Ashland Community and Technical College ENG 161 Course Title Introduction to Literature Catalog Number and Section ENG 161 Term Semester Fall Year 2015 Course Location Course Campus Location Greenup County High School Room Number 223 Course Meeting Information Meeting Day(s) M-T-W-R-F Meeting Times 4th period Instructor Information Instructor’s Name Mrs. Amanda Hensley Instructor’s Campus Location GCHS Room 223 Instructor’s Office Number: GCHS 223 Instructor’s Telephone Number 606-473-9812 Office Hours: Before school or after school, by appointment Instructor’s Email Address: amiller0089@kctcs.edu amanda.hensley@greenup.kyschools.us . Course Descriptions and Policies Course Description: An analytical approach to literature, specifically focusing on 20th century American literature. This course is intended to deepen the student’s insight into the nature and purpose of literature and to develop literary taste and judgment. Designed especially for non-majors, this course satisfies no requirement of the English major (Offered in Community College System only). Components: Lecture Attributes: Humanities. Course Competencies/Learner Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student can: Analyze the elements of a piece of literature Write with understanding about literary works Read and discuss literature actively and critically Define common literary terms Evaluate and explain the literary worth of a piece of writing Define elements of the major genres Identify links between literary themes and topics and various other disciplines. Course Requisites: Textbooks: Required Texts: No textbook is required for this class as students will be issued a literature textbook from GCHS. Recommended: A good college dictionary and MLA Handbook, 7th edition Course Materials: Internet Access, Software, Library, and Other Course Materials: Daily access to email accounts—please understand that it is your responsibility to check your Greenup County and ACTC email accounts on a daily basis for updates, reminders, etc. Using the Internet—Blackboard and/or other websites will be used to supplement in-class instruction. Internet access is available in the GCHS tech lab; GCHS library; ACTC Learning Assistance Center (LAC), first floor, Goodpaster building; and in the ACTC Library. ALL PAPERS MUST BE COMPLETED USING MICROSOFT WORD or similar word processing program. Library and research assignments will require visits to the ACTC library, GCHS library, and/or local public library. It is necessary to have a notebook/folder to keep your notes, drafts, and other materials organized. A jump drive is also needed for this course, as we will likely move locations throughout the course of writing a paper or working on a project. Grading Criteria: Grading scale for this class is as follows: 90% - 100% = A 80% - 89% = B 70% - 79% = C 60% - 69% = D 59% - 0% = E Course Assignments This course will focus on literature. Major assignments include out-of-class reading homework and definitions, quizzes for each reading assignment, in-class assessments for each unit, and other in-class work and assignments. Basically, the goal of this class is to ensure that you are capable of analyzing and discussing literature at a college level. Besides major assignments, additional course requirements may include reading assignments, discussion questions, class participation, in class activities, revision/editing exercises, quizzes from the reading selections, and grammar reviews. Written Work Policy: All papers should be prepared using Microsoft Word processing. Format for papers will be that of the MLA Handbook. Themes will vary in length, and specific information will be given for each one. Attendance Policy: A student may miss as many as 10 sessions of ENG 161. If a student misses more than 10 sessions of class, he/she will fail the class. No exceptions. Make up and late work policy: All due dates are effective at 3:05 p.m. If an assignment is handed in or emailed after 3:05 it is considered late. Late Pass: A late pass will be issued to each student at the beginning of the semester. If/when a student finds him/herself in an emergency and cannot turn in an assignment on the due date, he/she may use the late pass one time. Please note: late work submitted with a late pass will still loose points (5 points per day) and will not be applicable after assignment is over one week late. Once a student has used his/her late pass, all assignments must be turned in on the due date. Late assignments without a late pass will not be accepted. No assignments will be accepted, even with a late pass, after one week past the due date. Technical Problems? Plan ahead! Computers die, telephone/cable lines may be down during a storm. If your home computer does not work, use one at the GCHS library, the LAC (Goodpaster Building) or the ACTC library. Technical problems or IT related problems are not considered as acceptable excuses for special consideration. The instructor cannot help with technical issues! Please make arrangements with the ACTC tech department for all technical/computer-related problems. They can be reached at as_it@kctcs.edu Withdrawal Policy: From the end of the drop/add period through midterm of the session, a student may withdraw from a course and receive a “W”. From the first day after midterm until the last day of course work of the session, a student may, at the instructor’s discretion, withdraw from a course and the instructor will assign a grade of “W” at withdrawal. The student must initiate the official withdrawal. No grade will be reported for a student who fails to pay registration fees in accordance with established policy or who withdraws by the last day to drop without a grade. “W” – Withdrawal represents a withdrawal from class without completing