Second Start Calendar: Weeks 1-4 Week 1 Tuesday, February 14 Introduction to Composition I Take Attendance and learn students’ names and goals Review Syllabus on Learning Web Take Break and buy textbooks The Writer’s Presence and The McGraw-Hill Handbook Discuss Rhetorical Modes: Narration and Description. Read McGraw 61-71 Begin Critical Reading Process: Read “The Knock” 108-10 Assignment: Print Syllabus from Learning Web. Read McGraw 33-40 “The Death of the Moth” 601-604 and “Toy Children” 83-86 Thursday, February 16 Take Syllabus quiz Read and compare “Toy Children” 83-86 and “The Knock” Follow Critical Reading Process and write a 1 page description of a childhood toy that was special to you Discuss Vivid Description journal Choose a topic for a first person Description about a specific object, place or conflict that taught you a valuable lesson. Review Brainstorming techniques 33-40 Assignment: read descriptive essays: “Salvation” 142-45 and “Once More to the Lake”270-76 and McGraw 20-32 Week 2 Tuesday, February 21 Organize Memories, Events and Descriptions Review Descriptive strategies and organization Outline and compare “Salvation” and “Once More to the Lake” Write first draft of Descriptive essay Assignment: Bring in Descriptive first draft, Read McGraw 76-95 Thursday, February 23 Revise and edit Descriptive essay. Read McGraw 76-95 Assignment: Bring in Descriptive Portfolio Read “Once More to the Lake” 270-76, “Homeboy” 168-82 and “Shooting an Elephant” 203-09 , Week 3 Tuesday, February 28 Turn in Descriptive Portfolio Take Story Quiz 2 Discuss Outsider Narrative Read and compare “My Father’s Life” and “Silent Dancing” Assignment: Brainstorm and begin Outsider Narrative Read “My Father’s Life” (57-74), “Silent Dancing” 64-73 Thursday, March 1 Explore Narrative and point of view strategies for Outsider Narrative Write dialogue between characters or narrators Read and respond to “My Father’s Life” (57-74), “Silent Dancing” 64-73 Assignment: Bring I Outsider Narrative first draft Read “The Necklace” (attachment on Learning Web) and “On Being a Cripple” 157-67 Week 4 Tuesday, March 6 Revise and edit Narrative essay Compare points of view in stories Write “Worst Person in the World” Dialogue” Assignment: Bring in Narrative first draft and dialogues Thursday, March 8 Turn in Dialogues and first draft Watch and respond to “Mildred Pierce” movie scenes