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Composition 1302
Revised 3-3-15
COURSE CALENDAR
Subject to revisions/additions
SW=The Story and Its Writer
HO= Handout
HRRLP=How to Read Literature Like a Professor
****Readings listed on a given day will be discussed in class on that day.
This means you should read those texts before class in order to be
prepared for class discussion.******
Week One—Introduction and Discussion of course
1/21—In class: introduce syllabus, read “Close Reading Short Fiction” (SW 1671-1675-HO), review plot terms; for homework: “How’d He Do That?” and “Now, Where Have I
Seen Her Before?” (HO Introduction and 28-36 How to Read Literature Like a
Professor)
1/23--Read in class “The Lottery” and complete literary analysis diagnostic
Week Two—Central Idea and Character
1/27—Counselor Visits for 2015-16 Course Selection—meet in class then go to
assigned computer labs
1/29—Late Start--Read before class: “Theme” (SW 1690-1691), “Character” (SW 16801682), “The Yellow Wallpaper (SW 532-544); In class: discuss “The Lottery,”
theme/central idea, character
Week Three—Central Idea and Character (continued)
2/2— Read before class: Casebook 3 on “The Yellow Wallpaper” (SW 1577- 1588)
2/4—Discuss “The Lottery” and “The Yellow Wallpaper”
2/6—Make up class from 1/27--Read before class “Greasy Lake” (HO or in 8th edition
of SW) and “Every Trip is a Quest” (HO 1-6 HRLLP); In class—finish discussing “Yellow
Wallpaper”
Week Four—Character and Conflict
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2/10—Before class: Finish “Greasy Lake” Reader Response; In class: Discuss “Greasy
Lake” and “Every Trip is a Quest” from HRLLP
2/12—Late Start--Read before class: “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”
(SW 977-989); “Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires” (HO HRLLP 15-21)
Week Five—Character and Conflict (continued)
2/17— Read before class: catch up on “Where Are You Going?” and “Vampires” from
HRLLP
2/19—Paper One due—hard copy and e-mail a copy! Read before class: : “Everything
that Rises Must Converge” (SW 1004-1016), “…Or the Bible” (HO HRLLP 47-56)
Week Six—Conflict and Point of View
2/23—Ms. Mitchell in a meeting all day. Make-up class will be on 2/27
2/25—Read before class: “Two Kinds” (SW 1232-1240)
2/27—Read before class: “Point of View” (SW 1684-1688); “A Good Man is Hard to
Find” (SW 1031-1042); and “Yes, She’s a Christ Figure, Too” (HO HRLLP 117-124)
Week Seven—Point of View and Setting
3/3—In class: Discuss “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and point of view
3/5—Read before class: “Setting” (SW 1682-1683), “A Rose for Emily” (SW 454-460)
Week Eight—Point of View and Setting
3/9- Read before class: “Hills Like White Elephants” (SW 589-592); “Geography
Matters…” (HO HRLLP 163-174)
3/11--Read before class: “Young Goodman Brown” (SW 578-587)
Spring Break—3/16/15 through 3/20/15
Week Nine—Point of View and Setting
3/24— Read before class: “The Things They Carried” (SW 990-1003); paper two due
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3/26-- Read before class: “Cathedral” (SW 191-201), “Nice to Eat with You: Acts of
Communion” (HO HRLLP)
Week Ten--Language/Style and Setting
3/30-- Read before class: “Style” (SW 1688-1690) ; “Language” and “Tone” (HO—35-60
Lostracco)
4/1-- Read before class: “Sonny’s Blues” (SW 57-80); “Don’t Read with Your Eyes”
(HO—226-234 HRLLP); in class: Language/Style and Tone chart; assign annotated
bibliography on research for language/style/tone
Week Eleven—Language/Style and Tone
4/6—Outside of class: work on annotated bib; In class: write practice departmental
exam essay (essay 3)
4/8—Outside of class: work on annotated bib; In class: finish practice departmental
exam
Week Twelve— Writing about Literature and Alternative Methods of Analysis
4/14-- Read before class: “Analysis Through Dominant Element”, “Analysis Through
Evaluation” and “Analysis through Compare/Contrast” (HO—Lostracco 71-84),
“Desiree’s Baby” and “Story of an Hour” (283-287)
4/16—Read before class: “Is He Serious? And Other Ironies” (HO—HRLLP 235-244); in
class: assign the research paper
Week Thirteen— Writing about Literature--Back to the Beginning
4/20—Read before class: “Rip Van Winkle” (SW 612-623), “It’s All Political” (HO—
HRLLP 108-116)
4/22— In class: Discuss research methods, “On Writing” (SW 1605-1608), “The
Research Paper” (SW 1770-1778)
Week Fourteen—Research Paper
4/28-- In class: Research Paper selected topic and research check one due
4/30—In class: Research check two due
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Week Fifteen –Research Paper
5/4-- Before class: research and work on paper; In-class—research paper outline due;
work day.
5/6--Out-of-class Work Day—Ms. Mitchell will be available in the classroom during this
time to answer any questions.
Week Sixteen – Research Paper
5/12—Peer Reviews for Research Paper (bring two copies of your rough draft to class)
5/14—Research Paper Due (hard copy and electronic copy); Student Portfolio
Reflections
Final grades will be determined according to the following calculations:
Central Idea Essay—15%
Character, Conflict and the Central Idea Essay—20%
Annotated Bibliography—15%
In-class writing exercises and homework, class participation—25%
Literary Research Paper—25%
Departmental Exam—pass/fail