| Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
| Wednesday, January 8 | Introduction to course Persuasive format |
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| Friday, January 10 | Personal info (online) |
A
Guide to Freshman English (1-10) |
Golden rules 1-5 |
| Monday, January 13 | Listserv sign-up | Norton:
A Raisin in the Sun (1869-86) Persuasive format sample essay 1 |
Golden rules 6-10 |
| Wednesday, January 15 | Norton: A Raisin in the
Sun (1886-1911) |
Nuggets 1-5 | |
| Friday, January 17 | Syllabus input (online) | Norton: A Raisin in the Sun (1912-34) | Nuggets 6-10 |
| Monday, January 20 | MLK Holiday | MLK Holiday | MLK Holiday |
| Wednesday, January 22 | Norton: Pygmalion (1418-37) Persuasive format sample 2 |
Quotes
and documentation 1-3 |
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| Friday, January 24 | Norton: Pygmalion (1437-61) | Q&D
4-5 Essay 1 assigned |
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| Monday, January 27 | Norton: Pygmalion (1461-91) | Simple Stuff | |
| Wednesday, January 29 | Essay 1 draft | Peer response 1 | |
| Friday, January 31 | Norton: "How Do I Love Thee?"
(811) "Love Poem" (813-14) "To My Dear and Loving Husband" (825) "[Let me not to the marriage . . .]" (826) "A Special Theory of Relativity" (826-27) "On Her Loving Two Equally" (828) "After Making Love We Hear Footsteps" (844) "Love: Youth" (953) "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (969) "[My mistress' eyes are nothing . . .]" (1057) |
Word problems | |
| Monday, February 3 | Essay 1 final draft | Norton: "On
My First Son" (818) "The Vacuum" (819) "Mid-Term Break" (820) "[Stop all the clocks, cut off . . .]" (825) "The Raven" (997-99) "Auto Wreck" (1030-31) "Do Not Go Gentle . . ." (1060) "Thinking about Bill, Dead of AIDS" (1172) "[Because I could not stop for death]" (1254) "[Death, be not proud . . .]" (1258) "The Glass" (1290) |
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| Wednesday, February 5 | Norton: "Fifth Grade Autobiography"
(821) "Eden" (844-45) "My Father's Corpse" (846-47) "Those Winter Sundays" (849) "Mother of the Groom" (851) "Alzheimer's (852) "To a Daughter Leaving Home" (891) "Morning Song" (908) "At the San Francisco Airport" (927) "My Papa's Waltz" (932-33) |
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| Friday, February 7 | Norton:
"Wedding-Ring" (816) "A Last Confession" (830) "Wayman in Love" (831) "The Outlaw" (882-83) "The Laundromat" (915-16) "Sex without Love" (934) "Two Songs" (963-64) "The Sick Rose" (976) "Living in Sin" (1108-9) "Dancing with God" (978-79) |
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| Monday, February 10 | Norton: "To
the Ladies" (829) "[Shall I compare thee. . . ?]" (830-31) "Barbie Doll" (833-34) "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" (842) "Mirror" (882) "Siren Song" (899-900) "Marks" (959) "A Red, Red Rose" (962) "One Perfect Rose" (976) "Song" (1239-40) |
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| Wednesday, February 12 | Norton: "Needs" (872)
"Hard Rock Returns . . ." (838-39) "We Real Cool" (881) "The Flea" (889-90) "To His Coy Mistress" (900-1) "What the Motorcycle Said" (988) "Spring" (1006) "Disabled" (1184-85) |
Essay 2 assigned | |
| Friday, February 14 | Norton: "Midsummer"
(919-20) "I Hear America Singing" (1309) "Heaven" (856-57) "America" (1174) "Ballad of Birmingham" (1179-80) "Sympathy" (1260-61) "We Wear the Mask" (1261) "I, Too" (1277) "Theme for English B" (1278) "Africa" (1159) |
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| Monday, February 17 | Norton: "Rondeau"
(826) "The Fury of Overshoes" (822) "[What my lips have kissed . . .]" (827) "Praying Drunk" (874) "The Poison Flower" (878-79) "The Night Wind" (898-99) "Morning" (909) "Tears, Idle Tears" (1302-3) "The Lamb" (1132) "The Tyger" (1250) |
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| Wednesday, February 19 | Essay 2 draft Last day to withdraw with "W" grade |
Peer response 2 | |
| Friday, February 21 | Norton: Death of a Salesman (1935-50) | ||
| Monday, February 24 | Essay 1 corrections | Norton: Death of a Salesman (1950-67) | |
| Wednesday, February 26 | Norton: Death of a Salesman (1967-87) | ||
| Friday, February 28 |
Essay
2 final draft |
Norton: Death of a Salesman (1987-2004) | |
| Monday, March
3- Friday, March 7 |
Spring break | Spring break | Spring break |
| Monday, March 10 | The Great Gatsby iii-xvi, 5-64
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| Wednesday, March 12 | The Great Gatsby 65-118 | ||
| Friday, March 14 | The Great Gatsby 119-70 | ||
| Monday, March 17 | The Great Gatsby 171-89 | ||
| Wednesday, March 19 | Norton: Streetcar (2071-88) | ||
| Friday, March 21 | Essay 3 (in class) | ||
| Monday, March 24 | Norton: Streetcar (2088-2102) | Essay 4 assigned | |
| Wednesday, March 26 | Norton: Streetcar (2102-19) | ||
| Friday, March 28 | Essay 2 corrections | Norton: Streetcar (2119-38) | |
| Monday, March 31 | Essay 4 draft | Peer response 3 | |
| Wednesday, April 2 | Jane Eyre v-ix, 3-68 (chs. 1-7) | ||
| Friday, April 4 | Jane Eyre 68-142 (chs. 8-14) | ||
| Monday, April 7 | Essay 4 final draft | ||
| Wednesday, April 9 |
Jane Eyre 143-208 (chs. 15-19) |
Essay 5 assigned | |
| Friday, April 11 |
Jane Eyre 208-79 (chs. 20-24) |
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| Monday, April 14 | Essay 3 corrections |
Jane Eyre 279-343 (chs. 25-28) |
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| Wednesday, April 16 |
Jane Eyre 344-417 (chs. 29-34) |
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| Friday, April 18 | Jane Eyre 417-461(chs. 35-38) | ||
| Monday, April 21 | Norton: "To
a Louse" (877-78) "Lies" (935) "The Second Coming" (1325) "The Road Not Taken" (1266-67) "Stopping by Woods . . ." (1267) "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (1096) |
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| Wednesday, April 23 |
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Norton: "Mr. Tambourine Man"
(1010-11) "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1011) "123rd Street Rap" (1012) "Porphyria's Lover" (904-5) "My Last Duchess" (1185-86) |
Review for exam |
| Essay 5 draft | Peer response 4 | ||
| Final exam Friday, May 2 12:00-3:00 |
Essay
4 corrections |
[Essays 6 & 7] |
Please Note that this schedule of assignments
is tentative. I reserve the right to make adjustments to the readings
and other assignments as need arises. I will always give ample notice
in class and on the web whenever making changes in dates or assignments.