Syllabus Fall 2014 Riverside High School Dual Credit English
I. English 2342 Introduction to the Novel and Short Story Course Number: 13952 Instructor: Carolyn Martinez-Ross Telephone & Email: 434-70108 cross1@yisd.net Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 4:00-4:30 Room 617 Also by appointment, as necessary
II. Required Textbooks Charters, Ann. The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction, Compact Eighth Edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2011. Print. Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. New York: Bantam Books, 1992. Print. Hacker, Diane. A Writers Reference with Writing About Literature, Seventh Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011. Print. Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. New York: Dover, 1993. Print.
Required Class Materials
3-ring notebook 1.5-2 Composition notebook (NOT spiral bound!) 100 sheets looseleaf notebook paper Flash drive (recommended, not required)
III. Course Requirements In order to pass English 2342/Introduction to the Novel and Short Story, students must attend class regularly, complete all homework assignments, score well on quizzes, and complete all essays with a grade of 70 or better. Students must also pass English 2342 with a minimum final grade of 70 to be able to use this class as a prerequisite for further study at the community college or university level of academia.
The major assignments consist of three reader response essays and two literary analysis essays. Each essay will be approximately 700 to 1000 words. Final essays must be typed using spell check as well as the structural and grammatical guidelines prescribed by The Norton Field Guide to Writing and A Writers Reference. All essays are due on the date assigned. Students are expected to keep an error log with each essay. There are no make-up opportunities for missed quizzes. The student will receive a grade of 0 for missed quizzes. There is no late make-up opportunity for a missed final exam.
Students will also receive grades for participation in class analysis/discussion, daily readings with homework, and unannounced reading/vocabulary quizzes.
Assignments will be graded as follows: Three reader response essays, two literary analysis essays, in-class analysis/discussion, exams, in-class final exam essay...70% Homework, vocabulary quizzes, miscellaneous work..30%
IV. Instructors Requirements Students are expected to attend class without exception as their success in the course often depends on consistent attendance and participation. There will be no make-up opportunities for quizzes. Classes meet Monday through Friday for 48 minutes per day. Students are expected to arrive for class on time, prepared to work on English 2342. If you are frequently late, absent, or unprepared for class you are demonstrating a lack of commitment to the course and may fail or be recommended for withdrawal.
All written assignments must be original work of the student. Downloading essays from the Internet or copying essays from other students may result in a failing grade or expulsion from this class. Please see III.4 on the EPCC Official Course Description.
V. Make-up Work Every student is expected to follow the syllabus regardless of absences. Work is due on the day it is assigned. Absences, excused or unexcused per YISD policy, do not excuse the student from the assignment. Students who are absent when an assignment is due may submit it via e-mail or send a hard copy to the Riverside High School Business Office no later than 4:30 pm on the due date.
Make-up Exams
Make-up exams are only allowed if you are participating in an official school-sponsored activity for which you have received prior permission in the form of a signed UIL form issued to me at least 1 week in advance of your anticipated absence. You will be expected to take the exam on a pre-arranged day prior to the regularly scheduled day of the test. Other exceptions may be made in case of emergency and will require official verification such as a doctors note.
All students are expected to read and follow the syllabus.
VI. Extra-Credit There are no extra credit opportunities.
VII. Academic Dishonesty Any form of cheating is unacceptable in this class and may result in a students failure of the course. Plagiarism is stealing or borrowing work or sources from someone else and accepting credit for it as if it were a students original creation.
Plagiarism most frequently occurs when a student is uncertain about how to go about executing an assignment and is frustrated and/or stressed about that assignment. As this is a writing- intensive course, I will become familiar with your writing style very early in the semester and will immediately spot writing that is not your own. Please avoid a situation where you might be tempted to plagiarize by taking advantage of my office hours and/or contacting me via e-mail with questions about any assignment.
In brief:
Students are expected to give credit and acknowledgement to any original authors or work sources used in the creation of the students own original work. Students must produce their own work at all times.
VIII. Miscellaneous Cell phones and electronic devices of any kind are to be turned off before the student enters the classroom. A ringing phone distracts the instructor and other students and will be confiscated per YISD policy. Students are expected to behave in a mature, responsible, and respectful manner to the instructor and other students. Students are further expected to be prepared for any and all unannounced quizzes and to complete the homework assignments listed on the syllabus.
IX. Students with Disabilities See attached Official Course Description.
X. Essay Format All submitted essays for this class must follow the same format: White 8 X 11 paper; black-colored text One inch margin on all sides of paper Times New Roman font, size 12 Double spacing between each line of text Five space indentation to indicate a new paragraph
Essays not in compliance with the aforementioned format will affect the writers final essay grade.
If you do not own a computer with word processing abilities at home, I recommend that you check one out from the Riverside Library. I will be happy to sign permission slips for the library for any Dual Credit 2342 student.
English 2342 Calendar/Fall 2014 SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT INSTRUCTORS DISCRETION
Note: all essays may be re-written and re-submitted for a higher grade throughout the semester; however, only essays submitted on time and on the original due date will qualify for re- submissions. Work may always be submitted in advance of the due date.
