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    Week 9-- What is the one question I have failed to address?
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    Week 10-- Final Thoughts?
     

    • English 131 -- Intro to Lit.
    Week 1  Sept. 16-22             Children and Families
    		Review syllabus. Read Giving and Receiving Feedback.
    Interview partner. Write a short introduction about your partner to be shared in class -- Email introduction to instructor. 
    Readings--Read Rich
    Discuss seminar expectations.
    Discuss Journals. Begin journal.  
    Seminar 1 Readings -- Read Rich and in Bridges,  Children and Families -- read pages 38-74, paying particular attention to Roehtke and Hayden
    Meet in 1220 Old Main G Computer Lab on Friday 20th.    .
    Review website for class. 
    Read Giving and Receiving Feedback
    Complete Feedback Exercise -- due by Monday, 9/23 at 6:00 p.m.
    Read Online Protocol
    Week 2    Sept. 23-27
    		TJE#1  -- due Monday
    Read Elements of Poetry and discuss
    Explicate "Those Winter Sundays" and "My Papa's Waltz" in class.
    Read Joyce, Kincaid, Lessing, Bradstreet, Carver, Clifton, Jonson, Hughes, Plath, Roethke, Stevens, Wright in Children and Families

    Week 3  Caste and Class
    Sept. 30 - Oct. 4

    		Monday: TJE#2 due.  Guest Poet -- Todd Marshall
    Tuesday -- Library Orientation -- Meet in Library foyer
    This week only: Seminar 1 due Wed. for feedback  -- you must have your completed paper to receive FB credit.
    This week only:
    Thursday: Seminar 1 due -- Groups 1, 2. You must have your paper to attend session.
    Friday.: Seminar 1 due Groups 3, 4,  You must have your paper to attend session.
    Begin Seminar 2 
    No computer day! this is a work day!
    Week 4 Women and Men  Oct. 7-11
    		Elements of Fiction
    TJE#3
    Seminar 2 Due for peer edit, on Tues. -- you must have your completed paper to receive FB credit.
    Wednesday: Seminar 2 due Groups 3, 1. You must have your paper to attend session.
    Thursday: Seminar 2 due Groups 2, 4,  You must have your paper to attend session.
    Read Research handout
    Begin Research 1 
     Women and Men, Seminar 3
    Week 5      Oct. 14-17
    		Research 1 due for peer edit and discussion
    TJE#4 due
    Elements of Drama
    Writing about literature help: http://www.wwnorton.com/introlit/wal.htm
    Seminar 2 Due  
    Research 1 for peer edit, on Tues. -- you must have your completed paper to receive FB credit.
    In-class exam
    Look at book group choices, turn in a list of  your top three to class.
    Friday -- no class
    Week 6     War and Peace Oct. 21-25
    		Begin Book Group Work /Research 2
    TJE#5   
    Seminar 3 Due for peer edit, on Tues. -- you must have your completed paper to receive FB credit.
    Wednesday: Seminar 3 due Groups 3, 4. You must have your paper to attend session.
    Thursday: Seminar 3 due Groups 2, 1,  You must have your paper to attend session.
    Begin reading War and Peace reading, Seminar 4

    Week 7   War and Peace Oct. 28 - Nov. 1 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

    		TJE6 due.
    M: Groups work together in Book Groups. even if teacher is missing.
    Seminar 4 Due for peer edit, on Tues. -- you must have your completed paper to receive FB credit.
    Wednesday: Seminar 4 due Groups 2, 4. You must have your paper to attend session.
    Thursday: Seminar 4 due Groups 1, 3,  You must have your paper to attend session.
    Friday in the Computer find these MLA handouts:
    		Traditional
    Electronic
    Embedding Quotes
    MLA Exercise -- due by 11/1
    Begin reading Faith and Doubt/Seminar 5 

    Week 8    Faith and Doubt Nov. 4-8

    		Monday: Work in groups.  Teacher has a meeting to attend, so she will not be there.  Group meeting -- Groups have Book Project Discussions--DON'T WASTE THIS TIME! WORK WITH YOUR GROUP! I expect each group leader to give me a list of the completed questions, along with a list of those who attended.
    TJE#7 due. Seminar 5   Due for peer edit, on Tues. -- you must have your completed paper to receive FB credit. 
    T: 30 Minute Non-stop due 11/5
    W: Since this is the final week to turn in revisions (all seminar, journal and research papers can be revised with the possibility of earning an addition five points for substantial revision), I will give you Wednesday that purpose.  We will not meet as a traditional class.  Thus the summary of two resources related to litweb will be due on Thursday, and our seminar days will be adjusted.
    Thursday: Seminar 5 due Groups 2, 3. You must have your paper to attend session.
    Friday: Seminar 5 due Groups 1, 4,  You must have your paper to attend session.
    Friday: All rewritten work due by 6:00 p.m.!!!!

    Week 9     Nov. 12 - 15 

    M: Holiday

    T & W: Groups have Novel Discussions -- Tuesday Preliminary research of litweb

    Thursday: First Research Draft for peer feedback

    It should focus on a comparison and/or contrast of this novel or book of stories and at least two other works we have studied this quarter.
    You may focus on: characterization, theme, literary techniques (point-of-view, symbolism, etc.), style of writing, the use of figurative language throughout the piece, etc.
     

    Week 10

    		Monday--give Typed 2nd draft of research paper with its Works Cited to teacher.
    Presentations--see notes below to help with timelines.
    Literary Links for Litweb due 
    Begin reflection paper (seminar 6)

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    Week 11     Nov. 25 &26

    		M & T: Finish Presentations
    Week 12 Dec. 2 -5
    		Final Exam
    Final draft research paper due.
    Reflection paper due.
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