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English 1102.35 schedule, spring 2026

Updated 2/13/2026

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
In-class essay corrections

Word problems
"Poetry" 788-89
"Because You Asked about the Line . . ." 785
"Ars Poetica #100: I Believe" 787-88

"Shall I Compare Thee . . . ?"
Drafting tips and practice
Friday, Feb 20

Practice Quotations quiz (D2L)
Quotations exam (D2L)

Monday, February 23 Paper 1 complete draft in D2L dropbox before class On plagiarism
"Head, Heart" 756

"Divorce" 767
"This Be the Verse" 876
Peer response 1

Wednesday, Feb. 25

Paper 1 final draft in D2L due before class
Elements of poetry
"Hard Rock Returns . . ." 793
"Disabled" 808-9
"Daystar" 821
 
Monday, March 2 Literary terminology test due before class

 

In-Class Essay 2
Wednesday, March 4   "Barbie Doll" 1206
"The Vacuum" 921
"The Victims" 961

"We Wear the Mask" 1193
 
Friday, March 6 .
Monday, March 9   "Africa" 846-47
"Still I Rise" 867
"Those Winter Sundays" 873
"To a daughter leaving home" 1205-6
Paper 2 assigned
Wednesday, March 11 Paper 2 proposal due before class Catching up poetry, discussing papers Writing exercise 4
Friday, March 13  
Monday, March 16 Paper 1 corrections.
Paper 2 complete draft
Paper conferences Peer response 2
Paper conferences
Wednesday, March 18 In-class essay 2 corrections
Paper 2 final draft due by midnight
Paper conferences Paper conferences
Monday, March 23-
Friday, March 27

Spring Break

Monday, March 30   A Raisin in the Sun Act II  
Wednesday, April 1   A Raisin in the Sun Act III  
Monday, April 6   A Raisin in the Sun Act I  
Wednesday, April 8 Last day to withdraw 
with "W" grade
A Raisin in the Sun Act I Paper 3 assigned
Persuasive format
Friday, April 10 Paper 3 proposal
Monday, April 13 Paper 3 complete draft

Writing Tips sections:
    - Introductions
     -Conclusions

Library Orientation:
Intro and conclusion Writing exercise 5
Peer response arranged
Wednesday, April 15

Peer response 3 (email classmate and cc Dr. Chip)
  Due by midnight

  Bonus Writing exercise
  (with Jonathan)
Monday, April 20 Paper 3 final draft due by midnight Joseph Conrad overview
Handouts:
  Introduction to Heart of Darkness
  Heart of Darkness
, chapter 1
 
Wednesday, April 22


Heart of Darkness, chapter 2  
Monday, April 27

Paper 2 corrections

Heart of Darkness, chapter 3 Paper 4 assigned
Wednesday, April 29 Paper 4 proposal due by midnight
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
     - PDF version with some footnotes
     - PDF of Cleaner copy
Discuss exam
Monday, May 4      
 
Final exam
Friday, May 8,
10:30-12:30