Entertaining Ideas In Composition By Crystal Barletta

The Text as the Engager Using the Composition Anthology “Literature: Reading and Writing the Human Experience” as a basis for the reading material. The readings have been selected to interest, excite, and get a response from students in Composition.

Using the Composition Anthology “Literature: Reading and Writing the Human Experience” as a basis for the reading material.

The readings have been selected to interest, excite, and get a response from students in Composition.

Selected Readings “ Young Goodman Brown” Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) “ Good Country People” Flannery O’Conner (1903-1964) “ The Man Who Was Almost a Man” Richard Wright (1908-1960) A Doll’s House Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)

“ Young Goodman Brown”

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

“ Good Country People”

Flannery O’Conner (1903-1964)

“ The Man Who Was Almost a Man”

Richard Wright (1908-1960)

A Doll’s House

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)

Proposed Assignments Assignment #1 : “Young Goodman Brown” Argue for or against the proposition that what Young Goodman Brown experienced actually occurred. Assignment #2: “Good Country People” Write a persuasive essay in which you convince the reader that you are someone other than yourself and have ulterior motives which have not been disclosed. Use a persuasive tactic such as innocence or experience to persuade the reader as Manely Pointer persuaded Hulga.

Assignment #1 : “Young Goodman Brown”

Argue for or against the proposition that what Young Goodman Brown experienced actually occurred.

Assignment #2: “Good Country People”

Write a persuasive essay in which you convince the reader that you are someone other than yourself and have ulterior motives which have not been disclosed. Use a persuasive tactic such as innocence or experience to persuade the reader as Manely Pointer persuaded Hulga.

Assignment #3: “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” Consider whether Dave proved his manhood by leaving. What does it mean to be a man? Write an essay in which you examine what it means to be a man. Choose someone from history (1800-2004) who either took responsibility when they made a mistake or someone who rebelled by leaving.

Assignment #3: “The Man Who Was Almost a Man”

Consider whether Dave proved his manhood by leaving. What does it mean to be a man? Write an essay in which you examine what it means to be a man. Choose someone from history (1800-2004) who either took responsibility when they made a mistake or someone who rebelled by leaving.

Assignment #4: A Doll’s House Write an essay in which you compare the writing styles of Wright and Ibsen (other than the fact that the first is a narrative and the later is a play). Does the language, tone, and the fact that although both Dave and Nora rebel by leaving the situation, as well as the setting and gender difference justify one’s leaving over the other?

Assignment #4: A Doll’s House

Write an essay in which you compare the writing styles of Wright and Ibsen (other than the fact that the first is a narrative and the later is a play). Does the language, tone, and the fact that although both Dave and Nora rebel by leaving the situation, as well as the setting and gender difference justify one’s leaving over the other?

Pedagogy Theorists that reflect my pedagogy: Patricia Bizzell Kenneth Bruffee David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky Peter Elbow Walter J. Ong Rebecca Powell

Theorists that reflect my pedagogy:

Patricia Bizzell

Kenneth Bruffee

David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky

Peter Elbow

Walter J. Ong

Rebecca Powell

Technology Blackboard: http://blackboard.fau.edu Weekly online journals Open discussion groups Digital Drop Box E-mail

Blackboard: http://blackboard.fau.edu

Weekly online journals

Open discussion groups

Digital Drop Box

E-mail