Updates to Schedule

Hello Everyone,

I noticed that I had mistakenly assigned Spring Break one week late... Therefore, changes in the schedule need to occur. Below you will see the modified schedule for the next few weeks of class. Please make note of the changes, namely when SP#3 and RV#2 are due. These changes are reflected on the Schedule, Readings, & Rubrics page as well.

Thank you,
s.

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Weeks Nine – Twelve ((Drama)) – Writing to Respond, Compare, Analyze, Explicate, and Evaluate

M 3/26
: RL – Intro to Drama (70-78)
: RL – Wasserstein, “The Man in a Case” (17-23)
: RL – Synge, "Riders to the Sea" (874-883)
: Revised Short Paper #1 Due 
: Rubric for Short Paper #3
: e-jrnl#5

M 4/2
: Sartre, No Exit
: e-jrnl#6

M 4/9
: No Classes (Spring Recess)


Weeks Thirteen – Sixteen ((Nonfiction)) – Argument, Critical Thinking, and Research

M 4/16
: Revised Short Paper #2 Due 
: Short Paper #3 Due – Bring two extra copies of your paper to class for a peer-edit

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HW#5 -- Hell, Marriage, & Death

Hello everyone.

I received word from the campus bookstore that Sartre's No Exit is now available. In case you plan on obtaining the text from an outside source, here is the publisher and ISBN of the edition I would like you to purchase.

Vintage: 0679725164

 
And, here is the prompt for e-journal #5.

In a well-developed paragraph, please focus your response on one of the two plays assigned for Monday; i.e., either Wendy Wasserstein's The Man in the Case or John Milington Synge's Riders to the Sea. You can write on one of the following options:

1. Provide a detailed analysis of one character.Why did you choose to focus on this character over others?
2. Offer commentary regarding the play's theme or moral or lesson.
3. Discuss how the structural elements of the play; for example, setting, stage directions, etc., inform your response.
4. Write a subsequent Act to your chosen play, in correct dramatic format. That is, imagine how the play would continue beyond its ending.

As always, providing textual references in correct MLA format in a necessity. Email if you have further questions.

Revision Update!

I am extending the revision of Paper #1 by one week, until 3/26; however, Paper #2 is still due on the 19th. Please visit the Schedule, Readings, and Rubrics page to see this update.

I encourage you to send me emails regarding your papers, #1 or #2, over the remainder of the week. I will be on campus Wednesday morning from 10:30 until 2:30pm (teaching from noon until 2pm). Should you wish to schedule a time to meet that day, shoot me an email to do so.

Remember: Bring three copies of Paper #2 to class on Monday for the peer-edit. To receive revision credit you must attach the marked-up draft of Paper #1 to the revision due on the 26th.

Short Paper #2 Rubric Posted!

The guidelines for Short Paper #2 have been posted on the Schedule, Readings, & Rubrics page. Please refer to this document when composing your second formal writing assignment, due Monday 3/19.