ENGLISH 102, FRESHMAN COMPOSITION II
Instructor: Mr. Kelley
Term: Spring 2006
Offices: 120-109 (MS); AV 13 (PC)
Telephones: 331-5486 (MS), 331-6287 (PC)
E-mail: tkelley@nwscc.edu
English Department Website: http://nwscc.cc.al.us/english/engdept3.htm
Office Hours: MS: MW, 8-9, 2:15-3:15; F, 8-9; PC: TT, 8-9:30, 11-12
Other times by appointment
Required Texts and Materials:
· Arp and Johnson, Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense, 9th edition
· Schwartz, Wadsworth Guide to MLA Documentation
· access to the online English 102 Handbook (HB) on the English Department Website
· two high-density 3.5” computer diskettes
SCHEDULE OF ASSIGNMENTS:
Class 1: M/1/9: Class introduction. HB Unit 1 begins.
Class 2: W/1/11: Introduction (3-58) & “Roman Fever” (409). Also, look through the introduction and Unit 1 description in the online English 102 Handbook.
Class 3: W/1/18: “The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” (546). Writing about short fiction. SCHEDULE CHANGE, due to Mr. Kelley's participation in the college strategic planning retreat: LIBRARY ORIENTATION WILL BE TODAY.
Class 4: M/1/23: "Hills Like White Elephants" (268) and Schwartz, Ch. 1-7. HB Unit 4 begins.
Class 5: W/1/25: “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (454), “Good Country People” (468), & "Greenleaf" (486).
Class 6: M/1/30: "A Rose for Emily" (556). Bring two 3.5” diskettes for your essay assignments.
Class 7: W/2/1: Continue fiction. “Everyday Use” (166).
Class 8: M/2/6: LAB: 1X. “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” (327).
Class 9: W/2/8: Poetry Ch. 1 & 2 (647). HB Unit 2 begins.
Class 10: M/2/13: LAB: 1A. Poetry Ch. 3 & 4. Research topic DUE.
Class 11: W/2/15: Ibsen’s A Doll House (1079). HB Unit 3 begins.
Class 12: M/2/20: LAB: 2X. At least 10 Working Bib Cards DUE. Schwartz, Ch 8.
Class 13: W/2/22: Poetry Exercise 1 (PE) DUE (Ch. 5 & 6). A Doll House continued.
Class 14: M/2/27: LAB: 2A. Schwartz, Ch. 17-21. At least 10 Note Cards DUE.
Class 15: W/3/1: PE 2 DUE (Ch. 7 & 8). A Doll House continued.
Class 16: M/3/6: In class: 3A.
Class 17: W/3/8: Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1538).
Class 18: M/3/13: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. SHORT GLOSSARY TEST.
Class 19: W/3/15: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Rough Outline DUE.
Class 20: M/3/27: LAB 4X. PE 3 DUE (Ch. 9 & 10).
Class 21: W/3/29: A Midsummer Night’s Dream & poetry.
Class 22: M/4/3: LAB: 4Y. PE 4 DUE (Ch. 11 & 12).
Class 23: W/4/5: Williams’ The Glass Menagerie (1143).
Class 24: M/4/10: LAB: REVISIONS DUE.
Class 25: W/4/12: The Glass Menagerie.
Class 26: M/4/17: RESEARCH PAPER (4A) DUE at beginning of class. Turn in hard copy to me, and submit electronic version to “turnitin.com.” Additional explanations are forthcoming.
Class 27: W/4/19: The Glass Menagerie.
Class 28: M/4/24: LAB: 5X.
Class 29: W/4/26: Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex (1216). PE 5 DUE (Ch. 13 & 14).
Class 30: M/5/1: LAB: 5A. Oedipus Rex.
Class 31: W/5/3: PE 6 DUE (any chapter). Oedipus Rex .
FINAL EXAM (Essay 6A & 2nd Glossary Test): WEDNESDAY, MAY 8TH, 10:30-12:30
GRADES: The research paper, an average of essay grades, and an average of poetry exercise grade & glossary tests each count 1/3 of your grade.
ABSENCES, MISSED WORK, ACADEMIC HONESTY, ETC.: Students missing more than SIX classes or labs may fail the course. Make-ups are NOT allowed without a reasonable, written, documented excuse. ALL WORK must be made up within one week of the due date. LATE RESEARCH PAPERS WILL BE PENALIZED. I do not accept late work once final exams have begun. NOTE: Plagiarism is explained on pages 23-4 of the ninth edition of Perrine’s Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense and pages 285-86 of Schwartz’s Wadsworth Guide to MLA Documentation. Students guilty of plagiarism will receive a “zero” for the assignment and an “F” for the course; there will be NO second chances.
ABOUT THE POETRY EXERCISES: Six "Poetry exercises" (PE) are required in this class, to offer a way of easing into poetry without the fate of a final grade hanging in the balance. Each poetry chapter begins with a series of poems with discussion; the chapter then has a series of poems without discussion. A poetry exercise is a written response to a poem from the second section of one of the assigned chapters. Read the chapters; then write at least one handwritten page and no more than two pages in response to the poem you pick. In the first paragraph, identify the title and writer of the poem, its speaker and the party being addressed (if possible), and its dramatic situation. Other paragraphs could consider such points as imagery, diction, meaning, rhyme, meter, irony, metaphor, allusion, structure, use of wit, etc. You need not cover ALL of these points—just the pertinent ones for that particular poem. Our book contains excellent discussions of these points, and we will also discuss them in class. The glossary supplies definitions for literary terms. Poetry exercises count twenty points each; the lowest grade is dropped.
ABOUT EXAMS, ESSAYS, AND THE RESEARCH PAPER: Regular EXAMS are based on required readings and literary terms in the glossary or noted in class. ESSAYS, including essay exams, are written in lab and are based on assigned class readings; selected essay grades can be improved by revising. The RESEARCH PAPER is based on a close reading of a literary work, plus selected scholarly criticism of the work. Forthcoming handouts explain this assignment in detail.
A NOTE ON EXTRA CREDIT: Numerous opportunities exist to see live theatre, whether produced locally or in nearby cities such as Huntsville or at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, which stages both classic and modern plays. I give EXTRA CREDIT for any play you see (but you can only do this once for credit). Bring your playbill as proof you attended, and I will add five points to your poetry exercise grade. Support live theatre!
ADA STATEMENT: Northwest-Shoals Community College complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Any student covered under this act and desiring reasonable accommodations for this class should notify me by the end of the Add/Drop period.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Lester, Writing Research Papers
Webb, Miller, and Horner, Hodges’ Harbrace Handbook
Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
Barnet, Short Guide to Writing about Literature
Thrall, Hibbard, & Holman, Handbook to Literature
Zimmerman, Dictionary of Classical Mythology