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ENGLISH 100 ONLINE Fall 2009 Schedule

Note that work (such as notes and discussions) may be submitted BEFORE any given due date, but not afterward (with the exception of papers). For the late paper policy, see the syllabus and policies statements at instructor's website (late paper policy). The schedule is subject to modification at anytime based on instructor's assessment of class needs.  Check email and TalonNet regularly for any announcements. Students are responsible for following this schedule of due dates as well as for referring to directions given via email, TalonNet, or at instructor's website.  

Note: DJs = Dialectical Journals, a form of note taking, CR = Custom Reader: Looking Glasses and Rabbit Holes, AW = Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, TM = The Metamorphosis

 

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Due dates

To be considered on time, all assignments must be submitted by midnight on the dates that appear below. Please note that some late work is not accepted while other late work may be subject to penalty. Also, because we do not meet in class, the dates below may include "holidays." You may turn work in early, so a specific "holiday" is only affected by your choices.

OTHER ASSIGNMENTS 

Pace yourself to complete the work by the date that is listed in this column. The numbers associated with the assignments match a list on which all of them can be found and may not correspond to the order in which they need to be completed. Work due on the date appearing on the left of this column.

Email lectures to be read

READING NOTES (DJs.) AND DISCUSSIONS

Note that ALL readings listed in this column have both notes and discussions associated with them. Work due on this day needs to be submitted via TalonNet by midnight.

Book (see codes above) and pages listed in parentheses.

PAPERS
DUE! 
Turnitin.com submissions are due by midnight of the due date; papers must also be submitted to TalonNet and saved as Word (*.docx) or Word 97-2002 (*.doc). Please note that Microsoft Works (*.wps)documents are not compatible.

1

23-Aug-09

Attend the in-person orientation from on Saturday, August 22, in LA 35. Check schedule of classes for time. 

“Lecture” 1

 

 

2

30-Aug-09

1. Plagiarism Quiz.  2. Syllabus Quiz. 

"Lecture" 2

1. Goldberg's "Be Specific" (CR: 1-2) 2. Walker's "Everyday Use" (CR 25-33).                        

 

3

6-Sept-09

 3. Syllabus Contract.  4. Plagiarism Pledge. 5. Plagiarism turnitin.com activity.

“Lecture” 3 

3. Bower's "Deceptive Appearances"   (CR 87-88). 4. Carroll's chapters 1 and 2 (AW 1-14).                            

 

4

13-Sept-09

 

"Lecture" 4

5. Hopkins' "Spring and Fall" (CR 17) . 6. Carroll's chapters 3-5 (AW 15-39).

 FD Paper 1.

5

20-Sept-09

 

"Lecture" 5

7. Carroll's chapters 6-9 (AW 40-74)/ 8. Brook's "We Real Cool" (CR 35). 9. Chose ONE: Frith's "Autism" (CR 19-24) OR Dajer's "Divided Selves" (45-53).  

 

6

27-Sept-09

13. Post-grading Reflection for Paper 1. 

"Lecture" 6

10. Dolnick's "Hot Heads and Heart Attacks" (CR 113-118). 11. Carroll's chapters 10-12 (7AW 5-97).

 

7

4-Oct-09

6. Second Reader response form for paper 2.

 "Lecture" 7

12. Choose ONE: "Understanding the Inner Voices" (81-86) OR "Design Your Own Personality" OR "Now We Are One, or Two, or Three" (165 +)

 FD Paper 2.

8

11-Oct-09

      

"Lecture" 8

13. Choose ONE: either Holt's "Three Kinds of Discipline" (5-10) OR Golding's "Thinking as a Hobby" (37-44). 

 

9

18-Oct-09

18. First conference with instructor before the end of this week. 7. Second Reader response form for paper 3.

"Lecture" 9

14. Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" chapter 1

 FD Paper 3.

10

25-Oct-09

14. Post-grading Reflection for Paper 2 .  

"Lecture" 10

15. Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" chapters 2 and 3. 

 

11

1-Nov-09

15. Post-grading Reflection for Paper 3 .

"Lecture" 11

16. Arlington's "Richard Cory" (89). 17. Eliot's "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" (91-94). 18. Frost's "Stopping by the Woods" (99). 

 

12

8-Nov-09

8. Second Reader response form for paper 4.

"Lecture" 12

19. "Authority: Appeals to Obedience" (127-140). 20. Auden's "The Unknown Citizen" (163). 

1. FD Paper 4.

13

15-Nov-09

11. Movie Reflection. 

"Lecture" 13

21. Jackson's "The Lottery" 151-162. 22. Frost's "Mending Wall" (141-142).

 

14

22-Nov-09

16. Post-grading Reflection for Paper 4. 

"Lecture" 14

23. Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" (107-112). 

 

15

Monday, 30-Nov-09

12. Annotated Works Cited.

"Lecture" 15

24. Choose ONE: Cheever's "The Swimmer" (65-74) OR "Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" (151-162) OR Poe's "The Cask of the Amontillado" (119-126).

 

 

16

6-Dec-09

9. Second Reader response form for paper  19. The second conference with instructor by this date.

"Lecture" 16

 

FD Paper 5. 

17

13-Dec-09

 

"Lecture" 17

 

 

 

18

Wednesday, 16 Dec--09 

17. Post-grading Reflection for Paper 5.  10. Second Reader response form for paper 6. 

 

 

 

 

Revised Paper (optional) FD Paper 6.