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Please use the Schedule of Classes (link
to your left) to keep track of important deadlines
and obligations, and look at the list of big dates at the
bottom of the page as well.
(Please pay careful attention to add/drop/withdrawal
dates and holidays). Please remember that it
is entirely your responsibility
to handle your registration status in this
course. If you wish to add this class, you
must get the appropriate Registration form so as to add into
this section. If you must withdraw due to unforseen
circumstances, you must get the applicable form at
the Kekaulike
Information Center (Ilima 101/2) to firmly declare your
withdrawal status. Since I cannot withdraw ANY students from
my class, please note that after the LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW
FROM FULL SEMESTER CLASSES, if you
are no longer attending this class after this date, your grade
will more than likely resolve as an "F."
Text References:
| C. Vogler, The
Writer's Journey (Vo)
T. Morris, M. Morris, eds. Superheroes
and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way
(Popular Culture and Philosophy) (Suphero)
A. Moore, The
Watchmen (Watchm)
Assignment Codes
RR=Reading
Response (a graded response to an assigned sample reading).
A Reading Response is ALWAYS a graded writing assignment,
worth 50 HW points.
SR=Supplemental
Response (a short assignment that helps you practice
some of the techniques found in the main assignment,
I can collect and comment on this piece, but since it
is a fully-graded assignment; it is an assignment that
should assist you in the writing of the MAJOR FOUR ESSAYS)
which makes it worth 20 HW points.
In-class
freewrites, which we write on a daily basis, are worth
10 HW points and count fully as participation points.
SUPP:
Supplemental Website that may be of Interest to You.
NOTE:
On certain conference days, I may decide to
hold class in the grassy area near the Mokihana building
and will provide goza mats for that purpose....
I may also opt to hold class OUTSIDE,
weather permitting, so please bring sunscreen, sunglasses,
and tasty food and beverages.
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General Deadlines:
| 9/30 |
1st Draft, Essay #1 |
| 10/07 |
Final Draft, Essay #1 |
| 11/04 |
1st Draft, Essay #2 |
| 11/11 |
Final Draft, Essay #2 |
| 12/02 |
1st Draft, Essay #3 |
| 12/09 |
Final Draft, Essay #3 |
Note: I placed two reserve copies of C. Vogler's The
Writer's Journey (Vo) on library reserve for students.
You should ask for e
Schedule
| Unit One |
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Q's to Ponder |
1. How do I/we define heroism?
2. What makes it difficult to be a hero these
days?
3. Why are people interested in hero stories? |
| Date |
In class /DUE TODAY |
Relevant Readings/Links |
HOMEWORK/ASSIGNMENTS |
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HINTS |
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| 8/24 Mon |
Class Orientation;
Teaching Philosophy/Policies
Setting Up, Talking
Story.
ICEBREAKERS;
course
syllabus + policies. |
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Take
a few days to read over the online content. Your main
goal is to familiarize yourself with my class, course
policies, and website. Please generate some questions
for me if you have them: ask them in class, or, if you
are shy, email me, davink@hawaii.edu
or talk to me during office hours in Kalia 216. I want
to really make sure that you feel welcome in my class,
and want to discuss the class with you if you feel confused,
apprehensive, or forsee any difficulties with English
257G.
1. Read
"Syllabus" (online) in depth--know the
policies of this class.
2. Write "QUESTIONAIRE"
(around 2 pages ) + write a short 1 page writing DIAGNOSTIC
that has the following prompt:
"What makes it rather difficult
to be a hero in modern times?" (this is only a
minor writing sample, so do not stress out)
3. Post an anonymous or signed
comment, question, or greeting on my hero blog, http://mrkheroblog.blogspot.com/
I want you to become comfortable in soliciting online
or in-person advice A.S.A.P. |
| 8/26 Wed |
DUE: "QUESTIONAIRE"
+DIAGNOSTIC
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1. Prepare for Presentations, Favorite
Fictional Hero 20 HW points (Presentation + 1-2
page piece)
2. Research Resources for this particular
project. |
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Style
Sheet for Assignments |
Start in (Skim) on T. Morris, M. Morris, eds.'
