Weekly Outline
Week 1, 1/14 -- Introductions
Week 2, 1/21 -- What is literature? What is identity?
Week 3, 1/28 -- Narration, paper #1 due
Week 4, 2/4 -- Character, Setting, Symbol, Theme
Week 5, 2/11 -- Quiz #1, film
Week 6, 2/18 -- Poetry
Week 7, 2/25 - - Poetry, paper #2 due
Week 8, 3/4 -- Poetry
Week 9, 3/11 -- Poetry, paper #3 due
Week 10, 3/18 -- (out of class work on blog)
Week 11, 3/25 -- SPRING BREAK
Week 12, 4/1 -- Quiz #2 on poetry, Theory
Week 13, 4/8 -- Poetry paper #4 due, Theory, film
Week 14, 4/15 -- Theory
Week 15, 4/22 -- Theory, quiz #3
Week 16, 4/29 -- Paper #5 due
Week 17, 5/6 - Final Exam PARTY
1.Learned to identify myself using literature.
ReplyDelete2.Learned how to use works of literature to enhance my papers.
3.New approaches to literature
4.Deeper understanding of poetry
5.Deeper understanding of characterization
6.Deeper understanding of setting.
7.Deeper understanding of symbol.
8.Deeper understanding of theme.
9.Learned how to use the data base.
10. Learned that procrastinating is dangerous.
-William Canaday
1. Poetry Terms are tougher than I thought.
ReplyDelete2. I do not enjoy poetry.
3. People interpret literature to its fullest extent.
4. Black Mirror episodes are extra trippy.
5. This class made you think.
6. Through hard work one is able to work a job 50 hours a week and maintain a decent grade.
7. Going to class is key.
8. Technology affects our lives more than I thought.
9. Karl Marx made his point and is now famous for it.
10. English is much more in depth than I thought.
1. I learned how to use works in a paper to enhance the overall meaning.
ReplyDelete2. new critical approaches and theories
3. a deeper understanding of poetry
4. using literature to identify myself
5. looking deeper at identity
6. learned how to look at characterization to find a deeper meaning
7. looking at new world view
8. learned how to find more info using the web and data base
9. developed a deeper meaning to symbolism
10. Developed a deeper meaning of theme, and what it provides to the overall story.
1. procrastination sucks
ReplyDelete2. improved grammar
3. better understanding of poetry
4. using literature to improve my papers
5. use of a data base
6. English is much harder than I thought
7. coming to class is key to a good grade
8. that I hate blogs
9. better understanding of theme
10. understanding of self identity
-Ryan Kay
1. I have learned a lot about what literature means
ReplyDelete2. How to look at things in different perspectives
3. How poetry looks
4. A little more about what it means to be human
5. How to make a work cited page in MLA
6. What comma splices are and what they mean
7. A lot of different terms
8. That the NWFSC database is very difficult to use
9. Critical approaches to analyzing literature
10. That literature is very difficult, but sometimes interesting
-Stephen Stroop
1.) papers are boring
ReplyDelete2.) poetry is growing on me
3.) I'll never do another Wednesday class 3 hours long
4.) the blacklist is an awesome show
5.) identity and technology are intertwined
6.) I probably need to repeat this class
7.) Mr. Shealy was a great Professor
8.) I may try blogging on my own
9.) I wish we had a little more reading and a little less writing
10.) I'll miss some of the conversations in class
-Zach Harder
1. Identity is a big influence on literature
ReplyDelete2. New elements in literature
3.Critical approaches in literature
4.Better understanding of poetry
5. Better understanding of MLA format
6.Look beneath the surface of stories and poems
7. Black mirror is a really good show
8. Theme is the most important in a story
9. Re-read the story/poem until you understand completely
10. Don't use commas everywhere
1. There are multiple ways to analyze literature
ReplyDelete2. Poetry is the most difficult form of literature ever
3. Database is impossible to use
4. Database is rarely useful
5. There are many approaches I can use to analyze literature
6.Technology is forever improving and the more it does, the easier our life will be.
7.We should not rely on technology 24/7
8. Black Mirror is very interesting (score one for British TV)
9.I need to watch more British TV shows
10. Writing essays have gotten super easy.
Christopher Bijou
1. Learned how to properly cite in MLA format
ReplyDelete2. Learned how to use the database to get articles
3. Discovered multiple ways of critiquing literature and other media
4. Learned about the connected subconscious idea
5. Learned ways to identify with concepts better
6. Got a better understanding of the ways technology impacts life.
7. Learned about morality
8. Learned how style is connected to technology
9. Learned from Black Mirror that people do not want to see the bad parts of their life
10. Learned how to analyze poetry on a higher level
Allison McDowell
1. literature and many ways to view it
ReplyDelete2. new literary terms
3. literature approaches
4. MLA
5. in depth about writings
6. poetry
7. authors and there writings
8. able to use data base
9. Black mirror is awesome
10. literal identity
-Hampton Schaffer
1. How to properly cite my sources
ReplyDelete2. Proper MLA format
3. Where to put commas and what comma splices are
4. The critical approaches to analyzing literature
5. Denounment means "falling action"
6. How to use the NWFSC Database
7. I liked "Black Mirror"
8. New thoughts about identity and gender
9. Most people agree that "species" is the most appropriate identity category
10. Picking out poetry elements in songs
1. I learned numerous poetry terms.
ReplyDelete2. Mastered MLA format
3. I learned not all poems are boring.
4. I Learned a lot about critical approaches.
5. I learned how to express my self using literature.
6. I wrote some of my best essays in this class, therefore I know I have improved.
7. I learned how to think outside of the box and be creative.
8. I learned how important identity is and the major effect it can have.
9. I learned how there can always be a deeper meaning behind something than how it appears. For example, the many poems we read.
