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