Literature Class Syllabus
class day and
time:
Monday, from
10:00-11:30 AM.
Homework:
Homework will include reading the book and doing the study questions that will
be posted on this website. Homework is due the day of the class. It begins the
week before the class it is due. For example, the homework for October 12th
(Wind in the Willows) must be done by the 12th.
Papers:
There
are two papers due during the year.
Schedule:
- Week 1
(Class: October 19)
Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
Assignment: Read chapters 1 through 6; do study questions for chapters 1-6
- Week 2
(Class: October 26)
Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
Assignment: Read chapters 7-12 (22 pages per day); do study questions for chapters 7-12 and general questions
- Week 3
(Class: November 2)
Puck of Pook’s Hill (Rudyard Kipling)
Assignment: Read page 1-145: 29 pages per day (Puck's Song through A British-Roman Song); Do study questions for Puck's Song through A British-Roman Song.
- Week 4
(Class: November 9)
Puck of Pook’s Hill (Rudyard Kipling)
Assignment: Read pages 146-277: 26 pages per day (On the Great Wall through The Children's Song); Do study questions for On the Great Wall through The Children's Song and general questions
- Week 5
(Class: November 16)
Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis)
Assignment: Read chapters 1-12 (16 pages per day); write down one question minimum for each chapter
Paper 1 due
No Classes November 23-27: Thanksgiving Break
- Week 6
(Class: November 30)
Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis)
Assignment: Read chapters 13-22 (15 pages per day); write down one question minimum for each chapter.
Midterm
- Week 7
(Class: December 7)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Assignment: Read the book (10 pages per day); Do all study questions
- Week 8
(Class: December 14)
Little Britches (Ralph Moody)
Assignment: Read chapters 1-15 (24 pages per day); Do study questions for chapters 1-15. - Week 9
(Class: December 21)
Little Britches (Ralph Moody)
Assignment: Read chapters 16-31 (27 pages per day); Do study questions for chapters 16-31 and general questions
No classes December 22 – January 1, 2010: Christmas/New Year’s Break. USE THESE TWO WEEKS TO GET AHEAD ON READING DAVID COPPERFIELD.
- Week 10
(Class: January 4)
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
Assignment: Read chapters 1-11 (28 pages per day); Do study questions for chapters 1-11.
- Week 11
(Class: January 11)
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
Assignment: Read Chapters 12 (XII) - 23(XXIII) (28 pages per day); Do study questions for chapters 12-23
- Week 12
(Class: January 18)
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
Assignment: Read chapters 24(XXIV) - 35(XXXV) (29 pages per day); Do study questions for chapters 24-36
Paper 2 due
- Week 13
(Class: January 25)
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
Assignment: Read Chapters 36 (XXXVI) - 47 (XLVII) (28 pages per day); Do study questions for chapters 36 - 47 - Week 14
(Class: February 1)
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
Assignment: Read Chapters 48 (XLVIII) - 64 (LXIV) (31 pages per day); Do study questions for chapters 48 - 64
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