Academic Calendar

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Plagiarism

Policy

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. 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 272G.

1. Read "Syllabus" (online) in depth--know the policies of this class.

2. Write then EMAIL "QUESTIONAIRE" (around 1-2 pages ) +Myth Diagnostic (1-2 pages)

3. Post an anonymous or signed comment, question, or greeting on my myth blog, http://mrkmyth.blogspot.com/ Use your 5 letter/number codename. I want you to become comfortable in soliciting online or in-person advice A.S.A.P.

DUE: Questionnaire and Diagnostic.

In-class: Intro. to Fairy Tales

1. Read

"This is a Photograph of Me," by Margaret Atwood; (online)

Scan / think about potential questions found in Atwood's piece

2. SR: Post an anonymous or signed comment (one paragraph or so) along with your codename for credit on http://mrkmyth.blogspot.com/ Comment on any aspect of "This is a Photograph of Me" in the anonymous comments section for credit. We will discuss Atwood's piece next week so as to review how to conduct a literary analysis.

3. Prepare for Presentations (5-7 min) on Favorite Fairy Tales +Writeup (1-2 pages).

Fairy Tales Discussion + Literary Analysis Review

DUE: blog commentary on "This is a Photograph"

Fairy Tales Discussion + Literary Analysis Review

Spectrum Magazine's "Poetic Feminism" by Holly Tammens.

Fairy Tale Presentation + Writeup Group I volunteers.

DUE: Fairy TALE Writeup (I and II)

Start watching Pan's Labyrinth (DVD): Movies for homework!!!

Purchase in bookstore, B&N, Border's, or rent at Blockbuster. Last time I checked, there was also a copy at KCC Library!

Write: Task #1: Pan's Labyrinth Assignments

DUE: Task #2: Pan's Labyrinth Assignments

Intro. to "Water" theme.

Go shopping this weekend, or have a good dream, hopefully not a nightmare. Start to look for stirring and powerful symbols in the logos, designs, and motifs that you see for stores. Look at the "Mall Symbolism" assignment or "Bad Dream, Good Dream" assignment, and

1. Write: Mall Symbolism OR Bad Dream, Good Dream(1-2 pages)

SUPP

Wikipedia Entry: Mythology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Olympians

Medusa

1. Prepare for your first Myth Response

2. Take notes on "Shambleau" or "Perseus, Book IV"

3. "Shambleau" (CoRead) 02-18; or "Perseus, Book IV" (Ovid) lines 663-803;

(IC#1)+

4 Resources

5. Prep for IC Response #1: "Shambleau" or "Perseus" (~you must reply to the in-class prompt as closely as possible) (50 HW points)

PROMPT: Using up to three quotes from the source text, please provide evidence that fairy tale archetypes exist in your reading. You may want to hit upon concepts such as "hero," "princess," "divine feminine," "debauched feminine," or other archetypes like "outcast" or "Other."

1. Start to consider ideas for your 1st major essay, Mythological Identity;

2. HW: Prepare a brief topic proposal for your first essay, Mythological Identity. (1~2 pages) (SR) (20 HW points);

You can also post your topic proposal on the blog if you want, but that's completely up to you (always put your codename on it for credit). . Since next Monday is a holiday, email is probably the best bet.

Topic Proposals DUE

Conferences on your Topic Proposal with the Instructor.  Prepare for Draft.

librarian visit.

Write 2nd Draft, Essay #1: Mythic Identity (PROVIDE 2 COPIES) (Use your codename or go anonymous)

Revise Essay #1 (next class is the final draft deadline, and of course, you can revise the essay later.)

+Write Evaluation #1 about this Essay; Staple your Evaluation to the Final Draft.

Work on an amazing final draft for MDS Identity. Those of you who turned it in on Thursday may begin working on "Art as Power" to thereby get ahead of the pace.

Final Deadline for MDS Draft was voted to be moved here.

DUE: Final Draft, Essay #1 / + Evaluation #1 :

Urban Legends Discussion

Pick an urban legend that intrigues you off the Urban Legend Resource Page. Be prepared to write a freewrite on that urban legend. Source page: Essay #2 on Urban Legends

1. Prepare either a paper or online writeup for "Art as Power" exercise; you may decide to post up comments on the blog.

Urban Legends + The Rise of Technology;

DUE: "Art as Power"

1. Start assembling ideas for Essay #2 on Urban Legends

2. Start reading and preparing for the next Unit,

"Fire"

SUPP.

