Rosemary Dibben
(707)965-6759, rdibben@puc.edu
English Dept.
McKibbin Hall, 1 Angwin Ave.
Angwin, CA 94508
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Week of
August 16 to 20 | |||
| Mon | Syllabus, text choices list, "E-mail to Teacher" assignment (due Fri.), read "Shock Tactics" by Saki & discussion. | ||
| Wed | Journal #1, grammar pretest, "Getting to Know You" assignment, "The Lumber Room" by Saki. Hmwk: assess book collection at home for the books we have selected for this class. | ||
| Fri | Read aloud "The Hen" by Saki. Discussed Saki themes. Hmwk: look at all three stories and develop a list of similarities (due Mon., Aug. 23). | ||
| Week of August 23 to
27 | |||
| Mon | Syllabus quiz. Discuss Saki similarities lists. Begin Merchant of Venice. Distribute textbooks. Read from Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare aloud in class. Discuss play and process for studying it. Hmwk: read intro to play in the version you have. | ||
| Wed | Begin watching The Merchant of Venice. Hmwk: read essay handouts distributed in class. | ||
| Fri | Continue watching The Merchant of Venice. Hmwk: complete essay handout reading. | ||
| Week of August 30 to
September 3 | |||
| Mon | Journal #2. Continue watching The Merchant of Venice. Hmwk: Make a relationship chart incorporating all of the characters in the play (due Wed). | ||
| Wed | Journal #3. Collect relationship charts. Finish watching The Merchant of Venice. Discussion and notes: What is the play about? Is TMOV anti-semitic? Why or why not? Hmwk: pick a passage (minimum 20 lines) to memorize and present dramatically to the class on Fri, Sept. 10. Pairs are OK (40 lines minimum, 20 line each). | ||
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Journal #4. Notes on the board about the writing process. Introduction of essay topics (pick one):
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| Week of September 6 to
10 | |||
| Mon | No class: Labor Day | ||
| Wed | No class: Community Service Day & Teacher In-Service | ||
| Fri | Journal #5. Dramatic presentations of TMOV passages. Hmwk: Pick essay topic to begin work on in class on Monday. | ||
| Week of September 13 to
17 | |||
| Tues (schedule change) |
Journal #6. Intro to Turnitin.com discussion forum. Sign up in class using these instructions. Pre-writing/thinking/planning stage on TMOV essays. Begin watching "In Search of Shakespeare" (Michael Wood). Return old assignments. Re-do relationship charts (due Monday). Hmwk: Read chapter section by Michael Wood distributed in class (pp. 204-6, Shakespeare). Complete thinking/planning, pre-writing stage of TMOV essay (for Wed.). By Friday, make an initial posting the Turnitin.com discussion forums for this class. (Use standard American English, and revise and proofread before you click the "Submit" button. Suggestion: you may want to use a word processing program to compose your reply and then copy and paste it into the reply box--after you have proofread it and run the spell checker.) | ||
| Wed | Check off thinking/planning stage of TMOV essay. (Repeat of memorization presentations for better grades.) Work on TMOV essay outlines in class. Continue watching "In Search of Shakespeare." Hmwk: complete outlines to bring to class on Friday. Complete discussion forum postings. | ||
| Fri | One initial posting to the Turnitin.com discussion forums should be completed by today. Collect TMOV essay outlines. Continue watching "In Search of Shakespeare." Hmwk by next Fri: make two new response postings (or one new initial posting) to the discussion forum. | ||
| Week of September 20 to
24 | |||
| Mon | Journal #7. Collect revised TMOV relationship charts. Notes on ways to make outlines more useful. Continue watching "In Search of Shakespeare." Hmwk: complete a detailed outline for Wed. By Friday, complete your one new initial posting or two new response postings to the discussion forum (assigned last Fri). | ||
| Wed | Journal #8. Check off detailed outlines. Work on rough drafts in class. Continue watching "In Search of Shakespeare." Hmwk: Complete additional postings to discussion forums. E-mail exact thesis statement to rdibben@puc.edu. Bring complete rough draft to class on Monday | ||
| Fri | One new initial posting or two new response postings to the Turnitin.com discussion forums should be completed by today. No journal. Notebook check in class. Continue watching "In Search of Shakespeare." | ||
| Week of September 27 to
October 1 | |||
| Mon |
Journal #9. Check off completed rough drafts. Peer review of rough draft. Continue "In Search of Shakespeare." Hmwk: for Wednesday, revise rough draft. (Base revision on peer review and your own thoughts on how to make your essay stronger.) Final draft of essay due next Monday. (You are invited to conference with the teacher during this week before writing your final draft.) | ||
| Wed | Journal #10. Check off second rough draft. Peer review of second rough draft. Proofreading and editing notes. Review for TMOV test, Fri. Continue viewing "In Search of Shakespeare." Hmwk: study for test and complete final posting to discussion forum. | ||
| Fri | You should have completed your next posting to the discussion forum by today. TMOV test. Hmwk: Complete final draft for Mon. Submit to Turnitin.com and bring hard copy to class--along with all pre-work, drafts, and supporting material in a pocket folder. | ||
| Week of October 4 to
8 | |||
| Mon | Due at the beginning of class: Turn in final draft, all pre-work, rough drafts, and supporting material in a pocket folder. Journal # 11. Go to computer lab to submit essays to Turnitin.com (instructions hndt). Intro: Eats, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynne Truss. Intro: Punctuation Project. Read ESL (Eats, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynne Truss ) Forward and Preface aloud in class. Hmwk: Read ESL Introduction. | ||
| Wed | Party to celebrate a job well done! Listen to "Cutting a Dash" radio program on apostrophes. Hmwk: Read ESL chapter, "The Tractable Apostrophe," pp. 35-67. (Continue with notes for Punctuation Manual Project.) | ||
| Fri | Journal #12. Read ESL chapter, "That'll Do, Comma," pp. 68-102. Hmwk: Complete reading of comma chapter. (Continue with notes for Punctuation Manual Project.) | ||
| Week of October 11 to
15 | |||
| Mon | Journal #13. Reading quiz. Listen to more "Cutting a Dash" radio program. Read ESL chapter, "Airs and Graces," pp. 103-131. Hmwk: Read ESL chapter, "Cutting a Dash," pp. 132-167. (Continue with notes for Punctuation Manual Project.) | ||
| Wed | English notebook check today! Journal #14. Reading quiz. Read ESL chapters, "A Little Used Punctuation Mark" and "Merely Conventional Signs," pp. 168-204. (Continue with notes for Punctuation Manual Project.) | ||
| Fri | Journal #15. Complete ESL reading and and notes for Punctuation Manual Project (due Wed., Oct. 20). | ||
Syllabus | Assignments | Notebook