PROPOSED ENGLISH 201 ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE: SPRING 2008
Revised 15 April (Unit 2 changes, and U3 links) for TTh (10-11:50) class in OC-3607
Unit One (Weeks 1-6) | Unit Two (Weeks 7-12) | Unit Three (Weeks 13-16) | Final Exam (Week 17)

 KEY: B=Barnet, P=Paper, Q= Quiz, RA=Research Assignment, TP=Tidepools, TT=Team Talk, LL=Learning Log | DUE→Assignments  (Reading, Writing, Research, preparation for presentations and other in-class activities) - assignments include any work completed outside of class - assignments are due on the specific day indicated below (or as announced in class) | ♥In-class: Quiz, Writing, Team Talk, etc.
UNIT ONE : Weeks 1-6
 Writing, Reading,Thinking Process.  Literary Research: Scholarly Research Methods
Up Close: Thinking Critically about DRAMA and Film, Understanding Critical Strategies 
 

Tuesday

Thursday
Week One: Introduction    1/22: Getting Acquainted.  Introductory handouts. DUE→E-mail message to me <ENGL201gf@miracosta.edu> 1/24: DUE→Writing: Peace page || Reading: Handouts, English 201 Website, Peace Links.  B: "Letter to Students"  (xxxviif), "Writer as Reader" (1-9), "Critical Thinking" (189f), Appendix A - "Manuscript Format" (1320-24).  ♥Learning Log (LL).
Week Two:   Limbering Up 1/29: DUE→Writing and Research: Paper 1 (P1): Peace workshop draft  || Reading: B: "Reader as Writer" (13-30), "Reading and Writing about Drama" (333-344), and  Hamlet, Acts 1 and 2 (932-974) 1/31: DUE→Writing: LL and P1, revised and polished for instructor evaluation and peer review (PR) || Reading: B:  Chapter 13 (scan through this chapter for content you can apply to an understanding of Hamlet). ♥In-class Writing 1
COLLEGE DEADLINE →Saturday, 2/2: Last day to ADD or DROP a class with refund and no mark on transcript.  Financial Aid deadline.
Week Three: Scholarly Research. Drama and film. 2/5: DUE→Writing: PR || Reading: B: "Close Reading: Explication" (42-55), "Close Reading: Analysis" (61-95),  Appendix B - "Writing Research Papers" (1325-42), and Hamlet, Acts 3 and 4 (974-1024) || Research: Begin working bibliography on your Hamlet character and approach. 2/7: DUE→Writing: LL || Reading: Handouts: Research Assignment and Paper 2 (P2): Annotated Bibliography. B: Hamlet, Act 5 (1025-35); and re-read lines by and about your character throughout the play. ♥Roundtable on Hamlet characters and research.
Week Four: Critical Theories - Interpretations. Scholarly Research. 2/12: DUE→Writing/Research: RJ and complete working bibliography || Reading: B: "Reviewing a Dramatic Production (146-49) and "Critical Strategies" (621-38). Scan essays on Hamlet (1037-53). Review LitCritTheory Webpage 2/14: DUE→Writing: LL || Writing/Research: RJ and RA (scholarly journal article), and P2 draft, part 1 || Reading: B: "Reading and Writing about Essays" (207-18) and Appendix C - "New Approaches to Research" (1343-72)

COLLEGE HOLIDAY→Friday 2/15 through Monday 2/18: college closed for Presidents' Day - does not affect TTh classes
Week Five: Scholarly Research. Revision. 2/19: DUE→ Writing/Research: RJ and RA (second scholarly source), and P2 draft, part 2 || Reading: B: "Summary and Paraphrase" (130-32) 2/21: DUE→Writing: LL || Writing/Research: RJ.  ♥In-class Writing 2 

COLLEGE DEADLINE →Friday, 2/22: Last day to apply  for "Credit or No Credit" grade and last day to apply for fall degree or certificate
Week Six: Writing Research on a play. 2/26: DUE→Writing/Research: P2 for instructor evaluation and PR.   ♥Research presentation (roundtable). 2/28: DUE→Writing: LL | ♥Q1 (including in-class essay based on P2 annotated bibliography)
 

ENGLISH 201 EARLY DROP DEADLINE: SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2008

UNIT TWO : Weeks 7-12
 Up Close: Thinking Critically about POETRY and Song.  Standing Back: Researching and Arguing Interpretations and Evaluations. 
 

