Composition II Calendar
FALL 2023 ▪ ONLINE ▪ LOIBNER-WAITKUS
WEEK ONE—AUGUST 21-26
• Welcome to the Class
• Purchase Digital Textbook
• Complete the Course Agreement
WEEK TWO—AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 2
• Introduction to Literary Terms
• Reading Response #1 Due: “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway
WEEK THREE—SEPTEMBER 3-9
• Reading Response #2 Due: “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner
WEEK FOUR—SEPTEMBER 10-16
• Reading Response #3 Due: “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
WEEK FIVE—SEPTEMBER 17-23
• Reading Response #4 Due: “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor
WEEK SIX—SEPTEMBER 24-30
• ESSAY #1 (on SHORT FICTION) DUE
WEEK SEVEN—OCTOBER 1-7
• Midterm Exam Due
WEEK EIGHT—OCTOBER 8-14
• Reading Response #5 Due: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
WEEK NINE—OCTOBER 15-21
• Reading Response #6 Due: “Harlem” by Langston Hughes
WEEK TEN—OCTOBER 22-28
• Reading Response #7 Due: “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman
WEEK ELEVEN—OCTOBER 20-NOVEMBER 4
• Reading Response #8 Due: “cream of wheat” by Lucille Clifton
WEEK TWELVE—NOVEMBER 5-11
• Reading Response #9 Due: “‘Poetry Make Nothing Happen’?” by Julia Alvarez
WEEK THIRTEEN—NOVEMBER 12-18
• Reading Response #10 Due: “Trifles” by Sheila Glaspell
WEEK FOURTEEN—NOVEMBER 19-25 FALL BREAK (NO CLASSES)
WEEK 15—NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 3
• ESSAY #3 (on DRAMA) DUE
WEEK 16—DECEMBER 3-9
• Final Exam Due
• PORTFOLIO DUE