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English 218
Writing about Literature
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Spring 2005

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This schedule is dynamic and responds to the needs of the classroom situation and students as we move through the course. For sure, the readings will be rearranged, some dropped, others added, as the needs of the situation demands. All changes to the syllabus will be announced in class and made online. The online syllabus is always the final authority on what is due and when, and it is your responsibility to stay current with the changes. And remember: you are accountable for all work, even if you do not attend class

Remember: Always bring to class the text/readings on the assigned day

Date
Class Session
Homework
Week 1
T Jan 18
 Introduction to English 218: focus, novels, presentations, writing assignments, quizzes; do in-class write Read: course webpages, policy, syllabus and begin Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Th Jan 20
 Discuss : web pages, rhetoric, literature, argument and technology Read: continue Frankenstein
Week 2
Class Session
Homework

T Jan 25
Discuss: using library and on-line resources; researching authors, articles and contextual information; Assign teams and writers Read: continue Frankenstein
Th Jan 27
 Discuss: 19th century England Read: continue Frankenstein and also read Richard Brisney Peake's play p. 258-67
Week 3
Class Session
Homework
T Feb 1
Discuss: 19th century England & Mary Shelley Read: finish Frankenstein and also read the reviews p.300-36
Th Feb 3
 Discuss: Frankenstein Read: begin Life in the Ironmills
Week 4
Class Session
Homework
T Feb 8
Discuss: Frankenstein and paper #1 Read: continue Life in the Ironmills
Th Feb 10
 Discuss: Frankenstein and paper #1
Unrestricted Course Withdrawal Deadline Feb 11 th (in person)

Read: continue Life in the Ironmills and also read p. 88-131; read paper #1 assignment HO and Purdue OWL on Writing About Literature and chapters L 1-2 of Diana Hacker's WAL
Unrestricted Course Withdrawal Deadline February 13 th (ASU Interactive and Sundial)
Week 5
Class Session
Homework

T Feb 15

 Discuss: mid-19th century America and industrialization
Workshop Project #1 		Read: Chapters L 3-5 in WAL; finish Life in the Ironmills and also read p. 203-20
Th Feb 17
Discuss: mid-19th century America and industrialization
Workshop Project #1		 Read peer comments & revise draft & Ch L 6 in WAL
Begin reading Nineteen Eighity-Four
Week 6
Class Session
Homework
T Feb 22
Workshop paper #1 Read peer comments & polish draft
continue reading Nineteen Eighity-Four
Th Feb 24
Workshop paper #1 Read: continue reading Nineteen Eighity-Four
Week 7
Class Session
Homework
T Mar 1
Class Cancelled: Individual Conferences--Due: Paper #1 & reflection Read: finish Nineteen Eighty-Four
Th Mar 3
Discuss Life in the Ironmills Read: begin Fahrenheit 451
Week 8
Class Session
Homework
T Mar 8
Team Presentation: Rebecca Harding Davis and contexts for Life in the Ironmills
Discuss Life in the Ironmills 		Read: continue Fahrenheit 451

Th Mar 10

Team Presentation: George Orwell and contexts for Nineteen Eighty-Four
Discuss: Nineteen Eighty-Four 		Read: finish Fahrenheit 451
Week 9
3/13- 3/19
SPRING BREAK
Week 10
Class Session
Homework
T Mar 22
Discuss: Nineteen Eighty-Four
In-text and MLA Citations
Read: begin  Handmaid’s Tale
Th Mar 24
Team Presentation: Ray Bradbury and contexts for Fahrenheit 451 Read: continue  Handmaid’s Tale
Week 11
Class Session
Homework
T Mar 29
Workshop paper #2
Discuss: Fahrenheit 451 		Read peer comments & revise draft
Read: continue  Handmaid’s Tale
Th Mar 31

Workshop paper #2
Discuss: Fahrenheit 451
Restricted Course Withdrawal Deadline April 1st

Finish Handmaid’s Tale
Week 12
Class Session
Homework
T Apr 5
Team Presentation: Margaret Atwood and contexts for Handmaid’s Tale Read: Begin reading The Bug
Th Apr 7
Due: Project #2 & reflection
Discuss: Handmaid’s Tale 		Read: continue reading The Bug
Week 13
Class Session
Homework
T Apr 12
Discuss: Handmaid’s Tale Read: Continue reading The Bug
Th Apr 14
Team Presentation: Ellen Ullman and contexts for The Bug finish reading The Bug
Week 14
Class Session
Homework
T Apr 19
Discuss: The Bug TBA
Th Apr 21
Discuss: The Bug Draft Project #3
Week 15
Class Session
Homework
T Apr 26

Workshop draft Project #3
Restricted Complete Withdrawal Deadline April 27th

revise draft
Th Apr 28
Workshop draft Project #3 Revise draft
Week 16
Class Session
Homework
T May 3
Project #3 due (if you want it graded and returned on day of final)
Discuss Portfolio analysis 		Prepare Portfolio analysis
Date
Class Session
Homework
Finals
 here is no in-class final exam in this class, but you are required to turn in Project #3 & a reflection on Thursday, May 5th between 12:00 noon & 2:10 pm --this is the day scheduled for the exam.  All materials must be turned in to me in my office, LL 309B. If you fail to turn do so during the scheduled exam time, I will not record your final course grade.