Course Assignments (Fall 07)

F Block Syllabus – Tom Morgan’s Introduction to Literature, Fall, 2007

NOTE: The following assignments are due when you walk into class on the date specified. For example, the first assignment below must be ready to hand in as you walk into Tuesday’s class.

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WEEK 1
For Tuesday, 9/11:
Create a personal blog for class
Email me a link to your blog
Read the course website pages:
Introduction to Literature Homepage: http://introtolit08.blogspot.com/
Introduction to Literature Syllabus: http://introsyllabus08.blogspot.com/
* Vocab. pix due

For Thursday, 9/13:
* Write a 500 word essay (roughly 1-and-a-half pages) about something that happened to you or to someone you care about. The incident must have changed your attitude about something for either the better or the worse. It could be something very good or something very bad.

For Friday, 9/14:
* Read “The Most Dangerous Game,” pp. 9 - 27
* VOCAB. QUIZ #1

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WEEK 2
For Monday, 9/17:
* Read the first 1/2 of “Hunters in the Snow,” pp. 28 - 34

For Tuesday, 9/18:
* Finish reading “Hunters in the Snow,” pp. 35 - 41.
* Write the answers to #3 on p. 41 and #7 on p. 42 (post on blog)
* Vocab. pix due

For Thursday, 9/20:
* Read “The Destructors,” pp. 53 - 66
* Answer #1 on p. 66 (post on blog)

For Friday, 9/21:
* VOCAB. QUIZ #2
* Prepare to write your first analytical paper by reading p. 485, #1, and by
reading pp. 491 - 493 (VII - Writing In-Class Essays).

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WEEK 3
For Monday, 9/24:
*Be prepared to work on your paper in class. Be sure that you bring your
laptop, and be sure you have written your thesis statement, have found
four or five short quotations that you might use, and have an outline or
mind map of your paper’s organization.

For Tuesday, 9/25:
* PAPER DUE

For Thursday, 9/27:
* Read “Everyday Use,” pp. 108 - 116
* Answer #4 on p. 116 (post on blog)
**Vocab notecards due**

For Friday, 9/28:
* Read “The Lesson,” pp. 137 - 144
* Answer the following question: Why does Sylvia have such a bad attitude
towards Miss Moore? What you think are the reasons that she treats
her the way she does?


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WEEK 4
For Monday. 10/1:
* VOCAB. QUIZ #3
* Bring your review sheets to class and have questions to ask me about
the upcoming literature test.

For Tuesday, 10/2:
* TEST on all the stories and literary terms we have covered so far. (The
weekly vocabulary words will NOT be included on this test.)

For Thursday, 10/4:
* Native American spirituality overview.
Requires that you go to the library and take notes on Native American books.
You need to bring notes to class and be ready to teach the rest of the class what you have learned.

For Friday, 10/5:
* Read “To Take Life, To Kill” (This is a handout that I will give you.)
* Make a list of all the things in the story that would be considered “taking
life;” make a list of all the things that would be considered “killing.”
* Vocab. pix due

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WEEK 5

For Monday, 10/8:
* VOCAB. QUIZ #4
* Read the first 1/2 of “Paul’s Case,” pp. 176 - 185 (up to the break in the
page)

For Tuesday, 10/9:
* Finish reading “Paul’s Case,” pp. 185 - 193
* Write the answer to # 5 on p. 193.

For Thursday, 10/11:
* FINAL DRAFT of analytical paper due

For Friday, 10/12:
* Read “The Lottery,” pp. 193 - 201
* Make a chart to answer #5, p. 201
* Vocab. pix due

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WEEK 6
For Monday, 10/15:
* Vocab. Quiz #5

For Tuesday, 10/16:
* Read “Hills Like White Elephants,” pp. 210 - 214
* Write the answer to all parts of #2 on p. 214.

For Thursday, 10/18:
* LITERATURE TEST

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WEEK 7
For Monday, 10/22:
NO CLASS BECAUSE OF FALL FAMILY WEEKEND

For Tuesday, 10/23:
NO CLASS BECAUSE OF FALL FAMILY WEEKEND

For Thursday, 10/25:
* Read “The Rocking-Horse Winner,” pp. 227 - 240
* Write the answer for #3 on p. 241

For Friday, 10/26:
* Vocab Cards due
* Read “A & P,” pp. 633 - 639
* Write an explanation of what you think the author means by this phrase at
the end of the story: “ ... my stomach kind of fell as I felt how hard
the world was going to be to me hereafter.”

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WEEK 8
For Monday. 10/29:
* Vocab. Quiz # 6
* Read the first half of “Greenleaf,” pp. 444 - the break in the page on p.454.
*Answer the following questions on your blog: How do you feel about Mrs.
May? Do you like her? Dislike her? Feel sorry for her? Have no
sympathy for her?

For Tuesday, 10/30:
* Read the rest of “Greenleaf,” pp. 454 - 463
* Write the answer to part “a” of #5 on p. 464.

For Thursday, 11/1:
* Bring your laptops, thesis statements, quotations, and mind map/outline so
you can quickly and easily work on your analytical paper in class.

For Friday, 11/2:
* Analytical PAPER DUE

For Saturday, 11/3:
* Read “You Can’t Take It With You,” p. 5-17
* Go see the play tonight!!!

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WEEK 9

For Monday, 11/5:
* Read “You Can’t Take It With You,” p. 17-41
For Tuesday, 11/6:
* Read “You Can’t Take It With You,” p. 41-50
* Final draft of paper due.
For Thursday, 11/8:
* Read “You Can’t Take It With You,” p. 50-63
For Friday, 11/9:·
* Finish “You Can’t Take It With You,” p. 64-80.
* Reading Quiz on "You Can't Take It With You."
* Be prepared to write an end-of term comment in class.