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Jerome “Jerry” Stern (1938 - 1996) started teaching at Florida State University in 1966, and for many years was the head of the English Department’s Creative Writing program. Stern was well known for being an engaging and popular teacher and mentor, especially with graduate students. He taught creative writing, literature and had a special fondness for teaching popular culture classes. Stern always advocated for public readings by students, faculty members and visiting writers — and enjoyed his turn as well, sharing his work in front of an audience.

While at FSU, Stern created the World's Best Short Short Story Contest and edited the book Micro Fiction: An Anthology of Fifty Really Short Stories . His other books include Making Shapely Fiction (1990), Florida Dreams (1993), and Radios: Short Takes on Life and Culture (1997). He wrote for the Tallahassee Democrat and his essays, which he called radios, were often broadcast on National Public Radio.

After his death in 1996, his wife Maxine and son Bayard, and many generous supporters started the Jerome Stern Creative Writing endowed fund at FSU. Maxine died in 2015 —and her name was officially added to the fund’s name. The Jerome Stern Distinguished Writers Series continues to serve as a venue for graduate and undergraduate students from the FSU English Department, as well as bringing in writers from across the country.

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College: Arts and Sciences Degree: BA Specialized Admission: No Contact: Hannah Beth Ragland Address: 457 Williams Building, FSU Tallahassee, FL 32306 Phone: (850) 644-4230 Email: [email protected]

Description of Major *Please Note: Face-to-face/in-person instruction of this program is available ONLY at the main campus in Tallahassee, FL. This program is NOT available via Online/Distance Learning.* The Department of English offers students a curriculum that is central to twenty-first century education. One of the largest degree programs within the College of Arts and Sciences, the major allows students to emphasize either "Literature, Media & Culture", or "Creative Writing" or "Editing, Writing & Media." Students may also pursue other specialized programs such as Honors in the Major, or independent courses of study. Undergraduate major coursework teaches students how to get more from what they read, and achieve more with what they write. It contributes to critical thinking, to the student's knowledge of human culture, to an understanding of poetry, fiction, drama, film, and non-fiction as cultural artifacts, fundamental to other bodies of human knowledge such as philosophy, history, religion, psychology, classics, and modern languages. In addition to its primary benefit of intellectual and empathetic growth, the English major also offers practical preparation for professional careers in teaching, professional writing, law, medicine , business, religious affairs, all levels of government service, and all aspects of the creative economy. Prospective transfer students should contact [email protected] (Arts & Sciences Admissions) with specific questions about admission and mapping requirements.

Prerequisite Coursework Complete the following with a C minus grade or higher: ENC X101 (3) Freshman Composition and ENC 2135 (3) Freshman Writing, Reading and Research Or six (6) semester hours of English (ENC) coursework in which the student is required to demonstrate college-level English skills through multiple assignments. Note: State-wide common prerequisites are always under review. For the most current information and for acceptable alternative courses, visit the “Common Prerequisites Manual.” This is available from the “Student Services” section of http://www.flvc.org .

