Reading Homework is listed for you on the syllabus.
Writing Homework:
Week 3: Due Feb. 23
(covers 2 weeks due to holiday)
Readings for Writers:
Ex. 1, p 4, number 1-4 - for number 4, read "The Plot against People" by Russell Baker, p. 32
Ex. 4, p. 5, number 1
Ex. 5, p. 6 numbers 1-5
Ex. 6, p. 7-8, numbers 1-20
Ex. 8, p 11, numbers 1-8
Ex. 9, p 12, ans. all questions - pre and post reading. Use "Plot against People" by Baker.
Ex. 11, p 13
Week 4: Due Mar. 2
Readings for Writers:
Ex. 13, p. 24-25, and use "Neat People vs. Sloppy People" p. 142
Week 5: Due Mar. 9
Read as stated in the syllabus
Week 6: Due Mar. 16
Create a reading log for the two reading listed.
Reading logs need to have at least six questions that you have an answer to to share with your group.
Homework Collection 1 - Due- Each page needs to be clearly labeled with the Ex. number. Put Ex. 1 on top and continue in numerical order of the exercises so the last is on the bottom.
Print out the following:
1. Paper 1 (under papers)
2. Peer Review - print two sheets (under Handouts)
3. Essay Rubric (under papers)
Week 7 Due Mar. 23
Write Paper 1 - Bring two typed drafts for peer review
Do the following exercises in the handbook:
Ex. 27.1 - #'s 1-5
Ex. 27.2 - #'s 1-5
Ex. 27.3 - #'s 1-5
Ex. 28.1 - #'s 1-5
Ex. 29-1 - #'s 1-10
Print out the handout on "S" Endings - Under Handouts
Week 8 Due Mar. 30
1. In your own words, define what a stereotype is.
2. Find connections in the readings as to how the authors lives was affected by stereotypes.
3. Create two questions (and answers) about each essay.
Week 9: Due Apr. 13
Ex. 30.1 p 212, #'s 1-8
Ex. 30.2, p. 213 #'s 1-10
Ex. 31.1, p 216, #'s 1-10
Ex. 31.2, p 217 #'s 1-10
Ex. 32.1, p 219 #'s 1-5
Ex. 32.2, p 220, #'s 1-5
Ex. 32.3, p 22 #'s 1-5
Week 10: Due Apr. 20
1.Use your own definition to define "dreams" and "disillusionment."
Chief Seattle's "Address"
1. Break down Chief Seattle's speech into its parts and use examples. Hints: What references does he use regarding the current state of Native-Americans? Religion? Death?
2. What gets repeated in his speech?
3. Is the speech a part of a bigger universal picture? What is it?
4. From your observations, write a generalization statement.
Sherman Alexie's "Tonto and the Lone Ranger Fistfight in Heaven"
1. Who are Tonto and the Lone Ranger?
2. Break down the parts of the story. (This is fiction.)
3. What gets repeated in the story?
4. Is the story a part of a bigger universal picture? What is it?
5. From your observations, write a generalization statement.
Week 11: Due Apr. 27
Homework policy change: Homework will only earn points if it is brought to class on the day it is due. The homework will still be collected periodically in packets, but if the work is not signed off by the instructor in class, no points will be received.
Bring 2 typed drafts - at least two pages long - for Peer Review.
Do the following exercises from the handbook found in Part VI - p 244-253
Exercises 37.1, 37.2, 37.3, and 37.4
Week 12: Due May 4
Eric Scholosser, "What We Eat"
1. Do a free write on your observations of the reading. This should be from one paragraph to a page.
2. List three things you learned.
3. Connect the essay to your life.
4. Pull two quotes that you liked or that confused you. Explain why you liked the quotes or how they were confusing.
Lars eightner, "On Dumpster Diving"
1. Do a freewrite on your observations of the reading. This should be from one paragraph to a page.
2. Write five startling facts from the reading.
3. Connect the essay to your life.
4. Pull two quotes that you liked or that confused you. Explain why you liked the quotes or how they were confusing.
Amitai Etzioni, "Working at McDonalds"
1. Do a free write on your observations of the reading. This should be from one paragraph to a page.
2. List three things you learned.
3. Connect the essay to your life.
4. Pull two quotes that you liked or that confused you. Explain why you liked the quotes or how they were confusing.
Week 13: Due May 11
1. Bring two typed drafts of paper 3 for peer review.
2. Do the following exercises from the handbook:
Only show where the punctuation edit is placed by writing the word that precedes the punctuation and the word that follows. You are not required to rewrite the entire sentence. This holds true for all exercises in the handbook.
Ex. 38.1, 39.1, 40.1
Week 14: Due May 18
The Lottery:
1. Why is the lottery held each year?
2. What is a ritual?
3. What rituals exist in your life?
4. What rituals exist in society that have been or are detrimental?
5. Tie disillusionment into the story.
6. Pull three quotes you like and discuss them.
To Build a Fire:
1. Define indifference.
2. Name an area of society that shows indifference of some kind.
3. Pull three quotes that you like and discuss them.
4. What do find to be the most distrubing aspect of this story?
4. Tie disillusionment into the story.
Final Homework Packet Collection Due
