English 101: Composition 1 (Semester 1) &
English 210: Introduction to Literature
(Semester 2)
"Seeing is of course very much a matter of
verbalization. Unless I call my attention to what passes before my eyes,
I simply won't see it." --Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Mr. Christensen
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 8/18 | ||
| Tuesday 8/19 | Term Tuesday: Why is class called "Composition"? Not "writing"? What else is composed? Compost? Compute? | (Wo)Manhood Essay rough |
| Wednesday 8/20 | Words Wednesday: enhance diction | |
| Thursday 8/21 | Thoughts Thursday: improve specifics and poignancy | |
| Friday 8/22 | Edit & polish; introduce Classification essay | (Wo)Manhood |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 8/25 | Final exam frontloading | |
| Tuesday 8/26 | Term Tuesday: "thesis" | |
| Wednesday 8/27 | Words Wednesday: alliteration & classification | |
| Thursday 8/28 | compose & edit | |
| Friday 8/29 | grammatical classification | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 9/1 | No classes | |
| Tuesday 9/2 | Term Tuesday: Polishing with syntax & segue | Classification rough |
| Wednesday 9/3 | Words Wednesday: Vocab insertion & syntax | |
| Thursday 9/4 | Expansion without weakening | |
| Friday 9/5 | Symposiums | Classification |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 9/8 | presentation presentation; start second essay | |
| Tuesday 9/9 | Term Tuesday A: grammatical classification | |
| Wednesday 9/10 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 1 | |
| Thursday 9/11 | compose | blog task |
| Friday 9/12 | compose | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 9/15 | symposiums: project & critique | Comparison-Contrast rough |
| Tuesday 9/16 | Term Tuesday B: | |
| Wednesday 9/17 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 2 | |
| Thursday 9/18 | compose | |
| Friday 9/19 | symposiums | Comparison-Contrast |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 9/22 | begin Causal essay | |
| Tuesday 9/23 | Term Tuesday C: | |
| Wednesday 9/24 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 3 | |
| Thursday 9/25 | symposiums | blog task |
| Friday 9/26 | Homecoming Friday! | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 9/29 | symposium | Causal rough |
| Tuesday 9/30 | Term Tuesday D: | |
| Wednesday 10/1 | compose with handbook example | |
| Thursday 10/2 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 1-3 | |
| Friday 10/3 | compose | Causal |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 10/6 | lengthen to strengthen (while avoiding redundancy) | |
| Tuesday 10/7 | Term Tuesday E: | |
| Wednesday 10/8 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 4 | |
| Thursday 10/9 | grammatical classification quiz | blog task |
| Friday 10/10 | No classes | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 10/13 | No classes | |
| Tuesday 10/14 | Term Tuesday F: | |
| Wednesday 10/15 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 5 | |
| Thursday 10/16 | compose | |
| Friday 10/17 | symposiums | Expansion |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 10/20 | begin Narrative essay | |
| Tuesday 10/21 | Term Tuesday G: (Q1 ends) | |
| Wednesday 10/22 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 6 | |
| Thursday 10/23 | literary devices & compose | |
| Friday 10/24 | literary devices & compose | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 10/27 | famous narrative samples ("My Name" Cisneros) & literary devices | |
| Tuesday 10/28 | Term Tuesday H: | |
| Wednesday 10/29 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 4-6 | |
| Thursday 10/30 | compose | |
| Friday 10/31 | compose | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 11/3 | collaborate | Narrative rough |
| Tuesday 11/4 | Term Tuesday I: | |
| Wednesday 11/5 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 1-6 | |
| Thursday 11/6 | compose | |
| Friday 11/7 | begin Argumentation partner essay | Narrative |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 11/10 | Term Tuesday J: | |
| Tuesday 11/11 | No classes | |
| Wednesday 11/12 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 7 | |
| Thursday 11/13 | compose | blog task |
| Friday 11/14 | debates | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 11/17 | 9 symposiums: 3 rotations (of 15 minutes) x 3 sections | Argumentation partner rough |
| Tuesday 11/18 | Term Tuesday K: | |
| Wednesday 11/19 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 8 | |
| Thursday 11/20 | compose & collaborate | |
| Friday 11/21 | compose & prepare for Steven Brown | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 11/24 | Steven Brown on writing/studying expectations at the highest level of learning | Argumentation |
| Tuesday 11/25 | Term Tuesday L: | |
| Wednesday 11/26 | letters work | |
| Thursday 11/27 | No classes | |
