Course Calendar for ENGL 150

Writing and Research

Spring 2005

Check this calendar regularly for changes.  Check the Daily Assignments regularly so you know what we'll be doing in class.  

17 January Course introduction.  Strunk and White Rule 13:  "Make the paragraph the unit of composition."  Begin reading "Children with Matches," the first novella in Maureen Howard's Big as Life (though we won't actually discuss this until 23 February).  You will have the chance to meet Ms. Howard when she visits campus to receive the Dos Passos Prize on 23 February.
19 January

Read Plato's Symposium, introductory dialogue and the speech of Phaedrus (pp. 1-12).  Daily Assignment.
24 January In Great Writing, read the introduction to Description (pp. 10-17), Virginia Woolf's "The Death of the Moth," and Keats's "Ode to Autumn" (pp. 52-53). Daily Assignment.
26 January Read Plato's Symposium, the speeches of Pausanias and Eryxamachus (pp. 13-24).  Daily Assignment.
31 January Description writing assignment due.  In Great Writing, read the introduction to Exemplification (pp. 144-151) and William Zinsser's "Clutter" (pp. 190-194). Daily Assignment.
2 February Read Plato's Symposium, the speech of Aristophanes (pp. 25-31).  Daily Assignment.
7 February Exemplification writing assignment due.  In Great Writing, read the introduction to Process Anaylsis (pp. 196-204) and Jessica Mitford's "Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain (pp. 216-223). Daily Assignment.
9 February Read Plato's Symposium, the speech of Agathon and Socrates's questions to Agathon (pp. 32-44). Daily Assignment.
14 February Process Analysis writing assignment due.  In Great Writing, read the introduction to Comparison and Contrast (pp. 278-286), Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 (pp. 328-329), and Bruce Catton's "Grant and Lee" (pp. 332-335). Please also read George Carlin's "Comparison of Football and Baseball."  Daily Assignment.
16 February Read Plato's Symposium, Diotima's questions to Socrates and the speech of Diotima (pp. 45-60).  Daily Assignment.
21 February Comparison and Contrast writing assignment due.  In Great Writing, read the introduction to Causal Analysis (pp. 404-410) and Jack London's "To Build a Fire" (pp. 432-444).  Daily Assignment.
23 February Discussion of "Children with Matches," the first novella in Maureen Howard's Big as Life.  You will have the chance to meet Ms. Howard, and hear her read from her works, when she receives the Dos Passos Prize tonight.
28 February Causal Analysis writing assignment due.  In Great Writing, read the introduction to Definition (pp. 464-472) and Stephen Carter's "The Insufficiency of Honesty" (pp. 507-512).   Daily Assignment.
2 March Read Plato's Symposium, Alcibiades's entrance, the speech of Alcibiades, and the final dialogue (pp. 61-78). Daily Assignment.
7 March Assignment TBA.
9 March Peer review session for first essay.  Short essay #1 (Definition) due in my office (Grainger G06) or mailbox (Grainger, first floor) by 5 p.m. on Thursday, 10 March.
14/16 March Spring Break
21 March In Great Writing, read the introduction to Argument and Persuasion (pp. 520-528) and Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" (pp. 534-541).
23 March No class:  Conferences.
28 March No class:  Conferences.
30 March Peer review session for second essay.Short essay #2 (Argument and Persuasion) due in my office (Grainger G06) or mailbox (Grainger, first floor) by 5 p.m. on Thursday, 31 March.
4 April Assignment TBA.
6 April Assignment TBA.
11 April Assignment TBA.
13 April Peer review session for research papers.
18 April No class today. I'll be in my office from 10-1 if you want to talk about your research paper, or if you want me to look at a draft.
20 April Research Presentations: Brooke Spivey, John McKinney, William Lynch, Amanda Scruggs, Billie Downing, Katie Cover.
25 April Research Presentations: Kristina Kada, Jasmine Wright, Anna Rizzo, Rachel Mirro, Brittany Wyman, Mister Lewis.
27 April Research Presentations: Clinton Crumpler, Lindsey Patton, Meagan Richardson, Mary Catherine Kelly.

Research papers due in my office (Grainger G06) or mailbox (Grainger, first floor) by 5 p.m. on Thursday, 29 April.
4 May (Wed.) FINAL EXAM (3-5:30 pm)