El Paso Community College

Instructors Course Requirements

Syllabus Fall 2014
Riverside High School
Dual Credit English


I. English 2342 Introduction to the Novel and Short Story
Course Number: 13952
Instructor: Carolyn Martinez-Ross
Telephone & Email: 434-70108 cross1@yisd.net
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 4:00-4:30 Room 617
Also by appointment, as necessary

II. Required Textbooks
Charters, Ann. The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction, Compact
Eighth Edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2011. Print.
Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. New York: Bantam Books, 1992. Print.
Hacker, Diane. A Writers Reference with Writing About Literature, Seventh Edition.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011. Print.
Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. New York: Dover, 1993. Print.

Required Class Materials

3-ring notebook 1.5-2
Composition notebook (NOT spiral bound!)
100 sheets looseleaf notebook paper
Flash drive (recommended, not required)

III. Course Requirements
In order to pass English 2342/Introduction to the Novel and Short Story, students must
attend class regularly, complete all homework assignments, score well on quizzes, and
complete all essays with a grade of 70 or better. Students must also pass English 2342
with a minimum final grade of 70 to be able to use this class as a prerequisite for
further study at the community college or university level of academia.

The major assignments consist of three reader response essays and two literary analysis essays.
Each essay will be approximately 700 to 1000 words. Final essays must be typed using spell
check as well as the structural and grammatical guidelines prescribed by The Norton Field Guide
to Writing and A Writers Reference. All essays are due on the date assigned. Students are
expected to keep an error log with each essay. There are no make-up opportunities for missed
quizzes. The student will receive a grade of 0 for missed quizzes.
There is no late make-up opportunity for a missed final exam.

Students will also receive grades for participation in class analysis/discussion, daily
readings with homework, and unannounced reading/vocabulary quizzes.

Assignments will be graded as follows:
Three reader response essays, two literary analysis essays, in-class analysis/discussion,
exams, in-class final exam essay...70%
Homework, vocabulary quizzes, miscellaneous work..30%

IV. Instructors Requirements
Students are expected to attend class without exception as their success in the course often
depends on consistent attendance and participation. There will be no make-up opportunities for
quizzes. Classes meet Monday through Friday for 48 minutes per day. Students are expected to
arrive for class on time, prepared to work on English 2342. If you are frequently late, absent, or
unprepared for class you are demonstrating a lack of commitment to the course and may fail or
be recommended for withdrawal.

All written assignments must be original work of the student. Downloading essays from the
Internet or copying essays from other students may result in a failing grade or expulsion from
this class. Please see III.4 on the EPCC Official Course Description.

V. Make-up Work
Every student is expected to follow the syllabus regardless of absences. Work is due on the day
it is assigned. Absences, excused or unexcused per YISD policy, do not excuse the student from
the assignment. Students who are absent when an assignment is due may submit it via e-mail or
send a hard copy to the Riverside High School Business Office no later than 4:30 pm on the due
date.

Make-up Exams

Make-up exams are only allowed if you are participating in an official school-sponsored
activity for which you have received prior permission in the form of a signed UIL form issued to
me at least 1 week in advance of your anticipated absence. You will be expected to take the
exam on a pre-arranged day prior to the regularly scheduled day of the test. Other exceptions
may be made in case of emergency and will require official verification such as a doctors
note.

All students are expected to read and follow the syllabus.

VI. Extra-Credit
There are no extra credit opportunities.

VII. Academic Dishonesty
Any form of cheating is unacceptable in this class and may result in a students failure of the
course. Plagiarism is stealing or borrowing work or sources from someone else and accepting
credit for it as if it were a students original creation.

Plagiarism most frequently occurs when a student is uncertain about how to go about executing
an assignment and is frustrated and/or stressed about that assignment. As this is a writing-
intensive course, I will become familiar with your writing style very early in the semester and
will immediately spot writing that is not your own. Please avoid a situation where you might be
tempted to plagiarize by taking advantage of my office hours and/or contacting me via e-mail
with questions about any assignment.

In brief:

Students are expected to give credit and acknowledgement to any original
authors or work sources used in the creation of the students own original work.
Students must produce their own work at all times.

VIII. Miscellaneous
Cell phones and electronic devices of any kind are to be turned off before the student enters the
classroom. A ringing phone distracts the instructor and other students and will be confiscated
per YISD policy. Students are expected to behave in a mature, responsible, and respectful
manner to the instructor and other students. Students are further expected to be prepared for any
and all unannounced quizzes and to complete the homework assignments listed on the syllabus.

IX. Students with Disabilities
See attached Official Course Description.

X. Essay Format
All submitted essays for this class must follow the same format:
White 8 X 11 paper; black-colored text
One inch margin on all sides of paper
Times New Roman font, size 12
Double spacing between each line of text
Five space indentation to indicate a new paragraph

Essays not in compliance with the aforementioned format will affect the writers final
essay grade.

If you do not own a computer with word processing abilities at home, I recommend that
you check one out from the Riverside Library. I will be happy to sign permission slips for the
library for any Dual Credit 2342 student.











English 2342 Calendar/Fall 2014
SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT INSTRUCTORS DISCRETION

Note: all essays may be re-written and re-submitted for a higher grade throughout the semester;
however, only essays submitted on time and on the original due date will qualify for re-
submissions. Work may always be submitted in advance of the due date.


