Requirements:

Active participation in class discussions based on completed reading: 20%
Daily advance response to one reading question, critique of another student’s posting, or new question of your own with context/justification via our blackboard web site: 15%
Oral presentation on a reading question (or set of questions), presentation of another angle on the day’s reading, or on historical or literary context, for 10 to 12 minutes once during the semester (15%)
One 5 to 7 page essay (15%) – due Friday, Oct. 10
Final 10 to 12-page research, interpretive, or creative paper (25%) – due Fri., Dec. 8
Final exam (10%) – you can opt out of this by missing no more than 2 classes and 2 bb responses without justification. In this case I will redistribute the 10 percent equally between your two papers.