Ohm
English 100
Fall 2003
Section 23, MWF 10:00 – 10:50 AM, ILC 117
Section 30, MWF 11:00 – 11:50 AM, ILC 117

Reading Schedule #2

               

Note: 

(RP) = English 100 Reading Packet

(W) = Rules for Writers

(SG) = A Student's Guide to First Year Composition

(pdf) = pdf file on course website

 

Week

Date

Description

FIVE

 

Sept 22

 

Draft 2 Due

In-class Workshop

 

 

Sept 24

Final Draft Due

Video:  Myth of the Liberal Media

Assignment:   Journal entry on video.

 

 

Sept 26

Video:  Myth of the Liberal Media

Assignment:   Journal entry on video.

 

SIX

 

Sept 29

 

Discuss  Myth of the Liberal Media

Read:    “American Ideology” by Howard Zinn (pdf)

Assignment:  Journal entry on Zinn

 

 

Oct 1

Discuss  “American Ideology”

Read:    Capitalism, Class, and the Matrix of Domination” by Allan G. Johnson (pdf)

Assignment:  Journal entry on Johnson

 

 

Oct 3

Discuss  “Capitalism, Class, and the Matrix of Domination”

Assignment:  Journal entry on Johnson                                                            

 

SEVEN

 

Oct 6

Discuss  “Capitalism, Class, and the Matrix of Domination” (cont’d)

Read:    “Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress” by Howard Zinn (pdf)

Assignment:  Journal entry on Zinn

 

 

Oct 8

Discuss “Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress”

Read:    “Constructing Differences” by Tracy Ore (pdf)

Assignment:  Journal entry on Ore

 

 

Oct 10

Discuss “Constructing Differences”

Read:    “Chapter 13:  Written Text Analysis” (SG 171-184); “Chapter 14:  Cultural Analysis” (SG 185-200)

 

EIGHT

 

Oct 13

The Comparative Analysis Essay—Discuss Paper Options

Discuss “Constructing Differences” (cont’d)

Read:    “Maintaining Inequalities:  Systems of Privilege and Oppression” by Tracy Ore (pdf)

Assignment:  Journal entry on Ore

 

 

Oct 15

Assign Paper 1

Discuss “Maintaining Inequalities”

Read:    “Advertising and the Construction of Violent White Masculinity” by Jackson Katz (pdf)

Assignment:  Journal entry on Katz                           

 

 

Oct 17

Discuss “Advertising and the Construction of Violent White Masculinity”

Discuss Paper Two

 

NINE

 

Oct 20

 

Brainstorming Workshop

Review:   “Chapter 8:  Analysis” (SG pp. 99-110)

 

 

Oct 22

Discuss Paper Strategies

Read:    TBA

 

 

Oct 24

Draft 1 Due

 

This is a tentative schedule; I will most likely revise the syllabus throughout the semester.  Please note any changes.