reading Response Journal (#2) u Read and annotate “Glossary of Critical Approaches” and begin filling out chart for Deconstruction, Ethical Criticism, Feminist Criticism, and Formalist Criticism (LTHE pgs. 1131-1135)
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Week: 3
Tuesday
Date: 8/29/06		 Class work:  
Review/Discuss Hawthorne story u Fiction Elements u Group work: Critical Approaches		 Homework:  
Continue reading, annotating, and filling out chart for “Glossary of Critical Approaches” Marxist Criticism, New Historical Criticism, Psychoanalytic Criticism, and Reader-Response Criticism (LTHE pgs. 1135-1139)uRead “Incident” by Countee Cullen (LTHE pg. 146) and “Advice to My Son” by Peter Meinke (LTHE pgs. 151-152) and complete a Reading Response Journal (#3) for ONE of these poems (whichever one you feel connected with the most)
Week: 3
Thursday
Date: 8/31/06		 Class work:  
Review/Discuss poems and Poetry Elements and Types u Group work: Critical Approaches (continued) u Test on Weeks 1-3 Material 		Homework:  
Read “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara (LTHE pgs. 116-121) and complete a Reading Response Journal (#4)
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Week: 4
Tuesday
Date: 9/5/06		 Class work:  
Review/Discuss Bambara story u Point of View and  Character Analysis u Group work		 Homework:  
Read “My Wicked Wicked Ways” by Sandra Cisneros (LTHE pgs. 158-159) and  “Euphoria” by Major Jackson (LTHE pgs. 159-160) and complete a Reading Response Journal (#5) for ONE of these poems (whichever one you feel connected with the most)
Week: 4
Thursday
Date: 9/7/06		 Class work: 
Review/Discuss Cisneros and Jackson poems u Group work u Preview Essay #1  		 Homework:  
 Read and annotate “Writing About Literature” section in text, particularly the “Comparison and Contrast” part (LTHE pgs. 35-75) u Complete a Comparison /Contrast Plan Sheet for Essay #1: Innocence and Experience

  See handout in course packet for more info.-- 2-4 pages, 500-1,000 words, plus a MLA format Works Cited page

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Week: 5
Tuesday
Date: 9/12/06		 Class work:  
Thematic Connection #2: Conformity and Rebellion u Test on Weeks 3-4 Material 		Homework:  
 Read the introductory information for our next thematic idea: Conformity and Rebellion (LTHE pgs. 289-291) u Read “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin (LTHE pgs. 335-340) and “The market economy” by Marge Piercy (LTHE pg. 395) and complete a Reading Response Journal  entry for EACH selection (#6 and 7)

Complete a typed draft of your essay and bring with you to conference with instructor this week
Week: 5
Thursday
Date: 9/14/06		 Class work:  
Review/Discuss Le Guin story and Piercy poem u Group work u In-Class Writing Assignment (see LTHE pg. 396) 		Homework:  
 Read “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan (LTHE pgs. 366-374) and complete a Reading Response Journal  (#8)

Essay #1 is due at the beginning of your next class session; you will turn it with the Plan Sheet

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Week: 6
Tuesday
Date: 9/19/06		 Class work: 
Complete Self-Evaluation u Collect Essay #1u Review/Discuss Tan story u Group work u Thematic Connections u Review Point of View and Narration  		 Homework:  
 Read “The Unknown Citizen” by W.H. Auden (LTHE pg. 390) “An Old Man” by Robert Pinsky (LTHE pgs. 402-403) and complete a Reading Response Journal (#9) for ONE of these poems (whichever one you feel connected with the most)
EXTRA CREDIT #1 DUE  9/26 (20 PTS.) : Read “Looking for a Rain God” by Bessie Head (LTHE pgs. 1046-1049) and write a typed, one page (250 words), multi-paragraph response to this story–connections to other readings and themes are encouraged u YOU DO NOT NEED TO INCLUDE A WORKS CITED PAGE OR DIRECT QUOTES UNLESS YOU WISH TO
Week: 6
Thursday
Date: 9/21/06		 Class work:  
Review/Discuss Auden and Pinsky  poems u Drama vs. other genres u Drama Elements u Preview A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen 		Homework:  
Read and annotate part of the Introduction section in your text (LTHE pgs. 19-27) and be sure to know the basics of the drama genre u Read A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen Act I (LTHE pgs. 437-459) u Answer the Act I Questions in packet u Complete a Reading Response Journal (#10) for this section of the play--no need to do a separate entry for each scene—but you should be familiar with who is who, what happens throughout the play, and how certain scenes advance the plot and/or develop character u  Begin a Character Analysis sheet for this play
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Week: 7
Tuesday
Date: 9/26/06
Extra Credit #1 Due		 Class work:  
Review/Discuss Act I of  A Doll’s House u Group work

