Spring Syllabus -- Writing & Grammar

	Writing		Grammar
	Assignment Due this Week	Writing Discussion	Discussion & Assignment
Week 1 1/17		Levels of thinking	Mastering the comma
Week 2 1/25	Problem/Solution OR Cause/Effect Pre-Write	Word choices; transition words	Mastering the comma
Week 3 1/31	Problem/Solution OR Cause/Effect Rough Draft	Introduction/ conclusion strategies	Mastering the comma
Week 4 2/7		Paragraph organization	Mastering the comma
Week 5 2/14	Problem/Solution OR Cause/Effect Final Copy	Subjective/objective points of view; audience appeal	Building better sentences
Week 6 2/21	Evaluation Essay Pre-Write	Revision strategies, part1	Building better sentences
Week 7 3/6	Evaluation Essay Rough Draft	Revision strategies, part 2	Building better sentences
2/28
Week 8 3/13		Logical thinking, part 1	Common usage errors
Week 9 3/20	Evaluation Essay Final Copy	Logical thinking, part 2	Common usage errors
Week 10 3/27	Argument Essay Pre-Write	Developing your own style, part 1	Common usage errors
4/3
Week 11 4/10	Argument Essay Rough Draft	Developing your own style, part 1	Review
Week 12 4/17		Research & plagiarism; primary & secondary sources	Review
Week 13 4/24	Argument Essay Final Copy		Review
Week 14 5/1	Re-Write #1		Review
Week 15 5/8

Spring Syllabus -- Writing & Grammar

	Writing		Grammar
	Assignment Due this Week	Writing Discussion	Discussion & Assignment
Week 1 1/17		Levels of thinking	Mastering the comma
Week 2 1/25	Problem/Solution OR Cause/Effect Pre-Write	Word choices; transition words	Mastering the comma
Week 3 1/31	Problem/Solution OR Cause/Effect Rough Draft	Introduction/ conclusion strategies	Mastering the comma
Week 4 2/7		Paragraph organization	Mastering the comma
Week 5 2/14	Problem/Solution OR Cause/Effect Final Copy	Subjective/objective points of view; audience appeal	Building better sentences
Week 6 2/21	Evaluation Essay Pre-Write	Revision strategies, part1	Building better sentences
Week 7 3/6	Evaluation Essay Rough Draft	Revision strategies, part 2	Building better sentences
2/28
Week 8 3/13		Logical thinking, part 1	Common usage errors
Week 9 3/20	Evaluation Essay Final Copy	Logical thinking, part 2	Common usage errors
Week 10 3/27	Argument Essay Pre-Write	Developing your own style, part 1	Common usage errors
4/3
Week 11 4/10	Argument Essay Rough Draft	Developing your own style, part 1	Review
Week 12 4/17		Research & plagiarism; primary & secondary sources	Review
Week 13 4/24	Argument Essay Final Copy		Review
Week 14 5/1	Re-Write #1		Review
Week 15 5/8

Spring Syllabus -- Literture

	Literature
	Reading Assignment Due this Week	Assignment Due this Week
Week 1 1/17	Introduction to Short Stories
Week 2 1/25	Holmes:  “A Scandal in Bohemia” & “The Red-Headed League”
Week 3 1/31	Holmes: “The Five Orange Pips” & “The Blue Carbuncle”
Week 4 2/7	Holmes:  “The Noble Bachelor” & “The Copper Beeches"
Week 5 2/14	Pushkin (p. 162); Tosltoy (p. 169); Chekhov (p. 26)	Short Story Worksheet for each story
Week 6 2/21	Dickens (p. 45); Wilde (p. 189); Kipling (p.101); Munro (p. 140)	Short Story Worksheet for each story
Week 7 3/6	Hawthorne (p. 73); Bierce (p. 10); Poe (p. 156)	Short Story Worksheet for each story
2/28
Week 8 3/13	Harte (p. 64); Twain (p. 175) Jewett (p. 87); Crane (p. 34)	Short Story Worksheet for each story
Week 9 3/20	Chopin (p. 30); London (p. 122); Mansfield (p. 130); Gilman (p. 50)	Short Story Worksheet for each story
Week 10 3/27	Pirandello (p. 149); de Maupassant (p. 134); Henry  (extra handout)	Short Story Worksheet for each story
4/3
Week 11 4/10	Larsen (p. 110); Anderson (p. 1); Hardy (p. 56)	Short Story Worksheet for each story
Week 12 4/17	Bradstreet (p. 1); Wheatley (p. 1); Holmes (p. 21); Emerson (p. 4, 5); Longfellow (p. 6 – 10)	Poetry worksheet for 3 of the poets.
Week 13 4/24	Whitman (p. 22 – 26); Dickinson (p. 29 – 32); Wilcox (p. 33); Thayer (p. 34; Dunbar (p. 41 – 43)	Poetry worksheet for 3 of the poets. Presentation of poetry recitations.
Week 14 5/1	Frost (p. 44 – 50); Sandburg (p.53 – 54); Williams (p. 60 – 61); Teasdale (p. 62); Hughes  (p. 75 – 78)	Poetry worksheet for 3 of the poets. Presentation of poetry recitations.
Week 15 5/8	Final Exam