English 1102.35 schedule, spring 2025
Updated 1/21/2025
| Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
| Wednesday, January 8 |
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Course syllabus |
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| Monday, January 13 | Syllabus quiz (in D2L) | Simple Stuff |
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| Tuesday, January 14 | Drop/add ends | ||
| Wednesday, January 15 | Golden rules 1-5 |
Writing exercise 1 | |
| Monday, January 20 | MLK Jr. Day holiday | ||
| Wednesday, January 22 | Writing exercise 2 MGA closed for snow |
Golden rules 6-10 | Snow day |
| Friday, January 24 | Writing Matters practice quiz: the Golden rules (in D2L, due by midnight) |
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| Monday, January 27 | Norton: "The Lesson" 160-66 Norton: "Hills Like White Elephants" 700-704 |
Sample introductions | |
| Wednesday, January 29 | Nuggets
1-5 |
Writing exercise 3 | |
| Monday, February 3 | Nuggets 6-10 | In-class essay | |
| Wednesday, Feb. 5 | Writing Matters practice: Nuggets quiz (D2L) | Quotations 1-4 Elements of fiction "A Rose for Emily" 693-99 |
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| Monday, February 10 | Quotations 5 "The Veldt" 323-34 "Cathedral" 682-92 |
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| Wednesday, Feb. 12 | Writing Matters practice: Quotations quiz (D2L) |
Word problems "Good Country People" 509-22 |
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| Monday, February 17 | Writing Matters test (D2L) |
"The Things They Carried" 624-37 | Paper 1 assigned |
| Wednesday, Feb. 19 | Paper 1 proposal | Elements
of poetry "Poetry" 788-89 "Because You Asked about the Line . . ." 785 "Ars Poetica #100: I Believe" 787-88 |
"Shall I Compare Thee . . . ?" |
| Monday, February 24 | Paper 1 complete draft | On plagiarism | Peer response 1 |
Wednesday, Feb. 26 |
Paper 1 final draft | "Head, Heart" 756 "Divorce" 767 "Sex without Love" 886 |
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| Monday, March 3 | Literary terminology test | "This Be the Verse" 876 "Hard Rock Returns . . ." 793 "Disabled" 808-9 "Mr. T" 816-17 |
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| Wednesday, March 5 | "Daystar" 821 |
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| Monday, March 10 | "Africa" 846-47 "Still I Rise" 867 "Those Winter Sundays" 873 "To a daughter leaving home" 1205-6 |
Paper 2 assigned | |
| Wednesday, March 12 | Last
day to withdraw with "W" grade |
"The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica" 850-51 "The Vacuum" 921 "The Victims" 961 |
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| Friday, Maqrch 14 | Paper 2 proposal | ||
| Monday, March
17- Friday, March 21 |
Spring Break |
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| Monday, March 24 | Paper 2 complete draft | ||
| Wednesday, March 26 | |||
| Monday, March 31 | Paper 2 final draft | ||
| Wednesday, April 2 | A Raisin in the Sun Act I | ||
| Monday, April 7 | Paper conferences | Paper conferences | |
| Wednesday, April 9 | A Raisin in the Sun Act II, Scenes 1-2 | Introductions Conclusions |
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| Monday, April 14 | Writing exercise 4 (D2L quiz) | ||
| Wednesday, April 16 | Library Orientation: Meet in regular classroom |
A Raisin in the Sun Act II, Scene 3 | Library Orientation: Meet in regular classroom |
| Monday, April 21 | |||
| Wednesday, April 23 | Persuasive format sample essay A Raisin in the Sun Act III |
Persuasive format | |
| Monday, April 28 | Paper 3 proposal | A Streetcar Named Desire 1925-51 | |
| Wednesday, April 30 | Paper 3 complete draft | A Streetcar Named Desire 1951-68 | Writing exercise 5 |
Paper 2 corrections |
A Streetcar Named Desire 1968-91 | Paper 3 assigned | |
| Final exam Friday, May 2, 10:30-12:30 |
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Final exam essay | |
| Saturday, May 3 by midnight | Optional paper rewrites | ||