 

Homework:  
Read A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen Act II (LTHE pgs. 459-477) u Answer the Act II Questions in packet u Complete a Reading Response Journal (#11) for this section of the play--no need to do a separate entry for each scene—but you should be familiar with who is who, what happens throughout the play, and how certain scenes advance the plot and/or develop character u Continue a Character Analysis sheet for this play
Week: 7
Thursday
Date: 9/28/06		 Class work:  
Review/Discuss Act II of A Doll’s House u Begin viewing the film version of A Doll’s House u Film Analysis


Homework:  
Read A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen Act III (LTHE pgs. 477-495) u Answer the Act III and The Play as a Whole Questions in packet u Complete a Reading Response Journal (#12) for this section of the play --no need to do a separate entry for each scene—but you should be familiar with who is who, what happens throughout the play, and how certain scenes advance the plot and/or develop character u Finish a Character Analysis sheet for this play
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Week: 8
Tuesday
Date: 10/3/06		 Class work:  
Review/Discuss Act III A Doll’s House u Continue viewing the film version of A Doll’s House u Film Analysis u Preview Thematic Essay #2

 

Homework:  
 Read “She rose to His Requirement” by Emily Dickinson (LTHE pg. 378) and complete a Reading Response Journal  (#13) u Complete a Comparison/Contrast Plan Sheet for Essay #2: Conformity and Rebellion

  See handout in course packet for more info.-- 2-4 pages, 500-1,000 words, plus a MLA format Works Cited page

EXTRA CREDIT #2 DUE 10/10 (20 PTS.) : Read “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” by Joyce Carol Oates (LTHE pgs. 783-795)and write a typed, one page (250 words), multi-paragraph response to this story –connections to other readings and themes are encouraged u YOU DO NOT NEED TO INCLUDE A WORKS CITED PAGE OR DIRECT QUOTES UNLESS YOU WISH TO

Week: 8
Thursday
Date: 10/5/06		 Class work: 
Finish viewing the film version of A Doll’s House as needed u Film Analysis u Preview The Great Gatsby

 

 

 

 Homework:  
Read Chpts. 1-5 of the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (page numbers will vary by edition) u Complete a Reading Response Journal (#14) for this section of the novel--no need to do a separate entry for each chapter—but you should be familiar with the setting, characters, plot events, symbolism,  themes, etc. so far—Remember this is primarily response not summary u Begin a Character Analysis sheet for this novel
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Week: 9
Tuesday
Date: 10/10/06
Extra Credit #2 Due 		Class work:  
 Review/Discuss Fitzgerald's TGG (Chpts. 1-5) u Group Work u Bloom's Taxonomy Questions		 Homework:  
 Read Chpts. 6-9 of the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (page numbers will vary by edition) u Complete a Reading Response Journal (#15) for this section of the novel--no need to do a separate entry for each chapter—but you should be familiar with the setting, characters, plot events, symbolism,  themes, etc. so far—Remember this is primarily response not summary u Finish a Character Analysis sheet for this novel

Next Class Session: Journal Check #1—Journals #1-15 collected for grading

Complete a typed draft of your essay  and bring with you to conference with instructor this week

 (Friday is a Flex Day—No Office Hour)

Week: 9
Thursday
Date: 10/12/06
Journal Check #1—Journals #1-15 (150 pts.)		 Class work:  
Continue to review/discuss Fitzgerald’s TGG u Bloom’s Taxonomy Questions u Group Work u Review Critical Approaches

F. Scott Fitzgerald Quote-- "All life is just a progression toward, and then a recession from, one phrase -- I love you."

http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/quotes/quotes1.html

Homework:  
Essay #2 is due at the beginning of your next class session; you will turn it in with the Plan Sheet

Critical Analyses of Ibsen's A Doll's House (needed for Midterm next week)
Locate, print out, read, and annotate the online essay from Emma Goldman’s The Social Significance of the Modern Drama © 1914 from the UC Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
h ttp://sunsite.berkeley.edu/
Goldman/Writings/Drama/doll.html

‚ Go to EBSCOhost Database via the MC Library or from home. Locate, print out, and read the HTML version of this essay: Author: Rosefeldt, Paul
Source: Explicator; Winter2003, Vol. 61 Issue 2, p84, 2p