Tuesday

Thursday
Week Seven: Poetry and Song 3/4: DUE→Reading: Handouts: P3 and Team Talk One (TT1).  B: "Reading and Writing about Poetry" (473-505). TP: Tidepools: Paradise (read through to choose favorite poems) ||  Research: Bring lyrics to songs about peace, and select related poems from Barnet and Tidepools. P3 topic brainstorm. 3/6: DUE→Writing: LL and Poem annotation || Reading: B: "Arguing an Interpretation" (583-96) and "Arguing an Evaluation" (607-10). Scan Chapter 15 (524ff) for help on thinking critically about poetry, and begin reading poems on handout.
Week Eight:  Poetry and Song. Research 3/11: DUE→Reading: Complete reading of poems on handout.  Visit Poetry links || Research: Bring working plan (stage 1) for P3. ♥Preparation for TT1 group work |  Poetry 3/13: DUE→Writing: LL || ♥Poetry | In-Class Writing 3

COLLEGE HOLIDAY→3/17-3/22: college closed for SPRING BREAK - no class this week
Week Nine:  Poetry and Song. Present and Research. 3/25: DUE→ Research and Writing: P3 - Developed Plan (stage 2 optional) || TT1 ♥first team presents 3/27: DUE→Writing: LL || TT1 ♥second team presents.
Week Ten:  Poetry and Song. Writing Research. Revision 4/1: DUE→Research/Writing: P3 Outline (stage 3 optional) ||  TT1 ♥third team presents 4/3: DUE→Writing: LL
Week Eleven: Writing Research 4/8: DUE→Writing: P3.  Optional planning stages,  working bibliography. 4/10: DUE→Writing: LL | P3, outline stage or thesis/topic sentence list (optional).  Last call for working bibliography.
Week Twelve: Writing Research 4/15: DUE→Writing: P3 revised and polished draft, with Works Cited list, for instructor evaluation and peer review - electronic copy (OK by Thursday).  ♥Paper 3 Presentations. 4/17: DUE→Writing: LL. ♥Q2, with poem annotation and interpretation || In-class Writing 4: thesis and topic sentence list for proposal (P3)
UNIT THREE: Weeks 13-16
 Up Close: Thinking Critically about FICTION, Photography, and Film.  Researching and Arguing Interpretations and Evaluations.
 

Tuesday

Thursday
Week Thirteen: Fiction and Film 4/22: DUE→Reading Handouts: Team Talk 2 (TT2) and P4.  B: "Reading and Writing about Fiction" (225-37) and sections "On Fiction" (279-84 and 303-07). Begin reading stories listed in handout and on Team Talk 2 (TT2) assignment — especially Molly Ivins' "A Short Story about the Vietnam Memorial" (B 1109ff).  ♥Floren presentation: Ivins' "A Short Story about the Vietnam Memorial" (part 1 of demo) | Team work for TT2 4/24: DUE→Writing: LL | Reading B: "Reading and Writing about Visual Culture" (150-78) and "Fiction into Film" (308-18). | TP: Tidepools: Paradise (select 2 stories that might be used to gain an insight into the concept of peace). ♥Floren presentation: Ivins' "A Short Story about the Vietnam Memorial" (part 2 of demo) | Team work for TT2
Week Fourteen: Fiction and Film.  Research. 4/29: DUE→Reading B and TP: stories.  Research: Do research for your team topic; bring in a relevant book or article. || TT2 ♥first team presents 5/1: DUE→Writing: LL | Complete reading short stories on list.  Research: Do research for your team topic; bring in a relevant book or article. TT2 ♥second team presents
Week Fifteen: Fiction and Film. Writing Research. Revision 5/6: DUE→Writing: P4 draft for review || TT2 ♥third team presents.  5/8: DUE→Writing: LL | Revision due || Writing: P4 for instructor evaluation.
Week Sixteen:
Class Assessment. Revision.		 5/13: ♥Q3, including in-class writing on fiction and film | In-class Writing 5. Class assessment. 5/15: DUE→Writing: LL | P5, in English 201 Notebook organized for portfolio assessment | Final call for revisions   ♥ Final Presentation
FINAL EXAM: Tuesday, May 20: (9:30-11:30) TBA

W. Somerset Maugham: “Only a mediocre writer is always at his [or her] best.”
Natalie Goldberg: “When you write, . . . sit down with the least expectation of yourself; say, ‘I am free to write the worst junk in the world.’”
"It's not that I'm so smart," Einstein once said, "It's just that I stay with problems longer."
 Writing is never finished; it is simply submitted to a deadline.
 Mark Twain: "The [person] who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the [person] who can't read them.”
Jerry Seinfeld: "A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.”
 
Professor Gloria Floren.  Phone: 760-757-2121, ext. 6221. 
 Office: OC4520.  Spring08 Office Hours: Th 12-2, and by appointment.  Email: ENGL201GF@miracosta.edu

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