There are other presentation possibilities: you could fill in some gaps in our curriculum or make some connections. Here are some ideas:

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1 E 137 CLASS PRESENTATIONS Each student will share smething interesting related t the day s reading fr abut 5-7 minutes. Presentatins are graded nly insfar as they are factred int a student s verall curse participatin grade (which is 5% fr the semester). Students d nt receive an individual, separate grade fr their presentatin, just as they d nt receive a separate grade fr each cmment they share in class. Students receive an verall participatin grade fr their class invlvement ver the entire semester, and presentatins are the mst memrable example f that invlvement. Presentatins make the class and the material memrable and engaging. We re glad t listen t yu and hpe yu enjy sharing what yu ve learned. Feel free t make yur presentatin casual and brief. It can be a little under 5-7 minutes r a little ver n big deal. When students g ver 10 minutes, I encurage them t wrap it up. If yu want t use the cmputer (t shw vide clips, PwerPint slides, etc.) yu can, but yu aren t bligated t. Yu re in charge. Fr each class sessin, I ve listed tpics fr presentatins. Belw are sme typical nes: An authr s bigraphy (by the way, ur bk has bigraphical infrmatin n all assigned authrs) A histrical event r petic mvement Brief summary and pints f interest f a given wrk Smething else related t an authr r era I ve learned that mst students actually prefer t be given a tpic than t create ne, but if yu d like t create yur wn presentatin tpic, please feel welcme t d s just check with me first. There are ther presentatin pssibilities: yu culd fill in sme gaps in ur curriculum r make sme cnnectins. Here are sme ideas: T fill gaps, yu culd: Tell us abut a text we re nt reading that is by an authr we are discussing. Perhaps read a little and explain what yu like abut it r think is interesting. Tell us a little abut an authr we re nt reading that is in the perid we are discussing. Shw us an interesting website related t an authr, text, r perid (yu can use the cmputer). Critique an authr r text we re reading, listing what yu dislike. T make cnnectins, yu culd: Explain why an authr we re studying reminds yu f smene else. Perhaps cnnect the authr with anther artist r thinker in histry a cmpser, painter, sculptr, philspher, scientist, etc. Explain why the wrk f an authr reminds yu f anther wrk f art (past r present). Perhaps cnnect the wrk with a mvie, televisin shw, sng, painting, etc. Share cnnectins yu might have made in yur respnse t a reading respnse questin. Share yur wn pem imitating an authr we re discussing. Share yur wn artwrk inspired by an authr r text we re discussing. Or cme up with smething else. * The Presentatin Sign-Up Sheet Fllws n the Next Page *

2 E 137 CLASS PRESENTATIONS Ntes Each bx begins with a list a reminder f all the reading assigned fr that class date but that list desn t mean yu have t cver it all; yu ll address whatever specific tpic yu chse. Under the heading f tpics, in places where page numbers appear in parenthesis, it means the pages shuld be useful t yu, nt limit r burden yu; yu may likely want t get mre infrmatin nline. Week 5 Mn, Sept. 21 Chaucer s Canterbury Tales, The Wife f Bath s Prlgue ( ) Chaucer s bigraphy ( ) Brief summary and pints f interest The Wife f Bath s Prlgue Wed, Sept. 23 Chaucer s Canterbury Tales, The Wife f Bath s Tale ( ) PRESENTERS Brief summary and pints f interest The Wife f Bath s Tale Illuminated manuscripts and the printing press Week 6 Mn, Sept. 28 The Sixteenth Century ( ); Sir Thmas Wyatt ( ): The lng lve and Petrarch s Rima 140 ( ), Whs list and Petrarch s Rima 190 ( ), Farewell, Lve (650), I find n peace and Petrarch s Rima ( ); H. Henry, Earl f Surrey ( ): Lve, that dth reign (663) The curt & the art f curtly lve ( , 704) The snnet Wed, Sept. 30 Faith in Cnflict ( ); Queen Elizabeth I ( ): The dubt f future fes (758); Sir Walter Ralegh ( ): Methught I saw ( ), The discvery... f El Drad ( ) Martin Luther, the Refrmatin, & Henry VIII ( , ) Queen Elizabeth s bigraphy

