Syllabus Template - Online Learning

Course English 202 Online Instructor Nanine Gramigna Credits 3.0 credits Term Meetings Online

Instructor’s Contact Information 570-347-9942 Home Phone In the event of an emergency, contact 570-954-0117 Emergency Contact 4th floor conference room, Miller Library Office Location Email Address [email protected] Office Hours By appointment, Mondays 7-8 P.M.

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Course Description & Information

Pre-requisites, Co- Online Learning Expectations: To be successful academically, online requisites, & other students must be able to navigate & search the internet, use email, attach and restrictions upload documents, download & save files, and have access to and use Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint. This course is a writing intensive survey course that deals with American literature spanning literature of the American Renaissance, literature of an expanding nation, literature of a new century to present times. Students will be engaged in formal and informal writing and will have the Course Description opportunity to receive feedback from the instructor before receiving a final grade. Students will produce several shorter essays utilizing a variety of writing patterns including compare and/or contrast, persuasive argument, and descriptive. Students will produce a six to eight page research paper using Modern Language Association format. Selections from The Bedford Anthology of American Literature, Volume Two, including works by Twain, Chopin, Gilman, Crane, London, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Frost, Sandburg, Stevens, McKay, Hughes, Required Readings Glaspell, Miller, Faulkner, Hemingway, Morrison, and O’Brien.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Recommended Readings as above Special Microsoft Office: Word, Powerpoint

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Course Goals, Objectives/Outcomes Learning Outcomes To read and write critically and to find proof in texts to substantiate inferences. To allow students to perform literary analysis in an attempt to discover the full

meaning of a literary text. To make connections between multiple texts and multiple time periods. To write analytically about how literature demonstrates how one or more elements such as structure, character, style, imagery, symbol, focus, and setting contribute to or support the over-all theme. To improve student’s ability to discuss and write about what he or she has read

and what he or she thinks about.

Grading A = 95-100 B- =80-83 D+ =67-69 A- = 90-94 C+ = 77-79 D =60-66 B+ =87-89 C =74-76 F = below 60 B =84-86 C- = 70-73 I = Incomplete Grading (credit) Criteria See below for college’s “incomplete” policy.

It is the intention to return work to students in a timely manner, usually within a week’s time. Classwork and homework assignments 10% Attendance and class participation 20% Three essays (three pages each) 30% Assignments Research paper 20% Midterm/ Final Exams 10% Reading quizzes 10% The discussion board will be used as a means to communicate with fellow Discussion Board students, answering questions and discussing literary works. Discussion board responses will be a springboard for essays. A due date is a due date. No late work will be accepted unless an acceptable excuse is presented to me before the due date, or in case of Make-Up& Late emergency, upon return to class. There are due dates that must be adhered Work to, even though this is an online class. There are assignments and work that need to be completed on a weekly basis. You must stay up to date! Extra Credit No extra credit is given. Readings, papers, and other homework assignments must be prepared and submitted by the due date. Due dates for all assignments are listed at the end of the syllabus. Failure to submit specific assignments on or before the due date will result in a five point per day deduction. Attendance is Class Preparation & extremely important in this course. It is expected that you log on at least Participation once a week to get your assignments and to answer and reply to any discussion board questions. I judge your participation by how often and how well you respond to the discussion board, and how often you communicate with other students and me.

Updated September 2009 Course Policies Make-Up Online exams and quizzes can be taken on your own schedule. Please complete them Exams within the week they are assigned. Extra Credit None Late Work See policy above. Special None Assignments Class Attendance See above. Student For Netiquette information, visit this webpage: Conduct/ http://web.keystone.edu/library/syllabus/netiquette.htm Netiquette

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Updated September 2009 Schedule of Assignments

Tentative Schedule

Week 1: Online Orientation, Review Syllabus, Introduction to Course, Read Mark Twain’s “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog.”

Week 2: Continue Twain “A True Story…”and from “Old Times on the Mississippi”

Week 3: Chopin’s “At the ‘Cadian Ball” and “The Storm: A Sequel to the ‘Cadian Ball”;

Week 4: Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper”; and Crane’s “The Open Boat” Essay #1 due

Week 5: Jack London “The Law of Life”

Week 6: Booker T. Washington “Up from Slavery”; and W.E.B. DuBois’ works. Essay #2 due

Week 7: Literature 1914-1945; The Depression; The Great Gatsby

Week 8: Continue The Great Gatsby/ Discuss Research Paper

Week 9: Mid Term Exam

Week 10: Selections of Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, Wallace Stevens, Claude McKay, and Langston Hughes

Week 11: Intro to Drama; Glaspell’s Trifles

Week 12: Miller’s Death of a Salesman Essay #3 due

Week 13: Faulkner’s “Barn Burning”; Hemingway’s “Big Two-Hearted River” Research paper due

Week 14: Morrison’s “Playing in the Dark”(will supply copy); and O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried.”

Week 15: Final exam

Updated September 2009