Week of August 25
Discuss syllabus/class expectations
Read/annotate/discuss Introduction/The Story and its Writer, pp. 1-4; Reading Short
Stories and Samuel, pp. 1077-1081
Discuss the elements of fiction: plot
Vocabulary assigned: exposition, rising action, turning point, climax, falling
action, and denouement
Read/annotate/discuss Story of an Hour, pp. 203-204
Read/annotate/discuss Appendix Four Writing About Short Stories (Keeping a Short
Story Journal, Using the Commentaries and Casebooks, Getting Ideas for Your
Topic and Thesis Sentence), pp. 1108-1113

Week of September 1
NO SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 1 LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
Read/annotate/discuss The Lottery, pp. 387-393
Discuss content/format for Reader Response Essay One
Work in-class on Reader Response One Essay; in-class peer editing/critiquing
Vocabulary Quiz

Week of September 8
Reader Response One Essay due
Discuss the elements of fiction: character and setting
Vocabulary assigned: protagonist, antagonist, flat characters, round characters,
setting
Read/annotate/discuss Dsires Baby, pp. 198-202
Read/annotate/discuss A Good Man is Hard to Find, pp. 676-687

Week of September 15
Return Reader Response One Essay; debrief essay; begin work on Reader Response
Essay Two rough draft
Vocabulary quiz
In-class peer editing/critiquing
NO SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 18-19DISTRICT PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Week of September 22
Reader Response Essay Two due
Discuss elements of fiction: point of view
Vocabulary assigned: first-person narration, second-person narration third-person
narration, third-person omniscient narration, third-person limited omniscient
narration, third-person objective narration
Read/annotate/discuss The Interpreter of Maladies, pp. 510-524
Read/annotate/discuss excerpt from Moth Smoke
Discuss style
Vocabulary assigned: voice, tone, irony, dramatic irony, verbal irony, situational
irony, symbol, and allegory
Read/annotate/discuss Two Kinds, pp. 784-792

Week of September 29
Discuss elements of fiction: theme
Vocabulary assigned: moral judgment, subject, and theme
Read/annotate/discuss The Yellow Wallpaper, pp. 339-351.
Read/annotate/discuss Types of Literary Papers (Explication & Analysis), pp. 1113-
1118
Begin work on rough draft of Reader Response Three Essay; return Reader Response
Essay Two; debrief essay
Vocabulary quiz

Week of October 6
In-class peer editing/critiquing
Final draft of Reader Response Essay Three due
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES OCTOBER 7
Vocabulary quiz
Review background information on the Victorian Period, Fin de Siecle, and the Aesthetic
Movement
Begin to Read/annotate/discuss the Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 1-2 of Dorian Gray

Week of October 13
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 3-4 of Dorian Gray
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 5-6 of Dorian Gray
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 7-8 of Dorian Gray

Week of October 20
Return and debrief over Reader Response Essay Three
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 9-11 of Dorian Gray
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 12-13 of Dorian Gray
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 14-15 of Dorian Gray

Week of October 27
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 16-17 of Dorian Gray
EARLY RELEASE OCTOBER 29CAMPUS PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. 17-20 of Dorian Gray
Final discussion over The Picture of Dorian Gray
Create thesis for Literary Analysis Essay One

Week of November 3
Begin work on rough draft of Literary Analysis Essay One
In-class peer editing/critiquing
Final draft of Literary Analysis Essay One due;
Introduction to Kate Chopin, early 20
th
century womens fiction, and banned books
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. I-VI of The Awakening
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. VII-XIII of The Awakening

Week of November 10
NO SCHOOL NOVEMBER 11VETERANS DAY
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. XIV-XVI of The Awakening
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. XVI-XIX of The Awakening
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. XX-XXV of The Awakening

Week of November 17
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. XXVI-XXVIII of The Awakening
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. XXIX-XXXII of The Awakening
Read/annotate/discuss Ch. XXXIII-XXXIX of The Awakening
EARLY RELEASE NOVEMBER 19CAMPUS PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Week of November 24
NO SCHOOL-THANKSGIVING BREAK

Week of December 1
Final discussion over The Awakening
Begin working on thesis/rough draft of Literary Analysis Essay Two
In-class peer editing/critiquing
Revising final draft of Literary Analysis Essay Two

Week of December 8
December 8: Final draft of Literary Analysis Essay Two due; review for final exam
essay
December 9: Last day to submit any rewritten essays; In-Class Final Exam Essay Day
One
December 10: In-class Final Exam Essay Day Two
December 11: Course evaluations
December 12: Return Literary Analysis Essay Two; In-class Final Exam essays returned

Week of December 15
Read/annotate/discuss The Dead pp. 434-464
Final vocabulary quiz

Read the syllabus daily. Read ahead and annotate carefully. If you are absent, you are still
responsible for the work assigned on that day. Illness, school activities, or personal issues do not excuse
you from assignments, especially essays that are assigned ahead of time. Late work will not be
accepted. You are expected to bring your books, notebook, paper, pens, or other assigned materials
every day. Save your essays on a jump drive. You are expected to maintain a notebook or binder
containing all your essays, notes, error logs, etc. You are expected to attend class every day prepared to
participate in discussion of the material that you will have read and annotated the night before. Your
active participation will make a difference in your success in this class. All students should participate
in the discussions daily. Interactive discussion among students aids the learning process and exposes
you to new ideas that may be vital in your academic career. .