Extra Credit Response Question

This response question is due on the final day of class and will take the place of a response question that was late or incomplete. At the beginning of the post, please list what response question you would like for it to replace. For your response, please choose either a short story, a poem, or a play that we DID NOT read in class and perform a short literary analysis. Identify the theme, using at least two quotes from the work itself, and discuss at least three additional literary devices evident in the work. Remember, in order to recieve ANY credit, the post must be a minimum of 250 words.

"No Child" Response Question for W 11/8 and R 11/9

How does the play within a play reinforce the theme of "No Child"? (Remember what we discussed about the arts in education.) Discuss what we know about the play the students perform. Does it matter what play it is? Remember to follow the guidelines for the previous response questions.

Response Question for R 10/28 and M 11/1

After reading the short story version of Trifles, "A Jury of her Peers," please compose a paragraph comparing/contrasting the two works. Which genre/version did you prefer? Why?

Extra Credit Response Post

For next Wednesday/Thursday's class (10/20 and 10/21), you may post an extra credit response. For the response, please choose a poem that we did not discuss in class and you did not present on, and do a line-by-line explication analyzing the rhyme scheme, diction, figures of speech, etc. The post must be 250 words in order to receive any credit. Indicate in your title what response you would like for it to take the place of.

Poetry Project Grading Rubric

Below, I've posted the rubric that I will use to grade your poetry projects. Hopefully, you will now have a good idea of what I'm looking for and how each aspect is weighted.


Requirements: 0 5 10
Does the project fulfill the requirements on
time? Does it include a visual aid, and a
line-by-line explication of a poem? Does the
student read the poem with expression?


Clarity: 5 10 15 20 25 30
Does the project give a sufficient summarization
of the poem to facilitate understanding of the work?



Critical Analysis of the Poem: 10 15 20 25 30 35
Does the project explain the form, rhyme scheme, and meter of the
poem? Does it analyze the literary devices at work?



Visual Aid: 5 10 15 20 25
Does the project include a visual aid that
is creative and contributes to the understanding
of the work? Is it of high quality and includes no
grammar/punctuation mistakes?

Response Question for R 9/30 and M 10/4

For this response question, please refer to the poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning. This poem is a great example of the poetic form known as a dramatic monologue. One of the most interesting characteristics of a dramatic monologue is analyzing how the speaker inadvertently reveals him/herself through the words spoken.

In your post, please analyze what and how the speaker in Browning's poem unknowingly reveals his past and his true intentions to the audience. Make sure you reference specific lines, and if you don't know a word, look it up!

Vocabulary Help...

If you're interested in exploring options to help you improve your vocabulary, check out the link to the following site: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/vocabulary.htm. Read the tips they offer and explore some of the resources they suggest. Also, check out the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) Word of the Day. I've posted a link in my Writing Links and Resources section.

Reponse Question for R 9/23 and M 9/27

For your response, select one of the poems listed on your syllabus ("Mirrors," "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning," and "Digging") and identify and describe all of the figures of speech that you can find. Make sure that it is at least 250 words!

Link to the poem for R 9/23 and M 9/27

Here's a link to the Seamus Heaney poem "Digging" for class. Please print out a copy and bring with you.

http://www.wussu.com/poems/shdigg.htm

Q-Tips

Q Tips

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MLA Citation for Work in an Anthology

Author's last name (of the story), First name. "Title of the story." Title of the Anthology. Ed. Editor's name. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page numbers.

Cather, Willa. "Paul's Case." Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense. Ed. Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson. New York: Heinle and Heinle, 2002. 25-37.

(Don't forget to tab one space over after the first line. The formatting wouldn't let me do it here!)

Response Question #3

For your third response question, (due one hr. before class on Wed./Thurs.) I would like for you to spend some time working on your Short Story Essay. Come up with a tentative thesis and explore the thesis in a freewrite. Include at least three quotes from the story that support your tentative thesis. This is meant to be a time to work out some of your ideas, but you are not required to use any of them in the final draft of your paper. Review the PowerPoint presentation from last week if you get stuck!

Literature and the Writing Process

Literature and the Writing Process

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Response Question #2 "The Yellow Wallpaper"

The response to the following question is due on M 8/30, T 8/31 at least one hour prior to the class and should be posted to your blog. Remember, it must be at least 250 words to receive full credit.

Does the ending of the story suggest progress (a woman tears down the shackles that are binding her) or pessimism (this woman has become completely unstable)? Or is it delivering a different type of message? Please include in your answer a reference/reflection on the use of the first-person narrator and how this affects your understanding of the message.

"The Yellow Wallpaper" Cultural Context

"For the benefit of the girl about to graduate" 1890

"The Efficient Housewife" 1910s

http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/cookbooks/CK0019/CK0019-05-72dpi.jpeg

"Masculine Superiority Fever": Making Sense of "Spheres"

http://www1.assumption.edu/WHW/workshop/untitled1.html

"The Housewife"

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA02/rodriguez/GildedAge/Gilded%20Age%20Advice.html

Please explore some of these sites before/during/after your reading of "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gillman and be prepared to speak about the cultural context of the short story during our class discussion.

Change in Reading for M 8/30 and T 8/31

For next Monday/Tuesday's class you are scheduled to read the two versions of "The Lady with the Pet Dog"; however, I have decided that instead, you will read Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" for our discussion of point of view. Unfortunately, this is also not in your textbook, so I have included a pdf file under the Course Content section of Blackboard. If you are not able to print off the entire text (about 9 pages of a pdf doc), then please take EXTENSIVE notes, including direct quotes from the story to aid in our discussion.

Hills Like White Elephants Reading

You will find the reading for "Hills Like White Elephants" posted under the Course Content section of Blackboard. You may download a pdf. file from there, print it out, and bring it to class on Wednesday/Thursday. Also, don't forget the homework assignment--create a setting map based off of the details provided in the story.

In the Bedroom Trailer

Response Question #1 "Killings"

In the short story "Killings" by Andre Dubus, what is the overall significance of the order in which the events of the story unfold? Think about how the story might have been different had the events occurred in strict chronological order. Would you have reacted differently to the ending if the story had been told in this way?

Please respond to the question(s) in a post on your own blog before the next class. Make sure to follow the requirements outlined in the syllabus.

Guiding Questions for "The Story of an Hour"

Here are some questions you might want to consider when reading "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. These are the types of questions you might respond to on a blog post. Feel free to practice with answering one this week.

What is the nature of Mrs. Mallard's hear trouble, and why would Chopin mention it in the first paragraph?

What is the setting of this story? How does the limitation of the setting help to express the message or theme conveyed?

What kind of sensory images does the passage contain, and what senses does it address? Do you see any vivid pieces of imagery throughout? How do they affect you as a reader?

What kind of relationship do the Mallards have? How does Mrs. Mallard feel about her husband?

What view of marriage does the story represent? Could the date of the story's publication (1894) have anything to do with this?

102 N10 Syllabus

102 N10 Syllabus

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Welcome to English 102!

Hi everyone,

As you can see, I've uploaded your syllabus along with a few other necessary documents. I will continue to put up more in the near future as well. Please be on the look out for the Student Information Sheet and the instructions for setting up your own blog, which I will be emailing to you shortly. All of these documents may also be found on Blackboard (as soon as I can log on to it myself!).

I'm looking forward to a great semester with you all!

Late assignment form

Late assignment form

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102-B04 syllabus

102 b04 syllabus

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Essay requirements for english 102

Essay requirements for english 102

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