Class Assignments 2nd Quarter
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October 8- Assigned two stories by Raymond Carver to read in-class, "Popular Mechanics “Popular and "A Small,
Good Thing. “A
October 9- Discussion of the Carver stories with a quiz on the stories.
October 12- Columbus Day
October 13- Grammar Test II. Read Tillie Olsen's story "I Stand Here Ironing." Quiz on the story. Tillie Olsen I
Stand Here Ironing I Stand Here Ironing
October 14- Discussion of the Tillie Olsen story "I Stand Here Ironing."
October 15- Begin reading O'Connor story. Flannery O’Connor
October 16- Continue reading Flannery O'Connor short story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find." A Good Man Is Hard
To Find
October 19- Finish reading O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find." Quiz on the story.
October 20- Discuss "A Good Man Is Hard to Find."
October 21- Read O'Connor's "Good Country People." Good Country People
October 22- Discussion of the short story "Good Country People." Quiz on the story.
October 23- Finish the discussion of the short story “Good Country People.”
October 26- Parenting Day.
October 27- Begin a cause and effect essay. Students will write the essay in-class using the same format as they
have used in the previous essays.
October 28- Continue to work on cause and effect essay.
October 29- Continue to work on cause and effect essay.
October 30- Cause and effect essay is due. Students will turn in a title page, outline, and five paragraph MLA style
essay. The essay will use the short stories "I Stand Here Ironing" and "A Good Man Is Hard to Find."
November 2- Work on Research Essays
November 3- Work on Research Essays
November 4- Essay One-On-One. Meet with students individually to discuss their comparison and contrast
essays. Students will then have an opportunity to make corrections to their essays.
November 5- Read and discuss two letters written by the explorer Christopher Columbus. The Letter of Columbus
to Luis De Sant Angel Announcing His Discovery.docx CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.docx
November 6- Read and discuss Of Plymouth Plantation “Book II Chapter XI” by William Bradford. Quiz on the
work. Of Plymouth Plantation Part I Mayflower Compact, Starving Time, Indian Relations.docx Of Plymouth
Plantation The First Thanksgiving.docx WILLIAM BRADFORD.docx
November 9- Finish Bradford discussion.
November 10- Read and discuss “The Trial of Martha Carrier” by Cotton Mather. Quiz on the work. The Trial of
Martha Carrier.docx COTTON MATHER.docx
November 11- Veteran’s Day Holiday
November 12- Finish Mather discussion. Work on finishing research essays.
November 13- Research essays are due. Read “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.docx JONATHAN EDWARDS.docx
November 16- Finish reading and begin discussion of Edwards’s work.
November 17- Finish “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Begin reading “The Way to Wealth” by Benjamin
Franklin.
November 18- Finish reading and begin discussion of “The Way to Wealth.” Quiz on the work. Benjamin Franklin
The Way to Wealth.docx
November 19- Finish the discussion of “The Way to Wealth.”
November 27- English Word Search. Go over research papers.
November 23-27- Thanksgiving Holiday
November 30 - Begin persuasive essay on the non-fiction works
December 1 - Continue persuasive essay.
December 2- Continue persuasive essay.
December 3- Persuasive essay is due. Students will turn in a title page, outline and a five paragraph MLA style
essay using the stories in the unit.
December 4- Prepare for final essay.
December 7- Begin final essay. Students will choose from two stories from a list of those covered during the
semester to write their final English 101 essay. Essay one-on-one.
December 8- Continue final essay.
December 9- Continue final essay.
December 10- Final essay is due. Students will turn in a title page, outline, and five paragraph MLA style essay.
December 11- Begin reviewing for multiple choice test.
December 14- Essay One-on-One.
December 15-18- Semester exams for the first semester.