Schedule of Readings and Major Assignments

Academic Calendar--Fall Quarter, 2008

Calendar—Oct 3-Nov 14

Week Two (Sept. 29-Oct. 3)

Wednesday:  Read Peckham Handout and complete corresponding exercises

Friday:  Read “The Old Stone House” by Edmund Wilson

Week Three (Oct. 6-10)

Monday: Read Peckham Handout #2 and complete corresponding exercises

Wednesday: Read “Once More to the Lake” by EB White

Friday: Complete Writing Prompt #1 (at Home); do Writing Prompt #2 (in class); Meet in Computer lab.

 Week Four (Oct. 13-17)

Monday: Peer Review Day / Read Peckham Handout #3

Wednesday: Essay #1 due / Read Grammatically Correct (Pages TBA)

Friday: Read Strunk and White, Pages TBA and “Notes of a Native Son,”  by James Baldwin

Week Five (Oct. 20-24)

Monday: Read “A Sweet Devouring” by Eudora Welty

Wednesday: Read “The White Album” by Joan Didion

Friday: Complete Writing Prompt #1 (at Home); do Writing Prompt #2 (in class); Meet in Computer lab.

Week Six (Oct. 27-31)

Monday: Read Peckham Handout #4 and do corresponding exercises

Wednesday:  Dissected Essay (Bring in a dissected copy of Essay #1)

Friday: Read “A Thousand Straight Nails” by Donald Hall

Week Seven (Nov. 3-7)

Monday:  Peer Review Day / Read  “Total Eclipse” by Annie Dillard

Wednesday: Essay #2 Deadline / First Group Review Day

Friday: Read Strunk and White (Pages TBA) and “Graven Images” by Saul Bellow

Week Eight (Nov.10-14)

Monday: Read Peckham Handout #5 and do corresponding exercises

Wednesday: Read “The Search For Marvin Gardins” by John McPhee

Friday:  Reading Catch-up Day.

Week Eight (Nov.10-14)

Monday: Read “Bop” by Langston Hughes

Wednesday: Read Handout #7

Friday:  In Class Writing Day—Computer Lab

Week Nine (Nov.17-21)

Monday: Read

Wednesday:

Friday:  Rough Draft Deadline for Essay #3

Week Ten (Nov. 21-25)

Monday: Read “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” King

Wednesday: Full Class Essay Review Day

Week Eleven (Dec. 1-5)

Monday: Full Class Review Day

Wednesday: Full Class Review Day

Friday:  Portfolio Review