Honors Composition (110) Fall 2011

Remembering the Holocaust: Representing Genocide in Memoir, Fiction, and Film

Study Questions

Study Questions have been prepared for all of the assigned readings, both to ensure adequate preparation for class discussion and to facilitate your comprehension of often difficult and unfamiliar material. You should use them as guides in your re-reading of the material. You are not required to write out the questions in advance of class discussion, but you must be prepared to discuss them. Periodically, I will assign some of these questions for formal submission, following our class discussions. The aim here is to reinforce your critical reading and writing skills without having the pressure of a formal written assignment.

These will be graded on a simple 10-point scale designed to allow you to achieve a high level of success simply based on the fact that you read the material carefully and participated productively in the class discussions of the study questions. I will not correct grammar/mechanics, but you must write clearly and refer specifically to the texts. Your submissions must be typed and formatted, written in complete sentences with documentation and page references when necessary, and effectively responsive to the questions (a study question sample document and feedback rubric can be found on D2L). At the end of the semester, I will tally the the scores, and your 15% Study Question grade will be determined based on that percentage. See the grading scale on the Course Info page. In order to get credit for the questions, you must be present in class on the day that we discuss the questions. If you miss class on the day we are scheduled to discuss the questions, you may submit them for partial credit. Late study questions (5 minutes or 47 hours) will be docked one point for each class session they are late. I will also give quizzes on in-class films and historical background lectures.

Quiz scores; informal writing assignments; and ad hoc research, documentation, and grammar exercises will be included in your Study Question point total.

Please click on the links below to get the study questions for each of the readings: