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English 1102.02 schedule, fall 2023

Updated 9/12/2023

Day/Date Assignments due Readings due In class
Thursday, August 10  

Course syllabus
1102 syllabus supplement
1102 grades and grading

Introduction to course

Tuesday, August 15
    

Student info form (online)
Syllabus quiz (in D2L) 

Drop/add ends

Simple Stuff
Golden rules 1-5
Norton: "Girl" 710-11 (eBook in D2L)

Persuasive format
Thursday, August 17 Writing exercise 1

Golden rules 6-10
Persuasive format
Norton
: Trifles 1253-63 (eBook in D2L)

 
Tuesday, August 22   Nuggets 1-5
Norton: A Raisin in the Sun Act I
Writing exercise 2
Thursday, August 24 No class meeting
Tuesday, August 29  

Nuggets 6-10
Format sample essay
Norton:
A Raisin in the Sun Act II

    
Thursday, August 31 No class meeting
Tuesday, Sept. 5 No class meeting

Norton: A Raisin in the Sun Act III

 
Thursday, Sept. 7 No class meeting Paper 1 assigned
Saturday, Sept. 9 Writing exercise 3 (in D2L)
Paper 1 proposal (in D2L)
 
Tuesday, Sept. 12  

Quotations 1-3
On plagiarism

Elements of fiction
Norton: "The Story of an Hour" 583-84

 
Thursday, Sept. 14 Paper 1 complete draft Quotations 4-5
Format sample 2
Norton
: "Cathedral" 682-92
   "Shiloh" 712-22
Peer response 1
Tuesday, Sept. 19 Paper 1 final draft (D2L) Word problems
Norton
: "The Things They Carried" 624-37
 
Thursday, Sept. 21 Writing Matters test (D2L quiz)   In-class essay
Tuesday, Sept. 26  

Elements of poetry
"The Art of (Reading) Poetry" 785-91
"Divorce" 767

 
Thursday,Sept. 28   "Exploring Gender: An Album" 804-18
"Hard Rock Returns . . ." 793
"Daystar" 821
Elements of poetry
Tuesday, Oct. 3 Literary terminology test (D2L quiz) "Homelands: An Album" 844-54  
Thursday, Oct. 5   "Family: An Album" 870-79
"To a Daughter Leaving Home" 1205
"The Victims" 961
Paper 2 assigned 
Tuesday, Oct. 10

Paper 2 proposal (by midnight)

"Googling Ourselves" 799
"Humanity 101" 822-23
"Still I Rise" 867
"The Vacuum" 921
"We Wear the Mask" 1193
 
Wednesday, Oct. 11 Last day to withdraw 
with "W" grade
Thursday, Oct. 12 Paper 2 complete draft
In-class essay corrections
  Peer response 2
Tuesday, Oct. 17 Paper 1 corrections
Paper 2 final draft in D2L
A Streetcar Named Desire 1925-51  
Thursday, Oct. 19   A Streetcar Named Desire 1951-68  
Tuesday, Oct. 24 Paper 1 corrections
Paper 2 final draft in D2L
A Streetcar Named Desire 1925-51  
Thursday, Oct. 26   A Streetcar Named Desire 1951-68  
Tuesday, Oct. 31 Writing exercise 4 A Streetcar Named Desire 1968-91  
Thursday, Nov. 2   "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" 498-508  
Tuesday, Nov. 7   "Good Country People" 509-22 Paper 3 assigned  
Thursday, Nov. 9   "Everything That Rises Must Converge" 523-33 Library orientation
Friday Paper 3 proposal
Tuesday, Nov. 14 Paper 3 draft (in D2L)  

Writing exercise 5
Peer response 3 

Thursday, Nov. 16   Tolstoy overview
Handout: The Death of Ivan Ilych 1278-90
 
Monday-Friday,
November 20-24
Thanksgiving holiday
Tuesday, Nov. 28  Paper 3 final draft    The Death of Ivan Ilych1290-1308  
    The Death of Ivan Ilych 1308-19 Paper 4 assigned
  Paper 4 proposal
Handout: Tolstoy criticism  
Final exam
Thursday, Nov. 30
8:00-10:00 a.m.
Paper 4 final draft 
Optional Rewrites