English
300, Section 001
Fall, 2005
Dr. Susan Stewart
Hall of Languages 221
903-468-8624
e-mail: susan_stewart@tamu-commerce.edu
website: http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/slstewart/
Office Hours: M/T 3:00-4:00;
W 10:00-noon or by appointment
Reading and Assignment
Schedule
(subject to revision)
(These revisions reflect changes announced in class Sept 5)
If
you are giving a presentation, you will not need to write a response journal
for that week
Week 1: Aug. 29
During Class
- Introductions
- In-class writing (textual
analysis)
- Thinking about who you
want to be as a teacher
Homework:
- SG (Short
Guide to Writing About Literature) Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4
- "A Rose
for Emily" and "My Last Duchess." Identify as many topics as
possible in the texts. Topics generally consist of one or two words that encompass
major concepts, e.g., growing up, love, hate, war, adolescence, jealousy,
racism, multiculturalism, discrimination, etc.
Week
2: Sept 5
During Class
- Discussion of
SG Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4
- Discussion of
"A Rose for Emily" and "My Last Duchess."
Homework:
Week 3: Sept. 12
During Class:
- Discussion of SG Chapters 5,
6, 7, 8
Homework
- SG Chapters 9, 10, 12
- Draft fiction essay
Week 4: Sept. 19
During Class:
- Discussion of SG Chapters 9, 10, 12
- Workshop fiction essay
Homework:
- Handout (Title
TBA; topic: literary theory/feminisms)
- Yellow Brick Roads (YBR) Chapter
1-2
- Response Journal (to either handout
or YBR)
- Finalize Fiction Essay
Week 5: Sept. 26
During Class:
- Fiction Essay Due
- Discussion of handout
- Discussion of YBR Chapter 1-2
- Article Presentation
Homework
- Handout (Title TBA; topic: literary
theory/Marxism)
- YBR Chapter 3-4
- Response Journal (to either handout
or YBR)
- Draft Poetry Essay
Week 6: Oct. 4
During Class:
- Workshop Poetry Essay
- Discussion of handout
- Discussion of YBR, 3-4
- Article Presentation
Homework:
- Handout (Title TBA; topic: literary
theory/postcolonialism)
- YBR Chapter 5-6
- Response Journal (to either handout
or YBR)
- Finalize Poetry Essay
Week 7: Oct. 10
During Class:
- Poetry Essay Due
- Discussion of handout
- Discussion of YBR, Chapters 5-6
- Article Presentation
Homework
- Handout (Title TBA; topic: literary
theory/deconstruction)
- YBR, Chapter 7-8
- Response Journal (to either handout
or YBR)
- Draft Constructed Response #1
Week 8: Oct 17
During Class:
- Workshop Constructed Response
#1
- Discussion of handout
- Discussion of YBR Chapter 7-8
- Article Presentation
Homework
- Handout (Title TBA; topic: literary
theory/ecocriticism)
- YBR Chapter 9-10
- Response Journal (to either handout
or YBR)
- Finalize Constructed Response
#1
Week 9: Oct 24
During Class:
- Discussion of handout
- Discussion of YBR Chapter 9-10
- Constructed Response #1 due today
- Article Presentation
Homework:
- Handout (Title TBA: ecocriticism)
- YBR Chapter 11-13
- Response Journal (to either handout
or YBR)
- Draft Constructed Response #2
Week 10: Oct. 31
During Class:
- Discussion of Handout
- Discussion of YBR Chapters 11-13
- Draft of Constructed Response
#2 due today for peer review
- Article Presentation
Homework:
- Handout: Commeyras, Michelle.
"Provocative Questions That Animate My Thinking About Teaching."
Language Arts 80 (2002): 129-33
- Response Journal (to either article
or YBR)
- Finalize Constructed Response
#2 (due Monday)
Week 11: Nov. 7
During Class:
- Discussion of Handout
- Constructed Response #2 due today
- Article Presentation
Homework:
- Handout and response journal
- Draft of essay using literary
theory
Week 12: Nov. 14
During Class:
- Workshop essay using literary theory
- Article Presentation
- Discussion of handout
Homework
- Handout and response journal
- Finalize essay using literary theory
Week 13: Nov. 21
During Class:
- Essay using literary theory due
- Discussion of handout
- Article Presentation
Homework
- Handout (TBA) and response
journal
- Reading Resource Folder due next
Monday
Week 14: Nov. 28
During Class:
- Hand in Reading Resource Folder
- Discussion of Handout
Homework:
- Handout TBA and response journal
Week 15: Dec. 5
- Discussion of Handout
- Classroom Observation Due
- Wrapping it up!
Week 16: Finals Week