ENGLISH 1B: COURSE CALENDAR
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UNIT 1: DRAMA
MON 8/25 Syllabus Overview, Introduction, "Tape" by Jose Rivera (PL 757), Quoting literature #1
WED 8/27 Conventions of Drama and Theatre History; Writing about Literature; Quoting Shakespeare; Meter and Rhythm in Shakespeare Readings Due: PL Ch. 1 “Reading Literature” (pp. 2-6); PL Ch. 25 “Understanding Drama” (720-730); PL Ch. 13 “Theme” (328-332); Act 1 Hamlet (928)
MON 9/1 HOLIDAY--NO CLASS-- :)
WED 9/3 Elements of Plot Readings Due: Acts 2 & 3 Hamlet; PL Ch. 27 “Plot” (762-767); PL Ch. 12 “Symbol, Allegory, and Myth” (283-289)
LAST DAY TO ADD 9/5
LAST DAY TO DROP WITHOUT A “W” 9/7
MON 9/8 Elements of Character Readings Due: Acts 4 & 5 Hamlet; PL Ch. 28 “Character” (839-850)
WED 9/10 Hamlet final discussion; Film No new readings/assignments due
MON 9/15 Hamlet quiz, in-class writing Readings Due: No new readings/assignments due
WED 9/17 Essay #1 Assigned Readings Due: Ruined Act 1; Skim read PL Ch. 2 “Writing Literary Arguments”
MON 9/22 Readings Due: Ruined Act 2
WED 9/24 Ruined final discussion Readings Due: PL Warren Leight’s "Nine Ten" (767)
Assignments Due: Reading Journal
MON 9/29 Quiz Literary elements vocab. #1, drama; In-class time to work on Creative Assignment #1
WED 10/1 Creative Assignment Presentations Assignments Due: Creative Assignment #1
UNIT 2: FICTION
MON 10/6 CLASS CANCELED!!
WED 10/8 Readings Due: PL Ch. 4 (entire) including “Hills Like White Elephants” (69);PL Ch. 7 “Plot” (110-114); PL Ch. 8 “Character” (138-141); PL “The Story of an Hour” (115); “The Yellow Wallpaper” (376)
Assignments Due: Essay #1 First Draft (Bring 4 copies)
MON 10/13 Setting; Imagery/symbolism Readings Due: PL Ch. 9 “Setting” (171-175);Annie Proulx’s Brokeback Mountain
WED 10/15 Readings Due: PL Ch. 9 “Setting” (171-175);Annie Proulx’s Brokeback Mountain
MON 10/20 Essay #2 Assigned; Film: Brokeback Mountain Readings Due: PL Ch. 10 “Point of View” (198-207); PL Ch. 11 “Style, Tone, and Language” (244-250) Assignments Due: Essay #1 Final draft
WED 10/22 Readings Due: Brave New World Chapters 1-6; Excerpts: Sir Thomas More’s Utopia (Book II)
MON 10/27 Readings Due: Brave New World Chapters 7-12
WED 10/29 Readings Due: Brave New World Chapters 13-18;
MON 11/3 Final Discussion Brave New World Readings Due: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World has been described as a novel that plays off of his audience’s fears of both Communism and Fordist American Capitalism. Please read to the end of Section II (“Proletarians and Communists”) of The Communist Manifesto
WED 11/5 Quiz Literary elements vocab. #2; Peer review of E2 Assignments Due: Essay 2 Draft #1 (Bring 3 copies)
MON 11/10 HOLIDAY--NO CLASS-- :)
UNIT 3: POETRY
WED 11/12 Intro. to poetry/history Readings Due: PL Ch. 15 “Understanding Poetry” (entire); PL Ch. 17 “Word Choice, Word Order” (459-462) and “Levels of Diction” (470-472) and “Word Order” (481-482)
Assignments Due: E2 First Draft
MON 11/17 Readings Due: PL Ch. 16 “Voice” (426-432) and “The Tone of the Poem” (436-437) and “Irony” (445-449); “The World is Too Much With Us” (443); “To the Virgins” (444)
Assignments Due: E2 Final Draft
Assignments Due: Reading Journal
WED 11/19 Imagery Readings Due: PL Ch. 18 “Imagery” (487-494); PL Ch. 20“Rhyme” (549-551); “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun” (501); “Stopping by Woods” (680)
MON 11/24 Student meetings about final essay; Class time to work on Creative Assignment #2
Assignments Due: Proposal for final comparative/critical essay
LAST DAY TO DROP WITH A “W”--11/14
WED 11/26 Figures of Speech Readings Due: PL Ch. 19 “Figures of Speech” (504-509) and “Hyperbole and Understatement” (517-520); “To His Coy Mistress” (522); “Out, Out--” (524); “Because I Could not stop for Death” (670)
Assignments Due: Rewrites of E1
MON 12/1 Quiz Literary Elements #3; In class time to work on Creative Assignment #2
WED 12/3 Readings Due: “The Raven” (598); “Leda and the Swan” (613); “Do not go gentle into that good night” (628); “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (674); “Buffalo Bill’s” (667)
Assignments Due: Final Reading Journal; Creative Assignment #2; Draft of final comparative/critical essay
WED 12/10 FINAL EXAM 2:00pm
Assignments Due: Final draft comparative/critical essay due
PEA chart for final essay
Self-editing checklist for final essay
