Homework for May 7

Essay #4 is due.

Conferences will be taking place.

You should be working on your research paper and reading Zazie in the Metro.

Essay #4 Assignment

You will need to write an essay based on one of the following questions. Please note that the questions are all from the "Entering the Conversation" section.

#1 on 443
#3 on 447
#4 on 447
#1 on 479
or #3 on 485

Workshop will be on 5/5
Essay #4 will be due on 5/7

Welcome Back! Homework for 4/17/08

Read: Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" page 401
Gunier's "Tyranny of the Majority" page 412
The Onion "Bill of Rights Pared Down to a Manageable Six" page 444

Essay #3 due!

March 31

We're watching Breathless in preparation for our second in-class writing.

Bring a snack if you want one.

March 26 Homework

Essay #2 due. Don't forget to upload your paper to Turinitin.com. For directions on using turnitin.com see the March 5th post.

Re-read: Tannen's "Sex, Lies and ..."

Read:

Sloan's "Sleuthing Patriotic Slogans" page 323
Chabon's "Solitude and the Fortress of Youth." page 356
Earle's "In Praise of Woodie Guthrie" page 369

BTW, I'm in the Writing Center on Tuesdays from 9:45 to 10:45. The center is in A210.

March 24

Essay #2 workshop. Bring 5 copies of your essay. See blog for possible topics.

We will discuss Sex, lies and and conversation.

For Wednesday's Class and a Schedule Update

At next class you will get your first essay back. I will go over some examples to discuss what to do and not to do in your writing.

The second half of class will involve the beginning of our next section of readings: communication. Please read the following essays for next class:

Tan's "Mother Tongue" on 299
Tannen's "Sex, Lies, and Conversation" on 306.

Schedule Update:

Wednesday--Communication and examples

3/25/08 Workshop for Essay #2--see other entries in blog for assignment
3/27/08 Essay #2 due Readings for Communication
3/31/08 Movie--Breathless
4/2/08 In-class writing #2
4/14/08 Workshop Essay #3
4/16/08 Essay #3 due. Readings on Power

Essay #2 Assignment

Write an essay based on one of the following questions from our section on relationships:

Page 259 #1
Page 234 #3
Page 238 #5
Page 243 #4
Page 263 #5
Page 277 #1,2 or 4

All questions are from the Entering the Conversation section.

Homework for 3/12

It is time for a visual assignment.

We are watching a movie on Wednesday. Bring your critical skills, your visual skills and a snack (if desired) for the movie. You'll want to take notes. We will be doing an in-class writing about the film.

No reading! What a nice change of pace.

Homework for 3/10

Essay #1 due. You must use Turnitin.com before class and upload your paper.

Read: "Off Limits: Should Students Be Allowed to Hook Up with Professors?" on 255

"The Power of Marriage" on 260

"Why I Want a Wife" on 274.

Homework for 3/5

Read the following:

"Attila the Honey I'm Home" on 225

"Love Sick" on 235

"Sweet Chariot" on 239



Read quiz? Perhaps. Perhaps not.

Paper due on Monday 3/10

Homework for 3/3

Write an essay on one of the following questions from the "Entering the Conversations" sections:

#1 on 142

#1 or #2 on 147

#1 on 154

#3 on 178

#1 on 204

#3 on 213

or

#2 on 217


Type your essay. Double space it. Bring 5 copies



In addition read "Attila the Honey I'm home" on 225

Homework Feb. 25th 2008

Read:

"Taking Women Students Seriously" on page 197

"Salvation" on page 210

"Waterfall" on page 214.

Be prepared for a reading quiz.

Homework for Monday 2/25

We will discuss "Living Like Weasels" and "On Being Proved Wrong"

In addition, you should read "The Banking Concept of Education." This is a difficult read but worthy of a good class discussion.

Homework for Wednesday 2/20

Read:

Richard Wright's "The Library Card,"
Annie Dillard's "Living like Weasels," and
Susan Sawyer's "On Being Proved Wrong."

Expect a quiz. Bring your Scantron 882-E and a pencil. We will discuss these essays in class and start our preparations for the first essay.