English 1413B1
Writing and Reading Critically
Fall Term
Assignments and Evaluation
You are required to write two 1000-1500 word essays during the term on two of the texts we will study. I will hand out the topics on the dates given below. You will write on four other texts in the final three-hour examination. You may write more than two essays and I encourage you to do so. The advantages are twofold: you will be preparing for the examination and you will be gaining practice in writing.
60% of the mark comes from the assignments; 40% comes from the final examination.
SEND YOUR ESSAY TO ME AS AN ATTACHMENT IN WORD BY E-MAIL
THIS COURSE DOES NOT USE ACORN/MOODLE
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 | John Steinbeck, The Pastures of Heaven (1932) | Stories 1, II, and III. |
Thursday, 16 September 2010 | Ditto |
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Tuesday, 21 September 2010 | Ditto | |
Thursday, 23 September 2010 | Ditto | |
Tuesday, 28 September 2010 | Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2000) | “CV” section, 3-94 |
Thursday, 30 September 2010 | Ditto | “What Writing Is,” “Toolbox,””On Writing,” “On Living: A Postscript.” |
Tuesday, 5 October 2010 | Alice Walker, The Color Purple (1982) | Pages 1-125 |
Thursday, 7 October 2010 | Ditto | Pages 126-197 |
Tuesday, 12 October 2010` | Ditto | Pages 198-288 |
Thursday, 14 October 2010 | Ditto | The movie. |
Tuesday, 19 October 2010 | George Elliott Clarke, Execution Poems (2000) | Pages 11-15 |
Thursday, 21 October 2010 | Ditto | Pages 16-44 |
Tuesday, 26 October 2010 | Margaret Atwood Oryx and Crake (2003) | Sections 1-4 (5-111) |
Thursday, 28 October 2010 | Ditto | Sections 5-8 (115-264) |
Tuesday, 2 November 2010 | Ditto | Sections 9-12 (267-394) |
Thursday, 4 November 2010 | Ditto | Sections 13-15 (397-443) |
Tuesday, 9 November 2010 | Tim O’ Brien, The Things They Carried (1990) | “The Things They Carried,” “Love,” “Spin,” and “On the Rainy River.”“Enemies,” “Friends,” “How To Tell a True War Story.” |
Thursday, 11 November 2010 |
Remembrance Day |
No Class |
Tuesday, 16 November 2010 | Tim O’ Brien, The Things They Carried (1990) | “The Dentist,” “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong,” “Stockings,” “Church,” “The Man I Killed,” “Ambush,” “Style,” “Speaking of Courage,” “Notes.” |
Thursday, 18 November 2010 | Ditto | “In the Field,” “Good Form,” Field Trip,” “The Ghost Soldiers,” “Night Life,” and “The Lives of the Dead.” |
Tuesday 23 November 2010 |
| Big World,” “Abbreviations,” “Aquifer,” “Damaged Goods.” |
Thursday, 25 November 2010 | Ditto | |
Tuesday, 30 November 2010 | Ditto | |
Thursday, 2 December 2010 | Ditto | |
Christmas Examination | The exam will be three hours long. | Date TBA |
Assignments
Topics on: | Date distributed | Date due |
23 September 2010 | 7 October 2010 @ midnight | |
On Writing | 30 September 2010 | 14 October 2010 @ midnight |
The Color Purple | 14 October 2010 | 28 October 2010 @ midnight |
Execution Poems | 21 October 2010 | 4 November 2010 @ midnight |
Oryx and Crake | 4 November 2010 | 18 November 2010 @ midnight |
| The Things They Carried | 18 November 2010 | 2 December 2010 @ midnight |
The Turning | You will write on The Turning in the final three-hour examination | Exam Date TBA |