Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

September 13: 50 Essays: a Portable anthology: Malcolm X, “Learning to Read” pp. 281-290; David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day pp. 378-382; Frederick Douglass, “Learning to Read and Write” pp. 144-149; Mike Rose, “I Just Wanna Be Average” pp. 350-363 September 18: The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Evaluating the Draft: Using Peer Review pp. 430-432; Improving the Draft: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading pp. 432-435 Formal outline and First draft of first paper due Revise in class. September 20: Writing Conferences September 25: 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: Gloria Anzaldua, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” pp. 43-54; Richard Rodriquez, “Aria Memoir of a Bi Lingual Childhood” pp. 326-350; Amy Tan, “Mother Tongue” pp. 417-424 September 27: Final draft due Introduce second paper The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Chapter 7: Proposing a Solution pp.283-284; Analyzing Proposals pp. 285-290; Readings pp. 290-302 Select topics for Second paper The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Guide to Writing pp. 316-326 October 2: Topic selected Work on Thesis and scratch outline 50 Essays: a Portable anthology: Vicki Hearne, “What’s Wrong with Animal Rights” pp. 192- 202; Peter Singer, “Animal Liberation” pp. 384-399 October 4: Midterm Annotated Bibliography Due October 9: The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Writing a Draft: Invention, Research, Planning and Composing pp. 318-326 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: Plato, “Crito” pp. 310-325; Thomas Jefferson, “ The Declaration of Independence” pp. 211-219