Live
World Literature and Composition
2007-2008
Deborah Luoma
Texts:
Silas Marner George Eliot
Modern Library Classics (Random House) 2001
ISBN037575749X
Oliver Twist Charles
Dickens
Penguin Classics 2003
ISBN
Jane Eyre Charlotte
Bronte
Bantam 2003
ISBN0553211404
Frankenstein Mary
Shelley
Penguin Classics 2003
ISBN0141439475
Animal Farm George
Orwell
Signet Classics 2004
ISBN0451526341
Macbeth William Shakespeare
Folger Shakespeare Library 2004
ISBN0743482794
As You Like It
Folger
Shakespeare Library 2004
ISBN074348486X
ISBN0155030280
This
title is available only used.
Kaplan SAT Writing Workbook, 2nd
Edition
Kaplan
Education 2006
ISBN1419541765
Course Description:
This class will offer the students an experience of
literature and writing that will engage their imaginations, their emotions, and
their intellects. We will read great
works from the 19th and 20th centuries which explore the
ideas and world views that surround us today—and while we
will read analytically and critically, we will begin by reading with our hearts
as well.
The class will also focus on the writing of
essays. The students will be writing
bi-weekly essays on topics relating to our literary studies. We will work on developing strong arguments,
constructing appealing introductions and provocative conclusions, researching
and citing outside sources, and crafting clear, direct, and elegant
sentences. The emphasis throughout the
year will be on both content and linguistic style. In addition, we will study vocabulary in
order to add to our resume of words.
Expected Learning Outcomes:
By
the end of the course, the students will:
&
Write clear,
well-organized, correct, and substantive essays of 1,000 words or more;
&
Write a long,
researched essay following MLA guidelines for citation and documentation;
&
Define and spell
approximately 300 new words;
&
Read, analyze,
and respond to an assortment of novels and poetry;
&
Recognize and
correct errors in writing samples and in their own writing.
Grading:
&
Essays: 50%
&
Reading
Responses: 20%
&
Vocabulary
Quizzes: 10%
&
Tests: 20%
Materials:
The
students must come to class each week with the following equipment:
& A three-ring binder, divided into sections and filled with pristine, college-ruled paper,
&
At least two pens
(blue or black ink),
&
The book
we are currently reading and discussing,
&
Completed
homework assignments.
Document Design:
Homework and In-class Writing:
1. Use either blue or black ink, NEVER pencil.
2.
Double-space: skip every other
line. I will not read and grade handwritten
papers which are not double-spaced!!!
3. Write your
name, first and last, in the top right hand corner of your paper.
4. Center the
title on page one.
5. Write on
one side of the paper only.
6. Write
within the margins of your paper.
7. Do not write on paper torn from a spiral
notebook, with shreds of paper waving in the breeze.
Essay format (MLA Guidelines):
1. Use Times New Roman font, size 10 or 12. Do NOT italicize (except titles of books) or
use bold print.
2. Set your margins at 1” or 1 ½” on both sides.
3. Do NOT add extra space between paragraphs.
4. DOUBLE
SPACE!!! I will not read and grade
papers which are single-spaced.
5. Staple your
pages together.
6. Type each of
the following items on a separate line on the first page, flush with the left
margin and double-spaced:
Your
name
The
instructor’s name
The
course name
The date.
7. Always supply a title for your
essays. It should be centered at the top
of page one.
8. Include the page number on each page, flush
with the right margin.
My Expectations:
I expect that my students will do the following:
1.
Complete all assigned reading and writing to turn in when it is due.
2. Read the
full text of the assigned literature, not abridged versions or summaries.
3. Annotate and
respond to the reading.
4. Participate
in classroom discussions and writing workshops.
5. Read
thoroughly, think deeply, and research honestly.
6. Complete all assignments in their own words and by
their own effort.
Course Outline
|
Week |
Date |
|
|
Week One |
9/4,6 |
Silas Marner |
|
Week Two |
9/11,13 |
Silas Marner |
|
Week Three |
9/18,20 |
Silas Marner: Essay #1 |
|
Week Four |
9/25,27 |
Silas Marner |
|
Week Five |
10/2,4 |
Silas Marner: Test #1 |
|
School |
10/9,11 |
|
|
Week Six |
10/16,18 |
Poetry: Sound
and Sense: Essay #2 |
|
Week Seven |
10/23,25 |
Poetry: Sound
and Sense |
|
Week Eight |
10/30, 11/1 |
Poetry: Sound
and Sense: Test #2 |
|
Week Nine |
11/6,8 |
Oliver Twist:
Essay #3 |
|
Week Ten |
11/13,15 |
Oliver
Twist |
|
Thanksgiving |
11/20,22 |
|
|
Week Eleven |
11/27,29 |
Oliver
Twist: Essay #4 |
|
Week Twelve |
12/4,6 |
Oliver
Twist |
|
Week Thirteen |
12/11,13 |
Oliver
Twist: Test #3 |
|
Christmas |
12/18-1/5 |
|
|
Week Fourteen |
1/8,10 |
Jane Eyre:
Essay #5 |
|
Week Fifteen |
1/15,17 |
Jane Eyre |
|
Week Sixteen |
1/22,24 |
Jane Eyre |
|
Week Seventeen |
1/29,31 |
Jane Eyre: Essay #6 |
|
Week Eighteen |
2/5,7 |
Jane Eyre:
Test #4 |
|
Winter Holiday |
2/12,14 |
Frankenstein |
|
Week Nineteen |
2/19,21 |
Frankenstein |
|
Week Twenty |
2/26,28 |
Frankenstein:
Essay #7 |
|
Week Twenty-one |
¾,6 |
Frankenstein |
|
Week Twenty-two |
3/11,13 |
Frankenstein:
Test #5 |
|
Easter |
3/18,20 |
|
|
Week Twenty-three |
3/25,27 |
As You Like
It: Essay #8 |
|
Week Twenty-four |
4/1,3 |
As You Like
It |
|
Week Twenty-five |
4/8,10 |
Macbeth |
|
Week Twenty-six |
4/15,17 |
Macbeth: Essay #9 |
|
Week Twenty-seven |
4/22,24 |
Macbeth:
Test #6 |
|
Week Twenty-eight |
4/29, 5/1 |
Animal Farm |
|
Week Twenty-nine |
5/6,8 |
Animal Farm |
|
Week Thirty |
5/13,15 |
Animal Farm:In-Class Essay |
|
Week Thirty-one |
5/20,22 |
Final
Exam/Research Essay Due |