ENGL 201: Reading and Writing about Texts   Section B03
Summer, 2005  George Mason University

All of the information below is subject to change.

WEEK 1 
Tuesday, June 7  The Great Gatsby
Part 1: Introduction to course
Part 2: The Great Gatsby, chapter 1

Thursday, June 9  The Great Gatsby Chapters 1 and 2
The literal and the figurative

WEEK 2 
Tuesday, June 14  The Great Gatsby Chapters 3 and 4
Reading Response #1 due: Examining one figurative passage

Thursday, June 16  The Great Gatsby Chapter 5
Reading Response #2 due
Reading Response Response #1 due

WEEK 3 
Tuesday, June 21  The Great Gatsby Chapters 6 and 7
Reading Response #3 due
Reading Response Response #2 due

Thursday, June 23  The Great Gatsby Chapter 8
Reading Response Response #3 due

WEEK 4
Tuesday, June 28  The Great Gatsby Chapter 9
Part 1: Wrapping up Gatsby
Part 2: Prep for Gatsby exam

Thursday, June 30  The Great Gatsby
Exam: The Great Gatsby

WEEK 5 
Tuesday, July 5 NO CLASS

Thursday, July 7  Hamlet Act I
Part 1: Reading Shakespeare as performance and poetry
Part 2: Interpretation

WEEK 6
Tuesday, July 12  Hamlet Acts I and II
Reading Response #1 due

Thursday, July 14  Hamlet Act III
Reading Response #2 due
Reading Response Response #1 due

WEEK 7
Tuesday, July 19  Hamlet Act IV
Reading Response #3 due
Reading Response Response #2 due

Thursday, July 21  Hamlet Act V
Reading Response Response #3 due

WEEK 8
Tuesday, July 26   Hamlet entire
Part 1: Wrapping up Hamlet
Part 2: Prep for Hamlet exam

Tuesday, July 28  
Exam: Hamlet
Paper due