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Sunday, August 20
First pre-semester meeting, 1:00 We will introduce ourselves, go over some information for registration, and discuss course planning in terms of majors, concentrations, spikes, and bumps. We will then talk about discussion dynamics in college courses. We will also discuss content- and process-related goals for our class time.
Thursday, August 24 The following readings are optional but highly recommended, especially the first two:
This is the first regular 8:30 Tutorial meeting. We will continue our conversation about plans and goals for the course.
Tuesday, August 29
Today's class session will be devoted first to a discussion of quotation practices and second to a group writing contest in which every student needs to have done the readings carefully in order to explain the group's answers. Be ready.
Thursday, August 31
Group 1 response: The first of these readings comes from a perspective based mostly in humanistic and social scientific approaches to laughter. The other two describe recent developments in science and, in some ways, social science. Chose one specific moment in one of the readings where the author begins to address an issue that crosses disciplinary lines. Quote the author and use that moment as the starting point for your response.
Tuesday, September 5
Note: here and throughout this syllabus, when there are two kinds of readings for a given day, the first (less indented) list of readings is required, while the second (more indented) list of readings is supplemental and optional. Here, for example, the two fairy tales are required readings, but the Wikipedia page is optional. Group 2 response: Many of you probably knew these stories as children, and most of you probably have not read them recently. (If that description does not match your experience, adjust your response accordingly.) Discuss what you see in fairy tales as grizzled young adults that you do not expect to find in fairy tales. What details jump out at you? How can you make sense of these two stories fitting in the same genre of the "fairy tale"?
Thursday, September 7
Group 3 response: Following up on the class discussion of fairy tales, write about an element of the film that seems out of place in the simple love story that structures the plot of The Princess Bride. What strikes you as unusual and interesting in the film, and why?
Tuesday, September 12
Be ready to tell a joke in class. Make it a clean one. Our discussion will focus on the structures of jokes and papers, and what they might have to do with each other.
Thursday, September 14 Today we will have class at the library to get at introduction to its physical and digital holdings. Your assignment for today is to assemble a calendar of your semester that includes your regular obligations (such as class meetings) and unusual tasks (such as papers and exams). Ideally, your calendar will send you email reminders in advance of unusual tasks; Google's and Yahoo's free calendars will allow you to do that, or you may have a calendar you already use on your computer. Before Thursday's class session, email me a brief report on how your semester looks, especially noting any serious clusters of exams and papers. Your assignment for Tuesday will be to write a paragraph describing your idea for a paper topic, with a provisional thesis if you have one. These will be due via email by 5:00 Monday afternoon. We will have individual conferences on Tuesday to discuss your topics.
Tuesday, September 19
We will have brief individual conference to discuss your calendars and (especially) your paper ideas today.
Thursday, September 21 Workshop #1: papers from ** and **, with respondents ** and **.
FIRST PAPER DUE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND Writers of papers for Workshop 1 can have an automatic extension until 2:00 Monday.
Tuesday, September 26
Group 1 response: Choose a specific passage that you would like us to discuss in class and explain your choice.
Thursday, September 28
Group 2 response: Choose a passage that takes our first discussion of the play in a new direction. Explain how your passage relates to our previous discussion and where you think it can take us.
Tuesday, October 3
Group 3 response: Like Group 2 last time, choose a passage that takes our previous discussions of the play in a new direction. Explain how your passage relates to our previous discussions and where you think it can take us.
Thursday, October 5
Group 1 response: Discuss some element of Branagh's production that provides an interesting interpretation of a textual moment we discussed in class. Use that element as a way to talk about the way the film interprets the written text we read. Because this is a film, you do not have to observe the usual time for submitting responses; just post your response to the discussion board sometime before class and bring it to class. You will read it aloud.
Tuesday, October 10 Workshop #2: papers from ** and **, with respondents ** and **.
Thursday, October 12 Workshop #3: papers from ** and **, with respondents ** and **.
SECOND PAPER DUE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13TH Writers of papers for Workshop 3 can have an automatic extension until 2:00 Monday. Because Monday is part of Fall Break, these papers can be submitted by email.
FALL BREAK Tuesday, October 24
Group 2 response: Open response.
Thursday, October 26
Group 3 response: Open response.
Tuesday, October 31 We meet at the library today to learn about finding different kinds of research sources. We will use Austen as the basis of our case study.
Thursday, November 2
Group 1 response: Open response.
Tuesday, November 7 Workshop #4: papers from ** and **, with respondents ** and **.
THIRD PAPER DUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH Writers of papers for Workshop 4 can have an automatic extension until 2:00 Friday.
Thursday, November 9 Today's assignment is to fill out a full four-year course plan and to write about a page explaining the choices you made. This exercise, like our earlier discussions about long-term course planning, is meant to help you see what it's like to make a set of choices, not to lock you into anything or close off options. We will have individual conferences today, and you should bring your course plans, short essays, and backup plans for the spring to your conference.
Tuesday, November 14
Group 1 oral presentations: Prepare your response as a short oral presentation of the same length as a normal response. As you write it, have in mind that you will be speaking to the class. When we talk about your presentation, we will discuss the effectiveness of the presentation itself as well as the content of your response.
Thursday, November 16
Group 2 oral presentations: (This is the same assignment that Group 1 had for Tuesday.) Prepare your response as a short oral presentation of the same length as a normal response. As you write it, have in mind that you will be speaking to the class. When we talk about your presentation, we will discuss the effectiveness of the presentation itself as well as the content of your response.
Tuesday, November 21
Group 3 oral presentations: (This is the same assignment that Groups 1 and 2 had last week.) Prepare your response as a short oral presentation of the same length as a normal response. As you write it, have in mind that you will be speaking to the class. When we talk about your presentation, we will discuss the effectiveness of the presentation itself as well as the content of your response.
THANKSGIVING BREAK
Tuesday, November 28 Workshop #5: papers from ** and **, with respondents ** and **.
Thursday, November 30 Workshop #6: papers from ** and **, with respondents ** and **.
FOURTH PAPER DUE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1ST Writers of papers for Workshop 6 can have an automatic extension until 2:00 Monday. Tuesday, December 5 Day 1 of portfolio presentations
Thursday, December 7 Day 2 of portfolio presentations
PORTFOLIOS DUE WEDNESDAY,
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