English 101 * Prof. Peter Kittle

Basic Course Necessities:

• Syllabus Information and Course Schedule, in portable document format.
• On-line versions of Texts (and other course-related links)
• Announcements, news, events--visit this link, for instance, if class has been cancelled unexpectedly.

• Some guidelines in writing the first three responses to the Classic Fairy Tales
• Some notes on Mosaic of Thought
• The "Zero Tolerance" policy on surface errors in writing
• Issues relating to the Quarter Project Multigenre Paper Assignments:
• The assignment sheet for the First Quarter Project
• The assignment sheet for the Second Quarter Project
• Some samples of ways a poem can be "marked up" to show its sound and image patterns
• A list of questions and answers about genre responses and the multi-genre paper
• Two sample genre responses to "The Yellow Wallpaper"
• Some examples of linked genre responses

• Some guidelines for completing your Children's Novel Reading Logs
• The principles behind using literature circles in classrooms can be found here

• If you like the play The Yellow Boat, you might want to read this article about why it was written
• An article that describes the positive effects of Readers' Theater on a group of second graders (you may not be able to access this if you're not on a campus-connected computer)
• The basic format for writing an ITIP-style lesson plan

• Kenneth Koch's "Poetry Idea" is a smart way to think about teaching poetry to kids
• Bob's Byway has more poetic terms than most people can even imagine
• Some poems to write poetry ideas about can be found here

• The relationships among conflict, resolution, theme, and tone in "Who Am I This Time?"
• A list of basic literary terms used to analyze fiction

• Looking for some odd fairy tales?
• Try the Fractured Fairy Tales website
• Take a look at Struwwelpeter, a set of 19th Century German fairy tales (this version was translated by Mark Twain)
• Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies is a rather disconcerting (although I find it hilarious) ABCs picture book
• If you need a break, take a look at this very modern (and slightly grotesque) version of Beauty and the Beast
• Worried about your grade? Want some extra credit? Watch Shrek or Ever After, and write a response based on these guidelines (in MS Word format)

• Ever wonder what it's like to be a university professor? Take a look at my blog to find out what's on my mind