This schedule below provides a general plan and is subject to change .
Week 1:
T 1/17
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Introduction to the course, Review of syllabus
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Discuss reading/writing assignments
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Discuss Response Papers
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Discuss Eagle Online
Th 1/19
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Review of MLA style
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Discuss organization of partners
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In-class diagnostic essay
Homework : Read essay “Beginnings to 1700” NA 1-16 .
Week 2:
T 1/24
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Puritan Literature
Homework : Read John Winthrop
, “A Model of Christian Charity” NA147-158.
Th 1/26
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Discuss readings
Homework : Read Anne Bradstreet , biographical note, NA 187-88, “The Author to her Book” NA204,
“Before the Birth of One of Her Children,” “To My Dear and Loving Husband” NA206, “On My Dear
Grandchild Simon Bradstreet”NA211, “To My Dear Children.” “In Memory of My Dear Grandchild,
Elizabeth Bradstreet,” “In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Anne Bradstreet, Who Deceased June 20,
1669, Being Three Years and Seven Months Old,” and “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of
Our House, July 10 th , 1666.” Read
Mary Rowlandson, biographical note NA 235, and “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson” NA 236-245.
Week 3:
T 1/31
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Discuss readings
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Assign Essay 1
Homework : Read Edward Taylor, biographical note NA 267-68, “Prologue” NA 269, and “Huswifery”
NA 285.
Read Cotton Mather, biographical note NA 307-08, and “The Wonders of the Invisible World”
NA 308-13.
Th 2/2
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Discuss readings
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In-class workshop
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Homework: Read Jonathan Edwards, biographical note NA 384-86, and “ Sinners in the Hands of an
Angry God” NA 425.
Week 4:
T 2/7
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Discuss readings
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Discuss illustrative essay

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Homework : Read Nathaniel Hawthorne , biographical note NA 1272-75(in vol. B), and “Young
Goodman Brown” NA 1289 (in vol. B); submit rough draft to HCC Askonline ; bring a hard copy to the next class session for in-class activity.
Th 2/9
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Rough Draft Essay 1
In-class workshop
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Discuss readings
Due
Homework : Read essay “American Literature 1700-1820 ” NA 357-367. Read Thomas Jefferson , biographical note NA 649-51, and “Declaration of Independence” NA651-57.
Complete Essay 1 and have it ready to submit at the start of class on 9/28/10. You must turn in you rough draft with your final draft .
Week 5:
T 2/14
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Final Draft Essay 1 Due
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The American Enlightenment
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Discuss readings
Homework : Read Benjamin Franklin , biographical note NA 449-51, and from The Autobiography of
Benjamin Franklin NA 472-92.
Th 2/16
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Discuss readings
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In-class activity
Homework : Read Benjamin Franklin , from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin NA
492-518.
Week 6:
T 2/21
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Discuss readings
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Discuss essay 2 (in-class writing)
Homework : Read Thomas Paine , biographical note NA 629-30. Read “Common Sense” NA630-37, and
“The Age of Reason” NA 643-49. Read Phillis Wheatley , biographical note NA 751, and “On Being
Brought from Africa to America” NA 752, and “To His Excellency General Washington” NA 761.
Th 2/23
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Essay 2: In-class writing
Homework : Read essay “American Literature 1820-1865” NA 929-950. Read Washington Irving , biographical note NA 951-53, and “Rip Van Winkle” NA 953-65.
Week 7:
T 2/28
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Assign Research Paper
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Discuss Research Paper Proposal
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Discuss readings
Homework : Read Edgar Allen Poe, biographical note NA 449-51, “The Black Cat” NA 1593-99, “The
Tell-Tale Heart” NA 1589-92, and “The Raven” NA 1536-39.

Th 3/ 1
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The Gothic and the Romance
Discus Essay 3
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Discuss readings
Homework : Read Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter , Chapters 1-6.
Week 8:
T 3/6
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Library Orientation
Homework : Read Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter , Chapters 7-12.
Th 3/8
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Essay 3: In-class writing
Homework : Homework : Read Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter , Chapters 13-18.
*** Spring Break - 3/12/2012 – 3/18/2012 - No Classes ***
Week 9:
T 3/20
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Discuss readings
Homework : Read Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter , Chapters 19-24.
Th 3/22
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2nd Library Visit
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Research Proposal Due
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Workshop on Outline & Works Cited pages
Homework : TBA
Week 10:
T 3/27
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Discuss readings
Homework : Read Ralph Waldo Emerson , biographical note NA 1106-1110, and
“The American Scholar”
NA 1138-51.
Th 3/29
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American Transcendentalism
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Discuss reading
Homework : Read Herman Melville, biographical note NA 2304-08, and “Bartleby, the Scrivener” NA2363.
Week 11
T 4/3
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Discuss readings
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In-class activity
Th 4/5
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List of Research Paper Sources Due
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Discuss Annotated Bibliography

Homework: Read Walt Whitman , biographical note NA 2190-95, and “ Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” NA
2263-67.
Week 12
T 4/10
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3rd Library Visit
Homework : Read Walt Whitman , “ Song of Myself ” NA 2210-54.
Th 4/12
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From Romanticism to American Realism
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Discuss readings
Homework: Read Walt Whitman , “ Song of Myself ” NA 2210-54, continue.
Week 13
T 4/17
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Discuss readings
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In-class activity
Homework: Read Emily Dickinson , biographical note NA 2554-2558, “Some keep the Sabbath going to
Church—” NA2563, “This World is not conclusion” NA2572, “My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun—”
NA 2584, “Publication—is the Auction” NA2585, and “Tell all the truth but tell it slant—” NA2590.
Th 4/19
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Discuss readings
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In-class activity
Week 14
T 4/24
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Research Paper Workshop (Topic: TBA)
Homework: Complete Research Paper Rough Draft (1,500 typed words, MLA style, must include a
Works Cited Page); submit rough draft to HCC Askonline ; bring all sources, outline and rough draft to class for a workshop.
Th 4/26
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Research Paper Rough Draft (1,500 typed words) Due
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Research Paper Annotated Bibliography due
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In-class activity
Week 15:
T 5/1
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Research Paper Final Draft Due
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Oral presentations
Th 5/3
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Oral presentations
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Journal Folders Due
Research Paper Packet Due

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Review for final exam
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Last Day of Class
Week 16: (December 13-19: Final Examinations)
T 5/8
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Final Exam (In-Class writing)