For Tuesday, October 4 class

On Tuesday, October 4, we will still do what is outlined on your syllabus. And this is as follows:

Week 4

Tues. Oct. 9, 2012         Read and Annotate:

Ortner, Sherry B. “Is Female to Male as Nature Is to Culture?” Feminist Studies 1. 2 (Autumn

1972): 5-31. JSTOR. Web. 18 Aug. 2012. *only pages 9-23

                                                and

Research Paper #1 assignment (* both available via blog)

                                     

In-class: peer review of Paper #1and conducting research for

    Research Paper#1

            *Due: Share first draft of Paper #1 with instructor in GoogleDocs at the end of class

This of course means that:

1. You must read Ortner's article, but only pages 9 through 23. And you must POST a comment or reply to classmate's comment about this article. I've shared the article with you via GoogleDocs, so please check for it. Also, if you are signed into the class blog and click on Readings, you'll find a link to the GoogleDocs pdf containing the article. *If for some reason, you cannot access the article in these two ways, please e-mail me and I'll help you.

2. Be sure to arrive to class on time on Tuesday, as we will begin with the Peer Review of you first draft of Paper#1. Make sure you have the completed first draft of Paper#1 saved in GoogleDocs. Do NOT share it with your classmates or me before class. I'll assign you partners for peer review in class.

3. Last, but not least, read Research Paper #1 assignment on the class blog (you'll find a link to this assignment under English 102.0869 Documents).

I'll hand out hard copies of the updated syllabus which will reflect when we will discuss Marvell and Dickinson's poems, and some other changes to the reading schedule. Also, anytime we read more than one piece of literature, you are composing only ONE post. In other words, when you read Marvell's poem and Dickinson's poem for next Thursday, you should compose ONE post about these poems. Your post, instead of summarizing or attempting to analyze the entire poem, should reflect you thoughts about similarities/differences between the poems, concepts presented in the poem, particularly striking uses of literary devices, words, etc.