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
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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