English 101.058 syllabus, fall 2002
Updated 11/24/02
Day/Date Assignments due Readings due In class
Wednesday, August 21     Introduction to course
Persuasive format
Friday, August 23 Personal info (online) A Guide to Freshman English
Simple Stuff
Golden rules 1-5
Format sample essay
 
Monday, August 26   Golden rules 6-10
On Reserve: "The Prisoner's Dilemma"
In-class exercise 1
Wednesday, August 28 Golden rule quiz
Format sample 2
On Reserve: "Obsessed with Sport"
 
Friday, August 30 Golden rule exam (online) Nuggets 1-5
On Reserve: "A Proposal to Abolish Grading"
 
Monday, September 2   Nuggets 6-10
On Reserve: "Work"
  "Work, Labor, and Play"
 
Wednesday, September 4 Nugget quiz On Reserve: "My Husband's Nine Wives"
  "Marriage as a Restricted Club"
 
Friday, September 6 Nugget exam (online) Quotes and documentation 1-3
Story: "Where Are You Going?" (1051-64)
 
Monday, September 9   Quotes and documentation 4-5
Format sample 3
Story: "Guests of the Nation" (1118-27)
  "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (161-68) 
Paper 1 assigned
Wednesday, Sept. 11 Quotes/documentation quiz
Story: "Battle Royal" (448-59)
  "The Things They Carried" (1065-78)
 
Friday, September 13 Quotes/documentation exam (online)   In-class essay 1
Monday, September 16   Story: "The Story of an Hour" (333-35)
  "The Yellow Wallpaper" (576-88)
In-class exercise 2
Wednesday, Sept. 18 Paper 1 draft   Peer response 1
Friday, September 20   Story: "The Revolt of Mother" (532-44)
  "Hills Like White Elephants" (652-56)
 
Monday, September 23 Paper 1 final draft Word problems
Story: "Life" (643-51) 
  "Mirrors" (1207-13) 
 
Wednesday, Sept. 25 In-class essay 1 corrections Story: "Shiloh" (963-74)
  "The Kugelmass Episode" (29-38)
Word problems quiz
Friday, September 27   Story: "The Monkey Garden" (339-41)
  "The Lesson" (107-13)
 
Monday, September 30   Story: "Araby" (752-57)
  "Paul's Case" (266-81)
Paper 2 assigned
Tuesday, October 1 Last day to withdraw 
with "W" grade
   
Wednesday, October 2   Story: "A River of Names" (39-46)
  "Babylon Revisited" (489-505)
 
Friday, October 4   Story: "Cathedral" (237-47)
  "What We Talk About. . . ." (256-65)
In-class exercise 3
Monday, October 7 Paper 2 draft   Peer response 2
Wednesday, October 9 Mid-term grades turned in Story: "Everything that Rises Must Converge" (1079-91)  
Friday, October 11   Story: "Good Country People" (1091-1105)  
Monday, October 14 Fall break Fall break Fall break
Wednesday, October 16   Story: "Good Country People" (1091-1105)  
Friday, October 18 Paper 1 corrections Story: "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" (1106-17)
  "Commentaries" (1621-33)
 
Monday, October 21 Paper 2 final draft Story: "The Metamorphosis" (787, 794-816)  
Wednesday, October 23   Story: "The Metamorphosis" (816-827)
On Reserve: Kafka criticism
 
Friday, October 25   Story: "The Death of Ivan Ilych" (1278-95) Paper 3 assigned
Monday, October 28   Story: "Ivan Ilych" (1295-1314)  
Wednesday, October 30   Story: "Ivan Ilych" (1315-19)
On Reserve: Tolstoy criticism
 
Friday, November 1   Tolstoy essay discussion  
Monday, November 4     In-class essay 2
Wednesday, November 6 Paper 3 draft   In-class exercise 4
Peer response 3
Friday, November 8   Wuthering Heights v-vi, 1-37 (chs. 1-6)  
Monday, November 11   Wuthering Heights 37-66 (chs. 7-9)  
Wednesday, Nov. 13 Paper 2 corrections Wuthering Heights 66-107 (chs. 10-13)  
Friday, November 15 Paper 3 final draft    
Monday, November 18   Wuthering Heights 107-46 (chs. 14-18)  
Wednesday, Nov. 20   Wuthering Heights 147-79 (chs. 19-23) Paper 4 assigned
Friday, November 22 In-class essay 2 corrections Wuthering Heights 180-219 (chs. 24-30)  
Monday, November 25   Wuthering Heights 219-48 (chs 31-34)  
Wednesday, Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Holiday Thanksgiving Holiday Thanksgiving Holiday
Friday, November 29 Thanksgiving Holiday Thanksgiving Holiday Thanksgiving Holiday
Monday, December 2 Paper 4 draft   Peer response 4
Review for exam
Final exam
Friday, December 6 
 12:00-3:00
Paper 3 corrections
Paper 4 final draft
 

Note that this syllabus is tentative.  I reserve the right to make adjustments to the syllabus of readings and assignments as need arises.  I will always give ample notice in class and on the web when making changes in the syllabus.