ENGLISH 101.05 SCHEDULE—Winter 2015

Subject to change: Changes and additions will be announced in class and posted on our course website. You are responsible for making sure you have up-to-date schedule information.

This schedule is incomplete: It includes most major due dates, but not all the daily activities. Each essay assignment sheet will contain more details, and in-class daily work may come up unnanounced.

Week 1Mon 1/5: Introduction to the class and each other.

Tue 1/6:Due: Read Trimble, Chapter 8, “Superstitions.” Discuss this chapter.

Wed 1/7:Due: Read Trimble, Chapter 14, “Quoting.” In-class exercises.

Thu 1/8:Due: Read Trimble, Chapter 1, “Thinking Well.” In-class exercises.

Fri 1/9: Due: Seminar paper on “The Fourth of July,” by Audre Lorde, pages 254-

258, and “A Reunion with Boredom,” by Charles Simic, pages 374-377,

in 50 Essays. Begin Essay #1 (Personal Narrative). Homework: Do the

“Generating Material” assignment in the Essay #1 Assignment sheet.

Week 2Mon 1/12Due in class: “Generating Material for Essay #1.” We will work with it in class.

Tue 1/13:Due: Read Trimble Chapters 2 and 3, “Getting Launched” and “Openers.”

In-class exercises based on these chapters.

Wed 1/14:About the thesis and organization of Essay #1: “Ant and Grasshopper” exercise.

Thu 1/15:Due: “Zero Draft” of Essay #1 in class for outlining activities.

Fri 1/16: Due: Seminar paper on “Once More to the Lake,” by E.B. White, pages

431-437, and “Joyas Voladoras,” pages 125-128, in 50 Essays.

Week 3Mon 1/19:Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. No class.

Tue 1/20:Due: Read Trimble, Chapter 4, “Middles.” In-class exercises.

Wed 1/21:Due: Read Trimble, Chapter 10, “Revising,” and Chapter 11, “Proofreading.

Thu 1/22:Due: Essay #1 (Narrative) in Workshop groups. Bring 3 copies.

Fri 1/23:Due: Read Trimble, Chapter 13, “Punctuation.” Exercises with the

material from this chapter.

Week 4Mon 1/26:More work with punctuation and sentence structure.

Tue 1/27Due: Essay #1 (Narrative). Begin Essay #2 (Review).

Wed 1/28:Practice sample worksheets.

Thu 1/29:Due: Worksheet for Essay #2.

Fri 1/30:Due: Read Trimble, Chapter 5, “Closers.” Exercises based on this chapter.

Brief introduction to ethos, pathos, and logos.

Week 5Mon 2/2:Due: Seminar paper due on “The Boston Photographs,” by Nora Ephron, pp

152-158, and “The Ugly Tourist,” by Jamaica Kincaid, pp 199-202.

Tue 2/3:Practice with ethos, pathos, and logos.

Wed 2/4: TBA

Thu 2/5:Go over PIE: Essay #2 paragraph structure.

Fri 2/6:Due: Essay #2 in Workshop groups. Bring 3 copies.

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Week 6Mon 2/9:Due: Read Trimble, Chapter 6, “Diction.” In-class activities with this chapter.

Tue 2/10:Due: Essay #2 (Review). Begin Essay #3 (Problem/Solution).

Wed 2/11:In-class work on developing ideas for Essay #3.

Thu 2/12:Due: Seminar paper due on “A Modest Proposal,” by Jonathan Swift,

pages 408-416, in 50 Essays.

Fri 2/13:Due: Read Trimble, Chapter 7, “Readability.” In-class work with the

material in this chapter.

Week 7Mon 2/16:Presidents’ Day Holiday. No class.

Tue 2/17:Due: seminar paper due on “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” by Martin Luther King

Jr., pages 203-220, in 50 Essays.

Wed 2/18:Due: Worksheet for Essay #3

Thu 2/19:In-class sentence practice.

Fri 2/20:Due: Essay #3 due Workshop groups. Bring 3 copies.

Week 8Mon 2/23: Due: Read Trimble, Chapter 10, “Dramatizing your ideas.” In-class work

with the material in this chapter.

Tue 2/24:TBA

Wed 2/25:Due: Essay #3 (Problem/Solution). Begin Essay #4 (Analysis).

Thu 2/26:Due: Seminar Paper on “Shooting an Elephant, by George Orwell, pages

295-302, in 50 Essays.

Fri 2/27:Last day to withdraw.

Week 9Mon 3/2:Due: Seminar paper on “The Death of the Moth,” by Virginia Woolf, available

online, links to be provided.

Tue 3/3:TBA

Wed 3/4:In-class work on worksheet.

Thu 3/5:Imitation worksheet due.

Fri 3/6:TBA

Week 10Mon 3/9:Due: Essay #4 (Analysis) in Workshop groups. Bring three copies.

Tue 3/10:

Wed 3/11:

Thu 3/12:Due: Essay #4. Submit online by our class time. Introduction to Allegory

Fri 3/13:More introduction to “Allegory of the Cave.”

Week 11Mon 3/16:Seminar paper due on “Allegory of the Cave,” by Plato, pages 303-311, in

50 Essays. Optional revision due today by 11am, online.

Tue 3/17:Work with allegories

Wed 3/18:Brainstorm essay questions for the final essay.

Thu 3/19:Course celebration and evaluations.

Fri 3/20:Write the in-class final essay.

Finals week:

Wed 3/25, 1 – 3pm: I will be in my office. Feel free to stop by and discuss your work if you’d

like.