Week Twelve:
Mon 11/4 (S): Coates, pp. 129-end, pp. 152 (20 pages)
brief writing assignment (essay prep) here
Tu 11/5 (S): Continue essay prep on your own
W 11/6 (Block E) or Thur 11/7 (Block D)--L: In-class essay on Coates (please note in-class essay has been pushed back 2 days)
Fri 11/8--S: Start The Glass Castle, pp. 3-28 (25 pages)
Week Thirteen
Mon 11/11--S: Read The Glass Castle, pp. 29-53 (24 pages)
Be ready to tell me which essay you'd like graded and commented upon (Dostoyevsky or Coates)
Tuesday 11/12--
On turnitin.com, please post the essay you've chosen and, at the bottom of the essay, include the following:
Why did you choose this essay?
How was the time (just right, finished early, could have used a little more)?
Any questions for me?
Weds 11/13--L: Read The Glass Castle, pp. 54-80
Come up with five new possible opening lines for your personal essay
Please post them here on Canvas
Thurs 11/14 (Block E) or Fri 11/15 (Block D): L Read The Glass Castle, pp. 81-105
Note: I've moved the writing assignment to Monday.
Week Fourteen
Mon 11/18--S: Read The Glass Castle, pp. 106-135
Writing assignment here on Canvas
Tues 11/19--S: Read The Glass Castle, pp. 136-163
Weds 11/20 (Block E) or Thurs 11/21 (Block D)--L: Read The Glass Castle, pp. 164-188
Fri 11/22--S: Read The Glass Castle, pp. 189-213
Writing assignment on setting (link active for both blocks)
Week Fifteen
Mon 11/25--S: Read The Glass Castle, pp. 214-238
Tues 11/26--S: Read The Glass Castle, pp. 239-268
Canvas assignment on descriptions of people posted here
Thurs 11/28--THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!
Fri 11/29--THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!
Week Sixteen
Mon 12/2--S:Writing workshop (no homework)
Weds 12/4--L: Finish The Glass Castle, pp. 269-288
Canvas assignment to be postponed till Thurs/Friday (those who are handing in their papers on Thurs/Friday are exempt from this assignment)
Thurs 12/5 (Block E) or Fri 12/6 (Block D)--L: Revision of personal essay due (but extensions are possible)
Click on the following for: Directions for Revision of Personal Essay
For those of you not handing in your essay, please do the following: