| Hum 102H, Spring
2011 Office: 413 Cullimore Hall Hours: T, 11:30-12:30; Th, 2:30-3:30, and by appointment Mail: Humanities Dep't, NJIT, Newark, NJ 07102 |
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COURSE
DESCRIPTION
This course
is meant to enhance
your development of communication skills, especially as concerns
writing, following
Hum 101. What is new will be analytical discussions of literature
(fiction,
poetry, drama, as well as some nonfiction). Essay writing will once
again be a key
activity and some class meetings will involve students reading each
other's
work and critiquing it, and thus arriving at a comprehension of what a
workable
and interesting polemical and informed
essay is. Other components of
the course will involve, besides other modes of writing and analytical
reading,
learning how to go about finding material for, composing and
documenting a
researched essay, and presenting ideas to an audience both orally and
visually.
COURSE
TEXTS
Booth,
Alison, J. Paul
Hunter, and Kelly J. Mays. Eds. The
Norton Introduction to Literature. Portable Ed.
Additional Course Readings in Moodle.
http://go.owu.edu/~dapeople/ggpresnt.html
http://www.auburn.edu/~burnsma/oralpres.html
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~riceowl/oral_presentations.htm
http://web.cba.neu.edu/~ewertheim/skills/oral.htm
** Term Paper:
Consists of: 1) a descriptive paper title and subtitle, 2) a
full-length essay, 3) a
bibliography in MLA format and alphabetized. For the purposes of this
assignment, use must be made of at least three secondary research
sources (one
of them hard copy) excluding textbooks, encyclopedias and dictionaries.
N.B.: While one resesarch paper source must be hard copy--and
there is
no substitute for physically going to a library to do research--a
downloaded
article from one of the NJIT Library's databases can be considered as a
hard
copy source (it is best to check with the instructor about the
suitability of
such an article). Research for the essays might begin with the MLA
Bibliography (locally to be found at
the
Rutgers-Newark library research room--ask a librarian there to show you
how it
works)
1/18: Introduction to
the course. Tour of Moodle course platform and model digital portfolio.
1/20: Creation of
schedule for Oral/Visual Group Reports. "Why Science…” (download in
Moodle) due. Discussion of polemical essay form.
1/25: In-class drafting
of Writing Autobiography. Research Roadmap Activity 1 (see in Moodle)
due.
1/27: “President Abbas…”
(download in Moodle) due. Draft 2 of Writing Autobiography (with first,
handwritten, draft attached) due. Discussion of Term Paper topics.
Research
Roadmap Activity 2 (see in Moodle) due.
2/1: Trifles,
pp. 653-63 in Norton Introduction to Literature due.
Discussion
and dramatic readings of the play. Discussion comparing dramatic and
argumentative texts. Research Roadmap Activity 3 (see in Moodle) due.
2/3: No class
meeting.
2/8: Editorial
(composed by group and posted in Moodle) due.
2/10: “Introduction,”
pp. 4-10 & “Girl,” p. 385 in Norton,
& “A Child’s Christmas...” (download in Moodle) due. Discussion of
point of
view, and of voice, in both nonfiction and fiction. Research Roadmap
Activity 4
(see in Moodle) due.
2/15: “Cathedral,” pp.
21-32, "A Conversation...," pp. 32-36, and “Hills Like…,” pp. 114-18
in Norton, and "Alma"
(download in Moodle) due. Discussion of stories. Discussion of
Annotated Bibliography
and Term Paper Announcement (according to guidelines at course website
and
models in Moodle).
2/17: Research Roadmap
In-Class Seminar with Van Houten Library librarian (location TBA—do not report to classroom).
2/22: Memoir or voiced
fiction/autobiography due.
2/24: No class meeting.
3/1: "Flight
Patterns” and “The Management of Grief"
(download in Moodle) due.
Discussion of stories. Discussion
of the polemical essay, its form and purpose. Annotated Bibliography
(of 3
literary-critical secondary sources for Term Paper) due.
3/3: “Love Medicine,
” pp. 269-85 & “Sonny’s Blues,” pp. 81-105 in Norton
due. Discussion of stories.
3/8: “Araby,” pp. 328-32
& “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” pp.
369-80 in Norton due. Discussion
of stories.
