ENGLISH 1302 LESSON PLANS
SPRING 2007 SUNDAY 1:00-4:00 SCC BB234
PROFESSOR MICHELLE COOKE
January 21
January 28
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25
First day of classes. Distribute syllabus,
fill out information sheets.
Lecture: Writing about poems: the
elements of poetry. Powerpoint on poets.
Readings: William Blake, “The Chimney
Sweeper,” Anne Bradstreet, “To My Dear
and Loving Husband,” e.e. cummings,
“somewhere I have never traveled,” Emily
Dickinson, “Because I could not stop for
Death--,” “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died-,” “ I like a look of Agony,” “I’ve seen a
Dying Eye.”
Quiz on poetry terms. Discussion on
readings. Video on Dickinson with
handout. Lecture on MLA format and
plagiarism (class project). Readings: John
Donne, “Death Be Not Proud,” T.S. Eliot,
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,”
Robert Frost, “After Apple-Picking,”
Langston Hughes, “Theme for English B,”
John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”
Quiz over readings. Group discussions
with handouts over readings. Readings:
Robert Lowell, “To Speak of the Woe That
Is Marriage,” Andrew Marvell, “To His Coy
Mistress,” Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Love
Is Not All,” John Milton, “When I Consider
How My Light Is Spent.”
Draft due for poetry analysis. Peer
reviews. Class discussion on readings.
Read Sylvia Plath, “Daddy” and discuss in
class. Short film clip on Plath. Readings:
Theodore Roethke, “My Papa’s Waltz,”
Gary Soto, “Behind Grandma’s House,”
William Wordsworth, “The Solitary
Reaper,” William Butler Yeats, “The
Second Coming.”
Poetry Analysis due at the beginning of
class. Lecture on Writing about Stories:
the Elements of Short Fiction. Readings:
James Agee, “A Mother’s Tale,” James
Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues,” Rebecca
March 4
March 11
March 12-18
March 25
April 1
April 8
April 15
April 22
April 29
May 6
Brown, “The Gift of Sweat,” Kate Chopin:
“Desiree’s Baby,” “The Storm,” “The Story
of an Hour.”
Quiz over the elements of fiction.
Powerpoint over authors. Class
discussion on readings. Readings:
William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily,”
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “The Yellow
Wallpaper,” Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Young
Goodman Brown.”
Draft due on Short Story analysis. Peer
review. Lecture on Writing About Essays:
Elements of Essays. Readings: bell
hooks, “Inspired Eccentricity,” Joyce Carol
Oates, “I, the Juror.”
SPRING BREAK
Quiz on Essay terms. Discuss readings.
Readings: George Orwell, “Shooting an
Elephant,” Maxine Hong Kingston, “No
Name Woman.”
Discuss readings. Readings: N. Scott
Momaday, “The Way to Rainy Mountain,”
Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal.”
Discuss satire.
Short Story Analysis due! Catch up day if
needed. Discuss readings.
Lecture on Writing About Plays: Elements
of Drama. Powerpoint on Drama.
Readings: Hamlet Act I. Hamlet Act I film
clip, discussion, and quiz. Readings:
Hamlet Act II.
Hamlet Act II film clip, discussion, and
quiz. Readings: Hamlet Act III. Hamlet
Act III film clip, discussion, and quiz.
Readings: Hamlet Act IV.
Hamlet Act IV film clip, discussion, and
quiz. Readings: Hamlet Act V. Hamlet Act
V film clip, discussion, and quiz. Draft
due on Hamlet. Peer review. LAST DAY
OF CLASS, REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM
FINAL EXAM AT REGULAR CLASS TIME,
BRING A SCAN-TRON, PORTFOLIO DUE.