<p>i know its a writing II requirement..but how much work is it?? i know the tas teach so there's no way of knowing how hard/easy they'll grade...butt still any advice?</p>
<p>im taking it with chem 14d and ls2 and wanted to know if it's doable</p>
<p>It always depends on your TA, but for mine it was:</p>
<p>1) Read a novel or a long poem per week. Poems were short and I often never read it. I just went on wikipedia for a summary and to understand what it mean. Novels were enjoyable (they’re usually books you read in high school like Gatsby, Frankenstein, etc.)</p>
<p>2) Prepare to discuss the novel/poem in class for 2 hours. You better talk a lot. It’s 25% of your grade. It can literally save your a#@ if your TA is a harsh essay grader.</p>
<p>3) Quizzes every 3 weeks. I had vocab quizzes and essay quizzes (1 hour to write an essay based on a prompt the TA gave us in class comparing and contrasting the books/poems we read in class)</p>
<p>4) 2 papers to write (5-6 pages) on a book/poem you read.</p>
<p>5) Final paper (8-9 pages) on a book/poem you read.</p>
<p>Mine was pretty chill.
I took it with LS3 and physics 6c and another class.</p>
<p>You read like a book a week. Or you’re supposed to, and then discuss.</p>
<p>My class had no in-class quizes or assignments. Just make sure u get participation points</p>
<p>I think our grading scale was like this:
Online discussion board participation 10%
In class participation 15%
2 1-2 page explications: 5 and 10% = 15%
1 paper (5-6 pages)on fiction = 20%
1 paper (3-4pages) on poetry = 15%
Final project = Just revise one of your papers = 25% (easy)</p>
<p>what are grade distributions like? is it really hard to get those A’s?</p>
<p>azngamer54: do u remember who ur ta was?</p>
<p>Yes i do. She is teaching in the fall and has 18/20 capacity right now.</p>
<p>On the registrar, the t.a. is considered “lecture 7”</p>
<p>awesome thanks! thats the one im signed up for!</p>