Weekly Schedule

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Eng 104: General Class Orientation and Plot

 

 Week One
June 21st-25th		 Reading to be completed Prior to Today's class Discussion Topics and Presentations Due Items and
In-Class Projects
  Monday None Reading at left

Powerpoint: Defining Literary Fiction and Reading the Short Story		 In-Class: We'll read Updike's "A&P", take a practice quiz, and begin a project due Wednesday.
Wednesday AITF: Fables, Parables, and Tales (4-12), Plot (12), The Short Story (13) Reading at left

Powerpoint: (1) Plot and (2) Differentiating Fables, Parables and Tales from The Short Story		 Due: The Issue of Meaning in Literary Fiction (project began on Monday)

In-Class: Quiz #1
Thursday AITF: Cheever's "The Five-Forty-Eight (528-38) and Faulkner's "Barn Burning" (178-91) Reading at left

In-Class assignment at right

Powerpoint: Origins of Fiction		 In-Class: Quiz #2, Writing Response #1 and plot breakdown of today's assigned short stories.
Eng 104: Theme and Character
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Class Description

 

 Week Two
June 28th-
July 2nd		 Reading to be completed Prior to Today's class Discussion Topics and Presentations Due Items and
In-Class Projects
  Monday AITF: Theme (212-214) and Munro's "Day of the Butterfly" (234-40) and Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" (242-47) Reading at left

Powerpoint: Theme		 In-Class: Quiz #3
Wednesday AITF: Character (91-93) Carver's "Cathedral" (109-20) Reading at Left

Powerpoint: Character		 In-Class: Quiz #4
Thursday AITF: O'Conner's "Good Country People" (416-30) Reading at left In-Class: Writing Response #2
Eng 104: Setting and Point-of-View
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Class Description

 

 Week Three
July 5th-9th		 Reading to be completed Prior to Today's class Discussion Topics and Presentations Due Items and
In-Class Projects
  Monday Class Cancelled for 4th of July Holiday
Wednesday AITF: Setting (124-26) and Boyle's  "Greasy Lake" (143-51) and Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" (654-66) Reading at left

Powerpoint: Setting		 In-Class: Quiz #5
Thursday AITF: Point of View (29-36) Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" (109-20) and O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" (667-79) Powerpoint: Point of View In-Class: Quiz #6 and Writing Response #3
 Intro to Fiction: Symbol and Tone and Style
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Class Description

 

 Week Four
July 12th-16th		 Reading to be completed Prior to Today's class Discussion Topics and Presentations Due Items and
In-Class Projects
  Monday AITF: Symbol (251-52) and Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" (242-47) Reading at left

Powerpoint: Symbol		 In-Class: Quiz #7
Wednesday AITF: Tone and Style (170-73) and Hemingway's "A Clean Well Lighted Place" (174-77). Reading at left

Powerpoint: Tone and Style		 In-Class: Quiz #8
Thursday AITF: Irony (192-93) and Jin's "Saboteur" (200-208) Reading at left In-Class: Writing Response #4
Intro to Fiction: Mid-Term
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Class Description

 

 Week Five
July 19th-23rd		 Reading to be completed Prior to Today's class Discussion Topics and Presentations Due Items and
In-Class Projects
  Monday None Take-Home Mid-term Exam
Sample Plot Graph of "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love"
Mid-Term Format Template		 Quiz #9
Wednesday AITF: TBA TBA TBA
Thursday Class Cancelled: You need only show up to turn in your Mid-Term.
Intro to Fiction: Putting the Elements All Together (The Fellowship of the Ring)
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Class Description

 

 Week Six
July 26th-30th		 Reading to be completed Prior to Today's class Discussion Topics and Presentations Due Items and
In-Class Projects
  Monday FOTR: Book One Chapters I-IV (FOTR) Note: The reading load for the rest of the term is significantly larger than the first five weeks. Please plan accordingly to allow yourself to read the allotted page count (80-100 per class for the next two weeks).
Powerpoint: Tolkien and the Epic		 In-Class: Quiz #10
Wednesday FOTR: Book One Chapters V-VIII Reading at left N/A
Thursday FOTR: Book One Chapters IX-XII Reading at left In-Class: Writing Response #5
 Intro to Fiction: Putting the Elements All Together (The Fellowship of the Ring)
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Class Description
Special Engagement: This Friday night (7 p.m.), the special extended edition (Ohhh! Ahhh!) of Peter Jackson's  film adaptation of FOTR will be shown in BEC 155. Attendance is not mandatory, though you should view (or re-view) this version (i.e., not the theatrical release) film prior to next week's class in preparation for your Group Project.
 

 

 Week Seven
August 2nd-6th		 Reading to be completed Prior to Today's class Discussion Topics and Presentations Due Items and
In-Class Projects
  Monday FOTR Book Two Chapters I-IV Reading at Left and Upcoming Group Projects: Download the Guidelines and Group Assignments In-Class: Quiz #11
Wednesday FOTR: Book Two Chapters V-VIII Reading at left In-Class: Quiz #12
Thursday FOTR: Book Two Chapters IX-X Reading at left In-Class: Writing Response #6 (optional)
 Intro to Fiction: Putting the Elements All Together (The Fellowship of the Ring)
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Class Description

 

 Week Eight
August 9th-13th		 Reading to be completed Prior to Today's class Discussion Topics and Presentations Due Items and
In-Class Projects
  Monday Group Projects: Groups 1-2 present today
Those of you doing the optional Writing Response #6 must turn this assignment in today.
Wednesday Group Projects Groups 3-4 present today
Thursday Group Projects: Group 5 presents today