Schedule of Assignments

(The following reading and writing assignments are due on the following dates.  Ssubject to change.)
Syllabus
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Week 1

Monday
Course Introduction


Wednesday

Reading: Barnet--pp. 75-82; 85-90


Friday
Reading: Barnet--pp. 1-8


Week 2

Monday

NO CLASS--MLK Holiday

Wednesday

Reading:   Barnet--pp. 200-206

Writing: "To Be a Black Man" Analysis Paper
             Answer questions 1-4 on Frost's "The Telephone"


Friday

Reading: Barnet--pp. 208-213

 

 

Week  3

Monday

Reading:  Barnet--pp. 37-45

Wednesday

Reading:   Barnet--pp. 9-12; 22-26


Friday
Thesis Workshop

Writing: Pre-write for Essay #1

                       

Week  4

Monday

Draft Workshop

Essay #1 Draft due--bring 2 copies to class

Wednesday

Conferences--Bring essay, peer review, and textbook
No Class


Friday
Conferences--Bring essay, peer review, and textbook
No Class

 

Week  5

Monday

Essay #1 Due
Reading:  Barnet--pp. 125-129;
                Intro--"Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid and "The Storm" by Kate Chopin

Wednesday

Reading:   Barnet--pp. 135-137; 142-146; 151-152


Friday
Reading: Barnet--pp. 45-83; 129-132; 138-142 

 


Week  6
Monday
Thesis Workshop
Writing: Pre-write for Essay #2


Wednesday

Draft Workshop

Essay #2  Draft due--bring 2 copies to class


Friday
Optional Conferences--No Class

 

 

Week  7
Monday
Essay #2 Due

Reading:  Animal Farm, pp. 1-52

Writing: Presentation Questions

Wednesday

Reading:   Animal Farm, pp. 52-101
Writing: Analysis Paper on Animal Farm


Friday
Reading: Animal Farm articles; Barnet--TBA
Writing: Article summaries

 

Week  8
Monday

Reading:  Bluest Eye, pp. 1-80

Writing: Presentation Questions

Wednesday

Reading:   Bluest Eye, pp. 81-131
Writing: Analysis Paper on Bluest Eye


Friday
Reading:   Bluest Eye, pp. 132-206
Writing: Presentation Questions

 

 

Week  9

Spring Break

 

 

Week  10

Monday
Reading: Article #1--The Bluest Eye (from the Literary Encylopedia)
              Article #2--"Genealogy of Rejection in Morrison's The Bluest Eye"
              Article #3--"'The Bluest Eye': Notes on history, community, and black female subjectivity"
             Article #4--The Afterword in the novel
Writing: Article summaries
Remember to summarize and respond to each article.  Some of the articles make an argument, others provide background and other kinds of information about the novel.  Use your summaries to be clear about what each article does.  Use you responses to talk about what you think is important, about where you agree or disagree with the articles, about how you interpret the novel.


Wednesday

Reading:   Of Mice and Men, pp.  1-50
Writing: Presentation Questions


Friday
Reading:   Of Mice and Men, pp. 51-107
Writing: Analysis Paper

 


 Week  11
Monday
Reading: Of Mice and Men articles
Writing: Article summaries


Wednesday

Reading:   Barnet--TBA


Friday
Thesis Workshop
Writing: Prewriting for Essay #3

 

 

Week  12
Monday
Essay #3 Draft Due
Draft Workshop

Wednesday

Optional Conferences--No Class


Friday
Superfriends video

 

 

Week  13

Monday
Essay #3 Due
Reading: Dark Knight Returns, Book 1
Writing: Presentation Questions

 Wednesday

Reading: Dark Knight Returns, Books 2-3
Writing: Analysis Paper


Friday
Reading: Dark Knight Returns, Book 4
Writing: Presentation Questions

 

Week  14

Monday
Dogma

 Wednesday
Essay #4 Due
Dogma

Friday
Dogma
Writing: Analysis Paper

 

 

Week  15

Monday

Draft Workshop

Writing: Essay #5 Prewrite


Wednesday

Portfolios

Friday
Portfolios

 

Week  16

Monday
Essay #5 Due
Last Day of Class