Ghost Hunt: Presentations

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Syllabus update on Learning Web

Students!
Below, please note the syllabus updates/corrections.  Feel free to comment or email me with any questions concerning expectations this semester.

10 WEEK CALENDAR

¤         Week 1: Adaptation

¤         Week 2: Group work—Ghost hunt and class presentation

¤         Week 3: Entering Dante’s Inferno (using Dante’s Inferno: A Wanderer in Hell as translation)

¤         Week 4: Ghost hunt group presentations and “Pick Your Poison” creative writing

¤         Week 5: Adapting life to story and story to life—The Fall Midterm exam and essay  

¤         Week 6: Myth and symbolism through the ages

¤         Week 7: Art and Architecture

¤         Week 8: Field trip assignment—MFAH Sculpture Garden

¤         Week 9: What is Metalanguage?

¤         Week 10: Final Project and Potluck

Major essays/projects:

¤         Powerpoint Presentation: 10%

¤         Creative Writing Projects: 10%

¤         Research Essay on Adaptation in _________ (student selection): 10%

¤         Daily Class Participation/Projects and Assigned Homework: 50%

Classwork and homework instructions will be explained in-class or on the course blog.  MLA-style formatting and citations are expected. 

¤         Midterm: 10%

¤         Final Project: 10%

Instructional Materials

TEXT

Adventures in the Human Spirit.  7th Edition. Ed, Bishop.  New York:  Pearson & Manos.  2014.

ISBN: 978-0-205-88147-5

Additional texts will be free of charge and will be handed out in class or provided by e-link.

Note on Tech:  No electronics allowed without permission of your instructor.

Extra Reading

Hello!

We will be reading selections from Mark Readman's What’s in a Word? The Discursive Construction of Creativity this semester.  Should you want to read the full text, or look at it at your own pace, please use the link provided.

Be ready to start Dante's Inferno in class on Thursday.  Selections from the translation we're using will be provided. 

Greetings, Humanitarians!

This week, we have completed in-class writing expressing your thoughts about the word "adaptation" and have begun Phase 1 of our ghost hunting/team building workshop.

Our textbook is Adventures in the Human Spirit, by Philip E. Bishop.

Welcome to the class, welcome to the blog, and have a good weekend!