readings, discussions, lectures

Very important note: all assigned readings are required! Do not just do one or two items when several are listed; your discussions should demonstrate you've done all of the reading. Be sure to include documented quotations with parenthetical citations. If not, you will not earn full points.

Readings are to be done ASAP during the weeks in which they are listed below. Unless otherwise noted, the readings are available on Etudes under Resources > Additional Readings.

Click on the discussion, and lecture links each week to go to that week's discussions and lecture. There may be further links to click on some weeks.

Look at information on paper topics well in advance of paper due dates.

WEEK 1 (6/19-6/25)

  • Lecture 1

  • Orientation Assignment (due 7/20)
    Yes, this is the second day of class!
    Feel free to turn this in early

  • Discussion 1 (due 6/23)
    postings are typically due Fridays;
    responses continue until noon (not midnight) Sundays

 Reading:

IMPORTANT! before the first day of the semester e-mail me at: jrcorbally@gmail.com.

AND REMEMBER unless otherwise noted here on the Schedule, readings can be found on Etudes in the Resources section under Readings.

  • "All About Suicide"
  • The Collected Graphic Fiction
BEGIN Station Eleven
(the novel is due Week 3; don't worry, it goes fast!)
(this is not on Etudes; you must buy the novel or check it out of a public library)
WEEK 2 (6/26-7/2) Reading:

  • "A&P"

  • "How to Talk to Your Mother (Notes)"

You may also want to get a start on Stories for Paper 1 (on Etudes);
reading choices are listend on the Paper 1 assignment page.
WEEK 3A: first part of the week (7/3-7/5) Paper 1 - short (due 7/5, Wednesday) Reading:
  • Stories for Paper 1

NOTE: you should be finishing Station Eleven; be sure you have read and understood the Station Eleven Project. There are several choices for you to make; the project involves two papers (a research paper and a creative-but-practical work).

ALSO NOTE: the first part of the project, the Station Eleven Proposal (which has very specific requirements) is due Friday; be sure you have looked over what is required for the proposal and looked at the sample proposals on Etudes.
WEEK 3B: second part of week (7/6-7/9)

Be sure you have read over all of the information on your Station Eleven Project options. There is a lot to read (follow all three links/pictures), but you need to see what each kind of project requires in order to make a decition about which you want to do.

Station Eleven Proposal (due 7/7, Friday)
 
Be sure you looked at what to submit and how to submit it; do not guess. There are samples on Etudes for you to look at.

Consider getting this in early. They often have to be redone.

 Reading:
  • Station Eleven (yes, you should have completed the whole novel)

Note: Don't Panic! The following few readings are very short; we are going to relate them to the novel.

  • "Ozymandias"
  • "Not marble, nor the gilded monuments"
  • "Museum Piece"
  • (Optional): "Interface" or Pilgrim in the Microworld by David Sudnow

IMPORTANT: If you do not get your project approved, your research and final papers will not be accepted. They DO often have to be reworked and resubmitted.
WEEK 4 (7/10-7/16)
 Reading:
  • "l(a"
  • "The Road Not Taken"

The first poem is actually on the lecture page

NOTE: be sure you have read the lecture How to Write a Research Paper (which was Part of Lecture 2), have looked at the Purdue OWL site to insure you are documenting correctly (MLA standards changed in 2016), and have looked at the sample research papers on Etudes. Yes, the paper is set up the same way you should have done your research paper in English 101, but sometimes students don't realize that that format is for ALL research papers, not just the one you did in English 101. Your Station Eleven Project Research Paper is due next Monday.
WEEK 5 (7/17-7/23) Station Eleven Project Research Paper (due 7/19, Wednesday)

 Reading:

  • "The Cuban Swimmer"

  • "Trying to Find Chinatown"

Both are very short; use the time to finish the research paper :)

NOTE: your Station Eleven Final Project is due next Monday. There are several sample projects to look at on Etudes.
WEEK 6A: first part of the week (7/24) paper Station Eleven: Final Project (due 7/24, Monday)

NOTE: this is due Monday; it may be turned in late with the late penalty, but no late work will be accepted after Friday (7/28)

 Reading:
  • There is no additional reading this week;
    use this time to finish the Station Eleven Project

NOTE: do be sure you read Lecture 8: instructions on how to submit your final project.
WEEK 6B: second part of the week (7/25-7/28)

NOTE: This week's discussion requires no replies; all points will be based on your post.

 Reading:
  • There is no additional reading this week

IMPORTANT NOTE: Friday is the last day of class; no work will be accepted after Friday (7/28).
No late essays accepted after Friday 7/28