You are responsible for knowing all announced changes to this schedule,
even if you are absent when they are announced!
revised Mon 12 Oct
Week 1: Introductions, summer reading
Mon 17 Aug: Introductions, syllabus, etc.
Tue 18 Aug: Discuss writing and academic goals.
Wed 19 Aug: Discuss Same Kind of Different as Me.
Thu 20 Aug: Discuss The Book Thief.
Fri 21 Aug: Introduction letter and syllabus slip due. Quiz: The Book Thief.
Week 2: Narration
Mon 24 Aug: Preview vocab 1. Review five-paragraph essay format and begin discussing narration in Patterns.
Tue 25 Aug: Computer lab: Cascia email and turnitin.com. Time permitting, begin reading in Patterns.
Wed 26 Aug: Vocab 1 extra credit due. Discuss “Only Daughter” (Patterns 84) and “Finishing School” (Patterns 89).
Thu 27 Aug: Discuss “Shooting an Elephant” (Patterns 117).
Fri 28 Aug: Vocab quiz 1. HW: Brainstorm at least three stories or memories from your childhood that reflect a character trait you still possess today.
Week 3: Narration
Mon 31 Aug: Begin drafting narrative essay: Story/Memory.
Tue 1 Sep: Discuss “My Mother Never Worked” (Patterns 96) and “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder” (Patterns 101).
Wed 2 Sep: Continue drafting narrative essay: Story/MemoryàEssay.
Thu 3 Sep: Computer lab: Type narrative essay draft.
Fri 4 Sep: Timed write 1.
Week 4: The Catcher in the Rye
Mon 7 Sep: No classes: Labor Day.
Tue 8 Sep: Rough draft of narrative essay due (hard copy and turnitin.com). Preview vocab 2. Intro to Catcher.
Wed 9 Sep: Vocab 2 extra credit due. Time to read Catcher.
Thu 10 Sep: Watch video on J. D. Salinger.
Fri 11 Sep: Vocab quiz 2. Discuss Catcher 1-52.
Week 5: The Catcher in the Rye, narration
Mon 14 Sep: Preview vocab 3. Continue discussing Catcher 1-52 or time to read Catcher.
Tue 15 Sep: Discuss Catcher 53-122.
Wed 16 Sep: Vocab 3 extra credit due. Computer lab: Revise narrative essay drafts.
Thu 17 Sep: Discuss Catcher 122-74.
Fri 18 Sep: Vocab quiz 3. Review for exam.
Week 6: The Catcher in the Rye
Mon 21 Sep: Final draft of narrative essay due (turnitin.com). Exam: Catcher 1-113. Discuss Catcher project.
Tue 22 Sep: Preview vocab 4. Discuss Catcher 113-34.
Wed 23 Sep: Vocab 4 extra credit due. Discuss Catcher 135-49.
Thu 24 Sep: Read or work on Catcher project.
Fri 25 Sep: Vocab quiz 4. Read or work on Catcher project.
Week 7: The Catcher in the Rye
Mon 28 Sep: Discuss Catcher 149-214.
Tue 29 Sep: Present Catcher project.
Wed 30 Sep: Present Catcher project.
Thu 1 Oct: Vocab workshop.
Fri 2 Oct: Observation/Description exercise.
Week 8: Description
Mon 5 Oct: Read and discuss Patterns 135-50 ("Description").
Tue 6 Oct: Discuss Patterns 151-61 ("Girls in Front of 9/11 Mural," "Words Left Unspoken," and "Ground Zero")
Wed 7 Oct: Discuss Patterns 169-80 ("The Way to Rainy Mountain" and "Once More to the Lake").
Thu 8 Oct: Description exercise (long DWJW).
Fri 9 Oct: Timed write review. HW: Find a piece of descriptive writing that you think is particularly good or particularly bad. Either email it to me by 8:00 a.m. Monday or bring it to class. Be prepared to discuss it.
Week 9:
Mon 12 Oct: Discuss homework assignment. HW: Write at least one descriptive essay assignment.
Tue 13 Oct: DWJW due. Discuss homework assignment.
Wed 14 Oct: No classes: PSAT.
Thu 15 Oct: No classes: Faculty in-service.
Fri 16 Oct: No classes: Faculty in-service.
Homework for fall break: Purchase
Lord of the Flies (see
General Info for ISBN).