English 1406B0
Writing and Reading Critically
First Term
Assignments and Evaluation
You are required to write two 1000-1500 word essays each term. Essay topics will be distributed on the dates given below. 60% of the mark is based on the term assignments; 40% is based on the two examinations. I encourage you to write more than two essays each term. I will count the two highest marks. There are advantages in doing this: you are preparing your thoughts for the examination and you are practicing your essay writing skills.
The examination at Xmas is two hours long. The exam at the end of the year is three hours long. You are required to write in each exam on the four texts you did not write on for the in-term assignments. Students who write more than two in-term essays may repeat one of them (or however many of them over two they write).
SEND YOUR ESSAYS TO ME AS AN ATTACHMENT IN WORD BY E-MAIL
Office Hours
Tuesdays and Thursdays 1.00 - 1.30 p.m. & 3.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. in BAC 436.
Thursday, 9 September 2010 | Introductory | |
Tuesday, 14 September 2010 |
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Thursday, 16 September 2010 |
Ditto |
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Tuesday, 21 September 2010 | Ditto |
“Heartbeat,” “The Edger Man,”
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Thursday, 23 September 2010 | Ditto |
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Tuesday, 28 September 2010 |
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Thursday, 30 September 2010 | Ditto |
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Tuesday, 5 October 2010 | J.D. Salinger, Nine Stories (1953) | |
Thursday, 7 October 2010 | Ditto |
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Tuesday, 12 October 2010` | Ditto |
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Thursday, 14 October 2010 | Ditto | |
Tuesday, 19 October 2010 |
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Thursday, 21 October 2010 | Ditto | |
Tuesday, 26 October 2010 | Ditto | Part Three: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan |
Thursday, 28 October 2010 | Ditto | Part Four: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms |
Tuesday, 2 November 2010 |
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Thursday, 4 November 2010 | Ditto |
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Tuesday, 9 November 2010 | Ditto |
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Thursday, 11 November 2010 | Remembrance Day
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Tuesday, 16 November 2010 | Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried | “The Things They Carried,” “Love,” and “Spin.” |
Thursday, 18 November 2010 | Ditto | “On the Rainy River,” “Enemies,” “Friends.” |
Tuesday 23 November 2010 | Ditto | “How To Tell a True War Story,” “The Dentist,” “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong.” |
Thursday, 25 November 2010 | Ditto | “Stockings,” “Church,” “The Man I Killed,” and “Ambush.” |
Tuesday, 30 November 2010 | Ditto | “Style,” “Speaking of Courage,” “Notes,” “In the Field,” “Good Form.” |
Thursday, 2 December 2010 | Ditto | “Field Trip,” “The Ghost Soldiers,” “Night Life,” and “The Lives of the Dead.” |
Christmas Examination | The exam will be two hours long. | Date TBA |
Assignment schedule (First Term).
Topics on: | Date distributed | Date essay due @ midnight |
Marine Life | 23 September 2010 | 7 October 2010 |
On Writing | 30 September 2010 | 14 October 2010 |
Nine Stories | 14 October 2010 | 28 October 2010 |
Gulliver’s Travels | 28 October 2010 | 11 November 2010 |
9 November 2010 (Tuesday) | 23 November 2010 (Tuesday) | |
The Things They Carried | No topics in the term. You must write on it in the two-hour Christmas exam. |
Second Term
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Thursday, 13 January 2011 | Welcome back. | "The Making of Cranford" (BBC TV) |
Tuesday, 18 January 2011 | Mrs. Gaskell’s The Cranford Chronicles (1853) | Mr. Harrison’s Confessions |
Thursday, 20 January 2011 | Ditto | Cranford Chapters 1 - 5, pp. 89-146 |
Tuesday, 25 January 2011 | Ditto | Cranford |
Thursday, 27 January 2011 | Ditto | Ditto |
Tuesday, 1 February 2011 | Alice Walker, The Color Purple (1982) | Pages 1-125 |
Thursday, 3 February 2011 | Ditto | Pages 126-197 |
Tuesday, 8 February 2011 | Ditto | Pages 198-288 |
Thursday, 10 February 2011 | Ditto | The movie. |
Tuesday, 15 February 2011 | George Elliott Clarke, Execution Poems (2000) | Pages 11-15 |
Thursday, 17 February 2011 | Ditto | Pages 16-44 |
Tuesday/Thursday 22/24 February | Study Break | |
Tuesday, 1 March 2011 | John Steinbeck, The Pastures of Heaven (1932) | Stories I, II, and III. |
Thursday, 3 March 2011 | Ditto | Stories IV, V, and VI. |
Tuesday, 8 March 2011 | Ditto | |
Thursday, 10 March 2011 | Ditto | |
Tuesday, 15 March 2011 | Tim Winton The Turning (2004) | “Big World,” “Abbreviations,” “Aquifer,” “Damaged Goods.” |
Thursday, 17 March 2011 | Ditto | “Small Mercies,” “On Her Knees,” |
Tuesday, 22 March 2011 | Ditto | “Sand,” “Family,” “Long Clear View,” “Reunion,” |
Thursday, 24 March 2011 | Ditto | “Boner McPharlin’s Moll,” |
Tuesday, 29 March 2011 | Cormac McCarthy The Road (2006) |
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Thursday, 31 March 2010 | Ditto | |
Tuesday, 5 April 2011 | Ditto | 199-287 |
Thursday, 7 April 2011 | Last Class |
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TBA | Final Examination (Three Hours) | |
Assignments (Second Term)
Topics on: Date distributed Date due @ midnight Cranford Chronicles 27 January 2011 10 February 2011 The Color Purple 10 February 2011 3 March 2011 Execution Poems 17 February 2011 3 March 2011 Pastures of Heaven 10 March 2011 24 March 2011 24 March 2011 7 April 2011 You will write on