This document outlines the schedule and assignments for a literature course over 4 weeks. It includes readings from A Game of Thrones, writing assignments such as haiku, dialogues and character analyses, vocabulary studies and exams. Class sessions will cover techniques like rhetorical strategies, argumentation and developing a thesis. By week 4, students are expected to have a working thesis and outline for their essay on a character from the novel, with citations and evidence from the text.

1. Week
1
Jan
6
Essay
1
Class
1
Class
2
Week
2
Jan
13
Class
3
10/1
Class
4
10/3
Class
Work
Homework
Character
Analysis
• A
Game
of
Thrones:
Prologue
•
Buy
books
• Website
• Register
for
Wordpress
• Green
Sheet
• Read
A
Game
of
Thrones
through
page
100
• Syllabus
• Post
#1
Write
a
Haiku
(or
two)
that
• Contests/Analytic
Authorities
expresses
a
social
or
political
aspect
• Contest
1:
Content
of
the
reading
thus
far.
• Rhetorical
Strategy:
using
• Study:
Vocabulary
(Exam
one
is
at
compressed
statements
to
our
next
meeting).
You
can
find
communicate
meaning:
the
list
of
words
on
the
website
Writing
Social
and
Political
Haiku
under
“Vocabulary”
“Vocabulary
list
one”
or
on
the
presentation
for
class
#1
• Vocabulary
Test
#1
• Read:
A
Game
of
Thrones
through
page
200.
• A
few
haiku
• Discussion:
A
Game
of
Thrones
• Post
#2:
Use
the
ideas
you
generated
with
the
FREECASH
• Arguing
with
FREECASH
method
to
write
about
two
(or
• In-­‐class
writing
more)
sides
of
an
issue.
• Contest:
Content
• Post
#3:
QHQ:
A
Game
of
Thrones
• How
to
write
a
QHQ
• Study
Vocabulary
• Vocabulary
Test
#2
• Rhetorical
Strategy:
using
dialogue
to
explain
and
describe:
persuasive
dialogue
• Discussion:
QHQ
• Contest
5:
Content
(Ten
questions)
• QHQ:
A
Game
of
Thrones
• Analytic
Authority
Picks
• Introduce
Essay
#1
• Rhetorical
Strategy:
Analogy
• Introduction
to
Vocab
Exam
3
• Read
A
Game
of
Thrones
through
page
300
• Post
#4:
Write
a
dialogue
between
you
and
an
equal,
arguing
the
validity
or
error
of
a
character's
behavior
or
action.
Or
write
a
dialogue
between
two
characters
about
the
validity
or
error
of
a
third
characters'
behavior
or
action.
Use
your
in-­‐class
exercise
as
fodder
if
you
wish
• Post
#5:
QHQ
Game
of
Thrones
• Read
A
Game
of
Thrones
through
400
•
Post
#6
In-­‐class
writing:
analogy
•
Post
#7
Describe
your
character;
include
page
numbers
• Study
Vocabulary:
Exam
Class

2. Week
3
Jan
20
Class
5
•
•
•
•
Class
6
Week
4
Jan
27
Class
7
Class
8
Defining
your
Character
Characterization
o Direct
o Indirect
Eight
Methods
of
Characterization
Rhetorical
Strategies:
o Examples
o Explanation
In-­‐class
Writing
— Read
A
Game
of
Thrones
through
500
— Post
#
8:
In-­‐class
writing:
Paragraph
practice
— Post
#9:
Find
one
example
for
each
of
the
eight
methods
of
characterization.
— Study
Vocabulary:
Test
class
seven
•
— In-­‐class
writing:
What
defines
— Read
A
Game
of
Thrones
through
your
character?
page
600
— Group
Discussions
Post
#10:
Post
your
working
— Choosing
your
prompt
thesis
and
outline.
Find
evidence
— Formulating
a
tentative
to
support
your
points.
Include
thesis
exact
quotations
and
citations
in
— Outlining
your
essay
your
outline.
— Introductions:
Writing
a
— Post
#11
Directed
summary
directed
summary
—
Study
Vocabulary
list
#3:
Test
next
class
— There
will
be
NO
WORD
BANK
•
•
•
•
•
Vocabulary
Test
#3
Review
Counterarguments
Conclusions
Rhetorical
Strategies:
Aphorism
and
Chiasmus
• In-­‐Class
Writing:
Counterarguments,
Conclusions,
Aphorism,
Chiasmus
• Meet
in
the
Library
Lobby
• Overview
of
Library
Resources
• Research
Activity
• Read
A
Game
of
Thrones
through
page
700
• Post
#
12:
Counterargument
• Post
#13:
Conclusion
• Post
#14:
Examples
of
aphorism
and
chiasmus
•
•
•
Read
A
Game
of
Thrones
through
the
End
Post
#15:
Best
250
words
of
essay
#1
Bring
two
clean
copies
to
our
next
class

