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ENG4U has been set up to provide you with the skills that will make you successful at university. By the end of the course you will have learned how to learn independently, determine relevant information, research independently, collaborate with a group of colleagues, enhance your social networking skills, and write with a sense of audience and purpose. The course is student directed with very little teacher led lessons. Students will be divided up into groups for the duration of the semester. Each group will be responsible for studying a specific period or genre of literature. Within your groups you will come up with a reading list and complete the readings, provide information about your focus on the class wiki, and present your focus to the class. Individually you will write two major essays, blog about what you are studying and what you are learning (self reflection), and do a small presentation to your group. As well, you will keep the class up to date with Twitter and use Diigo to bookmark and share useful websites. Mr. Farmer will check in with each group once a week and provide feedback on the blog and through Twitter. It is also required that you follow Mr. Farmer’s school blog (http://dcvi.typepad.com/farmer/) to see if there are any upcoming lesson days, missed handouts, etc. The first three weeks of school will be mainly teacher led. You will be provided with essential information that will make your own independent work much easier. One day in the three weeks will be a library period where you will be shown some useful resources for this course.
Students need to:
1. Create a school only email address and provide the address to Mr. Farmer.
2. Create a Diigo account (http://www.diigo.com/introduce/home). Provide your user name to Mr. Farmer.
3. Create a Wetpaint account (http://www.wetpaint.com/). Provide your user name to Mr. Farmer.
4. Create a Twitter account (http://twitter.com/). Follow Mr. Farmer on Twitter (user name richfarm).
5. Create a blog. I recommend using either Blogger (www.blogger.com) or Wordpress (www.wordpress.com). Provide your blog address to Mr. Farmer.
6. Create a Google account in order to use GoogleDocs. If you use Blogger for your blog, you will already have a Google account as Blogger is part of Google.
To make things easier, I would use the same user name for all of your accounts. You can email all the above information to Mr. Farmer at br-jf@hotmail.com.
Group Focus Options
1. 16th Century Literature
2. 17th Century Literature
3. 18th Century Literature
4. 19th Century Literature
5. 20th Century Literature (Pre-WWII)
6. 20th Century Literature (Post-WWII)
7. Canadian Literature
8. American Literature
9. British Literature
10. 20th Century Drama
11. Women in Literature
12. Science Fiction and Fantasy
13. Utopian/Dystopian Literature
14. Shakespeare
Essays
1. The first essay will be a literary essay on a single piece of literature – a novel, play, or poem. The essay will be 5-6 pages in length.
2. The second essay will be a researched based essay on a specific author. You will use historical criticism to show how the world around the author affected his/her writing. You must use both primary and secondary sources for your research. This essay will be 8-10 pages in length. The essay will be worth 20% of your final grade and included in the 70% term mark.
Wiki
The wiki will be used for two purposes. First, it will contain the course syllabus (this) as well as a timeline for lessons and recommended submission dates. Secondly, it will be a place where groups create sections of information on their focus. Each group must include the following:
1. Historical information on the time period covered (non-period pieces will have to work around this). This should include events that would have influenced the major writers of the time.
2. Information about the major movements or styles of the period.
3. A list of the major writers. For each writer you need to provide a brief biography and list of major works.
4. Detailed information about the pieces of writing that you are reading for the course. Think of these as mini-essays.
5. You may add anything else you feel is relevant to the focus that you are looking at, but everything that goes on the wiki must be appropriate. You will be marked individually for the wiki as it is set up so that I can see what each of you has done.
Your mark will be based on quality and quantity of submissions. Part of your discussions with the teacher will be about what should go in the wiki.
Reading List
Each group must create a reading list of literature that all members will then read. You will also be expected to complete some individual readings as well related to your essays. The guidelines for coming up with a reading list are as follows:
Short Poem (two to three a week)
Long Poem (one week)
Play (two weeks)
Novel (three weeks)
You need to create a reading list that covers 16 weeks. Depending on your focus, I would suggest breaking up your reading between the four options as much as possible. Some focuses will not be able to do this unfortunately. The reading list must be submitted by the end of the third week of classes.
Group Presentation
Your group presentation is expected to take one full period. You will teach the class about your focus. You will look at a great deal of what was covered in you section of the class wiki. That means you need to cover the historical element, the major authors, and the major works. How you set up the presentation is up to you. There is no one way to do a presentation so be creative and be interesting.
Individual Presentation
You will present to your group on one author of your focus. Each group member must do a different author. For the Shakespeare group, it will be a play outside of the reading list that you present. This presentation will cover much of what will be found in your essay.
Blog
The blog will be basically an online journal where you write entries about what you are reading and researching, what you are learning, and anything else that you find interesting. Like the reading list, this will cover 16 weeks. I would suggest at least one blog a week. You will also be expected to write a final blog separate from the others where you reflect on the course and what you learned.
Exam
The final exam for the course will be worth 30% of your grade.
