Monday, January 11: Classes Begin! Syllabus and technology overview, assignments overview, diagnostic writing.

Thursday, January 14: Assignment 1 overview. Discuss Active Reading and Introduction to The Modern Temper. Have watched Buster Keaton's One Week.

Monday, January 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - university closed

[Tuesday, January 19 Last day to late register or add a class]

Thursday, January 21: Have watched Buster Keaton's One Week again. Bring your prewriting work on Assignment 1. Assignment 1 in-class work; active voice, concision, writing to the assignment

Monday, January 25: Assignment 1 draft due; workshopping

Thursday, January 28: Conferences; bring your revised draft

Friday, January 19: Conferences; bring your revised draft 

Monday, February 1: Assignment 1 due; in-class reflection writing, It (1927) excerpts.

Thursday, February 4: Discuss excerpts from The Modern Temper (56-58, 78-97, book introduction); have watched all of It (1927) and taken notes for discussion;  have read Assignment 2; Assignment 2 overview

[Friday, February 5 Last day to drop a class or withdraw without academic record]

Monday, February 8: In-class screening of The Jazz Singer (1927) excerpts; have read excerpts from The Modern Temper (98, 111-144, 169-185, 198-200). identifying relevance, generating ideas; free writing

Thursday, February 11: Theme response due by Saturday, sent to me electronically as an attachment. 

Instructions: Watch The Jazz Singer online (you'll need to download a viewer, but it's free!), and answer the first two bulleted questions in the reading guide as you watch it. Then, consider each of the other questions, and compose a 2-page theme response about The Jazz Singer. In your theme response, I would like you to answer one of the following questions in detail, using observations about the film and your textbook readings as support: 1.) What does this film have to say about gender in the 1920s? 2.) What does this film have to say about race in the 1920s? or 3.) What does this film have to say about religion in the 1920s?

Be sure your theme response uses detailed observations about the film, at least one direct quote or paraphrase from the textbook (don't worry about citation for the textbook or the film; however, I will give extra credit to those who correctly document sources in MLA format!), and clearly worded prose. Finally, be sure your theme response conforms to MLA standards of formatting.

Monday, February 15: Discussion of theme; have read excerpst from The Modern Temper (98, 111-144, 169-185, 198-200)--come prepared to be quizzed! Incorporating sources, strengthening thesis

Thursday, February 18: In-class writing, screening, discussion. Have read excerpt from The Modern Temper (Chatper 5: Conformity and Community)

Monday, February 22: Assignment 2 draft due (Bring 2 copies!); workshopping

Thursday, February 25: Midterm Exam

[Friday, February 26 Midterm grades due through Marynet to the Registrar's Office]

[March 1-7: Spring Break, no classes] 

Monday, March 1 Spring Break! No Class

Thursday, March 4: Spring Break! No Class

Monday, March 8: Assignment 2 Due! Assignment 3 overview; finding relevant sources. Homework: screen two of the following three films: The Unknown (daily motion or youtube), The Sheik (veoh or youtube), and Son of the Sheik (online rental via amazon--or check out from the library. Note that Son of the Sheik is a much better film...). Type up two possible research topics, one for each film you watched. Beneath each possible topic, briefly describe two or three key scenes that are pivotal in helping you understand how the film treats the topics you're interested in.

Thursday, March 11: Meet in the Library Instruction room; have screened ttwo of the following three films: The Unknown (daily motion or youtube), The Sheik (veoh or youtube), and Son of the Sheik (online rental via amazon--or check out from the library. Note that Son of the Sheik is a much better film...). Type up two possible research topics, one for each film you watched.  Beneath each possible topic, briefly describe two or three key scenes that are pivotal in helping you understand how the film treats the topics you're interested in.

[Friday, March 12 Last day to drop with a W ]

Monday, March 15: ; Assignment 3 review; using all of books...; come prepared to share your research topic! in-class screening and writing. Exam rehash.

Thursday, March 18: In-Class Screening of Son of the Sheik; screening guide to be turned in at and of class.

Monday, March 22: Assignment 3 due; informal presentation on your most interesting primary or secondary source; research reflections

Thursday, March 25: Assignment 4 overview; what is a proposal

Monday, March 29: Revision to assignment 2 due; informal presentation on your research project. Proposal for project 4 due.

What is a proposal? Your proposal should be 1 page of prose, plus a tentative works cited page (no need for annotations), in MLA format. In it, you should describe your topic in its broadest form (gender and the Son of the Sheik), then how you plan to narrow it--you might consider narrowing it through a particular scene or with reference to a key contextual idea.  Include the question that is (for the moment) guiding your inquiry--what do you want to know? In your proposal, you should also consider how you're going to go about continuing your research, and describe what the "stakes" are--what's the significance of your inquiry?

[April 1-5: Easter Break, no classes]

Thursday, April 1: No Class

Monday, April 5: No Class

Tuesday, April 6: Monday schedule observed on Tuesday: Complete-sentence outline due for assignment 4. Organizing from an outline. 

Complete-sentence outline instructions: Craft an outline for your research essay, taking care to note that for a 5-page paper you'll need around 10 paragraphs. Your outline should be in complete sentences! Think of these sentences as topic sentences for each paragraph. What will each paragraph need to do, and what kind of sentence will help you "contain" the idea in that paragraph? Your outline should be between 1 and 2 pages, depending on whether you use single or double spacing.

Thursday, April 8: Assignment 4 draft due; bring two copies; workshopping; presentation expectations

Confernce signup--April 9 [if you want my feedback on your draft!]

Monday, April 12: Assignment 4 draft due (complete). Bring two copies.

Confernce signup--April 13 [if you want my feedback on your draft!]

Thursday, April 15:  Using Word to edit; meet in St. Joseph's Hall computer lab 6 with an electronic copy of your assignment 4 draft; presentation expectations. We'll print out the assignment and turn it in at the end of class!

Monday, April 19: Presentations

Thursday, April 22: Presentations 

Saturday, April 24: Final Exam 10:00-12:00, location TBA