English Composition 2
Course Schedule: Fall 2008
Important: the following schedule is just an overview of some of the assignments in the course, including the approximate due dates for essays and peer critiques of essays. Please do not refer to this page for weekly assignments. Instead, see the "Assignments" section of the course Blackboard for specific assignments and due dates. This schedule is subject to change.
Week 1 (August 18-23)
Orientation and Introductions. Diagnostic Paragraph.
Week 2 (August 24-30)
Discussion of assigned stories and Essay 1.
Reading assignment:
- Chapter 1: The Prewriting Process (3-17)
- Chapter 2: The Writing Process (18-32)
- Chapter 4: How Do I Read Short Fiction? (91-96)
- selected short stories (to be announced)
(Friday, August 29: Last day to drop the course for a refund).
Week 3 (August 31-September 6)
Draft of Essay 1 due for peer critique. Peer critique of Essay 1.
Reading assignment:
- Chapter 3: The Rewriting Process (33-54)
No class Monday, September 1 (Labor Day).
Week 4 (September 7-13)
Revised Draft of Essay 1 due. Discussion of assigned poems and Essay
2.
Reading assignment:
- Chapter 10: How Do I Read Poetry (495-498)
- Chapter 11: Writing about Persona and Tone (499-513)
- Chapter 12: Writing about Poetic Language (517-534)
- selected poems (to be announced)
Week 5 (September 14-20)
Draft of Essay 2 due for peer critique. Peer critiques of
Essay 2.
Week 6 (September 21-27)
Revised Draft of Essay 2 due. Discussion of assigned play and Essay 3.
Reading assignment:
- Chapter 14: How Do I Read a Play? (731-735)
- Additional reading assignment and play (to be announced).
Week 7 (September 28-October 4)
Discussion of assigned play, Internet research, using secondary
sources, and MLA documentation.
Week 8 (October 5-11)
Draft of Essay 3 due for peer critique. Peer critique of Essay 3.
No class Friday, October 10 (Faculty/Staff Enrichment Day).
Week 9 (October 12-18)
Revised Draft of Essay 3 due.
Reading assignment:
- William Shakespeare's Othello (951-1037).
No class Monday, October 13 (Fall Break).
Week 10 (October 19-25)
Reading assignment:
- William Shakespeare's Othello (951-1037), cont.
- selected pages to be announced
Week 11 (October 26-November 1)
Discussion of Shakespeare's Othello and the Research
Paper. Work on the Research Paper.
Week 12 (November 2-8)
Discussion of Shakespeare's Othello and the Research Paper.
Work on the Research Paper.
(Friday, November 7: Last day for student withdrawal from the course).
Week 13 (November 9-15)
Continued
discussion of Othello and the Research Paper. Work on the
Research Paper.
No class Tuesday, November 11 (Veterans Day).
Week 14 (November 16-22)
Draft of the Research Paper due for peer critique. Peer
critiques of the Research Paper.
Week 15 (November 23-29)
Work on the Research Paper.
No class Wednesday, November 26, to Friday, November 28 (Thanksgiving Break).
Week 16
(November 30-December 6)
Work on the Research Paper.
Week 17 (December 7-10)
Final Draft of the Research Paper due.
(December 11-16: Final exam week for on-campus classes)