Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
Wednesday, August 21 | Introduction to course Persuasive format |
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Friday, August 23 | Personal info (online) | A
Guide to Freshman English Simple Stuff Golden rules 1-5 Format sample essay |
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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" |
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Friday, August 30 | Golden rule exam (online) | Nuggets
1-5 On Reserve: "A Proposal to Abolish Grading" |
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Monday, September 2 | Nuggets
6-10 On Reserve: "Work" "Work, Labor, and Play" |
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Wednesday, September 4 | Nugget quiz | On Reserve: "My Husband's Nine
Wives" "Marriage as a Restricted Club" |
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Friday, September 6 | Nugget exam (online) | Quotes
and documentation 1-3 Story: "Where Are You Going?" (1051-64) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Monday, September 23 | Paper 1 final draft | Word problems
Story: "Life" (643-51) "Mirrors" (1207-13) |
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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) |
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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 |
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Wednesday, October 2 | Story: "A River of Names" (39-46)
"Babylon Revisited" (489-505) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.