UPDATED Weekly Schedule S2020

(Updated May 17, 2020) This will be updated often!!

ENG 1121 D398, Spring 2020

Professor Sean Scanlan

WEEKLY SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Dates: Objectives: Assignments:
Week 1: Jan 27

 

 

 

 

Week 1: Jan 29

Introductory discussion, terminology, and course plan.  Discussion of course, Policies, and texts; Orientation–OpenLab

 In-Class Reading: Corin, discussion

 Homework due Wed: Journal 1: Questionnaire–print, fill out, bring on Wed; Get Textbook; Sign up for OpenLab


 

 Due: Journal 1

 Discuss reading; sentence types

 Homework due Mon: Get  book;  Read Scibona and Alexi: Write Journal 2: which of these two essays is your favorite and why? 300 words using the Journal Template.

Week 2: Feb 3

 

 

 

 

Week 2: Feb 5

writing practice, reading practice  Due: Journal 2

 Discuss reading; sentence types and thesis; Summary Blueprint

 Homework for Wed: read Read/print Malcolm X, summarize using 4 point summary blueprint–Typed


 

  Due: Summary of Malcolm X

  Discuss Essay 1

  Homework for Mon: read Keller (OpenLab), Santiago, and Rahmani (Dwell) and then write Journal 3: 300 words describing the intellectual home of Keller, Santiago, and Rahmani; prepare for vocab Quiz over 12 words.

Week 3: Feb 10

 

 

 

 

Week 3: Feb 12

NYC writing and reading; your NYC  Due: Quiz 1-Vocabulary

 Due: Journal 3

 Homework for Feb 19: Read Gardner and Lubrano  (Dwell), then prepare for Quiz 2 over readings


 

NO CLASS–LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY

Week 4: Feb 17

 

 

Week 4: Feb 19

Essay 1  Details NO CLASS–PRESIDENT’S DAY


 

Due: Quiz 2 over readings

  Discuss ways to draft Essay 1

 Homework: work on drafting Essay 1—2 pages minimum

 

 

Week 5: Feb 24

 

 

 

 

Week 5: Feb 26

Essay 1 Completion  Due: Draft of Essay 1

  Peer review; Q and A over Essay

  Homework: revise and edit Essay 1 for Wed


 

 Due: Final Draft of Essay 1

  Discuss Poetry

 Homework:  (TBA)

Week 6: Mar 2

 

 

 

Week 6: Mar 4

Introduction to Poetry  Reading TBA

 


 

 Due: Answer 4 questions in notebook

  Homework: 1–read 350 – 360 in our textbook. 2–then write Journal 4: 300 words in which you select one poem from the readings and use the poetry analysis tool (1-8) from today’s handout. Use complete sentences.

Week 7: Mar 9

 

 

 

 

Week 7: Mar 11

Writing about Poetry  Due: Journal 4

 Discuss poems and introduce new poetry terms

  Homework: Finish reading poems in our textbook (361-72) and study for extra credit quiz


 

 Due:  extra credit vocabulary quiz over poetry terms

 Discuss Assignment details for Essay 2: Poetry Explication

  Homework: Read new poems and write Journal 5: 300 words on how metaphors and symbols work

Week 8: Mar 16 – 20

 

 

 

Writing about Poetry  Conversion Week: Journal 5 will be due by Friday, March 27, please email to me. Any format accepted: Google Docs, MS Word, Open Office, plain text inside the email itself.

 

 

 

Week 9: Mar 23 – 27

 

 

 

Writing about Poetry  WEEKLY FOLDER: Will be ready each Monday morning. I will give a few short assignments which will be due on Friday (the Friday deadline is a soft deadline). The assignments may include: a check in; a Coffeehouse conversation/chat; a questionnaire; and some formal writing

 

Week 10: Mar 30 – Apr 3

 

 

 

Writing about Poetry  WEEKLY FOLDER: TBA

 

  Thursday: Class on Zoom from 9 – 10:30

Week 11: Apr 6 – 10

 

 

Poetry  WEEKLY FOLDER including Coffeehouse Comment and work on draft of explication

  Monday and Tuesday: Class on Zoom from 9 – 9:45 am

 Homework: Draft of Explication Essay Due on Monday for peer review

 SPRING BREAK from April 8-10

Week 12: Apr 13 – 17 Finish explication, begin short story  WEEKLY FOLDER including Coffeehouse prompt: TBA

 DUE: Draft of explication and  Coffeehouse Comment

  Monday and Wednesday: Class on Zoom from 9 – 9:45

 Peer Review of Explication  Essay Due

 Final Draft of Explication  Essay Due Friday April 17

Week 13: Apr 20 – 26

 

The Short Story  WEEKLY FOLDER including Coffeehouse prompt: TBA

  Monday and Wednesday: Class on Zoom from 9 – 9:45

 Discussion on Zoom: Short Stories; Research; Sentence types

 Readings Homework: four short stories-see Weekly Folder

 Due: Journal 6 by Sunday night

Week 14: Apr 27 – May 3

 

 

The Short Story  WEEKLY FOLDER including Coffeehouse prompt: TBA

  Monday and Wednesday: Class on Zoom from 9 – 9:45

Due: Research Prospectus

Week 15 May 4 – 10

 

 

 

Final Essay and revision techniques  WEEKLY FOLDER including Coffeehouse prompt: TBA

Due: Homework: draft Final Essay by Sunday, May 10

 Due: Quiz 4–reading quiz over short stories (do at home)

Week 16: May 11 – 17

 

 

Bringing it all together  WEEKLY FOLDER including Coffeehouse prompt: TBA

 (Possibly DUE: Make up Journal and Quiz)

 DUE: Peer Review

Week 17: May 18 – 24

 

 

Final Exam and Final Due Dates  Go over Final Exam durng Zoom classes (Monday and Wednesday)

 DUE: Final Exam–do at home (submit via email no later than Monday, May 25 at 5pm)

 DUE: Final Draft Literary Research Essay (submit via email no later than Monday, May 25, 5pm)

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