Assignments
Unit 2 Revised Schedule
Unit 2--Syntax, Dialect, Style, Context
Postings: 8 activities. Please complete 6
#12. Analyze coherence, information structure, and basic elements of narrative (5.1 and 5.2)
#13. Post group analysis of narrative structure and syntax in a narrative (5.4 and chart 5.5)
Web CT Post to discussion of evaluative syntax in Doyle
#14. Post process and results of inquiry into a grammatical feature using web resources (5.6)
#15. Analyze the use of dialect in Bambara’s “The Lesson” (6,1)
#16 Analyze the Yamanaka’s “The Obituary.” (6.1)
WebCT Yamanaka mini-lesson and quiz
#17. Analysis of integration and involvement (Chafe) (7.1)
#20 Unit 2 paper proposal
November 7 and 9:
Worksheet 5.1. Syntax, Information Structure, and key elements of narrative. (In class 11/7)
Worksheet 5.2. Narrative Analysis (11/7 and 11/9) Post summary of discussion of 5.1 and 5.2 re. Doyle as #12
Worksheet 5.3. Chart for Narrative Analysis (Use example in 5.5)
Worksheet 5.4. Evaluative elements in narrative syntax (In class 11/9)
Worksheet 5.5. Museum of Science Analysis (In class 11/9) Post summary of group work on Doyle as # 13.
November 14 and 16:
11/14 Continue reading Doyle
We'll meet in Gold Lab
Web CT Doyle discussion.
Online grammar sites
Worksheet 5.6 Using online grammar sites. (See resources page.) In class 11/14 and after. Post as #14 before class on 11/16.
11/16. Report on features you explored on grammar sites. We'll continue discussion of narrative syntax in Doyle
November 21
Read Chapter 6 and Doyle. We'll discuss language variation in Doyle
Happy Thanksgiving!
For November 28:
Read Elizabeth Traugott and Mary Louise Pratt, “Varieties of English,” in Linguistics for Students of Literature. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980 (ER) and Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson.”
Use Worksheet 6.1 for an exploratory analysis of the use of dialect in Bambara and post as #15.
Language Variation Medley (some literary examples)
Language Variation Concepts
Worksheet 6.1. Analyzing Language Variation and Dialect
For 11/30
Go to our WebCT site (link on our home page) for a mini-lesson on language and the work of Yamanaka. Then take the quiz for an extra 10 points.
Read Lois Ann Yamanaka’s “Obituary.” Post an exploratory analysis of the use of dialect in Yamanaka as #16. (Worksheet 6.1)
For 12/5 Chafe “Integration and Involvement” and Tannen, “Imagining Worlds.” Post a brief proposal for your unit 2 paper as #20. I'll use these to set up working groups for Thursday
In class: you’ll work individually and in groups to carry out a Chafean analysis on sample texts. (Worksheet 7.1. Post as #17 after class.) We’ll draw on that work to discussTannen (Worksheet 7.2).
Worksheet 7.1. Style: Integration and involvement in Speech and Writing
Worksheet 7.2. Details and Involvement
For 12/7 If your final project will focus on literature, Read Read Thornborrow and Wareing. “From Classic Realism to Modernism and Postmodernism” If it will focus on an aspect of literacy, read relevant chapters of L&L (8&9 on classroom discourse; 10&11 on the acquisition of literacy and writing)
Bring in copies of a text you'll work with in your final project. You'll work in small groups to discuss your proposed projects and the analytical approaches you're taking to it. Add to your posted proposal after class.
For 12/12
We’ll conclude our semester by applying T&W's discussion of language and literary periods to the fiction we've read.
Unit 2 Portfolio Project due 12/18: Pull together informal analyses to create a coherent discussion of syntax, dialect, and style (in relation to meaning and purpose) in a literary work, or, for a literacy focus, examine an example of classroom discourse or of a student's writing.