| Friday 11/28 | No classes | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 12/1 | letters: narrative, modeling, and work | Term Tuesday 6th hour |
| Tuesday 12/2 | Term Tuesday M: | SOIs |
| Wednesday 12/3 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 9 | |
| Thursday 12/4 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 7-9 | |
| Friday 12/5 | letters work | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 12/8 | letters work | |
| Tuesday 12/9 | letters work | 2 Letters: Pseudo-Celebrity & Close Connection |
| Wednesday 12/10 | Words Wednesday: vocab quiz 1-9 | |
| Thursday 12/11 | Study/collaborate for final exam ; bring handbook | blog task |
| Friday 12/12 | Study/collaborate for final exam; bring handbook | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 12/15 | Study/collaborate for final exam; bring handbook | |
| Tuesday 12/16 | Study/collaborate for final exam; bring handbook | |
| Wednesday 12/17 | Study/collaborate for final exam; bring handbook | |
| Thursday 12/18 | Study/collaborate for final exam; bring handbook | |
| Friday 12/19 | FINAL EXAM 12:45 | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 12/22 | ||
| Tuesday 12/23 | ||
| Wednesday 12/24 | No classes | |
| Thursday 12/25 | No classes | |
| Friday 12/26 | No classes | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 12/29 | No classes | |
| Tuesday 12/30 | No classes | |
| Wednesday 1/31 | No classes | |
| Thursday 1/1 | No classes | |
| Friday 1/2 | No classes | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 1/5 | No classes | |
| Tuesday 1/6 | Term Tuesday: "Introduction" to Literature | |
| Wednesday 1/7 | The Lion King & literary criticism/theory | |
| Thursday 1/8 | The Lion King & literary criticism/theory | |
| Friday 1/9 | The Lion King & literary criticism/theory | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 1/12 | The Lion King & literary criticism/theory | |
| Tuesday 1/13 | Term Tuesday A: [Some Basics] 1. Mimesis; 2. Ambiguity; 3. Hermeneutics; 4. The Classic | |
| Wednesday 1/14 | The Lion King & literary criticism/theory | |
| Thursday 1/15 | Dr. Talcott; Lord of the Flies by William Golding: | blog task |
| Friday 1/16 | Forum Friday: | page 206 |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 1/19 | No classes | |
| Tuesday 1/20 | Term Tuesday B: [Some Basics] 5. Intentionalism; 6. The Affective Fallacy; 7. Narrative/Story; 8. Epic | |
| Wednesday 1/21 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey: clarifications, then read | |
| Thursday 1/22 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey: read & annotate | |
| Friday 1/23 | Forum Friday: themes, characters, settings, plot mechanisms | page 101 |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 1/26 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey: excerpts, clarifications, inquiries | |
| Tuesday 1/27 | Term Tuesday C: 9. [Some Basics] Lyric/ Prosody; 10. Gothic; 11. The Translation Paradox | |
| Wednesday 1/28 | Words Wednesday: experimental fiction discourse | |
| Thursday 1/29 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey: read & annotate | blog task |
| Friday 1/30 | Forum Friday: | page 201 |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 2/2 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey: clarifications & theory pdf files on Google Drive; read & annotate toward conclusion | |
| Tuesday 2/3 | read & annotate toward conclusion | |
| Wednesday 2/4 | Term Tuesday D: [Machinery: How It Works] 12. Culture; 13. Milieu; 14. Base/Superstructure; 15. The Canon; 16. Genre | |
| Thursday 2/5 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey: vocabulary quiz 10 | |
| Friday 2/6 | Forum Friday: | page 325 |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 2/9 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey: professional essays (pdf files on Drive) | |
| Tuesday 2/10 | Term Tuesday E: [Machinery: How It Works] 17. Closure; 18. Paradigm Shift; 19. Ownership; 20. Critical Authority; 21. Style | |
| Wednesday 2/11 | Words Wednesday: vocabulary quiz 11 | |
| Thursday 2/12 | Forum Friday: best & worst from Cuckoo's Nest | blog task |
| Friday 2/13 | No classes | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 2/16 | No classes | |
| Tuesday 2/17 | Term Tuesday F: [Literature's Devices] 22. Allegory; 23. Irony; 24. Imagery; 25. Allusion | |
| Wednesday 2/18 | Words Wednesday: vocabulary quiz 12 | |
| Thursday 2/19 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel: read & annotate the exposition | |
| Friday 2/20 | Forum Friday: | page 93 |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 2/23 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel: discourse & study | |
| Tuesday 2/24 | Term Tuesday G: [Literature's Devices] 26. Defamiliarization; 27. Bricolage; 28. Metafiction; 29. Solidity of Specification | |
| Wednesday 2/25 | Words Wednesday: vocabulary 10-12 | |
| Thursday 2/26 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel: read and annotate | blog task |
