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Calendar
English 272
Fall 2006

Reading assignments are in purple, and must be completed before class on the day they are assigned. Writing assignments are in pink, and should be turned in at the beginning of the class period when they are due. Additional readings will be announced and included in the syllabus

8/22 Introduction to the course, begin reading aloud Holes
8/24 Introduction to preadolescence literature general concerns

8/29 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
8/31 "Bad Boys and Men of Culture"
Full Citation: Kidd, Kenneth B. Making American Boys: Boyology and the Feral Tale. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2004.

9/5 Anne of Green Gables
9/7 "Progressive Utopia: How to Grow Up without Growing Up"

9/12 The Secret Garden
9/14 Gender in preadolescent novels

9/19 The Bad Beginning
9/21 Gothic and parody in preadolescent novels
Film Paper Due

9/26 Pippi Longstocking
9/28 Rebels

10/3 Maniac Magee
10/5 Reading TBA
Topic Selection Due

10/10 Genre fiction--Find, read, and bring to class a series novel for preadolescents--suggested series include Goosebumps, Babysitter's Club, Animorphs, mystery series like Cam Jansen, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys
10/12 Continue discussion of series fiction

10/17 Graphic novels--Find, read, and bring to class a graphic novel appropriate for this age group--suggested works include Babymouse, Bone, manga, some comics, Little Lit books. Don't go for the dark stuff--no Sandman, Sin City, etc.
10/19 Continue discussion of graphic novels

10/24 Dickens: His Work and His World
10/26 Literary Criticism and the preadolescent reader
Thesis Statement Due

10/31 An American Plague
11/2 Fever 1793
Annotated Bibliography Due

11/7 The Devil's Arithmetic
11/9 Historical Fiction, Reading TBA

11/14 The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963: A Novel
11/16

Thanksgiving Break

11/28 Tangerine
11/30 "Blinded by the White"

12/5 Final Paper workshop
12/7 Review session for final exam