Students should obtain a copy of the following selections for this course:
How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
The following is a schedule of work for the year.
Week 31: Peer Review and Corrections/ Complete final for research
Week 30: Research for Research Paper/ rough due April 11
Week 29: Final discussions of initial Appalachian Authors/ Test on First Authors
Week 28: Appalachian Author discussions
Week 27: Appalachian Author discussions
Week 26: Appalachian Author discussions
Week 25: Research on App literature
Week 24: Poetry Analysis
Week 23: Library Research/ Essay Analysis/ Poetry Analysis
Week 22: Novel Study 2
Week 21: Novel Study 2
Week 20: Novel Study 1
Week 19: Novel Study 1
Week 18: Argumentative presentations
Week 17: Argumentative presentation preparation
Week 16: Macbeth; Shakespeare
Week 15: Begin Macbeth
Week 14: Writing--What Are You Thankful For?; continue notes on Renaissance; research heritage
Week 13: Argumentative paper introduction
Week 12: Discuss Foster text; Introduce Renaissance period
Week 11: Discussion of rhetorical issues/ PYGMALION; presentation of papers; Hitchcock
Week 10: Peer Review of rhetorical paper; Concise writing; Reading Foster text
Week 9: Research for rhetorical paper; exposition papers/ discuss Foster text
Week 8: Research for rhetorical paper
Week 7: Rhetorical Analysis essay - Read work on links
Write first draft
Set one of Foster text ( Read Intro.-3). Complete work from assignment sheet
Quiz on Friday on Pardoner's Tale and Wife of Bath Tale
Week 6: Chaucer / Canterbury Tales
Week 5: Middle Ages literature
Week 4: Observing and writing about observations;
Week 3: "The Lottery", Peer Review of Summary/Response essay
Week 2: Course requirements to submit papers and discussion of plagiarism/ How to cite your sources/ Read Adler's "How to Mark a Book"/ Begin reading Foster selection and marking text
Week 1: Introduction to class procedures and course requirements/ syllabus quiz/ critical thinking quiz
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