Unit 2 Project--literature (updated version, 12/04)
Unit 2 Project--literacy
Grading rubric for Unit 2 project_literature
For 9/12 Read Language and Literature, Introduction pp. 8 & 9
Chapter 1 (with particular attention to Halliday's functions of language, discussed on pp. 16-17)
Chapter 2 (skim and then focus on discussion of sounds, syntax, and lexicon on pp. 33-43)
Key concepts in language study
Unit 1 Assignment postings:
Post background on the group you recorded as #1
Post transcript of conversation as #2
Email glossing of a classmate's transcript (to me and classmate) and post overall comments on transcript (2x)
Post a brief narrative version of the conversation as #3
Post your semantic analysis of your conversation as #4
Post results of group analysis of Kincaid as #50 (after class, 9/26)
Post recasting of your narrative in the style of Kincaid as #5 (for 9/28)
Post key points that emerged from your pragmatic analysis of your transcript as #6 (for 10/3)
Post key points from your group's discussion of a passage from "Everyday Use" as #60 (after class on 10/5)
Post a 3rd person story created from the short narrative version of your conversation as #7 (for 10/10)
Post your response to Worksheet 4.3 on representing speech and thought as #70 (for 10/12)
Post a framed version of your narrative as #8 (for 10/17)
Post your response to worksheet #4.5 as #80 (from in-class work, 10/19) [I've eliminated this assignment but you're welcome to post it in place of another.)]
Post a Unit 1 project proposal as #9 (for 10/3)
Post sample text from unit 1 project as #10
Weeks 3 and 4 (9/19- 9/28)--A semantic/ideational perspective on language and literature
Lab assignment 9/21 and homework for 9/26--Semantic analysis, worksheet 3.1
Reading: L&L Chapter 3,
Kincaid's "Girl"
Postings 1-5 plus responses to two classmates' transcripts and summary of group discussion of Kincaid on 9/26 (as #50)
Worksheet 3.1 Semantic Analysis of conversation (for Assignment #4, in class and after class on 9/21)
Worksheet 3.2 Lexical Morphemes and the Analysis of Literature (in class 9/26; post your sense of what group has come up (and any additions of your own) as #50.
Worksheet 3.3 Discourse and Meaning (part of 9/26 group work)
Week 5 (10-3-10/5)--A pragmatic/interpersonal perspective on language and literature
Reading: L&L Chapter 4 (for 10/3)
Walker's "Everyday Use" (for 10/5. On Electronic Reserves. Please print and bring to class.
Posting #6, from worksheet 4.1, questions 1 and 2 (for 10/3)
Posting #9 Unit 1 project proposal (for 10/3)
Worksheet 4.1 Pragmatic Analysis of conversation (for 10/3) Post additional comments after class. Respond to two other postings.
Worksheet 4.2 Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis of a short story ("Everyday Use") ( in class 10/5) Post as #60.
Weeks 6 and 7 (10/10-10/19)--First to Third Person; Narrative Framing
Reading: Toolan, "Recording Speech and Thought" (for 10/12)
Leslie Maron Silko, from The Storyteller (for 10/17. Please print and bring to class.)
Pratt, "Literary Cooperation and Implicature (for 10/19)
Posting #7, recasting as 3rd person narrative for 10/10.
You've already created a simple 3rd person narrative from your conversational data. Now, working from that situation, create a story, exploring a theme or conflict and bringing out the motivations of the characters. You may choose to include some dialogue, and you can put new words in the mouths of the characters. (Alternatively, you can try recasting a segment of "Girl.") We'll work with your posted stories as we discuss Toolan in class on 10/12.
Posting #70, worksheet #4.3 (from 10/12)
Posting #8, recasting as framed narrative for 10/17)
Posting #80, worksheet #4.5 (from 10/19) [I've eliminated this assignment but you're welcome to post it in place of another.)]
Worksheet 4.3 Representing Speech and Thought (in class 10/12 and posting as #70)
Worksheet 4.4 Examples for Worksheet 4.3.
Worksheet 4.5. Literary Cooperation and Implicature (in class 10/19)
Scoring rubric for informal assignments
Unit 1 Project (Proposal due 10/3; project due 10/24) . To get full credit for this project you must
a. post a small example of one of the texts you're studying before class on 10/24 and report to the class on what you've learned in working with it on that day (#10)
b. turn in a reasonable draft of your paper on 10/24, even if you feel it needs more work. You may add a cover note about any difficulties you're having and any specific help or feedback you'd like from me.
Grading Rubric for Unit 1 Project
Further suggestions for Unit 1 Reports
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