Tentative Schedule of Assignments
[Blog Group Designations are in Bold. University Deadlines are bold and underline. For a color coded pdf copy of this schedule, click the following link: YAL 2015 Tentative Schedule of Assignments. Please note that updates may be made to the online version below that have not been made to the pdf version.]
WEEK 1
Jan 28
INTRODUCTION “A Hood Project”
WEEK 2
Feb 2
- Turner, Victor. “Betwixt and Between: The Liminal Period in Rites de Passage.” Reprinted from The Proceedings of the American Ethnological Society (1964). Symposium on New Approaches to the Study of Religion, pp4-20. Victor Turner Betwixt and Between
- Baxter, Kent. “Introduction.” The Modern Age: Turn-of-the-Century American Culture and the Invention of Adolescence. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P., 2011. Introduction is here in 2 parts: Baxter Intro Part One AND Baxter Intro Part 2
- Rettner, Rachael. “Teens really are Monsters, Science Confirms” Inquisitor September 4, 2013 http://www.inquisitr.com/994869/teens-really-are-monsters-science-confirms-study/
Feb 4 [Summary Blog: Whole Class]
- Till Packet (2 articles one from Slate Magazine and the other from PBS’s American Experience: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/sfeature/sf_look_confession.html) Till Packet
[Summary Blog: Group A]
- Trayvon Packet (1 article and a time line of headlines on The Daily Beast) Trayvon Packet
- Patton, Stacey. “In America, Black Children Don’t Get to Be Children” Washington Post (November 26, 2014) Accessed online at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-america-black-children-dont-get-to-be-children/2014/11/26/a9e24756-74ee-11e4-a755-e32227229e7b_story.html
[Summary Blog: Group B]
- “Transcript of Grand Jury V. 5” State of Missouri v. Darren Wilson (September 16, 2014) Testimony. p195 line 20 – p230 line 4) Found online at http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/national/read-darren-wilsons-full-grand-jury-testimony/1472/
[Summary Blog: Group C]
Further Reading:
- Taylor, Chris. “We’re Goths Not Monsters” Time April 25, 1999 http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,23561,00.html
- Rosenblatt, Roger. “Welcome to the Works of the Trench Coat” Time 17 (1999): 88 Military & Government Collection Web 25 Jan. 20015 http://remote.baruch.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login Note: You will need your Baruch library information to access this link.
WEEK 3
Feb 9 [Comparative Blog Group A]
- Frankenstein
Feb 11
- Frankenstein
WEEK 4
Feb 16 [Comparative Blog Group B]
NO CLASS President’s Day
**TUESDAY FEBRUARY 17 LAST DAY TO DROP W/O A “W” **
Feb 18 [Comparative Blog Group C]
- Frankenstein
WEEK 5
Feb 23
- Frankenstein
- “Liberty, Equality, Monstrosity, Revolutionizing the Family in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” by David A Hedrich Hirsh in Monster Theory: Reading Culture Ed by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen p115
Feb 25
- Project Day
[Saturday, February 28th at 9am :: Ten F1 papers Due]
WEEK 6
[Sunday, Mar 1st: Five F2 Papers due on The Outsiders]
Mar 2
- The Outsiders
Mar 4 [Close Reading Blog Group A]
- The Outsiders
WEEK 7
Mar 9
- The Outsiders
[Tuesday March 10th, Five F2 Papers due on The Bluest Eye]
Mar 11
- The Bluest Eye
WEEK 8
Mar 16 [Close Reading Blog Group B]
- The Bluest Eye
Mar 18
- The Bluest Eye
WEEK 9
[Monday March 22nd : Five F2 Papers due on American Born Chinese]
Mar 23
- American Born Chinese
Mar 25[Close Reading Blog Group C]
- American Born Chinese
WEEK 10
Mar 30
- American Born Chinese
