English I
#1787 and #1814, LA 220
Fall 2009
Assignments and Activities
Week Assignments
1 Introduction to Course
9/1, 3 WFS pp. 21-34 Thesis Statements
WFS pp. 34-55 Evidence, Inference, and Logic
2 LS p. 40 “Black Men and Public Space”
9/8, 10 LS p. 50 “My Secret Shrimp”
LS p. 55 “What Is a Homosexual?”
Summary #1 “What Is a Homosexual?”
WFS Chapter 2 Summarizing Sources
3 WFS Chapters 3 and 4 Quoting and Paraphrasing
9/15, 17 WFS Chapter 6 The Multi-Source Essay
--analyzing, synthesizing, and organizing
--citing sources
--assignment 9 p. 295
4 LS p. 200 “Mother Tongue”
9/22, 24 LS p. 258 “Graduation”
LS p. 269 “The Misery of Silence”
LS p. 282 “Public and Private Languages”
5 Library Orientation
9/29, 10/1 Essay #1
6 WFS Chapter 7 Finding Sources
10/6,8 WFS Chapter 8 Evaluating Sources
7 LS p. 332 “This Pen for Hire”
10/13, 15 LS p. 372 “Women Warriors”
Summary #2 “Women Warriors”
LS p. 317 Forum: Work and Power
Essay #2—In Class
8 WFS Chapter 9 Writing the Research Essay
10/20,22 --note taking
--outlining
--exercise 3, pp. 429-435
--topics for research
9 WFS Chapter 9
10/27, 29 Writing the Research Paper
--integrating sources
Reading and discussing sample research essays
Preliminary Bibliography for research due Thursday, Oct. 29
10 LS p. 410 “Two Cheers for Materialism”
11/3, 5 Summary #3 “Two Cheers for Materialism”
LS p. 415 “Mail Order America”
LS p. 427 “On Dumpster Diving”
LS p. 444 “The Lesson”
11 Essay #3—In Class
11/10, 13 WFS Chapter 10 Documentation
--plagiarism
--citing sources
WFS Chapter 12 MLA Style
Outline for research due Thursday Nov. 13
12 LS p. 467 “Watch and Learn”
11/17, 19 Summary #4 “Watch and Learn”
LS p. 472 “Animation Nation”
LS p. 489 “Wasteland of One’s Own”
LS p. 508 “Letter from a War Zone”
13 Essay #4—In Class
11/24 Thursday, November 26 Thanksgiving Holiday
14 LS p. 525 “We Do Abortions Here”
12/1, 3 LS p. 533 “Calculated Risks”
LS p. 549 “Our Brutality to Animals”
Oral Presentations
Research Papers Due Thursday, December 3
15 LS p. 356 “Steroids and Sports”
12/8, 10 LS p. 574 “The Moral Repugnance of Cloning”
Summary #5 “The Moral Repugnance of Cloning”
LS p. 580 Forum: Guns and Aims
Oral Presentations
FINAL EXAM: #1787 Tuesday, December 15, 8:00-11:00 am
#1814 Thursday, December 17, 8:00-11:00 am