Composition I Calendar
FALL 2023 ▪ ONLINE ▪ LOIBNER-WAITKUS
WEEK ONE—AUGUST 21-26 • Welcome to the Class • Complete the Course Agreement • Purchase Your (Digital) Textbook WEEK TWO—AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 2 • Introduction to Writing a Narrative Essay • Reading Response #1 Due: “Living Like Weasels” by Annie Dillard WEEK THREE—SEPTEMBER 3-9 • Comma Commandments • Reading Response #2 Due: “Sanctuary of School” by Lynda Barry WEEK FOUR—SEPTEMBER 10-16 • Common Usage Problems • Reading Response #3 Due: “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston WEEK FIVE—SEPTEMBER 17-23 • Reading Response #4 Due: “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan WEEK SIX—SEPTEMBER 24-30 • ESSAY #1 (NARRATIVE) DUE WEEK SEVEN—OCTOBER 1-7 • Introduction to Writing an Analytic Essay • Reading Response #5 Due: “Us and Them” by David Sedaris WEEK EIGHT—OCTOBER 8-14 • Reading Response #6 Due: “Advertisements R Us” by Melissa Rubin WEEK NINE—OCTOBER 15-21 • Reading Response #7 Due: “Just How Dishonest Are Most Students” by Christian B. Miller WEEK TEN—OCTOBER 22-28 • ESSAY #3 (ANALYTIC) DUE WEEK ELEVEN—OCTOBER 20-NOVEMBER 4 • Introduction to Essay #3 • Reading Response #8 Due: “Come Look at the Freaks: Examining and Advocating for Disability Theatre” by Brianna Schunk