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English 1102.35 schedule, spring 2026

Updated 3/5/2026

Day/Date Assignments due Readings due In class
Monday, January 12  

 

Course syllabus
1102 syllabus supplement
1102 grades and grading
Wednesday, January 14 Syllabus quiz (in D2L, okay up till midnight Thursday) 

Simple Stuff
Online: "A&P"

 
Friday, January 16 Drop/add ends
Monday, January 19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day: no class meeting
Wednesday, January 21

Golden rules 1-5
Norton: Trifles 1283-93

Writing exercise 1
Friday, January 23 Writing exercise 2
Monday, January 26 Class canceled Class canceled Class canceled
Wednesday, January 28  

Golden rules 6-10
Norton: Trifles 1283-93

 
Saturday, January 31 Golden rules exam (D2L, due by midnight)
Monday, February 2  

Nuggets 1-5
Norton
: "The Lesson" 160-66

Sample introductions
Writing exercise 3
Wednesday, Feb. 4     In-class essay
Monday, February 9  

Nuggets 4-10
Elements of fiction
"Hills Like White Elephants" 700-704
"A Rose for Emily" 693-99

 
Wednesday, Feb. 11

 

Quotations 1-4
"Cathedral" 682-92
"The Veldt" 323-34

 
Friday, February 13 Practice Nuggets quiz available
Monday, February 16

Nuggets exam (D2L, due by midnight)

Quotations 5
"The Things They Carried" 624-37

Paper 1 assigned

Wednesday, Feb. 18

Paper 1 proposal due before class

 

"Shall I Compare Thee . . . ?"
Drafting tips and practice
Monday, February 23

Paper 1 complete draft in D2L dropbox before class

No class meeting: submit paper 1 draft in D2L (or via email)

Class canceled Class canceled

Wednesday, Feb. 25



Elements of poetry
On plagiarism

"Because You Asked about the Line . . ." 785

 
Saturday, Feb. 28

Peer response 1
Literary terminology test in D2L

Monday, March 2

Paper 1 final draft in D2L due at midnight

Word problems
"Poetry" 788-89
"This Be the Verse" 876
"Hard Rock Returns . . ." 793

 
Wednesday, March 4
"Head, Heart" 756
"Divorce" 767
"Daystar" 821
"The Road Not Taken" 941-42
 
Friday, March 6 Practice Quotations quiz available
Monday, March 9 Quotations exam (D2L) "Disabled" 808-9
"Barbie Doll"
1206
"The Vacuum" 921
"The Victims" 961

"We Wear the Mask" 1193
Paper 2 assigned
Wednesday, March 11 In-class essay corrections "Africa" 846-47
"Still I Rise" 867
"Those Winter Sundays" 873
"To a daughter leaving home" 1205-6
Writing exercise 4
Friday, March 13 Paper 2 proposal
Monday, March 16 Paper 2 complete draft Paper conferences In-Class Essay 2
Peer response 2
Paper conferences
Wednesday, March 18 Paper 1 corrections Paper conferences Paper conferences
Friday, March 20  Paper 2 final draft due by midnight


Monday, March 23-
Friday, March 27


Spring Break

Monday, March 30 In-class essay 2 corrections A Raisin in the Sun Act I  
Wednesday, April 1   A Raisin in the Sun Act II  
Monday, April 6 Paper 2 corrections A Raisin in the Sun Act III  
Wednesday, April 8 Last day to withdraw 
with "W" grade
Handout: Pygmalion 1370-89 Persuasive format
Monday, April 13  

Handout: Pygmalion 1390-1411
Writing Tips: Introductions
     -Conclusions

 
Wednesday, April 15

 

Persuasive format sample essay 1
Handout: Pygmalion 1412-31
Paper 3 assigned
Monday, April 20

Paper 3 proposal

Persuasive format sample essay 2
Bonus Writing Exercise
Wednesday, April 22

Paper 3 complete draft for conferences

Paper conferences Paper conferences
Monday, April 27

Peer response 3

Paper conferences Paper conferences
Wednesday, April 29   "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
  Handouts:
  
- PDF version with some footnotes
     - PDF of Cleaner copy
 
Friday, May 1 Paper 3 final draft
Monday, May 4   "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"
  Handouts: forthcoming
Discuss exam
 
Final exam
Friday, May 8,
10:30-12:30
Paper 3 corrections
Paper 1-3 rewrites (optional)
  Final exam essay