Superheroes
and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way (Popular
Culture and Philosophy) (Suphero). We will focus
on Superman. |
| 8/31 Mon |
Favorite
Fictional Hero Presentation;
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Guidelines
for Essay #1 |
(updating) epic.
poem assignment |
| 9/02 Wed |
Favorite
Fictional Hero Presentation;
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Guidelines
for Essay #1 |
1. Write and Design your Heroic Avatar on the Hero
Machine. Follow the link found on the Hero
Design website and print out your avatar, then write
about your avatar. |
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Hero
Machine |
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| 9/07 Mon |
HOLIDAY: LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
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| 9/09 Wed |
Share Hero
Machine Assignment. Work on Defining heroism. |
Hero
Definitions |
epic poem assignment,
PHASE ONE |
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| 9/14 Mon |
DUE epic poem assignment, PHASE
ONE |
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epic poem assignment continued, PHASE
TWO |
| 9/16 Wed |
DUE epic poem assignment, PHASE
TWO |
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1. Write Response#1:
What's a Hero? By defining heroism in ancient, modern,
and personal terms, you should be doing a good job of
preparing for your first major essay. |
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hero |
| 9/21 Mon |
DUE: Response#1:
What's a Hero? Discussion and Preparation. |
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| 9/23 Wed |
Prep for first essay |
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Blog O'Da
Week (mrkheroblog) (10): "Write up a paragraph
or two as a comment about what you might write about for
Essay
#1." I will do my best over the weekend to respond
and provide some guidelines.It might be useful to
look at the guidelines for a
topic proposal to assist you for this blog entry.
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| 9/28 Mon |
Topic Proposal (paper form is fine) |
-Hero
Definitions
Essay
#1 |
HW: Work on a preliminary draft for
Essay #1. Shoot for around 3-4 pages and provide
2 copies. Use your codename if you do in fact want to
preserve your anonymity for certain reasons. |
| 9/30 Wed |
Draft 1 DUE
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Work on your 2nd Draft. |
| UNIT TWO |
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Q's.to Ponder |
1. Do we really need the push of fictional
heroes to motivate us?
2. Can't we begin to focus more on living
heroes whom we already know?
3. What can we learn from other people's
impressions of heroes? |
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| 10/05 Mon |
2nd Draft
Conferences: 2nd Draft, Essay #1 (2 copies) |
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continue to work on your draft. get feedback and
advice from others.
Write Evaluation
#1 about this Essay; Prep. for a Final Draft.
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| 10/07 Wed |
DUE: Final Draft, Essay #1 /
+ Evaluation
#1 :(Staple Evaluation to Final Draft, and Turn in) |
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Look at the guidelines for the Heroic
Interview (20) assignment. Write a one-two page writeup
of that assignment, making sure that you have strong,
workable quote dynamics, such as block quotes or paraphrases
of your interview subject. |
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SUPP |
How
to interview someone.
How
to create the MLA citation for a personal interview |
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| 10/12 Mon |
DUE: Heroic
Interview |
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Start to identify, early on, workable ideas for Essay
#2. It always helps to have your ideas gestate and
germinate so that you don't scramble, last-minute, for
a good topic. Write up a topic
proposal. |
| 10/14 Wed |
topic
proposal DUE
Discussion: Why Should We Be Heroic. |
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Prepare for Response#2 next week (Read and Take
Notes): Why
Be a Hero? |
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1 point consultation. |
Important! |
Skim through
my Grammar
Helper and Grammar
Sampler. Identify the types of errors you typically
make on a sheet of paper. For every major essay, identify
the 3-4 errors that YOU ALWAYS seem to be making. Try
to find out the rule for the mistake, then correct the
sentence. Try to revise and write the correct sentence
using my feedback as a guide. This is the only tried and
true method for self-improvement—learning from your
mistakes. |
| 10/19 Mon |
Villains,
Discussion |
Heroes and Villains
Essay#2. |
Work on/revise a writeup about Villains,
(20) which should hopefully assist you if you should
choose to do a comparative analysis. |
| 10/21 Wed |
DUE: Response#2: Why
Be a Hero?
