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English 1102.52 schedule, spring 2023

Updated 4/18/2023

Day/Date Assignments due Readings due In class
Wednesday, January 11  

Course syllabus
1102 syllabus supplement
1102 grades and grading

Introduction to course

Monday, January 16 Martin Luther King Day: no class meeting

Wednesday, January 18
     Drop/add ends

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

Simple Stuff
Golden rules 1-5
Persuasive format
Online: "A&P"

 
Monday, January 23 Writing exercise 1

Golden rules 6-10
Format sample essay
Norton
: Trifles 1253-63 (eBook in D2L)

 
Wednesday, January 25   Nuggets 1-5
Norton: A Raisin in the Sun Act I
      
Monday, January 30  

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

 
Wednesday, February 1  

Quotations 1-3
Norton:
A Raisin in the Sun Act III

Paper 1 assigned    
Saturday, February 4 Writing exercise 2
Writing exercise 3
Monday, February 6 Paper 1 proposal Format sample 2
On plagiarism
 
Wednesday, February 8 Paper 1 complete draft Norton: "The Story of an Hour" 583-84 Peer response 1
Friday, February 9 Paper 1 final draft in D2L by midnight
Monday, February 13   Quotations 4-5
Elements of fiction

Norton
: "Cathedral" 682-92
   "Shiloh" 712-22
 
Wednesday, February 15   Word problems
Norton
: "The Things They Carried" 624-37
 
Monday, February 20 No class meeting

Wednesday, February 22

    In-class essay
Monday, February 27   "The Art of (Reading) Poetry" 785-91 "[Shall I compare thee . . . ?]" 907
"Shall I Compare Thee . . . ?"
Wednesday, March 1  

Elements of poetry
"Divorce" 767
"Hard Rock Returns . . ." 793
"Googling Ourselves" 799
"Daystar" 821
"Humanity 101" 822-23

 
Monday, March 6   "Exploring Gender: An Album" 804-18  
Wednesday, March 8 Paper 1 corrections "Homelands: An Album" 844-54 Paper 2 assigned

Friday, March 10

Literary terminology test (D2L quiz) by midnight, covering the Elements of fiction and the Elements of poetry
Monday, March 13

 

"Family: An Album" 870-79
"To a Daughter Leaving Home" 1205
"The Victims" 961
 
Wednesday, March 15 Paper 2 proposal
Last day to withdraw 

with "W" grade
"Still I Rise" 867
"The Vacuum" 921
"We Wear the Mask" 1193
 
Friday, March 17 Paper 2 complete draft
Peer response 2
 
Monday-Friday,
March 20-24
Spring Break
Monday, March 27 Paper 2 final draft in D2L
Writing Matters test (D2L quiz)
A Streetcar Named Desire 1925-51  
Wednesday, March 29   A Streetcar Named Desire 1951-68  
Monday, April 3 In-class essay corrections A Streetcar Named Desire 1968-91  
Wednesday, April 5 Writing exercise 4 "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" 498-508  
Monday, April 10   "Good Country People" 509-22 Paper 3 assigned 
Wednesday, April 12   "Everything That Rises Must Converge" 523-33 Library orientation
Friday, April 14 Paper 3 proposal
Monday, April 17

Paper 3 draft (in D2L)

No class meeting No class meeting
Peer response 3 
Wednesday, April 19   Tolstoy overview
Handout: The Death of Ivan Ilych 1278-90
 
Monday, April 24   The Death of Ivan Ilych 1290-1308  
Wednesday, April 26 Paper 3 final draft The Death of Ivan Ilych 1308-19 Paper 4 assigned
Monday, May 1 Paper 4 proposal Handout: Tolstoy criticism Writing exercise 5
Wednesday, May 3 Paper conferences
Monday, May 8 Paper 4 final draft 
Optional Rewrites
   

Note that this schedule is tentative.