course requirements. A student may officially withdraw from any class up to and including the date of mid-term with a “W” grade. After the date of mid-term and through the last class of the semester or session, the student may officially request a “W” grade which may be given at the discretion of the instructor. Each instructor shall state on the first or second class meeting the factors to be used in determining the assignment of a “W” grade during the discretionary period. An instructor shall not assign a student a “W” grade for a class unless the student has officially withdrawn from that class in a manner prescribed by the college. The grade of “W” may be assigned by the Community College Appeals Board in cases involving a violation of student academic rights. It may not be assigned to a student found guilty of an academic offense without permission of the instructor in whose class the offense occurred. A president of a college (or designee) may, if the student concurs, assign the grade of “W” to a student who has been reported to the president for unsatisfactory scholarship or excessive absences and who, after being reported, has made no improvement. Last day to drop this class with a grade of W is October 9, 2015 Incomplete Grade Policy “I”–Incomplete represents part of the coursework remains unfinished. It shall be given only when there is a reasonable possibility that a passing grade will result from completion of the work. The instructor shall not give an “I” grade when the reason for incompleteness is unsatisfactory. The instructor and student will contract requirements for completion of course with the time limit for completion not to exceed a maximum of one year; failure to do so will result in a change of grade from “I” to “E”. Each college shall maintain a record of incomplete grades recorded in courses of that college. This record, completed by the instructor at the time the grade “I” is reported, shall include: (1) the name and number of the student; (2) the course number and hours of credit; (3) semester or session and year of enrollment; (4) signature of the instructor; (5) a brief statement of the reason(s) for recording the incomplete grade; and, (6) an adequate guide for removal of the incomplete grade. In the instructor’s absence, the division chairperson or the designee shall forward to the president (or designee) the appropriate letter grade to replace the incomplete grade. . Incomplete grades for this class -- Incomplete grades are at the discretion of the instructor. A grade of "I" will be given only in unusual, emergency circumstances and only if the individual has no more than one or two assignments/tests to make up. ACADEMIC HONESTY STATEMENT HUMANITIES DIVISION ASHLAND COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE AUGUST 31, 1999 The information given below has been taken from Volume VI (Student Affairs Policy Sources), pages 33 and 34 of the KCTCS Faculty Source Book (1999). Sanctions for academic offenses may range from lowering a grade on a paper or assignment to permanent expulsion from the Community College. Refer to the latest edition of the Code of Student Conduct for further details. ARTICLE III ACADEMIC OFFENSES 3.1 PLAGIARISM All academic work, written or otherwise, submitted by a student to an instructor or other academic supervisor, is expected to be the result of the student’s own thought, research, or self-expression. In any case I which a student feels unsure about a question of plagiarism involving the student’s work, the student is obliged to consult the instructor on the matter before submitting it. When a student submits work purporting to be the student’s own, but which in any way borrows ideas, organization, wording or anything else from another source without appropriate acknowledgement of the fact, the student is guilty of plagiarism. Plagiarism includes reproducing someone else’s work, whether it be a published article, chapter of a book, a paper from a friend or some file, or whatever. Plagiarism also includes the practice of employing or allowing another person to alter or revise the work which a student submits as the student’s own, whoever that other person may be. Students may discuss assignments among themselves or with an instructor or tutor, but when the actual work is done, it must be done by the student and the student alone. When a student’s assignment involves research in outside sources of information, the student must carefully acknowledge exactly what, where, and how the student has employed them. If the student uses words of someone else, the student must put quotation marks around the passage I question and add an appropriate indication of their origin. Making simple changes while leaving the organization, content, and phraseology intact is plagiaristic. However, nothing in these Rules shall apply to those ideas which are so generally and freely circulated as to be part of the public domain. Any question of definition shall be referred to the Community College Appeals Board. 