English 102- Dr. Anne Mills King
Introduction to
Literature
Welcome to what I
hope will be a pleasant semester's reading and writing.
TEXTBOOK: Being and Becoming: An Introduction to
Literature.
MY OFFICE: Marlboro 3056; Phone 301-322-0594
email aking@pgcc.edu
FAX:
301-322-0549
OFFICE HOURS: posted on door.
ATTENDANCE: You are
expected to attend class for all sessions, and your participation grade will be
lowered for excessive absences (more than two weeks of class or four
sessions). An attendance sheet will be
circulated during the first ten minutes of class; if you are late you cannot
sign it and will be considered absent.
There will be (usually) a daily quiz at the beginning of each class on
the assigned readings; if you complete this quiz successfully you will be
entitled to discuss the readings in groups and together as a class. These quizzes will be part of your
participation grade. We will attend a live play on or off campus; we will also view filmed plays and stories.
Class attendance
in college: what I expect from you:
You are expected to
attend college classes in a mature, serious manner. If you need to miss class, it is your responsibility to make up
the work or to inform yourself about material discussed in class.
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You must come
to class on time and stay until the class is dismissed. I will pass around an attendance sheet for
you to sign in the first ten minutes of class; after that you may no longer
sign it.
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Absences,
including not signing the attendance sheet, will affect your grade. If you have more than two week=s worth of absences, you will lose up to 10%
of your grade for the course.
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If you need to
leave the classroom during the class time, do not return and disrupt the class
a second time.
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Try not to make
other appointments during the time you are expected to be in class. If this is absolutely unavoidable, let me
know ahead of time.
If you have any
problems with attendance or assignments, please see me. However, it is your responsibility to follow
the syllabus, obtain missed information from classmates, and get copies of
handouts from me. Much of what you get
from this course will occur in class.
We have exciting discussions and contributions from everyone--so you
shouldn't miss it.
EVALUATION: Requirements of the course with final grade
percentages: 5 papers (out of 8 assigned--50%); tests (30%); Participation (5%), attendance (5%) and quizzes (10%).
Here's how I figure
grades: A= 3.6‑4.; B= 2.6‑3.5; C= 1.6‑2.5; D= .8‑1.5;
F= 0.
WHAT TO EXPECT: writing assignments in interesting variety,
group discussions, films and videos, reviews of plays and films, student
projects in class, original poetry anthology by the class. ALL PAPERS MUST BE TYPED.
ASSIGNMENTS: must be completed in the order they are
assigned and handed in on the day due.
If you miss one paper for ANY reason, go on to the next one (but don't
skip too many, or you will not be able to do the required five papers). Writing standards will follow those in EGL
101 (I hope you have kept a handbook).
Detailed instructions will be given to you on each paper as they come
along.
TURNITINBwhat is it?
For all my English and Women=s Studies classes from Dr. Anne M. King:
I know that most of my
students do their work honestly, originally, and well. I expect that in this
course you will continue to do so.
Occasionally, though, sometimes inadvertently, students copy material
from a source without acknowledging it, hand in someone else=s work as if it is their own, or otherwise act
academically dishonestly. If you follow
the MLA style directions, you are unlikely to have this problem. Just in case, though, I have a solution.
Turnitin is a service I plan
to use this year to check on researched papers and other papers to make sure
your work is original with you. I
successfully used it last year.
Here=s what you do: you submit your revised papers to me
either on a disk or by email.aking@pgcc.edu I insist that you paste the paper in rather
than put in an attachment to an email.
Some computers are not compatible with each other.
I send these papers
electronically to the turnitin address, and within a very short time they send
back to me a report on the sources of your paper. You can find out about this service and how it works from http://turnitin.com You will see that they have a big
database of sources. Please check out this website and look at the Astudent@
link for information.
Since you will know ahead of
time that I will be checking your papers for originality, if I find that the
report indicates plagiarism on your part, you will receive a zero for that
paper without any chance of re-writing it.
This will lower your grade for the course considerably. This is a
serious offense in this college and elsewhere;
if it is repeated you are in danger of being expelled from the college.
DATE ASSIGNMENT DUE
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Introduction to the book, the class, the classmates. Writing in class. |
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read On Reading Fiction: Peeling the Onion," 1007-14, and
"The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky."
Get instruction for Paper 1:
After our class discussion and a tryout in class, you will hand in
next time a two- or three page story,
fable, or legend, as told to you by an older person. This might be a legend or story from your
country, or an adventure someone had.
The objective of this assignment is to realize the importance of
storytelling as the beginning and basis for what we call
"literature"--what we are studying now. Storytelling is simple and direct, appeals to our sense of
adventure, and in its rhythms and repetitions it becomes the inspiration for
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read "The Chrysanthemums" PAPER 1 due |
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read "Writing About Literature"
beginning on page 1037. Film in class: "A Rose for Emily" read the story in the anthology. |
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read "Cecilia Rosas"
PAPER 2 DUE--review of "A
Rose for Emily" |
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"The Ship Who Sang" |
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"Chee's Daughter" |
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read pages 1014-1015. read
"Everyday Use" |
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Paper #3 due: on a story I
haven't assigned (check with me before choosing one) |
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TEST ON SHORT STORIES |
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Read "On Reading Drama:
The Players, the Playhouse, and the Play" 1028-1037. Begin Antigone |
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Antigone |
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More about plays and reviewing them;
continue reading Antigone |
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Paper #4 due: Respond to one
of the questions on Antigone |
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read King Lear Bfollow handout on this |
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Shakespeare --films. Handouts and questions |
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Shakespeare |
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finish King Lear. |
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read The Glass Menagerie Paper #5 due- on King
Lear: instructions to come |
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The Glass Menagerie
in class |
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poems (list to come) TEST ON
PLAYS |
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poems Spring Break: College closed |
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Writing poetry |
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original poem
presentation (instructions later) This is #6 April 24: Last day to
withdraw! |
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More poems |
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"I Have a Dream" Paper #7 due: To be announced |
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"The Sandbox" produced in class--Readers' Theatre |
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Last chance! Paper #8 in
class |
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Final Exam--on the whole 1-3 PM |
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You will receive
handouts on most of the selections.
These include study questions to help you understand the selections, and
questions that you can use to develop your papers. In each case, you will have some choice in your paper
topics. I expect 500-word essays, with
clear topic sentences and well-developed paragraphs. Papers must be typed. You
will get comments on each paper and a grade.
If your paper is in on the due date you may revise it for a better grade
within one week--no later. If you do
not hand in a paper on the due date for any reason, go on to the next paper.
Upon successful completion of
the course, students will be able to
1. Write
analytical essays about literary texts by
_ Formulating restricted, unified and precise thesis statements
_ Organizing essay content into introduction, body, and
conclusion paragraphs
_ Composing restricted, unified, and precise topic sentences for
paragraphs
_ Writing unified and coherent paragraphs that are well-developed
with supporting materials drawn from the literary text
_ Applying grammar and usage rules correctly
_ Choosing appropriate diction
_ Writing clear, precise sentences
2. Explain
basic literary terms in the genre of poetry, fiction, and drama (for example,
theme, imagery, rhythm, figurative language, tone, character, plot etc.)
3. Write
research-based essays using secondary sources to:
_ Demonstrate their understanding of plagiarism
_ Synthesize several different sources into an essay to support
its thesis
_ Quote, summarize, and paraphrase responsibly within that paper
_ Document sources according to the MLA format