"When I Was One and Twenty," by A.E. Housman

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Wednesday, March 31, 2010

@ 12:00 Noon EDT

Read "When I Was One and Twenty," by A.E. Housman (page 148)

or access the text online at:

http://www.thedatingadvisor.com/love-poem-when-I-was-one-and-twenty.html

Write a first response to the poem. You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

* How did you relate to the narrator?

* How do you feel about the narrator's understanding of love?

Be sure to provide specific textual details and quotes from the story to justify and/or explain your response. Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotes from the story and discuss how it affected you.

Guidelines for preparation and submission of first response papers are available here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-response-paper-guidelines_6704.html

If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at english102wcc@gmail.com, and allow up to 24 hours for a response (although I will most likely get back to you much sooner than that).

"At the Poetry Reading," by John Brehm

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Wednesday, March 31, 2010

@ 12:00 Noon EDT

Respond to the “post a comment” activity: True Love:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/true-love.html

Read “At The Poetry Reading,” by John Brehm (p. 167),

or access the text online at:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=29430

Write a First Response to "At the Poetry Reading."

You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

*How did you relate to the narrator?

*How did you feel about the narrator's behavior?

*What aspect of the work affected you most? WhyBe sure to provide specific textual details and quotes from the story to justify and/or explain your response. Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotes from the story and discuss how it affected you.

Guidelines for preparation and submission of first response papers are available here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-response-paper-guidelines_6704.html

If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at english102wcc@gmail.com, and allow up to 24 hours for a response (although I will most likely get back to you much sooner than that).

True Love

ONLINE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Please post comment by 10:00 PM EDT

Anais Nin said: “Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”

Do you think it is possible to have a romantic love that endures to the end of time?

Be sure to put your first name and the initial of your last name on the post, or it will be rejected and we won't be able to enjoy your comment!

Guidelines for “Post a Comment” activities are here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/post-comment-assignment-guidelines.html

"A & P" by John Updike

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Wednesday, March 31, 2010

@ 12:00 Noon EDT

Respond to the “post a comment” activity: A&P:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/memories.html

Read "A&P," by John Updike (page 127)

or access the text online at:

http://www.tiger-town.com/whatnot/updike/

You may also enjoy the following:

# Interview with John Updike on the writing of A & P (1995) Part 1 of 2

# Interview with John Updike on the writing of A & P (1995) Part 2 of 2

# Movie version of A & P with Sean Hayes (from Will & Grace)

Write a First Response to "A&P."

You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

*Consider the methods of fiction: tone, plot, characterization, setting, point of view, irony, theme -- which method most affected your response to the literature?

*Consider archetypes -- which stood out most to you?

*Consider the psychological criticism -- what stood out to you?

*Consider the historical criticism -- small town outside of Boston in the 1960's -- what stood out to you?

*Discuss Sammy, or Queenie, or Lengel -- how did his/her behavior affect you?

Be sure to provide specific textual details and quotes from the story to justify and/or explain your response. Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotes from the story and discuss how it affected you.

Guidelines for preparation and submission of first response papers are available here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-response-paper-guidelines_6704.html

If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at english102wcc@gmail.com, and allow up to 24 hours for a response (although I will most likely get back to you much sooner than that).

A&P Memories

ONLINE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Please post your comment by 10:00 PM EDT

Tell about the most outrageous thing that ever happened to you in an A&P Supermarket (or any other supermarket chain).

Be sure to put your first name and the initial of your last name on the post, or it will be rejected and we won't be able to enjoy your comment!

Guidelines for “Post a Comment” activities are here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/post-comment-assignment-guidelines.html

"Hazel Tells Laverne," by Katharyn Hows Machan (1976)

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Monday, March 29, 2010

@ 12:00 Noon EDT

Respond to the “post a comment” activity: You Gotta Kiss A Lotta Frogs:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/you-gotta-kiss-lotta-frogs.html

Read Hazel Tells Laverne (page 175)

or access the text online at:

http://www.indopedia.org/Hazel_tells_LaVerne.html

You may enjoy one student’s rendition of the poem on Utube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSNDZKPJn_A&feature=related

Write a First Response to Hazel Tells Laverne.

