Thursday, January 30, 2014

Handout - Notes Toward Writing a Good English Paper

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A handout that explains the fundamentals of writing a college-level English paper, covering matters of argument, analysis, organization, and style.

Adapted by Garrett Morrison from NU English Department tradition.

Monday, January 20, 2014

ENG 105 Syllabus - Higher Education and the Human Body

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A syllabus for ENG 105, Expository Writing, a freshman composition course. This section focuses on how educational institutions shape the function and meaning of the human body.

Designed by Hosanna Krienke.

Monday, January 6, 2014

ENG 101 Syllabus - The Many Wests of the United States

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A syllabus for ENG 101, a freshman seminar. This section focuses on cultural representations of the American West.

Designed and originally used by Garrett Morrison.

ENG 273 Lesson Plan and Handout - Pynchon and Song Lyrics

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A lesson plan, with an accompanying handout, for a discussion section in which students form small groups and perform close textual analyses of the fake songs in Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49.

ENG 270-2 Lesson Plan - Introductions and Herman Melville

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A lesson plan for the first discussion section of the quarter. Students introduce themselves to each other and discuss the theme of "assumptions" vs. "preferences" in Herman Melville's Bartleby, the Scrivener.

Designed by originally used by Garrett Morrison.

ENG 105 Syllabus - Composition and Coming of Age

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A syllabus for ENG 105, Expository Writing, a freshman composition course. This section revolves around the theme of "coming of age."

Designed by Garrett Morrison.

ENG 273 Handout - Introductions and Langston Hughes

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A handout for the first discussion section of the quarter. Students introduce themselves to each other and conduct a close reading of Langston Hughes's poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."

Designed and originally used by Garrett Morrison.

ENG 273 Lesson Plan and Handout - Hemingway and Close Reading

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A lesson plan, with an accompanying handout, for a discussion section on Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. Students reflect on Hemingway's prose style, get introduced to the rudiments of close reading, and practice the techniques of textual analysis on a passage from The Sun Also Rises.

Designed and originally used by Garrett Morrison.