25 January 2006
if ("class_topics" != syllabus) { ?>if ("class_topics" == "class topics") echo "Today's Topic: "; if ("class_topics" == "readings") echo "Assigned Text: "; if ("class_topics" == "faq") echo "Key Concept: "; if ("class_topics" == "due_dates") echo "Due Today: "; if ("class_topics" == "class_topics") echo "Topic: "; if ("class_topics" == "news") echo "News: "; if ("class_topics" == "in-class activity") echo "In-class Activity"; ?>Reading Like an English Major
Meet in computer lab A 405.
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if ("readings" == "class topics") echo "Today's Topic: "; if ("readings" == "readings") echo "Assigned Text: "; if ("readings" == "faq") echo "Key Concept: "; if ("readings" == "due_dates") echo "Due Today: "; if ("readings" == "class_topics") echo "Topic: "; if ("readings" == "news") echo "News: "; if ("readings" == "in-class activity") echo "In-class Activity"; ?>Foster (1-3, 5)
How to Read Literature Like a Professor sections 1-3, 5.
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if ("faq" == "class topics") echo "Today's Topic: "; if ("faq" == "readings") echo "Assigned Text: "; if ("faq" == "faq") echo "Key Concept: "; if ("faq" == "due_dates") echo "Due Today: "; if ("faq" == "class_topics") echo "Topic: "; if ("faq" == "news") echo "News: "; if ("faq" == "in-class activity") echo "In-class Activity"; ?>Close Reading
A close reading is a careful, thorough, sustained examination of the words that make up a text.
In a close reading, a literary work is not so much a window to look through, nor is it a mirror to reflect yourself. Instead, you look closely at the language the author chose, in order to analyze what the author has accomplished.
Note: Close reading is always re-reading.
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if ("class_topics" == "class topics") echo "Today's Topic: "; if ("class_topics" == "readings") echo "Assigned Text: "; if ("class_topics" == "faq") echo "Key Concept: "; if ("class_topics" == "due_dates") echo "Due Today: "; if ("class_topics" == "class_topics") echo "Topic: "; if ("class_topics" == "news") echo "News: "; if ("class_topics" == "in-class activity") echo "In-class Activity"; ?>Introduction to Weblogs
All students will receive their own personal online journals (weblogs) at blogs.setonhill.edu.
In class: Post a quotation from the assigned readings, and briefly state what you would talk about if called on to lead a brief class discussion about your quotation. (That's your "agenda item" -- see the course FAQ page.)
Experienced bloggers, please help classmates if necessary... this is just practice today.
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if ("due_dates" == "class topics") echo "Today's Topic: "; if ("due_dates" == "readings") echo "Assigned Text: "; if ("due_dates" == "faq") echo "Key Concept: "; if ("due_dates" == "due_dates") echo "Due Today: "; if ("due_dates" == "class_topics") echo "Topic: "; if ("due_dates" == "news") echo "News: "; if ("due_dates" == "in-class activity") echo "In-class Activity"; ?>Ex 1-1a: Diagnostic Essay (10pts)
In a draft of about 2 pages (roughly 500 words), convey your relationship to literature and the English language. Bring 2 printed copies to class, and upload your Word document to J-Web in the slot for Ex 1-1a. (That slot will close 30 minutes before class starts.)
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