| Dr. Julie Barak Phone:
248-1072 Office: LHH 445 Office Hours: M-F 10:00-11:00 Home Page: http://www.mesastate.edu/~jbarak e-mail: [email protected] |
| Course Goals | Teaching Methods | Required Texts | Methods of Evaluation |
| Attendance Policy | Policy on Late Work | Assignment Schedule | Helpful Websites |
Because I believe that knowledge is created as people work and think together, the most important pedagogical method in the course will be class discussions in large and small groups. Because I believe that the best way to discover what we are learning is through writing out our thoughts to solidify and clarify our observations and conclusions, we'll practice several different kinds of writing. Because literature has its roots in oral culture and because paying attention to its sound enhances our appreciation of it, we'll read aloud often. Because, sometimes, historical and biographical information helps us to understand literature, we'll share information in the form of reports or lectures.
Stanford, Judith. Responding to Literature, 3rd ed. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield, 1998
Three papers, 3-5 pages, each worth 20%; journals, 10%; midterm in class essay, 10%, class participation, 5%; final exam, 15%.
I will make every effort to attend each class and to be well prepared; I expect you to do the same. In order to share your responses and to help us construct a shared meaning of the texts we’ll read and write, you have to be here to participate in the discussions. But, because I know that life can get complicated, everybody gets three free absences. After three, you lose a third of a letter grade for each absence. (That is, if you have a B for the class, but you’ve missed 5 classes, your final grade will be a C+.) You will also be penalized for coming into class late – three "lates" equals one absence.
Late work will be accepted, but it will be penalized. Every day it's late, your grade for the paper will drop one whole letter grade. If you don't bring work to the workshops, you'll receive an "F" for class participation for that day. Do your work ahead of time. Print your essay or response out the night BEFORE it's due. Don't wait until the last minute to dash something off. Be sure you back up all the work you do on your computer so that you have a copy on your hard drive and a copy on disk. I will not accept excuses of ANY sort for late work – computer, printer, and disk problems included.