| Week 10
Academic research. Kafka, continued.
3/31 (M)
Bring A Guide to MLA Documentation to class. Selecting a research topic.
Assignment for 4/2: Consider your
research topic.
4/2 (W)
Library time: starting your research.
(Meet in Alexander Mack Memorial Library.)
Assignment for 4/4: Start research
for paper, due in final portfolio.
4/4 (F)
Focus on research: develop working bibliography.
Assignment for 4/7: Prepare
working bibliography with brief statement of your topic.
Week 11
Academic research, continued. Further
discussion of Kafka.
4/7 (M)
Working bibliography
and topic due. Q&A on research. Writing assignment:
creative response.
Assignment for 4/9: Begin writing
creative response.
4/9 (W)
Continued discussion of Kafka.
Assignment for 4/11: Complete
creative response.
4/11 (F)
Creative response due. Discussion of reading.
Assignment for 4/14: Write a page
of your research paper.
Week 12
Drafting research paper. Selecting topic for
Essay #3.
4/14
(M)
Page 1 of research paper due.
Peer response activity. Writing assignment: Out-of-class Essay #3.
See
creative response.
Assignment for 4/16: Continue drafting research paper. Read Kafka story
or critical essay of your choice.
4/16 (W)
Q&A on research paper. Paraphrasing adequately and giving credit to
your source: See
Using
Sources.
Assignment for 4/18: Writing and
reading, as needed.
4/18 (F)
Partial draft of research paper due.
Developing Essay #3.
Assignment for 4/21: Work
on final portfolio: drafting, researching, or revising as needed.
Week 13
Work on Final Portfolio
4/21 (M)
Documentation Q&A.
The Final Portfolio.
Assignment for 4/23: Continue work
on final portfolio.
4/23 (W)
Discussion of Modernism and Postmodernism postponed.
Assignment for 4/25: Revise
research paper conclusion as needed.
4/25 (F)
Research paper conclusion due.
Q&A on final portfolio.
Assignment for 4/28: Continue work
on final portfolio.
Week 14
Drawing conclusions.
4/28 (M)
Workshop on Final Portfolio.
Presentation of
final in-class essay topic.
Assignment for 4/30: Finish Final Portfolio.
4/30 (W)
Conclusions about course content.
Preparation for final in-class essay: Read story.
Final Exam Period: In-class essay.
Final Portfolio due.
Section 05: Thurs., 5/1, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Section 08: Sat., 5/3, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
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