English 10C Syllabus 1/14-1/28
English 10C
Jane Belton
Syllabus January 14 – 28, 2011
Friday 1/14
In Class: Discuss “Song of Myself”
Assignment: 1) Reprint or make a copy of Writer’s Journal #10 and highlight the writing that seems most important or interesting to you. What details, images, or ideas stand out to you most in your imagined portrait? 2) Then find and bring in one “artifact” to class – a personal item, possession, object, photograph, etc — that you would want included in your written portrait. Note: the artifact does not have to be from Writer’s Journal 10 (although that WJ may help you generate ideas about what to bring). 3) Turn in Writer’s Journals # 8-10 on Tuesday in the folder provided.
Monday 1/17 – No School
Tuesday 1/18
In Class: WJ 8-10 portfolio due. Introduce Song of Self Project; Writing Prompt 1: Writing from an artifact.
Assignment Complete Prompt 2: see project handout for details
Wednesday 1/19
In Class: Prompt 2 due. Share. Begin prompt 3 in class.
Assignment: Complete prompt 3. Work on assembling a draft of your “Song of Self.” A first draft is due Friday 1/21. See project handout for details.
Thursday 1/20 — No Class
Friday 1/21
In Class: Prompt 3 due; draft of “Song of Self” due. Workshopping with partners/sharing work with the full class.
Assignment: Complete Song of Self Project, due Monday 1/24. Practice reading your work aloud so you are prepared to read your poem with the class for 4-6 minutes. Please place your final draft of your Song of Self, your first draft of your Song of Self, Process Piece, and Prompts 1-3 in a folder with your name on it.
Monday 1/24
In Class: Share Song of Self
Assignment: No Homework
Tuesday 1/25
In Class: Share Song of Self
Assignment: Read and annotate “Cosmopolis 1919-1931” from New York, Ken Burns.
Wednesday 1/26
In Class: Discuss 1920s and The Jazz Age; view clip from Ken Burns’ documentary New York.
Assignment: Read and annotate Fitzgerald’s “My Lost City”.
Thursday 1/27 – No Class
Friday 1/28
In Class: Discuss “My Lost City.” New York City and the American Dream. Begin The Great Gatsby as a class.
Assignment: Read and annotate chapter 1, The Great Gatsby.