3 Week 7 Mn, Oct. 5 Edmund Spenser ( ); Renaissance Lve and Desire ( ); Sir Philip Sidney ( ): The Defense f Pesy ( ): The Pet as Prphet and Creatr ( ), Answer t the Charges against Petry ( ); Astrphil and Stella, snnets 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 15 ( ) Spenser s bigraphy Sidney s bigraphy Week 8 Wed, Oct. 14 William Shakespeare (pp ) Snnets 18, 55, 60, 73, 87, 116, 128, 130, 138 (pp ) PRESENTER: Shakespeare s bigraphy Week 9 Mn, Oct. 19 Snnets and Shakespeare cntinued PRESENTER: Shakespeare and his impact n the English language Wed, Oct. 21 Shakespeare s King Lear pp Brief summary and pints f interest King Lear ( ) Shakespeare in ppular culture (e.g. films, etc.) Week 10 Mn, Oct. 26 Shakespeare s King Lear pp Brief summary and pints f interest King Lear ( ) Smething else related t Shakespeare, maybe fashin arund the time f the late Renaissance Wed, Oct. 28 Shakespeare s King Lear pp Brief summary and pints f interest King Lear (4.1-end) Experiencing Shakespeare (Tragedy as catharsis, rle-playing as therapy, Shakespeare at San Quentin, and nearby Shakespeare cmpanies such as Cal Shakes and the Marin Shakespeare C.)

4 Week 11 Mn, Nv. 2 The Early Seventeenth Century (pp ); Jhn Dnne (pp ): The Flea (p. 1373), The Gd Mrrw (pp ), The Sun Rising (pp. 1376), The Cannizatin (pp ), A Valedictin: Frbidding Murning (pp ), Hly Snnets 10, 14 (pp ), Meditatin 17 (pp ); Ben Jnsn (pp ): T Penshurst (pp ) Dnne s bigraphy and metaphysical petry Jnsn s bigraphy Wed, Nv. 4 Rbert Herrick (pp. 1756): The Vine (p. 1758), Delight in Disrder (pp ), Crinna s Ging A-Maying (pp ), T the Virgins (pp. 1762); Andrew Marvell (pp ): T His Cy Mistress (pp ) Herrick s bigraphy and Cavalier petry ( ) Charles I, Crmwell, the Interregnum, and the Restratin ( , , ) Week 12 Mn, Nv. 9 Jhn Miltn (pp ): When I Cnsider Hw My Light Is Spent (p. 1942), Paradise Lst, Bk 1 (pp ) Miltn s bigraphy Brief summary and pints f interest Paradise Lst, Bk 1 Week 13 Mn, Nv. 16 The Restratin (pp ); Jhn Dryden (pp ): Mac Fleckne (pp ) Dryden s bigraphy Satire, a brief histry f the genre, past and present Wed, Nv. 18 Jnathan Swift (pp. 2464): A Mdest Prpsal (pp ), The Lady s Dressing Rm (pp ); Debating Wmen: Arguments in Verse (pp ); Lady Mary Wrtley Mntagu (pp. 2770): The Reasns That Induced Dr. Swift... (pp ) Swift s bigraphy Lady Mary Wrtley Mntagu s bigraphy

5 Week 14 Mn, Nv. 23 Alexander Ppe (pp ): The Rape f the Lck (pp ), Epistle 2. T a Lady (pp ); Anne Ingram, Viscuntess Irwin (pp. 2780): An Epistle t Mr. Ppe (pp ) Ppe s bigraphy Irwin s bigraphy and highlights frm her An Epistle t Mr. Ppe Wed, Nv. 25 Samuel Jhnsn (pp ): Rambler N. 5 (pp ), Rasselas (p ) Ch. 10 (pp ), Ch. 22 (pp ) Jhnsn s bigraphy England and the Age f Enlightenment (brief verview) Week 15 Mn, Nv 30 Thmas Gray (p. 3047): Ode n a Distant Prspect f Etn Cllege (pp ), Elegy Written in a Cuntry Churchyard (pp ) Gray s bigraphy and highlights frm his Elegy Written in... Basic characteristics f English Rmanticism Wed, Dec. 2 Oliver Gldsmith (pp ): The Deserted Village (pp ) The industrial revlutin in England Gldsmith s bigraphy and highlights frm his The Deserted Village