Introductory Materials
Introduction:
Creating the CAP atmosphere:
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Syllabus
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Check out this quote about Google's hiring process:
Sergey Brin and Larry Page, both brilliant computer scientists, founded their company on the conviction that only technologists can understand technology. Google originally set its hiring algorithms to sort for computer science students with top grades from elite science universities.
In 2013, Google decided to test its hiring hypothesis by crunching every bit and byte of hiring, firing, and promotion data accumulated since the company’s incorporation in 1998. Project Oxygen shocked everyone by concluding that, among the eight most important qualities of Google’s top employees, STEM expertise comes in dead last. The seven top characteristics of success at Google are all soft skills: being a good coach; communicating and listening well; possessing insights into others (including others different values and points of view); having empathy toward and being supportive of one’s colleagues; being a good critical thinker and problem solver; and being able to make connections across complex ideas. Those traits sound more like what one gains as an English or theater major than as a programmer. Could it be that top Google employees were succeeding despite their technical training, not because of it? After bringing in anthropologists and ethnographers to dive even deeper into the data, the company enlarged its previous hiring practices to include humanities majors, artists, and even the MBAs that, initially, Brin and Page viewed with disdain. |
Frequently Asked Questions
Scholarship/College Letters
Missed School Days
Sources
Cheating
Assignment due dates
Google Docs
- I will write a recommendation letter for you under most circumstances. Here are some exceptions:
- If I've ever given you a 0 for cheating or letting someone cheat on an assignment
- If I've written a discipline referral for you
- If I've known you less than 2 months
- Important directions to follow:
- Give me at least 2-3 days to write it
- Send me an email with information about the scholarship or college
- In that same email, send me a list of things I could talk about (jobs, grades, awards, etc.--an NHS application is perfect)
- Tell me how you need the letter to be delivered (PDF or printed, hand-signed, etc.)
Missed School Days
- Here's your procedure for missing a school day:
- First, check the Agendas tab on the Weebly to see what you missed that day or what you will miss (if it's a future absence).
- Second, check Google Classroom to see if any assignment drop boxes were created, either for in-class work or homework.
- Third, ask a friend if you have any questions.
- Fourth, if you still have questions. email or ask me in person.
Sources
- Very few assignments in this course will allow you to utilize outside sources besides a dictionary or basic Wikipedia search to gather information about literary allusions or the background of a story or poem.
- If you are interpreting a piece of literature, you should never access any website that can help you do so--Schmoop, Sparknotes, teachers' Weebly pages, student blogs, etc.
- If you utilize any information from one of these websites it will be considered cheating. See below.
Cheating
- I cannot catch every person who chooses to cheat on an assignment, nor do I pretend that I can. But if I see you have cheated, you will receive a zero on the assignment or test, no questions asked. You will not be able to make the assignment up under any circumstance.
- If you let anyone copy your assignment, you will also receive a zero. This is still cheating.
- If you cheat more than one time, I will refer you to the office, call your parents, and give you another zero.
Assignment due dates
- In-class work and homework are due on the assigned date unless a student is absent. If a student has an excused absence, s/he has one extra class period to turn it in.
- However, if we are working on a long-term assignment such as a literary data sheet, essay, or poem journal, the original due date is set in stone regardless if a student misses class--as long as they were in class at any point to hear about the assignment. In other words, if you were absent on the data a literary data sheet was due, you must turn in the assignment on time anyway.
- The late penalty is 10% per day up to 50% off.
- I may not take excessively late work, especially at the end of a semester
Google Docs
- I expect you to use Google Docs for every major assignment in class, no exceptions.
- Do not start an assignment on Microsoft Word and paste the text into Google Docs, either. You must edit every assignment on Google Docs every time.
- If you do not have internet access, follow the instructions on this link to enable offline editing: support.google.com/chromebook/answer/2809731?hl=en
Tentative Schedule
Semester One
Weeks One through Six: Course introduction, Short Fiction, Literary Devices
Weeks Seven through Eleven: The Handmaid's Tale
Weeks Twelve through Fifteen: Macbeth
Weeks Sixteen through Nineteen: Semester Exam Review
Semester Two (USI-equivalent semester)
Weeks One through Five: Poetry Bootcamp
Weeks Six through Nine: The Stranger
Weeks Ten through Twelve: Fences
Weeks Thirteen through Nineteen: Short Fiction, Final Exam, and Reflections
Weeks One through Six: Course introduction, Short Fiction, Literary Devices
- Turn in and discuss summer assignments
- Class Introductions and Syllabus
- Short Stories
- Class discussion, small group discussion, close readings, and reading quizzes
- Short Stories assessment—timed writing over a cold read short story
- Literary Terms
- Lessons and three quizzes (identifying literary devices in context)
Weeks Seven through Eleven: The Handmaid's Tale
- Handmaid's Tale
- Poetry connections, short story connections, ancillary readings, video comparisons, historical background, modern music comparisons, class discussions, close readings
- Study guide
- Government-related discussions
- Timed writing assessment
- Cold Reads:
- Complete two modified cold reads
- Teach multiple choice PowerPoints
Weeks Twelve through Fifteen: Macbeth
- Macbeth
- Poetry connections, short story connections, ancillary readings, video comparisons, historical background, modern music comparisons, class discussions, close readings, activities
- Syntax walk
- Reader Response Journals each act
- Timed Writing Assessment
Weeks Sixteen through Nineteen: Semester Exam Review
- Final Exam review
- Final Exam
Semester Two (USI-equivalent semester)
Weeks One through Five: Poetry Bootcamp
- Poetry
- Elements of Poetry
- Reader Response Journals
- Literary Analysis essay: Write an interpretation of a piece of literature that is based on a careful observation of textual details, considering the work's structure, style, and themes; social and historical values; use of fig. language, imagery, symbolism, and tone
- National History Day - Finish research and complete project.
- Submit annotated bibliography
- Submit initial draft of project
Weeks Six through Nine: The Stranger
- The Stranger
- Poetry connections, short story connections, ancillary readings, video comparisons, historical background, modern music comparisons, class discussions, close readings
- Study guide
- Government-related discussions
- Timed writing assessment
Weeks Ten through Twelve: Fences
- Fences
- Poetry connections, short story connections, ancillary readings, video comparisons, historical background, modern music comparisons, class discussions, close readings, activities
- Reader Response Journals each act
- Timed Writing Assessment
Weeks Thirteen through Nineteen: Short Fiction, Final Exam, and Reflections
- Short Stories
- Class discussion, small group discussion, close readings, and reading quizzes
- Analysis focused on comparing/contrasting two works thematically (builds to the final exam)
- Literary Terms
- Lessons and three quizzes (identifying literary devices in context)
- Final Exam preparation
- Final Exam
- Reflection assignment: How is an understanding of the humanities important to your chosen career?