Archived Coursework (February)
Mon, Feb 2
Texts & Contexts Chap 1: 3-12
Texts & Contexts Chap 3: 39-64
Wed, Feb 4
Raymond Carver: "Cathedral" 209-228
Fri, Feb 6
Essay #1 due (Dillard excerpt)
Raymond Carver: "Feathers" 3-26, "A Small, Good Thing" 59-90
Mon, Feb 9
Raymond Carver: "Chef's House" 27-34, "Preservation" 35-46, "The
Compartment" 47-58, "Vitamins" 91-110, "The Bridle" 187-208
Wed, Feb 11
Essay #2 Thesis due
Thesis workshop
Fri, Feb 13
Lincoln's Birthday Holiday
Mon, Feb 16
President's Day Holiday
Wed, Feb 18
Vocab Quiz #2 (T & C, Chap 4, pp 103)
HW assignment: Download & print "Guidelines for Writing a
Summary" and "Sample Summaries" from "Resources" page; bring
to class for lesson
Fri, Feb 20
HW Assignment: Make a list with 6 sentences: 3 things you
understand about Reader Response theory & 3 things you don't
understand, or have questions about (handwritten work is fine)
Texts & Contexts Chap 4 "Reader Response" 67-103
Mon, Feb 23
(Class Cancelled)
Wed, Feb 25
Essay #2 Due (Carver / NC)
Homework Assignment: Write 8 Reader Response questions for
an analysis of Willa Cather's work in My Antonia (this may be
handwritten) (use pp 96, 100-101, & 102 in Texts and Contexts for
examples of the types of questions you should be asking)
Texts & Contexts Chap 4 pp 67-103
Fri, Feb 27
My Antonia, Books I & II, pp 9-138
1 Reading summary of any one section in My Antonia (see the two
Summary links on the "Resources" page for a more complete
explanation)