How to Do ENN 205L

Outcomes

1. Understand how language function in Literary texts
2. Identify key terms associated with textual analysis and see how they work in tests
3. Understand the basic issues informing some modern critical theories and literary theories
4. Write a logically structured,  focused and persuasive essays

To do this you should

1. Register with My Unisa
2. Work though the study guide chapter by chapter making sure that you do the writing tasks
3. Read leading questions, make notes
4. Read the anthology, make notes
5. Submit ALL your assignments
6. 19th August - Poem
7. 3rd September - Passage
8. Read the comments tutorial letters and anything else they send you
9. Pass the exam

Mind Maps

I love mind maps.
I suffer from ADOS " Attention Deficit....Ooooh shiny"
So I need high speed methods to organise my thinking and one page references to cover all the work.

At school we were taught to make elaborate mind maps using colours and cardboard and I think we totally missed the point.

Mind maps for me have three major uses:

• They organise disorganised material (That jumpy off the subject lecturer)
• They allow you to add stuff later 
• They help you to work fast

The basic rules are few

• If it doesn't fit on one A4 page, it's too big.
• If the key word doesn't recall everything, it's the wrong word.
• If the connections aren't logical or they jump around, you've lost the plot.
• If it takes you longer than 30 minutes to map a learning unit, you are doing it wrong.
• I you don't reread your mind map once a week, then you are wasting your time.

There are numerous free mind map programmes that you can download, and now there are numerous free online maps you can use.

https://bubbl.us/beta/ is my current favourite.

You can share mind maps with friends and collaborate online.

Give it a go.