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Teresa Howell
English Professor
| I am going to try to limit the cost of textbooks for my classes to $60 or less per class. I've accomplished this for Fall of 09, and will work hard to do so in the future.
Contact Information | Office Location: | Winnemucca Campus | | Phone: | 775.623.1807 | | Email: | teresah(a)gwmail.gbcnv.edu
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| Interests | - I like to garden, especially with native plants
- I like music, especially folk.
- I write a monthly garden column for the Humboldt Sun.
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| Honors and Awards | - Phi Beta Kappa
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
- Norton Kinghorn award for best thesis or dissertation, UND 1992
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| ENG 101 |
| Title: | Composition I |
| Catalog Description: | Critical reading and writing of the expository essay. Emphasizes pre-writing, strategies for organization, and revision. |
| My Comments: | We will use web resources instead of a handbook. This will be our reader for Fall, 2009 and Spring 2010: Literary Nevada: Writings from the Silver State Edited by Cheryll Glotfelty
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| ENG 102 |
| Title: | Composition II |
| Catalog Description: | Continuation of English 101. Emphasizes writing from sources, argument, the investigative paper, and research techniques. |
| My Comments: | We'll use these books for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010: MLA
MLA Handbook, 7th Edition
The Curious Researcher, 6th edition, by Bruce Ballenger
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| ENG 223 |
| Title: | Themes of Literature |
| Catalog Description: | Themes and ideas significant in literature. [H*] |
| My Comments: | The theme for Fall 2009 is life in small towns. We'll be using these books:
The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, by Kathleen Norris
Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters.
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter
Way off the Road: Discovering the Peculiar Charms of Small-Town America, by Bill Geist.
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| ENG 250 |
| Title: | Introduction to Children's Literature |
| Catalog Description: | Study of outstanding children's books to promote ways in which the books can be used to enhance the lives and skills of children, teachers, and parents. [H] |
| My Comments: | We'll be reading these books for Fall 2009.
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, by Gary Schmidt
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
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| ENG 258 |
| Title: | Shakespeare Theatre Festival |
| Catalog Description: | A tour to one of the summer festivals to view and study Shakespearean theatre in performance. [H] |
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| INT 295 |
| Title: | Educational Travel |
| Catalog Description: | The study of people, art, music, culture, and history through travel. Unlimited repeatability. [P/W] |
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