Introduction to Literature

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

NAME: Professor Arnold Wood

CAMPUS ADDRESS: FCCJ – South Campus

11901 Beach Boulevard, Room T-265

Jacksonville, FL 32246

E-MAIL ADDRESS: awood@fccj.edu

WEB PAGE www1.fccj.edu/awood

PHONE NUMBER: 904-646-2341

FAX NUMBER: 904-646-2312

BEST TIME TO CALL: You may call at anytime. If I am not available, please leave your name,

phone number and a detailed message. Please speak slowly so that I can write down your

phone number. Messages will be returned within 2 working days.

COURSE MATERIALS

The following materials are required, and the textbooks may be purchased at any FCCJ bookstore in the Distance Learning Section. If the texts are not on the shelf, please ask a bookstore employee to call the bookstores on the other campuses for textbook availability.

1. Literature; Roberts; Prentice-Hall Inc.; 7^th Edition, 2004, ISBN#: 0-13-048584-5

2. Study Guide to Literary Visions; Penfield; Prentice-Hall Inc.,; 6^th Edition, 2001. ISBN# 0-13-183029-5-X

3. Video lessons for "Literary Visions" - See Airing Schedule or view at a campus library.

ORIENTATION MEETING – MANDATORY

There is only one required on-campus meeting for all LIT 2000 telecourse students. This is your opportunity to meet your professor and your fellow students and discuss any concerns you may have about course requirements. Attend the orientation. Please contact me if the orientation time conflicts with another class meeting.

Wednesday, February 9, 2005 at South Campus, Room M2222 (west side of the campus) from 6:00-7:30 p.m. sharp

A Practice CLAST Writing will be administered at Orientation

IMPORTANT NOTE: You must attend orientation or contact me by phone or email within the first two weeks of class – by February 21, 2005. If you do not make any contact, you will be dropped from the course.

REQUIRED MEETINGS AND EXAMS

Complete the Alternate Site Test Location Form to designate your selected test site for the term and bring it with you to the orientation. If I do not receive your Alternate Site Test Location Form, you will test with me for the duration of the term.

Testing - see Exam Schedule.

ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION

To be successful, the weekly assignments for this course need to be completed during those time frames. Do not fall behind - call me immediately if you experience any problem with the assignments.

The writing assignments for the course follow:

· One (1) informal writing assignment in a Response Journal each week. The responses should be 150-200 words in length. The informal writing assignments will be turned in – in order – in a folder when you report for each exam.

These assignments should be your reactions to the stories, poems or plays and/or your reactions to the videos. In these journals, we want you to have an opportunity to express your feelings about what you are seeing or reading, but, please do not summarize the selections.

· Two (2) formal writing assignments. Each Assignment will be 750-1000 words in length. You will be able to choose the genre for these writing assignments – short story, poetry or drama.

These themes are intended more as thoughtful responses to the works of literature in the 3 different genres rather than as research or term papers. It is original ideas which will merit higher grades, provided the paper has no serious grammatical errors. You will want to use examples from the short stories, poems or plays to support your views, but please, do not summarize the selections in your papers. No rewrites are accepted.

· One(1) formal research paper on the novel of your choice selected from a list provided at orientation. Novels from the Norton Critical Editions can be purchased from any commercial bookstore or on-line. You must submit your choice, in writing, at the first exam.

The research paper should be a minimum of 1,000 words in length following the Modern Language Association (MLA) style of documentation. You may refer to your textbook beginning with page 1887 for guidance on documenting sources using the MLA style or you may consult any recent handbook (i.e. Harbrace, Bedford, etc).

For a refresher on research writing techniques, selected lessons from the ENC 1102 telecourse will be run concurrently with the LIT 2000 course. See Airing Schedule for exact times.

Use the following heading for your papers:

LITERATURE 2000

Name________________________________________

Date_________________________________________

Title of Assignment____________________________

Errors in sentence structure, verb tenses, punctuation, paragraphing, grammar and spelling will deduct from the grade. A handbook on writing would be an invaluable aid.

