English 201 Presentations

English 201 Group Presentations

As I stated in class, the group presentations will involve your discussion of the major points of the text(s) for the day, including relevant historical and biographical information. You are also expected to go over the ten Discussion Questions for the assigned reading(s). You may also use the other discussion questions from our class page for guidance, but you don't necessarily have to answer them all. I would also suggest you don't just answer the questions as the sole basis of your discussion. Instead, investigate and discuss the major themes, many of which are listed in the "Things to Consider" section of the discussion questions page. You can act out certain parts of the text if you'd like, especially if the number of group members and major characters are the same. Essentially, I would like for you to be as creative as you can at the same time that you facilitate the rest of the class in getting a better understanding of the readings.

Before class on the day of your presentation, Groups are also expected to submit one copy of an accompanying "script" or "report" or whatever you want to call the materials for your presentation (outline, synopsis, etc.) to the instructor.

These materials must be submitted in Canvas in order for you to receive credit for submission.

If you are using power-point (which is not required), please submit all slides to submit before class as well.
All information taken from secondary sources must be clearly and accurately documented (See Plagiarism Policy ).

Do not just summarize the text or read from the section introductions in the text. The class will have read all that already. You need to go beyond what is presented in the book.

At the same time, it is recommended that groups recite, or encourage class members to recite, shorter poems. This helps students get a better feel for the poems.

This is a team effort, so it will require everyone to participate, not only in performing his or her individual tasks, but also in combining all the individual parts into a coherent unit.

Not everyone needs actually to speak during the presentation. If one member is not as good at public speaking, perhaps that person can be assigned another task.

The presentation will be graded by the instructor as a whole, not according to each section.
In terms of grades, each member of the group will evaluate herself and the others using a grading sheet, based on a percentage of effort put in.

Peer Evaluation sheets must be submitted in Canvas in order for you to receive a grade.

I will make every effort to maintain a "secret ballot" environment. I will average the different grades together and provide on each member's grading sheet for each member the group grade and the resulting grade for that student.

Date		Subject	Name(s)
Oct	20	Donne, "Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" "Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God"	* * *
	23	Herrick, 739 "Corinna's Gone A-Maying" "To the Virgins, To Make Use of Time" Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress" Research Paper Topic Due	* * *
	25	Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1	* * *
	27	Paradise Lost, Book 4	* * *
	30	Paradise Lost, Book 9	* * *
Nov	1	Paradise Lost, Books 10-12	* * *
	8	Dryden, "Mac Flecknoe"	* * *
	10	Behn, Oroonoko, Part One	* * *
	13	Behn, Oroonoko, Part Two	* * *
	15	Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Part 1	* * *
	17	Gulliver's Travels, Part 2	* * *
	20	Gulliver's Travels, Part 4	* * *
	27	Pope, "Rape of the Lock"	* * *
	29	Pope, "Essay on Man"	* * *
Dec	1	Johnson, "Vanity of Human Wishes"	* * *
	4	Gray, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat" "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" Research Paper Due	* * *
	6	Equiano	* * *