Composition II Course Calendar—Fall 2020—Loibner-Waitkus

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].)