DEADLINES FOR DROPPING/WITHDRAWING FROM CLASSES

Monday, Feb. 14, 2005	With Refund/Class is deleted from student’s record
Thursday, March 31, 2005	No refund/“W” grade assigned

Important Note: The drop deadline is sometimes before the orientation meeting and/or first video lesson on cable TV. If you are uncertain about this course, review the course outline and view a taped lesson in an FCCJ Library before the drop deadline.

COLLEGE HOLIDAYS – COLLEGE CLOSED/NO LESSONS AIRED

Monday, February 21, 2005 – President’s Day

Monday – Sunday, March 14 – 20, 2005 – Spring Break

Friday – Sunday, March 25 – 27, 2005 – Easter Holidays

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

NEW ON SATELLITE SYSTEMS: Selected telecourses are also available on Direct TV, Channel 377 and on the Dish Network, Channel 9402, called PBS YOU. Check the web site at http://www.pbs.org/pbsyou for their viewing schedule. All programming is scheduled through PBS YOU for the satellite systems. FCCJ is not responsible for the viewing schedule of PBS YOU. The televised lessons will not be in the same order or time frame as the assigned lessons for the FCCJ course, but may be used for videotaping for later viewing. Check your satellite system directory for specific scheduling information.

FCCJ is responsible for program scheduling for Cable Television only.

FCCJ telecourses are available on the following cable television channels:

Callahan	Ch. 16, Comcast
Clay County	Ch. 7, Comcast
Clay County	Ch. 26, Comcast
Duval County	Ch. 26, Comcast
Fernandina Beach	Ch. 19, Comcast
St. Johns County	Ch. 26, Comcast
St. Johns County	Ch. 55, Time Warner

CABLE TELEVISION SCHEDULE

You can view the airing schedule on the web at http://opencampus.fccj.org/TVS/tv.html

TIME

SAT

SUN

MON

TUES

WED

THUR

FRI

9:00pm-10:00pm

A, B

6:00pm-7:00pm

*A, B

A=1^st lesson of the week; B=2^nd lesson; C=3^rd lesson, *=Repeat; 0=No Lesson Aired

Please note the holidays listed above – No lessons will air on those dates

ALL testing information is on the Exam Schedule that follows this Airing Schedule

If the scheduled telelesson fails to air you should:

· Check the viewing schedule to see if viewing/recording the replay is possible.

· Call 633-8309 the next business day for a recorded message listing the re-air schedule for missed telelessons, or

· Go to the distance learning web site at http://www.distancelearning.org/tcrepeats.html for replay information, or

· View the missed lesson at a campus library.

LIT – 2000 reference #195455 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE

WEEK #

(Sat-Fri)

TELE-

LESSON #

STUDY GUIDE

READING

TEXTBOOK

ASSIGNMENTS

WRITING

ASSIGNMENTS

DUE DATE

(WRITING

ASSIGNMENT)

Week 1

2/7-2/13

(A) 1

(B) 2

First Sight

Ways of Seeing

No Text

1 – 14

“Barn Burning” – p. 177

“A Worn Path” – p. 138

Write one informal writing assignment

- in response journal (RJ)

(150-200 words) (1)

Feb. 11

Week 2

2/14-2/20

(A) 3

(B) 4

A Personal View

Reflected Worlds

“The Story of an Hour” – p. 362

“A & P” – p. 339

“First Confession” – p. 331

Informal Writing in RJ (2)

Feb. 18

Week 3

2/21-2/27

(A) 5

(B) 6

The Story’s Blueprint

Telling Their Tales

“The Portable Phonograph” – p. 281

“The Lottery” – p.244

“I Stand Here Ironing” – p. 600

Informal Writing RJ (3)

Feb. 25

Week 4

2/28-3/6

(A) 7

(B) 8

In That Time and Place

The Author’s Voice

“A Jury of Her Peers” – p.188

“The Masque of the Red Death”

p.302

“Taking Care” – p. 92

Informal Writing RJ (4)

Mar. 4

Week 5

3/7-3/13

WEEK 6 MARCH 14 – MARCH 20 IS SPRING BREAK

(A) 9

(B) 10

Suggested Voices

The Sum of Its Parts

WEEK 6 MARCH 14 – MARCH 20 IS SPRING BREAK

“Young Goodman Brown”

p. 403

“The Horse Dealer’s Daughter”

p. 478

“Everyday Use” p. 86

“Araby” p. 294

Informal Writing RJ (5)

