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Introduction |
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Mairs, Nancy. "On Being a Scientific Booby," and John Muir, "3 Short Pieces." In Writing Nature.
Levi, Primo. "Carbon." In The Periodic Table. |
Mairs, Nancy. "On Being a Scientific Booby," and John Muir, "3 Short Pieces." In Writing Nature. pp. 230-235 and 29-32.
 Levi, Primo. "Carbon." In The Periodic Table. New York, NY: Schocken Books, 1995. ISBN: 9780805210415. |
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Writing Worth Reading. pp. 66-68 and 193-194.
Lopez, Barry. "Gone Back into the Earth." In Crossing Open Ground.
Leopold, Aldo. "Thinking Like a Mountain." In Sand County Almanac.
Sample Student Narrative Essays |
Writing Worth Reading. pp. 66-68 and 193-194.
Lopez, Barry. "Gone Back into the Earth." In Crossing Open Ground. New York, NY: Scribner, 1988. ISBN: 9780684188171.
Leopold, Aldo. "Thinking Like a Mountain." In Sand County Almanac. New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1986, c.1949, pp. 129-133. ISBN: 9780345345059.
Sample Student Narrative Essays:
(PDF) (Courtesy of Helana Kadyszewski. Used with permission.)
(PDF) (Courtesy of Mike Wongchaowart. Used with permission.)
(PDF) (Courtesy of Noel Davis. Used with permission.) |
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Thoreau, Henry David. "Brute Neighbors," and Lewis Thomas, "Ponds." In Writing Nature.
LeGuin, Ursula. "A Very Warm Mountain." In Writing Nature. |
Thoreau, Henry David. "Brute Neighbors," Lewis Thomas, "Ponds," and Ursula LeGuin, "A Very Warm Mountain." In Writing Nature. pp. 93-111 and 117-129. |
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"Rhetoric: Writing About Personal Experience," David Quammen, "The Face of a Spider," and Alice Walker, "Am I Blue?" In Writing Nature. |
"Rhetoric: Writing About Personal Experience," David Quammen, "The Face of a Spider," and Alice Walker, "Am I Blue?" In Writing Nature. pp. 193-204 and 235-247. |
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"Developing the Paragraph." In Writing Nature. |
"Developing the Paragraph." In Writing Nature. pp. 142-145. |
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"Case Study: A Student's Personal Essay." In Writing Worth Reading.
In class: Essay Workshop |
"Case Study: A Student's Personal Essay." In Writing Worth Reading. pp. 106-113. |
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In class: "Cadillac Desert." (Video) |
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"Arguing." In Writing Nature and Selections from Conflicts of Interest. |
"Arguing." In Writing Nature. pp. 487-516.
Selections from Conflicts of Interest. pp. 528-540. |
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Ward, Diane Raines. "Sweet Water." In Water Wars.
Stegner, Wallace. "Glen Canyon Submersus." In The Sound of Mountain Water.
McPhee, John. Excerpt from Encounter with the Archdruid.
In class: "Cadillac Desert." (Video) |
Ward, Diane Raines. "Sweet Water." In Water Wars. New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 2003. ISBN: 9781573229951.
Stegner, Wallace. "Glen Canyon Submersus." In The Sound of Mountain Water. Doubleday, 1969, pp. 121-136. ISBN: 9780385071383.
McPhee, John. Excerpt from Encounter with the Archdruid. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. ISBN: 9780374514310. |
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Opposing Points of View on Specific Water Conflict
Writing Worth Reading. pp. 428-430.
In class: Exercise Workshop |
Opposing Points of View on Specific Water Conflict
Writing Worth Reading. pp. 428-430. |
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Writing Nature. pp. 541-560.
"Las Vegas, A Guilty Pleasure." (Sample Student Essay)
Writing Worth Reading. pp. 114-131 and 91-98. |
Writing Nature. pp. 541-560
"Las Vegas, A Guilty Pleasure." (Sample Student Essay) (PDF) (Courtesy of Mike Wongchaowart. Used with permission.)
Writing Worth Reading. pp. 114-131 and 91-98. |
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"Making the Argument." In Writing Worth Reading. |
"Making the Argument." In Writing Worth Reading. pp. 152-170. |
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In class: Essay Workshop |
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Bring in list of ideas for research essay
In class: Library Session |
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Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. pp. 1-127.
In class: Student-led discussion of chapters in Silent Spring |
Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. pp. 1-127. |
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Writing Worth Reading. Skim pp. 333-352.
Read "Reading and Taking Notes." In Writing Worth Reading.
Independent research for your own paper |
Writing Worth Reading. Skim pp. 333-352.
Read "Reading and Taking Notes." In Writing Worth Reading. pp. 355-362. |
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"Documenting your Sources," and "Suggesting Recurrent Themes." In Writing Worth Reading.
"Vanishing Frogs." (Sample Student Essay)
Research for your own paper
In class: Discussion of Plagiarism |
"Documenting your Sources," and "Suggesting Recurrent Themes." In Writing Worth Reading. pp. 376-381 and 435-438.
"Vanishing Frogs." (Sample Student Essay) (PDF) (Courtesy of Mark Rosen. Used with permission.) |
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Stewart, Meg. "Dredging to Keep New York-New Jersey Harbor Alive." In The Earth Around Us.
Research for your own paper
In class: Oral Presentations |
Stewart, Meg. "Dredging to Keep New York-New Jersey Harbor Alive." In The Earth Around Us. Edited by Jill S. Schneiderman. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman, 2000. ISBN: 9780716733973. |
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Research for your own paper
"Writing a First Draft." In Writing Worth Reading.
In class: Oral Presentations |
"Writing a First Draft." In Writing Worth Reading. pp. 365-372. |
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Research for your Own Paper
Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. pp. 276-297.
In class: Oral Presentations |
Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. pp. 276-297. |
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In class: Oral Presentations |
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In class: Essay Workshop |
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In class: Introduction Revision Workshop |
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In class: Style Revision Workshop |
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In class: Reading and Listening to Favorite Works
Celebrating the successful completion of 21W.730 |
Track down one of your favorite books, stories, or poems, and select a passage or poem to read in class. |