English 1213H schedule, spring 2006
| Day/Date | Assignments due | Readings due | In class |
| Monday, January 9 | Introduction to course 1213 course description Persuasive format |
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| Wed., January 11 | Student info form (online) | Persuasive
format 1213 grades and grading |
Assessment testing |
| Friday, January 13 | Simple
Stuff Golden rules 1-5 Norton Introduction to Literature: Trifles 1312-26 |
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| Monday, January 16 | Writing
exercise 1 Golden rules quiz Golden rules quiz w/ answers |
Golden
rules 6-10 |
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| Wed., January 18 | Golden rules exam (online) | Format
sample essay Norton: A Raisin in the Sun 1958-77 |
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| Friday, January 20 |
Drop/add ends |
Nuggets
1-5 Norton: A Raisin in the Sun 1978-2002 |
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| Monday, January 23 | Nuggets
6-10 Norton: Pygmalion 1370-88 |
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| Wed., January 25 |
Nuggets quiz |
Format
sample 2 Norton: Pygmalion 1388-1411 |
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| Friday, January 27 | Nuggets exam (online) | Quotes
and documentation 1-3 Norton: Pygmalion 1411-31 |
Paper 1 assigned |
| Monday, January 30 |
Quotes/documentation
quiz |
Quotes
and documentation 4-5 Norton: Pygmalion 1431-39 |
Writing exercise 2 |
| Wednesday, February 1 | QD exam (online) | Word
problems On plagiarism Format sample 3 |
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| Friday, February 3 | Word
problems quiz Paper 1 draft |
Peer response 1 | |
| Monday, February 6 | Norton: "The
Tally Stick" 812 "love poem" 813-14 "To My Dear and Loving Husband" 826 "[Let me not to the marriage . . .]" 827 "Last Night" 827-28 "After Making Love We Hear Footsteps" 845-46 "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" 953 "[My mistress' eyes are nothing . . .]" 1034 "Casabianca" 1070-71 |
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| Wednesday, Feb. 8 | Norton: "On
My First Son" 818 "The Vacuum" 819 "Mid-Term Break" 820 "[Stop all the clocks, cut off . . .]" 825-26 "[After great pain, a formal feeling comes]" 922 "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" 1037 "Thinking of Bill, Dead of AIDS" 1067 "[Death, be not proud . . .]" 1241-42 |
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| Friday, February 10 | Paper 1 final draft | Norton:
"Married Love" 816-17 "On Her Loving Two Equally" 828-29 "Leaving the Motel" 836-37 "Summer Love" 897-98 "Sex without Love" 924 "Two Songs" 947-48 "Dancing with God" 963-64 "Delay" 1050 "Living in Sin" 1111 |
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| Monday, February 13 | Norton: "To
the Ladies" 829-30 "A Last Confession" 830-31 "Barbie Doll" 835-36 "A Certain Lady" 869-70 "Daystar" 887-88 "Marks" 944 "A Red, Red Rose" 945-46 "One Perfect Rose" 961 "Sonnet: The Ladies' Home Journal" 1064-65 "What's That Smell in the Kitchen?" 1082 "Barren Woman" 1260 |
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| Wednesday, Feb. 15 |
Norton: "Hard Rock Returns
. . ." 840-41 |
Paper 2 assigned | |
| Friday, February 17 | Research project assigned | ||
| Monday, February 20 | Paper 2 draft | Peer response 2 | |
| Wednesday, Feb. 22 | Writing exercise 3 Library work day |
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| Friday, February 24 | Paper 1 corrections | Norton: "Everything That Rises..." 487-97 | |
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Monday, February 27 |
Paper 2 final draft | Norton: "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" 451-62 | |
| Wednesday, March 1 | Research project due | Handout:
"Good
Country People" Norton: "Passages" 497-502 |
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| Friday, March 3 |
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Handout: "The Death of Ivan Ilych" 1278-1295 | |
| Monday, March 6 | Handout:
"The Death of Ivan Ilych"
1295-1316 |
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| Wednesday, March 8 | Handout:
"The Death of Ivan Ilych" 1316-1319 Handout: Tolstoy criticism |
Discuss midterm | |
| Friday, March 10 | Midterm exam | ||
| Monday,
March 13- Friday, March 17 |
Spring break | Spring break | Spring break |
| Monday, March 20 | Norton: Death of a Salesman 2120-36 | ||
| Wednesday, March 22 | Norton: Death of a Salesman 2136-50 | ||
| Friday, March 24 | Norton: Death of a Salesman 2150-65 | ||
| Monday, March 27 | Paper 2 corrections | Norton: Death of a Salesman 2165-85 | |
| Wednesday, March 29 | Norton: A Streetcar Named Desire 1539-55 | ||
| Friday, March 31 | Norton: A Streetcar Named Desire 1555-68 | Paper 3 assigned | |
| Monday, April 3 | Norton: A Streetcar Named Desire 1569-84 | ||
| Wednesday, April 5 | |
Norton: A Streetcar Named Desire 1584-1602 | |
| Friday, April 7 | Class canceled | Class canceled | |
| Monday, April 10 | Paper 3 draft | Peer response 3 | |
| Wednesday, April 12 | Huck Finn: 1-36 (chs 1-8) | ||
| Friday, April 14 | Paper 3 final draft Last day to withdraw with "W" grade |
Huck Finn: 36-65 (chs 9-15) |
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| Monday, April 17 |
Huck Finn: 65-101 (chs 16-20) |
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| Wednesday, April 19 | Huck Finn: 102-35 (chs 21-26) | Paper 4 assigned | |
| Friday, April 21 | Huck Finn: 135-79 (chs 27-34) | ||
| Monday, April 24 | Writing exercise 4 | Huck Finn: 180-220 (chs 35-end) | |
| Wednesday, April 26 | Paper 4 draft | Peer response 4 | |
| Friday, April 28 | Paper 3 corrections | Norton: "Design"
1057 "The Road Not Taken" 1247-48 "Stopping by Woods . . ." 1248 |
Discuss exam |
| Monday, May 1 | Paper
4 final draft Turn in at Chip's office |
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| Final exam Wednesday, May 3 9:00-11:00 |
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.