WEEK 6 MARCH 14 – MARCH 20 IS SPRING BREAK

Mar. 11

Week 7

3/21-3/27

(A) 11

(B) 12

The Sacred Words

A Sense of Place

(11) *”Dover Beach” – p.671

* Dulce et Decorum Est – p. 760

*”Nikki-Rosa” – p. 863; “Ka’ Ba”

– p. 1125; “Resume’” – p. 1184

(Note: You’ll be tested on poems

marked with an asterisk)

(12) “Revolutionary Petunias”– 1152

“Woodchucks” – p.1110

*”Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening “– p.621

*”My Last Duchess” – p.673

“Hello, Hello, Henry” – p. 653

“Theme for English B” – p. 773

Turn in 1^st journal on short stories –

Informal Writings

(TOTAL: 5 RJ assignments due)

Informal Writing in RJ (1)

Mar. 18

LIT 2000 – reference # 195455 – INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE

Week 8

3/28-4/3

(A) 13

(B) 14

Tools of the Trade

Seeing Anew

(13) “Snow” – p. 676

*”Jabberwocky” – p.646

*”In a Station of the Metro” p. 717

“Preludes” – p. 707

*”Homage to My Hips” p.768

(14) *Metaphors” – p.744

“Snapshots of Hue” – p. 1100

*“Secretary Chant” – p. 1125

*“Oranges” – p.1143

“Kearney Park” - 1144

Informal Writing in RJ (2)

Mar. 24 (Thursday)

Week 9

4/4/- 4/10

(A) 15

(B) 16

An Echo to the Sense

Distant Voices

(15) “John While Swimming in the

Ocean” – p. 775

*”Sonnet 73” – p. 873

“The Bells” – p.826

“Pied Beauty” – p.1107

*”To His Coy Mistress” – p.909

(16) “Wellfleet Sabbath” – p. 683

“Let America Be America Again” –p. 818; *”The Second Coming” – p. 913; *“Icarus” – p. 938

*”Icarus” – p. 941

“To A Friend Whose Work Has Come to Triumph” – p. 940

Mail in first formal paper on either short story or poetry (750 – 1000 words)

Informal Writing in RJ (3)

Apr. 1

Week 10

4/11-4/17

(A) 17

(B) 18

Artful Resonance

Image of Reality

(17) *”The Sun Rising” p.813

*”Patterns” – p.1115

“Poem” – p.683

“Fear No More the Heat O’ the Sun” – p.1137

*”Auto Wreck” – p.1138

NOTE: the poems above marked with the * will be on the poetry exam, so make sure you have read them before you take the exam.

(18) Trifles – p. 1182

Informal Writing in RJ (4 )

Turn in 2^nd Journal on Poetry In formal Writings in RJ (Tota1: 4)

Informal Writing in RJ (1)

NOTE: You are to write two distinct RJ’s (the last for poetry and the first for drama) this week.

Apr. 8

Apr. 15

LIT 2000 – reference # 195455 – INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE

Week 11

4/18-4/24

(A) 19

(B) 20

Playing the Part

Patterns of Action

(19) Hamlet – p.1306

(20) Complete Hamlet

Turn in 2^nd formal paper on drama or genre not used in 1^st formal paper (750 – 1000 words)

Apr. 22

Week 12

4/25-5/1

(A) 21

(B) 22

The Vision Quest

A Frame for Meaning

(21) The Glass Menagerie – p. 1674

Informal writing assignment in RJ (2 & 3)

Apr. 29

Week 12

5/2-5/6

A

Turn in Research Paper on selected novel and informal writings in RJ (Total: 3)

May 2 (Monday)

✓See Exam Schedule

Exam Schedule

First Exam - Covers Short Stories Assignments and Telelessons 1-10

WED March 30 - 6:00 - 9:00pm North Campus, Room D-203

WED March 30 - 12:00 - 2:00pm South Campus, Room, T-103

(with instructor)