You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

*How did you relate to Hazel?

*Do you agree or disagree with Hazel's evaluation of herself as a princess?

*What aspect of the work affected you most? Why?

Be sure to provide specific textual details and quotes from the story to justify and/or explain your response. Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotes from the story and discuss how it affected you.

Guidelines for preparation and submission of first response papers are available here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-response-paper-guidelines_6704.html

If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at english102wcc@gmail.com, and allow up to 24 hours for a response (although I will most likely get back to you much sooner than that).

You Gotta Kiss A Lotta Frogs . . .

ONLINE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Wednesday February 10, 2010

Please post by 10:00 PM EST

What is the most frustrating thing about dating?

Be sure to put your first name and the initial of your last name on the post, or it will be rejected and we won't be able to enjoy your comment!

Guidelines for “Post a Comment” activities are here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/post-comment-assignment-guidelines.html

"Salvation," by Langston Hughes

Photographed at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Summer 2009

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

DUE MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010

@ 12:00 NOON EDT

Respond to the "post a comment" activity: Spiritual Encounter:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/spiritual-encounter.html

Read "Salvation," by Langston Hughes (p. 261)

or access the test online here:

http://www.courses.vcu.edu/ENG200-dwc/hughes.htm

Be prepared for a 5-question quiz on Wednesday (this quiz will be worth 10 points and will count as “extra credit”).

Write a First Response to Salvation.

You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

*Consider the methods of fiction: tone, plot, characterization, setting, point of view, irony, theme -- which method most affected your response to the literature?

*Discuss Langston's experience with salvation and compare it to one of your own.

Be sure to provide specific textual details and quotes from the story to justify and/or explain your response. Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotes from the story and discuss how it affected you.

Guidelines for preparation and submission of first response papers are available here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-response-paper-guidelines_6704.html

If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at english102wcc@gmail.com, and allow up to 24 hours for a response (although I will most likely get back to you much sooner than that).

SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTER

ONLINE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Sunday, March 28, 2010

Please post by 10:00 PM EST

Have you ever had a life-altering spiritual experience (that you feel comfortable sharing and posting on the Internet)?

Be sure to put your first name and the initial of your last name on the post, or it will be rejected and we won't be able to enjoy your comment!

Guidelines for “Post a Comment” activities are here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/post-comment-assignment-guidelines.html

"A Good Man is Hard to Find," by Flannery O'Connor

The mood of this 1940’s-50’s Georgia highway picture is a sense of foreboding that reflects the spirit of the Flannery O’Connor story A Good Man is Hard to Find.

Image courtesy of American Memory at the Library of Congress.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

(READING/FIRST RESPONSE)

Due Monday, March 29, 2010,

@ 12:00 Noon EDT

Respond to the "post a comment" activity:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/granny.html

Read "A Good Man is Hard to Find," by Flannery O'Connor (p. 97)

or access the text online at:

http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~surette/goodman.html

A HEADS-UP: This story contains racial slurs representative of the time in which the story takes place (1950’s South).  Flannery O'Conner was opposed to racism; she uses the Grandmother as a symbol of ignorance and to rail against the casual way in which racism is accepted and passed down from one generation to another.

You may also enjoy an online audio of the story, read by the author herself: A Good Man is Hard to Find (audio) (read by the author, Flannery O'Connor)

You may also peruse this website for help with analysis of the story (you don’t have to purchase the PDF – what’s available for free is very helpful):

http://www.shmoop.com/good-man-hard-to-find/

Write a First Response to A Good Man is Hard to Find.

You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

*Consider the methods of fiction: tone, plot, characterization, setting, point of view, irony, theme -- which method most affected your response to the literature?

*Consider archetypes -- which stood out most to you?

*Discuss the grandmother -- how did her behavior affect you?

Be sure to provide specific textual details and quotes from the story to justify and/or explain your response. Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotes from the story and discuss how it affected you.

Guidelines for first response papers are available here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-response-paper-guidelines_6704.html

If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at english102wcc@gmail.com, and allow up to 24 hours for a response (although I will most likely get back to you much sooner than that).

Granny

ONLINE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Sunday, March 28, 2010

Please post by 10:00 PM EDT

What is your favorite memory of your grandmother?

