English 102-Introduction to Literature Printable Syllabus. Each part will be listed on Course Information.
IMPORTANT: This syllabus is an outline of what we will do
and what to expect in this course. Please look at the detailed “Assignments"
for instructions on writing your papers and submitting them.
Welcome to what I hope will be a pleasant semester's
reading and writing.
What to do first: Buy the book
IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not buy any
book but the one listed below and explore it well. TEXTBOOK: Kennedy &
Gioia, Literature. 5th compact interactive edition, ISBN 0205535364. Available
in college bookstore or online.
This book contains an envelope
with an acess code for MyLitearture Lab, with a lot of information,
illustrations, clips, which will be used for some assignments. The book also directs you to its companion
website: http://www.ablongman.com/kennedy
These are useful for on campus and online students, as is the PGCC Library
site.
Second: Look over the course requirements and explore
MyLiterature Lab.
Complete instructions for signing
on are included in the envelope with the access code and also in Course
Information here on your course site.
MY OFFICE: Marlboro 3056; Phone
322-0594
email aking@pgcc.edu
EVALUATION: Requirements of the
course with final grade percentages: weekly assignments, resulting in five
papers (60%); tests (20%); Participation (Quizzes, Discussion Board) 20%
Here's how I figure grades: A=
3.6-4.; B= 2.6-3.5; C= 1.6-2.5; D= .8-1.5; F= 0.
NEXT: WHAT TO EXPECT: writing assignments in
interesting variety, discussion questions and responses, videos and audio from the Literature Lab, and student
projects.
ASSIGNMENTS: must be completed in
the order they are assigned and submitted
by the announced deadline in a Word document using VIEW/COMPLETE at the bottom of each
Assignment page. Writing standards will follow those in EGL 101
(I hope you have kept a handbook). I will give you detailed instructions on
each paper as they come along in the Assignments list.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: Sign on to Blackboard
HOW TO LOG IN TO BLACKBOARD
Blackboard is a web-based program that serves as the college's online classroom. You will use Blackboard to communicate with your instructor, to see your course materials, to submit assignments and to discuss course ideas with your classmates.
To log in to your Blackboard course, please follow these steps:
- Go to the
- ALL STUDENTS must log in to Blackboard using their myPGCC account (this includes students who have used Blackboard in the past).
- If you do not have a myPGCC account,
- Go to http://my.pgcc.edu to create a myPGCC account and receive the username and password you need to log in to Blackboard.
- If you already have a myPGCC account,
- Go to http://my.pgcc.edu to reset your myPGCC password if you created a myPGCC account prior to summer 2005. You must change your password to access Blackboard.
- Once you have your myPGCC account information, type it in the Blackboard login box at the http://pgcconline.blackboard.com.
- If your login is successful, you will see the Blackboard "Welcome" screen. In the box labeled "My Courses", you will see the course or a list of courses in which you are enrolled. Click on the course name to enter your Blackboard course.
Immediately change your Blackboard email
address.
When information is downloaded into Blackboard from the college's database,
your email address does not automatically download. The email address first posted in Blackboard
is a generic address given to everyone. To ensure that your instructor can
contact you by email, it is VERY important to change your email address as soon
as you log in to Blackboard for the first time. Here are the steps for changing
your Blackboard email address:
1. From YOUR Blackboard Welcome page (you will see WELCOME, ___! in bold letters at the top of this page), click on Personal Information in the Tools Box on the left side.
2. Click on Edit Personal Information.
3. Change your email address to your preferred email address (the one you check the most often).
4. Click the Submit button in the lower right corner to save the changes you have made.
THEN:
Register for MyLiteratureLab
\
STUDENT REGISTRATION
& LOGIN
MyLiteratureLab
Before You Begin
To register
for MyLiteratureLab you will need:
þ
Your
school’s zip code: _________________
þ
A
MyLiteratureLab student access code
(packaged with your new text or available for purchase at www.myliteraturelab.com)
þ
A
valid email address
In addition, your instructor may
also provide you with:
þ
A
“Class ID” to use after you’ve
registered for your course : ___________
Registration
- Enter http://www.myliteraturelab.com
in your Web Browser.
- Click
Students under “First-time
users.”
- Click
the Longman imprint logo.
- Under MyLiteratureLab, click “I already have an access code.”
(Note: If you need to buy access online, click that link and simply follow
those prompts to register.)
- Click the version
of MyLiteratureLab used in your course:
-
Generic Version or
-
Kennedy/Gioia
Version (ask your instructor if you’re not sure).
- Select “No,
I am a New User” and type in your Access
Code in the fields provided.
- Enter
your School Zip Code,
select your Country, and click Next.
- Enter
your Name and Email and select Your School.
9.
Create your Login Name and Password,
answer the Security Question and
click Next.
If
successful, you will receive a Confirmation
Screen with your information (this information will also be emailed to
you).
Logging In
- Enter http://www.myliteraturelab.com
in your Web Browser.
- Under
“Returning Users” click MyLiteratureLab.
