Summer I, 2005
 |
Instructor: |
|
|
|
Phone: |
|
(479) 968-0484 |
|
|
Office Hours: |
|
MTWRF: |
|
|
|
@atu.edu | ||
Required Texts: |
|||
|
|||
 |
Reading Assignments |
| This course covers 1500 pages of reading, and the summer schedule forces us to move quickly, so you should read ahead if possible. There will be no required reading in secondary sources, but some of the Discussion Board assignments may require research. | |
|
|
Writing Assignments |
Instead of traditional seminar papers, you will be required to post two 250-word responses each week to a prompts that I will post on the course's Discussion Board. You will also be expected to read other students' responses and post comments and/or replies to some. Click here for instructions on using the Discussion Board. |
|
|
|
Grade Computation |
| Each week I will assign a letter grade for the work you have posted on the Discussion Board. I will consider your postings in response to assigned prompts as well as your comments on other students' postings. In short, I will evaluate the quality of your particpation in the collective exploration of these texts. At the end of the course, these five weekly grades will be averaged. Click here for a more detailed discussion of my grading criteria. |
Weekly Assignment Schedule
|
|
Week One: Breakfast of Champions |
|
| Read: An article on Vonnegut I published twenty years ago in Popular Fiction in America I am surprised that, for the most part, it still seems to make sense to me. Let me know what you think. | ||
|
Fri |
Post: Two 250-word responses to Breakfast of Champions prompts due by noon. |
|
|
|
Week Two: The Baron in the Trees |
|
| Mon June 13 |
Read and Reply: Review other students' posts on Breakfast of Champions and add some comments and/or replies by noon. | |
| Fri June 17 |
Post: Two 250-word responses to The Baron in the Trees prompts due by noon. | |
|
|
Week Three: Song of Solomon |
|
| Mon |
Read and Reply: Review other students' posts on The Baron in the Trees and add some comments and/or replies by noon. |
|
| Fri June 24 |
Post: Two 250-word responses to Song of Solomon prompts due by noon. | |
|
|
Week Four: Song of Solomon and A Prayer for Owen Meany |
|
| Mon June 27 |
Read and Reply: Review other students' posts on Song of Solomon and add some comments and/or replies by noon. | |
| Wed June 29 |
View: In order to view the following
clips from Simon Burch you will need to have the QuickTime
plug-in loaded on your computer. |
|
| Fri |
Post: One 250-word response to a Song of Solomon prompt and one 250-word response to A Prayer for Owen Meany prompt due by noon. |
|
|
|
Week Five: A Prayer for Owen Meany |
|
| Tues |
Read and Reply: Review other students' posts on Song of Solomon and A Prayer for Owen Meany. Add some comments and/or replies by noon. |
|
| Thur July 7 |
Post: Two 250-word responses to A Prayer for Owen Meany prompts due by noon. | |
| Fri July 8 |
Read and Reply: Review other students' posts on Song of Solomon and add some comments and/or replies by noon. | |
updated: December 31, 2005