Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

November 8: Research notes due Review outlines and first draft 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: Eric Liu, “Notes of a Native Speaker” pp. 251-266; Bharati Mukherjee, “Two Ways to Belong in America” pp. 298-301 November 13: The St Martin’s Guide to Writing : Evaluating the Draft: Using Peer Review; Improving the Draft: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading pp. 274-280 Revise in Class First draft due November 15: Writing Conferences November 20: William Cronon , “ The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature” http://www.williamcronon.net/writing/Trouble_with_Wilderness_Main.html November 27: Final Draft of paper 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: N. Scott Momaday, “The Way to Rainy Mountain” pp. 291- 297 November 29: 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: Jonathan Swift “A Modest Proposal” pp. 408-416; George Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant” pp. 302-309; Edward Said, “Clashing Civilizations” pp. 365-368 December 4: 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology: Barbara Lazear Ascher, “On compassion” pp. 56-58;Barbara Ehrenreich, “Serving in Florida” pp. 151-160; Lars Eighner, “On Dumpster Diving” pp. 161- 173; Nancy Mairs, “On Being a Cripple” pp. 267-279 December 6: Final Examination