Ed 2201: Young Adult Literature--Schooling, Culture, and Society

Independent Study 2007 Page

Due to the technical difficulties you've experienced, in essence, this course will now necessarily be a correspondence-type course. Please send assignments via email to pagem@morris.umn.edu.

As a directed study type course, your work will be less interactive and will be more reflective. Read the syllabus attached to your email and see the chart below for assignments and resources. Email the instructor with questions or concerns.

I have sent you via email the syllbus and reading list. There are other documents linked here. If you have trouble accessing them, please let me know and I will assist.

Below is a chart with the weeks of class, the assignments, and the links needed to complete them. Good luck. Thanks for your hard work!

Week 1 May 21-27
Week 2 May 28-June 3
    Assignments due:
  • Willis Chapter 3 journal
  • Mystery journal
  • Coffee comments emailed to instructor
Week 3 June 4-10
Week 4 June 11-17
Week 5 June 18-24
    Assignments due:
  • Online article journal
  • Fantasy journal
  • Reservation Blues email comments
Week 6 June 25-July 1
    Assignments due:
  • Poetry book journal
  • Poetry File: Many young adults groan when they hear the word "poetry." They conjure up images of Shakespearean sonnets that they found hard to understand, obscure literary and cultural references, and strict rhythm and meter formulas. Although studying and understanding classical poetry does not have to be dry and dull, many students perceive it to be so. Sometimes we want to introduce young adults to contemporary poetry or forms of poetry that are engaging to them before moving into the classics.

    Your mission in this unit is to create a poetry file. Locate at least 15 poems that are appropriate to young adults. (You can use a couple from your genre book but no more than three). Type the poems full-text (or cut and paste into a file) and include citations of books, web sites, or other places you found the poems. At the end of your poetry compilation, discuss in a few paragraphs why you chose these poems for your poetry file--what was appealing about them? What, if any, difficulties might students have in reading and understanding them? What is fun and whimsical about the poetry? Are there any particular themes in these poems that speak to you?

    Have fun on your quest of discovery!
Week 7 July 2-8
    Assignments due:
  • Willis Chapter 5 journal
  • Looking Like the Enemy email comments
  • Work on Aesthetic Response that will be presented at an arranged date!
Week 8 July 9-15
    Readings due:
  • Looking Like the Enemy by Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
    Assignments due:
  • AESTHETIC RESPONSE-- arrange a time with the instructor to share this
  • Looking Like the Enemy email comments
Week 9 July 16-22
Week 10 July 23-28