American Lit 245 FALL QUARTER 2004 October 15, 2004

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
20 September Fall Quarter Begins Intro and Syllabus	21 Starter Kit Discussion	22 Starter Kit Discussion	23 pp. 1-9 Verrazzanno, pp. 10-16; Cabeza de Vaca, pp. 17-26	24 John Smith, pp. 32-45; Prep Writing Assignment #1 due
27 Computer Lab Orientation—1220G	28 William Bradford, pp. 46-61; Thomas Morton, pp. 62-69 Prep Writing Assignment #2 due	29 Anne Bradstreet, pp. 84-86; selected poems; Meditations, pp. 104-107; Puritanism, pp. 109-111. Mary Rowlandson, pp. 125-137	30 Rowlandson, pp. 137-149. Prep Writing Assignment #3 due	1 October Samuel Sewall pp. 150-161
4 Computer Lab—Prep Writing help—individual conferences. See me in my office—211T	5 John Woolman pp. 239-253 Prep Writing Assignment #4 due	6 Jonathan Edwards, pp. 290-291; read pp. 309-318; then skim “Sinners. . . ,” pp. 298-309	7 Benjamin Franklin, pp. 318-320; pp. pp. 342-345; Letters 365, 369; Speech pp. 370-371	8 Thomas Paine, pp. 371-373; Browse pp. 374-388; Read pp. 388-395
11 Reading Day	12 Thomas Jefferson pp. 412-416; The Federalist p. 443, pp. 446-451 on factions. Prep Writing Assignment #5 due	13 No Class—create review questions for tomorrow’s review	14 Review	15 Experience #1 Beginnings through Jefferson (100 points)
18 The Native American Heritage--pp. 533-551 Prep Writing Assignment #6 due How to Study a Poem	19 Introduction to Poetry Romanticism Bryant—pp.817-818 Poems that begin on p.819, 821, 822, 823 (top), 826 (bottom), 829 (top), 836.	20 Continue Bryant and his poetry	21 A Primer on Poetic Feet Paraphrasing advice and practice	22 Transcendentalism, pp. 877-878; Emerson, pp. 879-880; poems 986, 988 center, 992 top, 994 center, 994 bottom, 1000
25 Margaret Fuller, 1008-1019 Prep Writing Assignment #7 is due at the beginning of class	26 Thoreau, 1020-1022; Essay pp. 1202-1215	27 Open	28 Poe, pp.1228-1230; Poems 1233 bottom; 1234 bottom; 1241 center; 1241 bottom; 1251 bottom	29 Introduction to Fiction fiction terms Short Stories beginning on pages 1262 and 1275
More Poe: Continue short Stories beginning on pages 1262 and 1275	2 November Poe story beginning on p.1291 (1297) Prep Writing Assignment #8 is due at the beginning of class	3 Hawthorne, pp. 1303-1305 Story 1318-1326 Young Goodman Brown	4 Hawthorne story 1332-1340 Prep Writing Assignment #9 is due at the beginning of class	5 Hawthorne story The Birthmark, 1347-1357 and review for Experience #2
8 Experience #2	9 Begin Melville 1524-26; Bartleby the Scrivener, pp. 1533-1557	10 Finish Melville 1524-26; Bartleby the Scrivener, pp. 1533-1557	11 Holiday	12 Faculty Work Day
15 pp. 1675-1680 Longfellow 1681-1683 Poems 1683; 1686; middle poem 1721; bottom poem 1721; 1722	16 Whittier 1722-1724; Poems top of 1729, Lines 1-50 of Snow-Bound 1735-6; Holmes 1755-6; Poems 1757,1758, bottom of 1760 Prep-Writing Assignment #10 due at the beginning of class	17 Lincoln 1761-1774	18 Fanny Fern, pp. 1774-1780	19 Equiano 427-436; Wheatley 437, Poem On Being Brought … 439
22 Stowe 1780-1800 Prep-Writing Assignment #11 due at the beginning of class	23 Jacobs 1807-1821	24 Nonscheduled day—no classes; not a faculty work day; staff/admin only	25 Holiday	26 Holiday
29 Douglass 1821-1834	30 Whitman 1913-1916; Chapters 1,2,3,4,5,50,51,52 of Song of Myself (1930-1968) Out of—1969; Once I—1969; I Saw--1970	1 December Whitman, poems When I Heard—1983;The Dalliance—1983; Look Down—1988; This Compost—1996; A Noiseless—2013 Prep Writing Assignment #12	2 Best and the Worst day—Review for Experience #3	3 open/Experience #3
6 open/Experience #3	7 No regularly scheduled classes; faculty work day	8 FINALS	9 FINALS	10 FINALS
13 Faculty work day	14 Faculty work day	15	16	17