Composition II Calendar Loibner-Waitkus JANUARY
19
Introduction to Composition II
21
Introduction to Literary Criticism: Part I
24
Introduction to Literary Criticism: Part II
26
“Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway (pp. 570-575)
28
“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner (pp. 598-608)
31
Essay Workshop
FEBRUARY
2
“The Storm” by Kate Chopin (Instructor Provided)
4
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce (Instructor Provided)
7
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce [Continued]
9
“Everyday Use” by Alice Walker (pp. 618-627)
11
“A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connnor (pp. 580-596)
14
Essay Workshop
16
“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez (pp. 629-636)
18
“Mnemonics” by Kurt Vonnegut (Instructor Provided)
21
“At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers” by Salman Rushdie (Instructor Provided)
23
Essay Workshop
25
Essay Workshop
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28 ESSAY #1 DUE MARCH
2 Midterm Review 4
MIDTERM EXAM
7 “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (Instructor Provided) 9 “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost (p. 690) & “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson (pp. 713-714) 11 “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe (Instructor Provided) 14 Essay Workshop 16 “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke (710-711) 18 “The Handy Boy” by Annie Dillard (Instructor Provided) 21 SPRING BREAK 23 SPRING BREAK 25 SPRING BREAK 28 “The Leap” by James Dickey (Instructor Provided) 30 “Sex Without Love” by Sharon Olds (Instructor Provided) APRIL
1
“Adultery” by James Dickey (Instructor Provided)
4
“4 AM” & “A Moment in Troy” by Wisława Szymborska (Instructor Provided)
6 “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks (pp. 691-692) & “Harlem” by Langston Hughes (pp. 698-699) 8
“cream of wheat” by Lucille Clifton (pp. 720-721)
11 “The Black Unicorn” & “Who Said It Was Simple” by Audre Lorde (Instructor Provided)
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13 Essay Workshop 15 Essay Workshop 18 ESSAY #2 DUE 20 “The Deer at Providencia” by Annie Dillard (Instructor Provided) 22 “You Can’t Kill the Rooster” by David Sedaris (Instructor Provided) 25 “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell (pp. 728-743) 27 Essay Workshop 29 Essay Workshop MAY
2 ESSAY #3 DUE 4-10 FINAL EXAM
Note: All short stories, poems, essays, and plays listed on this calendar should be read BEFORE the class indicated. If page numbers are listed in parentheses after the title and author, the work can be found on those pages in your textbook—UA-PTC Composition Mix. If “Instructor Provided” appears in parentheses after the title and author, it means I will supply it. If you have any questions, text me at 501-912-7272. –ALW
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