Academic Calendar

Date Reading Assignment Writing Assignment

• Introduction
• Play selection
1/10 • Zinsser selections on electronic
reserve (check your UTD email for
the password and link)
1/17 • NO CLASS MLK Jr. Day
• Presentation 1
o Rebecca Sader: Greenblatt
Introduction
• 1 page exploration of possible
1/24 o Cole Jeffrey: Doty
research topics for final paper (5)
"Popularity"
• Richard II
• Bolker Chapter 1 (pp. 3-18)
• Presentation 2
o Sara Keeth: Ellinghausen,
"Shame"
1/31
o Erin Naler: Smith "King-
commoner"
• Henry IV Part 1
• Presentation 3
o Sally Hogue: Helgerson,
"Buck Basket" • Result of a 10-minute freewrite
o Jackie Smith: Freedman, according to Bolker's directions
2/7 "Chronology" (see pp. 40-44) (3)
o Joan Bernstein: Garber, • Statement of your daily writing
"Merry Wives" goal for the semester (2)
• Merry Wives of Windsor
• Bolker Chapter 3 (pp. 32-48)
• Library
• Craft of Research (on ereserve) Part
2/14
II: "Asking Questions, Finding
Answers" (pp. 29-101)
• Presentation 4
o Andrew McConnell: Bertram,
"Falstaff's Body" • Annotated Bibliography (4
2/21
o Casey Hines: Evans, items) (10)
"Rumor"
• Henry IV Part 2

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Date Reading Assignment Writing Assignment
• Presentation 5
o Sara Kazzi: Mead, "Chang'd"
o Stephanie Kirkbride: Baker, • Project Proposal (1000 words + 1
2/28
"Credit Risks" page bibliography) (15)
• Troilus and Cressida
• Bolker Chapter 4 (pp. 49-62)
• Presentation 6
o Erin Kelley: Hanson, "Law of
Nature"
3/7 • Zero Draft (10)
o Betsy Giron: Pierce, "Moral
Agent"
• Measure for Measure
• Presentation 7
o Lora Burnett: Williams,
"Papa"
3/14 o Chris Foltz: Womack, "Sea of • First Draft (10)
Stories"
• Pericles
• Bolker Chapter 8 (pp. 116-126)
3/21 • NO CLASS Spring Break
• Presentation 8
o Janet Fairfield: Langis,
"Inordinate"
3/28
o Stacy Chen: Ormsby, "Anti-
theatricalism"
• Coriolanus
• Presentation 9
o Teala Miller: Meek, • Revision Plan (1 page
"History" description of the method you
4/4
o Ruben Rosales: Lander, plan to use to revise your paper)
"Interpreting" (5)
• Cymbeline
• Presentation 10
o Brandon Blair: Orgel,
"Desire"
4/11 • Final Paper Due (15)
o Greg Ritchey: Iyengar,
"Moorish"
• The Two Noble Kinsmen
4/18 • Mini-conference 1
4/25 • Mini-conference 2
5/2 • Private Conference Appointments
5/9 REVISED FINAL PAPER DUE (25)

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