English 1A Online Tentative Reading List

Required Texts

• Sustainability: a Reader for Writers. Ed. Carl Herndl. Oxford UP. New York. 2014. ISBN: 978-0-19-994750-8.

• Bullock, Goggin, and Weinberg. The Norton Field Guide to Writing. 4th ed. NY: Norton, 2016.

• Choose a novel from the Whole text booklist

• various handouts. Most handouts (HO), videos and online sources are linked from this page and the schedule or as files on Canvas and Mahara.

Highly recommended Texts

• A college level dictionary.

Please check the schedule for changes and updates here or on Canvas. Complete all readings by due dates. Summary and response of assigned readings are due by stated due date for full credit. Various smaller writing assignments will be given in class. Any revision of reading assignments are announced in Canvas and should be posted here or on the class schedule.

Online Communities: Social Networking

• Eli Pariser: Beware Online "Filter Bubbles." TedTalk
• Jill Walker Rettberg. "Weblogs: Learning in Public"
• Amy Bruckman: "The Next Bison" URL under revision

Research Project

• Rachel Carson: "The Obligation to Endure." Excerpt from Silent Spring (SUS)
• Jared Diamond. "The World as a Polder: What Does it Mean to us Today?" (SUS)
• David Suzuki. "The Sacred Balance." (HO, PDF available on mahara.)
• Hardin. "Tragedy of the Commons." (SUS)
• Student choice of article from SUS

  Other texts for research project

  • "The Story of Stuff" online video by Annie Leonard
  • Royte. Garbage Land: the Trail of Trash various excerpts retrieved in Mahara or as HO.
  • "The Gleaners and I." Varda. Video. (Subject to change)
  • "The Story of Solutions" online video by Annie Leonard