Week 4 (3\/26 and 3\/28): African Diasporic Fictions<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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• “The Headstrong Historian”-Adichie<\/li>\n
• “Fari, Princess of Tiali”-Diallo<\/li>\n
• “The Arrangers of Marriages”-Adichie<\/li>\n
• Essay 1 Due (3\/28)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Week 5 (4\/2 and 4\/4): SPRING RECESS! No Classes<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

  Week 6 (4\/9 and 4\/11): Foundational African American & Caribbean Poetry<\/span><\/h3>\n

  4\/9: (ONLINE CLASS)<\/p>\n

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  • Poetry Workbook (pp. 128-129)<\/li>\n
  • 1. Post two original poems from the exercises. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
  • 2. Comment on at least 2 other posts from your classmates<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    4\/11:<\/p>\n

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    • Poetry Workbook (pp. 104-119)<\/li>\n
    • “Creation”- Johnson<\/li>\n
    • “The Poet” & “Life\u2019s Tragedy”- Dunbar<\/li>\n
    • “Back to Africa”- Bennett<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Week 7 (4\/16 and 4\/18):Multigenre & Translingual Poetry<\/span><\/h3>\n

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      • Poetry – Cummings<\/li>\n
      • Poetry – Brooks<\/li>\n
      • Poetry- Madhubuti OR<\/em> Poetry – Ellis<\/li>\n
      • Poetry – Martin<\/li>\n
      • “Carry Go Bring Come”- Bloom<\/li>\n
      • “Yardstick” & “Granny in de Marketplace”- Johnson<\/li>\n
      • Blog Response 2 Due (4\/16)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Week 8 (4\/23 and 4\/25): Inheritance-themed Poetry<\/span><\/h3>\n

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        • “Parsley” & “Claudette Colvin”- Dove<\/li>\n
        • “What the Orphan Inherits”- Alexie<\/li>\n
        • Writing Workshop-Essay 2 (on 4\/25)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Week 9 (4\/30 and 5\/2): Contemporary U.S. Poetry<\/span><\/h3>\n

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          • “Language Lesson 1976”- McHugh<\/li>\n
          • “I Do Not”- Palmer<\/li>\n
          • “Affirmative Action Blues”- Alexander<\/li>\n
          • Essay 2 Due (5\/2)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
          • Poetry Workshop (on 5\/2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Week 10 (5\/7 and 5\/9): Facing Our Truth: Ten Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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            • Basin<\/em> [Act I Scenes 1-2] – Rudet<\/li>\n
            • The Ballad of George Zimmerman <\/em>– O\u2019Brien<\/li>\n
            • Colored <\/em>– Miller<\/li>\n
            • Blog Response 3 Due (5\/7)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Week 11 (5\/14 and 5\/16):Facing Our Truth: Ten Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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              • Dressing <\/em>– Mansour & Manassah<\/li>\n
              • Night Vision <\/em>– Morisseau<\/li>\n
              • No More Monsters Here – <\/em>Gardley<\/li>\n
              • Essay 3 Outline Due (5\/16)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Week 12 (5\/21 and 5\/23): Facing Our Truth: Ten Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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                • Some Other Kid<\/em> – Patmatat<\/li>\n
                • Writing Workshop-Essay 3 (on 5\/23)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Week 13 (5\/28 and 5\/30): Student Choice Readings<\/span><\/h3>\n

                  5\/28: College Closed, No classes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

                  5\/30:<\/p>\n

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                  • Student Choice Readings<\/li>\n
                  • Essay 3 Due <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
                  • All essay revisions due<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    Week 14 (6\/4 and 6\/6): Final Exam Week<\/span><\/h3>\n

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                    • Final Exam Review (on 6\/4)<\/li>\n
                    • Portfolio Due (6\/4)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n
                    • In-class Final Exam (6\/6)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      Week 15 (6\/11): Individual Conferences<\/span><\/h3>\n

                      We will schedule all conferences on Monday 6\/11 and Tuesday 6\/12 (if needed).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                      Here is a complete PDF version of the syllabus: ENG102 syllabus SP 18 Session I (Martin) Week 1 (3\/5 and 3\/7): Multicultural Fiction & Linguistic Awareness Bishop (1990) \u2013 \u201cWindows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors\u201d Dialect Awareness for Students- Adger, Wolfram & Christian Week 2 (3\/12 and 3\/14): U.S. & Caribbean Diasporic Fiction Guy (1983)- A Measure of Time excerpt<\/p>\n

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