ENG350 Schedule Spring 2003

ENG350: Literature for Young Adults

Schedule Spring 2003

Directory of Class Webpages Spring 2003

Completed Classes:

Week 1, 1/28 and 1/30

Introduction to Course. Writing Reading Reflections. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. (Read about 1/2 of the novel before class on Thursday, 1/30.)

Relevant Websites:

Official S. E. Hinton Website, with Biography and FAQ about The Outsiders
Teachers@Random: S. E. Hinton, with biography and answers to interview questions
Autobiographical sketch written for the Fourth Book of Junior Authors at Educational Paperback Assn.
Teacher Resource File: S. E. Hinton at the Internet School Library Media Center
Web English Teacher: S. E. Hinton, assignments and lesson plans

Week 2, 2/4 and 2/6

Discussion of The Outsiders, continued. Beginning Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya.

Relevant Websites:

Brief annotation of Bless Me, Ultima in the Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database maintained at New York University
Teaching unit on "The Legend of La Llorona" from San Diego County Office of Education
Rudolfo A. Anaya page, with commentary on folk medicine and witchcraft and a page on La Llorona, maintained by Tom Lynch, instructor in Southwestern Literature at New Mexico State University
Interview with Rudolfo Anaya
"Rudolfo Anaya Receives National Medal of Arts," 23 April 2002 press release
"Magical Realism"
"Spanglish"
Spanish-English Dictionary

Week 3, 2/11 and 2/13

Discussion of Bless Me, Ultima, continued. Beginning A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich by Alice Childress.

Relevant Website:

Alice Childress brief biography
Essay on Childress (that refers to banning of A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich)

Week 4, 2/18 and 2/20

Discussion of A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich and Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? A Mystery in Poems by Mel Glenn.

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Week 5, 2/25 and 2/27

Monster by Walter Dean Myers. Workshop on Paper #1.

Relevant Websites:

Walter Dean Myers Information Page
Booklist Interview focusing on writing of Monster
Autobiographical Sketch and 2001 Interview
Guide to Teaching Monster and Scorpions
Approaches to Monster
Teaching Unit on Evidence in Monster

Happy Spring Break!

Week 6, 3/11 and 3/13

Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff. Paper #1 due.

Relevant Websites:

Interview with Virginia Euwer Wolff at Authors4Teens.com

Week 7, 3/18 and 3/20

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.

Relevant Websites:

Week 8, 3/25 and 3/27

Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer.

Relevant Websites:

Week 9, 4/1 and 4/3

You Remind Me of You: A Poetry Memoir by Eireann Corrigan (reading notes are being prepared to help you with this text). No author links, because I've found little information--just what's on the back cover of the book and what we can read in the poems. Thursday: Workshop on Critical Paper #2.

Week 10, 4/8 and 4/10

Desert Exile by Yoshiko Uchida. Paper #2 due.

Relevant Websites:

A personally created page on Uchida, with black & white photos of Japanese internment

Week 11, 4/15 and 4/17

Striking Out by Will Weaver. Start research project and Web page. We will schedule at least one evening workshop on Web page writing.

Relevant Websites:

Will Weaver Web page at Bemidji University's English Club site

Week 12, 4/22 and 4/24

Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories by Chris Crutcher. Workshop on research project and Web page. Oral presentations begin.

Relevant Websites:

Chris Crutcher's authorized Web page, the best site for a comprehensive guide to online information about Crutcher

Week 13, 4/29 and 5/1

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Workshop on research project and Web page. Oral presentations.

Week 14, 5/6

Meet in Bowman 109. Discussion of Ender's Game, continued. Complete work on research project. Oral presentations.

Final Exam Period, Friday, May 9, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Meet in Bowman 109. Final Portfolio Due. Oral Presentations.

Updated by Dr. Trupe May 9, 2003