ENGLISH 2327 STUDENT CALENDAR
Tuesday/Thursday
Fall 2010
NOTE: The class agenda items listed under the session number[S#] indicate the topics to be covered in class that day.
The items in the homework section[HW] are to be completed for the next class session. ASSIGNMENTS ARE
SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE PROFESSOR. All readings will be from the
Norton Anthology (NA) unless otherwise indicated.
WEEK ONES #1- Brief Introduction to English 2327; Proof of registration; Diagnostic essay
HW: Purchase and preview textbooks. Purchase books and supplies; Read Introduction to American LiteratureBeginnings to 1700 in NA pgs. 1-16. Journal #1[J#1] - Discuss the Introduction to the text. What are some of the
factors leading up to the Puritan movement? Who are interesting people and circumstances that contribute to this
movement? Please see “Journals” section of the Course Requirements for details and specifications relating to journals,
i.e., font, margins, due dates, etc.
QUIZ #1: EMAIL ME @ donna.gordon@hccs.edu. In the Subject Line of the email, include Your name and the
CRN for your class. In the Body of the email, include your name again, full address, and any contact phone
numbers. Please complete this before our next class meeting for your first quiz grade.
S#2-Review reading selection; MLA review [pareth.cit, works cited, etc. document design, etc.]; Learning Web Links
HW: Read “Stories of the Beginning of the World”, “The Iroquois Creation Story”, pgs. 17-21. Read John Winthrop
and “A Model of Christian Charity”, pgs. 147-158 in NA; Complete J#’s 1&2
WEEK TWO
S #1:Reading Quiz; J#s1&2 due today; Literary elements and social issues; In class activity-Analysis of Literature
HW: Read Mary Rowlandson pgs. 235-267; Read Samuel Sewall, pgs. 288-289; “The Selling of Joseph: A Memorial”,
pgs. 303-306. J #3: Literary elements evident in J#2 discussion. J#4-Issues and literary element in Rowlandson.
S #2: Reading Quiz; askonline.net and turnitin.com; Discuss Sewall’s work in class-in class group activity; Introduce
and Assign Essay Exam #1
HW: Read Anne Bradstreet, pg.187; “The Flesh and the Spirit”, pg. 202-204; “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, pg
206; and, “For Deliverance from a Fever”, pg. 211-212; “As Weary Pilgrim”, pgs. 213-214; read Cotton Mather, pgs.
307-308; “From The Wonders of the Invisible World”, pgs. 308-313. in NA. J #5: Issues and literary elements in
Sewall; J#6-Issues and literary elements in Mather; J#7-Issues and literary elements in Bradstreet
WEEK THREES #1: Reading Quiz; Review reading selections; Prep for Essay Exam #1
HW: Study and prep for EE#1
S #2: ESSAY EXAM #1
HW: Read Introduction to American Literature 1700-1820, pgs. 357-367.
WEEK FOUR:
S #1: Reading Quiz; Discuss readings and rhetorical devices in literature; Review readings
HW: Read Sarah Kemble Knight, pgs. 368-77;
S #2: Reading Quiz; In class activity-J#7
HW: William Byrd, pgs. 378-83; Native Americans: Contact and Conflict, pgs. 437-38; Pontiac: Speech at Detroit,
pgs. 438-40; Red Jacket: Speech to the U.S. Senate, pgs. 445-47; J#’s 8-11 based on readings
WEEK FIVE:
S #1: Reading Quiz; Multimedia presentation demo; Introduce and assign EE#2
HW: Read Benjamin Franklin, pgs. 449-51 & “Rules by Which a Great Empire…”, pgs. 457-63
S #2: Reading Quiz; Multimedia presentation; EE#2 workshop: discuss Thomas Paine
HW: Read Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”, pgs. 629-37; Olaudah Equiano, pgs. 674-710
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WEEK SIX:
S #1: Reading Quiz; Multimedia presentation; EE#2 Workshop; Discuss Equiano
HW: Read Judith Sargent Murray; pgs. 724-33; Complete EE#2
S #2: EE#2 presentations
HW: Read Phillis Wheatley, pgs 751-52 & 761; Read Introduction to Romanticism, Irving and Hawthorne in NA
WEEK SEVEN
S#1: Discuss Romanticism and differences between Reason and Romanticism periods; Discuss reading selections “Rip Van Winkle” and “Young Goodman Brown”
HW: Read selections assigned in class- Fuller and Stowe
S #2: Discuss reading selections
HW: Read selections assigned in class: Douglass, Poe and Dickinson
WEEK EIGHT
S#1: Review Reading selections – “From The Poetic Principle” Review for EE#3-Wk #9,S#1
HW: Read selections assigned in class; Review for EE#3
S #2: Review Reading selections –and Review for EE#3-Wk #9,S#1
Read selections assigned in class: Select Research Topic
WEEK NINE
S#1: EE#3-TODAY – MEET IN THE LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB –Submit research topic for approval
HW: Read selections assigned in class Review reading selections for Research Proposal Topic
S #2:LIBRARY ORIENTATION: Meet in Library; Research Topics-Research Proposal-due Week 10, S#2
HW: Work on RP
WEEK TEN
S#1 RP – Sample and discussion
HW: Work on RP
S #2: Research Proposal-due TODAY; Bring RP on flash drive to class for submission; Discuss Annotated Bib.
due Wk #12, S#2; Discuss reading selections and changes in time periods
HW: Work on RP and Annotated Bib.
WEEK ELEVEN
S#1: Annotated Bib sample and discussion
HW: Read selections assigned in class; Review course materials; Research
S #2: Annotated Bib sample and discussion– meet in the Library
HW: Read selections and Research for Annotated Bib.
WEEK TWELVE
S#1: Annotated Bib sample and discussion– meet in the Library
HW: Review reading selections related to research topic and Annotated Bib.
S#2: Annotated Bib. Due TODAY; Bring RP on flash drive to class for submission; Final Research Project
workshop: Meet in the library for Final Research Project Presentation-Sample
HW: Work on Research Project
WEEK THIRTEEN
S#1: Final Research Project Workshop – Due Wk #14, S#2
HW: Research and review reading selections related to Research Project
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S#2: Final Research Project Workshop
HW: Work on Research Project; Rough draft due in class; bring one printed copy with you to class
WEEK FOURTEEN
S#1: Final Research Project workshop: Meet in the library
HW: Research and review reading selections related to research proposal
S#2: Final Research Project DUE TODAY-Bring on flash drive for final submission- Review for Final Exam
HW: Review for Final Exam
WEEK FIFTEEN
S#1: Review for Final Exam
HW: Review for Final Exam
S#2: Review for Final Exam
HW: Review for Final Exam
WEEK SIXTEEN
FINAL EXAM – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH AT 5:30 P.M.
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