1. English 1302
Getting Started

2. Active Reading p
Write in the margins (format, topics, themes, definitions, response)
Keep a journal (summarize & respond)
Idea map or web (relationships b/t ideas)
List themes/motifs/changes
Freewrite to discover what you understand

3. Interpret the Assignment p. 27-28
Personal response
Summarize
Analyze
Interpret
Apply
Define
evaluate

4. Writing Process p. 28-36 Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing
Publishing

5. Genres Chapter 3 Start with Fiction p. 46-53
Study elements of fiction – narrative, conflict, plot, exposition, rising action, crisis, falling action/denoument,

6. Elements of Literature – Part 2
Chapter 4
Theme p
Narrative & Plot p
Setting p
Character p

7. More Elements of Literature
Chapter 5
Point of view p
Tone p
Chapter 6
Word choice/diction p
Figures of speech/image p
Word order/syntax p

8. Writing for this class
Journals –responses to specific questions about the reading. Questions could be related to personal response, literary analysis, or comprehension.
Essay exams – in-class essays about the readings and assessing students’ abilities to analyze elements of literature & sometimes incorporate literary criticism.

9. Writing for this class
Major essays – process essays written partly in class, peer edited in class, conferences with instructor in class, analysis of theme/character/etc. with critical support.

10. Reading for this class Short stories Poetry Plays
All found in Arguing through Literature