Be sure to put your first name and the initial of your last name on the post, or it will be rejected and we won't be able to enjoy your comment!

Guidelines for “Post a Comment” activities are here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/post-comment-assignment-guidelines.html

WELCOME TO COMP & LIT II!

WELCOME!!

I'm glad you've made it to the class website/blog. I've already posted the homework for Week One, so you can get a head start on what is going to be a very busy next several weeks. 


You won't need to have the book for the first week's assignments; however, you should have your book purchased by March 29th, our second week of instruction.


I'm Professor Melinda Roberts, and I'm looking forward to meeting you on March 22nd. If you have any questions prior to then, feel free to e-mail me at english102wcc@gmail.com. 


In the meantime, enjoy the assignments!

ARCHETYPES

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

DUE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2010,

@ 3:15 P.M.

Review and familiarize yourself with literary archetypes:

http://www.flagler.k12.fl.us/media/documents/02053085-6ca6-495a-aa6a-ecb27a004a9b.pdf

Print out the PDF and bring it with you to class on Wednesday, March 24, 2010.

THIS BE THE VERSE, by Philip Larkin

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Wednesday, March 24, 2010,

@ 12:00 Noon EDT

Respond to the “Post A Comment” Assignment:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/all-fd-up.html

Read This Be The Verse on page 159 of our text.

Here's an online version of the text:

http://www.artofeurope.com/larkin/lar2.htm

Here's a link to Philip Larkin reading the poem himself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qahT62n8tcA

Write a First Response to This Be The Verse.

You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

³ How did you respond to the first line of the poem?

³ Do you agree or disagree with Philip Larkin's evaluation of the parent-child relationship?

³ What aspect of the work affected you most? Why?

Provide specific textual details and quotes from the poem to justify and/or explain your response to This Be The Verse.

Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 2-3 quotes from the poem and tell me how the poem affected you.

Guidelines for writing and submitting first response papers are available here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-response-paper-guidelines_6704.html

ALL F****D UP

ONLINE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Tuesday, March 23, 2010,

@ 10:00 PM EDT

What, in your opinion, is the worst thing a parent can do to his/her child?

Guidelines for “Post a Comment” homework assignments can be found here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/post-comment-assignment-guidelines.html

YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN, by Nathaniel Hawthorne

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Wednesday, March 24, 2010

@ 12:00 Noon

Young Goodman Brown

Respond to the “Post a Comment” activity here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/into-woods-lions-and-tigers-and-bears.html

If you are not familiar with Nathaniel Hawthorne, you may find it helpful to listen to the following on-line lecture on Hawthorne and Young Goodman Brown before you read the story (there is also a transcript of the lecture; the link follows):

"Why We Still Read Hawthorne 150 Years Later," by Dr. Pierre A. Walker, Salem State College (2003) (audio)

"Why We Still Read Hawthorne 150 Years Later," by Dr. Pierre A. Walker, Salem State College (2003) (audio transcript)

Read Young Goodman Brown on pages 81-91 of the text.

You may also listen to an audio recording of the story at this link:

http://www.adamsmithacademy.org/etext/Young_Goodman_Brown.html

Also, here's an online study guide to help you with interpreting the story:

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Brown.html - Young Goodman Brown

Here’s a link to the full text of Young Goodman Brown:

http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/wohlpart/alra/Hawthorne.htm - INSERT 3

Write a First Response to Young Goodman Brown.

You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

*Consider the methods of fiction: tone, plot, characterization, setting, point of view, irony, theme -- which method most affected your response to the literature?

*Do you think Goodman Brown's trip into the woods was a dream/hallucination or real?

*What aspect of the work affected you most? Why?

Provide specific textual details and quotations from the story to justify and/or explain your response to Young Goodman Brown.

Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotes from the story and tell me how the story affected you.

Guidelines for writing and submitting first response papers are available here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-response-paper-guidelines_6704.html

Into the Woods . . .

ONLINE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Tuesday, March 23, 2010,

at 10:00 PM EDT

What is your favorite / scariest experience from a trek into the woods?

Guidelines for “Post a Comment” homework assignments can be found here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/post-comment-assignment-guidelines.html