Course Schedule

COURSE SCHEDULE*


*All reading is due on the date on which it is listed. Schedule subject to change with notice so please check this blog regularly. You are always encouraged to read ahead.


Week One


Th 9/6 Course Introductions


Week Two


Tu 9/11  Cinderella *Syllabus Quiz Day  
Due Today, 9/11: Introduction to Cinderella p. 101 in Classic Fairy Tales; Yeh-hsien p. 107, Donkeyskin by Perrault p. 109, Cinderella by Grimms p. 117; Catskin by Jacobs p. 122
*make sure you read the entirety of each story


Th  9/13  Little Red Riding Hood Due Today: Introduction to Little Red Riding Hood p. 3; The Story of Grandmother p. 10; Little Red Riding Hood p. 11; Little Red Cap p. 13 in Norton Critical; The Company of Wolves in The Bloody Chamber


Week Three
Tu 9/18 MLA formatting day
Th 9/20 Beauty & The Beast; Essay #1 Introduction; Essay #1 Rough Draft prep
Due Today: Introduction to Beauty & the Beast p. 25 in Norton Critical, Beauty & The Beast p. 32 in Norton Critical; The Tiger's Bride in The Bloody Chamber
Week Four
Tu 9/25   Library session
Meet at library instructional lab downstairs instead of classroom


Th 9/27  No Class

Week Five
Tu 10/2 Hansel and Gretel
Due Today: Hansel and Gretel p. 184; The Juniper Tree p. 190; The Brother and the Bird (click here for online link)


Th 10/4 Rough Draft Workshop 
Due Today: bring two physical copies of your rough draft to class for workshop


Week Six


Tu  10/9  Bluebeard
Due Today: read The Bloody Chamber in The Bloody Chamber


Th 10/11 Men Against Fire
Essay #1 Final Draft Due via Moodle only by Tuesday 10/16 at the beginning of class
*Please note that you must also complete your Frankenstein reading for Tuesday as well so pace yourself


Week Seven


Tu 10/16 Monster Thesis 1-2; Frankenstein
Due Today: read Frankenstein p. 19-104


Th 10/18 Frankenstein; Monster Thesis 3-4
Due Today: read Frankenstein p. 104-189


Week Eight


Tu 10/23  One Punch Man
Th 10/25 Instead of attending class, please attend the Frankenstein play by the Theater Dept.
*Important note: the play runs Oct. 25 (Thursday) through Oct. 28th. It’s free on opening night for students, and after that it costs $5 to attend. Please attend one of the nights of the play. To verify that you attended, I will have your Writing Associates attend the play each night to take attendance at the beginning of the play and at the end, and will require you to turn in a ticket stub that corresponds to that night.
Week Nine
Tu 10/30  Frankenstein; Debate; prep for in-class essay    
Due Today: debate preparations, you should be finished reading Frankenstein


Th 11/1 In-Class Essay Preparations; Frankenstein


Week Ten
Tu 11/6 Essay #2 In-Class


Th 11/8  I Am Legend; Monster Thesis 6 & 7; Introduce Project #3
Due Today: read up to page 68 in I Am Legend

Week Eleven


Tu 11/13 Workshop for Essay/Project #3 (1/2 class session); I Am Legend
Due Today: Bring two copies typed for workshop; read I Am Legend to page 115
Th 11/15  I Am Legend
Due Today: finish I Am Legend


Week Twelve
Tu 11/20 Bloodchild
Due Today: read Octavia Butler's Bloodchild (click through to online story)


Th 11/22 Thanksgiving break
*Work on final project
Week Thirteen
Tu 11/27 Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
Due Today: read Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates


Th 11/29 Presentations of Project #3


Week Fourteen
Tu 12/4 Presentations; evals
Th 12/6 Presentations


Week Fifteen (Finals Week)


NO CLASS--Good luck with your final exams!

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