Class Syllabus
Fall 2006 – English Composition
II
INSTRUCTOR: Anna
Georgantonis-Keah
CAMPUS: PCM Course – 16-week – August 28 –
COURSE NUMBER: ENGL 1302
COURSE SECTION: 064
COURSE SYNONYM: 40814
CLASS TIME: Ongoing
OFFICE HOURS: Saturday –
E-MAIL: akeah@austincc.edu
The following
textbooks and materials are required:
Lostracco – Analyzing Short Stories - Sixth
Edition
English
Composition II Folder (ACC bookstores)
There are certain
guidelines, which we will follow:
1. Attendance is not ‘required’ for online
classes, but it is extremely important that
you keep up with discussions and
writing deadlines. Plan to check into
our Blackboard class forum on a
regular basis.
2. Only one “new” paper submission can be
turned in at a time. More than one revision can be submitted at a time,
however. Turn in revisions promptly.
3. Intellectual interaction and discussion
about assigned essays is encouraged. Feel free to share your insights with the rest of the class on the Blackboard Discussion
Board. Remember to show respect to
others, especially those expressing
views different from your own.
5. Papers are to be written and saved on a
computer disk or your hard drive since you will
be editing all submissions and resubmitting your papers to me after I have
reviewed
them. One double-spaced, typed page
with 1” margins all around at 12 pt. font will be considered 300 words.
6. The departmental syllabus (“English
1301 – Composition II Course Syllabus”) will be followed for grading purposes; however, class assignments may vary
according to my syllabus (Class
Syllabus).
Timeline
Due Dates
Aug 28 – Sept 3 Influence
of Literature on Our Lives
Online
Orientation Online
Orientation Quiz Due
Sept 4 Labor Day Holiday
Sept 5-10 Central Idea Lecture and Handout – Review of Departmental and
Class
Syllabi
Read Ray
Bradbury’s “August 2002 Night Meeting.”
Discussion Board – Provide comments to
classmates about your impression of the work and
interpretation of
the central idea.
Sept 11-17 Assignment – Paper 1 – Write a one-page
(300-word) essay analyzing Bradbury’s work for central idea.
Discussion of essay requirements and format.
Sept 25-Oct 1 Characterization Lecture and Handout –
Read Ann Beattie’s “Janus”
(characterization).
Discussion Board – Provide comments to
classmates about your impression of the work and
interpretation of characterization in regard to the characters in the
work. Paper 1 Due (Oct 1)
Oct 2-8 Assignment
– Paper 2 – Write a one to two-page (300-600 word) essay analyzing Beattie’s work for
characterization.
Conflict Lecture and Handout –
Read Stephen
Crane’s “The Blue Hotel.”
Discussion Board – Provide comments to
classmates about your impression of the work and
interpretation of conflict in regard to the work Paper
2 Due (Oct 8)
Oct 9-15 Assignment – Paper 3 – Write a one
to two-page (300-600 word) essay analyzing Crane’s work for conflict.
Point of View
Lecture and Handout – Read Joyce Carol Oats’ work, “Where
Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”
Discussion Board – Provide comments to
classmates about your impression of the work and analysis
of point of view in the work. Paper 3 Due (Oct 15)
Oct 16-22 Assignment – Paper 4 – Write a one
to two-page (300-600 word) essay analyzing Oat’s work for point of
view.
Setting Lecture and Handout –
Read Ernest
Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants.”
Discussion Board – Provide comments to
classmates about your impression of the work and
interpretation of setting and its influence on the
meaning of the work.
Paper 4 Due (Oct 22)
Oct 23-29 Assignment
– Paper 5 – Write a two-page (600-word) essay analyzing Hemingway’s
work for setting.
Language Lecture and Handout –
Read John
Updike’s “Separating.”
Discussion Board – Provide comments to
classmates about your impression of the work and
interpretation of
language in
the work. Paper
5 Due (Oct 29)
Oct 30-Nov 5 Assignment – Paper 6 – Write a
two-page (600-word) essay analyzing Updike’s work for language and tone.
Tone Lecture and Handout – Read Gabriel Garcia
Marquez’s “A Very Old Man
With Enormous Wings.”
Discussion Board – Provide comments to
classmates about your impression of the work and
interpretation of tone in regard to the work. Paper
6 Due (Nov 5)
Nov 6–Nov 12 Assignment – Paper 7 – Write a two page
(600-word) essay analyzing Marquez’s work for all
seven elements in preparation for the “C” test. Lecture on “C” test format.
Nov 13-19 “B” Paper Lecture – Single-Element Approach to
Literary Analysis and Evaluation Approach Paper
7 Due (Nov 12)
Nov 14 – 18 “A” Paper Lecture – Comparison/Contrast
Nov 20 – 26 Work
Day “B”
Paper Due (Nov 26)
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T D A Y T O
W I T H D R A W---November 27th**********
Nov 27 – Dec 3 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS
Dec 4-10 Work Day “A”
Paper Due (Dec 10)
Last
Week to Take the “C” Test (Dec 10)
Dec 11 – 17 Closure