ENC 1102 - PROPOSED WEEKLY AGENDA
Dr. Blanchard – Spring Semester, 2014
---------------------The weekly agenda which follows highlights the proposed reading assignments and major work due for the
semester. Brief "pop" quizzes may also be administered occasionally without notice as an incentive to read
assignments in a timely manner. Though essay due dates are firm, all other due dates including those for
reading assignments and quizzes are subject to change with appropriate notice. Your instructor will keep
you fully informed of all work due as due dates approach. Attending class regularly will help you stay
informed!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WEEK 1 --------------------------------------------------------Jan 06 (M): ◊ introductions: instructor e-mail address and faculty Web site address
◊ distribute "Policies and Procedures"
◊ distribute: "Proposed Weekly Agenda"
◊ explain attendance policy and required texts
◊ take attendance
◊ assignment: acquire the required text
Jan 08 (W): ◊ review "Weekly Agenda"
◊ distribute “Critical Essays: A Summary Definition”
◊ distribute "Introductory Exercise" and “Introductory Essay
◊ distribute “Open Syllabus Quiz”
◊ assignment: "She Unnames Them” by Ursula Le Guin (1033)
Jan 10 (F):
◊ overview of text
◊ discussion: Literature - What Is It and Why Read It?
WEEK 2 ---------------------------------------------------------Jan 13 (M): ◊ Open Syllabus Quiz due - participation (2)
◊ Introductory Exercise due – participation (3)
◊ discussion: "She Unnames Them" (1003)
Jan 15 (W): ◊ discussion: "She Unnames Them" (cont.)
Jan 17 (F):
◊ Introductory Essay due – participation (3)
◊ discussion: “A&P” by John Updike (148)
◊ distribute handouts:
> " Documentation Help Sheet"
> "Writing Your Best Essay: Some Considerations"
> "Guidelines - Essay #1"
WEEK 3 ---------------------------------------------------------Jan 20 (M): MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY – NO CLASSES
Jan 22 (W): ◊ discussion: "A&P” (cont.)
Jan 24 (F):
◊ discussion: "A&P” (cont.)
◊ review of “Guidelines” for Essay #1 and other handouts
WEEK 4 --------------------------------------------------------Jan 27 (M): ◊ discussion: "A&P” (cont.)
Jan 29 (W): ◊ Quiz #1: on fiction, Le Guin and Updike
Jan 31 (F):
◊ Critical Essay #1 (fiction) – due
◊ introduction to poetry
◊ discussion: "The Ruined Maid,” by Thomas Hardy (676)
WEEK 5 --------------------------------------------------------Feb 03 (M): ◊ discussion: "The Ruined Maid” (cont.)
Feb 05 (W): ◊ discussion: "The Ruined Maid” (cont.)
Feb 07 (F): ◊ discussion: "The Ruined Maid” (cont.)
WEEK 6 ---------------------------------------------------------Feb 10 (M): ◊ discussion: "The Ruined Maid” (cont.)
Feb 12 (W): ◊ discussion: "My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun,” by Emily Dickinson (948)
Feb 14 (F)
◊ discussion: "My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun,” (cont.)
ENC 1102: Weekly Agenda (2)
WEEK 7 ---------------------------------------------------------Feb 17 (M): ◊ distribute handouts:
> "Research Paper - Approved Authors"
> "Research Paper - Guidelines"
◊ discussion: “I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed,” by Edna St. Vincent Millay (896)
Feb 19 (W): ◊ review of “Guidelines” - Essay #2
◊ discussion: “I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed,” (cont.)
Feb 21 (F): FACULTY DEVELOPMENT - NO CLASSES (the College will be open for business)
WEEK 8 ---------------------------------------------------------Feb 24 (M): ◊ discussion: “I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed,” (cont.)
Feb 26 (W): ◊ Quiz #2: Poetry and Hardy, Dickinson and Millay
Feb 28 (F): ◊ Critical Essay #2 (poetry) – due
◊ Preliminary Survey - Research Paper Subject Authors
◊ introduction to drama: the living stage
◊ discussion: “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell (1125)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SPRING BREAK: MARCH 3 – MARCH 7
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WEEK 9 ---------------------------------------------------------Mar 10 (M): ◊ discussion: “Trifles” (cont.)
Mar 12 (W): ◊ discussion: “Trifles” (cont.)
Mar 14 (F): ◊ discussion: “Trifles” (cont.)
WEEK 10 --------------------------------------------------------Mar 17 (M): ◊ discussion: “Trifles” (cont.)
Mar 19 (W): ◊ discussion: “Trifles” (cont.)
Mar 21 (F): ◊ review of “Guidelines” - Essay #3
◊ discussion: “Trifles” (cont.)
WEEK 11 --------------------------------------------------------Mar 24 (M): ◊ discussion: “Trifles” (cont.)
Mar 26 (W): ◊ Quiz #3: drama and “Trifles”
Mar 28 (F): ◊ Critical Essay #3 (drama) - due
◊ discussion: “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor (433)
WEEK 12 --------------------------------------------------------Mar 31 (M): ◊ Final Call - Research Paper Subjects (participation = 2)
◊ discussion: "Good Country People” (cont.)
Apr 02 (W): ◊ discussion: "Good Country People” (cont.)
Apr 04 (F):
◊ discussion: "Good Country People” (cont.)
WEEK 13 ---------------------------------------------------------Apr 07 (M): ◊ discussion: "Good Country People” (cont.)
Apr 09 (W): ◊ discussion: “Shiloh" by Bobbie Ann Mason (612)
Apr 11 (F):
◊ discussion: "Shiloh” (cont.)
WEEK 14 ---------------------------------------------------------Apr 14 (M): ◊ Final Call - Research Paper list of primary source(s) (participation = 5)
◊ discussion: “Shiloh” (cont.)
Apr 16 (W): ◊ Quiz #4: O’Connor and Mason
Apr 18 (F):
◊ discussion: "Home Burial" by Robert Frost (715)
WEEK 15 --------------------------------------------------------Apr 21 (M): ◊ discussion: “Home Burial” (cont.)
Apr 23 (W): ◊ discussion: “Home Burial” (cont.)
◊ discussion: “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning (1078)
Apr 25 (F):
◊ discussion: “My Last Duchess” (cont.)
◊ Quiz #5: Frost and Browning
RESEARCH PAPER DUE:
Tuesday, April 29, by 6:00 p.m. in my faculty mailbox (building #3)
FINAL EXAM (optional for qualifying students only – see “Policies & Procedures”): TBA