Composition I Calendar
FALL 2023 ▪ ONLINE ▪ LOIBNER-WAITKUS
WEEK ONE—AUGUST 21-26
• Welcome to the Class
• Complete the Course Agreement
• Purchase Your (Digital) Textbook
WEEK TWO—AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 2
• Introduction to Writing a Narrative Essay
• Reading Response #1 Due: “Living Like Weasels” by Annie Dillard
WEEK THREE—SEPTEMBER 3-9
• Comma Commandments
• Reading Response #2 Due: “Sanctuary of School” by Lynda Barry
WEEK FOUR—SEPTEMBER 10-16
• Common Usage Problems
• Reading Response #3 Due: “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston
WEEK FIVE—SEPTEMBER 17-23
• Reading Response #4 Due: “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan
WEEK SIX—SEPTEMBER 24-30
• ESSAY #1 (NARRATIVE) DUE
WEEK SEVEN—OCTOBER 1-7
• Introduction to Writing an Analytic Essay
• Reading Response #5 Due: “Us and Them” by David Sedaris
WEEK EIGHT—OCTOBER 8-14
• Reading Response #6 Due: “Advertisements R Us” by Melissa Rubin
WEEK NINE—OCTOBER 15-21
• Reading Response #7 Due: “Just How Dishonest Are Most Students” by Christian B. Miller
WEEK TEN—OCTOBER 22-28
• ESSAY #3 (ANALYTIC) DUE
WEEK ELEVEN—OCTOBER 20-NOVEMBER 4
• Introduction to Essay #3
• Reading Response #8 Due: “Come Look at the Freaks: Examining and Advocating for Disability Theatre” by Brianna Schunk
WEEK TWELVE—NOVEMBER 5-11
• Introduction to Rhetoric and Logical Fallacies
• Reading Response #9 Due: “Representation of Disney Princesses in the Media” by Isabelle Gill
WEEK THIRTEEN—NOVEMBER 12-18
• Introduction to MLA Style
• Reading Response #10 Due: “Contesting Standardized English” by Missy Watson
WEEK FOURTEEN—NOVEMBER 19-25 FALL BREAK (NO CLASSES)
WEEK 15—NOVEMBER 26-DECEMBER 3
• ESSAY #3 (ARGUMENTATIVE) DUE
WEEK 16—DECEMBER 3-9
• PORTFOLIO DUE