The Comm-b TAs are:

Rachel Willson-Broyles
Email: willsonbroyl@wisc.edu
Section 303: 11:00 Tuesday in 590 Van Hise
Section 304: 3:30 Tuesday in 205 Van Hise
Office Hours: TBA

Aaron Schmitt
Email: acschmitt@wisc.edu
Section 301: 9:55 Wednesday in 378 Van Hise
Section 302: 1:20 Wednesday in 209 Van Hise
Office Hours: TBA

Anna Rue
Email: rue@wisc.edu
Section 305: 3:30 Thursday in 205 Van Hise
Section 304: 12:05 Tuesday in 286 Van Hise
Office Hours: TBA

Readers:

Mike Lange, contact for appointment at malange@wisc.edu

The TA office is located in 407C Bascom. Phone 265-7881

Students taking Lit Trans 275 for their Comm-B requirement must sign up for 4 credits and be enrolled in a section.  Sections meet once a week. Sections DO meet the first week of classes.

In section, students will be given guidance for the execution of their assignments.  Occasionally, students will be divided into discussion groups and given questions to discuss, which often have been taken from past exams.

ATTENDENCE IN SECTION IS MANDATORY!  If you have more than 2 absences from section, your grade will drop.  (An A will become an AB, for example.) If you must be absent, notify your TA of the reason, prefereably before the absence.

Three Essay Exams:  Each covers the previous 5 weeks of class.

Special Comm-B assignments:

Each writing assignment will generally involve revisions.

1) Select a short text or texts by Andersen NOT covered in this course. All subsequent assignments leading up to the main analytical paper will relate to this text choice. After reading the text/texts you have chosen, write a 3 page reaction paper to the text. You will also want to look over the page on citation.

2) After consulting the appropriate resources in the library (guidance will be provided), write a 2 page paper about how the text/texts you have chosen fit into the author's career as a whole and what literary movements seem to have influenced them. See the library web site for the parrallel course; again, this library page is NOT for this course, but it will give you an idea of what to do.

3) Locate 5 secondary works related to your project. This does NOT mean that you will be able to find 5 articles on the text you choose, but on Andersen and literary criticism. Skim through them and create a brief annotated bibliography. Take the opportunity to assess what use the works might be to you in writing your analytical paper.

4) A group theoretical presentation is also required. Guidence will be given by the TA.

5) Select one secondary work, preferably a journal article or a book chapter, and write a 2-3 page critique of it.

6) Write a thesis statement and a general outline for your paper. Students will be expected to meet with their T.A.'s to discuss the results.

7) Submit a solid first draft of your paper (at least 8 pages). This first draft will be subjected to a peer review exercise.

8) Peer review. Analyze and critique the paper of a student colleague.

9) Submit final draft of the paper, 10-12 pages.

Late Assignment Policy: 

It is expected that students will turn their assingments in on time. Extensions will be granted only rarely, and then under extraordinary circumstances.  Permission for an extension must be obtained in advance.

The grade on the assignment will drop by one grade for every day the assignment is late.  Assignments may be no more than 3 days late.

Note that absences from section and late assignments will affect your grade.  (See above.)

For grading breakdown of exams see "Necessary Information"

Exams: 60%
Comm-B assignments: 40%

You cannot pass the course without passing the comm-b componant.

Required Text:

Rules for Writers: A Brief Handbook by Diana Hacker
Found at Underground bookstore

Splash Articles

Also see the MLA Plagiarism Handout.