Week of August 25 Discuss syllabus/class expectations Read/annotate/discuss Introduction/The Story and its Writer, pp. 1-4; Reading Short Stories and Samuel, pp. 1077-1081 Discuss the elements of fiction: plot Vocabulary assigned: exposition, rising action, turning point, climax, falling action, and denouement Read/annotate/discuss Story of an Hour, pp. 203-204 Read/annotate/discuss Appendix Four Writing About Short Stories (Keeping a Short Story Journal, Using the Commentaries and Casebooks, Getting Ideas for Your Topic and Thesis Sentence), pp. 1108-1113
Week of September 1 NO SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 1 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY Read/annotate/discuss The Lottery, pp. 387-393 Discuss content/format for Reader Response Essay One Work in-class on Reader Response One Essay; in-class peer editing/critiquing Vocabulary Quiz
Week of September 8 Reader Response One Essay due Discuss the elements of fiction: character and setting Vocabulary assigned: protagonist, antagonist, flat characters, round characters, setting Read/annotate/discuss Dsires Baby, pp. 198-202 Read/annotate/discuss A Good Man is Hard to Find, pp. 676-687
Week of September 15 Return Reader Response One Essay; debrief essay; begin work on Reader Response Essay Two rough draft Vocabulary quiz In-class peer editing/critiquing NO SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 18-19DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Week of September 22 Reader Response Essay Two due Discuss elements of fiction: point of view Vocabulary assigned: first-person narration, second-person narration third-person narration, third-person omniscient narration, third-person limited omniscient narration, third-person objective narration Read/annotate/discuss The Interpreter of Maladies, pp. 510-524 Read/annotate/discuss excerpt from Moth Smoke Discuss style Vocabulary assigned: voice, tone, irony, dramatic irony, verbal irony, situational irony, symbol, and allegory Read/annotate/discuss Two Kinds, pp. 784-792
Week of September 29 Discuss elements of fiction: theme Vocabulary assigned: moral judgment, subject, and theme Read/annotate/discuss The Yellow Wallpaper, pp. 339-351. Read/annotate/discuss Types of Literary Papers (Explication & Analysis), pp. 1113- 1118 Begin work on rough draft of Reader Response Three Essay; return Reader Response Essay Two; debrief essay Vocabulary quiz
Week of October 6 In-class peer editing/critiquing Final draft of Reader Response Essay Three due PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES OCTOBER 7 Vocabulary quiz Review background information on the Victorian Period, Fin de Siecle, and the Aesthetic Movement Begin to Read/annotate/discuss the Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 1-2 of Dorian Gray
Week of October 13 Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 3-4 of Dorian Gray Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 5-6 of Dorian Gray Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 7-8 of Dorian Gray
Week of October 20 Return and debrief over Reader Response Essay Three Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 9-11 of Dorian Gray Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 12-13 of Dorian Gray Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 14-15 of Dorian Gray
Week of October 27 Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 16-17 of Dorian Gray EARLY RELEASE OCTOBER 29CAMPUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 17-20 of Dorian Gray Final discussion over The Picture of Dorian Gray Create thesis for Literary Analysis Essay One
Week of November 3 Begin work on rough draft of Literary Analysis Essay One In-class peer editing/critiquing Final draft of Literary Analysis Essay One due; Introduction to Kate Chopin, early 20 th century womens fiction, and banned books Read/annotate/discuss Ch. I-VI of The Awakening Read/annotate/discuss Ch. VII-XIII of The Awakening
Week of November 10 NO SCHOOL NOVEMBER 11VETERANS DAY Read/annotate/discuss Ch. XIV-XVI of The Awakening Read/annotate/discuss Ch. XVI-XIX of The Awakening Read/annotate/discuss Ch. XX-XXV of The Awakening
Week of November 17 Read/annotate/discuss Ch. XXVI-XXVIII of The Awakening Read/annotate/discuss Ch. XXIX-XXXII of The Awakening Read/annotate/discuss Ch. XXXIII-XXXIX of The Awakening EARLY RELEASE NOVEMBER 19CAMPUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Week of November 24 NO SCHOOL-THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week of December 1 Final discussion over The Awakening Begin working on thesis/rough draft of Literary Analysis Essay Two In-class peer editing/critiquing Revising final draft of Literary Analysis Essay Two
Week of December 8 December 8: Final draft of Literary Analysis Essay Two due; review for final exam essay December 9: Last day to submit any rewritten essays; In-Class Final Exam Essay Day One December 10: In-class Final Exam Essay Day Two December 11: Course evaluations December 12: Return Literary Analysis Essay Two; In-class Final Exam essays returned
Week of December 15 Read/annotate/discuss The Dead pp. 434-464 Final vocabulary quiz
Read the syllabus daily. Read ahead and annotate carefully. If you are absent, you are still responsible for the work assigned on that day. Illness, school activities, or personal issues do not excuse you from assignments, especially essays that are assigned ahead of time. Late work will not be accepted. You are expected to bring your books, notebook, paper, pens, or other assigned materials every day. Save your essays on a jump drive. You are expected to maintain a notebook or binder containing all your essays, notes, error logs, etc. You are expected to attend class every day prepared to participate in discussion of the material that you will have read and annotated the night before. Your active participation will make a difference in your success in this class. All students should participate in the discussions daily. Interactive discussion among students aids the learning process and exposes you to new ideas that may be vital in your academic career. .