M 1/15 – MLK Jr. Holiday – No Classes F 1/19– Reading Response 2 due by 5pm; Discussion Post 2 due by 5 pm over “Accident” by Dave Eggers “Snow” by Julia Alvarez (PDF download, story is on p. 1 of 5) M 1/22 – Reading Response 3 due when class starts – over the following story: “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter F 1/26 – Reflection Essay One Due by 5pm M 1/29 – Reading Response 4 due when class starts – on the following stories: “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck (PDF download) “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway (PDF download) F 2/2 – Reading Response 5; Discussion post 3 due by 5pm over: “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin M 2/5 – Reading Response 6 due when class starts – over the following stories: “Gilded Six Bits” – Zora Hurston (PDF download) “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner F 2/9 – Reading Response 7; Discussion Post 4 due by 5pm over: “Barn Burning” – William Faulkner (PDF download)
“A&P” by John Updike M 2/12 – Reading Response 8 due when starts – over the following stories: “To Build a Fire” – Jack London (PDF download) The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien (PDF download, story is the first in document after contents) F 2/16 – Reflective Two due by 5pm M 2/19 – Reading Response 9 due when class starts – over the following stories: “Gryphon” by Charles Baxter (PDF download) “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson (PDF download) F 2/23 – Reading Response 10; Discussion Post 5 due by 5pm over: Ambrose Bierce “An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge” “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut (PDF download, story is first plus reflection questions) M 2/26 – Reading Response 11 due when class starts – over the following stories: “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor (PDF download, story is first in document) “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver F 3/2 – Reflective Essay Three due by 5pm M 3/5 - MLA Guidelines and Research Essay One Assignment; brainstorming F 3/9 – Visit the Library; MLA Sources Assignment due by 5pm over: Required Scholarly Sources formatted correctly on a Works Cited page
M 3/12 - F 3/16 Spring Break M 3/19 – Research Essay One Due Introduction to Poetry: “The Fish” – Elizabeth Bishop “The and “The Lamb” – William Blake Tyger Lamb “My Last Duchess” – Robert Browning F 3/23 – Reading Response 12; Discussion Post 6 due by 5pm over: “Gretel in Darkness” – Louise “Not Bad, Dad, Not Bad” by Jan Heller Levi “My Father as a Guitar” – Martin Espada “Did I Miss Anything” – Tom Wayaman Friday March 23rd - last day to drop classes M 3/26 – Reading Response 13 due when starts – over the following: “Why I Went to College” – Martin Espada “Value of Education” – Mark Halliday “We Real Cool” – Gwendolyn Brooks “Suicide Note” – Janice Mirikitani F 3/30 – Reflective Four due by 5pm
M 4/2 – Reading Response 14 due when class starts over: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock – T.S. and Maud” –Gwendolyn Brooks “The Housewife” – William Carlos Williams “Red Wheelbarrow” – William Carlos Williams “An Apology” – F. J. Bergmann F 4/6 – Reading Response 15 due; Discussion Post 7 due by 5pm – over the following readings: “Sonnet” – Billy Collins “In a Station of the Metro” – Ezra Pound “Love is not all” – Edna St. Vincent Millay “How Do I Love Thee” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning “My mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun” – William Shakespeare “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” – William Shakespeare M 4/9 – Reading Response 16 due over: “Living in Sin” – Adrienne Rich “The City Planners” – Margaret Atwood “Nani” – Alberto Rios “The Waking” – Theodore Roethke “the sky was candy” – E. E. Cummings
“Words, Words, Words” by David Ives (PDF download; play begins on p. 17 of the PDF document/ 23 of original document) F 4/27 – Reading Response 19 due; Discussion Post 9 due by 5pm over: “The Brute” by Anton Chekhov (scanned pdf) “Post-its (Notes on a Marriage)” by Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman (scanned pdf) “Twelve Angry Men” by Reginald Rose (PDF download) M 4/30 – Last day of class – Reflective Essay Six due when class begins; Prepare for the Final Exam Essay (Compare and Contrast Essay) and Presentation Finals: Tuesday May 1 to Monday, May 7 Our Final Exam is due Monday, May 7th from 9:40 to 11:40am Emergency Instructional Plan If the college is closed for inclement weather or other conditions, please consult the course calendar that I gave you at the beginning of the semester and complete the assigned readings and assignments. Then, check your email, GAVIEW, and/or the DSC Portal for additional assignments, activities, and due dates. If it is not possible for me to email you additional assignments/comments or post links to GAVIEW because of loss of power, please continue to follow the assigned readings and activities, complete all exercises and assignments, and bring them to the next class meeting. If conditions allow, I will load PowerPoints and documents of missed lecture in DSConnect and GAVIEW, and I will be available to answer questions through email and phone. Compensatory make-up days may be required if the total number of days lost exceeds the equivalent of one week of class time. Keep in mind that this syllabus is a contract of class expectations, and, by staying in the course, you agree to abide by the dictates laid out in the syllabus. The class basics and expectations are subject to change based on the needs of the course.