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.
Requirements:
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.
Grading Breakdown:
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.
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