RIC ENGL 118

*All below requirements must be satisfied prior to being enrolled in the college course.

Theme: The reinvention of self in a changing world.“The Man Who Would Be King,” by Rudyard Kipling

“Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection” –  (pp 146-168) From the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Charles Scribner Illuminates F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby,” Forbes Magazine Op-Ed (2012).

*Students will complete reading quizzes on Engrade Prior to the start of the course.

*A Four page analysis of the above texts is due by the end of the school day on 12 February 2013.  Please email finished papers to middlecollege.scott@gmail.com

• Reading Literature: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.9, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4,
• Writing: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1a, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1b, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1c, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1d, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1e

12/24 to 2/28

2/24 Lecture: The historical context of Eric Larson’s the Devil in the White City

2/25 Introduction to text The Devil in the White City

Homework: Read Larson (1-47)

2/26 Quiz on Larson (1-47) Discuss the craft and structure of Larson’s text and how he introduces characters.

2/27 Read articles on sociopaths: Article 1 and Article 2 Write/discuss briefly in relation to Larson’s initial descriptions of Holmes and Chicago.  Homework: Read Larson (49-84)

2/28 Quiz on Larson (49-84).

• Reading Literature: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.6
• Writing: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.2f
• Speaking and Listening: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1a, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1b

3/3 to 3/7

3/3 Read and discuss: Larson (85-109) in class

3/4 Quiz on Larson (85-109) and class led discussion Homework: (Larson 111 – 145)

3/5 Literary Landscape of Providence (Weather Permitting).  We will examine downtown Providence with an emphasis on Burnham inspired buildings.

3/6 Quiz on Larson (111-145) In-class essay: Use evidence from this week’s reading to answer the question: “Are cities our greatest invention?”

3/7 Finish Essay, Homework: Read Larson (146-160).

3/10 to 3/13

3/10 Quiz on Larson (146-160) Discussion: Ethics vs. progress in medicine Homework: Larson (161-191).

3/11 Found Poetry for characters from Larson (1-191)

3/12 Quiz: Larson (161-191) present found poetry

3/13 Read in class Larson (192-231)

3/17 to 3/21

3/17 Quiz (x2) on Larson (192-231) Homework: Larson (235-257)

3/18 Quiz on Larson (235-257) Homework: Larson (258 – 289)

3/19 Quiz on Larson (258-289) Read in class Larson (290-336)

3/20 Devil in the White City acting skits (work in groups)

3/21  Devil in the White City acting skits (present)Homework: Larson (339-350)

• Speaking and Listening: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.3

3/24 to 3/28

3/24 Quiz on Larson (339-350) Read in class Larson (350-368)

3/25 Class Discussion: Judging Holmes and evaluating Burnham, in-class essay (who is the most important minor character in the story).  Homework: Larson (369-390)

3/26 Outline Essay,

3/27 Essay Writing Workshop

3/28 Essay Writing Workshop

3/31 to 4/4

Themes:N/A

3/31 Essay Writing workshop

4/1 Larson essay is due to middlecollege.scott@gmail.com by 10:00p.m.

4/2 Review for Larson test

4/3 Larson test

4/4 Historical context of Fires in the Mirror by Anna Deavare Smith

4/7 to 4/11

4/7 Read Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities, by Anna Deavere Smith (9-24 “the Desert/Static/101 Dalmations”) Homework: read Deavere Smith (25 – 36 “Look in the Mirror/Me and James’s Thing/ Wigs”)

4/8 Four Corners:  arguing points of view exercise.  Discussion: do cities and technology temper or inflame racial tensions?  Homework: Read Deavere Smith (37-51 “Rope/Rhythm and Poetry).

4/9 Quiz on Deavere Smith (37-51), Discussion on the role of music in Fires in the Mirror and other texts we have read.  Read Deavere Smith (52-76 “Roots/Near enough to Reach/Seven Verses/Isaac/Lousy Language.

4/10 Read in class: Deveare Smith (97-135) finish play by Monday

4/11 Assign Fires in the Mirror Essay, Homework: Write Outline

4/14 to 4/17

4/14 Writing Workshop

4/15 Writing Workshop

4/16 Writing Workshop

4/17 Writing Workshop, Essay due to middlecollege.scott@gmail.com by 10:00p.m.

Week  9

4/28 to 5/2

4/28 Read and discuss “Lines Written a few miles above Tintern Abbey” by William Wordsworth

4/29 Read and discuss “The World is too Much With Us,” by Wordsworth” and “Kubla Khan” By Samuel Taylor Coleridge Homework: write a one page paper on any of the three Romantic poems.

4/30 Introduction to Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, read Shelly pages (9-23) together.

5/1 Letters: exercises and discussions based on narration in Shelly.

5/2 Read in class Shelly (29-45)

5/5 to 5/9

5/5 Quiz on Shelly (1-45), Lecture: Victor Frankenstein’s quest for knowledge: To what extent can knowledge heal or harm humanity?  Homework: Read Shelly (46-60).

5/6 Quiz on Shelly (46-60) Mini-Debates: Who is the monster, Dr. Frankenstein or his monster? Homework: Read Shelly (61-80)

5/7 Quiz on Shelly (61-80) Short paper: contrast the craft, structure and imagery of Shelly’s writing with Wordsworth’s “Lines Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey”

5/8 Writing Workshop, Homework: Read Shelly (81-103).

5/9 Quiz on Shelly (81-103), Read in class: Shelly (104 -127).

• Reading: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.6
• Writing: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.2f

Week 11

5/12 to 5/16

5/12 Quiz on Shelly (104-127), Read and discuss: Shelly (128-142), Homework: Shelly (143-166).

5/13 Quiz on Shelly (143-166), RINI celebrates the nuptials of Victor and Elizabeth!  Homework: Free Write on the meaning of the wedding scene

5/14 Review for Test

5/15 Test

5/16 Frankenstein Paper two to four pages, Writing Workshop

• Writing: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1a, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1b, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1c, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1d, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1e

Week 12

5/19 to 5/23

5/19 Writing Workshop

5/20 Writing Workshop

5/21 Scantron Testing

5/22 Scantron Testing

5/23 Scantron Testing

• Writing: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1a, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1b, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1c, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1d, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1e

Week 13

5/27 to 5/30

5/27 Field Trip: Walking Tour of Fox Point, Providence

5/28 Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican

5/29 Some Kind of Funny Porto Rican  

5/30 Finish film and have class discussion: urbanity and humanity.

• Speaking and Listening: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.6
  • Reading Informational Text: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.7

Week 14

6/2 to 6/6

6/2 Writing Workshop for Final Paper

6/3 Writing Workshop for Final Paper

6/4 Writing Workshop for Final Paper

6/5 Writing Workshop for Final Paper

• Writing: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1a, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1b, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1c, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1d, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.11-12.1e

Week 15

6/9 to 6/13

6/9 Final Review

6/10 Final Review, paper is due to middlecollege.scott@gmail.com by 10:00p.m.

FINAL