ASSIGNMENTS

This page links to the various instructions for major assignments in the class.

1. Daily Assignments: provides a daily schedule of what work is due on specific dates.

• Bulleted items below a date are what is expected on that date.
• Unless otherwise noted, readings come from Vol. 1 of the Norton Anthology of African American Literature (vol. 1), which is what "Norton" refers to on the daily assignments list.
• The first two night's worth of readings, along with material not in the Norton, are available in the Course Materials section on Blackboard.
  

2. Introduce Yourself: post a photo and brief introduction for the rest of the class to read.

3. Reading Checks: You will need to read and mark all of the required texts for the course for a nightly grade.

4. In-Class Essay on Cotton Mather's The Negro Christianized.

5. Quotation Assignments (to help the class write the midterm and final exams. No late Quotation Assignments will be accepted.)

6. Papers

• Paper #1 Topic and Requirements
• Prewriting for Paper #1
• Peer Review for Paper #1
• MS Word Assignment
• Paper #1: Final Draft Submission Checklist
• Paper #2 Topic and Requirements
• Prewriting for Paper #2
• Two-minute presentations: these informal presentations serve as prewriting to develop your papers' theses by pitching them to the class.
• Annotated bibliography to support your topic for the second paper. See a sample annotated bibliography.
• Second paper checklist
• Note to Dr. Halbert

7. Midterm Exam: (Essay Question Topics, Exam Card Preparation, and Student-generated Quotation Guide: MS Word or PDF)

8. Final Exam: (Essay Question Topics, Exam Card Preparation, and Student-generated Quotation Guide:MS Word or PDF)

9. Major Paper Rewrite Option: Your opportunity to revise the first paper of the semester for an entirely new grade if you wish: it's not required.