Attendance
This is the easiest 10% of your grade. Just show up.
Reading Tests
To offer you some extraneous incentive to do the reading, you will be tested on several of the longer texts you are required to read. The grading for these tests will be uneven, so the grade for any one test may count for more or less than any other. Your final reading test grade will be an average of all the reading tests. Strong hint: You have to be present and to have done the reading to do well on the reading tests.
Writing Assignments
Throughout the year you will be given short writing assignments. The grade assigned for these works will be an average of all the grades given for the assignments. If you fail to submit any one assignment, you’ll thus suffer in two ways: first, you'll rob yourself of the opportunity to learn, to improve your writing, and to engage in the practice of writing, and second, you’ll automatically lower your final grade by reducing your average grade in this category.
Library Assignment
When our Liaison Librarian Erin Patterson visits the class (Oct. 12 & 14) she will assign you some work to do in the library.
First-term Paper
Expository essay: Demonstrate your knowledge on a topic, and communicate information clearly.
Compare and contrast: Oedipus to Beowulf, or “The Miller’s Tale” to The Faerie Queene.
Clearly show your familiarity with both texts as you find some point to argue, e.g. that the lesson offered by Oedipus Rex is more relevant to you than is the thesis of Beowulf, or that Beowulf is more inspiring. Present your argument point-by-point, comparing similarities in the two texts and contrasting differences.
DUE: Week 10
Second-term Paper
First, read Scott Fotheringham's The Rest is Silence. Ideally, read it a second time. More detailed instructions will be posted on-line, and linked to from here, soon.
Those who failed the first-term paper, for whatever reason(s), can request a 30% grade-weight for this paper.
Second-term paper instructions
DUE: Last day of Engl 1406.
Final Exam
On the last day of class, we will work together to build a comprehensive exam. Yes, that means that the exam will cover the entire year, from Sophocles to Ibsen.
Final Exam Study Page - FW02
Final Exam Study Page - FW01