some interesting images of Erlking from http://homepage.mac.com/bennyzelk/stills.html

updated schedule

Week 9
M 23 Oct Conclusion of poetry unit Paper 2 due
W 25 Oct “The Tiger’s Bride” "The Courtship of Mr Lyon"
R 26 Oct Paper #2 due
F 27 Oct continuation of W

Week 10
M 30 Oct "The Erl-King,” (Goethe poem and Carter story)
W 1 Nov “The Werewolf,” “The Company of Wolves” “Wolf-Alice”
1st close reading due, on Carter stories
F 3 Nov Carter stories review

Week 11
M 6 Nov “Josephine the Singer, or the Mouse Folk” (e-reserve, http://libraries.colorado.edu/search/r?SEARCH=engl+1001)
W 8 Nov “The Burrow” (e-reserve)
2nd close reading due, on Carter or Kafka or both
F 10 Nov “A Report to an Academy” (e-reserve)

Week 12
M 13 Nov review Kafka stories, paper workshop (bring paper draft to class)
W 15 Nov begin Coetzee Lives of Animals, introduction and pages 15 through to top of 31
Short story 5 page paper due

OED

If you don't have a dictionary for the definitions, may I suggest Oxford English Dictionary Online. We all have access to it from the library website, and it is a great resource. I cannot emphasize this enough. It gives you not only the definition of the word, but also the entymology, and how the meaning has developed through time. It then gives quotations from various works of literature and history to illustrate the change in meaning. This is a really cool dictionary. Here is a link to get access to it :
http://libraries.colorado.edu/search/toxford+english+dictionary/toxford+english+dictionary/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/frameset&FF=toxford+english+dictionary+online&1%2C1%2C

Homework

Homework: In order to avoid the dreaded pop-quizzes, I have started checking notebooks for homework question responses on the day we will be discussing them in class. Today was the first day. If you had an unexcused absence for Wednesday this week, when the homework was assigned, or today, when it was checked, or just didn't do the homework for whatever reason, you have a chance to get partial credit if you answer the questions in the back section of your notebook by next time (Monday). If your absence for either day was excused, be sure and remind me when I am checking notebooks, so I can asses your homework accordingly.

Homework for Monday: 1) Read Erlking story and poem. 2) Find a word you are unsure of in either this story, or another word from the two earlier Carter stories. Look up the definition, copy it down along with the context from the story (the sentence in which it appears). 3)Formulate a discussion question from the Carter story of Erlking. This question should include a quotation, and can even be about the quotation. 4) Formulate another discussion question. This one is a little more open, it can encompass the story and the poem, or either one considered separately.

Couple of changes to the schedule - first, our "free day" has been moved to this Monday, the 9th, to coincide with Columbus day. So, if you were scheduled to present Monday, plan on Wednesday, and if you were scheduled for Wednesday, you will go on Friday. Then we should be caught up. Also, the poetry close reading will not be due until next Wednesday (the 11th), so we can talk about what you should concentrate on for the assignment in class tomorrow. That will make the 2nd close reading due the following Wednesday (the 18th), and the final poetry paper due the Wednesday after that (the 25th). All changes are reflected on the schedule, posted below. One last note - tomorrow I will pass around a sign up sheet for the mandantory 15 minute office visit to talk about your Maus papers (and poetry close readings, if you like) this Friday and next Wednesday, from 8 - 10 AM. If you know you will not be able to make it at all during these times, let me know tomorrow, and we will try to work something out. At this meeting, please bring your paper and your writing notebook, I will grade them then. Make sure your notebook is caught up, and you have dated all entries. (ps - there will be no Monday office hour next week) See you in class!

Jenni