UNIT 1:
DOMESTIC REALISM
English 190V
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Unit Goals and Objectives |
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Videos |
A Raisin in the Sun
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
Responses due Feb. 6 - 10 by
Group. |
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Web Search: There's a wealth of info about these great plays and their authors. As you respond to each play, search the web for biographical data, themes, production history or how the play has been transformed into opera, symphony, previous movie adaptations, etc. etc. etc.
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My favorite search engines are: northernlight.com
What ae you searching for? Look for something that might have been included in a class lecture /discussion -- or just something that especially interested you. |
Do not just download a page from a site. Summarize what you learned about one of the plays in the unit in your own words and post a 1 page report in Discussions -- Topic: "Web Search - Gr. 1,2,3," etc. DUE: Feb. 19 Include the Web Address (URL). |
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Group Activities: You were assigned to one of 5 groups on the first class meeting. Your group determines when your response and questions are due for each play. For example, for Raisin, a response to the play (with one question) from Group 1 is due Wed. Feb. 6, Group 2 Thurs. Feb. 7, Group 3 Fri. Feb. 8 , etc. Always check the CALENDAR to see when your response is due for any given week. |
For each play: 1)
Read Video
Preview 2) See Video. 3)
On the Bulletin Board post a Response to one of the
Questions on the NOTES for each play. Post in the
proper FORUM. (The two Forums for this unit are
Raisin and Woolf?)
First
come first serve on the Notes. 4) Attach at least one of your own questions at the end of your response -- one that occurred to you as you watched the video. Include this question in your Response on the Bulletin Board. Respond to your classsmates' responses and questions. Read every response. Participation is 25% of your grade. 5) Post your Response by due date for your group. 6) Search the Web for each play. Submit a report.
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PREVIEW:
PREVIEW:
NOTES for Raisin
NOTES for Woolf |
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Paper #1 Write your paper in Word or whatever word prossessing program you use. You will then download your paper into WebCt through the Assignment Drop-Box Icon from the Homepage.
Your essay should be analytical. Don't simply re-tell the plot. Analyze the content of one specific aspect of the play. |
You've all participated in the
on line discussion for the first two plays. Some of
the responses from your classmates on
the
NOTES for each play
must have intrigued you. Select one of the topics
from the Notes for either play and write a
2
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page paper on that
topic. You may choose for your paper the same topic
you wrote your response on. You may also
incorporate into your paper your classmates' ideas
as well as information from a web search -- yours
or your classmates' -- but footnote your
classmates' ideas and research to give
credit where credit's due. Footnote all information
obtained from the
Since the papers are short, do not write any kind of introduction. Get right to the point. However, your paper should have a concluding statement -- an overall assessment or your informed opinion.
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Paper #1 due Thurs. Feb. 21 for all groups. Grades for papers will be posted in WebCt. From the home page click the
GRADEBOOK
icon. |
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There is no Mid-term or Final.
CRITERIA FOR PAPER EVALUATION.
Criteria for evaluation of Responses and Questions
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DEPARTMENT / CSUS
Page updated: Jan. 7, 2002