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ENGL 3333 READING AND ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE

The following schedule may be slightly modified during the course of the semester, but students will be notified of any change at least one class day in advance. Detailed descriptions of the exams, reports and project will be distributed in class. All reading assignments must be completed by the first date listed. To receive participation credit, texts must always be brought to class on the day they are to be discussed. Titles with an asterisk (*) are films, which will be viewed in class.

WEEK

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

1

9/7 Labor Day Holiday

9/9 COURSE INTRODUCTION; historical background.

2

9/14 PICTUREBOOKS and VISUAL LITERACY
Scieszka , The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

9/16 READING DAY

3

9/21 PICTUREBOOKS and VISUAL LITERACY
Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are; Grimm, "Cinderella" (available online)

9/23 FAIRY TALES: CLASSIC AND MODERN

Levine, Ella Enchanted

4

9/28 FAIRY TALES: CLASSIC AND MODERN

Disney, Beauty and the Beast*; deBeaumont, "Beauty and the Beast" (available online)

9/30 FAIRY TALES AND "DISNEYFICATION'
Disney, Beauty and the Beast*

5

10/5 CLASSIC FANTASY LITERATURE
White, Charlotte's Web

10/7 MODERN FANTASY LITERATURE
Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

6

10/12 MODERN FANTASY (group presentations)
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

10/14 MODERN FANTASY (group presentations)
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

7

10/19 MIDTERM EXAM

10/21 CONFERENCES

8

10/26 HISTORICAL CONTEXTS
Spike Lee, 4 Little Girls*

10/28 CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND CENSORSHIP
Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia

9

11/2 HISTORICAL FICTION
Curtis, The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

11/4 PICTURE BOOKS and VISUAL LITERACY
Bunting, Smoky Night; Innocenti, Rose Blanche

10

11/9 GRAPHIC FICTION and VISUAL LITERACY
Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

11/11 MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE
Hiassen, Hoot

11

11/16 PROBLEM FICTION
Gantos, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

11/18 PROBLEM FICTION
Anderson, Speak

12

11/23 PROBLEM FICTION
Anderson, Speak

11/25 READING DAY

13

11/30 PEER EDITING WORKSHOP
Complete, typed draft of writing project due for peer editing workshop

12/2 INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS

14

12/7 INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS
Writing Projects due

12/9 INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS

 

15

12/14 INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS

12/16 CONCLUSIONS

FINAL EXAM: Friday December 18, 2009, 4:00-5:55 p.m.

Pooh and Christopher Robin