Week 1Mon 1/5: Introduction to the Class and Each Other
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.
(over)
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.