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Week One 1/24

Theme: Getting to know you!

Orientation 1/29 10 am - 12 noon
Rm B268

On campus student orientation: Room B268
Discuss Course Requirements & receive materials Click here to go to Orientation Page

Student information page and orientation assignment - due SUNDAY @ 11:55 pm PST

There are 4 specific activities you must complete correctly to get your 20 points for the orientation assignment:

Journal #0 = 5 points / Discussion Questions #0 = 5 points / Responding to group #0 = 5 points / Quiz #0 = 5 points

Week Two 1/31

Theme: Parents and children

Jounal #1readings due Monday [Textbook Reading: Reading Drama 1221-1230]

Watch Video: Much Ado About Nothing [video is available in library or at your local video rental shop - best version is 1993 with Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, & Denzel Washington]

**note: currently the video is available on you tube and this other website: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=mystiktrueno&search_query=much%20ado%20about%20nothing

http://stagevu.com/video/ykavoiqribfc

View On-line lectures: Drama & Shakespeare [this will help you answer your discussion questions]

Answers to discussion questions #1 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: Shakespeare, Responding to Literature, & Essays pgs 13-15 & Review the Play Attendance Report assignment on the web.

Responses to group answers #1 due Friday

Week Three 2/7

Theme: Sisters and brothers

Jounal #2 readings due Monday [Textbook Reading: 1193-1206 Read Analyzing Fiction, Read Icarus pg 12, Through the tunnel page 43-49 / Read Analyzing Poetry 1207-1220 & poetry selections 97-98, 102, 103-105, 114]

View on-line lectures Fiction and Poetry [this will help you answer your discussion questions]

Answers to discussion questions #2 due Wednesday includes all the above

Responses to group answers #2 due Friday

Week Four 2/14

Theme: Brothers and sisters

Jounal #3 readings due Monday [Textbook reading: Cinderella – Fairy Tale : 202-207, Essay 213-218; poem 279-281 – Hansel & Gretel 196-201, Poems 274-278 also Cain & Abel 194-195; poem 272; Rich Brother233-245]

Answers to discussion questions #3 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook Reading: Cinderella by Broumas & Cinderella by Grimm

Responses to group answers #3 due Friday

**Don't forget - you must see a play and complete your play attendance report by week Eight! Go get those play tickets!

Want some extra credit? Post a rough draft of your play attendance report paper by 10 am Friday of week 7 and get 10 bonus points! Your instructor will give you feedback to help you get a better grade!

Week Five 2/21

Theme: People in love

Quiz #1 Due Mon-Fri 10 am PST - quiz does not include week 5 readings
You can take this quiz two times in this period - scores will be averaged.

Jounal #4 week four readings due Monday [Textbook reading: Glass Menagerie 286-338]

Answers to discussion questions #4 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: Sugar & Spice, Snips & Snails, Men & Women

Responses to group answers #4 due Friday

Week Six 2/28

Theme: People in love

Jounal #5 readings due Monday [Textbook reading: Faithful in Death 354-356, Beauty and the Beast 357-365, Robert Solomon 378-384, Lady of Shallott 366-368, poem 451-455, Horse Dealer’s Daughter 388-400 and Love Poems / How do I love thee 434, A red red rose 436, My mistresses Eyes 437, Shall I compare thee 438, To his coy mistress 446, Icarus 448, La Belle Dame 449, Porphyria’s Lover 456, Lovesong of Prufrock 459-462]

Answers to discussion questions #5 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: The Flea, Glossing & Annotating, Imagery & Symbolism

Responses to group answers #5 due Friday

**** Start thinking about what you might like to do for your literary analysis paper

Week Seven 3/7

Theme: Wives and husbands

Jounal #6 readings due Monday [Textbook reading: A View from the Bridge 464-511]

Answers to discussion questions #6 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook readings: Story of an Hour, 100 and a half

Responses to group answers #6 due Friday

Extra credit Due: Post a rough draft of your play attendance report paper by 10 am Friday of week 7 and get 10 bonus points! Your instructor will give you feedback to help you get a better grade!

Week Eight 3/14

Theme: Husbands and wives

Jounal #7 readings due Monday [Textbook readings: Coyote & Shadow People 524-527, Marrying Absurd 537-539, The Wedding 540-542, Wife Wooing 547-551; The Legacy 581-585, The Necklace 551-557 / Odysseus 528-532, Penelope 600, Ulysses 602-603, My Last Duchess 607-608, My Last Duke 609]

Answers to discussion questions #7 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: I want a wife, Literary Analysis Paper

Responses to group answers #7 due Friday

Play attendance report due next week! You can pre-submit your paper to the WebCT discussion page, and I'll take a look and give you feedback to ensure you get all the points.

Study for your mid-term! You can only take this exam once!

Week Nine 3/21

Take Midterm exam available Mon 10 am until Fri 10 am.

YOU CAN ONLY TAKE THIS EXAM ONCE!