Requirements Requirements for Progression to the Upper-Division Major: To be admitted, students must complete at least 52 hours of credit with an adjusted GPA of 2.00 on FSU coursework, and at least half the required hours in General Studies, including all freshman English and mathematics, or an AA degree. Requirements for graduation in the College of Arts and Sciences include: The College of Arts and Science requires proficiency in a foreign language through the intermediate (2220 or equivalent) level or sign language through the advanced (2614 or equivalent) level. Major Program of Studies at FSU: 36 hours Thirty-six semester hours of English in courses at the 2000 level and above. At least twenty-one semester hours must be in courses at the 3000 and 4000 levels, including at least nine semester hours at the 4000 level. Honors thesis hours may be applied toward the Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree, but only three semester hours will be accepted for major credit. One English course used to satisfy the humanities requirement for liberal studies may be counted as part of the major. All courses counted toward the major must carry the grade of "C minus" or better. A minor in another department is also required; all courses counted toward the minor also must carry the grade of "C minus" or better. Concentration in Literature: CORE REQUIREMENTS - 12 HOURS (Students must complete all four courses) · ENG2012: Intro to English Studies · LIT3112: Literary History I · LIT3124: Literary History II · ENG3014: Understanding Theory *Core courses should be taken before student reaches ninety (90) semester hours.* DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS - 12 HOURS (Students must see an advisor for the list of approved courses) · Diversity (6 hours) · Pre-1800 (3 hours) · Understanding Genres (3 hours) LITERATURE CAPSTONE - 3 HOURS (Student must take the course after earning at least 90 credit hours) · ENG4934: Senior Literature Seminar ENGLISH ELECTIVES - 9 HOURS (Students must complete three courses at 2000+ level) · AML, ENL, LIT, CRW, ENG or ENC Prefix Minor Coursework: (12 hours minimum) At least 12 hours in an approved minor. Specific requirements are determined by the minor area. Digital Literacy: (0-3 hours) Undergraduate majors in English satisfy this requirement by earning a grade of "C minus" or higher in a University approved Digital Literacy course. Oral Communication Competency: (0-3 hours) Students must demonstrate the ability to orally transmit ideas and information clearly. This requirement may be met through with a University approved college-level course. Minimum Program Requirements - Summary Min. Hrs. Required 120 General Education 36* Major Coursework 36 Minor Coursework 12 minimum Other Coursework 0-12 (depending on foreign language placement) Digital Literacy 0-3 Oral Competency 0-3 Electives to bring total hours to 120 *Note: 3 hours of English may be used to meet both General Education and Major Coursework requirements.

Mapping Mapping is FSU’s academic advising and monitoring system. Academic progress is monitored each Fall and Spring semester to ensure that students are on course to earn their degree in a timely fashion. Transfer students must meet mapping guidelines to be accepted into their majors. You may view the map for this major at www.academic-guide.fsu.edu/.

Remarks 1. Students must complete a minimum of 45 hours at the 3000 level or above, 30 of which must be taken at this University. 2. Half of the major course semester hours must be completed in residence at this University. 3. The final 30 hours must be completed in residence at this University.

Employment Information Salary Information: For more information go to: National Association of Colleges and Employers (www.naceweb.org) or the Occupational Outlook Handbook (www.bls.gov/ooh/home.htm) provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Representative Job Titles Related to this Major: Writer, Press Relations, Teacher, Critic, Personnel Officer, Archivist, Lawyer, Editor/Editorial Assistant, Researcher, Investigator, Administrative Officer, Reporter, Technical Writer, Management Trainee, Public Relations Specialist, Speech Writer, Legislative Assistant, Trainee, Information Specialist. Representative Employers: Local School Boards; Universities, Colleges, Junior Colleges; Businesses; Publishers of Magazines, Newspapers, Books. An English major can qualify for a variety of positions in Education, State and Federal Government, and private industry and business. English majors are attractive to employers because of their classroom training in analysis, research, and interpretation, and because they are expected to be able to communicate effectively on paper or in public.

CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus 2024-25 PDF Download Updated

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Class 12th English Syllabus 2025: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released its revised and updated syllabus for all students of Class 12, on its official website. The board has published Class 12 Syllabus 2025 for subjects of all streams under the ‘Curriculum’ tab. The syllabus holds immense value for students of the 2024-2025 academic session, who will be appearing for CBSE Class 12 Board Exams in 2025. Here, we have brought to you the CBSE Class 12th English Syllabus 2025 along with a PDF download link of the same. Students can also check the Marking scheme, exam pattern, and course structure in the CBSE Board Class 12th English Syllabus provided to you below. 

CBSE Class 12th English Syllabus 2025

Find the class 12th English syllabus 2024-2025 below. 

Section A  (Reading Skills)                         

1. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage (12+10 = 22 Marks) 

• One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and inference. Vocabulary assessment will also be assessed via inference. The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary. 
• One unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc. to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. 

Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 700-750 words. Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions and Short Answer Type Questions (to be answered in 40-50 words) will be asked. 