3/10: “Those Winter…,”
p. 427, “My Papa’s…,” p. 470, “Daddy,” p. 605 in Norton,
& “Eating Alone,” “My Mother” and other poems (download
in Moodle) due. Discussions of poems. Term Paper Announcement due.
3/22: Polemical Essay 1
(1000-1500 words, researched, fully cited, analyzing one or more short
stories
discussed in class, and fully integrating and utilizing at least two
literary-critical secondary sources) due. Peer reviews of student
polemical
essays.
3/24: No class meeting.
3/29: Draft 2 of
Polemical
Essay 1 (with prior draft and peer-reviewers’ comments attached) due.
3/31: Draft 1 of Polemical
Essay 2, the course Term Paper (2000-2500 words, on a literary work or
works in
Norton but not assigned for class, or
on another topic approved ahead of time by instructor, fully utilizing
at least
three literary-critical secondary sources) due.
4/5: “How Do I…,” pp.
399-400, “To My Dear…,” pp. 411-12 in Norton,
“somewhere i have…” & “Definition…” (download in Moodle) due.
Polemical
Essay 1 (draft 2) returned.
4/7: “This is…,” 472 and
“In a Station…,” 610 in Norton.
“The
Red
Wheelbarrow,” “Inklings”
& other poems (download in Moodle) due.
Discussion of poems.
4/12: Draft 2 of
Polemical Essay 2 (Term Paper) due.
4/14: "Barbie Doll," pp. 416-17,
"Postcard...,," pp. 428-29, "Sudden...," p. 437, "We
Real Cool," p. 444, "Digging," pp. 59-91, &
"Harlem," p. 592 in Norton
due. Discussion of poems. Draft 3 of Polemical Essay 1 (with all prior
drafts, peer
review critiques, and photocopies of sourced texts) due.
4/19-4/28: Individual
Oral/Visual Reports on Term Papers. Polemical Essay 1 (draft 3)
returned on
4/21.
5/3: Final Draft of Term Paper
(with all prior
drafts, peer review critiques, and photocopies of sourced texts
attached—to be
left with Humanities department secretary) due.
5/6: Electronic portfolio (its
URL posted in
Moodle, after setting for public viewing) due.
*** All
assignments, readings, etc., must have been prepared prior
to class meetings on due dates.
Revisions of work must be accompanied, when submitted for evaluation,
by all
prior drafts. Also: Your essays may be read aloud in
class.
COURSE GRADE
Term Paper
(Polemical
Essay 2)
-
25%
Shorter
Polemical Essay
(Polemical Essay 1)
-
10%
Term Paper
Announcement
-
10%
Literary-Critical
Moodle
Posts and Responses (10 original posts and 5 responses)
-
10%
Oral/Visual
Reports
(Group and Individual)
(5% each)
-
10%
Writing
Autobiography
-
5%
Editorial
(Group
Project)
-
5%
Memoir or
Voiced
Fiction/Autobiography
-
5%
Quizzes
-
5%
Annotated
Bibliography
-
5%
Class
Participation
-
5%
Research
Roadmap
Activities
-
5%
SUGGESTED PROTOCOL FOR TEAM ORAL REPORTS
Introduction
Spokesperson for group (preferably Speaker #1 or #4) puts up first viewgraph (topic of report) and defines:
A. Topic of the group report
B. Introduces self and other members of the team (both first and last
names)--Viewgraph #2
C. Explains briefly how the topic has been broken down and what aspect
of the topic each speaker will address.
D. Introduces Speaker #1.
Speaker #1:
A. Thanks spokesperson
B. Restates his/her particular topic (with viewgraph)
C. Addresses topic (with viewgraphs)
D. Introduces Speaker #2
Speaker #2:
A. Thanks Speaker #1
B. Restates his/her particular topic (with viewgraph)
C. Addresses topic (with viewgraphs)
D. Introduces Speaker #3
Speaker #3:
A. Thanks Speaker #2
B. Restates his/her particular topic (with viewgraph)
C. Addresses topic (with viewgraphs)
D. Introduces Speaker #4
Speaker #4:
A. Thanks Speaker #3
B. Restates his/her particular topic (with viewgraph)
C. Addresses topic (with viewgraphs)
D. Asks for Questions (or reintroduces Spokesperson)
Question and Answer Period:
A. Spokesperson asks if there are questions
B. Recognizes questioner and directs question to appropriate member
of team
C. Allows any other member of team to comment
D. After last question, thanks audience.