Extra Credit Assignments

English 2110 American Lit 1, O'Donnell, ETSU Spring 2019

last update: April 5, 2019

Points

Earn up to 5 points for each extra credit activity. You can do as many of these activities as you like. I will add the points to your point total when I am calculating your final grade, at the end of the semester.

Instructions

1. Attend an event, on campus at ETSU, that I have approved as eligible for extra credit. Approved events will be announced in class, and listed here, below. Some appear here on this assignment sheet.

2. Take notes during the event. Write a memo of at least 300 words, to me and your classmates. Describe the event -- who, where, when? Connect the event to some text we've read, and/ or some issue we've discussed in class.

3. Turn in your memo to me within a week after the event.

4. Your memo will be scored from 1-5, based on: 1) the completeness and accuracy of your account of event; 2) the quality of thought in your discussion; 3) the general quality of your writing.

Approved Events (a partial list)

FEBRUARY

- Daniel Dennett, Lecture. Thursday February 7, 2019. 7:30pm. ETSU Millenium Centre.

- Dr. Bill Turner, historian. "Blacks in Appalachia." Monday February 11, 2019. 4:30pm. ETSU Reece Museum.

- Three films by ETSU professors Thomas G. Burton (professor emeritus, Department of English) and the late Jack Schrader (professor, Department of Art). Featured films will be: "The Gandy Dancers," "A Film about Ray Hicks," and "They Shall Take Up Serpents." Dr. Burton will be in attendance to provide introductory remarks. Tuesday February 19, 7-8:45pm. ETSU Reece Museum.

- Poetry open mic. Wednesday, February 20, 2019. 7-9pm. The Down Home, 300 W. Main Street, Johnson City.

- David Madden, novelist, playwright, literary critic and historian. A reading from his work. Thursday, February 28, 2019. 4pm. The Reece Museum.

MARCH

- Weds March 20, 7-9pm. Poetry open mic. The Down Home, 300 W. Main Street, Johnson City.

APRIL

- Tues April 9, 11:00-11:45am. New Writing from ETSU, with Abby Lewis and Isabel Gomez Sobrino. The Reece Museum.

- Weds April 10, 10:00-11:15am. Public Reading and Q&A, with Tom Chiarella, Monic Ductan, and Jonathan Johnson. The Reece Museum.

- Weds April 10, 7:30pm. Novelist Silas House reads from his work. Brown Hall Auditorium.

- Weds April 17, 7-9pm. Poetry open mic. The Down Home, 300 W. Main Street, Johnson City.

- Mon April 22, 10am-2pm. Earth Day Fair at ETSU. Borchuck Plaza (in front of the Sherrod Library). Attend for at least 40 minutes; talk to at least 6 people.

- Weds April 24, 10:30-11:20am. Dedication ceremony for University Woods. At the University Woods Gazebo, at the top of Parking Lot #13 (immediately south of the concrete railroad bypass on Southwest Avenue; on your right as you're heading south, under the bypass, towards the entrance to Buc Ridge).