ENG4U has been set up to provide you with the skills that will make you successful at university. By the end of the course you will have learned how to learn independently, determine relevant information, research independently, collaborate with a group of colleagues, enhance your social networking skills, and write with a sense of audience and purpose. The course is student directed with very little teacher led lessons. Students will be divided up into groups for the duration of the semester. Each group will be responsible for studying a specific period or genre of literature. Within your groups you will come up with a reading list and complete the readings, provide information about your focus on the class wiki, and present your focus to the class. Individually you will write two major essays, blog about what you are studying and what you are learning (self reflection), and do a small presentation to your group. As well, you will keep the class up to date with Twitter and use Diigo to bookmark and share useful websites. Mr. Farmer will check in with each group once a week and provide feedback on the blog and through Twitter. It is also required that you follow Mr. Farmer’s school blog (http://dcvi.typepad.com/farmer/) to see if there are any upcoming lesson days, missed handouts, etc. The first three weeks of school will be mainly teacher led. You will be provided with essential information that will make your own independent work much easier. One day in the three weeks will be a library period where you will be shown some useful resources for this course.
Students need to:
1. Create a school only email address and provide the address to Mr. Farmer.
2. Create a Diigo account (http://www.diigo.com/introduce/home). Provide your user name to Mr. Farmer.
3. Create a Wetpaint account (http://www.wetpaint.com/). Provide your user name to Mr. Farmer.
4. Create a Twitter account (http://twitter.com/). Follow Mr. Farmer on Twitter (user name richfarm).
5. Create a blog. I recommend using either Blogger (www.blogger.com) or Wordpress (www.wordpress.com). Provide your blog address to Mr. Farmer.
6. Create a Google account in order to use GoogleDocs. If you use Blogger for your blog, you will already have a Google account as Blogger is part of Google.
To make things easier, I would use the same user name for all of your accounts. You can email all the above information to Mr. Farmer at br-jf@hotmail.com.
Group Focus Options
1. 16th Century Literature
2. 17th Century Literature
3. 18th Century Literature
4. 19th Century Literature
5. 20th Century Literature (Pre-WWII)
6. 20th Century Literature (Post-WWII)
7. Canadian Literature
8. American Literature
9. British Literature
10. 20th Century Drama
11. Women in Literature
12. Science Fiction and Fantasy
13. Utopian/Dystopian Literature
14. Shakespeare
Essays
1. The first essay will be a literary essay on a single piece of literature – a novel, play, or poem. The essay will be 5-6 pages in length.
2. The second essay will be a researched based essay on a specific author. You will use historical criticism to show how the world around the author affected his/her writing. You must use both primary and secondary sources for your research. This essay will be 8-10 pages in length. The essay will be worth 20% of your final grade and included in the 70% term mark.
Wiki
The wiki will be used for two purposes. First, it will contain the course syllabus (this) as well as a timeline for lessons and recommended submission dates. Secondly, it will be a place where groups create sections of information on their focus. Each group must include the following:
1. Historical information on the time period covered (non-period pieces will have to work around this). This should include events that would have influenced the major writers of the time.
2. Information about the major movements or styles of the period.
3. A list of the major writers. For each writer you need to provide a brief biography and list of major works.
4. Detailed information about the pieces of writing that you are reading for the course. Think of these as mini-essays.
5. You may add anything else you feel is relevant to the focus that you are looking at, but everything that goes on the wiki must be appropriate. You will be marked individually for the wiki as it is set up so that I can see what each of you has done.
Your mark will be based on quality and quantity of submissions. Part of your discussions with the teacher will be about what should go in the wiki.
Reading List
Each group must create a reading list of literature that all members will then read. You will also be expected to complete some individual readings as well related to your essays. The guidelines for coming up with a reading list are as follows:
Short Poem (two to three a week)
Long Poem (one week)
Play (two weeks)
Novel (three weeks)
You need to create a reading list that covers 16 weeks. Depending on your focus, I would suggest breaking up your reading between the four options as much as possible. Some focuses will not be able to do this unfortunately. The reading list must be submitted by the end of the third week of classes.
Group Presentation
Your group presentation is expected to take one full period. You will teach the class about your focus. You will look at a great deal of what was covered in you section of the class wiki. That means you need to cover the historical element, the major authors, and the major works. How you set up the presentation is up to you. There is no one way to do a presentation so be creative and be interesting.
Individual Presentation
You will present to your group on one author of your focus. Each group member must do a different author. For the Shakespeare group, it will be a play outside of the reading list that you present. This presentation will cover much of what will be found in your essay.
Blog
The blog will be basically an online journal where you write entries about what you are reading and researching, what you are learning, and anything else that you find interesting. Like the reading list, this will cover 16 weeks. I would suggest at least one blog a week. You will also be expected to write a final blog separate from the others where you reflect on the course and what you learned.
Exam
The final exam for the course will be worth 30% of your grade.
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