English 097 Reading List and Tentative Schedule: Fall 2008
WTSA = We, Too, Sing America
EG = Ender's Game
NV =New Voices
RoT =Rules of Thumb
This schedule is tentative. Individual readings and due dates may change, so check back here often.
A REMINDER: You only have the first page printed out with your syllabus.
Last revised Nov 08
WEEK 1
Aug 26 - 28
T: Review Syllabus
T: Interviews
TH: In - class Timed Writing
WEEK 2
Sept 2 - 4
T: Introductions
TH: WTSA: skim Preface and Introduction
WEEK 3
Sept 9 - 11
T: WTSA: Malcom X. "My Prison Studies."
T: Return Timed Writing
T: Review Rubric for self evaluation
TH: EG: Chap 1
TH: NV cover letters
WEEK 4
Sept 16 - 18
T: WTSA: Tan, "My Mother's English."
T: EG Chap 2
TH: EG chap 3
TH: Choose articles from WTSA
TH: NV narratives "White Boy" and "The Bully"
WEEK 5
Sept 23 - 25
T: WTSA "Raymond."On Being 17, Bright and Unable to Read"