Section B (Creative Writing Skills)

2. Creative Writing Skills

• Notice, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (4 Marks: Format :1 / Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar: 1)
• Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (4 Marks: Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1)
• Letters based on verbal/visual input, to be answered in approximately 120-150 words. Letter types include application for a job with bio data or resume. Letters to the editor (giving suggestions or opinion on issues of public interest). One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5 Marks: Format: 1 / Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1)
• Article/ Report Writing, descriptive and analytical in nature, based on verbal inputs, to be answered in 120-150 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5 Marks: Format: 1 /Organisation of Ideas: 1/Content: 2 / Accuracy of Spelling and Grammar :1)

Section C (Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text) 

3. Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text

This section will have variety of assessment items including Multiple Choice Questions, Objective Type Questions, Short Answer Type Questions and Long Answer Type Questions to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and extrapolation beyond the text. 

• One Poetry extract out of two, from the book Flamingo, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and appreciation. (6x1=6 Marks)
• One Prose extract out of two, from the book Vistas, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and appreciation. (4x1=4 Marks)
• One prose extract out of two from the book Flamingo, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. (6x1=6Marks)
• Short answer type questions (from Prose and Poetry from the book Flamingo), to be answered in 40-50 words each. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Five questions out of the six given, are to be answered. (5x2=10 Marks)
• Short answer type questions, from Prose (Vistas), to be answered in 40- 50 words each. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any two out of three questions to be done. (2x2=4 Marks)
• One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry (Flamingo), to be answered in 120- 150 words. Questions can be based on incident/theme/passage/extract/event as reference points to assess extrapolation beyond and across the text. The question will elicit analytical and evaluative response from the student. Any one out of two questions to be done. (1x5=5 Marks)
• One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Vistas, to be answered in 120-150 words, to assess global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the text. Questions to provide analytical and evaluative responses using incidents, events, themes, as reference points. Any one out of two questions to be done. (1x5=5 Marks)

Books And Chapters  

• Flamingo: English Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi 

(Prose)   

• The Last Lesson 
• Lost Spring 
• Deep Water  
• The Rattrap  
• Indigo  
• Poets and Pancakes  
• The Interview  
• Going Places 

(Poetry)  

• My Mother at Sixty-Six  
• Keeping Quiet  
• A Thing of Beauty  
• A Roadside Stand 
• Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
• Vistas : Supplementary Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi 
• The Third Level  
• The Tiger King  
• Journey to the End of the Earth  
• The Enemy  
• On the Face of It 
• Memories of Childhood  
• The Cutting of My Long Hair  
• We Too are Human Beings

Class 12 English Syllabus PDF Download

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CBSE Class 12 English Marking Scheme 2024-2025

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Watson Fellowship Winner Tommy Armstrong ’20: Travels and Reflections

“After three attempted muggings, I am quite aware of my surroundings everywhere I go. I’m curious how else I have changed.” - Tommy Armstrong

     “After three attempted muggings, I am quite aware of my surroundings everywhere I go. I’m curious how else I have changed,” says Tommy Armstrong, an Ursinus alumnus who graduated in 2020. During his senior year at Ursinus, Armstrong was selected as a Watson Fellow. The Ursinus website states that the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship is a “one-year grant for purposeful, independent exploration outside the United States, awarded to graduating seniors nominated by one of 41 partner institutions.”

     Armstrong graduated with a major in English and minors in Film and Creative Writing. He was one stagecraft class away from a minor in Theater and says, “If they had the Creative Writing major when I was there, you could bet I’d be one of those.”

     After a delay in his travels due to Covid-19, Armstrong began his journey around the world in April 2023. Armstrong’s trip included traveling to cities in nine countries, including Barcelona, Spain; Vienna, Austria; Istanbul, Turkey; Cape Town, South Africa; Liverpool, England; Berlin, Germany; Tokyo, Japan; Auckland, New Zealand; and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

     Published in The Grizzly in April 2020, an article written by Kevin Leon ’20 followed the announcement that Armstrong had been awarded a Watson Fellowship. In the article, Armstrong is quoted describing his project, stating that he would be studying “the intersection between comedy and hardship and see where the comedic impulse comes from around the world and how it’s affected by cultural norms and events.” Additionally, Armstrong is quoted saying that he wanted to “examine comedy as a coping mechanism for depression and [see] if that is a global trend…[by] shadowing improv troupes and comedy groups around the world.”