3. Week
5
Feb
3
Class
9
Essay
#2
Class
10
Week
6
Feb
10
Class
11
• Writing
Workshop:
Revision
• Using
the
comments
you
received
strategies
from
your
readers,
revise
your
• Skill
Review:
draft.
Consider
carefully
what
each
• Integrating
quotations
person
had
to
say.
• Citing
summarized
• Post
#16:
Introduction
and
material
Conclusions
• MLA
formatting
• Read
A
World
of
Ideas:
• Works
Cited
page
Government:
L
ao-­‐Tzu
"
Thoughts
• Teams
from
the
Tao-­‐te-­‐
Ching”
(19-­‐31).
• Post
#17
Questions
(TBD
based
on
teams)
for
Critical
Reading:
(page
31).
• Post
#18
QHQ
Lao-­‐Tzu
• Remember,
essay
#1
is
due
Friday
before
noon.
Government
Lao-­‐Tsu
and
Machiavelli
¡ Essay
#1:
email
to
¡ Read
A
World
of
Ideas:
palmorekim@fhda.edu
Government:
Machiavelli
"The
¡ Introduce
Essay
#2:
Qualities
of
the
Prince”
pages
35-­‐
GOVERNMENT
50
¡
Discussion:
Lao-­‐Tzu
¡ Post
#19
Questions
(TBD
based
"Thoughts
from
the
Tao-­‐te
on
teams)
for
Critical
Reading:
Ching”
(19-­‐31).
(page
50)
¡ Bio
¡ Post
#20
QHQ
Machiavelli
¡ Rhetorical
Strategies
¡ Study
Vocabulary
¡ Questions
for
Critical
Reading
¡ Consider
Essay
#2:
Which
of
the
¡ QHQ
(time
permitting)
prompts
about
Lao-­‐Tzu
would
you
¡ Suggestions
for
Writing:
choose?
Group
discussion
¡ Vocabulary
(time
permitting)
• Discussion:
Machiavelli
"The
Qualities
of
the
Prince"
• Biography
• Rhetorical
Strategies
• Questions
for
Critical
Reading
• QHQ
Discussion
Vocabulary
(Time
Permitting)
• Essay
#2:
Choose
your
prompt
(Time
Permitting)
• Post
#21:
Apply
the
philosophy
of
Machiavelli
and/or
Lao-­‐Tzu
to
A
Game
of
Thrones?
• Post
#22
Essay
#2
(before
due
date)
• Essay
#2:
Electronic
copy
due
this
Friday
before
noon.
• Study
Vocabulary
for
exam
#4:
Next
Class

4.
Class
12
•
•
•
Week
7
Feb
17
Essay
#3
Class
13
Class
14
•
•
•
•
Vocabulary
Exam
#4:
15
mins
Discussion
Lao-­‐Tzu/
Machiavelli:
Examples
and
preparation
Group
Preparation
for
discussion
of
Philosophy
and
A
Game
of
Thrones.
Class
Discussion
Essay
#2
writing
tips
Group
Preparation
for
Cicero
Homework
Essay
#3
Justice
Cicero
• Read
A
World
of
Ideas:
Marcus
Tullius
Cicero
"The
Defense
of
Injustice"
(119-­‐129)
• Post
#23
Questions
for
Critical
Reading:
(page
129)
• Post
#24
QHQ
Cicero
• Remember,
Essay
#2
is
due
by
noon
on
Friday:
palmorekim@fhda.edu
Justice
Cicero
and
Thoreau
• Review:
Machiavelli
or
Lao-­‐ • Read
A
World
of
Ideas:
Henry
Tzu
David
Thoreau
"Civil
Disobedience"
(133-­‐157)
• Introduce
Essay
#3:
Justice:
• Post
#25
Questions
(TBD)
for
• Discussion:
Cicero
"The
Critical
Reading:
(page
157)
Defense
of
Injustice"
• Post
#26
QHQ
Thoreau
• Bio
• Rhetorical
Strategies
• Questions
for
Critical
Reading
•
QHQs
• Suggestions
for
Reading:
Thoreau
• Review:
Thoughts
on
• Essay
#3
(2-­‐3
pages):
Choose
your
Cicero?
topic
from
"Suggestions
for
Writing"
pages
129-­‐30,
prompts
1-­‐
• Essay
#3:
Justice:
Due
Friday
9
or
pages
157-­‐58,
prompts
1-­‐6
November
14
at
noon.
• Post
#27
The
introduction
and
• Discussion:
Thoreau
thesis
for
Essay
#3
• Bio
• Post
#28
How
can
we
apply
the
• Rhetorical
Strategies
philosophy
of
Cicero
and/or
• Questions
for
Critical
Reading
Thoreau
to
A
Game
of
Thrones?
• QHQ
Thoreau
• Suggestions
for
Writing
Essay
#3

