ENGLISH 102.04 SCHEDULE
Tenenbaum, Spring 2015
Subject to Change
This is an incomplete schedule, containing mainly the major due dates. Details will be filled in
as the course continues. Specific assignment instructions will be provided. Changes will be
announced in class as they come up, and also posted on the class website. You are responsible
for finding out about changes.
Week 1
Mon 4/6:
Tue 4/7:
Wed 4/8:
Thu 4/9:
Fri 4/10:
Introduction to the class. Homework: Read “When a Crop Becomes King,” by
Michael Pollan. (Online—link is on our Canvas site).
Bring a copy of “When a Crop Becomes King” to class. We will use it for Quotation
and paraphrase practice.
Due: Reader Response #1, on “When a Crop Becomes King.” Introduction to the
Summary assignment.
I will be at a conference today, so there is no class meeting. Your homework is to
be reading “The Pleasures of Eating,” by Wendell Berry (online—link is on our
Canvas site), and to be working on your Reader Responses to it, due tomorrow.
Due: Reader Response #2, to “The Pleasures of Eating,” by Wendell Berry. English
instructor Kennan Knudsen will lead the class today while I am at the conference.
Week 2
Mon 4/13: Comparing quotation, paraphrase, and summary.
Tue 4/14: Due: Three copies of your summary; at this point, it is word-processed, dublespaced, and as close to finished as you can get it on your own.
Wed 4/15: Sentence revision exercises in class.
Thu 4/16: Due: Sentence Revision Homework. Also, in class we’ll develop the MLA citation
for “The Pleasures of Eating.”
Fri 4/17:
Due: Summary of “The Pleasures of Eating.” Introduction to Analysis Essay #1.
Bring The Hungry Ear. Discuss “Perhaps the World Ends Here” (7-8).
Week 3
Mon 4/20: Due: Reader Response #3, “After Apple Picking” (21-22), “A Short History of the
Apple” (23), “Hunger” (24), “cutting greens” (27), and “Butter” (54), in The Hungry
Ear.
Tue 4/21: In-class discussion and writing.
Wed 4/22: Due: Reader Responses #4, “Potatoes” (110-11), “When the Burning Begins,”
(119-121), “The Soup” (138-140), and “Onions” (219-220) in The Hungry Ear.
Thu 4/23: Consider themes and topics so far.
Fri 4/24:
Due: Reader Response #5, (198-200) “The Saint Vincent de Paul Food Pantry
Stomp” (83), “Capitalist Poem #5) (84), “Coca-Cola and Coco Frίo” 219-220), and
“Night Waitress (237-38) in The Hungry Ear.
Week 4
Mon 4/27: Due: Reader Response #6, “Planting Strawberries” (292) and “The Weight of
Sweetness” (298) in The Hungry Ear.
Tue 4/28: Go over details of Analysis Essay 1. Discuss possible thesis ideas.
Wed 4/29: More about themes and ideas for Analysis Essay 1.
Thu 4/30: About thesis sentences
Fri 5/1:
Due: Preliminary thesis sentence for Analysis Essay 1. You will work with it during
class and turn it in to me at the end of class. (Hard copy)
Week 5
Mon 5/4:
Tue 5/5:
Wed 5/6:
Thu 5/7:
Fri 5/8:
Create lists of keywords. Practice analyzing passages.
About topic sentences & paragraph structure.
Practice analyzing passages
Due: Analysis Essay 1 in writing groups. Bring three copies.
About MLA & the Works Cited page.
Week 6
Mon 5/11: Style, grace, and depth of analysis in Analysis Essays.
Tue 5/12: Due: Analysis Essay 1. Bring The Hungry Ear. Discuss “Arabic Coffee” (114-15).
Wed 5/13: For the next week and a half, we’ll be focusing on reading The Language of
Baklava and on gathering ideas for Analysis Essay 2. Details of class activities will
be announced as we get closer to these dates.
Thu 5/14:
Fri 5/15:
Due: Reader Response #7, The Language of Baklava, pages xi-88.
Week 7
Mon 5/18:
Tue 5/19:
Wed 5/20:
Thu 5/21:
Fri 5/22:
Week 8
Mon 5/25:
Tue 5/26:
Wed 5/27:
Thu 5/28:
Fri 5/29:
Week 9
Mon 6/1:
Tue 6/2:
Wed 6/3:
Thu 6/4:
Fri 6/5:
Due: Reader Response #8, The Language of Baklava, pages 88-109.
Due: Reader Response #9, The Language of Baklava, pages 110-202.
Memorial Day Holiday. No class.
Due: Reader Response #10, The Language of Baklava, pages 203-end.
Discuss idea threads. About thesis sentences.
Due: Thesis worksheet.
Due: Preliminary thesis sentences for Analysis Essay 2. Last day to withdraw.
Meet in Library Classroom: Introduction to the databases. You must have a NetID.
Please come prepared with your NetID so that you can log into the campus
computers.
Practice analyzing passages.
More about paragraph structure, beginnings, endings.
Due: Analysis Essay 2 in writing groups. Bring 3 copies.
Week 10
Mon 6/8:
Tue 6/9:
Wed 6/10:
Thu 6/11:
Fri 6/12:
Analysis Essay 2 due. Intro to Annotated Bibliography. Form Groups.
Meet in Library Classroom: Introduction to Noodletools, scholarly sources.
Meet in Library Computer Classroom: Group research.
More about annotations and structure of Annotated Bibliography.
Meet in groups. Last day to turn in optional revision of Analysis Essay 1.
Week 11
Mon 6/15: Meet in groups, work on Annotated Bibliography.
Tue 6/16: Due: Annotated Bibliography. Last day of class.