English 1102.3 schedule, fall 2015
Note that this schedule of readings and assignments is tentative. I will make additions and adjustments as need arises, giving ample notice in class and on the web when making changes in the schedule.
Updated 12/6/15
| Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
| Monday, August 17 | Course syllabus |
Introduction to course |
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| Wednesday, August 19 | Student
info (online)
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Simple Stuff |
Writing exercise 1: Central questions |
| Thursday, August 20 | Drop/add ends | ||
| Monday, August 24 | Nuggets 1-5 Persuasive format "Battle Royal" 203-16 |
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| Wednesday, August 26 | Class cancelled |
Nuggets 6-10 |
Class cancelled |
| Monday, August 31 | Writer's Help diagnostic | Quotations |
Writing exercise 2: Q&A structure |
| Wednesday, Sept. 2 | Word problems |
Writing exercise 4: topic sentences | |
| Monday, Sept. 7 | Writing matters test (in D2L, due by 5:00 p.m.) | Labor Day holiday | Labor Day holiday |
| Wednesday, Sept. 9 | On
plagiarism A Raisin in the Sun 1524-52 |
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| Monday, Sept. 14 | Writer's Help exercises set 1 | A Raisin in the Sun 1552-79 | Paper 1 assigned |
| Wednesday, Sept. 16 | Paper proposal 1 | "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" 438, 452-67 |
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| Monday, Sept. 21 | Paper 1 draft | Persuasive format sample 3 |
Peer response 1 |
| Wednesday, Sept. 23 | |
Elements
of fiction |
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| Monday, Sept. 28 | Paper 1 final draft | "Character and Setting" 40-56 "The Cask of Amontillado" 541-48 |
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| Wednesday, Sept. 30 | "Style and Theme" 57-65, 68-78 "Hills Like White Elephants" 272-77 "The Things They Carried" 467-82 |
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| Monday, October 5 | Syllabus input: poetry | "Desiree's Baby" 169-74 "The Story of an Hour" 174-76 "Good Country People" 482-97 |
Paper 2 assigned |
| Wednesday, October 7 | Paper proposal 2 | "Cathedral" 136-47 |
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| Monday, October 12 | Paper 2 draft | Kafka overview "The Metamorphosis" 340-72 |
Peer response 2 |
| Wednesday, Oct. 14 | Last
day to withdraw with "W" grade |
Writing exercise 5 |
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| Monday, October 19 | Writer's Help exercises set 2 Paper 1 corrections Paper 2 final draft |
Elements
of poetry |
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| Wednesday, Oct. 21 | "Rhyme" 693-712 "The World of Emily Dickinson" 836-39 "I taste a liquor never brewed—" 846 "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" 847 "I died for Beauty—but was scarce" 848 "Because I could not stop for Death—" 849 |
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| Monday, October 26 |
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"Poetic Meter" 713-25 "The World of Robert Frost" 861-65 "Mending Wall" 870-72 "Birches" 876-77 "The Road Not Taken" 877-78 "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" 879 "In White" 870 |
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| Wednesday, Oct. 28 | "The Meaning of Words" 726-45 "The Little Boy Lost" 936 "The Little Boy Found" 936 "The Sick Rose" 937 "The Lamb" 935 "The Tyger" 937 |
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| Friday, October 30 | Terminology test (in D2L) | ||
| Monday, November 2 | "War Is Kind" 1063-64 "Dulce et Decorum Est" 1064-65 "Mexicans Begin Jogging" 1000 "My Last Duchess" 773-75 "This Be the Verse" 832 "Ode on a Grecian Urn" 754-55 |
Paper 3 assigned | |
| Wednesday, November 4 | "Mid-Term Break" 971 "Sex without Love" 988-89 "Daddy" 991-93 "Ulysses" 783-84 |
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| Friday, November 6 | Paper proposal 3 (due at 6:00 p.m. via email) | ||
| Monday, November 9 | Writer's Help exercises set 3 Paper 3 draft |
Death of a Salesman 1427-47 | Peer response 3 |
| Wednesday, November 11 | Death of a Salesman 1447-76 | ||
| Monday, November 16 | Paper 2 corrections | Death of a Salesman 1476-1502 | |
| Wednesday, November 18 | Paper 3 final draft | A Midsummer Night's Dream 1182-1204 |
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| Monday-Saturday, November 23-28 |
Thanksgiving holiday | Thanksgiving holiday | Thanksgiving holiday |
Monday, November 30 |
In-class essay corrections | A Midsummer Night's Dream 1204-25 | |
| Wednesday, December 2 | Writer's Help Learning Curve: apostrophes | A Midsummer Night's Dream 1225-43 | Paper 4 assigned |
| Friday, December 4 | Paper proposal 4 (due at 6:00 p.m. via email) | ||
| Monday, December 7 | Writer's Help Learning Curve: subject-verb Paper 4 draft |
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" 961-65 | Discuss exam Peer response 4 |
| Final exam Wednesday, December 9 8:00-10:00 a.m. |
Paper 3 corrections Paper 4 final draft |
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| Friday, December 11 at noon sharp | You can turn in any outstanding work | at my office, COAS 203, up until noon— | but not a single moment later |
Note that this schedule of readings and assignments is tentative. I will make additions and adjustments as need arises, giving ample notice in class and on the web when making changes in the schedule.