Rewrites of E2 if you are completing them
Any extra credit
MON 8/25 Syllabus Overview, Introduction, "Tape" by Jose Rivera (PL 757), Quoting literature #1
WED 8/27 Conventions of Drama and Theatre History; Writing about Literature; Quoting Shakespeare; Meter and Rhythm in Shakespeare Readings Due: PL Ch. 1 “Reading Literature” (pp. 2-6); PL Ch. 25 “Understanding Drama” (720-730); PL Ch. 13 “Theme” (328-332); Act 1 Hamlet (928)
MON 9/1 HOLIDAY--NO CLASS-- :)
WED 9/3 Elements of Plot Readings Due: Acts 2 & 3 Hamlet; PL Ch. 27 “Plot” (762-767); PL Ch. 12 “Symbol, Allegory, and Myth” (283-289)
LAST DAY TO ADD 9/5
LAST DAY TO DROP WITHOUT A “W” 9/7
MON 9/8 Elements of Character Readings Due: Acts 4 & 5 Hamlet; PL Ch. 28 “Character” (839-850)
WED 9/10 Hamlet final discussion; Film No new readings/assignments due
MON 9/15 Hamlet quiz, in-class writing Readings Due: No new readings/assignments due
WED 9/17 Essay #1 Assigned Readings Due: Ruined Act 1; Skim read PL Ch. 2 “Writing Literary Arguments”
MON 9/22 Readings Due: Ruined Act 2
WED 9/24 Ruined final discussion Readings Due: PL Warren Leight’s "Nine Ten" (767)
Assignments Due: Reading Journal
MON 9/29 Quiz Literary elements vocab. #1, drama; In-class time to work on Creative Assignment #1
WED 10/1 Creative Assignment Presentations Assignments Due: Creative Assignment #1
UNIT 2: FICTION
MON 10/6 CLASS CANCELED!!
WED 10/8 Readings Due: PL Ch. 4 (entire) including “Hills Like White Elephants” (69);PL Ch. 7 “Plot” (110-114); PL Ch. 8 “Character” (138-141); PL “The Story of an Hour” (115); “The Yellow Wallpaper” (376)
Assignments Due: Essay #1 First Draft (Bring 4 copies)
MON 10/13 Setting; Imagery/symbolism Readings Due: PL Ch. 9 “Setting” (171-175);Annie Proulx’s Brokeback Mountain
WED 10/15 Readings Due: PL Ch. 9 “Setting” (171-175);Annie Proulx’s Brokeback Mountain
MON 10/20 Essay #2 Assigned; Film: Brokeback Mountain Readings Due: PL Ch. 10 “Point of View” (198-207); PL Ch. 11 “Style, Tone, and Language” (244-250) Assignments Due: Essay #1 Final draft
WED 10/22 Readings Due: Brave New World Chapters 1-6; Excerpts: Sir Thomas More’s Utopia (Book II)
MON 10/27 Readings Due: Brave New World Chapters 7-12
WED 10/29 Readings Due: Brave New World Chapters 13-18;
MON 11/3 Final Discussion Brave New World Readings Due: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World has been described as a novel that plays off of his audience’s fears of both Communism and Fordist American Capitalism. Please read to the end of Section II (“Proletarians and Communists”) of The Communist Manifesto
WED 11/5 Quiz Literary elements vocab. #2; Peer review of E2 Assignments Due: Essay 2 Draft #1 (Bring 3 copies)
MON 11/10 HOLIDAY--NO CLASS-- :)
UNIT 3: POETRY
WED 11/12 Intro. to poetry/history Readings Due: PL Ch. 15 “Understanding Poetry” (entire); PL Ch. 17 “Word Choice, Word Order” (459-462) and “Levels of Diction” (470-472) and “Word Order” (481-482)
Assignments Due: E2 First Draft
MON 11/17 Readings Due: PL Ch. 16 “Voice” (426-432) and “The Tone of the Poem” (436-437) and “Irony” (445-449); “The World is Too Much With Us” (443); “To the Virgins” (444)
Assignments Due: E2 Final Draft
Assignments Due: Reading Journal
WED 11/19 Imagery Readings Due: PL Ch. 18 “Imagery” (487-494); PL Ch. 20“Rhyme” (549-551); “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun” (501); “Stopping by Woods” (680)
MON 11/24 Student meetings about final essay; Class time to work on Creative Assignment #2
Assignments Due: Proposal for final comparative/critical essay
LAST DAY TO DROP WITH A “W”--11/14
WED 11/26 Figures of Speech Readings Due: PL Ch. 19 “Figures of Speech” (504-509) and “Hyperbole and Understatement” (517-520); “To His Coy Mistress” (522); “Out, Out--” (524); “Because I Could not stop for Death” (670)
Assignments Due: Rewrites of E1
MON 12/1 Quiz Literary Elements #3; In class time to work on Creative Assignment #2
WED 12/3 Readings Due: “The Raven” (598); “Leda and the Swan” (613); “Do not go gentle into that good night” (628); “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (674); “Buffalo Bill’s” (667)
Assignments Due: Final Reading Journal; Creative Assignment #2; Draft of final comparative/critical essay
WED 12/10 FINAL EXAM 2:00pm
Assignments Due: Final draft comparative/critical essay due
PEA chart for final essay
Self-editing checklist for final essay
Rewrites of E2 if you are completing them
Any extra credit