SPRING 2012
ENGLISH 50
Professor Parks
Students are responsible for noting any changes in assignments or due dates.
abbreviations
Little Brown Workbook - LBW
Mercury Reader - MR
Unbowed
OCE - out of class essay
ICE - in class essay
major assignments and due dates
OCE - weeks 4, 6, 9, 11, 14
ICE - weeks 8, 11
Unbowed project - week 16
Assignments for Monday/Wednesday 1:00 spring 2012 English 50
Week one, January 16, 2012
Monday
class: no school, Martin Luther King's birthday
Wednesday
class: intro to class
active reading
TACO format of responses
My Pearson
homework: MR: read "The Joy and Enthusiasm of Reading" p. 244 QRSS # 1
"A Homemade Education" p. 247, QRSS # 1
"Notes on Punctuation" p. 279, QRSS # 3 two examples not three
LBW: read critical perspective, chptr 7, p. 99-105,
academic skills, chpt 6 p. 87 - 91,
thesis and outline p. 15-21
Week two, January 23, 2012
Monday
class: reading responses due
discuss "The Joy and Enthusiasm of Reading" p. 244, "A Homemade Education" p. 247, and "Notes on Punctuation" p. 279
discuss writing assignment
discuss writing process
discuss introductions and conclusion, p. 75 and transitions p. 69
discuss evidence
homework: write first draft
read LBW: drafting and commenting p. 29-39
review parts of speech
Wednesday
class: peer edit first draft
discuss feedback
discuss revising
quoting and paraphrasing
parts of speech
homework: write second draft and fill in conference sheet
write a letter introducing yourself in 100 words
Week three, January 30, 2012
Monday
class: conferences on second draft
homework:
Wednesday
class: conferences on second draft
homework: write third draft
MR: read "Food Product Design" p. 3, QRSS # 1
"Excerpt from Slow Food: The Case for Taste" p. 27, QRSS # 3
LBW: read analyzing an argument p. 141-143
Week four, February 6, 2012
Monday
class: OCE 1 due
reading responses due
discuss essays "Food Product Design" p. 3, "Excerpt from Slow Food: The Case for Taste" p. 27
discuss appeals: logos, pathos, ethos
homework: MR: read "Against Meat" p. 36, QRSS # 2
and "'Called Home' from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" p. 49, QRSS # 1
LBW: read chptr 10, writing an argument 133-139
Wednesday
class: reading responses due
discuss "Against Meat" p. 36 and "'Called Home' from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" p. 49
discuss WA and argument
homework: write first draft
Week five, February 13, 2012
Monday
class: peer edit first draft
homework: write second
read "We're Number One (percent)" p. 134, QRSS # 2
"Class in America" p. 159, QRSS # 1
Wednesday
class: reading responses due
discuss "We're Number One (percent)" p. 134, "Class in America" p. 159
edit second draft
discuss response to the other side
homework: write third draft
read "Children of Affluence" p. 178, QRSS # 1
"Notes on Class" p. 195, QRSS #1
and "What is the Sound of One Hand Shopping?" p. 204, QRSS # 1
Week six, February 20, 2012
Monday
class: no school, Washington's birthday
homework:
Wednesday
class: OCE 2 due
reading responses due
discuss "Children of Affluence" p. 178, "Notes on Class" p. 195, and "What is the Sound of One Hand Shopping?" p. 204
homework: read "Death of a Homeless Man" p. 191, QRSS # 2
"Are the Homeless Crazy?" p. 213, QRSS #1
and "Tent City" p. 220 QRSS #2
Week seven, February 27, 2012
Monday
class: reading responses due
discuss "Death of a Homeless Man" p. 191, "Are the Homeless Crazy?" p. 213, and "Tent City" p. 220
discuss OCE 3
homework: write first draft
Wednesday
class: peer edit first draft
homework: read "Happiness is Home" from The Geography of Bliss p. 114, QRSS # 4
"The High Price of Materialism" p. 146, QRSS # 3