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Week: 10
Tuesday
Date: 10/17/06
Essay #2 Due 		Class work: 
Complete Self-Evaluation u Collect Essay #2u Midterm Exam Overview/Preparation (Weeks 1-9) u Group Work
 		 Homework:  
Introductory Survey Midterm Reflection and Follow-up u Review for Midterm Exam u Purchase a small blue book for midterm before next class
Week: 10
Thursday
Date: 10/19/06		 Class work:  
COMPLETE THE MIDTERM EXAM (in small blue book)—OPEN BOOK AND OPEN NOTE 		Homework:  
Read the Writing about Literature Introduction section in your text, paying particular attention to the information and student example about “The Research Paper” (LTHE pgs. 61-75) u Essay #3 Literary Research on The Great Gatsby (MINIMUM 6-8 pages or 1500-2000 words)— See handout in packet for more information on this assignment.
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Week: 11
Tuesday
Date: 10/24/06		 Class work:  
Meet in IAC 124 for Library Orientation uPick up handouts for next reading selectionsu THIS IS A REQUIRED STEP FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT

 

Homework:  
 BY 10/31:
Read the introductory information for our next thematic idea: Culture and Identity (LTHE pgs.545-547) u Read “Evolution” by Sherman Alexie, Jr. (Handout) and “Lullaby” by Leslie Marmon Silko (Handout) and complete a Reading Response Journal  entry for EACH selection (#16 and 17)
Week: 11
Thursday
Date: 10/26/06		 Class work:  
Meet in Libraryu Check in with your instructoru Library Research Time—Locate sources and take notes uTHIS IS A REQUIRED STEP FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT 		Homework:  
 BY 11/1 or 11/2:
Essay #3 Literary Research on The Great Gatsby (MINIMUM 6-8 pages or 1500-2000 words)—complete a Literary Research Essay Plan Sheet and prepare a preliminary Works Cited list of sources you plan to use (typed, MLA format) See handout in packet for more information on this assignment.

EXTRA CREDIT #3 DUE 11/7 (20 PTS.) : Read “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses” by Irwin Shaw (LTHE 768-772)and write a typed, one page (250 words), multi-paragraph response to this story –connections to other readings and themes are encouraged u YOU DO NOT NEED TO INCLUDE A WORKS CITED PAGE OR DIRECT QUOTES UNLESS YOU WISH TO
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Week: 12
Tuesday
Date: 10/31/06		 Class work:  
Begin viewing the film version of  The Great Gatsbyu Film Analysis 		Homework:  
Read “Mr. Z” by M. Carl Holman (LTHE pgs. 635-636) and “Latin Women Pray” by Judith Ortiz Cofer (LTHE pg. 646) and complete a Reading Response Journal (#18) for ONE of these poems (whichever one you feel connected with the most)
Week: 12
Thursday
Date: 11/2/06		 Class work:  
Status Check on Literary Research u Continue viewing the film version  of The Great Gatsbyu Film Analysis 		Homework:  
Read “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin (LTHE pgs. 556-579) and complete a Reading Response Journal  (#19)
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Week: 13
Tuesday
Date: 11/7/06
Extra Credit #3 Due		 Class work:  
Finish viewing the film version of The Great Gatsby as needed u Film Analysis u Review Essay #3 Requirements: read a student model 		Homework:  
 Read “Orbiting” by Bharati Mukherjee (LTHE pgs. 586-598) and complete a Reading Response Journal  (#20)

Complete a typed draft of your essay  and bring with you to conference with instructor this week

Week: 13
Thursday
Date: 11/9/06		 Class work:  
Thematic Connection #3: Culture and Identity u Review/Discuss Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” and Mukherjee’s “Orbiting”u Group work 		Homework:  
 Read “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker (LTHE pgs. 599-605) and complete a Reading Response Journal  (#21)

Essay #3 Literary Research on The Great Gatsby is due at the beginning of your next class session along with plan sheet and the notes and  printouts of the outside sources you used

EXTRA CREDIT #4 DUE 11/16 (20 PTS.): Read “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” by Leslie Marmon Silko (LTHE pgs. 1050-1053) and write a typed, one page (250 words), multi-paragraph response to this story –connections to other readings and themes are encouraged u YOU DO NOT NEED TO INCLUDE A WORKS CITED PAGE OR DIRECT QUOTES UNLESS YOU WISH TO
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Week: 14
Tuesday
Date: 11/14/06
Essay #3 Literary Research on The Great Gatsby Due		 Class work:  
Complete Self-Evaluation u Collect Essay #3 u Review/Discuss Walker’s “Everyday Use” u Group work 

 

 

 