| Friday 2/27 | Forum Friday: | page 169 |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 3/2 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel: one written response quiz on Google Classroom | page 192 |
| Tuesday 3/3 | Term Tuesday H: [New Ideas] 30. Structuralism; 31. Deconstruction; 32. Textuality; 33. Double Bind | |
| Wednesday 3/4 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel: Manifesto work, clarifications, reading | |
| Thursday 3/5 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel: literary devices work, reading | |
| Friday 3/6 | Forum Friday: | page 238 |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 3/9 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel: | |
| Tuesday 3/10 | Term Tuesday I: [New Ideas] 34. Postmodernism; 35. Heteroglossia; 36. New Historicism; 37. Post-Colonialism | |
| Wednesday 3/11 | page 286 | |
| Thursday 3/12 | Life of Pi by Yann Martel: | blog task on Manifesto |
| Friday 3/13 | Forum Friday: | page 319 |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 3/16 | short stories: Nabokov & Hemingway | |
| Tuesday 3/17 | Term Tuesday J: [New Ideas] 38. Semiology; 39. Reception Theory; 40. Sexual Politics | |
| Wednesday 3/18 | Doyle & London | |
| Thursday 3/19 | Life of Pi Chapter Analysis three pages due | |
| Friday 3/20 | ||
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 3/23 | short stories: Vonnegut & Chopin | |
| Tuesday 3/24 | Term Tuesday K: [Word Crimes] 41. Plagiarism; 42. Obscenity; 43. Libel; 44. Blasphemy | YANN MARTEL SKYPE 3:30 Community Room |
| Wednesday 3/25 | Ellison | |
| Thursday 3/26 | Forum: Stockton, Thurber, Wells | Life of Pi Chapter Analysis due |
| Friday 3/27 | Forum Friday: Kafka, LeGuin, Hawthorne | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 3/30 | selected poetry: choose three & search; Confessionals Bishop, Lowell, Sexton; YouTube readings; work on Momentum | |
| Tuesday 3/31 | Term Tuesday L: [Word Crimes] 45. Permissiveness; 46. Literary Lies; 47. Ghost-Writers | |
| Wednesday 4/1 | selected poetry: choose three & search; YouTube readings; work on Momentum | |
| Thursday 4/2 | work on Momentum | |
| Friday 4/3 | No classes | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 4/6 | No classes | |
| Tuesday 4/7 | Term Tuesday M: [Literary Futures] 48. Fanfic; 49. The e-book; 50. Literary Inundation | |
| Wednesday 4/8 | Senior retreat at Brandon Lutheran 8:30 a.m. | |
| Thursday 4/9 | no classes, but arrive at 9:00 a.m. for other sessions and activities | blog task |
| Friday 4/10 | selected poetry; What is poetry good for? | Momentum |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 4/13 | The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice: study DVD with closed captioning | |
| Tuesday 4/14 | The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice: study DVD with closed captioning | |
| Wednesday 4/15 | The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice: study DVD with closed captioning | |
| Thursday 4/16 | The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice: study DVD with closed captioning | |
| Friday 4/17 | work on Maintenance | Maintenance |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 4/20 | The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice: work on presentations | |
| Tuesday 4/21 | The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice: work on presentations | |
| Wednesday 4/22 | The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice: Act 1 Squad presentation | |
| Thursday 4/23 | The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice: Act 2 Squad presentation | |
| Friday 4/24 | Act 3 Squad presentation | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 4/27 | The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice: Act 4 Squad presentation | |
| Tuesday 4/28 | The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice: Act 5 Squad presentation | |
| Wednesday 4/29 | The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice: Study | |
| Thursday 4/30 | The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice: Study | |
| Friday 5/1 | Othello TEST with team | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 5/4 | Work on Manifesto | |
| Tuesday 5/5 | Work on Manifesto | |
| Wednesday 5/6 | Show Manifestoes | Manifesto |
| Thursday 5/7 | Study | |
| Friday 5/8 | Study | |
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 5/11 | Study | |
| Tuesday 5/12 | Study | |
| Wednesday 5/13 | Academic Awards Assembly | |
| Thursday 5/14 | final exam 9:00 a.m. | |
| Friday 5/15 | Stay sane | |
| GRADUATION | ||
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 5/18 | ||
| Tuesday 5/19 | ||
| Wednesday 5/20 | ||
| Thursday 5/21 | ||
| Friday 5/22 | ||
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What we do in class |
Due Today | |
| Monday 5/25 | ||
| Tuesday 5/26 | ||
| Wednesday 5/27 | ||
| Thursday 5/28 | ||
| Friday 5/29 |