Day One:

Approximately 50 min+ course plan

Course Introduction: (Suggested 10 minutes)

• Review Course Policy and Procedure Page

• Review Extra English 123/124 Reminder:

This course will require you to exercise all the skills you acquired in English 123/124.

From the outset, you need to understand that your writing in this course must follow the composition requirements of EH 123/124.

It is not  the Professor’s job to remind you of these requirements, or to “grade you easier” until you remember them. You must know them “now.”

By virtue of the fact that you earned a grade of C or higher in Eh 123 /124 — or in equivalent courses –  it is presumed by the Professor that you are familiar with these requirements.

If you have forgotten this information, please re-visit your Eh 123 and 124 portfolios, as they will contain all the important examples you will need. You should also speak with your Professor during his or her office hours, as he or she may be able to help you.

For example, your writing must adhere to these basic guidelines, as well as others:

1. Only complete sentences will be considered in submitted work.

2. All paragraphs must be approximately 6-8 sentences in length and develop a single idea.

3. All prose should be formal. Slang and colloquial language will be ignored, generally.

4. Only heavily-proofread work will be considered by the Professor. Sloppy work will simply be handed back to you, and you will not receive any credit for it – period. Your professor is _not_ your proofreader.

Now that we have covered all of that, we can begin our work together.

Introductions: Who are you? Who am I? (Suggested: 5-7 minutes)

In-Class writing: (Suggested: 10 to 15 minutes)

• In your journal, explain to me what the difference between work and play is to you. Where do we learn about work? Where do we learn about play? How are the ways in which you work and play different from the ways your parents work and play?

Group Discussion: (Suggested: 10 minutes)

• How has your understanding of work and play changed over the last academic year? Come up with a list of advice you would share with someone coming to Husson University as a first-year student on this topic. Compile your findings for a brief class presentation.

Group Presentations: (Suggested: 5 minutes)

• One group representative from each group will stand before the class and deliver the group’s findings.

Class Discussion:( Suggested: 5 Minutes)

Introduction to Unit One:

New Concept: Play:

• Our definition for “play “will be the following: activities undertaken for amusement.

Homework:

Pre-Reading Assignment:

• 1 Page: Expand on the definition for “play” we developed in class. What is the point of play? What are its personal and social functions as you understand them? Be specific, and you need to be careful to adhere to the writing requirements listed above. Put your Eh 123/124 training to good use!

Reading Assignment:

• The Untold Lie by Sherwood Anderson (50-56)

• 1 Page: Post-Reading Assignment:

Paragraph One: What does the word “Character” mean to you when it is used to connote someone’s personality?

Paragraph Two: Do the things we do to play shape our character? Why or why not?

Paragraph Three: Consider “The Untold Lie” by Sherwood Anderson. How can a consideration of play inform our understanding of a given individual’s “character” in the story? Be specific!