Due dates for tests, quizzes, reading assignments, essays and oral presentations will rarely be announced in class. This calendar will keep students aware of all assignment due dates. The dates on this calendar have been carefully thought out in order to help students budget their time and balance the demands of this course with the demands of other courses, extra-curricular activities, work, and personal commitments. Because this calendar has been carefully planned, it is unlikely to change. The rare changes that are necessary will be announced in class. All students--even those absent on the day of an announcement--are responsible for being aware of changes in the course calendar. It is therefore advised that students exchange e-mail addresses or telphone numbers in the event that they are absent from class. As always, when special emergencies arise, there will be some flexibility in due dates provided students communicate their needs to the teacher in a timely and reasonable manner.
First Semester
September
11 to October 27: Oral Reports on Le
Morte D'Arthur will be due at various points
throughout the unit on Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
14: In-class reading exam: pages 21-69 of Le Morte D'Arthur
18: In-class essay exam: pages 21-69 of Le Morte D'Arthur
22: In-class reading exam: pages 359-387 of Le Morte d'Arthur
28: In-class reading exam: pages 387-431 of Le Morte d'Arthur
October
2: In-class essay exam: pages 358-431 of Le Morte d' Arthur
12: In-class reading exam: pages 432-471 of Le Morte d'Arthur
16: In-class essay exam: pages 432-471 of Le Morte d'Arthur
20: In-class reading exam: pages 472-507 of Le Morte d'Arthur
27: Final in-class essay exam on Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur
November
3-6: In-class reading quiz: Aaron
Copland's "The Creative Process in Music"
(textbook pages 515-520)
10: In-class essay exam: expository essay on Aaron Copland's "The Creative Process in Music"
20-21: In-class reading quiz: Bei Dao's "The Homecoming Stranger" (textbook pages 190-202)
December
8: In-class essay exam: expository essay on Bei Dao's "The Homecoming Stranger" (outlines due)
8: In-class reading quiz: Doris Lessing's "Through the Tunnel" (textbook pages 147-153)
20: In-class essay exam: narrative essay on "Through the Tunnel" (outlines due)
January
3-12: Final Exam Week: reading and writing tests based on
Annie
Dillard's "Flood"
(textbook pages 473-478)
Second Semester
January
16: Topic Proposals for Research Papers Due
19: Topics Finalized
22: In-class source check
24: First set of typed notes due
26: Second set of typed notes due
31: Third set of typed notes due
February
2: Fourth set of typed notes due
7: Fifth set of typed notes due
16: Typed outlines due
21: Penultimate draft of paragraphs 1 & 2 due
23: Penultimate draft of paragraphs 3 & 4 due
28: Penultimate draft of paragraphs 5 & 6 due
March
2: Penultimate draft of paragraphs 7 & 8 due
7: Penultimate draft of paragraphs 9 & 10 due
16: Final Research Papers Due: all penultimate drafts with
teacher marks must be submitted
with final papers
23: In-class essay exam: expository essay on William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
April
2-13: Speech #1
17-30: Speech #2
May
1-16: Speech #3
17-31: Speech #4
June
1-5: Final Exam TBA