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Tim TurnerPedagogical Goals of the Assignment
Assignment/Goals: For the final paper, students will write a "capstone" essay reflecting on a question put forward by Michael Warner, provided below. This essay is also designed to foster some reflection on the nature of the word "queer" as it may be applied to the texts, secondary and primary, we have read this semester.

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Tim TurnerPedagogical Goals of the Assignment
Goals: This paper asks students to combine close-reading of a literary work with application of some theoretical knowledge from a secondary source. Students will discuss how and why the ideas presented in the secondary source do (or do not) relate and apply to the literary work in question; or discuss how the literary work exemplifies (or does not exemplify) the argument of the secondary source.

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Tim TurnerPedagogical Goals of the Assignment
Goals: This paper should be a close, detailed reading of a passage from Kushner's play. Students will choose a passage from the list provided by the instructor below. This assignment is designed to be limited in scope in order to encourage you to narrow your focus and analyze a relatively small portion of the text. The key phrase for this assignment is "close reading": careful attention to the density and richness of literary language. We will discuss some strategies for close reading in class before this assignment is due; you should also take a look at this description.

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Tim TurnerPedagogical Goals of the Assignment
Goals: This paper should be a close, detailed reading of a passage from Forster's Maurice. This assignment is designed to be limited in scope in order to encourage you to narrow your focus and analyze a relatively small portion of the text. The key phrase for this assignment is "close reading": careful attention to the density and richness of literary language. We will discuss some strategies for close reading in class before this assignment is due; you should also take a look at this description for some pointers.

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Allyson LaBordePedagogical Goals of the Assignment
The primary goal of the presentations was to prepare the students to brainstorm and come up with trial theses for their final papers. Of course, the presentations also served the secondary purpose of giving students a break from my being a central figure in the class and allowed them to take more ownership of class discussions.

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Brian GattenPedagogical Goals of the Assignment
interpretation, research, audience

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Crystal Kurzen Attribution
Based on “Where I’m From” by George Ella LyonsPedagogical Goals of the Assignment
I have students fill in the blanks of this poem on the first day of class. My desire is that it gets them thinking about how they represent themselves to their peers as we begin to talk about representation in general.

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Crystal KurzenPedagogical Goals of the Assignment
This assignment is designed to get students out into the various communities to which they have access. They are asked to relate the content of our course to the UT and Austin communities in order to understand how literature and the concerns we discuss in class are relevant in their every day lives.

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Michelle LeePedagogical Goals of the Assignment
These are prompts that worked for my students of E314: Women’s Popular Genres
Papers were 5-7 pages.
We had an eclectic group of texts: Pride and Prejudice, Aurora Leigh, Bridget Jones' Diary, A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains, Eat Pray Love, and Reading Lolita in Tehran.
I let them interpret the prompts in their own way, but they had individual conferences with me first to discuss their ideas.
- Michelle Lee
April 2008

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Jamie JessonPedagogical Goals of the Assignment
Combining close reading with a consideration of one larger issue or theme from a novel. Practice in relating significant parts of the book to the book as a whole. Relating form to content.