[Tuesday March 31st at 5pm: Five and F2 Papers due on A Lesson Before Dying AND 5 F2 papers due on Monster]
Apr 1
- Project Day [first go over close reading paper assignment, then meet in groups, and lastly work on graphic projects if there is time]
[First Round of Close Reading Papers Due Saturday, April 4th at noon. First Round includes all those who did an F1 paper and those who did an F2 paper for The Outsiders and The Bluest Eye]
WEEK 11
Apr 6
- NO CLASS Spring Break
Apr 8
- NO CLASS Spring Break
WEEK 12
[Second Round of Close Reading Papers Due Monday, April 13th at 8am. Second Round Includes all those who did an F2 paper for American Born Chinese, A Lesson Before Dying, or Monster]
Apr 13 [Further Reading Blog Group A]
- A Lesson Before Dying
Apr 15
- A Lesson Before Dying
**THURSDAY APRIL 16 LAST DAY TO DROP WITH A “W” **
WEEK 13
Apr 20
- A Lesson Before Dying
Further Reading
- “Black Aesthetics: Signifyin(g) in A Lesson Before Dying” by John N. Moore in Interpreting Young Adult Literature. Heinemann Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1997 p
Apr 22 [Further Reading Blog Group B]
- Monster
WEEK 14
Apr 27
- Monster
Apr 29
- Monster
Further Reading
- “‘I Was Carrying the Burden of My Race’: Reading Matters of Race and Hope in YA Literature by Walter Dean Myers and Sherman Alexie” by KaaVonia Hinton & Rodrigo Joseph Rodriguez in The Critical Merits of Young Adult Literature Crag Hill. New York: Routledge: Taylor and Francis, 2014., 92-114
[First round creative project due April 29th at 5pm: Includes all those who opted to do a graphic creative project]
WEEK 15
May 4 [Further Reading Blog Group C]
- Gwendolyn Brooks: “The Birth in a Narrow Room” and “Maxie Allen” from Annie Allen and “Description of Maud Martha” from Maud Martha –>Gwendolyn Brooks Packet
- Sandra Cisneros: “Louis, His Cousin, & His Other Cousin” & “Those Who Don’t Know” from The House on Mango Street. Please note that the posted handout also includes “Marin,” which is the story that comes between the two assigned sections. The whole thing is only six pages with a lot of white space, so it might be worth just reading all the way through. —>House on Mango St Copy-of-Novel p23-29
May 6
- CONTINUED
[Second round creative projects due Friday May 8th at 5pm. Includes all those who opted to do poetry project]
WEEK 16:
May 11
- Project Day [ Meet in Computer Lab VC 8-140]
May 13
- Project Day [ Meet in Computer Lab VC 8-140]
LAST DAY of Classes May 15th [all work excluding final, must be turned in]
Reading Day May 17th
Final Group Projects should be completed by Friday, May 17th at 5pm. This means the group project should be fully loaded to the site and all individual reflections should be emailed to me by this time.
*assignments are subject to change.*
Blog Post Group Assignments ::
Group A
Jeffery
Thomas B.
Carolina
Ledia
Nicole S.
Irina
Jillian
Jahziel
Rushjeet
Group B
Lashawn
Jenny
Arielle
Jieren
Glendy
Genesses
Miguel
Ashley
Angelica
Jennafer
Nicole G.
Group C
Matthew
Alisa
Thomas
Maryann
Jonathan
Kayla
Renea
Julie
Yhan
Kye
Sophia
Frankenstein Papers Assignments
F1 Papers
Jeffery
Irina
Genesses
Miguel
Nicole S.
Matthew
Yhan
Sophia
Maryann
F2 Papers
The Outsiders
Julie
Angelica
Jennafer
The Bluest Eye
Glendy
Ashley
Kayla
Renea
American Born Chinese
Alisa
Ledia
Lashawn
Jieren
Rushjeet
A Lesson Before Dying
Jahziel
Arielle
Jenny
Monster
Carolina
Jillian
Nicole G.
Hood Project Groups by Theme
Violence
Jeffrey
Nicole S.
Yhan
Lashawn
Rushjeet
Race
Renea
Jahziel
Genesses
Kayla
Jenny
Gender
Carolina
Julie
Arielle
Ledia
Innocence
Glendy
Jennafer
Miguel
Angelica
Jieren
(Not) Fitting In
Maryann
Nicole G.
Irina
Ashley
The Body
Matthew
Jillian
Sophia
Alisa