Midterm& Play Analysis Paper Due

The midterm is available MON 10 am until Fri 10 am. The Play analysis paper must also be turned in during this time. LATE PAPERS ARE NOT ACCEPTED!

Want some extra credit? Post an outline of your literary analysis paper by 10 am Friday of week 12 and get 5 bonus points! Your instructor will give you feedback to help you get a better grade!

**NOTE: Don't wait to start reading your novel Jane Eyre. It will be easier for you if you get started early.
You can download the audio book of Jane Eyre as mp3 files at this website: http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/title/j/je.html

Week Ten 3/28

Theme: Enemies and Friends

Jounal #8 readings due Monday [Textbook reading: A Doll’s House pgs 624-675]

Answers to discussion questions #8 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook readings: Chili Cook-off , Critical Approaches to Lit, Maligned Wolf, Historical & Biographical Perspectives

Responses to group answers #8 due Friday

On-line Lecture: Getting the most points for your Literary Analysis Paper

Week Eleven 4/4

Theme: Friends and Enemies

Jounal #9 readings due Monday [Textbook readings: Fox and Little Prince 687-689, Realization of Shadow 691-697, William Wilson 710-723, The Tunnel 802 / Secret Sharer 724-751]

Answers to discussion questions #9 due Wednesday includes all the above +Handbook readings: Psychological criticism, 50/50 Cat in Hat & Lecture: POE

Responses to group answers #9 due Friday

Week Twelve 4/11

Theme: Friends and enemies

*NOTE: last day to drop!

Jounal #10 readings due Monday [Textbook Readings: Roman Fever 752-761, The wall 762-774, Mending Wall 799, Auld Lang Syne 811 / Necessary Knocking 775-779, Poison Tree 805, Shady Friend 796, Althlete Dying Young 796-797]

Answers to discussion questions #10 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook readings: Gender Criticism

Responses to group answers #10 due Friday

Extra credit due by 10 am Friday: Post outline of Literary Analysis paper for 5 bonus points [Must include title, thesis statement, topic sentence for each body paragraph, bulleted main points, and bulleted conclusion]. Your instructor will give you feedback to help you get a better grade!

Want some more extra credit? Post a rough draft of your literary analysis paper by 10 am Friday of week 14 and get 5 points. Your instructor will give you feedback to help you get a better grade! Get an extra five points if you review someone else's rough draft and post suggestions on how they can improve their paper by Friday of week 16!

Week Thirteen 4/25

Theme: Teachers and Students

Quiz #2 Due Mon-Fri 10 am PST - quiz does not include week 13 readings
You can take this quiz two times in this period - scores will be averaged.

Jounal #11 readings due Monday [Textbook reading: The Children’s Hour 814-861]

Answers to discussion questions #11 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: Mythological Criticism, Mythic Archetypes

Responses to group answers #11 due Friday

Week Fourteen 5/2

Theme: Teachers and Students

Jounal #12 readings due Monday [Theme: Teachers and Students / Emperor’s New Clothes 877-879, Teacher Wei 895-901, Cathedral 921-930, Road Not Taken 1144 & Theme for English B 932, Ballad of Orange & Grape 933, Musee de Beaux Arts 939, Snake 940, Fish 942]

Answers to discussion questions #12 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: Deconstruction Criticism, The Death of the Author

Responses to group answers #12 due Friday

Extra credit due by 10 am Friday: Post Rough draft for 5 pts. Your instructor will give you feedback to help you get a better grade! If you posted a rough draft, you can also review a fellow student's rough draft of Literary Analysis paper and make suggestions for improvement by 10 am Friday of week 16 for an additional 5 pts !

Week Fifteen 5/9

Theme: Teachers and Students

Jounal #13 week fourteen readings due Monday [NOVEL: Read 1st half of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre]

**note: You can download the audio book of Jane Eyre as mp3 files at this website: http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/title/j/je.html

On-line Lecture: Reading and Analyzing Novels

Answers to discussion questions #13 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: How to read a novel, Meet Charlotte Bronte, 1st half Jane Eyre Study Guide

Responses to group answers #13 due Friday

Week Sixteen 5/16

Jounal #14 week fifteen readings due Monday [NOVEL: Finish Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre]

Answers to discussion questions #14 due Wednesday includes all the above + Handbook reading: Nannies and Governesses, On Children etc., 2nd half Jane Eyre study guide

Responses to group answers #14 due Friday

Finish your literary analysis paper and study for final exam.

Extra credit due by 10 am Friday: If you posted a rough draft, you can also review a fellow student's rough draft of Literary Analysis paper and make suggestions for improvement for an additional 5 pts !

Week Seventeen

Final Exam: Available SAT 5/21 10 am until Mon 5/23 2pm.

You can only take the final exam once!

You must take the final exam and turn in your literary analysis paper to Blackboard this week between SAT 10 am until Mon 2pm. LATE PAPERS ARE NOT ACCEPTED!