DUE:
Villains Writeup |
Movie Villains
Greatest
Villains. |
Write: Consider Heroes and Heroines and the
differences thereof. Begin work on a short writeup (20),
regarding Heroes
and Heroines, to coincide with our understanding of
the challenges faced by heroines more than heroes. |
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SUPP. |
Hero's
Journey
The
Hero's Journey Chart |
Read chart, "The
Hero's Journey," (1). |
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| 10/26 Mon |
due: Heroes
and Heroines writeup
Comparative Analysis pointers |
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Write: Star
Wars Old School Assignment |
| 10/28 Wed |
DUE: Star
Wars Old School Assignment |
Rely on C. Vogler, The
Writer's Journey (Vo) |
Write: Star
Wars New School
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SUPP. |
Villains:
Wikipedia
Film
Heroes and Villains |
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***
10/27 |
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Last day to withdraw
from full-semester classes, to change to credit/no credit
grade
option, and to request audit grade option (requires instructor
approval). Complete
withdrawals and grade option changes must be done in person.
Not all classes
are eligible for the credit/no credit option. Last day
to remove incompletes for Fall 08. |
| 11/02 Mon |
DUE: Star
Wars New School Assignment |
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HW: Work on a preliminary draft for Essay
#2. Shoot for around 3-4 pages and provide 2 copies.
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| 11/04 Wed |
DUE: Essay #2, 1st draft (2 copies) |
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Work on a 2nd Draft. (2 copies) |
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SUPP |
Wookiepedia
Force.Net
StarWars.com |
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| 11/09 Mon |
DUE: 2nd Draft of Essay
#2, 2 Copies
Conferences |
Vogler, Writer's Journey. |
If you need assistance revising
Essays #1 or #2, please see me. I'm here to help you.
Revise Essay #2 for a final draft (next
week is the final draft deadline)
+Write Evaluation
#2 about this Essay;
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| 11/11 Wed |
HOLIDAY: VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY
(turn in papers on Thu. in mailbox or to me directly)
DUE: FINAL DRAFT, ESSAY #2 +
Evaluation |
Finish Hero's Journey Section of SW |
Do a writeup for the assignment,
"Heroic
Aloha,". You may choose to post up your response
on Blog
O' Da Week (mrkheroblog) .. |
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WATCHMEN |
Start reading The Watchmen. It's a comic, so you
pace yourself throughout the reading. |
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SUPP |
Watchmen
Movie |
Trailer |
| 11/16 Mon |
DUE: Heroic
Aloha Assignment |
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finish a writeup for the assignment, "Heroic
Place". You may choose to post up your response
on Blog
O' Da Week (mrkheroblog) .. |
| 11/18 Wed |
"Heroic
Place" DUE |
Essay
3 |
Write: Assignment,
"Search for Heroes"
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Satire
(ONION) |
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WATCHMEN |
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| 11/23 Mon |
DUE: Assignment,
"Search for Heroes" |
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Start considering topics for
your final essay, or start to assemble and to polish
your previous works so that they are presentable for
a final portfolio project. You should also work hard
on creating a general overview piece, which is a synthesis
of your ideas regarding heroes/antiheroes/villains/or
heroism in modern times. This general overview piece
will go on top of your portfolio.
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| 11/25 Wed |
Discussion of Final Project; Discuss The Watchmen |
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Do a final Topic
Proposal or start working on your General Overview
(Heroism) piece;
Write Up: Response#3: The
Grey Areas of Heroism. |
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| 11/30 Mon |
Topic
Proposal Discussion: Essay #3
DUE: Response#3: The
Grey Areas of Heroism. |
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HW: Work on a preliminary draft for Essay
# 3. Shoot for around 3-4 pages and provide 2 copies.
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| 12/02 Wed |
DUE: first draft, Essay #3. |
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| 12/07 Mon |
DUE: 2nd Draft, Essay #3, 2 copies. Conferences. |
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Revise Essay #3 for a final draft
(next week is the final draft deadline)
+Write Evaluation
#3 about this Essay; |
| 12/09 Wed |
Due: FINAL DRAFT, Essay #3
+ Evaluation
for Essay #3.
