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Course Description
English 521 explores the major genres: narrative pieces, essays, poetry, and drama. You
are expected to build upon the skills you have learned to improve your abilities in all three
strands of language arts. We will spend part of each class independently reading and
writing. In addition, we will work together with novels, plays, short pieces of fiction and
non-fiction, visual texts, as well as writing, research, and grammar.
Topics/Timeline
Students can expect to cover the following, week to week in English 521. Of course, the
schedule is tentative and flexible. Students will be informed about changes in delivery and
assessment in advance.
Sept 6-9 (4) Autobiography
Sept 12-16 (5) Book Club
Venice
Nov 21-25 (5) Merchant of Venice
Nov 28-Dec 1 (4) Merchant of Venice
Dec 5-9 (5) Merchant of Venice
Dec 12-16 (5) Merchant of Venice
Dec 19-22 (4) Merchant of Venice
Jan 4-13 (8) Poetry/Socratic Seminar
Jan 16-20 (5) Multi-genre collection
Evaluation
This course is graded cumulatively, and studies the three strands in language arts. You will
know in advance which strand each activity addresses.
16%
32%
32%
20%