3.2 CHEATING Cheating is defined by its general usage. It includes, but is not limited to, wrongfully giving, taking, or presenting any information or material by a student with the intent of aiding the student or another on any academic work. Any question of definition shall be referred to the Community College Appeals Board. . Students with Disabilities Policy: Ashland Community and Technical College is committed to ensuring that all students with disabilities have an equal opportunity in the pursuit of their educational objectives. If you have a disability and need accommodations, contact the Disabled Student Services Coordinator at 606.326.2051 or in Room 215A. You should also inform your instructor(s) of your special needs. Disabilities Coordinator at ACTC is Heather L. Shelton, Disabled Student Services Coordinator, Phone: 606-326-2051, Email: Heather.Shelton@kctcs.edu __________________________________________________________________________ Important dates: (all dates are subject to change) Aug 17: Aug 18: Aug 21: Aug 25: START OF TERM Reading Assignment A is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment B is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment C is due/QUIZ Sept 1: Sept 4: Sept 7: Sept 9: Sept 11: Sept 15: Sept 18: Sept 22: Sept 24: Sept 28: Sept 30: Reading Assignment D due/QUIZ American Dream Assessment (in-class essay) NO SCHOOL Reading Assignment E is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment F is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment G is due/QUIZ Harlem Renaissance Assessment (in-class essay) Reading Assignment H is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment I is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment J is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment K is due/QUIZ Oct 1: Oct 2: Oct 9: Oct 16: Oct 20: Oct 22: Oct 26: Oct 28: Oct 30: Modernism Assessment (in-class essay) NO SCHOOL Midterm Last day to drop class with a “W” Death of a Salesman QUIZ Reading Assignment M is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment N is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment O is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment P is due/QUIZ Responding to War Assessment (in-class essay) Nov 2: Nov 3: Nov 5: Nov 9: Nov 11: Nov 17: Nov 20: Nov 24: Nov 25-27: Nov 30: NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL Reading Assignment Q is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment R is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment S is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment T is due/QUIZ Reading Assignment U is due/QUIZ Integration and Disintegration Assessment (in-class essay) NO SCHOOL To Kill a Mockingbird is due/QUIZ Dec 5: Final Assessment (in-class essay) END OF TERM Reading Assignments Reading Assign ment Page A A A A A B B C 825 831 832 836 837 840 864 875 C C D D 878 891 895 897 E E E E E E 920 925 926 927 930 931 E 933 F F F F F 941 942 946 947 951 F 955 G G G G 960 968 969 974 H H 996 1001 Title Unit 1: The American Dream “Chicago” “Richard Cory” “Miniver Cheevy” “We Wear the Mask” “Sympathy” “Winter Dreams” “America and I” “The New Immigrants” Author Carl Sandburg Edwin Arlington Robinson Edwin Arlington Robinson Paul Lawrence Dunbar Paul Lawrence Dunbar F. Scott Fitzgerald Anzia Yezierska Genre Poem Poem Poem Poem poem Short story Short story Historical background Short story Poem Poem Poem “In the American Society” “My Father and the Figtree” “Defining the Grateful Gesture” “Refugee Ship” Unit 2: Harlem Renaissance Author Study: Langston Hughes “I, Too” “Harlem” “The Weary Blues” “Flute Players” From “Love, Langston” Gish Jen Naomi Shihab Nye Yvonne Sapia Lorna Dee Cervantes “When the Negro Was In Vogue” “My City” “Any Human to Another” “If We Must Die” “A Black Man Talks of Reaping” “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” From “Zora Neale Hurston: A Cautionalry Tale and a Partison View” “My Dungeon Shook” “Life for My Child is Simple” “Primer for Blacks” “Thoughts on the AfricanAmerican Novel” Unit 3: Modernism Author Study: Robert Frost “Acquainted with the Night” Langston Hughes Author Study Poem Poem Poem Poem Newspaper Article memoir James Weldon Johnson Countee Cullen Claude McKay Arna Bontemps Zora Neale Hurston poem poem poem poem Essay Alice Walker Essay James Baldwin Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks Toni Morrison Letter Poem poem Literary criticism Langston Hughes Langston Hughes Langston Hughes Jean-Joseph Ranearivelo Dahleen Glanton Robert Frost Author study Poem H H H H I 1002 1004 1007 1012 1026 I J J 1033 1019 1035 J 1046 K K L 1058 1059 M M N 1077 1083 1089 N O O O 1090 1096 1099 1103 P P P P 1106 1112 1114 1119 Q 1137 Q R R R R S S T T U U U V 1145 1151 1158 1169 1181 1195 1197 1201 1210 1216 1224 1228 “Mending Wall” “Out, Out—“ “Death of a Hired Man” “In Praise of Robert Frost” “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” from The Diaries “The End of Something” “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” “The Man Who was Almost a Man” “Mirror” “Self in 1958” Death of a Salesman Unit 4: Responding to War “Armistice” from Survival in Auschwitz “The Death of the Ball Turrett Gunner” “Why Soldiers Won’t Talk” “Letter from Paradise . . . “ “In Response to Exectuive . . . “ Point/Counterpoint . . . “Ambush” “Camouflaging the Chimera” “Deciding” “At the Justice Department . . .” Unit 5: Integration and Disintegration from “Letter from Birmingham Jail” “Revolutionary Dreams” “Wondering” “The Writer in the Family” “Teenage Wasteland” “Separating” “Mexican Begin Jogging” “Legal Alien” “Hostage” “The Legend” “Mother Tongue “The Latin Deli: . . . “ “Straw into Gold: . . . “ To Kill a Mockingbird Robert Frost Robert Frost Robert Frost John F. Kennedy T.S. Eliot Poem Poem Poem Speech Poem Franz Kafka Ernest Hemingway Katherine Anne Porter Diary entry Short story Short story Richard Wright Short story Sylvia Plath Anne Sexton Arthur Miller Poem Poem play Bernard Malamud Primo Levi Randall Jarrell Short story memoir Poem John Steinbeck Joan Didion Jwight Okita Tim O’Brien Yusef Komunyakaa Larsen/Nga Denise Levertov Essay Essay Poem Historical background Short story Poem Poem Poem Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter Nikki Giovanni Lanford Wilson E.L. Doctorow Anne Tyler John Updike Gary Soto Pat Mora Joyce Carol Oates Garrett Hongo Amy Tan Judith Ortiz Cofer Sandra Cisneros Harper Lee Poem Drama Short story Short story Short story Poem Poem Short story Poem Essay Poem Essay Novel