     While having a lot of appreciation for improv, during his travels Armstrong became obsessed with standup comedy. Everywhere that he went, Armstrong took pictures of every comedian at comedy shows to share with them afterward. Armstrong says, “My mom would always take pictures of all the athletes when we did sports growing up to share with everybody and I thought that was a really meaningful and lasting way to support people in what they love to do, and my mom let me use her SmugMug account, so.”

     Watching so much standup inspired Armstrong to start doing it himself, and he fell in love with it. He had his first two shows on April 24, 2023, and has performed over 150 times since. Recording each of his sets, Armstrong has been able to see the astonishing changes in his performances. Armstrong says, “I’ve read recently you need 10,000 hours of practice in a discipline to reach your potential in it, and for comedians who are vying for 5-minute spots at weekly open mics, you can imagine how much room there is for growth for almost every comedian.” He adds, “I know being a comedian is part of who I am now, and wherever I am in life, I will find my way onto a stage.”

     During his independent exploration, Armstrong interviewed approximately 50 comedians around the globe for 30 to 90 minutes. Armstrong tried not to approach the project with “rigid predetermined ideas about the connection between comedy and depression,” but with almost every comedian he told about the project, “it seemed to light up a well of ideas in their mind about the relationship between the two.” Armstrong notes, “It was funny. They seemed to know what my project was about before I did.” Working as a digital communications specialist at Ursinus, including journalism work and video production, allowed Armstrong to develop interviewing skills that paid off during his conversations with comedians. At this point in time, Armstrong is editing clips of each comedian to post, and he is creating transcripts from the interviews with the goal of writing a book about comedy and depression.

     During his time as a student at Ursinus, Armstrong started the habit of posting a new comedy video every week. This year abroad, he has been able to post five days a week due to the increased speed of editing standup clips, and his audiences have grown much larger on TikTok and especially Instagram. Armstrong says, “Instagram is especially cool because my content is reaching comedians who I admire and am a fan of and some of those comedians are following me back, sharing my stuff, and reaching out to me. That has been unreal.” When Armstrong was in Berlin, just six months into his standup journey, the comedian Todd Glass reached out to him. “I just woke up from a nap and thought I was dreaming,” says Armstrong. Since then, Glass has been a very kind supporter of Armstrong, with Armstrong asking Glass for advice and asking him to participate in his Watson project as an interviewee.

     The Watson Fellowship has allowed Armstrong to carry out his project, but it has also given him an opportunity to grow as a person and to learn more about himself. This led to Armstrong making a discovery relating to his own personal relationship between emotions and joke-writing. “My jokes aren’t necessarily reflections of my feelings, a lot of them are just the funniest thoughts that I had in a particular situation, reading, in the shower, or while eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich,” says Armstrong. One thing that he has learned is that when he is experiencing sadness he is not interested in creating comedy, stating, “I assumed that because comedy was such a joyful release from sadness that my mind would gravitate to joke writing when I was feeling unwell, but when I’m depressed, I reach for guitar instead of a pen.” Everywhere that Armstrong went, he bought a cheap second-hand guitar and would play it every day, especially when he was “blue.” He would tinker with chords, find a progression that he liked, and then play and freestyle lyrics over it in a voice recording. “Anyway, now those musical recordings give me a window into what I was feeling and thinking in each place,” Armstrong states.

     Armstrong has experienced great growth in his year abroad, and he reflects on his time at Ursinus and how the skills that he developed in college have contributed to his success in carrying out his project. As an English major, reading and thinking about literature has helped him develop a “tool kit” for listening to and reviewing comedy. Armstrong says, “Having guided discussions around books helps you discover the vocabulary for understanding what you like and don’t like in jokes, and that makes the time spent watching comedians a more productive experience for thinking about what you want to achieve with your own jokes.”

     Workshopping in creative writing classes was fundamental in how Armstrong approaches communicating with other comedians and creators “about their craft.” He explains that he cannot go “charging in with criticism” but also cannot be dishonest or vague about what it is he likes, expressing that every comedian has a strength that they can develop to make their comedy uniquely good. “When people ask my advice on their comedy, I think helping reflect that strength to them is important, and so is describing to them things they may not realize they’re doing that are hindering them,” says Armstrong.

