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R1/20 |
Course introduction. |
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F1/21 |
Read
Essay 2 (Narrative) assignment.
Bedford 2-16, 80-81. |
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M1/24 |
3 sample topics due. Online essay:
"The Box" (for
all online essays this
semester go to class website, print, read, and bring to class). |
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T1/25 |
Bedford
18-31; Online essay:
“Crayon” |
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R1/27 |
Invention/pre-writing due. Online essay:
“Skinhead” |
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F1/28 |
No class—Mandatory Conference. Draft 1 due. Bedford
30-40. |
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M1/31 |
No class—Mandatory Conference. Draft 1 due. Bedford
30-40. |
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T2/1 |
Draft 2 due—first draft check. |
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R2/3 |
Revision activities. Online essay:
"Swim". Bedford 41-57 |
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F2/4 |
Draft 3 due-- Peer review in class. Bedford 57-72;
112-114. |
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M2/7 |
ESSAY 2 (NARRATIVE) DUE.
“Reading Stories” & Updike, “A&P” 21-32;
Primer on elements of fiction—online.
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T2/8 |
Read
Essay 3 (story analysis) assignment.
“Plot & Structure” & O’Connor, “Guests of the Nation” 43-54; Read and think
about "Questions for Writing About Fiction" 121-24 (do not write).
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R2/10 |
“Character” 54-56; O'Connor, "Good Country People" 181-95.
Online Essay:
"Good Country People."
Bedford:
72-87. |
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F2/11 |
Review
Frank O’Connor, “Guests of the Nation” 43-54 and Flannery O'Connor, "Good
Country People" 181-95. |
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M2/14 |
“Setting” & Mason, “Shiloh” 62-71. Bedford: 88-100.
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T2/15 |
Flex Day “Point of View”; Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily” 71-81.
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R2/17 |
“Language & Style”; Joyce, “Araby” 80-85. |
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F2/18 |
“Theme” & Welty, “A Worn Path” 85-92. Bedford 646-56.
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M2/21 |
Choose one of these three stories for your essay topic:
Carver, "Cathedral" 506-516; O'Brien, "The Things They Carried" 606-18;
Munro, "An Ounce of Cure" 593-600.
E-mail choice to Rob.
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T2/22 |
No class—mandatory conference w/
pre-writing/invention &
potential thesis. |
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R2/24 |
Draft 1 due—first draft check. |
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F2/25 |
Read online
Welty essay. Bedford 656-666. Diyanni 2045-49.
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M2/28 |
Draft 2 due--peer review in class. |
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T3/1 |
Conference Day w/draft 3 |
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R3/3 |
Conference Day w/draft 3 |
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F3/4 |
ESSAY 3 (STORY ANALYSIS) DUE/Discussion of Essays and
Stories. |
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SPRING BREAK |
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M3/14 |
Introduction to drama. "Reading Plays" “Approaching a Play,”
Gregory’s The Rising of the Moon, “Types of Drama,” and “Elements of
Drama,” 1161-1200. |
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T3/15 |
Glaspell’s Trifles 1615-27; READ “Questions for
Writing about Drama” 1212-16. |
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R3/17 |
Trifles
continued |
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F3/18 |
Discussion of Oleanna (read handout). Read
Essay 4 (drama argument) assignment.
Class Meets in
Library BEC. |
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M3/21 |
Discussion of Oleanna. Class Meets in
Library BEC. |
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T3/22 |
Discussion of Oleanna. Class Meets in
Library BEC. |
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R3/24 |
FLEX DAY |
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F3/25 |
EASTER BREAK |
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M3/28 |
EASTER BREAK |
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T3/29 |
Trial Prep. Bedford 492-505 |
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R3/31 |
Trial |
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F4/1 |
Thesis and
invention on Oleanna due.
Argument activities. Argumentation—handout (in class). |
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M4/4 |
catch-up day on argumentation |
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T4/5 |
Draft 1 due for first draft check. Read
Online Trifles Essay.
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R4/7 |
Argument Activities. |
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F4/8 |
Draft 2 due--peer review in class. |
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M4/11 |
ESSAY 4 (DRAMA ARGUMENT) DUE.
“Reading Poems” and “Types of Poetry” (all of chapters 7 and 8, 670-85. (For
all poetry assignments, make sure to read the poems included on the assigned
pages and not just the explanatory materials; also make sure you
bring your books to class).
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T4/12 |
Read
Essay 5 (poetry analysis) assignment.
Primer for elements of poetry—online;
Hopkins, “God’s Grandeur” 952; “Approaching a Poem” 818-821.
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R4/14 |
Poetry choice for essay 5 due. “Voice: Speaker & Tone”
686-92; Prevért, “Family Portrait” 694-95. |
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F4/15 |
“Diction” 695-701. |
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M4/18 |
Imagery” 703-708;
Bishop’s “The Fish” (HANDOUT). (Click
link, print page, and bring to class) |
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T4/19 |
FOUNDER'S
DAY-NO CLASS |
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R4/21 |
Flex Day Review Tuesday's work, especially "The Fish"
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F4/22 |
“Figures of Speech: Simile & Metaphor” 709-15; Hughes, “Dream
Deferred” 795. |
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M4/25 |
Pre-writing and Invention. Completed
Invention Handout Due. “Symbolism &
Allegory” 715-21. |
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T4/26 |
Draft 1 due for check |
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R4/28 |
Draft 2 due for Peer Review |
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F4/29 |
ESSAY 5 (POETRY ANALYSIS) DUE
Portfolio assignment and Discuss
Final Exam. Discuss "Saint Francis and
the Sow" 1086—introduction and one paragraph of analysis due before class
Monday. Sign up for Conference |
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M5/2 |
Final Exam
Practice—Exam/Portfolio Workshop Day computer lab |
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T5/3 |
Exam/Portfolio Workshop Day |
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R5/5 |
No Class—Mandatory Conference with portfolio.
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F5/6 |
PORTFOLIO DUE.
Course
Evaluation/exam preparation. |
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PORTFOLIO DUE
EXAM 8AM Tuesday, May 10 |