Monday 7 November: Three-Topic Memo due; Have finished the Tompkins essay for discussion; HW: What is Tompkins' solution to the apparent problem? Answer should be one paragraph uploaded to Jupiter before class
Tuesday 8 November: Discussion of Tompkins' solution; Academic Summary assigned Wednesday 9 November: One-Topic Memo due, refined and beautiful, with details Thursday 10 November: Scholarly and popular sources; credible sources Friday 11 November: No class; half day Monday 14 November: Hot seat opens for academic summary; Research methods; here is worksheet from class Tuesday 15 November: Prep for library trip; use of JSTOR and Google Scholar Wednesday 16 November: Purpose of in-text citations (ohhhhh!) and how works cited pages actually make a lot of sense Thursday 17 November: Poetry OutLoud In-Class Competition; how to save stuff you get at the library so that you don't make a ridiculous mistake resulting in my having to go back and get stuff for you Friday 18 November: UMD Library Field Trip Monday 21 November: Hot seat closes for academic summary; Brush up your sources; begin reading; make sure you can cite Handing in material for the academic summary: If you don't have the stamp, upload your final version and draft work, marked versions, as pdfs to the assignment in Jupiter. In the comment field, note the times you have visited the hot seat and the outcomes. Tuesday 22 November: No class; St. Cecilia's Day; Academic Summary due; preliminary bibliography due (in MLA style; remember to put your research question at the top) Thanksgiving Break The Scarlet Letter will be winter reading for AP Lang. You will receive this book now, and it will be due right after Christmas Break Here is the assignment sheet for the annotated bibliography. Here is the checklist for that assignment. Here is a sample student annotated bibliography. Here is a grid you can use for the stasis grid in Word; as a pdf (This grid has spots for 10 articles; you only need to do 5 articles.) link to Popplet student example stasis grids: Popplet 1, Grid 1, Grid 2, and here is another Popplet that sees the stases in a slightly different way and uses popular sources, but you can get the idea. I like the use of the leftmost box for an author credential--it makes the credential easy to remember and forces you to be concise. Monday 28 November: Workday for annotated bib, stasis grid HW: Read one article or write one entry + grid Tuesday 29 November: Workday for annotated bib, stasis grid; HW: Read one article or write one entry + grid Wednesday 30 November: Field Trip to Shakespeare Theatre to see Much Ado About Nothing; HW: Read one article or write one entry Thursday 1 December: Workshop of two annotations, stasis grid entries Friday 2 December: Begin RA in class, using an AP sample; RA assignment sheet distributed; HW: find your source Monday 5 December: Student samples of 3-page RA; Informal Fallacies; HW: Work on Annotated Bib + Stasis Grid Tuesday 6 December: Informal Fallacies; HW: Work on Annotated Bib + Stasis Grid Wednesday 7 December: Fannie Lou Hamer; Here is the text of the speech; HW: Work on Annotated Bib + Stasis Grid Thursday 8 December: Fannie Lou Hamer; HW: Work on Annotated Bib + Stasis Grid Friday 9 December: Annotated Bib and Stasis Grid due; In-class cold RA; hot seat opens for RA Monday 12 December: Discussion of in-class cold RA Tuesday 13 December: Workday for your RA (hot seat opportunities) Wednesday 14 December: In-class cold RA Thursday 15 December: Intro to American Romanticism/Transcendentalism, The Scarlet Letter Friday 16 December: More Scarlet Letter in class; winter reading guide Monday 19 December: Hot seat closes for RA; last minute tips and admonitions Tuesday 20 December: RA due; Lessons and takeaways Christmas Break! The Scarlet Letter will be due upon our return from Christmas Comments are closed.
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