Composition II Calendar
FALL 2023 ▪ LOIBNER-WAITKUS
AUGUST 22
Welcome to Comp. II
AUGUST 24
“Troy” by Sinéad O’Connor & “Slow Dancer” by Noah Gundersen
AUGUST 29
How to Read Literature
AUGUST 31
Literary Term Review
SEPTEMBER 5
Reading Response #1 Due: “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway
SEPTEMBER 7
Introduction to Essay #1
SEPTEMBER 12
Reading Response #2 Due: “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner
SEPTEMBER 14
Essay #1 Workshop
SEPTEMBER 19
Reading Response #3 Due: “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
SEPTEMBER 21
Essay #1 Workshop
SEPTEMBER 26
Reading Response #4 Due: “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor
SEPTEMBER 28
Essay #1 Workshop
OCTOBER 3
ESSAY #1 DUE
OCTOBER 5
MIDTERM EXAM DUE
OCTOBER 10
How to Read Poetry
OCTOBER 12
Reading Response #5 Due: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
OCTOBER 17
Introduction to Essay #2
OCTOBER 19
Reading Response #6 Due: “Harlem” by Langston Hughes
OCTOBER 24
Essay #2 Workshop
OCTOBER 26
Reading Response #7 Due: “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman
OCTOBER 31
Essay #2 Workshop
NOVEMBER 2
Reading Response #8 Due: “cream of wheat” by Lucille Clifton
NOVEMBER 7
Reading Response #9 Due: “‘Poetry Makes Nothing Happen’?” by Julia Alvarez
NOVEMBER 9
Essay #2 Workshop
NOVEMBER 14
Essay #2 Workshop
NOVEMBER 16
ESSAY #2 DUE
NOVEMBER 21
FALL BREAK (NO CLASSES)
NOVEMBER 23
FALL BREAK (NO CLASSES)
NOVEMBER 28
Reading Response #10 Due: “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell
NOVEMBER 30
Essay #3 Workshop
DECEMBER 5
DEAD DAY (NO CLASSES)
DECEMBER 10
FINAL EXAM DUE
ESSAY #3 DUE
PORTFOLIO DUE