Weekly Assignments and Course Schedule
T (8/28):
Sonnets
Vendler
1 (on board,
close reading)
TH (8/30):
Sonnets
Vendler
2-10, pull out
common key
ideas
T (9/4):
Sonnets
11-20, talk about
scansion
Reading Skills
sonnet form
(handout), Early
Modern period
Writing Skills
Theory
Homework
think about:
What’s the story?
(lyric voice)
Due
Reading Skills
versification
(handout)
Writing Skills
Theory
Homework
scan a sonnet,
paragraph of
response for one
line of scansion
Due
II. Week 2 (9/3 – 9/7)
Vendler
TH (9/6):
Sonnets
Vendler
20-25
Essay 20
T (9/11):
Sonnets
I. Week 1 (8/27 – 8/31)
Reading Skills
difficult
reading—
techniques
(Vendler)
Writing Skills
Theory
Homework
Due
scanned sonnet,
paragraph
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Theory
Homework
Due
Homework
Due
III. Week 3 (9/10 – 9/14)
Vendler
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Theory
26-32
summary (essay,
sonnet (try in
class))
TH (9/13):
Sonnets
Vendler
33-35
Essay 34
T (9/18):
Sonnets
36-43
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
outline Vendler
Essay 34
Theory
Homework
Summarize Essay
34 from outline
Due
Homework
Due
Vendler outline,
summary
IV. Week 4 (9/17 – 9/21)
Vendler
Reading Skills
annotation (inclass practice
with 43)
Writing Skills
from annotation
to brainstorming
Theory
TH (9/20): No Class (Dr. Batkie will be giving an out of town lecture)
V. Week 5 (9/24 – 9/28)
T (9/25):
Sonnets
Vendler
44-50
Essay 46
Reading Skills
TH (9/27):
Sonnets
Vendler
50-55
Essay 54
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Theory
Developing a thesis
from
brainstorming/outline
(ex. Essay 46)
Writing Skills
Thesis sentences from
Essay 54, what makes a
good argument (scope,
Theory
Homework
List of points
from Essay 54,
possible thesis
Homework
Begin paper
#1:
Transforming
Due
Due
List of points
from Essay 54,
possible thesis
risk, evidence)
Essay 60 into
an argument)
VI. Week 6 (10/1 – 10/5)
T (10/2):
Sonnets
Vendler
56-62
Essay 60
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Theory
Organization, different
options than 5 paragraph
(general to specific,
problem/process/solution)
Homework
Due
TH (10/4):
Sonnets
Vendler
63-70
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Paragraphing (topic
sentences, specification,
evidence)
Theory
Homework
Due
Theory
Homework
Begin
preparation for
Essay #3:
Theory essay
Due
Essay #1 draft
Theory
Homework
Due
VII. Week 7 (10/8 – 10/12)
T (10/9):
Sonnets
Vendler
70-75
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Mini in-class papers
(groups)
TH (10/11): No Class – Founder’s Day
VIII. Week 8 (10/15 – 10/19)
T (10/16):
Sonnets
Vendler
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
75-80
TH (10/18):
Sonnets
Vendler
80-88
Essay 86
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Incorporating/evaluating
sources: Vendler
Reader
response,
sonnet 76
Reader response
questions for
discussion of 87
Theory
Sonnet 87:
reader response
argument
Homework
Paper #2:
Critique of 86
Due
IX. Week 9 (10/22 – 10/26)
T (10/23):
Sonnets
Vendler
89-95
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Theory
Marxism,
sonnet 94
Homework
Marxism
questions for
discussion of
102
Due
TH (10/25):
Sonnets
Vendler
96-102
Esssay 102
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Theory
Sonnet 102:
Marxism
argument
Homework
Due
X. Week 10 (10/29 – 11/2)
T (10/30):
Sonnets
Vendler
103-108
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Theory
Homework
Feminism/Gender, Feminism
sonnet 103
questions for
discussion of
109
Due
Paper #2: 86
Critique
TH (11/1):
Sonnets
Vendler
109-112
Essay 109
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Conclusions—in class
example for 109
Theory
Sonnet 109:
Gender
argument
Homework
Due
XI. Week 11 (11/5 – 11/9)
T (11/6):
Sonnets
Vendler
113-119
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Theory
New
Historicism:
Sonnet 113
Homework
New
Historicism
questions for
discussion of
124
Due
TH (11/8):
Sonnets
Vendler
120-126
Essay 124
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Theory
Sonnet 124:
New
Historicism
argument
Homework
Due
T (11/13):
Sonnets
Vendler
127-135
Essay 127
XII. Week 12 (11/12 – 11/16)
Reading Skills
Punctuation
and
modernization
Writing Skills
Theory
Homework
Explain how
modernizing
punctuation/capit
alization changes
meaning in 135-
Due
140 (~300 words)
TH (11/15):
Sonnets
Vendler
135-140
Essay 138
Reading Skills
Most important
word—group
discussion
(keyword vs.
couplet tie from
Vendler?
Something
else?)
Writing Skills
Theory
Homework
Due
Punctuation
explanation
assignment
XIII. Week 13 (11/19 – 11/23)
No Class – Thanksgiving Break
XIV. Week 14 (11/26 – 11/30)
T (11/27):
Sonnets
Vendler
141-146, 154
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Putting it together: Sonnet
154 sample essay:
Brainstorming, thesis
Theory
Homework
Due
Essay #3:
Theory Essay
TH (11/29):
Sonnets
Vendler
147-153
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Putting it together: Sonnet
154 sample essay: outline,
topic sentences
Theory
Homework
Due
T (12/4):
Sonnets
Vendler
XV. Week 15 (12/3 – 12/7)
Reading Skills
Writing Skills
Theory
Putting it together: Sonnet
154 sample essay: intro and
conclusion, paragraph if
time
Homework
Due
TH (12/6):
Semester wrap-up: what do you do with this? Brainstorm for skills learned, application to major, application to professional opportunities,
grad school
Finals Week:
The final exam for this class is due Monday 12/10, at 5:00 PM.
Note: This schedule is subject to change over the course of the semester