- reading assignments. The thematically grouped
reading assignments are detailed on the course syllabus. I will post an introduction to each week's reading assignment.
These brief notes may include links to Internet sites about
the authors or literary works that we are studying that week. Please
let me know if some links are inactive or unhelpful.
- reading quizzes. There are ten scheduled reading quizzes. Each quiz is a brief five-question, multiple-cjoice test. The questions are factual rather than inerpretive and should be easy to answer correctly if you have read the material. You can use your text, but as the quizzes will be timed (five minutes) and must be finished once you start, you will probably not be able to look up answers. Each quiz will be avaiable for several days, so wait until you have had a chance to look at the assigned readings before starting.
- video presentations. Three times during the semester I will ask you to post a brief 2-4-minute video in which you comment on the course. The videos will not be graded. Everyone will receive the full 10 points for each video they post. The videos will permit you to see your classmates and will give me valuable feedback about the progress of the course. If you do not want to or cannot post your response as a video, you will be able to post it as text. The presentations will be worth a total of 30 points.
- discussion board replies. A
discussion board forum with a series of questions will be set
up for each weekly assignment. You are required to post
a response to one of the questions on at least 10 of the 14 discussion forums during
the semester. Only five students will be allowed to respond to any
single question. These responses should be brief essays of at least
150 words in which
youu identify the author and title of the work you are analyzing, present
your
ideas
thoroughly,
and
support
them with quotations. Each posting
will
be graded, receiving a maximum of 10 points. If you respond to questions from more than the required
10
forums, I will count the best 10 grades. The discussion board posts are worth a total of 100 points. Click here to read How
to Write a 10-Point Response.
- examinations. There will be two examinations
. Four of the five essay questions on each of these exams will be selected from the previous discussion
board forum questions, so keeping up with the questions and reading
other students' responses will help you prepare
for
the examinations. The fifth essay question will ask you to compare
at least two works that we have read in that portion of the course. The examinations will be accessed from the examinations tab on the left in Blackboard or from links on the course's interactive syllabus. The examinations are not timed and will be available for at least one week.
Each exam is worth 100
points
for a total of 200
points.
- informative research paper. One 500-750-word
informative research paper based on a topic selected from a list that you can link to from the paper assignments tab on the left in Blackboard or from the link on the interactive course syllabus.
(100 points). These links will also provide basic guidelines for presenting research and explain what I will be looking for in your report.
- analytic essay. One 500-word analytic paper
based on a topic selected from a list that you can link to from the paper assignments tab on the left in Blackboard or from the link on the interactive course syllabus.
(100 points).
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