10. I now have a deeper understanding of literature.
- Sidney Freeman
1.) Many different approaches to deciphering literature.
ReplyDelete2.) Symbolism in poetry
3.) Better tactics in writing papers
4.) Discipline (remembering to post)
5.) Critical Approaches
6.) I discovered a cool TV show
7.) What approach I take in interpreting literature
8.) Symbolism in stories
9.) How to use the database
10.) Gender Roles
Angela Beabout
1.A deeper understanding of poetry
ReplyDelete2.Understand how to break poetry down and understand different meanings and symbols of it
3. New approaches to thinking and interpretation of language, literature, movies, etc.
4. Better understanding of MLA format and how to use the data base
5. Our identity can be multiple things and we determine how we identify ourselves and others around us
6. We think in certain ways that encourage how we interpret literature
7. Literature has had a big influence on technology
8. Helped with my use of punctuation
9. Many people influence literature, and how writers thought and wrote
10. Learned how to critique literature
Madison Stacey
1.) The first thing would be the different types of ways to analyze literary works.
ReplyDelete2.) how to be more open minded with identity and technology.
3.) I am very fond of the tv show "Black Mirror."
4.) how to write an essay in less than an hour.
5.) to put commas in the correct places.
6.) to construct a perfect mla style paper.
7.) comparing songs to poetry.
8.) deciphering poetry which is not my strong suit.
9.) gender roles play a way bigger part than I thought.
10.) I learned to understand different backgrounds and different ways to determine identity.
-Natalie Diciaula
1. I understand the different types of literary criticism now.
ReplyDelete2. I have identified my identity or at least have a greater understanding of myself.
3. Poetry comes in many forms.
4. Literature connects to people in a unique way.
5. Philosophy is key to understanding literature.
6. Sharpened my works citied page skills.
7. Teachers are good speakers.
8. Bettered my grammar skills.
9. The idea of the deconstruction criticism theory is difficult to comprehend.
10. Expanded my writing/typing skills.
Joseph Ledo-Massey
The Top Ten Things I Learned in this Course
ReplyDelete1. Differences in determining how a person identifies themselves.
2. How to analyze a poem in regards to generalized content.
3. Different critical approaches that we have learned.
4. How to compare and contrast your own identity to a poem.
5. How to compare and contrast your own identity to a story.
6. That music is innately connected to literature.
7. Proper use of commas.
8. How to compare music to a poem.
9. Gender roles in society.
10. Different historical upbringings to create literary criticisms.
- Elizabeth Clemmons
1. the large role technology plays in our everyday lives
ReplyDelete2. learned how to use the database
3. making connections between my life and the things we read
4. poetry means different things to different people
5. I'd rather have homework than work on a blog
6. 2.5 hours is a long time to talk about English
7. i still hate writing papers
8. still not a big fan of poetry
9. better analyze literature
10. black mirror is a strange show
*Megan McNeely
1. More about poetry
ReplyDelete2. I now understand myself more
3. Random stuff
4. Better MLA skills
5. Critical Approaches
6. I actually like the idea of deconstruction
7. Sharpened my creativity
8. More about technology
9. Different types of poetry
10. Can't think of anything else
-Shane Parent`
1. Poetry can have several different meanings and apply to many platforms and is usually up to the receiver to decipher.
ReplyDelete2. Many early pieces of literature went unnamed
3. Women weren't respected in early poetry
4. Reading literature is empowering
5. Gender roles seem to be forever changing
6. Poetry has changed drastically since its beginning
7. Poetry is used as a relief
8. Critical approaches shed light on other peoples views
9. We are not who we think we are
10. Life happens in cycles and it's continuous
1. The different approaches to analyzing literature.
ReplyDelete2. A more in-depth perception of how to perceive the world .
3. Extreme modern advancements in technology
4. How we identify with ourselves and others
5. Poultry sucks and is useless in modern literature
6. Better use of true MLA formatting
7. Group work helps bring ideas to life
8. How to use the college library research database center
9. How to use the college library research database center
10. How to use Library services
1. Many stories convey a message
ReplyDelete2. Some stories can have multiple messages
3. The smallest words can have the most complex meaning
4. Literature has tons of different styles and forms
5. People are often stereotyped in literature
6. poetry doesn't have to rhyme in order to be termed poetry
7. Stories don't always have one meaning or message
8. Themes of most stories reflect the time frame in which they were written
9. Authors can have many different styles
10. Many stories reflect the lives of the authors who wrote them
Daniel Dearing