7 Days of Marriage
• Students will become more familiar with authors and genres from various periods of American literature.
• Students will recognize the influence of American history and culture on American writers.
• Students will recognize themes that are uniquely American, as well as those that are universal.
• Students will learn how different writers, communities, and cultures have defined and articulated what it means to be “American.”
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES: The instructor may use the following instructional techniques during the course: lecture, collaborative learning, self-reflection, class discussions, and research projects.
GRADING SCALE AND PROCEDURE:
96 - 100% A
90 - 95% A-
87 – 89% B+
83 – 86% B
80 – 82% B-
77 - 79% C+
73 - 76% C
70 – 72% C-
67 – 69% D+
63 – 66% D
60 – 62% D-
The following is the approximate grade distribution for the course along with the Indiana English Content Standards they address.
30% In-class Participation [Addressed in Attachment D] Response Journals, in-class Quizzes, discussion, attendance
The best way for you to be prepared for class is to maintain a response journal. The journal could include questions, observations, puzzling quotations or favorite quotations that you try to analyze, and other responses to the text being read.
• For most stories, I have discussion prompts on Moodle.
• You may be expected to share your responses with the class during class discussion. You may be asked to begin the class discussion based on your journal entry.
• The journal entries are not simply to be your positive or negative reaction to the work. They are to reflect your efforts to analyze the work.
• For each entry, you should direct the reader to specific lines/passages in the work discussed. You will need to cite the
• Students will recognize the influence of American history and culture on American writers.
• Students will recognize themes that are uniquely American, as well as those that are universal.
• Students will learn how different writers, communities, and cultures have defined and articulated what it means to be “American.”
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES: The instructor may use the following instructional techniques during the course: lecture, collaborative learning, self-reflection, class discussions, and research projects.
GRADING SCALE AND PROCEDURE:
96 - 100% A
90 - 95% A-
87 – 89% B+
83 – 86% B
80 – 82% B-
77 - 79% C+
73 - 76% C
70 – 72% C-
67 – 69% D+
63 – 66% D
60 – 62% D-
The following is the approximate grade distribution for the course along with the Indiana English Content Standards they address.
30% In-class Participation [Addressed in Attachment D] Response Journals, in-class Quizzes, discussion, attendance
The best way for you to be prepared for class is to maintain a response journal. The journal could include questions, observations, puzzling quotations or favorite quotations that you try to analyze, and other responses to the text being read.
• For most stories, I have discussion prompts on Moodle.
• You may be expected to share your responses with the class during class discussion. You may be asked to begin the class discussion based on your journal entry.
• The journal entries are not simply to be your positive or negative reaction to the work. They are to reflect your efforts to analyze the work.
• For each entry, you should direct the reader to specific lines/passages in the work discussed. You will need to cite the