Adam Aitken, "To A Cyborg" (course reader)

Jabberwacky Online A.I.

Actroid

Consultations

1. Craft an Urban Legend topic proposal;.

Individual conferences for Essay #2, "Urban Legends"

DUE:

1. Urban Legend topic proposal;.

HW: Prepare either a paper or online writeup for "Technological Dependence" exercise; you may decide to post up comments on the blog.

DUE: "Technological Dependence" exercise;

librarian support visit.

1. Read

"Supertoys Last all Summer Long" (CoRead) 19-23; or

"Pygmalion, Book X" (Ovid) 220-297.

(RR#2) + Resources

2. Prepare: In-class Response#2 on "Supertoys Last all Summer Long " or "Pygmalion" (answer a minimum of 3 questions or more for extra points) (50 HW Points)

WRITE IN-CLASS : IC#2 on "Supertoys" or "Pygmalion"; discussion and movie

movie/discussion

+In -class writeup

start planning out your ideas for the next essay; conference with me.

Write: Essay #2, "Urban Legends" (1st draft, 2 copies)

Conferences about 2nd Essay, Brainstorming

DUE: Essay #2, 1st draft (2 copies)

"Urban Legends"

2nd Draft Conference on Urban Legends Essay (2 copies)

Prepare either a paper or online writeup for "A.I" exercise; you may decide to post up comments on the blog.

Continue work on your 2nd essay. Prepare a Final Draft

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 2010. After this date, all Fall 2010 Incomplete grades cannot be altered.

DUE: "A.I" exercise;

Read Battle Royale film summary by A. Leong; prepare for first novel by Koushun Takami.

Read Koushun Takami, Battle Royale 15-75.

Read

"Case Study: Battle Royale's Apocalyptic Millenial Message" (CoRead) 25-31; or

"Orpheus and Eurydice, Book X" (Ovid) 01-85.

(RR#3)+Resources

Prepare for In-Class Write-Up: RR#3, on "Case Study" or "Orpheus" (50 HW points)

BR

DUE: IC#3.

RR#3 Discussions

Start to look over the LAST ESSAY.

Read Koushun Takami, Battle Royale, 140-221.

Start preparing for your Battle Royale Presentation (5-8 minutes) and Writeup (1-2 pages)

Prepare either a paper or online writeup for "death narrative" exercise; you may decide to post up comments on the blog.

Death Narrative Due (bonus)

Battle Royale Presentation (5-8 minutes) and Writeup (1-2 pages)

Read chart, "The Hero's Journey," (1).

Visual Chart

Battle Royale Presentation (5-8 minutes) and Writeup (1-2 pages)

conferences on Essay #3,

Topic Proposal DUE; Consultations

Please make sure that you have completed the survey for the CLASS EVALUATION, online. This is a mandatory assignment.

DUE: Final Draft, BR Essay (Essay #3) + Evaluation

ALL BACK WORK/FINAL REVISIONS DUE

(ALL BACK WORK DUE)

Please do not bombard me with late work / revisions (in other words, don't revise all 4 of your major essays then give all of them to me to grade on this day. You should be revising your essays and turning them a week after you receive back my grades and comments.

(the end of the semester can be quite stressful, so I want to allow more flexibility for you to conference with me on ALL LATE WORK/REVISIONS, and your Literary Analysis)

Please use the Schedule of Classes 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:

General Deadlines:

This is K.C.C.'s discussion about plagiarism:

PLAGIARISM

Plagiarism includes but is not limited to submitting any document, to satisfy an academic
requirement, that has been copied in whole or part from another individual’s work without
identifying that individual; neglecting to identify as a quotation a documented idea that has not
been assimilated into the student’s language and style, or paraphrasing a passage so closely that
the reader is mislead as to the source; submitting the same written or oral material in more than
one course without obtaining authorization from the instructors involved; or in the dry-lab
setting, which includes (a) obtaining and using experimental data from other students without the
express consent of the instructor, (b) utilizing experimental data and laboratory write-ups from
other sections of the course or from previous terms during which the course was conducted, and
(c) fabricating data to fit the expected results, (d) dictation papers to or copying from others.

Course policy is as follows: for the first infraction, you get an "F" and no revision for the paper; the second incidence results in an "F" grade for the course.

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)

 
(the first line is indented 5 spaces, while every subsequent line is indented 10 spaces)

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 2010.