5. Week
8
Feb
24
•
Class
15
•
Essay
#3
Questions
or
•
Comments
Group
Discussions:
Justice
•
and
A
Game
of
Thrones
o Get
into
your
teams
to
•
consider
the
application
of
Cicero
and
Thoreau
to
A
Game
of
Thrones
o Class
discussion:
Cicero/Thoreau
and
A
Game
of
Thrones
In-­‐class
writing:
Generating
Prompts
•
•
Essay
#4
Class
16
Week
9
Mar
3
Class
17
•
Essay
#4
Privilege
and
Perspective
Plato
Essay
#3
Due
Friday,
November
15
before
noon
Read
A
World
of
Ideas:
Plato's
"Allegory
of
the
Cave"
(443-­‐453)
Post
#29
Questions
(TBD)
for
Critical
Reading:
(pages
453-­‐54)
Privilege
and
Perspective
Plato
and
Woolf
• Read
A
World
of
Ideas:
• Introduce
Section
#
4:
Privilege
and
Perspective
•
Virginia
Woolf
"Shakespeare’s
Sister"
• Discussion:
Plato's
(761-­‐776)
"Allegory
of
the
Cave"
• Post
#30
Questions
(TBD)
for
o Bio
Critical
Reading:
(page
776)
o Rhetorical
Strategies
• Post
#31
QHQ
Woolf
o Questions
for
Critical
• Remember,
Essay
#3
is
due
Reading
Friday
before
noon
• Introduce
Essay
#4:
In-­‐class
essay
•
•
No
Formal
Meeting
•
•
Woolf Section
#
4:
• Prepare
for
essay
test
4
Privilege
and
Perspective
•
Post
#
3
2
HQ:
How
can
we
Q
Discussion:
Woolf's
apply
the
ideas
of
Plato
and
Woolf
“Shakespeare’s
Sister"
to
A
Game
of
Thrones?
Make
sure
o Bio
to
include
textual
support
in
your
o Rhetorical
Strategies
post.
You
might
consider
how
o Questions
for
Critical
Woolf’s
notions
can
be
extended
Reading
beyond
the
realm
of
women.
o QHQ
Essay
#4
Individual
Meetings
• By
appointment

6.
Essay
5
Week
10
Mar
10
Class
18
Final
Paper
•
•
•
•
Class
19
•
•
Week
11
Mar
17
Class
20
•
•
•
•
End
of
quarter
plan
Group
Discussions:
Perspectives
and
A
Game
of
Thrones
Introduce
Essay
#5
In-­‐class
writing:
Generating
prompts
End
of
Quarter
Plan
In-­‐Class
exam:
Essay
#4
•
•
•
•
Post
#33:
Post
an
essay
prompt
that
you
wrote
for
essay
#5.
Post
#34
Pick
and
post
two
potential
essay
questions
for
essay
#5.
You
can
use
the
one
you
wrote
and
one
from
the
formal
prompts,
or
you
can
use
two
from
the
list
that
I
provided.
Write
a
one
or
two
sentence
answer
to
the
prompt.
(a
rough
thesis)
Prepare
for
in-­‐class
essay
Post
#35:
Essay
#5
Brainstorming:
Free-­‐writing
what
you
know
about
your
topic
250
words
• Begin
Research
for
essay
support
• Post
#36:
Post
tentative
sources
for
essay
#5
(MLA
format)
• Study
for
Vocabulary
Make-­‐up
Exam
Prepare
essay
revision:
Due
Friday,
Week
11,
before
noon.
End
of
Quarter
Plan
• The
Last
Post
#37:
Outline
and
Make
up
Vocab
Exam
Thesis
f
or
Essay
5
• Finish
your
revision:
Due
Friday,
In-­‐class
writing:
Self
week
11,
before
noon
Assessment
• Work
on
essay
#5:
Due
before
our
Drafting
Essay
#5
final
meeting.
• Remember,
we
will
not
have
a
formal
meeting
for
class
21.
I
will
be
available
for
conferences
in
my
office
during
class
hours.
I
do
suggest
making
an
appointment
by
email
if
you
want
to
see
me.
• See
you
in
class
for
the
final!

7. Class
21
•
Week
12
Mar
24
Final
(22)
Friday
March
28th
7am-­‐9am
Individual
Meetings
in
my
• Self
Assessment
and
Revision:
office
due
F
riday,
Week
11
before
noon
• Remember,
Essay
5
due
before
our
final
meeting
§
§
§
25
participation
points
Final
discussion
Film
Screening
•
The
End!