Composition II COURSE CALENDAR ◌ FALL 2020
AUGUST 24-29 Introduction to Class AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 5 Complete Course Agreement SEPTEMBER 6-12 “Hills Like White Elephants” (570) by Ernest Hemingway SEPTEMBER 13-19 “The Lottery” (542) by Shirley Jackson “A Rose for Emily” (598) by William Faulkner SEPTEMBER 20-26 “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” (580) by Flannery O’Connor SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 3 Midterm Review OCTOBER 4-10 MIDTERM EXAM (The midterm will ONLY cover the literary terms posted in the “Course Content” area on BlackBoard. It will be open on Tuesday [6 October 2020] and must be complete before 11:59 p.m. on Sunday [11 October 2020].)
Allen Loibner-Waitkus
OCTOBER 11-17 “The Gift of the Magi” (637) by O. Henry “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” (629) by Gabriel GarcÍa Márquez OCTOBER 18-24 ESSAY #1 DUE (The essay is due before 11:59 p.m. on Sunday [25 October 2020].) OCTOBER 25-31 “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” (690) by Robert Frost “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” (693) by Langston Hughes “Harlem” (698) by Langston Hughes NOVEMBER 1-7 “A Moment in Troy” (Instructor-provided Readings 13) by Wisława Szymborska “cream of wheat” (730) by Lucille Clifton “My Papa’s Waltz” (710) by Theodore Roethke NOVEMBER 8-14 “The Leap” (Instructor-provided Readings 15) by James Dickey “Adultery” (Instructor-provided Readings 17) by James Dickey “We Real Cool” (691) by Gwendolyn Brooks NOVEMBER 15-21 ESSAY #2 Due (The essay is due before 11:59 p.m. on Sunday [22 November 2020].) NOVEMBER 22-28 FALL BREAK—NO CLASSES NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 5 “Trifles” (728) by Susan Glaspell DECEMBER 6-12 ESSAY #3 DUE (The essay is due before 11:59 p.m. on Sunday [13 December 2020].) DECEMBER 13-15 FINAL EXAM (The exam is due before 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday [15 December 2020].) PORTFOLIO DUE (The portfolio is due before 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday [15 December 2020].)