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changes Nov. 11th - end (Updated 10/23/03)
You are responsible for the reading assignments for class on the days they are listed below. The following schedule may be modified as the course proceeds. Check webpage for updates. Schedule: Aug. 26 Intro to Course. SECTION I: LIVED EXPERIENCE Aug. 28 3-Ring: #1 & #2
Sept. 4 Penguin, pp. 75-86; 3-Ring #6
"Finishing School" Begin Reading Flatland
Sept. 9 3-Ring #3 "Defense and Growth" Sept. 11 "Defense and Growth," cont. INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCES -- NO REGULAR CLASS Sept. 16 Professional Development Day -- No SRU Classes Sept. 18 DUE: Essay #1 Draft During SCHEDULED CONFERENCE SECTION II: THE ARTS AND SCIENCES Sept. 23 3-Ring #8 & 9 "Humanities" and "The Idea of a University" Sept. 25 ~~~~~ DUE: Essay #1
Oct. 2 Flatland (See 3-Ring #13 Flatland Annotations) Oct. 7 Flatland *Oct. 9* Flatland MEET DURING COMMON HOUR, 12:30-1:45 INSTEAD OF REGULAR CLASS TIME ~~~~ Essay #2 Reports
SECTION III: THE NATURE OF REALITY Oct. 16 DUE: Essay #2 Draft ~~~ Begin Reading Life of Pi ~~~~ 3-Ring #11 & 12 "Kill 'Em" and Believing Is Seeing Oct. 21 Life of Pi Oct. 23 Life of Pi, 3-Ring #15 "Common Sense"
Oct. 30 Life of Pi ~~~~~ Begin reading The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven SECTION IV: INJUNS Nov. 4 The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Nov. 6 The Lone Ranger and Tonto
Fistfight in Heaven
Choose: (1) Graceful Simplicity, (2) All Consuming Images, or (3) Nickel & Dimed. You will read two more chapters of that book (your choice of chapters for 1&2)
DUE: Drafts for Short Pieces #2 and #3 Nov. 18 Graceful Simplicity Nov. 20 All Consuming Images, Intro & Chap. 1 [Everyone will read Intro & Chap. 1; if you choose this book, read two more chapters of your choice. DUE: Short Pieces #2 and #3 No regular class. Submit by e-mail Nov. 25 All Consuming Images On-line class. See Discussion Board on Blackboard Thanksgiving Break: Wed., Nov. 26th, 5 p.m.
to Dec. 2 [Everyone will read Intro; if your choice, l read the excerpts in their entirety] Dec. 4 3-Ring #25 from Nickel and Dimed ~~~~ ~~~~Last Day to turn in Reader Responses ~~~~ DUE: Essay #3 FINAL EXAMINATION (Dec. 9 - 14) ~~~~~ DUE: Portfolio and Final Exam (Take-Home Essay Questions) ~~~~
1. Regular class attendance and participation in discussions. 2. Reader Responses (100 pts. possible) before
Thanksgiving. Written reactions to the readings, topics, and
discussions. Due on Thursdays before class time. Choose the
weeks you wish to respond and the number of responses. 3. Three Short Pieces (250-300 words each) 4. Four Essays (3-4 pp. each) 5. Group Presentation and brochure as part of Essay #3 assignment. 6. Final Examination (a take-home essay based on your reader responses)
Final grades for this course will be assessed by your percentage of
points. 90-100%=A, 80-89%=B, 70-79%=C, Below 70%=NC Reader Responses . . . . . . . . 100 pts.* *Each response earns either full points or none. It either meets the minimum requirements, as described in Course Guidelines below, or does not. (The first response will be returned to you if it does not earn credit. You may rewrite for credit within one week of its return to you.) See #2 of Course Requirements for grading procedure. **To give you a feel for college grading and the amount of additional revision needed for good writing, Short Pieces 1 & 2 and Essay #1 have due dates for drafts and will be given provisional grades (indicating whether the paper is in its Early, Middle, or Late stage of revision). You will be given a due date for a revised draft (one week after their return to you) and the opportunity for a new grade. ***PORTFOLIO CD: For Essays 2, 3, and 4 and Short Piece #3 you will be given drafting advice and provisional grades (indicating whether the paper is in its Early, Middle, or Late stage of revision). They will be graded when you turn in your portfolio CD (your accumulated course writing and your self-assessment of your attainment of the course abilities).
1. Papers: All papers must use MLA format (SF Writer, p. 198), adding name of assignment to the heading [e.g., Your Name, Dr. Permenter, English 101, Essay #1 Revision, Date]. Papers are to be turned in at the beginning of class on the date due. Each essay must have drafts, freewrites, and peer responses stapled to the back in the order in which you revised. Remember: for each day a paper is late, your grade for that paper will fall by approximately one letter. 2. Help: Throughout the semester you are strongly encouraged to seek one-to-one drafting and rewriting assistance from your professor during office hours or by appointment and from the tutors in the Writing Center (301). 3. Conferences: You are required to meet individually with your professor for 20-30 minutes during each of the two conference periods (see syllabus for conference dates that replace normal class meetings). Failure to attend a conference will be counted as two absences from class. 4. Access class assignments, etc., on
the I-Drive, on Blackboard (internet course
organizer at http://www.sru.edu/pages/4291.asp
), and from the library's Electronic Library Reserve at
http://doculib.sru.edu/default.asp.
5. Late Work: Deducted points for each week-day an assignment is late: - 10 points. Deducted points for each class day a Reader Response is late: 1 point. 6. Absence: Absence and tardiness are strongly discouraged. For each unexcused absence above two (one week of class), 25 points will be deducted from your final grade. Absences beyond two will be excused only if documentation from a dean or medical doctor is provided. 7. Plagiarism: Plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated. If you submit any work that is not the product of your own study and efforts, you will receive a grade of F for that work and perhaps for the course. Serious offenses will be reported. (Note: It is wise to remember that whatever a student can look up on the internet, a professor can as well. In addition, your professor subscribes to a "Find Plagiarized Papers" service.) 312C Spotts World Culture Bldg., 738-2358 Office Hours: TTh 1:45-3:15, W 3-5
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Sherman Alexie
Also:
101 3-Ring Textbook for you to compile from handouts, I-Drive,
Blackboard, and Electronic Library Reserve. See Table of Contents on
I-Drive and Blackboard. 
Sept. 30
3-Ring #10 "The Historical
Structure" 
Oct.
14 Essay #2 Reports Continued (Meet at regular time)
Oct.
28 Life of Pi, 3-Ring #16 & 18 "Bad
Eyes" & Pi Reviews 
3-Ring #25 from Nickel and Dimed
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