     Additionally, Armstrong had an “eye-opening” DIY Publishing course with his advisor, and friend, Dr. Jon Volkmer that showed him the value in and necessity of being purposeful in what one creates in a way to build an audience around it. During the course, Armstrong discovered that he enjoyed making fun of formats that he was already familiar with. He created an “inept vlogger” character named Gary to make fun of niche YouTube list makers and now his TikTok account is called @GarysFather and has over 110k followers, saying, “People probably don’t know why the hell it’s called GarysFather, but anyways, haha.” Today, much of his standup content makes fun of the expectations people have at comedy shows. Armstrong says, “One easy joke format a lot of comedians tell is, ‘People say I look like if ____ was ____,’ so I have a joke, ‘People say I look like… my family.’”

     Dr. Jon Volkmer, Professor of English at Ursinus College, speaks to his experience working with Armstrong, saying, “Tommy is possessed of endless stores of energy and invention. Whether recruiting faculty to act in his films, or a business to let him use their space, Tommy was never shy about asking, and managed to exude confidence and professionalism at every step.”

     Armstrong finds that the most important thing that he learned at Ursinus was that “people are the most important.” He explains that he would not have received this life-changing opportunity without help from people who cared about him, like Jon Volkmer, Carol Dole, Talia Argondezzi, Domenick Scudera, Meredith Goldsmith, Johanna Mellis, Kelly Sorensen, and others.

     Dr. Talia Argondezzi, Director of the Writing and Speaking Program and co-chair of the Watson Fellowship Committee, worked closely with Armstrong. Argondezzi says, “Before I started working with Tommy on his Watson application, I was already familiar with the hilarious and poignant videos he had made throughout his undergraduate years, so I was a fan.” When working with Armstrong for his Watson, Argondezzi noted that his enthusiasm for comedy was “infectious and irresistible.” She states, “It’s a cliché that as a teacher, sometimes you learn more from students than they learn from you, but in this case, it was very literal: working with Tommy was one of the experiences that helped to spark my interest in writing comedy, and I have been doing so ever since.” Argondezzi and Armstrong even worked on a video together, with Jeff Bender, a writer who teaches CIE at Ursinus.

     It is evident that Armstrong has left a lasting impression on many of the professors at Ursinus, including Dr. Carol Dole, Professor of English. Dole says, “I heard about both his creativity and his ambition before I even met him; other faculty were talking about a really talented first-year student named Tommy who made films.” Dole is very interested in film, so she went to see a film of his that he had arranged to show at the Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, “presenting a real movie on the big screen at age 19!” After that, Armstrong showed up in many of Dole’s classes, and she was delighted to have “a student who was both extremely creative and also an excellent analyst and academic writer.” Dole still remembers the final project that Armstrong crafted in 2018 in her seminar on adaptation. One of the book-to-film adaptations that students could envision was a version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde . Dole says, “Tommy elected not only to write the 10-page thematic analysis, but also to do an optional video of his own: a complex choose-your-own adventure game in the style of early film.” She adds, “The fact that it was an optional ‘extra’ made it especially impressive that it was so well produced: Tommy came up with period costumes, got a fellow student/friend to devise a score appropriate to the style, and played all the parts himself!”

     In between graduating and beginning his year abroad, Armstrong worked as a staff member at Ursinus. As a staff member, one of his favorite opportunities was helping Watson finalists Austin Mickles, Jeff Cocci, Nikole Fandiño Pachon, and Paige Bristow prepare, with Bristow winning a Watson Fellowship. Commenting on his work with Bristow, Armstrong says, “It has been awesome corresponding with each other during our journeys, and helping her prepare is one of my biggest accomplishments at Ursinus.”

     Armstrong asserts that this has been the best year of his life. Giving advice to others pursuing what they are passionate about, Armstrong says, “Sometimes, creators debate over whether or not doing what you love for a living will ruin that passion for you. If something is important to you, set your life up in a way that doing it every day is inevitable. If you have a gift, requiring yourself to do it often is the only way to reach your potential.”

This article is also published in the Spring 2024 Issue 8 of The Grizzly .