| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First class meeting; course introduction and review of grading policy. Demonstration of "Where I Come From" online pieces. | |
| 2 | Sherman Alexie, "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me"; "An Undocumented Princetonian"; Amy Tan, "Mother Tongue." |
Writing/Reading profile due Sign up for submission dates for the remaining assignments |
| 3 | Paule Marshall, from "Poets in the Kitchen"; Chang-Rae Lee, "Mute in an English-Only World"; Gloria Naylor, "What's in a Name?"; Giovanni J. Gelardi, "Multiple Dimensions of Love: From the Artist's Eyes." | |
| 4 | "Where I come From" presentations. | First group of "Where I Come From" pieces due |
| 5 | "Where I come From" presentations. (cont.) | Second group of "Where I Come From" pieces due |
| 6 | Vincent Cremona, "My Pen Writes in Blue and White"; Gary Soto, "Black Hair"; Marjorie Agosin, "Always Living in Spanish"; Anna Quindlen, "Gay." | First group of Literacy Narratives essays due |
| 7 | Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, "Two Lives"; Natalia Ginzburg, "He and I"; Kate Chopin, "The Storm." | |
| 8 | Workshop of essays submitted in SES #6. (Handout: The Writing Workshop). | Second group of Literacy Narratives essays due |
| 9 | Investigative essays in Angles. | |
| 10 | Workshop of essays submitted in SES #8. |
Revisions due of essays workshopped in SES #8 Open Topic essay due |
| 11 | Informal sharing of investigative essay topics and sources. Suggestions encouraged. | Proposals due for the investigative essay |
| 12 | Workshop of essays submitted in SES #10. | |
| 13 | Lisa Suhair Majaj, "Boundaries: Arab/American"; Mahwash Shoaib, "Treasures"; Gelareh Asayesh, "Shrouded in Contradiction." | |
| 14 | Andrew Curry, "Why We Work"; Charles McGrath, "The Pleasures of the Text"; Sherry Turkle, "Can You Hear Me Now?" | |
| 15 | Katherine Larios, "Too Much Technology?"; John Misak, "Is That Video Game Programming You?"; Martin Kutnowski, "Why Does Wall-E Listen to Broadway Musicals?" | |
| 16 | Linda Hogan, "Dwellings"; Leslie Marmon Silko, "Lullaby"; Lewis (Johnson) Sawaquat, "For My Indian Daughter." | |
| 17 | Oral presentations of the first draft of the investigative essay. | First group of the first drafts of the investigative essay due |
| 18 | Oral presentations of the first draft of the investigative essay. (cont.) | Second group of the first drafts of the investigative essay due |
| 19 | Workshop of essays submitted in SES #17. | |
| 20 | Short film, "Passing," by Kym Ragusa (in class); John Edgar Wideman, "The Night I Was Nobody"; Audre Lorde, "The Fourth of July"; Orlando Patterson, "Jena, O. J., and the Jailing of Black America"; Toure, "Do Not Pass"; Toni Cade Bambara, "The Lesson." | |
| 21 | Silent reading session. (Handout: Silent Reading Session). | |
| 22 | Workshop of essays submitted in SES #18. | Revisions due of essays workshopped in SES #19 (first group of final drafts of the investigative essay) |
| 23 | Anzaldua, from Borderlands/La Frontera. | Revisions due of essays workshopped in SES #22 (second group of final drafts of the investigative essay) |
| 24 | Course summary and evaluations. | |
| 25 | Last class meeting and celebration. | Portfolios due |