and "Commodifying Kids" p. 342, QRSS 1
write second draft
Week eight, March 5, 2012
Monday
class: reading responses due
discuss "Happiness is Home" from The Geography of Bliss p. 114, "The High Price of Materialism" p. 146, and "Commodifying Kids" p. 342
discuss second draft
discuss in class essay
homework: prepare for in class essay
finish second draft
Wednesday
class: ICE 1 and conferences on second draft OCE 3
homework: write third draft
read "Race Matters" p. 370, QM # 3
"Candid Dialogue Key to Curbing Race Generalizations" p. 417, QRSS # 1and 3
and "Not Color Blind: Just Blind" p. 422 QRSS # 1 or 2
Week nine, March 12, 2012
Monday
class: OCE 3 due
reading responses due
discuss "Race Matters" p. 370, "Candid Dialogue Key to Curbing Race Generalizations" p. 417, and "Not Color Blind: Just Blind" p. 422
homework: read "Race Over" p. 432, QM #1 or QRSS #2
"America: The Multinational Society" p. 438, QRSS # 1
and "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" p. 493, QRSS # 1 or 2
Wednesday
class: reading responses due
discuss "Race Over" p. 432, "America: The Multinational Society" p. 438, and "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" p. 493
discuss OCE 4
homework: write first draft
read "Workers" p. 450, QRSS # 2
read "Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective" p. 569, QRSS # 3
and "On Black and Middle Class" p. 583, QRSS # 1
Week ten, March 19, 2012
Monday
class: reading responses due
discuss "Workers" p. 450, "Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective" p. 569, "On Black and Middle Class" p. 583
peer edit first draft
homework: read "I'm a Banana and Proud of it" p. 393, QRSS # 3
"The Struggle to be an All-American Girl" p. 500, QRSS # 2
write second draft
Wednesday
class: reading responses due
discuss read "I'm a Banana and Proud of it" p. 393, "The Struggle to be an All-American Girl" p. 500
discuss second draft
homework: prepare for ICE 2
polish second draft
Week eleven, March 26, 2012
Monday
class: ICE 2 and conferences on second draft
homework: write third draft
Wednesday
class: OCE 4 due
homework: read "Shopping for Sweat" p. 287, QRSS # 1
"Free-Trade Fix" p. 308, QM # 3
and "Water Incorporated" p. 353, QRSS # 2
research given websites listed on p. 61 in classpack
read chapter 1-3 in Unbowed, keep a character card
Easter break
Week twelve, April 9, 2012
Monday
class: discuss "Shopping for Sweat" p. 287, "Free-Trade Fix" p. 308, and "Water Incorporated" p. 353
discuss Unbowed chapter one, quiz
discuss project on Unbowed
discuss OCE 5
homework: read chapters 2-3 in Unbowed
write first draft OCE 5
Wednesday
class: peer edit first draft
discuss chapters 2-3 in Unbowed, quiz
homework: write second draft, fill in conference sheet, and letter to the professor
prepare oral reports in groups on colonized country
Week thirteen, April 16, 2012
Monday
class: conferences on second draft
homework:
Wednesday
class: conferences on second draft
homework: write third draft OCE 5
read Unbowed chapters 4, 5, 6
prepare oral reports on colonization
Week fourteen, April 23, 2012
Monday
class: discuss Unbowed chapters 4, 5, 6, quiz
OCE 5 due
oral reports on counties
homework: read Unbowed, chapters 7-8
work on project
Wednesday
class: discuss chapters 7-8, quiz
homework: read chapters 9-10 and 11- epilogue
Week fifteen, April 30, 2012
Monday
class: discuss chapters 9-10 and 11- epilogue, quizzes
homework: work on project
Wednesday
class: show movie Taking Root
homework: finish project
Week sixteen, May 7, 2012 FINAL EXAM WEEK
Monday
class: project due at __________
homework:
Wednesday
class: noon oral reports on trade
homework: