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| I. THEME: Shopping, WRITING SKILLS: Finding a Voice; Developing a Narrative | |
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| 1 | | | | Introductions - You and Writing
- Overview of Class
| | | | Assignment #1 - Letter to Me
- Rose. "Shopping as a Spiritual Adventure." (Handout)
- Johnson."Rolex." (Handout)
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| 2 | | | | Syllabus - Elements of the Essay: Voice and Sensibility
- Shopping as part of our lives
| | | | Assignment #2 - Gopnik. "The Winter Circus . . ."
- Begin Journals.
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| 3 | | | | Service Learning | | | | Assignment #3 | |
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| 4 | | | | Workshop: Essay I - Introduce Research Project
| | | | Assignment #4 - Brubach. "Mail-Order America."
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| II. THEME: Advertising, WRITING SKILLS: Analysis; Forming a Thesis | |
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| 5 | | | | Return drafts and discuss - The Secret Life of Words (Word Power)
- Discuss "Mail-Order America"
- Advertising and Manipulation
| | | | Assignment #5 - Revise Essay I
- Gladwell. "The Science of Shopping." (On line)
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| 6 | | | | Techniques of Persuasion - Reading values in Texts and Pictures
| | | | Assignment #6 - Rushkoff. "They Say."
- Gladwell. "Listening to Khakis." (On line)
- Bring Ads to Class for Essay II
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| 7 | | | | "They Say" and "Listening to Khakis"; Evidence and Argument | | | | Assignment #7 | |
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| 8 | | | | Workshop: Essay II | | | | Assignment #8 - Jarrell. "A Sad Heart at the Supermarket."
- * Proposal for Research Project
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| III. THEME: Critiquing Consumer Culture, WRITING SKILLS: Engaging in Conversation with Other Writers--Representing Their Ideas Accurately; Connecting Writers' Ideas; Critiquing Writers' Ideas | |
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| 9 | | | | Return Drafts and Discuss; Work on Essay II | | | | Assignment #9 - Revise Essay II; Catch up with Journals
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| 10 | | | | Video: Merchants of Cool | | | | Assignment #10 - Annotated Bibliography for Research Project
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| 11 | | | | Discuss Research Essay Topics & Sources | | | | Assignment #11 - Schor. Intro. to The Overspent American
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| 12 | | | | Critiquing Consumer Culture: The Overspent American | | | | Assignment #12 - Twitchell. "Two Cheers for Materialism."
- Cross. "Irony of the Century."
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| 13 | | | | Discuss "Two Cheers" and "Irony" | | | | Assignment #13 - Research
- Singer. "The Singer Solution."
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| 14 | | | | Critiquing Consumer Culture: The Claims of the Poor | | | | Assignment #14 - Berry. "Getting Along with Nature."
- Berry. "Back to the Land."
- Research
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| 15 | | | | Critiquing Consumer Culture: The Claims of the Environment | | | | Assignment #15 - Bring notes for Essay III to class
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| 16 | | | | Discuss Singer's Solution - Pre-Writing for Research Essays
| | | | Assignment #16 - Essay III
- Bring sentences to work on to class
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| 17 | | | | Introduce Essay IV - Clinic: Polishing Sentences
| | | | Assignment #17 - Respond to your group's Research Essays
- Klein, Excerpt from No Logo
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| 18 | | | | Workshop: Essay III | | | | Assignment #18 | |
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| 19 | | | | Return Drafts of Essay III and discuss | | | | Assignment #19 | |
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| 20 | | | | Work on Essay IV | | | | Assignment #20 | |
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| 21 | | | | Workshop: First Part of Essay IV | | | | Assignment #21 - Write last 2 letters for Essay IV
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| 22 | | | | Revision Concerns? - Workshop: Essay IV and hand in to me
| | | | Assignment #22 - Prepare Oral Presentation
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| 23 | | | | Pointers for Oral Presentations | | | | Assignment #23 | |
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| 24 | | | | Oral Presentations | | | | Assignment #24 | |
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| 25 | | | | Oral Presentations | | | | Assignment #25 - Revise Essay IV; Prepare Portfolios
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