ENG 4U1 Course Schedule – Spring 2016 Note: The following timeline is an estimate of when course material will be studied at given points throughout the semester. Timeline at a glance: ●
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writer's workshop – Feb. 4/16 > March 7/16 ISU – Feb.4/16 >April 19/16 Hamlet​
– March 8/16 > April 8/16 power of art and role of the artist – April 11/16 > April 28/16 otherness – April 29/14 > May 18/16 literature circles – May 19/16 > June 13/16 ​
grammar assignments and quizzes are completed throughout the course *Page references are assumed to be for the ​
Echoes​
anthology unless another text (grammar workbook, novel, ​
Hamlet​
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Day 1) course intro., begin writer's workshop unit – attendance, seating, course outline – introductory survey – read Frye article, complete questions week of Monday, February 8/16 Day 2 – discuss Frye questions, assign response – work period Day 3 – assign ISU, discuss handout – critical reading mini­lesson – work period Day 4 – ​
*Frye responses due* – logical fallacy skits Day 5 – sign out ​
Echoes​
, assign "Closing" (325) Day 6 – discuss "Closing", assign ​
BNW​
excerpt (331) week of Tuesday, February 16/16 Tuesday, February 16/16 ​
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*ISU novel choice due with rationale* Day 7 – discuss ​
BNW​
, assign Pyle (357) for Mon. – assign Bacon (344), Wallace (406), Layton (337), Morrison (367), Crozier (368), Wiesel (443), Reid (318) to be read for Tues. Day 8​
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discuss Pyle – work period, verify more novel choices Day 9 – reading time – introduce group presentation based on previously assigned readings Day 10 – reading time – introduce persuasive essays – group work period week of Monday, February 22/16 Day 11 – reading time – writing exercise, break down Wiesel paragraph – group prep. Day 12 – reading time – outline grammar exercises – essay presentations begin ​
Day 13 – reading time – complete essay presentations – take up grammar #52: parallel structure Day 14 (media) – reading McLuhan, ​
Echoes​
(527­34), questions #1­4 (535) Day 15 – discuss McLuhan – assign “Warner/Roadrunner” (536, #1­3) and Iyer (539­40, #1­3) week of Monday, February 29/16 Day 16 – discuss readings + “Transmission Difficulties” – view excerpt from ​
Manufacturing Consent​
, Chomsky Day 17 – discuss Chomsky – introduce ​
age of persuasion – persuasive essay/ seminar work period Day 18 – reading time – take up more grammar #23: sentence fragments – show exemplar – media seminar/essay work period Day 19 – media seminars begin Friday, March 4 – *persuasive essay due* Day 20 – media seminars continue week of Monday, March 7/16 Day 21 – media seminars finish Tuesday, March 8/16 – *ISU journals/quotation analysis/statement of intent due* Day 1 (​
Hamlet​
unit) – intro., motif tossing Days 2 & 3 – ​
Hamlet​
tableaux video (discussion too); introduce Oxford Next Day 4 ​
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Hamlet ​
video, scene comparison March 14­18/16 – MARCH BREAK week of Monday, March 21/16 Days 5 & 6 ​
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Hamlet ​
video, scene comparison Tuesday, March 22/16 – ISU Preliminary Analysis due/ student conference week Days 7 & 8​
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Hamlet ​
video Thursday, March 24/16 – Interim Progress Reports Friday, March 25/16 – GOOD FRIDAY Monday, March 28/16 – EASTER MONDAY week of Tuesday, March 29/16 Days 9 & 10 ​
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Hamlet​
video Tuesday, March 29/16 –​
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*ISU thesis and outline due* Day 11​
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Hamlet ​