THUR March 31 - 6:00 - 8:00pm Betty P. Cook Center, Room B- B-203

FRI April 1 - 5:00 - 8:00pm Urban Resource Center, Room 103

SAT April 2 - 9:00 am - Noon Kent Campus, Room F-128 (Auditorium)

SAT April 2 - 1:00 - 4:400 pm FCCJ Deerwood Center, Room F-1608

Second Exam - Covers Poetry Assignments and Telelessons 11-17

TUES April 12 6:00 – 9:00 pm North Campus, Room D-213

TUES April 12 6:00 – 8:00 pm Betty P. Cook Center, Room B-203

WED April 13 12:00-2:00 p.m. South Campus, Room T-103

(With Instructor)

SAT April 16 9:00 am – Noon Kent Campus, Room F-128 (Auditorium)

SAT April 16 1:00 – 4:00 pm FCCJ Deerwood Center, Room F-1608

Third Exam - Covers Drama Assignments and Telelessons 18-24

SAT April 30 9:00am – Noon Kent Campus, Room F-128 (Auditorium)

SAT April 30 1:00 – 4:00pm FCCJ Deerwood Center, Room F-1608

WED May 4 6:00 – 9:00 pm North Campus, Room 1608

WED May 4 6:00 – 8:00 pm Betty P. Cook Center, Room B-203

WED May 4 12:00 -2:00 pm South Campus, Room T- 103

(With Instructor)

TESTING INFORMATION

Timing:

You will not be allowed to begin a test any later than 30 minutes prior to the close of testing.

Testing ends promptly at the time advertised.

What to bring

Social Security number

#2 lead pencil and ink pen for writing assignments

Picture ID (Driver License, Student ID, Military ID, etc.)

No scrap paper/blue books – if necessary, they will be provided. Used or unused scrap paper must be turned in before you leave the testing area.

No children, no cell phones, no beepers allowed in the testing area.

GRADING INFORMATION

Grading Method

The grades from the tests and written assignments determine your final grade.

Grades will be distributed in the following manner:

25% Research Paper

25% 1^st Formal Paper

25% 2^nd Formal Paper

25% Tests and Informal Writing Assignments

Test results

Test grades are mailed to your home address.

Expect to receive grades within 10 working days.

Makeup Tests

You must contact the instructor to schedule a make-up test, which will only be given one time, in the event an emergency prevents you from taking the test on the assigned date.

Grading Scale

90 - 100 = A

80 - 89 = B

70 - 79 = C

60 - 69 = D

Below 60 = F

Grading Policies

“W” Grade – A student may withdraw without academic penalty at FCCJ from any course up to the last withdrawal date published for each session. The student may only withdraw from the same course twice. Upon the third attempt, the student will not be permitted to withdraw and will receive an A, B, C, D, FN, or F grade for the course.

“I” Grade – The Incomplete grade may be assigned at the instructor’s discretion to students who are unable to complete the required work in the academic term. To be eligible for an “I” grade the student must be passing the course at the time of the request, and must have completed 75% of the course work. Documentation may be requested. The instructor will complete a written agreement detailing the remaining course work required for completion and the removal of the “I” grade. All work must be completed within the first eight weeks of the subsequent term, unless the instructor agrees to a longer timeframe (not to exceed one year). If terms of the agreement are not met, the “I” grade will automatically change to an “F” grade.

“FN” Grade - The Failure for Non-attendance (FN) grade is given to students who failed due to nonattendance, while the “F” grade is given to students who failed to master the content at a passing level. The FN grade may be used immediately after the withdrawal deadline. For this course non-attendance is defined as not submitting the assignments by the scheduled date published on the Syllabus. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

GRADE FORGIVENESS AND COURSE REPEATS

Grade Forgiveness – A student may repeat a course in an attempt to improve a grade if a “D”, “FN” or “F” was previously earned. A course grade may only be forgiven twice. The official grade and the grade used in calculating the GPA, shall be the last grade earned in the course.

Course Repeats and Tuition Costs – a student may have only three total attempts in any course, including the original grade, repeat grade, and withdrawals. Upon the third attempt in the course the student must be given an “A”, “B”, “C”, “FN” or “F”.

