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Irvine Valley College / Fall 2011Marjorie C. Luesebrink, MFA, Professor assignments Literature 47-- Fable and FolktaleFall 2011 // Ticket #62505 Your grade in Fable and Folklore will be based on your timely and regular class participation and these written assignments for the class. Three types of Written Assignments will be required of those seeking a grade. A. Weekly Post Assignments on the Discussion List. If you don't know how to do a Research Paper, please take advantage of (Assistance on this Research Paper) C. A take-home, written Final Exam. If you don't know how to do an Exam Essay, please take advantage of (Assistance on the Take-Home Final) ______________________________________________________________
Your Weekly Post Assignments are a requirement of this class and count half of your grade! Each week you should 1. Read the Lecture Material on the Website 2. Read the Text Selections from the required Reading. 3. Think about what you have seen and read. 4. Read the posts by others in the class and respond when you can. 5. Post to the Discussion List sharing your thoughts about the material or the results of your research for the Final Research Paper that week. 6. There is no length requirement for this Post - but part of your grade will be on quality.
The Final Research Paper will be a Documented Analytical Paper on one of the topics we have covered in class. Subject: Each of the Lectures in our course relates to a topic area in the study of folklore and legendstock. Your Final Research Paper will focus on ONE issue that interests you or ONE story that illustrates one or more central questions about Folk material. Your thesis should be focused - and approved - as you go forward with your planning and research. Mechanical Requirements: This paper will be 10-14 Text pages and have both a footnoting system (as Works Cited) and a Bibliography. The paper may be submitted in hard copy (paper) form or over the Internet. If you submit an electronic version, it should be in Microsoft Word document form [.doc] and mailed to both my home and school e-mail addresses: mluesebrink@ivc.edu; luesebr1@ix.netcom.com
Note: If you do not know how to write a research paper, I recommend that you purchase a book (you can borrow one from me if this is a hardship). I have prepared a set of Guidelines for you on this site: Research Paper Help. This section features Research Tips, Guidelines for Selecting a Topic and Narrowing a Thesis, Models for Structuring the Paper, and standard online assistance in Formatting a Research Paper (including Works Cited and Bibliography). Due Date: The hard copy or the e-mail version is due Friday, December 9, 2011
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| C. The Take-home, written Final Exam. Remember: If you wish to take the class Credit/No Credit, you need only do the Final Research Project. For students seeking a letter grade of A or B, the Take-home Final Exam is a requirement. The written, Take-home Final Exam may be started at any time after the first half of the semester. Description. You will be asked to read a folk tale that we have not discussed in class. Then, using the analytical approaches we have covered in the lectures and read about, you will be asked to write a short, organized paper using at least two of the approaches we have studied. You will have three stories to choose among, and you can use any appropriate analytical model, from tale type to psychological. This paper should not be longer than 4 pages. The prompt for the written Take-Home Final Exam Due Date The take-home Final Exam will be due on Friday, December 9, 2011. At that time, I will also be available for consultation on your progress in the class by appointment.
If you have questions about how these written assignments contribute to your grade in the class, please see Grading Policies.
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