activities: tapping in, character frieze Day 12 – theme search, group work – set up ​
Hamlet​
roles week of Monday, April 4/16 Day 13 – theme presentations Days 14 & 15 – work periods: seminar prep., Day 16 – ​
Hamlet​
seminars Thursday, April 7/16 – parent/teacher interviews Day 17 – ​
Hamlet ​
quotation analysis, in­class week of Monday, April 11/16 Day 1 – begin "role of artist and power of art" unit – grammar, reading time – role of story survey – assign "Lady of Shallot" (80) Day 2 – reading time, grammar – take up "Lady of Shallot" (89­90, #1­4) – chivalry tradition, Arthurian legend – assign "Mountain and the Valley" (98, #1 & 3) Day 3 – reading time, grammar – take up "Mountain" – "Glory in the Flower", read in class Day 4 – reading time, grammar – discuss important scenes from "Glory in the Flower" Day 5 – reading time, grammar – introduce poems (195, 196, 2, 4, 31, 31, 36, 64, 68), for poetry pres. Friday, April 15/16 – *ISU rough draft due* (for peer­editing) week of Monday, April 18/16 Day 6 – reading time, grammar, discuss prelim. analysis – work on poetry presentation Tuesday, April 19/16 – *ISU essay due (with rough work)* Day 7 – present poetry – read "Purposes of Fantasy" (422) Day 8 – finish presenting poetry – respond to "Purposes" – begin ​
Drawer Boy​
, read as a class Day 9 – finish reading ​
DB​
, complete questions #1, 3a, 3b, 4, 5 (189) ​
Day 10​
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take up ​
DB​
questions, work period: seminar prep. week of Monday, April 25/16 Day 11 – work period: seminar prep. Days 12 & 13 – "art and artist" seminars ​
Day 14 – "art and artist" quotation analysis, in­class Friday, April 29/16 – Mid­Term Reports out Day 1(otherness) – intro., paintings week of Monday, May 2/16 Day 2 – read “Going to the Moon” Day 3 – discuss “Going to the Moon” Day 4 – begin film Day 5 – grammar – finish film Day 6 – grammar – discuss film week of Monday, May 9/16 Day 7 – begin ​
Grapes of Wrath – intro. to Great Depression, Woody Guthrie Days 8­10 – reading ​
Grapes of Wrath – seminar prep. Day 11 – discussing ​
Grapes of Wrath – work period: seminar prep. week of Monday, May 16/16 Day 12 – "other" seminars Day 13 – "other" seminars Day 14 – "other" response Day 1 ​
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lit. circles intro., group prep. – grammar pres. Day 2 – prep for meeting #1 – grammar pres. Monday, May 23/16 – Victoria Day week of Tuesday, May 24/16 Day 3 – meeting #1 – grammar pres. Day 4 – prep. for meeting #2 – grammar pres. Day 5 – meeting #2 – grammar pres. Day 6 – set up creative assignments – prep. for meeting #3 – grammar pres. week of Monday, May 30/16 Day 7 – meeting #3 – work period: creative Day 8 – prep. for meeting #4 – grammar pres. Day 9​
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meeting #4 – grammar pres. Day 10 – prep. for meeting #5 – grammar pres. Day 11 – meeting #5 – creative prep.
week of Monday, June 6/16 Day 12 – presentations: creative ​
Day 13 – work period: seminar prep. Wednesday, June 8/16 – (Quiet Period Begins) Day 14 – work period: seminar prep Days 15 & 16 – lit. circle​
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seminars week of Monday, June 13/16 Day 17 – lit. circle argument, in­class Day 1 – ​
Exam Review Day 2 – ​
Exam Review Friday, June 17/16 – Part I of Exam, Sight Passage
week of Monday, June 20/16 Monday, June 20/16 –​
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Last Day of Semester II classes Tuesday, June 21/16 – Exam, Part II: Argument, A116, 9­11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 22/16 – EXAMS: Day 2, Period 2 Thursday, June 23/16 – EXAMS: Day 3, Period 3 Friday, June 24/16 – EXAMS: Day 4, Period 4 week of Monday, June 27/16 Monday, June 27/16 – EXAM MAKEUP DAY Tuesday, June 28/16 > Thursday, June 30/16 – PA Days