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Do assignment,
"Search for Heroes"; (1-2 pages) your
primary purpose is to find real or actual heroes on
the Internet, which is largely a continuation of the
activity we did regarding 'unsung heroes' or heroes
that are not widely known |
| 12/11-12/18 |
Final Examination Period |
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| 12/16 Wed |
DUE: Final
Draft of Essay #4 Due + Evaluation
# 4 for last essay.(turn in by 12 noon) |
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(ALL BACK
WORK DUE): Please don't bombard me with late
work or revisions (in other words, don't revise all
of your major essays in one-shot, and give them to me
to grade on this day. You should ideally be revising
your essays on a rolling basis and turning them in a
week after you receive grades and comments. |
| 12/18 Fri |
Final Day of the Semester |
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| 12/23 Wed |
Grades due by 4:30 PM |
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Important Dates:
NOTE: FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE SEMESTER,
every essay that employs some form of documentation (uses
quotes) must be submitted with the following items:
A. PRINTED COPY OF RESOURCE with QUOTE (highlighted);
B. A
WORKS CITED ENTRY: you do not need to make another page
for this, but make sure that formatting is CORRECT. For confirmation
of correct WORKS CITED FORM, see Bullock, 233-270.
1. REMEMBER, your WORKS CITED NEEDS TO BE ALPHABETICALLY
ARRANGED, by AUTHOR.
2. BE CAREFUL ABOUT FORMATTING. Remember to
indent the other lines after the first one.
3. MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING HOW
TO CITE INTERNET SOURCES, especially, EBSCO HOST ones. Here
is a sample:
(NAME, "TITLE," SOURCE, PUBLISHING DATE, ACCESS
DATE, WEB HOST, WEB ADDRESS)
Grossman, Lev. "Didn't He
Use to Be A Musician?"
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Time. 24 Feb. 2003. 10
Mar. 2003. www.ebscohost.com.
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Avail. Online:
<http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=9120776&db=aph>
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(the first line is indented 5 spaces, while every subsequent
line is indented 10 spaces)
big dates in 2009:
| Monday, August 24 |
First day of instruction for Fall
2009 semester.
In-person registration begins for faculty/staff with tuition
waivers.
Late registration begins. Student registering for Fall
2009 classes at any University of Hawai’i Institution
for the first time on or after this date will be charged
a $30 late registration fee. |
| Friday, August 28 |
Last day to register, add, or change full-semester
class sections.
Last day to withdraw from full-semester classes with 100%
tuition refund. |
| Monday, September 7 |
Labor Day holiday |
| Monday, September 14 |
Last day to withdraw from full-semester classes
with 50% tuition refund.
Last day to withdraw without a “W” (end of
“erase” period).
Ka’ie’ie application deadline for Fall 2009
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| Friday, October 2 |
Last day to apply and register for credit by
examination |
| Thursday, October 15 |
Last day to apply for Fall 2009 graduation for
AA, AS, and CA degrees |
| Tuesday, October 27 |
Last day to withdraw from full-semester classes,
to change to credit/no credit
grade option, and to request audit grade option. Complete
withdrawals and
grade option changes must be done in person. Not all classes
are
eligible for the credit/no credit option.
Last day for instructors to submit incomplete make-up
grades for Fall 2008. |
| Wednesday, November 11 |
Veterans Day Holiday |
| Thursday, November 26 |
Thanksgiving Day Holiday |
| Friday, November 27 |
Non-instructional holiday, Thanksgiving continued |
| Thursday, December 10 |
Last day of instruction |
| December 11-18 |
Final Examination Period |
| Friday, December 18 |
Last day of Fall 2009 semester |
| Wednesday, December 23 |
Grades due by 4:30 PM |
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