Homework:  
Read “Harlem” by Langston Hughes (LTHE pg. 389) u Read A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Act I (LTHE pgs. 648-679) u Answer the Act I Questions in packet u Complete a Reading Response Journal (#22) for this section of the play--no need to do a separate entry for each scene—but you should be familiar with who is who, what happens throughout the play, and how certain scenes advance the plot and/or develop character u Begin a Character Analysis sheet for this play
Week: 14
Thursday
Date: 11/16/06
Extra Credit #4 Due		 Class work: 
Review/Discuss Hughes’ poem and Act I of Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sunu Group work u Allusion and Drama  		 Homework:  
Read A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Act II (LTHE pgs. 679-711) u Answer the Act II Questions in packet u Complete a Reading Response Journal (#23) for this section of the play--no need to do a separate entry for each scene—but you should be familiar with who is who, what happens throughout the play, and how certain scenes advance the plot and/or develop character u Continue a Character Analysis sheet for this play
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Week: 15
Tuesday
Date: 11/21/06		 Class work:  
Review/Discuss Act II of Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun u Group work u Begin viewing the film version of A Raisin in the Sunu Film Analysis
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POETIC IMITATION AND DIALECT
Review the definitions of dialect LTHE pg. 1202 , allusion LTHE pg. 1199 the various types of figurative language LTHE pg. 1203
‚ Read the poem “Hazel Tells LaVerne” by Katharyn Howd Machan (LTHE pgs. 157-158) and answer the three “For Analysis” questions on pg. 158		 Homework:  
 TAKE-HOME ASSIGNMENT DUE—BY 12:30 IN MY OFFICE WED. 11/22

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ƒ Read “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes on supplemental handout and answer the three “For Analysis” questions

„ Use the style/format of “Hazel Tells LaVerne” as a “scaffold” to write a dialect poem that alludes to/retells a fairy tale OR use the style/format of “Mother to Son” as a “scaffold” to write a dialect poem that gives advice using a central metaphor. Your poem may be humorous or serious and should use dialect and even slang.
Week: 15
Thursday
Date: 11/23/06		 Class work:  

NO SCHOOL--THANKSGIVING		 Homework:  
 DUE  11/28:
Read A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry Act III (LTHE pgs. 711-722) u Answer the Act III and The Play as a Whole Questions in packet u Complete a Reading Response Journal (#24) for this section of the play --no need to do a separate entry for each scene—but you should be familiar with who is who, what happens throughout the play, and how certain scenes advance the plot and/or develop character u Finish a Character Analysis sheet for this play
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Week: 16
Tuesday
Date: 11/28/06		 Class work:  
Review/Discuss Act III of Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sunu Group work u Continue viewing the film version of A Raisin in the Sunu Film Analysis 		Homework:  
 Complete a Comparison/Contrast Plan Sheet for Essay #4: Culture and Identity u See handout in course packet for more info.-- 2-4 pages, 500-1,000 words, plus a MLA format Works Cited page

EXTRA CREDIT #5 DUE  12/5 (20 PTS.): Read “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence (LTHE pgs. 1018-1029)and write a typed, one page (250 words), multi-paragraph response to this story –connections to other readings and themes are encouraged u YOU DO NOT NEED TO INCLUDE A WORKS CITED PAGE OR DIRECT QUOTES UNLESS YOU WISH TO
Week: 16
Thursday
Date: 11/30/06		 Class work:  
Finish viewing the film version of A Raisin in the Sun as needed u Film Analysis u Preview BLBC

 

Homework: 
 Read the first half of the novel  Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney (from “It’s Six A.M. Do You Know Where You Are? through the end of “Coma Baby Lives!” ) (page numbers will vary by edition) u Complete a Reading Response Journal (#25—LAST ONE!) for this section of the novel--no need to do a separate entry for each chapter—but you should be familiar with the setting, characters, plot events, symbolism,  themes, etc. so far—Remember this is primarily response not summary

Next Class Session: Journal Check #2—Journals #16-25 collected for grading
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Week: 17
Tuesday
Date: 12/5/06
Extra Credit #4 Due

Journal Check #2—Journals #16-25 (100 pts.)		 Class work:  
Review/Discuss McInerney’s BLBC (Chpts. 1-6) u Review Point of View: 2nd person Narration u Group Work u Assign Take-Home Final Exam 		Homework:  
Essay #4 is due at the beginning of your next  class session; you will turn it with the Plan Sheet u Read the second half of BLBC (from “Pygmies, Ferrets, and Dog Chow” through the end of “How It’s Going” (page numbers will vary by edition)
Week: 17
Thursday
Date: 12/7/06		 Class work:  
Continue to review/discuss McInerney’s BLBC (Chpts. 7-12) u Thematic Connections u Group Work u Review for Final Exam 		Homework:  
Complete the Take-Home Final Exam
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Week: 18
Thursday
Date: 12/14/06		 8-9:50 is scheduled time

Finals Week--No Regular Classes Meet--Your Take-Home Final Exam is due in person to me in my office by 10:00 a.m. on scheduled final exam day 

NONE WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 10 A.M. ON THURSDAY DEC. 14TH--YOU MAY ALSO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO TURN IT IN EARLIER
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