First class for Readings & Project Work For Teaching Literature in ESL Context

We are already in the middle of the semester and I just started to write my blog! Ms Dzeelfa, I'm so sorry. Well, at first I thought I would love to try my art skills ( which I knew sucks). But then I realized how bad my handwriting was, so I opt to write a blog. Back to business, in the beginning of the class, I was a bit lost. I don't really know what the course is all about. But my first class was fun, and I get to read literary works that I have never read before. But the position paper and the research paper...well...why are the allocation of the marks are so high??Help me please!!!!