- Select
the version of MyLiteratureLab that
you registered for.
- Enter
the Login Name and Password you created.
- Click
“Log In” and you now have
access MyLiteratureLab!
If your instructor gave you a “Class ID”…..
If your
instructor gave you a “Class ID,” you will need to join the Grade Tracker grade
book for your course. Doing so will allow your instructor to view your results
on the assignments & online activities. You will need to “Join your class”
just once, and you may do as soon as you have your instructor’s Class ID.
- Log in to your MyLiteratureLab course.
- Click the “Join a Class” tab on the top right navigation.
- Enter your Class ID (looks like cm123456) and click Next.
- Review
the course information and confirm by clicking Next.
- You will see a Class Confirmation page: You may click the Enter Class Now
button to immediately access your resources!
CHECK: IMPORTANT INFORMATION
TURNITIN: what is it?
For all my English and Women’s
Studies classes from Dr. Anne M. King:
I know that most of my students
do their work honestly, originally, and well. I expect that in this course you
will continue to do so. Occasionally, though, sometimes inadvertently, students
copy material from a source without acknowledging it, hand in someone else’s
work as if it is their own, or otherwise act academically dishonestly. If you
follow the MLA style directions, you are unlikely to have this problem. Just in
case, though, I have a solution.
Turnitin is a service I use to
check on researched papers and other papers to make sure your work is original
with you. Here’s what you do: you submit your revised papers to me on
Blackboard. I send these papers electronically to the turnitin address, and
within a very short time they send back to me a report on the sources of your
paper. You can find out about this service and how it works from http://turnitin.com You will see that they have a
big database of sources. Please check out this website and look at the student
link for information.
Since you will know ahead of time
that I will be checking your papers for originality, if I find that the report
indicates plagiarism on your part, you will receive a zero for that paper
without any chance of re-writing it. This will lower your grade for the course
considerably. This is a serious offense in this college and elsewhere; you
could receive an F for the course “for academic dishonesty” or be in danger of
being expelled from the college.
.CODE OF CONDUCT
The
CODE OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
The college is an institution of
higher learning that holds academic integrity as its highest principle. In the
pursuit of knowledge, the college community expects that all students, faculty,
and staff will share responsibility for adhering to the values of honesty and
unquestionable integrity. To support a community committed to academic
achievement and scholarship, the Code of Academic Integrity advances the
principle of honest representation in the work that is produced by students
seeking to engage fully in the learning process. The complete text of the
recently approved Code of Academic Integrity is posted on the college's
website.
DISABILITY
SUPPORT SERVICES
Students requesting academic accommodations are required to contact the
Disability Support Services Office (M-1042) or call (301) 322-0838 (voice) or
(301) 322-0122 (TTY) to establish eligibility for services and
accommodations. Students with documented
disabilities should discuss the matter privately with their instructors at the
beginning of the semester and provide a copy of their Student/Faculty
Accommodation Form.
SYLLABUS: What we will do in the course: This appears spearately on Course
Information.
DATE
ASSIGNMENT
DUE
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Starts Januarty 23; assignment
due January 30 |
Introduction
to the book, the class, the classmates
Post your own introduction on the Discussion Board. Check Writing
Resources inside book’s front cover Read: “Reading a Story” 1-12 and “Plot”
12-22 in Kennedy. Get instruction for Paper 1 in “Assignments,” a two- or
three page (about 500 words) story, fable, or legend, as told to you by an
older person. This might be a legend or story from your country, or an
adventure someone had. It might be “An Event That Changed My Life (not YOUR
life—the person’s telling the story.” The
objective of this assignment is to realize the importance of storytelling as
the beginning and basis for what we call "literature"--what we are
studying now. Storytelling is simple and direct, appeals to our sense of
adventure, and in its rhythms and repetitions it becomes the inspiration for
poetry. |
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February
6 |
read
“A Rose for Emily" “A & P” “Desiree’s Baby”and “The Tell-Tale Heart.
(use
Index for page numbers). PAPER
1 due (your story). read
questions on short stories at the ends of each story. |
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February
13 |
Read
throughout the course and refer to it often: “Writing About Literature”
Chapters 37-40 Read
“Sonny”s Blues,” “A Clean Well-Lighted Place,” and "Araby." ome) Look
up more information on these stories in MyLiteratureLab. |
|
February
20 |
read
“Character” 81-84. read "Everyday Use" “The Ones Who Walk Away from
Omelas,” “The Yellow Wallpaper” and "The Storm" Paper #2 due on “Araby.”
See "Assignments" |
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February
27 |
Read
"Symbol” Chap. 7 Start
reading “Reading a Play” Chapter 31. Questions on “Trifles” on Discussion
Board. Start reading Othello,
including material on Shakespeare and his theater. More
about plays, reading and reviewing them |
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March
6 |
Paper
#3 due: Comparison/Contrast. Read pages 1432-1435. Choose topic from list in
Assignments. Finish
reading Othello. Study questions on
Assignments. |