Composition II Calendar Loibner-Waitkus WEEK I Introduction to Composition II January 19-21 WEEK II “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway (pp. January 24-28 570-575) AND “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner (pp. 598-608) WEEK III “The Storm” by Kate Chopin (Instructor Provided) AND January 31-February 4 “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce (Instructor Provided) READING RESPONSE #1 WEEK IV “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker (pp. 618-627) AND February 7-11 “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connnor (pp. 580-596) READING RESPONSE #2 WEEK V “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García February 14-18 Márquez (pp. 629-636) AND “Mnemonics” by Kurt Vonnegut (Instructor Provided) READING RESPONSE #3 WEEK VI “At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers” by Salman Rushdie February 21-25 (Instructor Provided) READING RESPONSE #4 & MIDTERM EXAM WEEK VII ESSAY #1 DUE February 28-March 4 WEEK VIII “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (Instructor March 7-11 Provided), “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost (p. 690) AND “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson (pp. 713-714) READING RESPONSE #5 WEEK IX “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe (Instructor Provided), March 14-18 “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke (710-711) AND CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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“The Handy Boy” by Annie Dillard (Instructor Provided) READING RESPONSE #6 WEEK X SPRING BREAK March 21-25 WEEK XI “The Leap” & “Adultery” by James Dickey (Instructor March 28-APRIL 1 Provided) AND “Sex Without Love” by Sharon Olds (Instructor Provided) READING RESPONSE #7 WEEK XII “4 AM” & “A Moment in Troy” by Wisława Szymborska April 4-8 (Instructor Provided), “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks (pp. 691-692) AND “Harlem” by Langston Hughes (pp. 698-699) READING RESPONSE #8 WEEK XIII “cream of wheat” by Lucille Clifton (pp. 720-721) AND April 11-15 “The Black Unicorn” & “Who Said It Was Simple” by Audre Lorde (Instructor Provided) READING RESPONSE #9 WEEK XIV ESSAY #2 DUE April 18-22 WEEK XV “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell (pp. 728-743) April 25-29 READING RESPONSE #10 DUE WEEK XVI ESSAY #3 DUE & FINAL EXAM MAY 2-10
Note: All short stories, poems, essays, and plays listed on this calendar should be read the week 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 to you before the week it is assigned or early in the week. Reading responses will only cover one of the week’s readings. The specific reading to be covered will be indicated in the readingresponse assignment area, and I will explain how to complete reading responses before your first reading response is due. ALL READING RESPONSES ARE DUE ON OR BEFORE 11:59 p.m. ON THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING THE DATES LISTED FOR EACH WEEK. If you have any questions, text me at 501-912-7272. –ALW
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