English 1B Schedule
About the Essays
| Week | Assignment |
| 1 | Writing Sample |
| Introduction Posting in the Forum | |
| 2 | Response posting for each short story read this week |
| Comment Circle for each short story read this week | |
| 3 | Response posting for each short story read this week |
| Comment Circle for each short story read this week | |
| Essay 1 Close Reading | |
| 4 | Response posting for each ACT of Cyrano read this week |
| Comment Circle for each ACT of Cyrano read this week | |
| 5 | Response posting for each ACT of Cyrano read this week |
| Comment Circle for each ACT of Cyrano read this week | |
| 6 | Essay 2 Significant Lines-In Class |
| 7 | Response posting for each Book Club Meeting this week |
| Comment Circle for each Book Club Meeting this week | |
| 8 | Response posting for each Book Club Meeting this week |
| Comment Circle for each Book Club Meeting this week | |
| 9 | Essay 3 Continuum of Character |
| 10 | Response posting for ANY TWO poems read this week |
| Comment Circle for ANY TWO poems this week | |
| Essay 4 Connections-In Class | |
| 11 | Response posting for ANY TWO poems read this week |
| Comment Circle for ANY TWO poems this week | |
| 12 | Essay 5 My Literary Heritage-In Class/Colloquium |
About the Comment Circle
| Week | Comment Circle For | Synthesizer |
| 1 | None | |
| 2 | Why a Robin | |
| Anoma | ||
| No Music Before Mosque | ||
| Crickets | ||
| 3 | Rose in the Hear of New Work | |
| Goalie | ||
| Day They Burned the Books | ||
| Good Girls Are Bad News | ||
| The Return | ||
| 4 | Cyrano Act 1 | |
| 5 | Cyrano Act 2 | |
| Cyrano Act 3 | ||
| 6 | Cyrano Act 4 | |
| Cyrano Act 5 | ||
| 7 | Book Club Meeting 1 Atonement | |
| Book Club Meeting 1 Love in the Time | ||
| Book Club Meeting 1 Stone Diaries | ||
| Book Club Meeting 1 Paddy Clark | ||
| Book Club Meeting 1 Room w/ A View | ||
| Book Club Meeting 2 Atonement | ||
| Book Club Meeting 2 Love in the Time | ||
| Book Club Meeting 2 Stone Diaries | ||
| Book Club Meeting 2 Paddy Clark | ||
| Book Club Meeting 2 Room w/ A View | ||
| 8 | Book Club Meeting 3 Atonement | |
| Book Club Meeting 3 Love in the Time | ||
| Book Club Meeting 3 Stone Diaries | ||
| Book Club Meeting 3 Paddy Clark | ||
| Book Club Meeting 3 Room w/ A View | ||
| Book Club Meeting 4 Atonement | ||
| Book Club Meeting 4 Love in the Time | ||
| Book Club Meeting 4 Stone Diaries | ||
| Book Club Meeting 4 Paddy Clark | ||
| Book Club Meeting 4 Room w/ A View | ||
| 9 | Book Club Meeting 5 Atonement | |
| Book Club Meeting 5 Love in the Time | ||
| Book Club Meeting 5 Stone Diaries | ||
| Book Club Meeting 5 Paddy Clark | ||
| Book Club Meeting 5 Room w/ A View | ||
| Book Club Meeting 6 Atonement | ||
| Book Club Meeting 6 Love in the Time | ||
| Book Club Meeting 6 Stone Diaries | ||
| Book Club Meeting 6 Paddy Clark | ||
| Book Club Meeting 6 Room w/ A View | ||
| 10 | Digging | |
| The Gift | ||
| Kicking the Habit | ||
| Flying to Belfast | ||
| Martian Postcards | ||
| 11 | Assimilation | |
| Pacific Crossing | ||
| The Northern Ireland Question | ||
| Peace | ||
| Atmospheric Phenomenon |
Calendar
April 2004
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5 Class Begins Read Unit 1 this week and be sure to read the Forum The Teacher Speaks: Read This First.About Using the Forums. Then register and post an introduction in the Introduce Yourself forum. ¡@ |
6 Read Syllabus and Policies Unit 1 is the introduction to the class specifics. Be sure you get organized and map out your study schedule to accomodate ALL the work required in this class. ¡@ |
7 Forums: Register and Post Be sure you register in the Forums and that you log-in EACH time you post. Your introduction posting is due today. ¡@ |
8 Writing Sample Due Find the writing prompt for this essay and submit it in the Assignment Section of the Class website by 11:45 PM tonight. ¡@ |
9 Begin Reading Short Stories You hit the ground running here. You should begin reading the assigned stories and posting to the Comment Circles and Response Journals. ¡@ |
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12 Continue Reading Unit 1 And the assigned short stories too. You have three weeks to study each unit. ¡@ |
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14 Sign up to Synthesize. Each of you must synthesize ONE Comment Circle. Send in your request for one asap. Don't delay! ¡@ |
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20 Essay 1: A Close Reading due Submit this 2x: 1) in the website as an attachement and 2) to turnitin.com as explained in the Forum: About Turnitin.com As usual, essay is due by 11:45 PM. ¡@ |
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23 How about the Comment Circles? Keep on track and hang in. This is the most intense part! :) ¡@ |
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26 Begin Unit 2 Drama Start reading Cyrano and post on each Act. ¡@ |
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11 On-Campus Mtng Essay 2 In-class discussions and writing about significant lines from Cyrano. Bring a bluebook and $2 for parking. ¡@ |
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20 And the Comment Circles? You're halfway! Keep plugging away. Remember the Comment Circles are due within the three-week assigned reading time for the Unit. NO CCs accepted late. ¡@ |
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25 Essay 3:Continuum of Character Submit this both in the Assignment section AND turnitin.com by 11:45 PM. ¡@ |
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7 Begin Unit 4: Poetry Read and post Comment Circles and Response postings. Begin to plan your Colloquium presentation. ¡@ |
8 On-campus Mtng: Essay 4 Write Connections Among Friends essay after first hour discussion. Plan colloquium groups. ¡@ |
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11 Last Call All work due at 11:45 PM tonight. No work accepted after this deadline. ¡@ |
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22 On-campus Mtg: Essay 5 & Cqm Write about Your Literary Heritage and present your colloquium. End of Class, too! ¡@ |
23 Final Grades in 8 Days Check out the My Score feature on the Assignment Section page in 8 days to learn your final grade in the class. ¡@ |
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