English 114-A: 2020 Reading List

Card, Orson Scott. Ender's Shadow. New York: Tor, 1999. aka ES
Bullock, Goggin and Weinberg. Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handbook. 4E ed. Boston: Norton, 2016. aka NFG
A college level dictionary.

Most handouts will be available on Canvas or in The Writing Study. You should print out readings as needed.

Refer to the class schedule on Canvas for due dates.

Progression One: Literacy Narrative
- Gail Godwin. "The Watcher at the Gates." (HO)
- William Least Heat Moon. "West Texas." (HO)
- Students' choice of literacy narrative from NFG
- Anne Lamott. "Shitty First Drafts." (HO)
Progression Two: Rhetorical Analysis - Seeing and Hearing Texts
Tentative list may change as class progresses.
- "In Defence of Rheroric" (video)
- Student choice of print advertisement
- Student choice of commercial
- Bosch. "First Eat All The Lawyers" (NFG)
- Student choice of Music Video
Progression Three: Textual Analysis: Ender's Shadow

Substitutions and changes will be announced in class as well as on the web.

Last Revised Oct 2020