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Assignments

Listed below are the assignment sheets, worksheets, exercises, and peer review sheets that will be assigned or used during the quarter. Each student will recieve a copy of each as a handout in class during the appropriate week. If you miss a sheet, feel free to print out a new copy. Feel free to look ahead at the assignments to come, but keep in mind that sheets may be updated and are subject to change over the quarter.

Formatting Samples:

     Sample Formatting of a Short Paper
     Sample Formatting of a Major Paper
     Sample Formatting of an Annotated Bibliography

Sequence One:

     Sequence One: Writing Center Visit
     Readings Presentations & Critical Questions
     Worksheet: Claims Example
     Sequence One: Claims Worksheet
     1.1 Harry Potter Autobiography
     1.2 Close Reading Of
     1.3 Why Harry Potter?
     1.4 Sequence One: Major Paper Conference Memo
     1.5 MAJOR PAPER: Why Harry Potter, Really?

Sequence Two:

     Sequence Two: Writing Center Visit
     Sequence Two: Claims Worksheet
     2.1 Close Reading Of
     2.2 The Mirror of Erised
     2.3 Sequence Two: Major Paper Conference Memo
     2.4 Annotated Bibliography
     2.5 MAJOR PAPER: Critical Approaches to Harry Potter?

Portfolio Sequence:

     Portfolio 3.1: Best Ideas, Best Work, Best Practices
     Portfolio 3.2: Selecting Your Essays
     Portfolio 3.3: Cover Letter
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Information Sheets

The following are handouts, informational sheets, and readings that will be assigned or used over the course of the quarter. Each student will recieve a copy of each as a handout in class during the appropriate week. If you miss a sheet, feel free to print out a new copy.

     ENGL131 Student Info Sheet & Release Form

     Ed's Top Ten Ways to Survive University

     Ed's Top Ten Rules of Writing

     Time Management Tips

     Top Ten Traps of Studying

     Claims, Claims, Claims

     MLA Parenthetical Documentation & Bibliography

     Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing

     Introductions & Conclusions

     Sports Illustrated Introductions

     Revision Strategies
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Readings

All of the short readings for class are available through the university’s online course reserves (http://eres.lib.washington.edu), directly from the web, or in Situating Inquiry, the course reader. Consult the course syllabus for the week each reading will be covered in class. The following is a full bibliographical list of the class readings:

Anatol, Giselle Liza. “Introduction.” Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003: ix-xxv.      (Available via e-reserve.)

Blume, Judy. "Is Harry Potter Evil?" Judy Blume on the Web. 22 Oct. 1999. 21 Apr. 2008. http://www.judyblume.com/censorship/potter.php.

Cockrell, Amanda. "Harry Potter and the Witch Hunters: A Social Context for the Attacks on Harry Potter." The Journal of American Culture. 29:1 (Mar. 2006): 24-30.      (Available via e-reserve.)

Gallardo-C., Ximena and C. Jason Smith. “Cinderfella: J.K. Rowlings Wily Web of Gender.” Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003: 191-205.      (Available via e-reserve.)

Heilman, Elizabeth E. "Introduction." Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter. New York: Routledge, 2009. 1-9.      (Available via e-reserve.)

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. New York: Scholastic, 1999.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. New York: Scholastic, 2000.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. New York: Scholastic, 2003.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. New York: Scholastic, 1997.

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. New York: Scholastic, 1999.

Orwell, George. “Such, Such Were the Joys.” A Collection of Essays. New York: Harvest Book, Harcourt, Inc., 1946: 1-47.      (Available via e-reserve.)

Ostry, Elaine. “Accepting Mudbloods: The Ambivalent Social Vision of J.K. Rowling’s Fairy Tales.” Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003: 89-101.      (Available via e-reserve.)

Smith, Karen Manners. “Harry Potter’s Schooldays: J.K. Rowling and the British Boarding School Novel.” Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003: 69-87.      (Available via e-reserve.)

Wallace, David L. and Tison Pugh. "Playing with Critical Theory in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series." English Journal. 96:3 (Jan. 2007): 97-100.      (Available via e-reserve.)
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