A student may enroll in a specific college credit course only twice at a regular tuition rate. If the first two attempts are unsuccessful (all grades will count as an attempt, including audit, W, F, FN and D), the third time a student enrolls in the course he/she must pay full cost of instruction. This cost is equivalent to the out-of-state tuition rate, approximately four times the cost of regular tuition.

ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

Disabled Student Services Specific services (such as note taker, tutor, reader, scribe, interpreter) can be provided upon receipt of documentation. Students needing special accommodations for testing must notify their campus Disabled Student Specialist at the beginning of the term. NO special accommodations can be made without documentation from FCCJ’s Disabled Student Services Office. Central Office: 633-5978 (Voice and TDD)
Downtown Campus: 633-8488 (Voice and TDD)	North Campus & Nassau Center: 766-6784 (Voice and TDD)
Kent Campus: 381-3500 (Voice and TDD)	South Campus & Deerwood: 646-2191 (Voice and TDD)
Learning Centers Tutoring is available for all telecourse students (for a variety of subjects) in the Learning Centers located on each campus. Please call in advance for hours of operation and tutor availability.
Downtown Campus: 633-8166		Kent Campus: 381-3449
North Campus: 766-6718		South Campus: 646-2169
Deerwood Center: 997-2574		Nassau Center: 548-4467

Libraries
Telecourse lessons are on videotape in all FCCJ libraries. Videotapes cannot be checked out or rented from the library and must be viewed in the library. Ask for your video lesson by both lesson number and name of the video series. Call the library for hours of operation.
Downtown Campus: 633-8368	Kent Campus: 381-3522
North Campus: 766-6711	South Campus: 646-2174
Deerwood Center: 997-2563	Nassau Center: 548-4467
Above are the main library numbers, below are the reference desk numbers.
Downtown: 633-8169	Kent: 381-3545
North: 766-6636	South: 646-2179
Deerwood: 997-2562	Nassau: 548-4467
Please send requests for library related information to: librarian@fccj.edu

Telecourse Assistance

For questions regarding telecourses please call the Learner Support Center at 632-3151.

If a scheduled telecourse lesson does not air please call 997-2669 as soon as you notice a problem. You can view the airing schedule on the web at http://opencampus.fccj.org/TVS/tv.html

Telecourse Updates – Call 633-8309

For recorded information on assignment changes, upcoming exams, telecourse replays, and special notes from your instructor. Available 24 hours a day.

Rental

Most telecourses may be rented for an additional fee. For detailed information, call RMI at 1-800-745-5480 or access their web site at http://www.rmimedia.com. Videos cannot be rented from FCCJ’s Libraries.

ALTERNATE SITE TEST LOCATION FORM

Name: ______________________________________ SS#: ____________________________ Term: _______

(Please Print)

Your choice of testing location – (please check one)

{ } On Campus With Professor (See Exam Schedule)

{ } North Campus: Wednesday; 6:00 – 9:00 pm – Room D213

{ } Betty P. Cook Center: Thursday; 6:00 – 8:00 pm – Room B 203

{ } Kent Campus: Saturday; 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Room F-128 (Auditorium)

{ } FCCJ Open Campus Deerwood Center: Saturday; 1:00 – 4:00 pm – Room F1608

{ } Disabled Student Services: _________________________________________________________

Campus

ALL requests for special accommodations (due to disability) are arranged by a campus Disabled Student Specialist. Please call for assistance. Requests must be made at the beginning of the term. Central Office: 633-5978
Downtown Campus: 633-8488	Kent Campus: 381-3500
North Campus: 766-6784	South Campus: 646-2191

I have read and understand this course outline. I understand that I am responsible for all activities (assignments and exams) by the designated dates and that once I mail this form to the Instructor, my test location is fixed for the duration of the term and cannot be changed.

Signature: __________________________________________________________________________________

Current Address: _____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________ Email address: ______________________________

Home Phone: _________________________________ Hours Available: _______________________________

Work Phone: _________________________________ Hours Available: _______________________________

Please mail before September 24, 2004 or bring it to the telecourse orientation.

Please Mail to: Professor Arnold Wood, Jr.

FCCJ- South Campus, Box 80

11901 Beach Blvd, Rm. T-265

Jacksonville, FL 32246