Course Calendar & Presentations

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Calendar Online Presentations

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 internet, indicated by an author’s last name and the story title. The stories themselves, listed by title and author, are on line. A google search with title and the word TEXT will find the story if the provided link does not work. There will be rhetoric from englit.org. You are then to view 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 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.). 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 is on englit.org. Read the directions. All Due Dates for written assignments listed here are approximate. Written Assignments and Due Dates for papers and tests are announced in class. Most of this syllabus is self-explanatory.

Tentative Schedule

Week 1

Introduction, Course Description
Internet:

• Documentary Papers
• Plot

Anecdote (A Brief Story About You)

Primary Text:

• Wong. "How The Karate Kid Ruined the Modern World"
• Jay Thomas - Lone Ranger Story Scroll down 1/2 page to video of Thomas and Letterman
  • To understand this story, you should have at least passing knowledge of the following (depending on which version of the story you watch):
    • Jay Thomas
    • The Lone Ranger
    • The Bay City Rollers
    • David Lee Roth
    • Metallica

ASSIGNMENT: Begin "Why I Hate/Love Reading" Anecdote Essay

Week 2

Internet: Stephen King

• Organization and Outlines of Essays
• Valid Research Sources
• Thesis Statements

Primary Text:

• King. "Why We Crave Horror Movies"

Week 3

Internet:

• Berkowitz, David
• Bernardo, Paul and Karla Homolka
• Bundy, Ted
• Cho, Seung-Hui
• Dahmer, Jeffrey
• Gacy, John Wayne
• Holmes, H.H.
• Meiwis, Arwin
• Ramirez, Richard
• Ridgeway, Gary
• Speck, Richard
• Spencer, Brenda
• Toppan, Jane
• Wuornos, Aileen

• Documentary Research Paper
• APA Formatting;

Choose One Topic for Research Project
“Why I Like/Hate Reading” paper due

Week 4

Internet:Bill Kurtis

• Theme
• Objective Reporting
• Paraphrase

Primary Text:

• Kurtis, A&E. "She Never Came Home," A&E Cold Case Files, S1E3

Week 5

In-Class Presentations on Criminal Research Projects

Week 6

Internet:

• Gilman
• Glaspell
• Oates
• Poe
• Randall
• Springsteen

• Setting
• Conflict
• Point of View
• Starting the Research Paper;

Choose One Literary Work from List Provided to Begin Research Paper

Week 7

Internet:

• Dudley Randall
• 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
• Eugene "Bull" Conner

• MLA Formatting
• Notecards/Annotated Works Cited
• Symbolism and Allegory

Primary Text:

• Randall. "Ballad of Birmingham"

Week 8

Internet:

• Susan Glaspell
• Margaret Hossack

• Irony

Primary Text:

• Glaspell. "Jury of Her Peers"

Note Cards for Term Paper due

Week 9

Internet:

• Edgar Allan Poe
• Story of Cask

• Works Cited
• Internet Source Formattting

Primary Text:

• Poe. "The Cask of Amontillado"
  • Text
  • Video
• Snow. "The Facts Behind 'The Cask of Amontillado'"

Week 10

Internet:

• Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• S. Weir Mitchell

• Organization and Outlines of Essays

Primary Text:

• Gilman. "The Yellow Wallpaper"

Week 11

Internet:

• Joyce Carol Oates
• Charles Schmid: Pied Piper of Tucson

• Conflict

Primary Text:

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

Outline for Term Paper Due

Week 12

Internet:

• Bruce Springsteen
• Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate

Primary Text:

Springsteen.
• "Nebraska" (text)
• "Nebraska" (Author Video)

Week 13

Internet: Stephen Crane

• How To Take a Test

Primary Text:

• Crane. "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"

In-Class Presentations of Final Paper

Week 14

In-Class Presentations of Final Paper
Peer Edit for Term Paper due

Week 15

• Final Term Paper Due
• Final Exam

Week 16

Final Exam Week

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