Plagiarism In Othello

Grading: This course follows the grading system of the Virginia Satellite Educational Network: 93-100 =A 85-92= B 77-84= C 70-76= D Incomplete assignments will be entered in the grade book as zeros. Major Papers 45% Research Paper (Will be Counted as Three Major Papers) Major Tests and Exam 40% Classwork 15% POLICIES: Since this is a college-level class, students should strive to: Commit yourself to the study of college-level material, Discuss literature and other issues with maturity and decorum, Treat satellite classmates with respect and kindness. Timeliness: All written assignments must be completed on time. Each day a paper is late will equal a letter grade deduction. Sources: Plagiarism is the use of someone else’’s words, key phrases,
16 - No Broadcast - Martin Luther King Day Jan. 17 - Writing Assignment 8 - In class essay concerning Heart of Darkness Jan.18 - Begin Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare Jan.19 - Characters in Othello Jan. 23 - The secrets of Act 1 of Othello Jan. 24 - Innocence in an Evil World (Othello) Jan. 25-31 - Complete Othello February Assignments Feb.1 - Writing Assignment # 9 (In Class Paper) Topic to Be Announced Feb. 3 - Major Test using College Board Style Questions Feb. 6 - Begin Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky Feb. 7 - Dostoyevsky’s background Feb. 8 - Philosophy in Crime and Punishment (Nietzsche and Hegel) Feb. 9 - 16 Crime and Punishment character study Feb. 20- No Broadcast - President’’s Day Feb.21-23 - Continue Crime and Punishment Feb. 24 - Writing Assignment 10 - In class essay concerning the oberman philosophy and Raskolnikov’s character. Question Announced on February 24 Feb. 24 - Multiple Choice Questions (15 minute test) February 27-28 - Begin Poetry Unit: Students are required to keep a Literary Journal during March and April For Details view class March 1. Please visit the Terminology site in Links. For each poem students will determine: 1. Form of poetry (sonnet, ballad, epic, villanelle, ode, terza rima, ottava rima, lyric) 2. Point of View 3. Setting 4. Theme 5. Figurative Language Used (Simile, Metaphor, Personification) 6. Purpose 7. Elements of Irony 8. Style 9. Tone /
Symbolism 11. Meter and End Rhyme Scheme 12. Imagery Examples March Assignments March 1-2 - George Gordon, Lord Byron - "She Walks in Beauty" March 3-7 - "She Walks" and poetry terminology March 3 - Major Test––––Multiple Choice (College Board Style Poetry) March 6-9 "When We Two Parted" and Don Juan (Section 1) March 10-Test over "When We Two Parted" and Don Juan March 13-23 - Begin Percy Shelley’’s poetry - "To Wordsworth" "England in 1819," "Ozmandias," and "Ode to the West Wind" March 24 - Writing Assignment # 11 - In Class essay on Poetry March 27 - Begin John Keats poetry - "On First Looking into Chapman’’s Homer" March 28 - "When I Have Fears" March 29- April 5 -"La Belle Dame Sans Merci", "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and "The Eve of Saint Agnes" April Assignments April 6 - Major Test - Multiple Choice (College Board Style) April 7 - Begin Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poetry April 10-12 - "The Lady of Shalott" April 13, 14, 17 - Spring Break ( No Broadcasts) April 18 - 27 - "Lancelot and Elaine" from Idylls of the King April 28–Major Test on “The Lady of Shalott and “Lancelot and Elaine” May Assignments May 1--Mock AP Study May 2 - Mock AP Test May 3 - Review for College Board May 4 - College Board Exam for AP English Those not taking the College Board will be involved in an in-class test. Those taking the AP College Board Literature and Composition Exam are exempt from this essay. May 8 - Morte D’Arthur by Thomas Malory May 9 - “Ulysses” May 6 - Begin Desire Under the Elms