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English
Composition Provisional Assignments- Subject to Change &
Modification
Weeks
One & Two:
Topic :
Introduction to the Course and Thesis
Assignment Due
:
- 1)
Write a minimum one paragraph introduction of yourself
Reading Text:
PART I: READING AND
WRITING WELL
1. The Writing Process
Prewriting
Writing the First Draft
Revising
Editing and Proofreading
Writing an Expository Essay: A
Student Essay in Progress
*Jeffery Olesky,
Golf: A Character Builder (student essay)
2. From Reading to Writing
Getting the Most Out of Your
Reading
H. Allen
Smith, Claude Fetridge's Infuriating Law
Rachel
Carson, A Fable for Tomorrow
Using Your Reading in the
Writing Process
*Lisa V. Driver,
The Strong Arm of a Sixth Grade Teacher (student essay)
Zoe
Ockenga, The Excuse "Not To" (student essay)
*Susan
Francis, The Disgrace of Man (student essay)
Weeks
Three & Four:
Assignment Due
:
- 1) A minimum
one-paragraph answer to the following questions: What
is a thesis statement? Why is it important? What are
the characteristics of a good thesis statement? What
are the characteristics of a bad thesis statement?
Reading Text:
PART II: THE
ELEMENTS OF THE ESSAY
3. Thesis, P.67
Helen Keller, The Most
Important Day
James Lincoln Collier, Anxiety:
Challenge by Another Name
Witold Rybzynski, One Good
Turn: The Importance of Machine-Made Screws
4. Unity, P. 86
Sandra Cisneros, My Name
Gloria Naylor, The Meanings
of a Word
*Samuel H. Scudder, Learning to
See
5. Organization, P. 106
Cherokee Paul McDonald, A
View from the Bridge
Eudora Welty, The Corner
Store
*William Lutz, Doubt About
Doublespeak
6. Beginnings and Endings, P. 129
Michael T. Kaufman, Of
My Friend Hector and Achilles
Dick Gregory, Shame
Ruth Russell, The Wounds
that Can't Be Stitched Up
Carl T. Rowan, Unforgettable
Miss Bessie
ESSAY
ASSIGNMENT
Think about an important day
in your life. Using the thesis statement "The
most important day of my life was...," write an essay
in which you show the significance of that day by recounting
and explaining the events that took place as Keller does in
her essay.
Weeks
Five & Six:
Topic :
Run-ons, Commas Splices and Fragments
Reading Text:
7.
Paragraphs, P. 160
William Zinsser, Simplicity
*Pico Iyer, In Praise of the
Humble Comma
Mike Rose, "I Just
Wanna Be Average"
8. Transitions, P. 184
Steve Brody, How I Got
Smart
Russell Baker, Becoming a
Writer
*Pete Hamill, Band of Brothers:
Faces of Honor
9. Effective Sentences, P. 208
Annie Dillard, Hitting
Pay Dirt
Langston Hughes, Salvation
Caroline Hwang, The Good
Daughter
Martin Gansberg, 38 Who Saw
Murder Didn't Call the Police
Assignment Due:
1)
Choose one of the questions on and write a minimum one
paragraph response to "I Just Wanna Be Average,"
Weeks Seven
& Eight:
PART III: THE LANGUAGE OF
THE ESSAY, P. 237
10. Diction and Tone, P. 237
*Nedra Newkirk Lamar, Does
a Finger Fing?
David Raymond, On Being
17, Bright, and Unable to Read
*Sarah Vowell, Pop-A-Shot
*Judith Ortiz Cofer, And May
He Be Bilingual
11. Figurative Language, P. 265
Robert Ramirez, The
Barrio
*Gary Soto, The Jacket
George Orwell, A Hanging
Assignment Due:
- 1) Write a brief
essay in which you describe your neighborhood. P.
272
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2) Choose one of the questions on P. 285 and
write a coherent essay.
Weeks
Nine & Ten:
PART IV: TYPES OF ESSAYS, P. 289
12. Illustration
Barbara Huttmann, A
Crime of Compassion
Natalie Goldberg, Be
Specific
Richard Lederer, The
Case for Short Words
*Helen Keller, Three Days to
See
13. Narration
*Henry Louis Gates Jr.,
What's in a Name?
Roger Hoffman, The Dare
Maya Angelou, Momma, the
Dentist, and Me
Kate Chopin, The Story
of an Hour
14. Description
Gilbert Highet, Subway
Station
James Tuite, The Sounds
of the City
*David McCullough, I Love
Washington
*Thomas Friedman, My Favorite
Teacher
Assignment Due:
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1) Write a brief essay on question # 2 on . P. 328
2) More assignments will be
announced
- Weeks
Eleven & Twelve:
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- Web Assignment :
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- Read:
15. Process Analysis, P.
362
Garrison Keillor, How to Write a
Personal Letter
*Manny Howard, A Tricky Stick
*Janisse Ray, Built by Fire
Lars Eighner, On Dumpster Diving
16. Definition, P. 388
Isaac Asimov, Intelligence
*John Berendt, The Hoax
Ellen Goodman, The Company Man
17. Division and Classification, P. 404
Martin Luther King Jr., The Ways
of Meeting Oppression
*Bernard Cooper, The Fine Art of Sighing
Judith Viorst, Friends, Good
Friends--and Such Good Friends
Russell Baker, The Plot against People
- Assignment Due :
1) Write an argument essay with an
introduction with impact and three strong reasons agreeing or
disagreeing with this statement: "Violent pornography ought to be
banned."
- Week
Thirteen & Fourteen:
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- Assignment Due:
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- Reading Text:
18. Comparison and Contrast, P.
431
Mark Twain, Two Ways of Seeing
a River
*Rita Dove, Loose Ends
K. Connie Kang, A Battle of
Cultures
*Bruce Catton, Grant and Lee: A Study in
Contrasts
19. Cause and Effect, P. 457
Stephen King, Why We Crave
Horror Movies
*Rene Sanchez, Surfing's Up and Grades
are Down
*Judy Mandell, Sometimes Honesty Is the
Worst Policy
*Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Where Have All
the Parents Gone?
- 20. Argument, P. 487
*Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration
of Independence
Laura Rowley, As They Say, Drugs
Kill
*Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a
Dream
*Anna Quindlen, Uncle Sam and Aunt
Samantha
THE MERITS OF FAILURE
Mary Sherry, In Praise of the F
Word
William Zinsser, The Right to
Fail
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN HIGHER EDUCTION
*Lee C. Bollinger, Diversity is
Essential . . .
*Armstrong Williams, . . . But Not at
This Cost
- THE INFLUENCE OF THE MEDIA
Joanmarie Kalter, Exposing Media
Myths: TV Doesn't Affect You as Much as You Think
Barbara Kingsolver, Life Is
Precious, or It's Not
Pete Hamill, Crack and the Box
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